The Town

A Memory of Mitcham.

Unfortunately, I couldn't view the printing on the Mitcham page as it was obscured by little green figures, but I do know someone has asked if anyone remembers Thorpe's Music Bar. I do. I used to work there Wednesday evenings and Saturdays for a couple of years. Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe were very kind to me, took me to the theatre on occasion (once at the London Palladium)! Mrs. Thorpe insisted we wear white coats to work in the store. I wonder why ...... Mr. Thorpe was the one who knew the electrical stock. I had to learn records by their stock numbers. I'd love to have that kind of memory now. Oh the days of 78's etc. If a record didn't sell well, Mrs. Thorpe would give them to me. Fun to remember all this. Mrs. Thorpe, who had Lucille Ball style red hair, had a 'thing' for peke dogs. Snappy little buggers, but they loved her. Opposite Thorpes, near the Majestic cinema, there was a little store that teenage girls loved -cheap stockings and all sorts of wonderful bits of clothing (that fell apart after they were washed once). My Saturday work was dashed one day when Mrs. Thorpe decided to hire a niece, so I got the shove. Doesn't change the memories though - eating jam sandwiches for lunch in a little 2 x 4 cupboard space!