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- ISBN 9781838405137
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 170 x 170mm
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Safe Haven Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Once, every high street had a department store, and they marched the length of Oxford Street. Going up to town to shop at one of these grand emporia and lunch in the top-floor restaurant, or take the children to see Father Christmas, was both a huge treat and completely normal.
But the demise of Debenhams, including historic Arding & Hobbs, and Army & Navy at Victoria along with many other House of Fraser stores, confirms that the traditional department store is now an endangered species. In the last five years alone, 83% have gone.
Now, for the first time, Tessa Boase chronicles this fabulous world, from Derry & Toms with its roof garden to the Moderne lines of Holdrons in Peckham Rye (now Mr Khan's Discount), as well as Gamages' peerless toy department, Woollands' 21 Shop for cutting-edge Sixties fashion and Chiesmans' menagerie of snakes and lionesses. There is even a guided walking tour of the West End's lost stores.
Tessa Boase is a former Daily Telegraph journalist and author of The Housekeeper's Tale and Mrs Pankhurst's Purple Feather and Etta Lemon.
