Filmed in 1982. Thames Television was given unique access to one of the worlds most famous department stores - Harrods. If you would like to license a clip from this video please e mail: archive@fremantlemedia.com Quote: VT26878
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@dirtydave26915 жыл бұрын
The elevator gent was priceless. What a gem these men were.
@SarahJones-wy5us5 жыл бұрын
angry ranger, I was a student in Knightsbridge in the 70s and my main thrill was to get a "modest" lunch at the food hall and was given a huge green Harrods bag to carry it in! and I will always remember the lift man he was totally charming and made my day!
@jennytaylor33245 жыл бұрын
@@SarahJones-wy5us What a great vignette. Please share more of your old London memories!
@elit3physique3 жыл бұрын
Kind of reminds of Fallout video game lol He is so static and looks aimlessly whilst speaking lol
@DaisyChain625 жыл бұрын
I worked at Harrods during this period and remember Joe, the lift operator. He was a real character, a lovely gentleman with a great sense of humour. I spent 5 wonderful years there, but I left Harrods once Al-Fayed took over. Under Al-Fayed's management, the staff were spied upon with hidden cameras and sound recording devices, I hated the whole atmosphere under this new management.
@johnsmith-wx5fb5 жыл бұрын
I remember you . i was al fayeds right hand man.
@jennytaylor33245 жыл бұрын
Interesting insight.
@valvlog46655 жыл бұрын
Do they still do the fish art anymore? On a recent trip I couldn't find it. I think the fish hall is now called the dining hall, with 1/2 dozen different counter and table restaurants.
@staffie1uk5 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a right twat.
@meyergaelle81085 жыл бұрын
Like old times Russia
@jcc-ve8mo4 жыл бұрын
Now that's a Harrods I'd visit. Not the dreadful vulgar brash money obsessed tacky supermarket it is now.
@paullewis24134 жыл бұрын
Sad but true. Full of badly dressed tourists gawking at everything they probably can`t afford to buy. Tacky is about the best description of this once great Department Store. Both F. & M. and Selfridges are far better now.
@hisdivinegraceimperialmaje41783 жыл бұрын
having worked there i agree lol
@marvinm.messier11202 жыл бұрын
not surprised - Modern Life is Rubbish
@proudindiancitizen24945 ай бұрын
@@paullewis2413 I think when the country runs mostly on tourism, be glad for whatever, however and from wherever they come.
@mypointofview11114 ай бұрын
I liked Harrods back in the 1980s as I used to visit after work from time to time. I very rarely get nostalgic but Harrods was nicer back then than it it is now. Its just a gaudy tourist trap. Whenever a tourist asks about Harrods I tell them real Londoners go to Self ridges, much nicer and better quality
@ScottPothan4 жыл бұрын
I worked as a traineee buyer at Harrods in the 1970’s when it was House of Fraser owned and still truly British. I worked there the day we were bombed by the IRA. Never to be forgotten. Also those hideous months of power rationing when we worked alternate days with portable gas lamps on the counters. But people still shopped !
@runtsworth3 жыл бұрын
I was at Harrods for two years during that period too....on the management training course. I remember the bomb in the luggage department, the staff canteen and all the other things in this video.
@Spookieham4 жыл бұрын
Jean Michel Jarre "Equinox" as the backing music - nice.
@adamdoezema13184 жыл бұрын
gives the whole thing a zombie movie kind of feel
@rupertknight77634 жыл бұрын
Equinoxe pt7, I think this version is from the 1981 China Concerts live album..
@dogbreath83966 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@LogicPak5 жыл бұрын
They should make a Harrods museum of all the old stuff and machinery .
