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Who remembers the Army and Navy Store?
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The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
George Street Hove ?
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
Downloaded Penguin said:
shit uniforms FACT
JJ McClure
Go Jags
There was one is Eastbourne I seem to remember.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
I seem to recall there was one in the old Churchill Square.
But, I could be dreaming...although If I am dreaming about crappy shops in dilapidated 60's shopping arcades, I need to get out more.
But, I could be dreaming...although If I am dreaming about crappy shops in dilapidated 60's shopping arcades, I need to get out more.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
i remember them
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
I remember the store in Brighton & Hove - seems like a lifetime ago. There is still one in Chichester.
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Banned
I used to get combat trousers from there back in the day when they were "in".
fatfingers
New member
Did they not sell designer gear in them?
This was the shop like Hanningtons bottom of George Sr in Hove??
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,380
I remembered the MASSIVE one in Bromley that had a closing-down sale when I had a contract there a couple of years back. the building was MASSIVE inside, on a par with Hanningtons or the London road Co-Op. suppose it's contemporary luxury apartments with the wow! factor now. Oh well.
Stevie Boy
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JJ McClure said:
there was, its now TK Hughes now i think
Spunk Bubble
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- Feb 21, 2007
- 1,342
Yep. Bottom of George Street. Before that wasn't it called Cheesmans ??
Lord Bracknell
On fire
There's an enormous difference between THE Army and Navy Store and AN army and navy store.
The Army and Navy Store doesn't sell army surplus stuff.
THE store began as a co-operative society, The Army & Navy Co-operative Society Limited, formed in 1871 by a group of army and navy officers. The intention was to supply 'articles of domestic consumption and general use to its members at the lowest remunerative rates'. The store opened on its present site on 15 February 1872 for the sale of groceries and expanded to include goods as diverse as drapery, drugs, fancy goods and guns. Based on the model of other middle-class co-operatives, such as Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London, 1864), the society issued tickets to its members in exchange for annual subscription. Membership of 'The Stores' as it became known was open only to those in the higher ranks of the armed forces and the widows of officers as well as the representatives of regimental messes and canteens. In later years membership was expanded to a wider audience and tickets were issued free of charge after 1922. The benefits of membership included a dividend from the profits of the business, the entitlement to deal at the store and the free delivery of goods.
These days THE store is part of the House of Fraser group
House of Fraser Victoria is a department store on Victoria Street in London, England. It is situated within the City of Westminster to the south of St. James's Park and is the only department store to trade in the locality.
The store is part of the House of Fraser group (the Head Offices of which are located above the department store) and traded under the Army & Navy name until 2005. Each of the four selling-floors holds a broad range of merchandise including clothing, accessories and cosmetics, furnishing, household and electrical goods. 'World of Food', a new food hall concept in House of Fraser stores (introduced at Birmingham in 2003), was opened on the Ground Floor to coincide with the store's relaunch under the 'House of Fraser' name.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Fraser_Victoria"
The Army and Navy Store doesn't sell army surplus stuff.
THE store began as a co-operative society, The Army & Navy Co-operative Society Limited, formed in 1871 by a group of army and navy officers. The intention was to supply 'articles of domestic consumption and general use to its members at the lowest remunerative rates'. The store opened on its present site on 15 February 1872 for the sale of groceries and expanded to include goods as diverse as drapery, drugs, fancy goods and guns. Based on the model of other middle-class co-operatives, such as Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London, 1864), the society issued tickets to its members in exchange for annual subscription. Membership of 'The Stores' as it became known was open only to those in the higher ranks of the armed forces and the widows of officers as well as the representatives of regimental messes and canteens. In later years membership was expanded to a wider audience and tickets were issued free of charge after 1922. The benefits of membership included a dividend from the profits of the business, the entitlement to deal at the store and the free delivery of goods.
These days THE store is part of the House of Fraser group
House of Fraser Victoria is a department store on Victoria Street in London, England. It is situated within the City of Westminster to the south of St. James's Park and is the only department store to trade in the locality.
The store is part of the House of Fraser group (the Head Offices of which are located above the department store) and traded under the Army & Navy name until 2005. Each of the four selling-floors holds a broad range of merchandise including clothing, accessories and cosmetics, furnishing, household and electrical goods. 'World of Food', a new food hall concept in House of Fraser stores (introduced at Birmingham in 2003), was opened on the Ground Floor to coincide with the store's relaunch under the 'House of Fraser' name.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Fraser_Victoria"
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