EGS & Son Records & Tapes
Image George Groom-White
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EGS did you know that egs stands for mrs parkin the owner her daughters names ,Emma , Georgina and Sarah , Sarah was the Saturday girl at the store I worked at in Huddersfield ,Georgina had the same business attitude as her mother and Emma was just Emma as far as I can remember , also does any one remember the sales reps that used to visit shops back in the day , one that sticks in my mind was mike from wea / warner , can still picture him now top bloke always got some kind of pre press release from him , my flat was covered in posters and still have quite a few white labels left now ! Happy happy days .
(Jan 13, 2014) m.levick said:I worked in the wakefield ridings store from about 89-91. Remember Mike from WEA and also a guy from Beggars Banquet who used to get me Cult stuff. Also remember Elaine who was a rep then became store manager. Used to switch between being ok to an absolute dragon.
October 05, 2015) Met my best friend at the Bradford shop....His names was Michael and I used to go in for the latest house tracks and imports. We had a similar taste and were similar ages..... Been friends ever since. The Bradford shop was on Kirgate over the road from McDonalds. Comment: James Sammon.
Name Jason Nash Comment: I used to work at the Huddersfield store on John William st , Jason. Big Sarah was the manager and phillip and Nick and a hippy guy and Simpson from 1990 to 1992 good time. ( August 10, 2016)
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I had a Saturday job at the Barnsley store from 1987-1989. I used to love it. Putting all the record sleeves back out on the shelves and chatting to all the customers. I got my friends Dominic and Julian from sixth form college jobs there too so it was really social. Sarah, Jill and Tim all bring back good memories. I used to plan my outfit a week in advance as it was the coolest place in town and customers expected it. I also bought my first ever concert ticket to see Prince and the Revolution - Parade Tour at Wembley here. I loved having the job of doing the window displays so I could give my favourite artists prominence. I remember The Smiths, New Order, Erasure, Madonna and U2 being massive sellers when I worked there. After completing a long ten hour shift I would then do a shift behind the bar at Peels Bar and a subsequent shift at Japanese Whispers - 19 hour days! Don’t know how I managed it. Hope some other people read this and it brings back memories
Name
Dean Smith
(2020)
(Jan 13, 2014) m.levick said:I worked in the wakefield ridings store from about 89-91. Remember Mike from WEA and also a guy from Beggars Banquet who used to get me Cult stuff. Also remember Elaine who was a rep then became store manager. Used to switch between being ok to an absolute dragon.
October 05, 2015) Met my best friend at the Bradford shop....His names was Michael and I used to go in for the latest house tracks and imports. We had a similar taste and were similar ages..... Been friends ever since. The Bradford shop was on Kirgate over the road from McDonalds. Comment: James Sammon.
Name Jason Nash Comment: I used to work at the Huddersfield store on John William st , Jason. Big Sarah was the manager and phillip and Nick and a hippy guy and Simpson from 1990 to 1992 good time. ( August 10, 2016)
Comment
I had a Saturday job at the Barnsley store from 1987-1989. I used to love it. Putting all the record sleeves back out on the shelves and chatting to all the customers. I got my friends Dominic and Julian from sixth form college jobs there too so it was really social. Sarah, Jill and Tim all bring back good memories. I used to plan my outfit a week in advance as it was the coolest place in town and customers expected it. I also bought my first ever concert ticket to see Prince and the Revolution - Parade Tour at Wembley here. I loved having the job of doing the window displays so I could give my favourite artists prominence. I remember The Smiths, New Order, Erasure, Madonna and U2 being massive sellers when I worked there. After completing a long ten hour shift I would then do a shift behind the bar at Peels Bar and a subsequent shift at Japanese Whispers - 19 hour days! Don’t know how I managed it. Hope some other people read this and it brings back memories
Name
Dean Smith
(2020)