This photograph was taken in the 1950s and shows the interior staircase of the Sidney Heath department store, Caer Street, Swansea. 
The photograph is one of a collection taken for Percy Symmons and Sons (Swansea) Ltd., (a firm of shop fitters / joiners) as an example of their work.
The stout wooden staircase and heavy wooden paneling in the photograph gives it the air of a private Gentlemen’s Club and acts to highlight the changing face and styles of shops and the shopping experience over the past fifty years .
