Search Currently displaying all 210 items in the John Lewis Partnership Memory Store. Enter a search term.You can also search all Memory Stores. Search term Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest PAGE: < Prev123456789Next > Furniture 1930s to 1950s By the 1950s, interest in interiors returned. New trends in furniture design and decoration for the home were inspired by ... Furniture 1960s to 1990s In the 1960s and 1970s, there was no single style for interiors. The Scandinavians produced simple designs, often in natural ... Furniture for the 21st Century Television programmes mean we’re all designers of our own homes. Modern designs are often simple and uncluttered as people learn ... Telephone Novelty phones (1990) Portable telephone (2004) To avoid interference, neighbouring radio stations use different frequencies, but the credit-card-sized telephone is ... Vacuum Cleaners Long before the days of vacuum cleaners, people cleaned floors with mops, brushes, and brooms. Twig brooms were used as ... Fast Food and Technology Fast food means food that is prepared quickly, not food that’s eaten quickly – at least that’s what it SHOULD ... Kitchen Machinery Food machinery spread from the factory into domestic kitchens in the 1940s in the USA, and in the 1950s in ... Fitted Kitchens Pratts of Streatham kitchen (1950s) The classic image of a kitchen with large work spaces and a table enough to ... Electric Kettles Arthur Leslie Large invented the electric kettle in 1922. His new plug-in kettles replaced the old stove-top ones. General Electric ... Cookers Electric cookers turn electricity into heat. The electricity pushes its way through a special wire called an element, which becomes ... Microwaves A microwave oven cooks food by using microwaves. These invisible waves are similar to radio waves. The microwaves make tiny ... Washing Machines Gas heated washing copper (1950s) A modern washing machine has a drum inside it which spins round and round, mixing ... Refrigerators Electrolux refrigerator (1950) Long ago snow and ice, cool streams, springs, caves and cellars were used to refrigerate (to cool, ... John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) Constance Lynn, John Spedan Lewis’s secretary and housekeeper from 1928 to 1961, remembers the Partnership’s founder. John Spedan Lewis (1906) “Really, ... Beryl Riley 1920s to 30s (part 1) Miss Rose White and friend on the roof of Peter Jones store (1920s) ‘Demobbing’ During the First World War (1914-1918), as ... Beryl Riley 1920s to 30s (part 2) Smart Town Clothes Bainbridge & Co Gentlemans fashion (1901) Men in smart town clothes still wore bowler hats. A fashionable woman’s partner ... Maria Davis 1940s to 50s (part 1) Women in the Workforce Peter Jones fashion (May 1957) In other ways, the position of women had improved by the time ... Maria Davis 1940s to 50s (part 2) Business Dress John Lewis fashion (1940) Wartime shortages had meant a practical approach to ‘business dress’ at John Lewis, as well. ... Shelley Gibson 1960s to 80s (part 1) The Swinging Sixties Girl trying on wig (1960) Jonelle underwear (1975) In the 1970s, the campaigns for equal pay and equal ... Shelley Gibson 1960s to 80s (part 2) Employment Rights Fashion department Welwyn Department Store (1970s) Green and navy print (2000) Staff dress at John Lewis was changing with ... Angie Gibson, 2011 Angie’s Goals Women’s Business Dress (2004) Female Fashion Department (2004) Haberdashery Department (1964) At weekends, Angie loves going to the cinema, ... General changes in life, 1920s - present Changes in family life By the time, Angie started work at John Lewis in 2011, her mum Shelley was a 25-year ... Freedom and stale bread The first Committee for Communication Partnership Bonus Sharing profits PAGE: < Prev123456789Next >