Authors: Pamela Cox
Hicks, Margaretta 149
Hitler, Adolf 194, 197
Hoffman, Philip 39–40, 108, 109, 116, 117, 145, 152, 157–8, 159–60
Holborn Silk Market, London 39–40
Holyoake, George 104;
Self-Help by the People
105
Home & Colonial 169
Home Office 144
Honey
215
House of Commons 123, 182
House of Eliott
,
The
, xiii, xiv
House of Fraser 22, 228
House of Lords 112
House of Worth 78
housewives 155, 168–9, 184–5, 186, 187, 189
Hove, Sussex 333
Howell, James 25, 41
Howells department store, Cardiff 25, 40–41
Hulanicki, Barbara 206–8, 217, 225, 227
Hunter, Beatrice 162, 163–4
Huntley & Palmers 134
Hynde, Chrissie 227
Ideal Labour Saving Home, The
169
Industrial Relations Bill, 1971 224
Industrial Relations Journal
217
Industrial Revolution 10, 14, 133
Isherwood, Christopher:
Goodbye to Berlin
174
Isle of Wight 182, 187–8
J. Lyons & Co 176, 181
J. Sainsbury 143, 149–50, 176, 185–6, 187, 193, 197
Jack the Ripper 59
Jagger, Mick 210
Jenner, Charles 26, 65, 66, 70, 137
Jenners of Edinburgh xiii, 22, 26, 65–6, 70, 137, 209
Jersey 183, 194, 199
Jeune, Lady 8–9, 28–9
Jobs, Steve 237–8
John Lewis 140, 144–7, 156, 158–60, 162, 180, 186, 190, 199, 230
Jones, Stevenson 78
Jong, Erica 222
Jordan (punk icon) 227
Jupp, Ethel May 176–7, 189
Kaufhaus N. Israel department store, Berlin 174
Kendal, Milne and Faulkner, Messrs, Manchester 16, 17, 36, 196, 205, 209, 211
Kenney, Annie 120
Kenney, Nell 120
Kittner, Annie 171
Kramer, Billy J. 211
Kramer, Elaine 211
labour movement 98–9, 217–18
Labour Party 113, 117, 167–8
Ladies National Association 57
Ladies of Langham Place 13, 28, 29
Lancaster, Osbert 67
Land Army 186, 193, 198
Langtry, Lily 79
late-night shopping 41
LCC Theatres and Music Hall Committee 88
Lemere, Henry Bedford 65–6
Lend-Lease agreement 193
Lennon, John 210
Let It Rock, Kings Road 227
Lewis Separates 213–14
Lewis, Bernard 214
Lewis, Edmund 35, 39, 110
Lewis, Henry 35, 39, 110
Lewis, John 144–5, 146, 147, 158–9, 161, 162
Lewis, Oswald 146, 159–60
Lewis, Russell 35, 39, 110
Lewis, Samuel 39–40
Lewis, Spedan (John) 145, 146–7, 148, 149, 160–2, 163–4, 190
Lewis, Tom 35, 39, 110
Lewis’s, Liverpool 186, 191
Liberal Party 111–12, 114, 123
Liberty, Arthur Lasenby 70
Liberty’s, London 67, 70
Lilley and Skinner, London 119, 122
Lilley, Kate 122
Lilley, Louise 122
Link, The
98
Linton, Eliza 72–4, 75; ‘The Girl of the Period’ 72–3; ‘The Philosophy of Shopping’ 73–4
Littlewoods 169, 170, 173
Liverpool 4, 10, 69, 78, 79, 110, 127, 127, 128, 142, 143, 167, 168–9, 186, 191
Liverpool Mercury
78
living-in 24–5, 27, 38–41, 83, 99–100, 108–9, 116, 117, 130–31, 138, 147, 148, 152, 160, 208
living wage 51, 113, 114, 115, 116, 156
Lloyd George, David 81, 112, 114, 122, 127, 128, 149, 160, 232
Lloyd, Mary 88
Loftie, Jeannie 88
London; Bayswater 17–18, 21–2, 71, 177; Carnaby Street 206, 207, 211; Hyde Park 2, 17, 24, 43, 69, 146; Kensington 160, 165, 177, 189, 207, 211, 227, 228; Kensington High Street 160, 165, 177, 189, 227; King’s Road 147, 203–4, 205, 206, 207, 211, 224, 227; Knightsbridge 22–3, 212; Lewisham High Street 197–8; Oxford Street 8, 35, 39, 108, 111, 119, 133, 137, 144, 159, 162, 190, 199, 228; Regent Street 23, 53, 57–9, 213; Piccadilly 53, 78, 80, 223 (
see also
East End
and
West End)
London Can Take It!
