Jane Caldow – The Shanklin branch

Jane: Yes, well there was Shanklin was the other big shop.

Simon: That was a big … I’ve seen a photo, that’s big.

Jane: It was a big premises, yes big premises.

Simon: Was that all on one Floor?

Jane: It was all on one Floor, yes. It had a small garden at the back which if my parents were going over, my mother was going over for the day, we would go with her. So, she ran Shanklin along with my father and yes, they did Jaeger there because that photo shows Jaeger in the window and again it’s ladies fashions, some underwear.

As you went in the big doors, I think the Lingerie and Underwear was off to the right and then Knitwear was round this part and then Fashions and then you had a back bit, you had the Office and a small kitchen area, loo and everything, and then the back door on to a little garden. And if you look at the premises these days where there’s a bit where’s there’s car parking, that was the original little garden. We went over in the holidays, I used to just sit out there and read a book and stuff. We were quite self-sufficient.