The 70s and 80s

Working in London during the 70s and 80s was a a dangerous time as well as an interesting one. The IRA were very active with a bombing campaign which made us all very edgy. But work was good and plenty of it I was a Foreman Electrician with an Electrical and Shopfiitting Company, we did a lot of work for The British Shoe Corporation, whose stores included Lilley and Skinner /Dolcis /Saxone / Freeman Hardy Willis / Olympus Sports. Etc …. Monsoon fashion had just started and we did some of their shops…Brent X shopping centre opened in 1976 and we fitted several shops out prior to it opening to the general public…Fiorucci and Toni and Guy in Kings Road were two great jobs, I got a pair of designer jeans and a great haircut. as a bonus….Other jobs included Hard Rock Café in Marble Arch, Selfridges Children’s Dept and Fashion Show / the Trocadero Basement food hall in Piccadilly Circus.

Then in 1981, I was asked to install The Oxford Street Christmas Lights