Richard Hawley mention this shop as one of the first he visited with his dad.
- Bradley’s, Sheffield - ST33 blog
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Name: Truats Hetytarl
Comment: Bradleys in Halifax was on the edge of the Borough Market. So the pukka shopfront was on Northgate but there was a back entrance in the market itself. They also had the benefit of being next to one of the entrances so had a window on the side of the shop as well as front and back. Good pitch. Because the market was on a hill - most things are in Halifax - Bradleys had two levels. The lower one accessed from the Northgate entrance, and then you went up some steps to the market bit of the shop. There was - in the sixties at least - a counter on both levels.
(18 March 2016)
Name: Susan Bennett (née Lettin)
Comment: Just to say I worked in the Doncaster shop with Brenda, Jean and others.
(2019)
Name: Simon Greenwood
Comment: A couple of notes: Bradleys actually had a record label of their own in the mid-1970s and released records by some local acts which charted - Brotherhood of Man for example.
The shop in Doncaster became Our Price in the late 1980s alongside some of the others. I assume it was a takeover. They later became Virgin shops (or was it the other way around?)
(2019)
Name: Ray Bell
Comment: John Bradley was a multi-talented musician and at one time I rated him as my best friend. He played the sax and the piano and the electronic Hammond organ. I first saw him as a member of the dance band at the Astoria (I think) ballroom in Manchester. He was married to Vicky who was the lead female singer with the band. They had two children, a boy and a girl. As it happens I have just written up a lot of notes of my experiences at this time in the swinging sixties. I have lots of memories of JB. if you are interested please let me know.
(2020)
Name: Debby Schofield
Comment: Did anyone come across my mum Michele Schofield who was the manageress? She sadly died in 1987.
(2021)
Name: Steve Barrett-White
Comment: I worked at most of the Bradley's stores, starting on West Street selling organs, then moved into Fargate and was one of the team that opened all the other outlets. Great days.
(2022)
... and this address in the 'Heywood Advertiser' dated 2nd December 1966:
“BRADLEYS RECORDS 19 Yorkshire St., Rochdale.”
... plus this in the 'Halifax Evening Courier' dated 9th December 1966: “ORDER YOUR COPY NOW FOR DECEMBER RELEASE. HITS BY THE BEATLES. Great for Christmas Parties. BRADLEYS RECORDS, 22, MARKET STREET, HALIFAX.”
... and this classified ad. In the 8th November 1967 edition: “YOUNG GIRL RECORD ASSISTANT required for SINGLES DEPARTMENT. Good wages for lively personality. Apply to Mr. HIGGINS, BRADLEY'S RECORDS, 22, MARKET STREET, HALIFAX. Tel. HX. 65529. (9X).”