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Department store created by Harry Selfridge. The flagship store opened on 15 March 1909. In 1951 it was acquired by Lewis's and then in 1965 by the Sears Group. In 2003 the chain was acquired by Galen Weston for nearly £600 million. It was sold jointly to a Thai retailer and an Austrian property firm for around £4 billion in 2021.

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Selfridges

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John Logie Baird - N10

John Logie Baird John (Logie) Baird, the inventor of the first television, wa...

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Selfridges centenary

Selfridge & Co. Limited Unveiled in 2009 by Galen, Hilary and Alannah Wes...

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Trees for Westminster

To celebrate Westminster City Council's Quatercentenary HRH the Duke of Kent,...

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César Ritz

César Ritz

Hotelier. Born Switzerland, son of a peasant farmer. Started work as a waiter and worked his way up, in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne, etc. Came to London in 1889 as the manager of Richard D'Oyly Carte's...

Person, Commerce, Switzerland

1 memorial
London Tea History Association

London Tea History Association

Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London. Feb 2018 City Matters reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, History

3 memorials
Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

In 1835 founded C.A. Robinson & Co.

Person, Commerce

2 memorials
Petticoat Lane Market

Petticoat Lane Market

By 1608 this street was known as Peticote Lane for the second-hand clothes, etc. which were bought and sold here, right on the boundary with the City. In about 1830 the street name was changed to M...

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
Great fire of Tooley Street

Great fire of Tooley Street

From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for ...

Event, Armed Forces, Commerce, Tragedy

2 memorials