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2. Utility furniture - Wikipedia

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   An oak dressing table designed by the Utility Design Panel c. 1943. Made by Heal & Son, 1947. [citation needed] Utility furniture was furniture produced in the United Kingdom during and directly after World War II. The furniture was produced under a government scheme which was designed to cope with raw material shortages and rationing of their ...

3. St Donat's Castle - Wikipedia

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   P. G. Wodehouse, invited to San Simeon, recalled Hearst's way of dealing with over-staying guests: "The longer you are there, the further you get from the middle [of the refectory dining table]. I sat on Marion's right the first night, then found myself being edged further and further away till I got to the extreme end, when I thought it time ...

4. List of department stores of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Also operates a builders merchant (C.T. Baker, the original business) and two franchise branches of the Budgen's supermarket chain, including the largest by floor area in the UK in Holt and a smaller branch in Aylsham. The CT Baker group also owns a number of other retail properties in Holt. [3] Baldwins Stowmarket * Dovercourt * Ipswich: Banburys

5. Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management - Wikipedia

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   It is granted that "the fruits of the earth, the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, and the fish of the sea, are still the only food of mankind", but that: [25] [T]hese are so prepared, improved, and dressed by skill and ingenuity, that they are the means of immeasurably extending the boundaries of human enjoyments.

6. Shopping - Wikipedia

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   Shoppers at a souk in Tunisia Advertising image of a man shopping for Christmas presents, United States, 1918 A woman shopping in Japan, 2016. Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them.

7. Kursaal (amusement park) - Wikipedia

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   The Kursaal (/ ˈ k ɜːr z ə l / [1]) is a former amusement park and a Grade II listed building [2] in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.The building, originally known as the Kursaal Palace was opened in 1901 as part of one of the world's first purpose-built amusement parks. [3]