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Porthleven (/ ˌ p ɔː θ ˈ l ɛ v ən /) is a town, civil parish and fishing port near Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. [ 1 ]
The Leader (1888 - 1918 at least), D.K. Moses opened in 1888 and in 1904 when it reopened after a fire it was two stories in height with a basement store and covered 22,000 square feet. Whereupon, it was described as “one of the most complete department stores to be found in the north country.” In 1918 the store employed 23 female clerks. [210]
Grant's distinguished itself as a "25-cent store," implying a classier degree of retail than your average dime store. At its peak in the 1960s, there were more than 1,000 W.T. Grant Co. and Grant ...
Check out your favorite stores from the '90s that are closed today. From The Limited to Wet Seal, these stores were staples at every mall in the 1990s.
North Ayrshire: 1860–1914 Demolished; now a car park Ardrossan: Ardrossan, North Ayrshire: 1869–1930 Was located on the West Pier, near the lighthouse, demolished. Southend (Cantyre) Southend, Argyll and Bute: 1869–1930 Currently a Holiday let Machrihanish: Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute: 1912–1930 Boathouse / store Kildonan: Kildonan ...
The upscale shopping mall Westfield Old Orchard in north suburban Skokie is about to get a set of new stores, part of a $100 million transformation that is the most far-reaching in its 67-year ...
In 1955 the Cincinnati-based Albers Super Markets and the Indianapolis-based Stop and Shop Companies were acquired by National Food Products and put under the Colonial Stores label. [1] [4] In the 1970s most of the stores were moved to the Big Star label. [1] In 1978 the New Jersey–based Grand Union purchased the Colonial Stores chain. [5]
Yr Hen Ogledd (Welsh pronunciation: [ər ˌheːn ˈɔɡlɛð]), meaning the Old North, is the historical region that was inhabited by the Brittonic people of sub-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, now Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands, alongside the fellow Brittonic Celtic Kingdom of Elmet, in Yorkshire.