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Barbara Dee (Market Street)

Barbara D was a ladies boutique on Market Street in Manchester just along and on the same side as Dolcis and Saxone shoe shops. In the late sixties/early seventies they sold fab crochet dresses, tops, skirts and trousers. I've still got my pink, lurex, mini, crochet dress from there in the wardrobe. I often wore it at The Twisted Wheel all nighters in the late 60's.

The Barbara D window was very unusual as it was a red fascia circular window.

I was back in Manchester in the early 90's and the shop front was still there but it was an insurance/finance store. I was back in Manc in early 2000's but it had gone - any pics or memories out there you could post?

Dee Parker - 15/11/13

 

 

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Christine
4 years ago
I've just found an old photograph of Barbara Dee shop on Manchester Archives ....it comes up very small I hope you can enlarge it 
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DEE PARKER
4 years ago
Hi Deborah Aww thank you for your message. How lovely to know more about Barbara D. Gosh that really takes me back to Marker Street in the late 1960's. I went on to study Fashion and became a Designer then lectured in Fashion for many years. I now sell vintage horse riding clothes so the entrepreneurial skills are still being honed. Your Mum had a wonderful talent. Kind regards Dee
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Deborah Derber
5 years ago
Hello Dee, that was my mum's shop, Barbara Derber. I also remember the fabulous large round window as it really stood out. My mum was a brilliant entrepreneur, who designed and initially made the angora clothes on her knitting machine. As she became more successful, she employed local seamstresses to make the clothes up, and even got me to model some of them as a 7 year old!
You wrote that the shop front is sadly no longer there. However, it's brilliant that you still have something from her shop and we still have the memories. Hope you manage to read this. Deborah
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