Delmar's Music Shop, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, early 60s. They had to cover a wide range of music in a very small space (they also sold musical instruments). There was a listening booth and the staff were very helpful to a young teenager with hardly any money - I got 2/9 an hour for my Sunday morning job. Most of the music I liked had already been deleted by the time I started liking it but they would look stuff up in their huge catalogues and tell me what had been rereleased on EPs. Then they would order it in for me and if I didn't like it I didn't have to buy it. And I've still got one of their bags! Comment: treefrogdemon's
(Mar 22, 2013) michael sharpin said:brought my first record there spencer davies group "keep on running" good days
(Mar 19, 2013) Mike Aston said:The Folklanders ran a Folk Club in the Robin Hood - lots of guitar and banjo strings were bought at Delmar's The owner/manager was always extremely friendly and courteous - was always happy to put posters up. His customers included Terry & Paddy Lightfoot, Johnny Barnstable, Acker Bilk etc.
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Owner was Terry ? Brother-in-law of Eric (wife Sheila) who owned the Arcade Music Shop in North Finchley with his mother Doris and step/father Arthur Lloyd where I worked for them after school and Saturdays in the 1950’s. They obviously sold it after opening Delmars.
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Gloria Tindley-Stoner
(2019)
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I just found an old Unit Four plus Two record in a charity shop and the name Delmars was printed on the sleeve. Tried looking it up and found these comments. Fascinating stuff as we had a similar one in Swindon called 'Kempsters'. I worked in Potters Bar for a short while as part of the area Youth Work Team covering Potters Bar to Borehamwood (my first patch as a newly qualified youth worker). We were based in an old school type building in Potters Bar but can't remember the name of the road. Loved my short time there.
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Jeff Andrews
(2022)
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My next door neighbour in potters bar was Terry baker the owner of the music shop . Showed me all about my guitar how to tune it how to restring it just any of the adjustments that needed doing and he played a really good banjo. Eric the brother-in-law and his wife Sheila also lived next door for a while. I have photos of the arcade music shop if you want them......pete
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Peter Ramsey
(2022)
