Basement goods lift, Queens Road

Also used by customers in wheel chairs!
By Ian Hudson

The Queens Road shop was built at different times, and had many floor levels, some not very far apart. This lift between the Electrical and Kitchenware departments was not only used for stock but was also used to assist customers in wheelchairs or infants in pushchairs!

Photo:Goods lift.

Goods lift.

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This page was added by Ian Hudson on 11/08/2007.

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How did the customers manage/use the lift and did they dread it or think it fun?

By Jo Spence
On 07/09/2007

The only way a customer with a pushchair or in a wheelchair could get from the fitted kitchen department on the upper basement floor down to the large electrical appliance department on the lower basement floor was for a Partner to get them onto this lift press the button for the appropriate level then reverse them out. Customers nor Partners thought of this as anything unusual, in fact the customers were always very grateful.

By Marion Hudson
On 26/04/2008

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