Sue Fowler – The Queen of Shoes

Sue: We had a huge Shoe Department which was my possession (laughs) …

Simon: What, you were the Queen of the Shoes?

Sue: Shoes, yeah.

Simon: Did you pick the stock as well? What happened to that?

Sue: Mrs Barrow who was the mainstay in Ryde. Mr Guy was Seaview and Cowes, but Mrs Barrow and then her sister Mrs Moody, with Jane, they were the sort of the mainstays and got more say in there. I always got on alright with them. Some of the Staff didn’t gel but no, I was quite lucky really (laughs). We used to get a good discount on … if you wanted anything at cost plus VAT, when that came in.Sue: