Are You Being Served is one of my favorite British comedies. It very much reminded me of the funny and interesting characters that worked with me at one of my first jobs.

It turns out, his amazing characters/stories were based in some truth. In the early 1950s, scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd was employed as a junior assistant at Simpson of Piccadilly and he drew on his experiences to come-up with the idea for Are You Being Served?

When Simpsons opened in 1936, it was the largest menswear store in Britain. It’s now owned by Waterstones chain of bookshops.

Links:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Being_Served%3F
• https://areyoubeingserved.fandom.com/wiki/Simpsons_of_Piccadilly