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Shopping at Packs

A great choice of clothes and faultless customer service made Packs ‘the’ place to shop.

Listen to stories from Packs’ staff about how well customers – including the cast of Coronation Street – were treated.

Understand the perception of the shop from the customers’ point of view and learn more about what it was like to shop at Packs during the Golden Age of department stores.

 

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Impeccable service

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Buying new school uniform

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Sue Fowler – Wealthy customers

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Sheila Burnett – Elizabeth Pack

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Jane Caldow – The different departments at Cross Street

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Jane Gibbs – Memories of Packs

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Jane Gibbs – The ‘bees knees’

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Lisa Carter – The importance of the upsell

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Sheila Burnett – The social scene at The Coffee Bean

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Jane Caldow – Woods and Wilkins transformed

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Sheila Burnett – Closing down

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Sheila Burnett – Working our way through the shop

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Jane Gibbs – Coffee Bean memories

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Sheila Burnett – Mother of the Bride outfit

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Jane Caldow – Second floor at Union Street Packs

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Marlene Tolley – The shopping experience has changed

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Sheila Burnett – Everything was ironed and packaged beautifully

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Sheila Burnett – Her quiet genteel manner

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Jane Caldow – First floor at Union Street Packs

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Sheila Burnett – The Bridal Department

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Jane Gibbs – There were high standards

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James Pellow – Some customers had accounts

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Jane Gibbs – General perception of the shop

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Marlene Tolley – Boxing up the expensive items

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Sheila Burnett – We shopped in Ryde most often

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Sue Fowler – DfLs

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Jane Caldow – The alterations department

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Jane Caldow – Childrens’ Dept in Union Street Packs

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Marlene Tolley – ‘Appro’

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Marlene Tolley – Day trippers

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Christine Fisher-Lathwell – A great customer experience

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Sue Fowler – Visitors from Coronation Street

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Sheila Burnett – The Coffee Bean was the social hub

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Jane Gibbs – Hosiery

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Jane Caldow – Packs on Union Street

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Jane Gibbs – Buying shoes that lasted

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Sheila Burnett – Models in The Coffee Bean

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Jane Caldow – Granny’s hat window

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Sheila Burnett – I still have my outfit today

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Sheila Burnett – We’d shop at Packs for special occasions

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