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Army & Navy Stores was a department store group in the United Kingdom, which originated as a co-operative society for military officers and their families during the nineteenth century. The society became a limited liability company in the 1930s and purchased multiple independent department stores during the 1950s and 1960s.
Army & Navy opened a store in New Westminster, British Columbia in 1939. An additional Edmonton store, located at 97th Street and 103rd Avenue east of the downtown core, was opened in 1955 and renovated and enlarged in 1968. In 1969, Army & Navy renovated and doubled the size of its Regina location.
The Navy joined the organisation in June 1917 and the newly formed Royal Air Force in April 1918. [16] After the war a government committee recommended a single body be responsible for canteens in the armed forces and on 1 January 1921 the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) took over from the then Navy and Army Canteen Board. [17]
The Shed House was a 36-store chain that started in Rochester and catered to younger custumers looking for certain looks in denim. 50 years ago, you got jeans at Army-Navy stores. Rochester's Shed ...
Famous Army Stores Ltd. was a major independent retailer of camping equipment, outdoor clothing footwear and army surplus. It was established as a limited company in 1981 but had been trading since the 1940s. [ 1 ]
Bromley (Bought by Army & Navy Stores 1968; renamed Army & Navy. Acquired by House of Fraser 1976; closed 2004. North building now occupied by T K Maxx (2015). South building demolished and site vacant (2015).) 2010 H & D Hart: Leeds: Bought by Matthias Robinson 1938; incorporated into Matthias Robinson Leeds store (now Debenhams)
Family-owned Friedman's Army Navy store has been operating in Nashville since 1949. Its last location is closing after 52 years in the Hillsboro Village neighborhood.
Eventually the Chiesmans stores were renamed Army & Navy. Maintenance costs and changing retail patterns led firstly to the Lewisham store shrinking to half its size [citation needed] and later closing down entirely in 1994. Lewisham Police Station stands on the site of the former Chiesmans flagship store.