Bygones: When Chambers threw out coffee for custom
DOES anyone remember Chambers in the Old Market Place?
It is a store remembered well by Jim Matthew does and he told us: "Going back to the 1940s and 50s, Chambers had counters all the way round the shop and in the central area was a large oblong counter filled with all kinds of cooked meats that would be sliced as ordered by the customer.
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A PART OF GRIMSBY’S FURNITURE: The Old Market Place, Grimsby, with Chambers on the right.
"This was before the innovation of chilled cabinets like they have now.
"Shoplifting was unheard of back then as there were sufficient staff to serve you.
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"On the left side of the shop, at the entrance, was a coffee grinder.
"They would grind whatever coffee you desired and they also threw freshly ground coffee out on to the pavement to tantalise the passers-bys' nostrils, which it did.
"In general life seemed so much more straightforward then.
"Money was worked out in pennies, but went a lot further than it does today."
Comparing today with yesteryear, Jim added: "In those days it was a completely different atmosphere all round, which is beyond the comprehension of most people now.
"Also, back then there were thousands of jobs and trades that today no longer exist."
If you would like to share your memories and/or photographs of local shops, then please write to Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or e-mail bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
Comments
by crasco
Thursday, September 13 2012, 7:21PM
“I can remember going there as a small boy with my mother in the late 50's early 60's and the smell of the fresh coffee and the grinder going round in the front window. There where smoked hams hanging from hooks in the center of the shop. As I remember it had wooden floors. My mother would take me up some steps to a room at the back where we would have tea and toasted tea cakes and there would be a man playing the piano and a women playing the violin.
Happy days.”
by buljotpo
Thursday, September 06 2012, 8:07PM
“Keep up the good work
i can still smell the coffee outside Chambers all the way here in California.
My uncle had a Bicycle shop little further down the road on the left in Chantry lane.
That must have been late 1939 early 40's.
Fond memories and
Best wishes to all
Ron”