Catalogues

[Oma]

Yesterday I was talking to GS about how we shopped before the internet ,
I was explaining catalogues and how they were published twice a year , we would look forward to the Spring & Summer then the Autumn & Winter one’s coming out ,
We we’re also discussing how they delivered ,
I said some had their own vans but a lot came with The White Arrow van ,
There was another Van but for the life of me I can’t remember it’s name , can anyone remember what it was called.

[Daisy]

Oma, I can remember my mother buying from the Grattan catalogue, but it was through someone she know who, I suppose, was some kind of agent. I can remember people talking about running catalogues.

I can still remember the summer I left school and she bought me several dresses - I loved all of them and felt so grown-up!

[Lizzie48]

My father called the catalogues our bible!!! My grandfather was an agent, I think for Grattan, in fact a neighbour of ours was an agent long before that, maybe Kays??? My sister and myself would look through them for hours choosing what we could never afford!

[Oma]

I had a little woods catalogue for many years , my sister had Kays ,

[Nanto2girls]

My friend used to run several catalogues. Every time she started a new one she got a free gift.

[Gemini]

Mail order catalogues were the only way to buy and have things delivered weren't they?

My mum wasn't a fan of them so we didn't have them growing up. I had one ( I can't remember which) for a couple of years when the DDs were little and got some clothes for them .

My DD2 as a child ADORED the Argos catalogue! A new one brought much excitement and she pored over the toys and jewellery section, reading all the prices out to us

[Daisy]

Gem, I remember spending ages looking at the Gratton catalogue too. Simple pleasures, eh!

[Clover]

Another thing was it usually stated” allow up to 28 days for delivery”. A strange concept for today’s youngsters when it’s possible in some cases to have same or next day delivery.

[Oma]

That’s true Clover and sometimes by the time they came you had forgotten you had ordered them 😁

[Plantaholic]

My favourite clothing book atm is Cotswold Collections

[Daisy]

Another thing was it usually stated” allow up to 28 days for delivery”. A strange concept for today’s youngsters when it’s possible in some cases to have same or next day delivery.

Clover - I'd completely forgotten about that! It's hard for us to imagine that nowadays, let alone the youngsters. Where my DS1 lives they can get 1 or 2 hour Amazon deliveries!!!