DE: And there was a bike shop just about next door to them.
And then in the little side street, I forget the name of it.

VA: Station ...

DE: Station Street. Going down to the Station, yeah, there was few shops there.
There was a barber there, been there for years.
And opposite there was a... hardware store.
And I've forgotton his name now too.
Getting old, this is what happens.
But anyway, he was there for quite a few years.
And my mother bought...

VA: Scotts, was it? Scott's Hardware?

DE: Scotts was in Whitehorse Road.

VA: Oh, this is along Station Street.

DE: This was in Station St. This other hardwares.. electrical things, really...

VA: Oh, it was Tucker. Was it Mr Tucker?
Or Hannams?

DE: Mr Hannah, Hannah.
And my mother bought a little electric fire from him.
With imitation logs, you know, quite a nice little thing.
So she bought that there, pretty early in the piece.
And when we first came here, we'd only been here a little while.
And they had a competition, advertising  all their wares. You know.
And they had this competition.
I think it was 3KZ.
Putting it over, this competition for Hannam's.
They wanted to find out the oldest customer.
The customer that had bought things early in the piece.
And every now and again, over the day - I had the wireless on, of course - 
And every now and again, oh, yeah, Mrs. so-and-so bought something there in 19- something or other, you know, in the year.
And I thought, that's a long time since my mother bought that fire.
So I applied, I rang him up and told him, when I bought this thing, his fire.
Anyway, about four o'clock it ended, and I'd won the competition.
(So my son came home -he'd just started work). 
He said,  you can buy..., you can have ten shillings. Ten pounds, of course.
Ten pounds off any appliance in the shop.
And I was so annoyed because I was so excited that winning the competition,
(and my son was with me, and more for his sake than mine), and I felt so annoyed.
I said, look, I've come all the way from the Mitcham. In a taxi. 
Because they were closing at five o'clock or something, and I had to get there fast.
I said, I've come all the way from the Mitcham, in the taxi. 
Its cost me ten shillings to get here.
And I'm not interested in buying anything.
I was so annoyed. So of course they had to do something about it.
And then he said, "Oh, well", this is the salesman.
"Well, anything in the shop, that is worth no more than ten pounds."
I looked around and I saw a juicer.
I've still got it.
And I said, all right, I'll have that.
And they took me photo, giving me the juicer, you see.
Oh, it was so annoying for me.
My son was as excited as I was, you see. He said, "Oh, we'll go in the taxi Mum". Alright.
So they gave me the ten shillings back, that I'd paid... for the taxi.
And another ten shillings to get the taxi back.

VA: Well, they did the right thing in the end.

DE: In the end they gave me a pound, actually, ten shillings for coming and ten shillings for going.

VA: You wonder what might have happened if you hadn't let them know though, how displeased  you were.

DE: Oh, so annoyed.
I don't think I'd have said anything if I'd been on my own.
But because my son was being so excited about it, I thought, no this is not good enough.

VA: Yes. Well, you were a good example for him, too

DE: I suppose so.

VA: And did you use the juicer?

DE: Oh, yes, I used it for years.

VA: Oh, good.

DE: I dont use it now. But I used it for years with my husband.

Yes.

VA: Oh, isnt that interesting.
All from the purchase of the fire.

We've actually got one of those in the museum.

DE: Have you really?

Yes. Different types of heating that people had.

DE: Yes.

I'll have to come down to it...
When can you,... Is it open like certain days or...?

VA: Yes.
Well, Saturday and Sunday, between two and five.

DE: Yes.

VA: And public holidays.
But I'd be happy to come up and get you one day and ...

DE: That'd be marvellous.

VA: And take you down and we'd just open it up for you to have a look at.

DE: That would be beautiful.
I'd like to, you see, ...

VA: Well. In October the Wisteria is out.

DE: Oh, it'd be lovely.
I've got a Wisteria at the front, too
It's beautiful.

VA: Well, we'll make a time in October.

DE: Oh, that would wonderful. I'd like that to see that.
Well, I have to depend on my daughter to take me everywhere.
And she's got a life of her own.
You know, you can't... I can't.... You know, take up her time too much.
She's very good.

DE: Yes. I cant walk up the street because of my heart problem you see?

VA: Yes.
Oh, well, we'd love to do that and perhaps take a photo of you.

DE: Oh, that'd be wonderful.
Yes. I'd love that


VA: Yes.
Well, thank you very much for this time that you've given us this morning,
and to share your memories.

DE: Yes.
And I've loved giving you what I remember.

VA: Thank you, Doris.