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Name: Pete Downs Comment: It had an upstairs room which usually had sale stuff. There was also a second branch of Harlequin in the Butts Centre which had a big area at the back of the shop selling USA deletions. (20 May 2014)
Name: edenofflowers Comment: Harlequin was a tiny little shop that stocked a lot of interesting vinyl. There were imports as well as domestic releases and a lot of heavy metal vinyl. (15 May 2013)
Name: David Buck Comment: Seeing these old bags posted here is really taking me back to my early days of record buying. (30 November 2012)
Name: Richard Haysom Comment: Gosh - yes I remember the bags (I may even still have one somewhere!) but for the life of me I can't remember the shop!
Name: Mary Lowney Comment: I worked in this shop during the very early 1970s, I have very fond memories of running up and down the black cast iron spiral staircase to the sale department... I wish I had kept some of the vinyl from those days😊 I was still working for Harlequin when they opened their second store in the Butts centre next door to But is it art? (22 November 2016)
Name: Frances Murrell (as was) Comment: I worked for Harlequin as manager of one of the two Harlequins in Reading, Berkshire. I was there for four years and they were great days, so much fun. I am still in touch with Lynn who worked with me and I would love to know what happened to the manager of the other store, Carol who married our EMI rep, Ron. As for me I married our Anchor Records rep Chris. We have been married 44 years, have one daughter and two granddaughters. So I have Harlequin to thank for them! (2021)
Name: Pete Downs
Comment: It had an upstairs room which usually had sale stuff. There was also a second branch of Harlequin in the Butts Centre which had a big area at the back of the shop selling USA deletions.
(20 May 2014)
Name: edenofflowers
Comment: Harlequin was a tiny little shop that stocked a lot of interesting vinyl. There were imports as well as domestic releases and a lot of heavy metal vinyl.
(15 May 2013)
Name: David Buck
Comment: Seeing these old bags posted here is really taking me back to my early days of record buying.
(30 November 2012)
Name: Richard Haysom
Comment: Gosh - yes I remember the bags (I may even still have one somewhere!) but for the life of me I can't remember the shop!
Name: Mary Lowney
Comment: I worked in this shop during the very early 1970s, I have very fond memories of running up and down the black cast iron spiral staircase to the sale department... I wish I had kept some of the vinyl from those days😊 I was still working for Harlequin when they opened their second store in the Butts centre next door to But is it art?
(22 November 2016)
Name: Frances Murrell (as was)
Comment: I worked for Harlequin as manager of one of the two Harlequins in Reading, Berkshire. I was there for four years and they were great days, so much fun. I am still in touch with Lynn who worked with me and I would love to know what happened to the manager of the other store, Carol who married our EMI rep, Ron. As for me I married our Anchor Records rep Chris. We have been married 44 years, have one daughter and two granddaughters. So I have Harlequin to thank for them!
(2021)