Weston Hart
The typical record shop of its era - a furniture shop with records at the back. They had plywood listening booths, and I was so impressed that they let me listen to an LP -More by Pink Floyd - that I bought it, even though I didn't like it. Comment: Melville.
(Sept 29, 2013) Richard Simpson said:I remember this striped bag so well from the 1960's period as I worked for Weston Hart at their West Street,Fareham,branch in Hampshire.
( Feb 20, 2016) I am so delighted to see this page. My mother, Mary Mills, set up Weston Hart with her sister, Jill Lloyd (they were both nee Leek). My mother heard in November 1952 that the television aerial would come to Portsmouth in time for the coronation in 1953. She immediately contacted Ferguson, who were the main source of televisions then and bought the entire factory's output on three months' credit. She and her sister, Jill, then sold and personally delivered every single set by Christmas Eve and the money they put in the bank effctively launched Weston Hart. From then on it always operated on negative working capital (where your customers pay you before you have to pay your suppliers) and this suported the business through thick and thin. I'm not sure how precise this is, but both Mother and Auntie Jill told it to me on many occasions and it was the same every time. Given the expectation in the early 1950's tht women would stay at home to look after their husbands and children, the sisters were extraordinary and all of their children have that same feisty spirit.
I spent many of my early years going into the shops with Mother or to the factory (I think it did repairs) in North Harbour. the shops didn't sell furniture, as far as I remember, though - they were radiograms! I never dreamed of seeing the old paper bags again after all these years. Thank you for keeping the memory alive. Comment: Sally Macdonald.
(Sept 29, 2013) Richard Simpson said:I remember this striped bag so well from the 1960's period as I worked for Weston Hart at their West Street,Fareham,branch in Hampshire.
( Feb 20, 2016) I am so delighted to see this page. My mother, Mary Mills, set up Weston Hart with her sister, Jill Lloyd (they were both nee Leek). My mother heard in November 1952 that the television aerial would come to Portsmouth in time for the coronation in 1953. She immediately contacted Ferguson, who were the main source of televisions then and bought the entire factory's output on three months' credit. She and her sister, Jill, then sold and personally delivered every single set by Christmas Eve and the money they put in the bank effctively launched Weston Hart. From then on it always operated on negative working capital (where your customers pay you before you have to pay your suppliers) and this suported the business through thick and thin. I'm not sure how precise this is, but both Mother and Auntie Jill told it to me on many occasions and it was the same every time. Given the expectation in the early 1950's tht women would stay at home to look after their husbands and children, the sisters were extraordinary and all of their children have that same feisty spirit.
I spent many of my early years going into the shops with Mother or to the factory (I think it did repairs) in North Harbour. the shops didn't sell furniture, as far as I remember, though - they were radiograms! I never dreamed of seeing the old paper bags again after all these years. Thank you for keeping the memory alive. Comment: Sally Macdonald.
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