@alisonlee33147 жыл бұрын
It's nothing like that now....:(
@marysmyth82884 жыл бұрын
Arriving in London from Francis by euro train 🚞 on holiday, the first request to my accompanying daughter Was *please let’s go to Harrods , my first ever visit there , we bought nice roll sandwiches an desert An the headed to Hyde Park for our picnic , we had purchased bus 🚌 tickets to see the city of London Only to fine the traffic jams especially by Piccadilly caused us to forgo our seats to asking the Conductor to let us off , he explained back in the day the horse an cart went at 6miles an hr , an Now *2004 , the bus was slower than the horse an cart. We alighted the platform an took the tube I really enjoyed this vlog on Harrods of the original days ..fascinating thank you for this . Mary Canada 🇨🇦
@byhislove5 жыл бұрын
I actually miss those days, where people spoke to each other, you had to go places to get things done, and more people had jobs because the computers and reductions, economic inequality took over....corporations. sadly are gone
@jennytaylor33245 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@SleepscapeSerenity4 жыл бұрын
16:59 he says different, people dont say pleaese or thank you and are very rude... its always better "Back in the day" no matter what year you are in...
@janetjones43104 жыл бұрын
and don't forget "work ethics" People took pride in their work and it showed!
@donttalktomeyoureannoying87362 жыл бұрын
People only speak to strangers now if they are all drunk
@ben2e0omr3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful insight into how things were done and I wish , still were.
@resnonverba1375 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Thanks for upload.
@whatamalike6 жыл бұрын
I loved this! A topic I would have NEVER seeked out off my own back but my god they knew how to make seemingly the most mundane subjects back them become interesting. And for some reason I LOVE the slightly melancholic music at the end!
@baronmeduse3 жыл бұрын
sought
@ELPaso1990TX10 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@malthus1016 ай бұрын
Harrods library - now that is interesting.
@johnk16394 жыл бұрын
A symbol of the way England used to be. England used to have a clear identity. But like Harrods they sold out, and now all that’s left is a cheap knock off version that caters to foreign customers.
@kaizuko9913 жыл бұрын
Cry more whitey
@ms.d95334 ай бұрын
'Foreigners' feel the same way about you when you are in their country LOL
@dan114383 жыл бұрын
Back when London was an English city, not the cesspit of the world it is now
@johnclark70653 жыл бұрын
London is a English city just it attracts tourism and foreign nationals as it has loads of opportunities
@Geldachron8 жыл бұрын
Better times. Before the greed for Chinese money ruined the place.
@NinaOPerez5 жыл бұрын
Ironically, the song playing at around 17 minutes in is Souvenir de Chine by Jean Michel Jarre!
@trabali51685 жыл бұрын
and arab, and russian, and now indian too
@Nine-Signs5 жыл бұрын
You mean capitalism. The nation where the money came from is less important than what incentivised the money to behave as it did and what allowed that money to come in the first place and that would be the economic system we live under, and any person who voted for Tories post 1950 voted for the screwed up world we currently live in as they voted for capitalism without restraint. Welcome to the UK 2019. If things get worse, these will be not just the last years for what remains of high street shopping, but the last years of the UK Union itself.
@j04995 жыл бұрын
Harrods wouldn't be in business if they solely relied on English people.
@Nine-Signs5 жыл бұрын
@@j0499 Not entirely accurate overall in context of history but certainly accurate and correct today. Prior to 1980 people had far more disposable income and the rich were a primarily nationally based lot so harrods did survive primarily from the middle classes and the elites of the UK, with a handful of international customers and a handful of the working classes for a birthday or Christmas treat. Today in terms of disposable income the middle are near as poor as the working classes were, the working classes are near destitution and the elites have more money than god could count but are now transnational and do not give a flying f*** about the nation they were born in that gave them their massive amounts of unearned income and general riches, so harrods has to entice the elites of all nations passing through the capital for survival.
@sonaterese7992 жыл бұрын
Love that this is a vintage clip
@ryanp50523 жыл бұрын
Harrods is nothing like this now this is really luxury, would have loved to see all this stuff but now it’s JUST a retail shop making profits. Still a nice place but look at this video and go now no comparison
@jonsmum55525 жыл бұрын
When people could have a banter, without someone being offended!
@donttalktomeyoureannoying87364 жыл бұрын
zivkovicable I’m OFFENDED that you referred to him as “RETARDED” T R I G G E R ED
@Isleofskye4 жыл бұрын
Idiot. Most people shared the same culture and were sufficiently mentally strong to give and take jokes then..
