Celebrating 40 Years of Browns

Celebrating 40 years of Browns.

I wonder if anyone reading this article can remember our shop opposite Ashcombe Park, or even if you purchased a machine from us? Maybe you remember attending a Sharp Microwave demonstration at the Rozel Hotel. You may have even bought a microwave on the night and received a free goose ready for Christmas.

Times have changed so much, and advertising is a whole different game now. But just look at this example of an old advert! No photographs, just black and white line drawings which the manufacturer provided on sheets, and we used to cut them out to use in the local paper. We enjoyed dressing our shop windows, and at Christmas time it was a delight to compete with Southcombes in Milton for the best window. They always won!

It was also the time of Recommended Retail Prices (RRP) when the manufacturer set the price. Its hard to imagine that now. The only price wars then were between Hotpoint, Hoover and Zanussi and other names that have long since disappeared.

When we come to prices ours are very competitive and of course you get our excellent service, which in this day and age, is something rare. Advertising is mainly done online, but if you’re reading this then you still enjoy the written word as do we.

I am reminded of a TV programme called Open All Hours. It may have been a comedy and the service was usually bad to make it funny. But at the same time old Arkwright was there and so are we.