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2 days ago · During the long 18th century imported foodstuffs came to play a central role in the everyday experiences of British people. Women sipped tea in parlours and drawing rooms, while men walked out to coffee houses, taking snuff as they strode, before returning home later to enjoy a dinner of savoury dishes and sweet delicacies laced with sugar and spice.
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3 days ago · In the 1990s, several stores were closed and fifteen stores transferred to a joint venture with British Land Company, which then continued operating under their old name. The former Harrods group store D H Evans on Oxford Street, London was re-branded as House of Fraser in 2001 and became the chain's flagship store.
3 days ago · A new store opened on 17 April 2013 in Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, Netherlands, more than 10 years after closure of the previous store. On 17 September 2013 the British ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir Geoffrey Adams, opened the first Dutch Marks & Spencer Food pilot store at a BP petrol station in Bijleveld beside the A12 motorway.
May 13, 2024 · #16. BHS (British Home Stores) Image Credit: Shutterstock / Barry Barnes. BHS’s collapse was not just the end of a retailer but the close of a chapter for British high streets. Its decline from a household name to bankruptcy left a void in shopping districts and hearts alike. #15. Blockbuster UK Image Credit: Shutterstock / Chris Green
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May 27, 2024 · 56 King William Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7HR. Tel: 0845 841 0139. Click here to visit website. Bhs has been a staple of the British high street since the 1920's and its King William Street branch is a classic example of the popular department store. As well as the renown British Home Stores brand, you'll also find Etam, Tammy Girl and ...
May 12, 2024 · Amanda did the formalities, saying simply: ‘Margaret, this is your Patrick James. He’s now known as Andrew Pierce.’. I gazed at her, feeling uncharacteristically shy and reticent. ‘Margaret, it’s so lovely to see you and to meet you,’ I said after a pause. ‘Thank you for agreeing to see me because I’ve been wanting to meet ...
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1 day ago · The Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, it became the largest and oldest corporation in Canada, and now owns and operates retail stores across the country. [2] [3] The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay ...
