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| 2|Entertain, 157, 161, 169, 173 Administrators 175-183 Advertising, 33, 51, 76-7, 122-3, 126-8, 130, 153, 160-1 Air Ministry, 81 Air Raid Precautions / ARP, 79, 83 Allen, Rod (Wonder Composer), 123 Argos, 121, 133, 155, 183 Asda Walmart, 133, 145, 157, 159 Asset-based lending, 161, 167, 173, 181 B&Q, 129, 131, 143, 145 Balfour, Samuel, 29, 31 Barclay, Sir David, 183 Barclay, Sir Frederick, 183 Barnes, Mair, 135, 139 Basingstoke (Store 107), 116-7 Baugur, 167 BBC, 119, 123, 125, 131, 157, 161, 173, 179 Beaverbrook, Lord, 81, 85 Beckett, John, 131 Bedford (Store 184), 132-3, 156-7 Bernard, Dan, 141 Berridge, Reginald John, 100-1 Bexhill-on-Sea (Store 625), Back Cover Big Red Book, 155, 161, 169 (see also Catalogues and Mail Order) Big W store format, 143, 145, 149, 153 Binney’s Emporium, 33 Birmingham (Store 1172 Pallasades) 179 Bish-Jones, Trevor, 148-9, 151, 153, 157, 161, 165, 167 Bitterne (Store 1275), 170-1 Blitz,The (World War II), 83-5 Boots The Chemist, 121 Bournemouth (Woolco) 110, 111 Brixton (Store No. 7/2020), 40, 41 Brown, Rt. Hon. Gordon, PC MP, 81 Buschhaus, Mark 153 Byres Road Glasgow (Store 995), 186 Carrot, Jasper, 139 |
Cartoons, 58, 72, 73, 78, 88-9, 149 Castleton Accounting Office and Warehouse, 112-3, 118-9 Catalogues and Mail Order, 81, 120-1 Chad Valley Toys, 139 Chan, Jackie 162-3 Channel Islands invasion, 85, 91 Charlton, Earl Perry, 21, 23, 39 Christmas Decorations, 23, 26, 64-5 Christie, Agatha 9, 73, 181 Clothing, 52-3, 69, 83, 139 Comet, 134-5, 143, 149 Common Market (EEC), 113, 119, Commonwealth stores, 99, 105, 133, 185 Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur, 181 Cooperative, The, 31, 121 Corbett, Gerald, 149, 159, 161 Coventry (Store 123), 83 Croydon (Store 12), 37 Curry’s (Dixons), 134-5, 141, 149 Deloitte LLP 171-183 Daily Mail, 31, 76-7 Daily Telegraph, 173, 177, 183 Decimalisation, 113, 116-7 Deliveries, 59, 113, 119 Demerger, 144-5, 149 Denempont, Louis, 37, 71, 81 Devonport (Store 69), 87 Didcot (Self-Service Store 934), 102-3 Dixons (Curry’s), 134-5, 141,149 Donaldson, B. C. (Construction), 71 Dorchester (Store 403 and No. 1), 185 Dublin (Stores 31 and 76), 37, 95 East Grinstead (Store 352), 178 Edinburgh (Princes Street 213), 98-9 Edison, Thomas (Inventor), 19, 159 European Community, 113, 119 Elastic walls concept, 154-5 Felixstowe (Store 432), Front Cover Fiftieth birthday in UK, 100-1 Fine Fare, 121 Fire, 118-9, 124-25. 133 Fleming, Keith, 142-3, 149 Flotation of British Company, 67 |
Footlocker, 40-1, 121, 133, 141 Gallanders, Reg 83. 189 General store formats 135-6, 138-9, 142-3, 153 Germany, Woolworths in, 79, 85, 185 Glasgow, Byres Road (Store 995), 186 Gibbons, Ed 131 Good Things to Know, 82-3 Great War, (WWI), 42-51 Green Shield Stamps 121 Gretna Rings 60-1 Guardian, The 139 H. M. King George V, 74-75 H. M. King George VI, 75 H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, 75, 97, 101, 125, 126-7 H.M. King Edward VIII, 75 Haberdashery, 44-5, 52-3, 57, 185 Harlow (Store 990), 114-5 Heath, Edward, PC MP 119 Heatherington, Bob, 142-3, 149 Hilco, 175 Holidays, 61 Holmes, Roger, 143, 151 Holmes, Sherlock (Sleuth), 183 Hubbard, Charles H., 30-1, 33, 35 Hutton, Barbara, 47, 83 Ice-cream, 85, 87 Iceland (Retailer) 167 Irish Woolworth Stores and Buying Office, 37, 95, 133 ITV, 101, 123 Jewellery, 27, 60-1, 68-69 Johnson, Steve, 166-175 Jones, Roger, 131, 133, 140-1, 143, 171 Kingfisher, 139, 141, 143, 145, 149, 151, 181 Kingston (Store 43), 152-3, 176-7 Kingswood (Store 603), 154-5 Kirby, Fred Morgan, 21, 23, 39 Kirkwood, Robert C. ,101, 107, 109 Kitchener, Field Marshal, Earl, 48-9 Knox, Seymour Horace, 12-13, 21, 23, 39 |
