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Bellman's in WWII

By Josie Campbell

A little while ago someone asked about Bellman's. Their mother worked there during WW2. Maybe she is in this photo that my mother-in-law Edna has. She also worked at Bellman's during the war.

This photograph of the staff at Bellman's was taken when the Canadians came to our town.

Bellman's staff and military personnel

From the private collection of Josie Campbell

This page was added on 17/03/2007.

Comments:

I couldn't recognise anybody in the photo. I think that the man on the right in the suit was Mr Behar. My mother was secretary to Mr Bellman and he is not in the photo. Perhaps in those days office and retail staff didn't mix. They certainly employed a lot of people and I was very interested in the photo.

I have two photographs taken in 1943 showing the staff at Bellmans when they went to Ford Aerodrome. Also one of the Helpy Club with the then Mayor Dutton Bryant, the head of the local Red Cross, Mrs Bellman and the Duchess of Norfolk. Bellmans' staff were very involved in the war effort and raised large sums of money by holding dances etc.

By Jennifer Goddard (nee Norrell) (28/04/2007)

I am the grandson of Sydney Bellman, The man in the suit to the far right is my grandfather and the lady to the left is my nana, Mrs E Bellman at the time. My compliments on the photograph.

By Joel Curtis (22/07/2007)