Shops of yore

On 16th Jun 2012 9:58am, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Hi Rob, & Hi all, City Pram also had a shop in Foleshill near to the General Wolf. My Pam had her 'Raleigh 531' from there about 1978. That was our local cycle shop.

On 8th Feb 2013 5:01pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Hi all, Hogarths was a departmental store retailer. I remember their store near to the forum in Stoke & also their new store which is now the cycle store on Foleshill Rd. A feature of their stores was the cash in flywheel system that travelled from overhead wires into a central cash office. That was fun to watch.

On 26th Dec 2011 9:57am, Tricia said: Yes, I remember Provi and Mutual cheques, mum used to have them. There were only certain shops you could use them in. Probably that's why most of my clothes came from Hogarths in Corporation Street.

On 26th Dec 2011 10:57am, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Hello Tricia. Lovely to see you. Hogarths bought my mum's shop businesses in Coventry when she retired. After she retired to Cornwall, I lost all contact with Hogarths so I did not know what had happened to them. Hogarths were at the Forum & at Bishops Gate end of Foleshill Rd. My mum did have some kind of business tie with Hogarths sharing in buying, not too sure of that though.

On 26th Dec 2011 7:23pm, Tricia said: Hi Philip, I remember Hogarths at the forum but can't recall a branch on Foleshill Road (note I didn't say THE Foleshill Road, although I nearly did) You have such a good memory of shops, clearly due to the fact that your mother was in the retail business.

On 26th Dec 2011 7:38pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: The Hogarths building is what is now Hawks Cycles, Tricia. My mum lived, slept & everything else her shops, which rubbed off on me. She had a mind set that was akin to Aunty Wainwright off 'Last of the Summer Wine'. She was dedicated to her customers. If someone came into any of her shops for something, she saw it as her job to get it for them. I remember the xray shoe size machines that Hogarths had & at the forum they also had the over-head fly wheel pulley cash containers that whizzed across the ceiling to the cash office .

On 27th Dec 2011 11:10am, K said: Hogarth's had a shoe shop in town as well, didn't they? I can remember going in there as a kid - and the reason mainly that I remember it was the X-ray machine! (They wouldn't allow those today, with Elf and Safety, would they? ) I can't remember where it was though. Some other big stores had either the vacuum or pulley type cash carrying system. I can't remember which ones, but I do remember being fascinated by them; I think Trustee Savings Bank had one. Interestingly, our local main Nationwide branch has a vacuum system between the cashiers and the 'back office', which is actually underneath in the cellar. What goes around comes around!

On 28th Dec 2011 7:30am, nirvana said: I think Hogarths had a big shop in Corporation Street

On 30th Jun 2012 10:37am, DBC said: I am trying to remember the location (and the name) of a shop that I used to frequent in the late 1950's /early 60's that sold electronic components for us enthusiasts who used to dabble in home-made short-wave radios and other electronics. I think is was in Gosford street and sold not only new products, but ex-service radio gear and components. Can anyone remember it?

On 30th May 2013 9:13am, Slim said: The other shop was in Much Park Street. It was called REP (Radio Experimental Products). I guess it just went out of business.