Bristow: The Lady Chief Buyer

After Fudge was kicked upstairs there was a hiatus in the command structure of the Buying Department until the amazing appointment of a lady Chief Buyer. There are really only three things to be said about her:

Why Chester-Perry's broke the habits of a lifetime to appoint an outsider and a female, in strip 10201

Strip 10201 was published in the Evening Standard in May 1998

to a top job in management is a great mystery. Maybe the firm is finally waking up the changes in society since 1960. Unfortunately we never found out anything about her. She had no name, was never seen and had no contact with Bristow, who became known as the "man left out in the cold". He was still there of course, "working" in the Buying Department but he never met his boss. In the good old days when Fudge was in charge, Bristow was always being hauled over the coals for his laziness, stupidity or inefficiency. Fudge always had a great pile of papers ready to be dumped on Bristow's desk if he thought Bristow had insufficient work. But what was going on with the LCB? Who kept on top of Bristow? Where did he get his work from? He used to do little enough before. Had it all gone to Jones? Or was there been a fundamental re-organisation that cut the Buying Department out of the system and left it in office limbo?

The great innovation did not last. Fudge returned (demoted?) to take charge after Barbiedoll went to America, got married, and never came back. Ever since then ( year 2000 in real terms he has been Chief Buyer.

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The Lady Chief Buyer
	After Fudge was kicked upstairs there was a hiatus in the command structure of the Buying Department until the amazing appointment of a lady Chief Buyer. There are really only three things to be said about her: She is a babe, commonly referred to as "Barbie Doll" and an object of desire for every man in C-Ps. Copies of the House Journal bearing her photograph are collectors' items. Even the tramps in the park, C-P rejects to a man, are envious of Bristow for working close to her. She has never appeared in the strip. strip 10207 Strip 10207 was published in the Evening Standard in May 1998 and in The Penguin Bristow She is unaware of Bristow's existence and nobody seems willing to enlighten her. Why Chester-Perry's broke the habits of a lifetime to appoint an outsider and a female, in strip 10201 Strip 10201 was published in the Evening Standard in May 1998 to a top job in management is a great mystery. Maybe the firm is finally waking up the changes in society since 1960. Unfortunately we never found out anything about her. She had no name, was never seen and had no contact with Bristow, who became known as the "man left out in the cold". He was still there of course, "working" in the Buying Department but he never met his boss. In the good old days when Fudge was in charge, Bristow was always being hauled over the coals for his laziness, stupidity or inefficiency. Fudge always had a great pile of papers ready to be dumped on Bristow's desk if he thought Bristow had insufficient work. But what was going on with the LCB? Who kept on top of Bristow? Where did he get his work from? He used to do little enough before. Had it all gone to Jones? Or was there been a fundamental re-organisation that cut the Buying Department out of the system and left it in office limbo? strip 10568 Strip 10568 was published in the Evening Standard in October 1999 and in The Penguin Bristow The great innovation did not last. Fudge returned (demoted?) to take charge after Barbiedoll went to America, got married, and never came back. Ever since then ( year 2000 in real terms he has been Chief Buyer. Top