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  1. Apr 29, 2024 · Check out these nostalgic snaps of one of Watford's most popular ever stores just before it opened more than 60 years ago. The British Home Stores signs in the shop window advertised the shop was opening its doors to customers for the first time at 9am on Thursday, September 12, 1963.

  2. 1 day ago · The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Polish Jew [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] born in Slonim (now Belarus ), who had migrated to Leeds, England in the early 1880s, and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from the English market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire.

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  4. May 8, 2024 · New Universal Stores - chain of 10 department stores, renamed Hills & Steele in 1939 before being sold to British Home Stores in 1944. Leslie Stores and subsidiaries purchased 1940: John Dyer (Southsea) London House (Newport) Bainbridges (Lincoln, Lincolnshire & Wisbech) purchased in 1949; J Robb & Co Purchased in 1951. Closed in 1973.

    • 1900 as Universal Stores
    • Retail
    • London, England
    • £7,262 million (2006)
  5. Apr 28, 2024 · Kirkcaldy’s British Home Stores on its opening day in 1964. Sadly the building has been boarded up for eyesores and is now one of the High Street's eyesores. Photo: Fife Free Press

  6. Apr 29, 2024 · Archive pictures of British Home Stores in Watford High Street taken before it first opened in September 1963. Check out these nostalgic snaps of one of Watford's most popular ever stores just before it opened more than 60 years ago.

  7. 2 days ago · 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 ...

  8. 3 days ago · houseoffraser.co.uk frasers.com. House of Fraser and Frasers are a British department store chain with 29 locations across the United Kingdom, part of Frasers Group. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.

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