The Memory Store

Site Contents

Working Lives

• Introduction
• Beryl Riley 1920s/1930s
• Maria Davis, 1940s/1950s
• Shelley Gibson, 1960s/1970s/1980s
• Angie Gibson, 2004
• General changes in life, 1920's - present

Gadgets and Style

• What is Technology?
• Domestic Advancement
• How things Work?
• Modern Plumbing and Central Heating
• Bathroom Smells
• So what's changed?
• Washing Clothes
• The John Lewis Store
• The Electricity Revolution
• The Power of Electricity
• Magic of Plastic
• Space Age to the Digital Age

People and Partners

• People and partners
• What Partners say about responsibility
• What Partners say about rewards
• What Partners say about knowledge
• What Partners say about power
• Recollections of John Spedan Lewis

Virtual House

• Kitchen Machinery
• Fast Food and Technology
• Electric Kettle
• Cookers
• Microwaves
• Kitchen Utensils
• Washing Machines
• Radio
• Television
• Video and VCRs
• Record Players / Gramaphones
• Tape Recorders
• Furniture Colours
• Compact Discs
• Home Entertainments Systems
• Digital Revolution
• Furniture 1930s to 1950s
• Furniture 1960s to 1990s
• Furniture for the 21st Century
• Bathroom bits and pieces
• Hairdryers
• Telephones
• Vacuum Cleaners
• Bed Linen
• Ironing
• Computers
• Typewriters
• Bedroom Furniture
• DIY