Comments on: Clayton Square, 1970

By: christine knowles

christine knowles — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:00:19 +0000

love this photograph my great grandmother used to have fruit barrow in casey street would love see some old photographs of barrow ladies.

By: jude freeman

jude freeman — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:28:04 +0000

i worked in Browns in 1966/67 lovely place to work…the staff and management were great…shame it all came to and end

By: vance james

vance james — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:36:03 +0000

nice to see Clayton Square again much as it was. I worked at Browns about 1961 in the dispatch
dept.It was a great store to work in with staff and management always attentive to the customers needs,tact,diplomacy,etiquette – all that long gone.
Nothing was too small that could not be delivered and often was the case.
Browns store did extend into Parker Street and if I remember right there was exit and entrance there apart from Clayton Square.
To be in Clayton Square round Christmas whether shopping or singing carols was enchanting,the
city’s christmas tree ablaze with lights,and no one seemed to be in a hurry and as always the band played on.
And lastly I mourn the loss of a great city centre. I know we all must move forward with the times, but while most cities have done their best to retain what they have left, it seems the people who could of made a difference in the years past,let it all slip through their fingers.

By: Dave Wood

Dave Wood — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:01:35 +0000

Cracking shot. In the late 50s, my next door neighbour used to take me down town as a kid. I always remember her looking in the shop window, just to the right of the shot. I can’t recall the name of the shop, unless it was a continuation of Browns.