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Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom. The original store was established in 1862 in Croydon by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this parent store was developed into a chain of department stores across England and Wales.
A notable takeover by the UDS group came in 1958 when Joseph Collier negotiated a takeover of the Allders department store in Croydon, [27] followed by Newcastle upon Tyne department store John Farnon. [28] The Lyons would eventually start to rebrand United Drapery Stores department store businesses under the Allders name during the 1970s and ...
U. United Drapery Stores. Categories: Defunct department stores of the United Kingdom. Retail companies based in London. Retail companies established in 1862. Hidden category: Wikipedia categories named after companies of the United Kingdom.
Arding & Hobbs. Coordinates: 51.463475°N 0.167371°W. Arding & Hobbs. Arding & Hobbs is a former department store and Grade II listed building at the junction of Lavender Hill and St John's Road, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. [1]
Allders Department Stores: Croydon: 1862 Group went into administration on 29 January 2005. All branches were subsequently sold or closed. The flagship Croydon store continued to trade independently after 2005, finally closing on 22 September 2012. 50 2012 J J Allen: Bournemouth: 1899 Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1969. Merged into E ...
One of the longer of Cardiff's famous Victorian arcades, Castle Arcade is home to a variety of shops selling, among other things, crystals, air pistols, fancy dress, books and clothes. There are several shops on the gallery level. Duke Street Arcade opened in 1902 is a Grade II Listed building.
Developed on the site of the Allders department store [1] and the similarly named Queen Street Arcade, the main entrance is located on Queen Street, and the second entrance faces Working Street near Cardiff Central Market. The arcade has two levels, and is unusual in that the levels are sloped, so that despite its two entrances being on the ...
By the 1870s and 80s, many more department stores had arrived, with Gamages in London's High Holborn, William Whiteley in Bayswater, [43] John Barker in Kensington, Allders in Croydon, Bentalls in Kingston upon Thames, H. Binns, Son & Co in Sunderland, Debenhams in London, John Lewis in London, Browns of Chester, Walter Wilson & Co. and Wylie ...