189
London Co-operatives, Romford 195
London Magazine
19, 139–40
Lord & Taylor 129
Lord, Sarah 3
Lorimer, Florence 163
Lubbock, Sir John 43–4, 46, 47, 49
Lucile (Lucy Christiana Sutherland) 79–81
Luftwaffe 179, 183, 188
Lulu 210
Lydon, John 227
Lyons Corner Houses 176
Macarthur, Mary 102, 103
MacDonald, Ramsay 167
Macmillan, Harold 215–16
Macy’s, New York 129, 173
Madam Burton’s, Newport, Isle of Wight 182, 188
magazines 19, 42, 68, 69, 76, 79, 80, 82–3, 85, 86–7, 89, 95, 119, 123, 132, 139, 176, 177, 193, 204, 205, 208, 215, 223
Malvery, Olive Christian 140–41
management 127–52, 173–7
Manchester 10, 11, 16, 17, 26, 36, 69, 107, 120, 128, 142, 166, 175, 205, 211, 213, 229
mannequins 78, 79, 80, 136, 137
market towns 4, 5, 17, 22, 68, 135, 231
Markham, London 210
Marks & Spencer 166, 167, 168, 169, 172, 173–6, 180, 191, 197–8, 230, 231
Marks, Michael 166
Marks, Simon 166, 167, 168, 173–4, 175
Marmaysee, Monsieur Germain 53–4
marriage 40, 64–5, 83–4, 214, 222
married women 13, 51, 155, 196, 198, 216
Marquis, Lord Woolton, Frederick 186
Marshall and Snelgrove, Oxford Street 213, 228
Marshall, Jeanette 66–7, 68
Martindale, Hilda 94
Martindale, Louisa 94
Martineau, Harriet 11, 12, 15, 27, 55, 57, 72; ‘Female Industry’ article 11, 12
Mary, Queen 159
Matlock, Glen 227
Mawer & Collingham, Lincoln 142, 144, 172
Mayhew, Henry 41, 68;
London Labour and the London Poor
68
McIlroy’s of Hanley 116–17
McLaren, Malcolm 227
McNeil, Susannah 7
McVitie’s 134
medieval shops 5, 26
Melly, Diana (Dawson) 204–5
Mendleson, Anna 227
Methodists 25, 35, 41
middle class 14, 15, 17, 26, 28, 43, 66, 69, 89, 90, 95, 98, 118, 119, 131, 162, 169, 170, 192, 203, 215
migration 228
milliners 3, 4, 8, 18, 24, 29, 45, 51, 52, 54–5, 56, 59, 69, 84, 203
Mills & Boon 84–5
minimum wage 114–18, 156, 158–9
Ministry of Food 185, 186, 196, 198
Ministry of Information 180, 184
Ministry of Labour 155, 196
Miss Selfridge 213
Miss World 222, 223, 224
Morgan, Elizabeth 128
Morning Post, The
56, 67, 82
Moss, Martin 212
motherhood 15, 49, 220
Mr Selfridge
xiii
Mrs Jupp’s Pantry, Bayswater 176–7, 189
‘multiple’ stores 15, 29, 133–4
see also
chain stores
Munby, Arthur 2–3, 24, 27, 28, 69
music hall 52, 76, 87–8, 159
musical comedy 64–5, 87–9, 163
National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehouseman & Clerks (NAUSAW&C) 99, 102, 112, 116, 120, 145, 152
National Anti-Sweating League 113
National Early Closing League 43
National Health Society 45
National Institute of Industrial Psychology (NIIP) 173–4
National Insurance Act, 1911 112
National Union of Shop Assistants 93, 99
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) 118, 120
National Women’s Liberation Conference, Ruskin College, Oxford, 1970 219–22
Nazi Party 174, 179–80, 182, 183, 184, 194
New Look 203
New York 129, 130, 167, 173
Newby, Eric 192
Newcastle 25, 26, 27, 36, 110, 142, 166, 172, 220
Newton, Robert 58
Non-Conformism 14, 26, 81
Norwich 6
Nottingham 211
novels 16, 72, 84–5, 89, 171, 174
Osborne, Doris 188
Owanabae, Dorothy 229, 238
Owen Snr, Owen 127–8
Owen, Ellen 129
Owen, Owen 110, 127–30, 131, 132, 133, 142
Oxford 35, 39, 110, 119, 133, 137, 162, 219, 220, 230
Pall Mall Gazette, The
38
Pankhurst, Christabel 120
Pankhurst, Emmeline 118, 120, 123
Pankhurst, Sylvia 120, 121
Paquins 140
Paradise, The
xiii
Paris 52, 69–70, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 111, 129, 198, 223
part-time work 196, 216–18, 235
‘Passing of the Grocer’ debate 133
paternalism 24–5, 26–7, 97, 130
Pennyhapenny Boutique, The 210
People’s Budget, 1909 112
People’s Store 107
Peter Jones, London 147, 148, 149, 160–4, 190
Peter Robinson’s, London 119, 149
Pettigrew, Agnes 102, 103
Piggly Wiggly 195
Pink Floyd 211, 227
Pioneer, The
117
Pollock, Alice 205
Pollyanna, Barnsley 211–12
Pontings, Kensington 160, 207, 228
pop music 205, 210, 211
Portas, Mary 233, 235
Prejudiced Guide
137–8, 156
The Pretty Things 210
productivity 130, 173, 174
profit sharing 103, 105, 147, 148, 149, 160–1
profiteering 193
