 In 1962, Swindley's clothes store was failing and piling debts forced him to sell up.The buyer, Niklos Papagopoulos, was the owner of a successful chain of clothes shops in Manchester called 'Gamma Garments'.Papagopoulos re-opened the store as Gamma weeks later, deciding to keep Swindley on as manager and Emily and Doreen Lostock (Angela Crow) as his assistants.