In 1855 Richard Jordan opened a pawnbrokers in Church Street. This developed into Jordan’s department store which operated in enlarged premises until the 1970s when the business failed. In 1976 the shop reopened as Alfies Antique Market.
Online sources give 1885 as the year that Richard Jordan opened his pawnbroker business, but that's possibly the year that it became a department store.
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Jordan's department store
1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department ...
Founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Current building is late Victorian.
Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses...
In 1837 James Watney (1800 - 84) became a partner in the Stag Brewery, Pimlico and the Watney family were the main partners there for much of the 19th century. In 1889 James Watney & Co., acqui...
Founder of Carnaby Street as world centre for men's fashion in the 1960s. From Glasgow. The V&A hold his archive.
Mayor of the City of London 1902 - 03. President of the committee for the 1903-05 Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women. Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, was a Lord Mayor of London a...
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