Thornton Bobby, a home electrical store (HiFis, televisions, white goods etc) with a record department run by a guy called Tony in the 1970s. On the other side of Northdown Road above a coffee shop was the Aquarius Record Centre owned by DJ legend Mike Burns. He moved to a shop further along the road towards Margate later.
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Name: Jacqui McCormack
Comment: I started my career as a shorthand typist in the travel bureau in the basement of Bobbys in 1960 which adjoined the record department. People went into Boots to listen to the records before they bought them.... those were the days. I used to spend some of my lunch breaks sitting in a booth taking the words of pop records down and typing them out for various pop groups. This was because they could not afford the music for their gigs! The travel bureau was moved up to the ground floor next to Travel Goods and the sweet counters. It was a great time to work for Mr Bobby. He was a true gent.
… and this address in the 31st January 1967 edition: “THORNTON BOBBY LIMITED 7a QUEEN ST., MARGATE Tel. Thanet 344111.