Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "take your crown of before you go into House of Fraser". All I know is that if you want good service, and you want to buy superior goods to the dross at Primark then it's one of the places to shop. Mind you, there are better things to be bought at the rag market where I have quite happily shopped in the past than you can get at Primark.
Couldn't agree more. H&M are almost as bad - once bought 3 long sleeved t-shirt type tops in there, all the same size & style just different colours. One fitted fine, one was too small & the other too big!!!
As for Rackhams being too posh for most folks, it's just not true. I see that Edmund said in his post that he'd never been in there, maybe if he had he'd be surprised. Yes, there are designer label clothes outlets, but some are normal priced too (I have nice suit jacket I bought there that was actually cheaper than those I'd seen in Next). The cards & stationary there are the same prices as other places, there's a haberdashery department that I've always found very reasonable. The lingerie department had the same prices as every other place selling the same brands (at one point it was the only place I could find reasonably priced bras my size) and the Restaurant/Café is great too.