Co-Op (Northampton)

An extract from Bob Harris's autobiography, Still Whispering After All These Years:

"While Mum did her shopping I'd be in the records department of our local Co-Op playing in the listing booths. Or I'd be down at John Lever's record shop in Gold Street in the centre of Northampton. I'd cycle down there and just hang around, listening to the music they were playing in the shop, or waiting for the Decca delivery van to arrive with new releases on Thursday evening at about 5:30pm. Decca had all the great labels at the time. Having the thrill of feeling that I got this record a day before it was officially released."