Former Department Stores
- John Barnes, Finchley Road, London - closed 1981, building now occupied by Waitrose
- Blinkhorn & Son, Gloucester - sold 1953
- Bon Marché, Brixton, London - closed 1975
- Bon Marché, Tunbridge Wells - sold 1953
- Buckleys, Harrogate - sold 1953
- A H Bull, Reading - sold 1953
- Caleys, Windsor - closed 2006
- Holdrons, Peckham, London - sold 1948
- Jones Brothers, Holloway Road, London - closed 1990, part of Jones Brothers site now occupied by Waitrose
- Lance & Lance, Weston-Super-Mare - closed 1956
- Pratts, Streatham, London - closed 1990
- Quin & Axten, Brixton, London - sold 1949
- Robert Sayle Peterborough (formerly Thomsons), Peterborough - closed 1956
- Vinalls, Eastbourne - sold 1953
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