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The main store is located at 181 Piccadilly in the St James's area of London, where it was established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason. There are additional stores at The Royal Exchange , St Pancras railway station and Heathrow Airport in Greater London, at K11 Musea in Hong Kong, as well as various stockists worldwide.
The Only Running Footman (also referred to as The Footman [1]) is a public house in Charles Street, Mayfair, long famous for its sign, which used to read, in full, I am the only Running Footman. At 24 characters, this was the longest pub name in London until modern pubs were created with fanciful names (such as Chelsea's The Ferret and Firkin ...
Established in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting. The store was the first purpose-built department store in London. Smith named his department store after the Au Bon Marche in Paris. Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores in 1926 and subsequently acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940. 1877 1975 [55] [190] [241] Bon Marché Gloucester
Founded by Johnnie Boden in 1991, the business started out offering menswear products. It has since moved into women's and childrenswear selling primarily online in several countries. The business has one physical shop in Park Royal, London and plans to open further UK shops. Bolongaro Trevor
Tallon's partner of over 30 years was Reginald Wilcock, [6] [7] who had become a footman at Buckingham Palace in 1954. Wilcock was a valet to the Duke of Windsor in Paris from 1957 to 1959, before joining the Queen Mother's staff at Clarence House in 1960 as a footman. He had been the House Deputy Steward and the Queen Mother's Page of the ...
The shop has been based at its current location of 25 Regent St. on Piccadilly Circus since 1925, catering to the London market with specialist departments for croquet and real tennis. In 1930, Messrs Lillywhite Ltd. supplied pilot Amy Johnson with her flying kit. [ 4 ]
Claiming to be the oldest bookshop in the United Kingdom, [2] [3] Hatchards was founded at 173 Piccadilly, London, by John Hatchard in 1797. [4] It moved within Piccadilly in 1801, to No.189–190; the site of the first shop was cleared in 1810 for the Egyptian Hall to be built. The second shop had a numbering change to 187, in 1820. [5]
The society leased part of a distillery premises in Victoria Street, London which was owned by Vickers & Co, and by February 1872 a store for the sale of groceries was opened on the site. By 1873, the store offered stationery, drapery, fancy goods, tailoring, groceries, a chemist and even a guns department.