Advertisement for Myers, ladies' outfitters

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Date:1935

Description:This advertisement for the ladies' outfitters who simply called themselves Myers dates from 1935. Contemporary directories refer rather oddly to the proprietor as 'Myer Myers' but in the 1950s she is listed as Mrs Betsy Myers. The shop at 131 Sherlock Street, on the outskirts of Lee Bank, lasted into the very early 1960s. 'Interested attention and customers' personal individuality studied' seems now to have a whiff of the obsequious about it but presumably it simply means the personal service that we miss in our self-service world today. Apparently full sizes were catered for although you would not think it from the look of the skinny mannequin on the left.

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Shops Edgbaston Clothes & Textiles 1920 - 1938 (Early 20th Century)

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Source: Mr Ron Butler , Mrs Gwen Hatton , Ms Angela Dyer , Mrs May Williams , Mr Arthur Sadler , Mrs Janet Abbotts , Ms Rose Pearson , Mrs Dolly Ray , Mrs Pamela Edwards , Mrs Betty Queen , Mr Ken Smith , Ms Julia Wagstaffe , Woodview Primary School , Ms Carol Woolley , St Thomas's School , E.R. Mason Youth Centre , Mr Bernard Allen , Mrs Gladys Russell , Mrs Pat Jones , Ms Angela Maloney , St Thomas Old Scholars , Mr Ken Bonham

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