Haunted chemist
When I was 17 and studying for my A levels in 1973, I worked on Saturdays, some evenings and the school holidays at a chemist/pharmacist shop that was part of a famous national chain. The shop was located in a row of shops in central London, in a busy street market that operated three days a week. The market had a real community feel and the stall holders would use us as a first aid provider. There would be about two to nine members of staff working in the shop at any given time, Saturday being busiest. The shop was on the corner of the main street and an alleyway and although it was modernised, the buildings in the street were all Victorian or older. Behind and above the shop front was a series of stock rooms over three floors, and the top floor small stock room had a staff room next to it. These were attic rooms where staff could change and make tea. There was a very large landing or small mezzanine on the stairs leading to the top stock room and tea room. This landing was also used to store large unopened cartons or boxes containing disposable nappy rolls. The cartons were about 3ft (90cm) across, 2ft (60cm) deep and 2ft high; they were not heavy but sturdy and stable, stacked about three high and three across and two boxes deep against
