"Turn Back Time Pop-Up Shops and Events - step into the 1930s and meet our grocer as he opens his 'shops' across the UK. As well as taking you back in time through the 1930s grocer's shop, there will be advice on researching your own high street history, local artefacts to get 'hands on' with, and a chance for your old photos of the area to become part of a high street memory line."I spent this weekend up in snowy Bradford helping out with the BBC's Hands on History project, which was tiring but great fun. I was on the dressing up section, encouraging children of all ages to don a period shop assistant's uniform and go and help Mr Turner the shop owner, or serve Mrs Howard (our best customer).
The shop space was quite small, but it was really well done with a time-line that followed that of the TV programme and with front of store being the 'shop' containing produce found at the time, complete with original packaging designs, old money and and ancient till. Fab!
The people of Bradford turned out in large numbers despite the weather and seemed genuinely
interested in the exhibition and were sad that their city centre was in such decline, missing the local shops of their youth.
Staff uniforms & today's milk delivery
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