Waldren's

Brian May of Queen bought a Les Paul & Mary Ford EP in this shop in the late 1950s/early 1960s. It opened in 1899 and closed down in 1972.

Comments

Name: Brian Cox
Comment: I remember buying Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker.
(2020)

Name: Roy Pryer
Comment: I worked in Waldren's in the 1960s, I don't remember Brian May though, mind you I worked on the bicycle side of the business not the electrical....
(2020)

Name: David Shrimpton
Comment: The two businesses were run by brothers. I bought my very first LP from Waldren's back in 1958. I also remember how the female staff behind the counter wore special tunics and for 78rpm discs, they had to go upstairs to fetch them.
(2022)

Dave Harwood

20 Oct 2023 at 12:39

I found an advert in the ‘Middlesex Chronicle’ dated 30th November 1951:
“WALDRENS for your XMAS GRAMOPHONE RECORDS. All Latest Issues In Stock on Day of Release. HMV, MGM, COLUMBIA, CAPITOL, PARLOPHONE, BRUNSWICK, ETC. WE SELL & EXCHANGE RECORD TOKENS. WALDRENS 60-64 HIGH STREET, HOUNSLOW. Telephone: HOUnslow 1133.”