@jonsmum55524 жыл бұрын
Isleofskye Just leave the snowflake be, probably one of those that are offended by everything and everyone. They wouldn’t know what banter was if it hit them in the face. Too busy being offended! 🤣🤣
@kaizuko9913 жыл бұрын
The only person offended and upset is you weirdo
@jonsmum55523 жыл бұрын
@@kaizuko991 Shut it!
@momof2momof24 жыл бұрын
Visited there last April. Impressive food court. I also love Fortnum and Mason
@janedoe8055 жыл бұрын
Very appropriate for the Hat Show, music from “My Fair Lady”. 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@jonl85094 жыл бұрын
Go to Harrods today and the food halls are still impressive, but nothing like as spectacular as they once were. A lot of the original food hall area has been lost to jewellery sales and dining space. I suppose they are trying to wring as much money out of every square foot as they can. Pity.
@Lorisa259 жыл бұрын
"Last year at the royal wedding" AWW! I was at her son's wedding in 2011 a few years ago.
@ivanahavitoff73087 жыл бұрын
Of course you were dear.
@Lorisa257 жыл бұрын
Jelly? I was literally 1 of a million who saw it IRL
@ivanahavitoff73087 жыл бұрын
Who the cunty mentioned jelly?
@AriannaAyers2 ай бұрын
Instead of criticize how everything has gone downhill now, let’s brainstorm to see how to make things better - in store shopping has to be more experiential, keep the food stuffs, they generate so much profit, branch out into other sectors, like insurance and housing, like other stores have, create brands that translate across different lifestyles, let the Ritz Carlton, yacht, or Restoration Hardware hotels, create events.
@AH-cp6ud4 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!!!!! What a great video 👏👏👏
@stevenmorley16393 жыл бұрын
I reckon the reporter definitely claimed for his haircut on expensives.
@Ducks-are-cool15 жыл бұрын
It will be cool to see what’s it’s like today I really want to know if they got the power station still?
@Fsrjtyttzma3 жыл бұрын
They don’t do 24hr deliveries anymore after a lady phoned in and fell asleep taking up the entire reel? OMG!
@chloexianah30703 жыл бұрын
We miss you England
@mwhittaker91594 жыл бұрын
love the guy on the escalator at 18:05 mins
@elrjames77993 жыл бұрын
"The past is another country, they do things differently there."
@willcullinane29632 ай бұрын
/Anyone know the song playing over the last few mins?
@GM-xo7yy4 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@pauldurkee47642 жыл бұрын
How the other half lived, £47 for a beauty treatment, It was very classy though, or as they used to say, reassuringly expensive.
@andrewphillips45085 күн бұрын
Caviar is lead shot 😅
@buster78047 ай бұрын
rubbing his hand on the guys coat at the start...Thats a knock out for me.
@marsupiotupak4 жыл бұрын
JMJ :) Nice video!
@Joelthegeza95558 ай бұрын
That would cost about 900 grand -a million in E17 how times have changed
@Jarrodthebusker4 ай бұрын
Grace brother's on steroids
@tedoneilclark47102 ай бұрын
And a partridge in a pear tree 😂
@andynixon28205 жыл бұрын
Wow , there are some really angry people in this comments section .
@josef5965 жыл бұрын
Have you been to London lately?
@agfagaevart5 жыл бұрын
They're angry and VERY NASTY!!
@djyems10215 жыл бұрын
@@josef596 what's wrong with London? Lemme guess: UhHhH 'tOo MaNy MuSLiMs'
@moominmay5 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Adeyemo lol anytime I challenge low key racist comments in these types of videos I get the same reply ‘Have you been to London LaTelY?’
@djyems10215 жыл бұрын
@@moominmay Honestly!!!!!!
@patricka.crawley65725 жыл бұрын
Ahh...when London was British.
@SarahJones-wy5us5 жыл бұрын
Patrick A. Crawley How sad it is.
@juliamartins74784 жыл бұрын
@Houston's mccaine how gross you are full of hate
@malthus1016 ай бұрын
Harrods "pumped its own water".. wtf??
