Midlands News: 12.11.1965: Millionth Supermarket Customer

Summary

The millionth customer at the GEM supermarket in West Bridgford, Nottingham collects five minutes of free grocery shopping.

Year:

1965

Duration:

0:00:34

Film type:

Black & White / Mute

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see Joyce Tansley filling her trolley as a crowd looks on inside the GEM supermarket in West Bridgford. At the end of her trolley dash she is congratulated by the manager.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Story number - 8262. Newspaper coverage of the event puts the date as Saturday 13 November and the time Mrs Tanley was given as fifteen minutes and not five. They also say that her shopping was worth £67.