Cashdisia

book · Post by **book** » Mon 02 Jan, 2012 12:47 am

salt 'n pepper wrote: book wrote: I remember getting my uniform for Lawnswood at Rawciffes in Boar Lane. There was also school uniform shop at Hyde Park but the name has escaped me. Was it Forbes? On the left hand side just past the Hyde Park Road/Woodhouse Lane/Victoria Road junction going up towards Leeds Girls High School. Yes it was Forbes. Well remembered I remember having to go there with vouchers to get clothes for school as I was from a one parent family.

Christiane · Post by **Christiane** » Tue 02 Apr, 2013 8:40 am

I remember Cashdisia from the 70's - perhaps earlier. It was a double fronted shop at 65-67 Vicar Lane, with the County Arcade running down the right hand side and Queen Victoria Street (what is now covered and called Victoria Square) down the other, so that their shop windows ran down around both corners. Molton Brown and Daisy Chain occupy the site today.http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8458 ... 19.jpgThey sold 'no nonsense' clothing and household textiles, some of which were their own brand. One of their specialities was workwear (both business and domestic) and their windows displayed among other things their extensive range of pinnies of all styles and descriptions.In my early teens, my mother took me to their apron department which was in the basement and bought me a couple of pinarettes for Domestic Science and no doubt so I could help her with the housework. I remember Mum and the assistant ensuring that I try them on, so that I could have no excuses not to wear them later. Needless to say that Mum got her own way, but I did get an increase in pocket money for accepting responsibility for my share of the chores. You don't see aprons like this these days (with a halter neck and back straps), but they were popular at the time.They had a nice display of aprons on a mock up market stall down there at Christmas. Women used to buy pinnies as presents in those days (I confess to having received at least one from a well meaning aunt)

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 02 Apr, 2013 8:51 am

West Leeds @ Rawcliffes also - unless Mummy and Daddy had pretensions of class, in which case it would be Horne Bros. near the Briggate/Albion Place junction. Top LeodianUser ...........................................................For Ilkley Grammar School we had to patronise Marshall & Snelgrove in Park Row, whether or not Mummy and Daddy could afford it - and mine certainly couldn't afford it, but had to somehow !!

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Wed 03 Apr, 2013 10:22 pm

Foxwood at Rawcliffes ... I remember getting fitted out there in 1966

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Fri 05 Apr, 2013 10:04 am

zip55 wrote: Foxwood at Rawcliffes ... I remember getting fitted out there in 1966 I can remember way back in the 50's someone telling me that customers of the Cashdisia stores were often referred to as "Cashdisia Swells!" Swells being a 1920's term for well-off people. I don't know whether this is a derogeratory term or not! My family never frequented the store so I can only assume it was quite up-market as we weren't well off!

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Fri 05 Apr, 2013 1:00 pm

stutterdog wrote: zip55 wrote: Foxwood at Rawcliffes ... I remember getting fitted out there in 1966 I can remember way back in the 50's someone telling me that customers of the Cashdisia stores were often referred to as "Cashdisia Swells!" Swells being a 1920's term for well-off people. I don't know whether this is a derogeratory term or not! My family never frequented the store so I can only assume it was quite up-market as we weren't well off! The "Cashdisia Swell" was part of the Cashdisia advertising logo. You are correct in saying people were referred to as Cashdisia Swells but it usually applied to anyone who was caught in their Sunday best and was in no way derogatory. The "Swell", as I remember him, was rather like a character out of a 1920's comic book. top hat, monocle, and a pointy nose, you generally only saw his head and shoulders. It was not what you would call an upmarket store, people used it for buying workwear. Schoolboys and girls bought their woodworking and domestic aprons there. I hope my description has been of use to you.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Fri 05 Apr, 2013 1:20 pm

Johnny39 wrote: stutterdog wrote: zip55 wrote: Foxwood at Rawcliffes ... I remember getting fitted out there in 1966 I can remember way back in the 50's someone telling me that customers of the Cashdisia stores were often referred to as "Cashdisia Swells!" Swells being a 1920's term for well-off people. I don't know whether this is a derogeratory term or not! My family never frequented the store so I can only assume it was quite up-market as we weren't well off! The "Cashdisia Swell" was part of the Cashdisia advertising logo. You are correct in saying people were referred to as Cashdisia Swells but it usually applied to anyone who was caught in their Sunday best and was in no way derogatory. The "Swell", as I remember him, was rather like a character out of a 1920's comic book. top hat, monocle, and a pointy nose, you generally only saw his head and shoulders. It was not what you would call an upmarket store, people used it for buying workwear. Schoolboys and girls bought their woodworking and domestic aprons there. I hope my description has been of use to you. Your answer is very helpful Johnny.I didn't realised that they sold things like woodwork aprons and stuff like that! The description of the Swell does strike a chord somewhere in my memory though! Great!

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 05 Apr, 2013 10:39 pm

I think I'm remembering correctly in thinking that those "stitch in" name labels were know as "Cash's tapes" but I never previously connected them with Cashdisia until I read in this topic that the Firm was named after the founders, the Cash family.

grumpybloke · Post by **grumpybloke** » Sat 06 Apr, 2013 2:13 pm

Are we going off at a tangent here? I don't know who owned Cashdisia but the name tape people are J & J Cash Ltd of Coventry. I can't see why there would be a connection between the two. Lots of shops took orders for Cash's tapes and I think it's just a coincidence.

5inchdrop · Post by **5inchdrop** » Sat 06 Apr, 2013 3:29 pm

I'm sure you are right about Cash's name tapes being separate to Cashdisia. My Mum sewed them into all my school clothes including sports kit. My woodwork apron came from there though, Mum bought sister a pinafore at the same time so that she wouldn't feel left out, but she got pressganged into helping with the housework.