@thetajorpingtonlimited68176 ай бұрын
The Taj indian Restaurant 10 Carlton Parade Orpington BR6 0JB
@lylahale5284 Жыл бұрын
relevant to today or in the past, all very well having an opulent food hall, but i wonder how much waste there is at the end of a week ?
@adamwort71604 жыл бұрын
How do you spell arrods, capital A
4 жыл бұрын
Those vans must’ve been robbed plenty!
@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts3 ай бұрын
This was 1982!
@jessiejames74924 жыл бұрын
i wonder how much of those fresh sea food is wasted not sold off. we take so much and dont give back
@FabFunty4 жыл бұрын
How do you you "give back" something to the dead fish ? 🤣
@msbo5171 Жыл бұрын
ar...47.50 :)
@leefran716 ай бұрын
12.25 Greta Scacchi
@partsgeriausiasАй бұрын
When Harrods was still English, before all the rich arabs took over it…
@rahuldahoob7 күн бұрын
Oooooooooo racist
@luisvega6663 жыл бұрын
12:27
@ranat55263 жыл бұрын
Lidl has better products!
@LordDavid044 жыл бұрын
Give me Berlin's Kaufhaus des Westerns any day than today's Harrods. It has the world's largest food hall.
@leonard2005ify2 жыл бұрын
The way the camera were showing us of Pigs, chicken, ducks and more , it’s like Hieror movie Texas Chain saw, lol 😂😈, I like those stores Harrolds and Selfridges
@manofweed13 жыл бұрын
We buy all our fruit and vegetables from Harrods.
@Jadeygirllisa19855 жыл бұрын
Wow 😁 I love this
@Jamestele12 жыл бұрын
Watching how much goes into Harrods 40 years ago is an amazing snap shot of British culture - pre internet. All the workers were so earnest - they really worked to make it live up to its name
@TheByard5 жыл бұрын
My wife worked for Fortnum & Mason, they and Harrods staff would play practical jokes on one another. One that F&M played was to call Harrods Food Hall saying they were the Natural History Museum and that a dinosaurs bone had been broken. They explained the bone was very near the same shape as a ham bone, the cold meats sales person said they did not have a carved bone ready but would slice one and send it round. A bone duly arrived at the museum by cab. F&M called back to say Gotcha.
@justaman54184 жыл бұрын
and to this day the ham bone is still being showed
@jennytaylor33244 жыл бұрын
I love this!
@joserafaelzepeda-garza99714 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@mattgrant94796 ай бұрын
@@justaman5418i guess it was a joint effort
@bid845 ай бұрын
@@mattgrant9479very humerus
@borderlord5 жыл бұрын
And the Harrods country club for staff in Barnes and the furniture depository is now luxury housing.....Al Fayed even stopped the free tea in the canteen after I left in 91 !! You're much better off as staff working for John Lewis..way better off!!
@jennytaylor33244 жыл бұрын
Another interesting contribution. Thanks.
@kaashee4 жыл бұрын
borderlord fuck the pharaoh fayed
@Patrick31832 ай бұрын
Should never have allowed a foreigner to buy it
@fluffyfour4 жыл бұрын
I worked in Harrods in 77/78, straight out of school. I remember using the tube system to transfer payments made in foreign currency to finance. Change would come back in the foreign currency concerned. Amazing service.
@kristofkozari90404 жыл бұрын
I love that tube system. We still have this in Hungary at the Library of the Parliament. If you need a book, which is in the storage, you have to fill a form and send it up to the store-man.
@ianburton60715 жыл бұрын
It's very striking how the store has gone downhill in the years since this was filmed, offering only a fraction of the merchandise and services that it used to provide. Most of its floorspace is now given over to big brand concessions renting space from the store, not very different to a Westfield mall.
@markpunt96382 жыл бұрын
Only way for (Retail) to survive, sadly.
@carolwilkins22654 жыл бұрын
I bought some coleslaw in Harrods once, it's ingrained in my memory for how delicious it was
@ivanahavitoff73087 жыл бұрын
ah, the 'arrods of the 70s and 80s, the upper circle restaurant, the Olympic way, the supermarket in the basement, way in, being slapped on the backside by a cheerful doorman....happy days
@petersmith64584 жыл бұрын
Before it transformed into dubai airport
@baronmeduse3 жыл бұрын
I can't recall any planes landing there.
