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HOW times change. Today’s nostalgia photos have been sent in by Gazette reader Maureen Squirrell and recall her days working as an apprentice hairdresser at the old Co-op premises in Long Wyre Street, Colchester. Maureen, now 79, served her three-year apprenticeship at the ladies’ salon, starting in 1956.
Top of the crops - Maureen and her hairdressing colleagues in 1958. Maureen is on the left in the front row She recalls some of the things she had to do and wonders what today’s apprentices would say if given the same tasks. “Some of my jobs included buying meat for the boss’s dog, doing some of her personal washing and washing the stairs down between us and the dentists next door,” she said.
IT S the end of an era for Colchester. Debenhams departure has dealt a blow to the town, having been the anchor store for the Culver Square development when built in 1987. Today s nostalgia features other fondly remembered department stores lost in recent years. Debenhams is certainly not the first major retailer to shut its Colchester store. The likes of Essex-based firm Keddies, Woolworths, British Home Stores and C&A were also high street favourites forced to close their doors to north Essex shoppers. Keddies used to be on both sides of Queen Street - one half on the corner of what is now Priory Walk (at that time called Kingsway) in premises last used by Peacocks.
IT S the end of an era for Colchester. Debenhams departure has dealt a blow to the town, having been the anchor store for the Culver Square development when built in 1987. Today s nostalgia features other fondly remembered department stores lost in recent years. Debenhams is certainly not the first major retailer to shut its Colchester store. The likes of Essex-based firm Keddies, Woolworths, British Home Stores and C&A were also high street favourites forced to close their doors to north Essex shoppers. Keddies used to be on both sides of Queen Street - one half on the corner of what is now Priory Walk (at that time called Kingsway) in premises last used by Peacocks.