1972 Part 1

A few years ago when I was clearing my grandparents house after they had passed away I found a copy of the Great Universal Stores mail order catalogue for Spring/Summer 1972. It was in the cupboard under the stairs and was a bit musty and dog-eared but there were no missing pages. It's a real insight into the fashion of the time and also how some fashions have hardly changed at all.

Here's the first instalment of a time-warp back to 1972!

First up are their overseas buying trips to Paris, glamorous offices in Bolton and Widnes, and the state-of-the-art despatch area (eat your heart out Amazon). But best of all is the tech guy and his IBM mainframe:

Ladies fashions

Cool teens

Cool dudes (not)

Father Ted can't even get 1 bar on his mobile

When I'm cultivating the garden I always wear 4" white heels

The catalogue has over 1000 pages so I'll post some more pics later. In the same cupboard I also found the Brian Mills Spring/Summer 1984 catalogue so I'll post pics from them later as well.

Catch You Later!

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#1972

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#retro

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#father ted

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