@andrewjeffrey95 жыл бұрын
Standards have gone down. The folk working for Harrods here looked immaculate like finely tuned solders and take pride in their work. I love the narrator accent just like my teachers back then.
@um92725 жыл бұрын
I‘m German and from 79-80 i lived in London The good old England ! I loved it soooo much !
@borderlord5 жыл бұрын
It was a gentler time..I worked in the Trevor Square warehouse for Harrods one Christmas when I was still at school....that warehouse is now luxury flats!
@douglashagedorn77175 жыл бұрын
I live in the states but have been shopping in Harrods several times, and make a point too visit every time that I’m in London, It’s one of the most interesting and wonderful places that I’ve ever visited, the people that work for Harrods are always very courteous and knowledgeable, I enjoyed chatting with them as much as I’ve enjoyed shopping there. And Harrods is even more amazing during the holidays.
@dorianphilotheates37694 жыл бұрын
U M - You arrived forty-odd years late, but better late than never...
@douglashagedorn77174 жыл бұрын
Seymour Butts. That’s pretty damn funny. These people that supposedly hate me so much have invited me into their homes for holiday celebrations. and continue to do so today by phone of by mail, and I have even been invited to their children’s graduations. So it would seem that you not only have a talent for misjudging people, but you also seem to have distinct talent, for making a complete a$$ out of yourself by assuming something that you personally no nothing about. Hoping that you have a wonderful week.
@lynnecromack49334 ай бұрын
@@borderlord I remember the dark underground passage to Trevor Square. It was like something out of Dickens !!
@gabriellaj.o.61805 ай бұрын
Harrods and Selfridges were always for the rich but we used to like visiting and you could always find something niche and the service was second to none. These days I would not visit. It's for the rich and designer led and they've lost their way. The West End is no longer the shopping mecca it once was with covid, crime and London's violent reputation and online killing a number of department stores including Fenwicks in New Bond Street, Debenhams (nationally) of Oxford Street and House of Fraser formerly DH Evans in Oxford Street and probably nationwide the way it's going. It is sad to see Central London the way it is. Selfridges needs Marks and Spencer Marble Arch so hope M and S do redevelop as without it Selfridges have a bleak future as does Harrods. Bit by bit the UK's traditional history is dying.
@ritaroad5 ай бұрын
I know what you mean. I used to love going to Marshall Field’s on State Street Chicago, 1975. It was awesome even though I couldn’t afford anything. After I perused everything on the upper levels I’d go to the lower level. There I’d buy Revlon and there was a huge fabric and notions store. I’d buy beautiful fabrics and make my clothes using Vogue patterns.
@jamesdelatour22664 ай бұрын
I lived on the Brompton road for a year or so, avoided harrods like the plague. Arabs & tourists just drowned the place you could barely browse without getting bumped around by the crowds.
@lowesonia85517 жыл бұрын
That was when it still belonged to the Scottish Owners. I was a regular shopper in the 50's absolutely loved it .My England . Sadly disappeared.
@Nine-Signs5 жыл бұрын
For any who voted Tory or Lib dem post 1950 they voted for capitalism without restraint, today is the inevitable result of what they voted for.
@mattbeardsworth32015 жыл бұрын
Do you know who owned it in 1982?
@resnonverba1375 жыл бұрын
@@mattbeardsworth3201 House of Fraser.
@Manofmanyfaces125 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that make you over 100 ?
