General Chat

Well that is interesting Ann....David Taylor didn't make a good choice though :-D :-D

I didnt say Waite was Welsh. John Lewis came from Wales. :-D :-D

Sent Von :-D

Thank you Ann <3

Ah misunderstood MG :-D

Wow the Titanic :-0

I'm not keen on Liberty's either although it was fab if you were into fabrics :-D

John Spedan Lewis that is. :-D :-D

So is Liberty a bit like Selfridges…selling all sorts :-D :-D

I think it must have come from the same suppliers, as the panels on the Titanic went down with the ship on it's maiden voyage :-(

I see that the staff at Wrose and JL are not getting a bonus for the second year running. How long before it is cut out altogether?

I like Liberty’s ;-) ;-)

Like the fabrics,children’s clothes, books and cards ;-) ;-)

Liberty's is very up market but not for me :-D

Yes was reading about that MG :-)

They must have been surplus Belle :-D :-D

Possibly Belle.

I always found Liberty to be a bit dull. Not a very big shop at all.

Selfridges is more American to my way of thinking. The lifts are fab. Art Deco.

Mind you don’t buy the books in there but make notes of the titles ;-) ;-)

I usually buy my books from the River Company. ;-) ;-)

The employees in JL & Wrose are the Partners. A bonus is a share of the profit and is only paid to the Partners if they make a profit :-(

The store began began in 1875 with Liberty himself at the helm and only three staff members at its location on Regent Street in the West End. Though he only had a £2,000 loan from his future father-in-law to bring his ideas to life, Liberty harbored dreams of offering luxury goods and fabrics from faraway places, like a ship that has docked in the city streets. With that, the retailer amassed a vast range of merchandise from around the world to sell in Central London. In fact, he was so successful that he repaid the loan within 18 months. As demand grew, Liberty bought more adjacent properties to accommodate his well-edited stock of fashion and furnishings.

Centuries later, the extraordinary architecture of the emporium today includes several neighboring buildings acquired from business growth. Just as their founder’s original concept, their structural style borrows elements from ships: Edwin T. Hall and his son Edwin S. Hall designed the stately Tudor revival building and over 24,000 cubic feet of ship timber from old battleships—formerly deck flooring—became the Liberty shop floors. The entire store as everyone knows it today was completed in 1924.

I was going to say Von you would be paying a premium on books from Liberty's :-D Bet they have some nice coffee table books though ;-) :-D

Just been looking at interior photos…very quirky aint it :-D :-D