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BOBBYS,
on the corner of Sidwell Street and New North Road, was opened
in 1964.. whereupon.. after 'Saturday Morning Pictures' at the
ABC Cinema opposite, we rushed over to Bobbys in our duffle
coats and ran up the 5 flights of down escalators, and down
the up ones. However, after three Saturdays of great fun, the
store employed persons to halt us juvenile delinquents causing
mayhem !
This is the first bag - old style! |
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BOBBY'S
- design now in-keeping for a record department !
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BOBBYS
was a subsidiary of DEBENHAMS,
and changed to the latter in the 1970s. Their record department
in the basement was not exactly a known place for purchasing the
latest pop sounds, and became a bargain basement type outlet,
similar to Tesco's DELAWARE department. Yes, Vertigo label LPs
for less than a pound.. and John Allegro still harps on about
seeing Fantasy's 'Paint A Picture' album there for
ever-and-a-day for a similar price.. oh well...
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MOONS,
High Street. Had listening booths in
the way of wooden hoods on the right side wall. Shown
is a strong brown paper carrier bag customed for 10" 78rpm
records. A great find !
This heavy duty paper bag states:
'THE HOME ENTERTAINERS'
~ PLYMOUTH BARNSTABLE EXETER TRURO |
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MOONS,
192 High Street, Exeter.
Flimsy paper bag with string handle. The address is a printed
label, overstuck onto the Exmouth branch address... see --->
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MOONS,
THE CENTRE OF MUSIC.
Chapel Street, EXMOUTH.
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MOONS
THE HOUSE OF MOONS
PIANOS FURNITURE RADIO AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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MOONS
for GRAMOPHONES and RECORDS...
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MOONS,
192 High Street, Exeter.
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THE
CENTRE OF MUSIC. INCORPORATING
JOHN C. GUEST.
The GUILDHALL PIANO
& MUSIC WAREHOUSE |
Medium strength
brown paper bag with a string handle, to hold 12" or
10" records. |
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MOONS
PLYMOUTH = EXETER =
TRURO. Carriers now replaced with
the standard paper bag.
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MOONS
PLYMOUTH = EXETER =
TRURO
Bag as previous, but this one for 10" records and.....
.... this has an attractive sticker adhered stating 'BUY YOUR
RECORDS the MODERN WAY at no extra cost! ' ~
7 INCH 45 R P
M + the Capitol records logo.
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At this point in time, what the 'at no extra cost'
signifies is a mystery? |
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CENTRE, 7
Queen Street. Don't recall this one at all? This address is now
part of the Guildhall Shopping Complex's frontage.
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MOONS
PLYMOUTH = EXETER =
TRURO
A paper bag for 7" records from the late 50's / early 60s'..
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MOONS
PLYMOUTH * EXETER * TRURO
Nice find = 7" x whatever! Pity it's been cut down. This is
from 1966.. ...click here
to see how Sherlock Rice deduced this! |
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BOOTS started off
as a Chemist and a Book Lending Library. Depicted here is a thick paper
bag with an attractive design.
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BOOTS
FOR VALUE
...FROM THIRTEEN HUNDRED BRANCHES
Wow! Who would have thought there were that many! This bag's
design depicts eight
stores. High Street in Slough, George Street in Richmond,
Harben Parade in London NW3, Merchant Street in Bristol, Oxford
Street in Swansea, Deansgate at Bolton, New George Street in
Plymouth, and Thoroughfare in Woodbridge.
This 8" bag is circa 1970. |
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A
BOOTS generic store bag that originally held an LP record.
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Here is the
'singles' variant. Early 1970's, as this had in it (from new) a Jimmy
Osmond disc. As I am sure you are well aware of,
there is a moral standard to uphold on this site.
Consequently, and not reluctantly, the record was
rejected.. or is it ejected?
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TOP RANK. Home
& Leisure Service. 'Pick the best of everything
for you to rent or buy'. Bag's print code-date is March
1967. Not familiar with this as a retail design... which
shop? This bag was found in Exeter. |
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BOOTS.
Here is a large polythene carrier bag from the 1970s. This is a
great design from a mainstream store.
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BOOTS.
And here is the t'other side!. Suggestions as to who the two
illustrations liken to are welcome. Click onto the images for a
closer view.
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W H
SMITH.
Standard bag from their Exeter branch. Has the 7"
record within that was purchased at the time ~ Donny Osmond
'When I Fall In Love' MGM 1973.
Smith's store was in the High Street, opposite Bedford Street.
The record department was in the basement. Yours truly purchased
the Beatles 'Let It Be' box set there on it's release. I remember
there being quite a few on display on the end of a row. £1
extra over the normal retail price for the cost of the book and
packaging... nowadays £400+ extra... beware of
repro inner trays!
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W H
SMITH. Their
final carrier bag design for the sale of records.
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LEFT BANK 17
Sidwell Street.
One could find weird looking albums such as Mother's Of Invention in the rack. This
was the place to order imports, Tamla Motown back catalogue, etc.
Classical upstairs.
More on The Left Bank here.
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