@Manofmanyfaces125 жыл бұрын
@@Nine-Signs 😀ok I'll settle for atleast 80/90 . Not many ppl that old KZbin
@mustaphabenyelles14104 жыл бұрын
Late seventies lived and worked in Stanmore Middx : While shopping in central London , my first stop after 10.30 AM at Harrods fish hall for freshly opened oysters and a glass of dry white wine while standing up next to the spectacular daily fresh fish display it was a unic work of art. then some time later salt beef sandwich with rye bread , sweet pickles ,good old english mustard and a beer at the Brass Rail Selfridges. those were the days. love from Algeria
@dj-vg4uu5 жыл бұрын
Now the store is 90% rented space for name brands
@kaashee4 жыл бұрын
That’s the way they stay afloat I guess
@watchviewer3 жыл бұрын
Quite sad in a way
@nikitaamerie3 жыл бұрын
This is true the magically experience has left
@malthus1016 ай бұрын
everyone had purpose back then - people were real, life was real. now it's all... well, shit frankly.
@terawattyear5 жыл бұрын
Analog version of what Amazon is trying to become today. Early 1980s. 4 Green Men down from 10. Things were already unraveling. It’s a shame.
@baylorsailor5 ай бұрын
It's crazy how much computers and the internet has dumbed down society. It's sad. People barely know how to socialize anymore 😔
@elenavassilieva94063 жыл бұрын
But any one noticed quality of documentaries make in Britain then? If you compare quality of these documentaries with what todays BBC produce... Britis journalism was at highest level in the world
@ah79105 ай бұрын
I’m 41 years old, 1982 born. I remember in my teens, late teens, around the late 90s and certainly early 00s, documentaries I would enjoy on the BBC or Channel 4, started to creep in small amounts of dramatic music underscoring the narration or the people being interviewed. My ears were sensitive to it, as that wasn’t what we were used to - and I remember, even at that tender age thinking “this sounds like something you’d expect from an American show’. So there was a slow ‘Americanisation’ of our more measured, thoughtful and stoic British productions… by the 2010s/20s this intellectual approach to documentary making and news reporting is lost. We have dumbed down as a society - now a celebration of urban culture and speaking badly. A real shame.
@Kameleonic4 жыл бұрын
And now it's a foreign store for foreign money;) In the end money wins, wherever it comes from.
@aculligan562342 жыл бұрын
Ál Fayhed is a good man. Yes he is no longer the owner but its wrong to label a store because its foreign owned. What's the problem. Qatar purchased it so yes there are changes so bbe it.
@tedoneilclark47102 ай бұрын
Quality is everywhere now, especially the high street.
@gary19614 жыл бұрын
A 3-course lunch for £8.50 in Harrods. My kids spend more than that in McDonald's on shite.
@imnotavingthat68132 жыл бұрын
Great snap shot of when times were better. Who would have though 50yrs down the line, we are all worse off and cant afford to eat,
@ivanahavitoff73085 жыл бұрын
the woman smoking at 12.25 screwing up her face is my auntie! a right old sloane in her day. still is.
@resnonverba1375 жыл бұрын
Rubbish.
@johnsmith-wx5fb5 жыл бұрын
Bulcock's
@jennytaylor33245 жыл бұрын
Ace. I am fascinated by old 'Sloanes'! Was it a regular haunt of hers?
@johnsmith-wx5fb5 жыл бұрын
@@ivanahavitoff7308 i wrote bulcocks as a reference to one of the peoples surnames featured in the documentary. Do keep up.
@ivanahavitoff73085 жыл бұрын
@@jennytaylor3324 Yes. Harrods and Peter Jones in the 80s. Harvey Nicks was downmarket then before the 90s changed that and Harrods became less of a local store.
@figure-of-speech3 жыл бұрын
Before : nice , clean fresh now : smelly dirty ... and !
@Nine-Signs5 жыл бұрын
£3.40 in todays money for an egg. Absurdly expensive.
@sonaterese7992 жыл бұрын
Of course its expensive its Harrod's
@Nine-Signs2 жыл бұрын
@@sonaterese799 😂 Oh I know friend, I was just having a laugh.
@sonaterese7992 жыл бұрын
@@Nine-Signs Good for you!
@medmankatowice4 жыл бұрын
Battery powered truck. Used heat from electric generators to make hot water. How eco friendly they were.
@jonsmum55525 жыл бұрын
I bet those folk loved their jobs too, not like nowadays, all you hear is folk moaning about being short staffed, over-worked, under-paid, treated like crap!
@marymary54943 жыл бұрын
Less expectations back then.
