July 1986
The William Power (Electrical) Ltd. shop at 26 Three Horseshoes Mall, Warminster, pictured during July 1986.
To the left of it is the Gorge cafe. To the right of it (off the picture) was the shop of Reg Smith & Ford Sports.
The William Power (Electrical) Ltd. shop sold white goods such as freezers and smaller electrical items such as kettles, irons, lamps, cassette players and radios.
It also sold vinyl records (singles and albums) and music cassette tapes, including top 40 chart hits.
Steve Jones worked in the shop.
The co-proprietor and manager of the shop was Alan Tungate, who was very knowledgeable about music.
The shop also stocked video films for sale and for hire. Rodney Weeks, who worked for the business, drove a van around Warminster and district, with the video films, calling street by street in the evenings, visiting customers who hired the tapes overnight or for brief periods. During the daytime, Rodney delivered large white goods to customers who had purchased those things from the shop or the company’s retail warehouse.
Alan Tungate’s business partner, Frank Langley, ran the William Power warehouse at Woodcock Trading Estate, Warminster, where large white goods were displayed and retailed.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell in July 1986.