Name: David Malone
Comment: I remember a shop in East Walk, Basildon called Godfreys, it was a really big shop; downstairs they sold hi-fis and TVs, really top-range stuff too, I bought a portable TV out of there on HP in 1978 - black & white, of course.
They had amazing window displays - my mate bought a life-size Gene Simmons (of Kiss) cut-out from them. They had records upstairs, I remember a headphone stand with demo 'phones which played Supertramp's Crime of the Century; others doubled as listening stations/booths.
They are now a Halifax bank, I used to clean their windows in 1979, in the early morning. They sold everything, they weren't the cheapest, like, say, Downtowns, but I spent a large chunk of my life in there.
(12 April 2015)
Comments
Dave Harwood
29 Sep 2024 at 08:54
I found this comment on a Facebook page called 'Basildon: New Town – New Life': “In 1972, Godfrey Photographic's moved from No.33 East Walk to 28-32 East Walk, in the process opening its own record department which became a real centre for local youthful music fans with a pillar on which you could stick handwritten notes asking for musicians for bands.”
A-Z prev: Godfrey De Solla
A-Z next: Godiscs