Comment: Boots Pharmacy used to stock the latest chart singles back in the day at many of their branches. I was particularly aware of the London Road, Brighton branch, as they had them laid out on their counter which was located at the back left hand side of the store.
The 7” singles rarely came in picture sleeves in those days, usually just plain white or pink paper sleeves with large holes in the centre so that the record’s label was visible.
I can recall one trip where I purchased Dee D Jackson’s Automatic Lover single (which I still have) from the girl assistant, who at the time was being chatted up by her boyfriend and he saw my choice and loudly proclaimed "Automatic Scrubber" to her. Funny the things you remember!
The store finally closed on 20 September 2019 to make way for student accommodation.
Comment: Boots Pharmacy used to stock the latest chart singles back in the day at many of their branches. I was particularly aware of the London Road, Brighton branch, as they had them laid out on their counter which was located at the back left hand side of the store.
The 7” singles rarely came in picture sleeves in those days, usually just plain white or pink paper sleeves with large holes in the centre so that the record’s label was visible.
I can recall one trip where I purchased Dee D Jackson’s Automatic Lover single (which I still have) from the girl assistant, who at the time was being chatted up by her boyfriend and he saw my choice and loudly proclaimed "Automatic Scrubber" to her. Funny the things you remember!
The store finally closed on 20 September 2019 to make way for student accommodation.