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Name: Dave Harwood
Comment: The Pyramid Record Shop, Croydon was located in Savoy Parade to the left of the ABC Cinema at Broad Green. I frequented it in the mid 1960s and got to know the staff well enough for them to let me browse through their 45rpm singles in search of London American soul rarities. The counter was on the right of the shop and I recall they had a tall carousel rack displaying the EPs with their picture sleeves, which I was inclined to purchase as they were cheaper than LPs and often had tracks unavailable anywhere else.
I can't find any photos of the actual shop but there is a picture of the Savoy cinema in 1946 showing the shop location before it was occupied by The Pyramid.
The picture of the ABC Cinema in 1965 would have included The Pyramid if the photographer had taken it landscape instead of portrait!
(23 February 2015)
... and also one that shows the connection with Frank Douglas & Co. Ltd.
“PYRAMID RECORD SHOPS LIMITED, BROAD GREEN, CROYDON, ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE OPENED THE RECORD DEPARTMENT AT FRANK DOUGLAS & CO. LTD. 33/37 PORTLAND ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, S.E.25. The best of the pops at the Pyramid Shops.” (Croydon Times, Friday 19th June 1959).
... other adverts showed that Frank Douglas & Co. Ltd. had other branches in the south London area in the mid to late 1950’s - Odeon Parade, Croydon Road, Elmers End, Beckenham, Kent. 16 Crystal Palace Parade, London S.E.19. Tooting Broadway, London S.W.17. 51 Trinity Road, Tooting Bec, London S.W.17.
... however, The Pyramid’s partnership didn’t last long - notices in The London Gazette show that Frank Douglas & Co. Ltd. was being wound up by the liquidators during 1962.