Remembering the High Street: a Nostalgic Look at Famous Names by Gordon Thorburn

Remembering the High Street: a Nostalgic Look at Famous Names by Gordon Thorburn

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Remembering the High Street: a Nostalgic Look at Famous Names by Gordon Thorburn

On every high street there used to be butcher, baker, grocer, greengrocer, draper, Boots, ironmonger, pub, W H Smith, cafe, bank, Freeman Hardy & Willis, jeweller, Marks and Spencer, furniture shop, hotel, secondhand bookseller, off-licence, haberdasher, Woolworth's, confectioner, cobbler, tobacconist, electrical showroom, Burton's, gas showroom, ladies' fashions, Home and Colonial, and more, and maybe a department store or two. You know what we mostly have now. A parade of pound shops, charity shops, building society branches, ladies' hairdressers, kebab take-aways and shops boarded up.So what has gone wrong - if it is wrong? The author answers this and many other important questions, such as who exactly was H Samuel, who was the Fifty Shilling Tailor and what the Dolly Sisters did to Mr Selfridge. So, if you wondered where the yellow went, when you brushed your teeth with Pepsodent, wonder no more. It's all in here.

Gordon Thorburn is the author of fourteen books and has thirty-five years of commercial writing experience, including advertising/public relations and journalism.

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ISBN 13 9781844680986
ISBN 10 1844680983
Title Remembering the High Street: a Nostalgic Look at Famous Names
Author Gordon Thorburn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published 2012-02-01
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.