Tyneside school uniform shop brings in 'bouncer' for last minute uniform rush

A ‘bouncer’ was brought in to watch over frustrated mums as parents made a last minute rush to a school uniform store on Tyneside, it has been claimed.

As hundreds of parents queued to get uniforms to send their off-spring back to school, they told how a security guard stood over at Emblematic shop on North Tyneside Industrial Estate in Longbenton .

The company also has stores in Bedlington and Darlington and supply uniforms to almost 400 schools across the region.

But as the final days of the school summer holidays drew near, mums came out in droves to buy uniforms in time for their sons’ and daughters’ return.

It follows scenes elsewhere in the country when parents left young shop assistants in tears in a last-minute crush for school clothes.

A shopkeeper at a major supplier in Gloucestershire was reported saying next year he said he is considering having someone stand guard on the door to stop people allegedly walking out with items of clothing because they can’t be bothered to queue for the till.