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| Kresge, S.S., 47, 51, 111 Ladybird, 69, 139, 141, 183 (see also Clothing) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 185 Leeds (Briggate, Store No. 5), 37 Leicester and Oadby Leicester (Store No. 49 and Woolco No. 2001), 111 Littlewoods, 183 Liverpool (Store 1) 4, 22, 32, 33, 34, 35, 62, 63, 179, 185 Liverpool Courier, 33 Lumar Jigsaw Puzzles (WW II), 85 Lynn, John (‘Bud’), 131 Maldon, Essex (Store 473), 68-9 Manchester (Store 4), 37, 124-25, 133 Mandleson (Lord Peter), 175 Marks and Spencer, 31, 37, 87, 109, Marple, Miss Jane (Sleuth), 183 Marylebone Road HQ, 105-7, 123, 133, 159, 167, 181 Mass Production, 11, 23, 45 McBrier, Edwin, 21 McCrory Dimestore, 25 McNulty, Rt. Hon. Tony, PC MP, 175 Merger, USA companies in 1912, 39 Mighty Midgets WWII books, 84-5 Miller, Byron De-Witt 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 61, 67 Moore, William, 13, 15, 39 Mulcahy, Sir Geoffey, 133-5, 141, 143, 145, 149, 177 Multi-channel retailing, 154-5, 160-1, 169, 183 Music (on sheets, records and CDs), 27, 63, 73, 77, 95, 97, 151, 153, 155-7 MVC, 143, 145, 157 New Bond, The, 71, 73, 75, 81, 87, 89 New Bond Street HQ 69, 71, 73, 91 New Cross (Store 362) tragedy, 86-7, 91 New Malden (Store 672), 70-1 Newport (South Wales, Store 185), 104-5 Newport Pagnell (Store 688), 71 Newton-Jones, Mark, 183 Nix Over Six (RAF Spitfires), 80-1 North, Richard, 161, 165 Norwich (Stores 44, 556, 1247), 56-7, 90-91, 141, 153 |
Operation Focus, 135-9 Otis, Emma, 11 Owen, Owen, 37 Oxford (Store 189 in Cornmarket), 99, 101 Page, Tony, 159, 177, 185 Parson, Hubert T., 24, 55, 67, 69 Pasold, Eric, 69 (see also Ladybird) Paternoster, 131 (see also Kingfisher) Penguin Books, 73 Penny Bazaars, 31, 37 Pension Scheme, 61, 165, 169, 173 Peston, Robert (BBC City Editor), 173 Pic’n’Mix (Candy in the USA), 27, 83, 185 Pinner (Store 706), 117 Plymouth (Store 56), 87, 90-91 Poirot, Hercule (Belgian Detective), 181 Pontypool (Store 130), 94-5 Prams and Perambulators, 56-7 Prescott, E. Clifford (Buyer), 73 Preston (Store No. 2), 36-7, 63 Price Check (Government control), 119 Priddle, R.J. (Architect), 62-3, 71 RAF, 81 Ramsgate (Store No. 72), 49 Restaurant and Tea Room, 33, 35, 75, 83 Robertson, Claire, 185 Rodgers, Geoffrey, 128-9, 181 Rogers, Christopher, 149, 157 Round, Stephen, 142-3, 149 Sainsbury, J., 157 Self-service roll-out, 101, 102-3, 109, 117 Share capital, 25, 31, 39, 67, 69, 131, 145, 141, 149, 164 Sherlock, L.B., (Wonder Man) 123 Shop Direct Group, 182-5 Shoppers World (Catalogue Store) 120-1, 133 Sixpenny price limit dropped, 73, 82-3 Smith, Sir Cyril PC MP, 113 Smith, W.H., 157 Snow, John Ben (Buying Director), 37 Sommers, Mike, 135 South Shields (Store 104), 90-1 Spitfires for the RAF, 81 Stephenson, William Lawrence (Founder and later Chairman) 30-1, 33, 35, 67, 69, 71, 91, 92-3, 151 Strand, London (Store 188), 117 |
Sullivan, John L, 129, 131 Superdrug 139, 141, 143, 145, 149 Swindon Distribution Site, 119 Tesco, 111, 129, 157 Thatcher, Baroness Margaret, 139 The Bargain! Shop (Canada), 185 Three-day week, 119 Thurrock Lakeside (Store 1167), 146-7 Toogood, Martin, 141 Times, The, 149, 173 Timothy Whites, 121 Tunbridge Wells (Store 261), 74-5 Utica, New York, USA, 14-15 V2 Vengeance Rocket, 86-7 VAT (introduction of),113, 119 Vengeance Weapons (German), 86-7 Venture Capitalists, 135, 157, 173 Virgin Retail (Zaavi), 157 Wall Street Crash, 9, 67 War bonds, selling of, 46-7 Wellworths (Dorchester), 185 White, Arthur A., 49 Wimbledon (Store 21), 37, 125 Winfield Own Brand, 108-9 Worcester (Store 65), 125 Wolverhampton (Store 186), 178-9 Woodrow Wilson (US President), 39, 47 Woolco, 44, 110-1, 121, 133 Woolworth Building, 38-9 Woolworth Notion Revue, 109 Woolworth Co. in Germany, 45, 79, 185 Woolworth, Charles Sumner (Sum), 11, 12, 13, 15, 21, 22, 23, 39, 51, 55, 93 Woolworth, Frank Winfield , 6, 9-13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23-7, 29-33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49-51, 55, 63, 109, 151, 159, 184-5 Woolworth, Fred Moore (First UK Co. MD) 21, 24, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 61, 151 Woolworth, Jennie (née Creighton), 13, 15, 25, 29, 43, 47 Woolworths Virtual Museum, 174-5 Wooly and Worth, 153, 154, 156, 160, 162-3 Working conditions, 57, 59, 61, 79, 81, 83 World War I (Great War), 42-51 World War II, 75, 78-89, 91 WorthIt!, 158-9, 169, 185 Zaavi (formerly Virgin Retail), 157 |
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