Schofields Department Store - 1980s Photos

[simonm]

The orginal food hall entrance was BEHIND where argos is now, down the alley! And from what I remember the thrust car was in the open doorway of the Headrow!    

[simong]

simonm wrote: The pipes that use air to transfer money around the shops is still in use in Costco. Not so much of a puzzle anymore, but as a kid I was amazed to see the shuttle, full of money get sucked out of the hand of the cashier, to be replaced, just as quickly with an empty one, or one full of change etc. Most Morrisons (or maybe ones of a certain age - Yeadon and Horsforth certainly do) have an air tube system for moving money around even now, as do a lot of Tescos of a similar vintage. They're used for moving money around securely rather than for carrying out transactions.More impressive, and I'm sure that someone will remember if a store in Leeds had one, were the chain driven systems that would propel the tubes along open rails across the ceiling. Hodgson and Hepworth in Doncaster had one until refurbishment in the mid-70s and Arding and Hobbs in Clapham in London used theirs until the store was absorbed into Allders in the early 90s.

[BLAKEY]

[quotenick="simong"] simonm wrote: The pipes that use air to transfer money around the shops is still in use in Costco. Not so much of a puzzle anymore, but as a kid I was amazed to see the shuttle, full of money get sucked out of the hand of the cashier, to be replaced, just as quickly with an empty one, or one full of change etc. [/q0ote]More impressive, and I'm sure that someone will remember if a store in Leeds had one, were the chain driven systems that would propel the tubes along open rails across the ceiling. Hodgson and Hepworth in Doncaster had one until refurbishment in the mid-70s and Arding and Hobbs in Clapham in London used theirs until the store was absorbed into Allders in the early 90s. I remember the wonderful "overhead cableways" very well from my younger days as lots of shops had them - in fact the vacuum pipeways were more usually to be found only in bigger establishments. With the overhead system the little cash containers would swing merrily from side to side as they were "thwacked" on their journey by a polished wooden handle near the counter. In some grocery stores where, can you believe it nowadays ??, huge blocks of butter etc were laid unwrapped and open on the counter for days on end until sold out. These were a free playground for flies, wasps and so forth, and over lubrication of the cash cableways could mean that the odd drop of nice black oil would drop unceremoniously onto the food. In modern times we have a different problem as excessive protective packaging is causing a massive recycling/disposal problem. Funny old World isn't it ?

[Si]

It certainly is, Blakey.Bring back milk bottles! (And other re-usable containers.)Why use waxed cardboard milk cartons (difficult to recycle,) which are effectively single use, when a milk bottle can be washed, sterilized and refilled many times at a fraction of the cost to the environment!Re-use is even better than recycling. We once had a customer who would only buy new plastic drums because he said reconditioned ones, stacked in his yard, would "offend his eye!" Berk!!!    

[simong]

BLAKEY wrote: I remember the wonderful "overhead cableways" very well from my younger days as lots of shops had them - in fact the vacuum pipeways were more usually to be found only in bigger establishments. With the overhead system the little cash containers would swing merrily from side to side as they were "thwacked" on their journey by a polished wooden handle near the counter. In some grocery stores where, can you believe it nowadays ??, huge blocks of butter etc were laid unwrapped and open on the counter for days on end until sold out. These were a free playground for flies, wasps and so forth, and over lubrication of the cash cableways could mean that the odd drop of nice black oil would drop unceremoniously onto the food. In modern times we have a different problem as excessive protective packaging is causing a massive recycling/disposal problem. Funny old World isn't it ? My Mum worked in Burton's in Nottingham in the 60s (big town centre grocers, no relation to Monty and family as far as I know) and told me that one of her morning jobs was to cut the mould off the cheese and clean the bacon. I'm sure that would give the average Tesco manager palpitations these days.

[Si]

Must have taken her ages to get the mould off the Stilton!

[BLAKEY]

Si wrote: It certainly is, Blakey. We once had a customer who would only buy new plastic drums because he said reconditioned ones, stacked in his yard, would "offend his eye!" Berk!!!     LOL LOL A berk indeed !! It brings to mind Hyacinth Bucket's instructions to the milkman that in future she wanted her own personal bottles as "there are some very funny people around these days." LOL LOL

[Reginal Perrin]

I just get the headings of the pictures and no pictures. Is there any way I can adjust my setting s to view the pictures?

[tyke bhoy]

Reginal Perrin wrote: I just get the headings of the pictures and no pictures. Is there any way I can adjust my setting s to view the pictures? Can you see the Avatar of Rigsby next to your name? And images from elsewhere?It may depend on which web browser you are using and as the photos are hosted on photobucket that site may be blocked on your network and/or PC.See if you can load http://photobucket.com/If you can then as a start got to start>settings>Control Panel and double click on internet options. Select the advance tab (far right) and scroll down to Multimedia (about half way) Ensure "show pictures" is ticked.

[simong]

Si wrote: Must have taken her ages to get the mould off the Stilton! If you take all the mould out of Stilton you're just left with a pile of Wensleydale.