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George Henry Lee: Founders
27/08/2014
Famous throughout Liverpool Henry Boswell Lee was the owner of a famous silk shop in Liverpool, originally a bonnet making business, ...
GH Lee and Selfridge Provincial Stores Ltd
27/08/2014
Selfridge buys the business from Oakshott After the death of Oakshott in 1910, GH Lee continued to expand, but was directionless ...
The Effect of War on GH Lee
27/08/2014
The ebb and flow of Wartime conditions Whilst London suffered greatly during the war because of the evacuation of staff and ...
G H Lee: The acquisition of Bradstones
27/08/2014
In May 1945 Bradstones, a sports ground of six acres, was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, as sports facilities ...
A branch of GH Lee opened in Chester
27/08/2014
New specialist branch In 1951, a branch shop of GH Lee was opened in Chester, specialising in the selling of piece ...
The Assimilation of Bon Marche Liverpool into GH Lee
27/08/2014
Illustrious Bon Marche In 1961, the decision was made to merge the Bon Marche store with that of GH Lee. Bon ...
Spedan gives birth to the Partnership and Peter Jones is its cradle
27/08/2014
Partnership Conceived “The Experiment in Industrial Democracy” that Spedan was to introduce into his Chelsea shop had its birth much earlier. In ...
Spedan grasps Peter Jones with two hands, 1920-1929
27/08/2014
Bright young graduates and women During the next ten years Spedan continued to re-decorate and redesign the layout of the shop. ...
Acquisition into the John Lewis Partnership
26/08/2014
Expanding beyond London The Gazette of the 8th February 1934 meekly announced that Tyrrell and Green Southampton had been acquired by ...
Jessops of Nottingham: Beginnings
26/08/2014
The early history of Jessops Mr John Townsend, a businessman from London, opened a shop at 9 Long Row, Nottingham in ...
Jessops of Nottingham: The 20th Century
26/08/2014
William Jessop in charge Things changed quickly as the store entered the 20th century. The death of Zebedee Jessop in 1907 ...
Jessops of Nottingham: acquisition by the John Lewis Partnership
26/08/2014
The first store of the Partnership outside of London On the 28th March 1933, the John Lewis Partnership, which until this ...
Jessops of Nottingham: The War Years
26/08/2014
Wartime strains Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, call up to the army caused havoc to the Partnership. As ...
Jessops of Nottingham: the 1950s and 1960s
26/08/2014
Changing customer demand The initial years after the end of World War Two saw some successes for Jessops, particularly as stock ...
Origins of Peter Jones
26/08/2014
First shop Peter Rees Jones, the son of a Welsh hat-maker, came to London in 1867 and worked in several retail ...
The start of the relationship between Peter Jones and John Lewis
26/08/2014
John Lewis purchases Peter Jones John Lewis had a thoroughly successful business in Oxford Street and was ready to expand and ...
Jessops of Nottingham: Relocation to the Victoria Centre
26/08/2014
Outgrowing the existing premises The 1970s would prove to be a massive decade for Jessops. At the beginning of 1972, the ...
Introduction
26/08/2014
A new London department store John Lewis Kingston was a product of the Partnership’s long held desire to have a branch ...
Obstructions to construction
26/08/2014
Back to plan A When the plans to build in Sutton experienced a number of complications, attention once again switched to ...
The Construction of John Lewis Kingston
26/08/2014
Archaeological finds John Lewis Kingston may have been a brand new project, but the site on which it was being built ...
The Grand Opening of John Lewis Kingston, 1990
26/08/2014
Resoundingly successful build The store was eventually opened in September 1990. The waiting had been well worth it, as the results ...
Since Opening
26/08/2014
Twenty years later On the 8th September 2010, ‘John Lewis Kingston’ celebrated its 20th year of trading. And what a 20 ...
Humble beginnings
26/08/2014
Setting up shop In 1897, Reginald Tyrrell and William Green opened their first shop at 21 to 24 Angelsea Place, Tyrrell ...
From Cole Brothers to John Lewis
22/08/2014
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