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RUSHTONS WAREHOUSE

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View from Market Square
View from Market Square
Photo: RON HUNT
Views: 3,284
Item #: 28652
Thanks to Trevor Smith( Smith's Book Shop) for the photograph.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 12th November 2016 at 20:43

I remember when Pendleburys store in Standishgate burnt down & they relocated to a large building similar to the one in the photo. It was across the Market Sq & seemed to back on to the Grammar School playing fields. Is this the same building that Pendleburys used for a while ?

Comment by: Mick on 12th November 2016 at 20:49

That's correct, Helen of Troy. It was originally Rushton's warehouse, and later the Gas Showrooms.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 13th November 2016 at 08:21

Thanks Mick.

Comment by: John Lepine on 30th October 2022 at 17:26

In 1978 I was the Manager of the BSM Branch shown in the picture. It was the only one in Britain that was not a ground floor shop.

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