Christine Fisher-Lathwell – I liked to do unusual windows

They had a cellar, you could walk through so we had an area to stack our props and an area with sort of workbenches where we would jigsaw out hardboard to make certain shapes you know. So, I learnt how to make things as well, to make miniature things like tiny elves for the Grottos and then our next Display Manager, Sue Arthur I believe it was. No, Colin Creasy, sorry.

He was a different kind of Window Dresser. A little bit more straightlaced. Not really given to adventure with the windows so I sometimes used to get into trouble because I loved to do really unusual windows and so I would do things like, when there was a massive gale in the churchyard, a tree fell down so I asked Mrs Barrow if I could put the tree in the window, which I did, and we displayed leather and furs with this tree.

It was a massive great branch and the window was called ‘Take a walk on the wild side’ and I didn’t always hit it off with Mr Creasy because he was much more conventional in his display but he was a really nice man.

He was very. Very nice but I’m not sure what happened when I left, but at that time I still hadn’t left so we had our daily routine where we would go. It would be maybe Mondays would be Shanklin Branch.