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Cole Brothers: 1980s to 1990s
22/08/2014
Difficulties The 1980s and 1990s saw a relative decline in fortunes for the store, as the city as a whole suffered ...
From Cole Brothers to John Lewis
22/08/2014
2001-present
The Partnership's Rag Regatta
22/08/2014
An annual highlight The Partnership’s considerable and existing emphasis on sports and leisure pursuits is a notion ageing back to the ...
Cole Brothers: Post WW2
21/08/2014
End of conflict, ongoing difficulties Cole Brothers benefited hugely after the war from being one of the few buildings in Sheffield ...
Cole Brothers: A New Site, 1960s
21/08/2014
Moving House On the 26th March 1960, the Gazette announced to Partners the intention of the partnership to expand Cole Brothers ...
John Lewis Glasgow backs Glasgow games bid
21/08/2014
The Commonwealth Games John Lewis Glasgow launched its campaign to support Glasgow’s bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in 2007, by ...
GH Lee and Bradstones
21/08/2014
John and Daniel Heelas
21/08/2014
Founders of Heelas, Reading
Bonds Becomes Part of the Partnership
21/08/2014
Keeping the Bonds name On 25 May 1982, it was announced the Bonds would become part of the John Lewis Partnership, ...
Cole Brothers: The Beginnings
21/08/2014
John and Thomas Cole The Cole Brothers of Sheffield has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a small ...
Cole Brothers: Early 20th Century
21/08/2014
Coles Corner The two Cole sons, Thomas and Thomas Skelton took charge of the business into the new century. Social change ...
Cole Brothers: Acquisition and the War Years
21/08/2014
1939-1945
The grand opening of John Lewis Cribbs Causeway
20/08/2014
Worth waiting for On the 31st March 1998, ‘John Lewis Cribbs Causeway’ opened to the public for the very first time. ...
Humble beginnings
20/08/2014
Laceman William Wink The extraordinary story of ‘Knight and Lee’ actually begins in 1831. In this year, Mr William Wink began ...
Founding fathers Knight and Lee
20/08/2014
Attractive proposition By the 1880’s, Mr Wink’s shop was a highly attractive proposition for outsiders. In 1887, two such enterprising young ...
The early Twentieth Century
20/08/2014
Expansion down Palmerston Road By the early 1900’s, Knight and Lee was doing very nicely. In 1908, they bought a fishmonger’s shop ...
The Acquisition of Knight and Lee
20/08/2014
Knight and Lee; for those with good taste! The Partnership’s first expansion into the provinces occurred in 1933, with the Partnership’s ...
Towards the present day
20/08/2014
Changes afoot in Milton Keynes In 2004, both John Lewis and Waitrose celebrated 25 years in Milton Keynes. It was a ...
Knight and Lee: The War Years
20/08/2014
Portsmouth at risk The South of England suffered terribly during the Second World War. Portsmouth was a prime target for enemy ...
Brent Cross: Conception
20/08/2014
Plans for Partnership approved The first whisperings about a proposed department store in north west London, to be built at Brent ...
A recovery period
20/08/2014
Brent Cross: Construction
20/08/2014
Brand new concepts The John Lewis department store would be situated on the far right wing of the shopping centre, operating ...
The construction and opening of Knight and Lee
20/08/2014
New premises acquired In the Gazette dated 29th October 1955, it was announced to Partners that a new building had been ...
John Lewis Brent Cross: Opening
20/08/2014
First London based Partnership store in over 30 years On 9th March 1976, John Lewis Brent Cross and the Brent Cross ...
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