How It All Began Up the High Street

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This work profiles the stories behind many well-known stores and banks, including: Abbey National; Burberrys; C&A; Dolland & Aitchison; Early Learning Centre; Foyles; Hatchards; Jaeger; Laura Ashley; Lloyds Bank; Marks & Spencer; John Menzies; Sketchley; Tesco; Thomas Cook; and WH Smith. Included are the facts that The Body Shop was named after an American coach works, and that Sainsbury's first shop was opened in 1869 in Drury Lane, London.