Ooh, quite a few Bentalls fans! Yes, it was a bit "Are you being served", at times.
I remember serving Doreen Keogh, who played Concepta Riley in Coronation Street - she bought a nice tartan skirt, which she was going to wear while doing a summer season somewhere. We also had the famous Mills family - John, his wife Mary and daughters Hayley and Juliet, browsing. I was really struck by the yellow (bleached) hair of Hayley.
There were also a couple of quite well-known cross-dressers, which was a bit awkward if they were trying on in the fitting rooms and needed assistance!
I sometimes managed to sneak off to the new coffee bar on the ground floor when my boyfriend visited on a Saturday afternoon at tea break, which was against the rules.
And there was the time we had a Scottish Week, when a diminutive bag-piper from the Black Watch paraded through the store, followed by fascinated shoppers, he was lovely, as was a very shy guy from Pringle who demonstrated making a sweater on a knitting machine.
Those were the days...