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WOW ! Fond memories indeed. I worked as a Dispatch Clerk at JB in 1950 and moved rapidly up the ladder to be a Department Manager at another John Lewis store -- Peter Jones of Sloane Square -- two years later.
Decided the retail world was not for me and switched to engineering two years after that..
Moved to Canada in 1962, went back for a visit in 1975 Couldn't believe the changes around Hampstead, including the disappearance of JB.
BTW, the basement food department was one of the first in UK to switch to self-serve and everyone thought that this was the absolute end of civilization in Britain. A year later no one would have been willing to switch back to so-called personal service.
I wonder if The John Lewis Partnership is still in existance ...........