@GypsyHunter232UK3 жыл бұрын
I was in Arrods the last week. Total shite
@GaryHynes-im5di5 ай бұрын
I remember Harrods back in 77 I was no higher than a traffic cone...it was posh as anything..cor blimey even the doors in and out were like something out of a king's palace.... and as for the goods inside. It was like nothing us West end peasants had ever seen before
@DCI-Frank-Burnside5 жыл бұрын
'addock. Lovely. Cheers Tel, see ya in the mornin'
@GypsyHunter232UK3 жыл бұрын
Those wer the gays wen in the UK u could put a 1st class stamp on a letter post to in the morning and it would be delivered any wer in the uk later that same gay. Postage stamp 10 pence .uk
@ThePlatypusReturns3 жыл бұрын
makes me want to watch "Are You Being Served" : )
@jerryjones97994 жыл бұрын
The past was better than now and the future looks grim.
@zivkovicable4 жыл бұрын
......said every old person in history. Obviously the further away from the grave we are, the better.
@budte4 жыл бұрын
@@zivkovicable You speak a lot and add little value.
@johncrilly31263 жыл бұрын
complaining about peoples manners in 1982...god knows what hed think today lol
@kaashee3 жыл бұрын
I have watched this video at least six times now. I love how it was made
@Jacam781 Жыл бұрын
Great production values considering it was 1982 - obviously a great deal of effort was put into making this.
@mfitzy1003 жыл бұрын
That really is england of a different era!
@AbstractMan235 жыл бұрын
15:48 "or door 3 dogs and royalty"
@fayecox94013 жыл бұрын
I like harrods but would rather have the old harrods any day
@JesusChristMySaviour-go2qb4 ай бұрын
My dad worked in export bereau in the late 1970’s and my mum worked in switchboard in 1981 at harrods. They have very fond memories their and remember Joe how funny he was!
@AniMerci5 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, Harrods pet department closed.
@MostlyLoveOfMusic5 жыл бұрын
Do they still have animal corpses hanging up like a grotesque butcher's slaughterhouse?
@MostlyLoveOfMusic5 жыл бұрын
Do they still have animal corpses hanging up like a grotesque butcher's slaughterhouse?
@hisdivinegraceimperialmaje41783 жыл бұрын
its a shame
@suitsushi23 күн бұрын
Worked in Haberdashery during the summer sales as a teenager in '78. An unforgettable experience. My mother accompanied me to the personnel office on the top floor for the interview and I was first asked to work in Hoisery, and then the head of personnel decided I was better suited to Haberdashery with all the sewing items etc. So glad she did. Helping to sell tights and stockings behind a counter looked restrictive. No uniform for me, just a name badge to make me stand out from the customers. I forgot to remove it whilst eating a gorgeous apricot pastry in the stairwell and got reprimanded by a manager. Bringing back expensive chocolates for my siblings and parents bought with my hard earned money was the icing on the cake. The staff canteen was incredibly exciting for those days. A separate counter for each food type(!).The most exciting part of working in Harrods was just immersing myself in that magical world. Thanks for the memories. 🎉
@ikkelimburg35525 ай бұрын
I went to London with my nan in 1985 to visit her sister for the first time since WW2 (her sister being married to a RAF pilot). She couldn’t speak a word English and I was five at the time. Her sister translated everything for her but she wanted to visit Harrods with me on her own. I can remember some shopworkers trying to speak German because next to French and her native Dutch it was the only foreign language she could speak. How offended she was when people mistook us for Germans 😂. Harrods was overwhelming to me, as if they sold everything you could want. My nan held on to her plastic shoppingbag from Harrods till the day she passed in 2004. We all brought back Harrods bags for our nan when we grandchildren started to travel to London on our own (or on a school excursion).
@janemasini3565 ай бұрын
I worked in harrods in the beauty department late 80,s 90,,s i ❤ it there❤
@lynnecromack49334 ай бұрын
I used to walk though perfumery every day to get to the Food Hall.
@tedoneilclark47102 ай бұрын
The modern day ones are not the same. Souless with no character.