prostitution 12, 52–60, 65, 67, 68, 71, 97, 162
public parks 68–9
Punch
68
Pygmalia, Manchester 211
Quant, Mary 203–4, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217
Queen
204
Quorum, Kings Road 205, 210–11
R.S. McColl’s 173
RAF 188, 189, 198
rationing 181, 185–7, 191–2, 203, 214
Rave
205, 210
Rawlinson, General Sir Peter 224
Rayner, Horace 90–91
ready-to-wear 169
Red Cross 194
Reform Acts: 1832 11, 98; 1884 121; 1928 172
Reform Movement 11
Regal Corset 122
Regency arcades 52
Reginbal, Margaret 53–4
Representation of the People Act, 1918 124
Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act, 1919 155–6
Reynold’s Newspaper
55
Reynolds, Quentin 189
Rhodes, Zandra 209
Richardson, Mary 124
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society 103
‘Rochdale Principles’ 103–4
Rockhey 144
Roger Edwards and Co. 117
Rowbotham, Sheila 220
Royal College of Art, London 212
Ruskin College, Oxford 220, 221, 222
Ruskin, John 219
Salaman, Ralph 180
Salford Art School 205
Saturday girls 216
Saunders-Roe 188
Savile Row, London 206
Seats for Shop Workers Act, 1899 46
Second World War, 1939–45 181–200
self-help 104–5, 112
self-service 195
Selfridge, Harry Gordon xiii, 111, 119, 123, 133, 136, 137, 138–40, 141, 171
Selfridges, Oxford Street 111, 119, 122–3, 124, 133, 136, 137, 138–40, 141, 144, 148, 171, 190, 213, 235
servants 2, 12, 14–15, 24, 28, 34, 36, 39, 44, 48, 53–4, 76, 81, 82, 90, 96, 119, 142, 165, 207–8, 212, 217
Sex, Kings Road 227
Sex Pistols 227
sex work 52–6
sexualisation and sexuality 12, 40, 41, 52–60, 65, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 83, 85, 86–7, 89, 94, 97, 162, 176, 204, 208, 214, 222
Shaw, George Bernard 171
Shaw, Sandie 210
Shipley, Christine 211
‘shop-and-house’ layout 5
Shop Assistant, The
95
shop assistants: clothing 27, 50, 149; duties 36, 51, 132, 136–7, 139, 163, 190, 231–2; entertainments 27, 51–2, 82–8, 110–11; health 23, 29, 44–50; hours 2, 3, 18, 25, 27, 28, 34, 41–50, 55, 83, 88, 96, 97, 99–100, 107, 109, 110, 139, 147, 152, 158, 176, 217; part-time 196, 216, 217, 218; rules and penalties 24, 35, 37–9, 41, 45, 46, 50, 58, 93, 97, 99, 108, 139, 196; social clubs 27, 36, 110, 164–5; training 29, 111, 139, 150, 152, 175–6, 190, 211; wages 23–4, 38, 39, 47, 49, 50–1, 53, 55, 56, 57, 65, 81, 98, 101–2, 104, 108, 112–18, 139, 145–6, 147, 148, 152, 156, 157, 158– 61, 168–9, 172–3, 176, 184, 204, 216, 217, 218–19, 222, 225, 232; working conditions 2, 3, 18, 20, 34, 38–41, 42, 44–8, 50, 83, 85, 93–100, 106–10, 114, 115, 147, 152, 157–8, 162, 167, 168, 175
see also
‘living-in’
The Shop Girl
(musical comedy) 89
Shop Girls
(Applin) 84–5
Shop Hours Act, 1886 49, 50
Shop Hours League 46
Shop Hours Regulation Bill, 1873 43–4, 46
shop-lifting 74–5, 175
‘shop locally’ 230
shopocracy 23, 24, 81, 97, 117, 170
shop owners, female 177
shopping: co-operative movement and
see
co-operative movement; democratisation of 169–70; elevation of female customer 65–7; formality of experience 170, 172, 204; late-night 42; link between sex and 56; nineteenth-century experience of 4–5; overseas influence on British 15, 69–71, 72, 80, 127, 129–33, 134, 138–9, 141, 144, 167, 173, 176, 189, 195, 204, 206, 209, 229; philosophy of 73–4; shopping centres and 229–32; suffragism and
see
suffragism; unpleasant experience of 8–9; war and
see
First World War
and
Second World War, 229
see also individual store names
shopping malls 229
Shops Bill, 1904 109
shopwalkers and floorwalkers 35, 38, 83, 100, 132, 136, 137–8, 159, 174
Sketch
79
Skippon, John 7
Smiles, Samuel 104–5
Smith, Madeline 209
Smith, Paul 211
Smith, Samuel 5
Snowden, Philip 113
Social Notes
51–2
Social Twitters
51
Society for Promoting the Employment of Women 12–14, 43–4, 48
Solomon, Flora 165–6, 167–8, 172, 173, 174–5, 176
Spanish Civil War, 1936–9 179–80
Sparks
176
Spectator, The
44
Spencer, Tom 166
spending, post-war 215
Spurling, Hall 198
St Helens Traders’ Defence Association 105
St Helier, Jersey 183–4, 194–5, 199–200
Steer, George 179–80
Stephen, John 206
Stirling, Bobbie 159