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Bon Marché (Brixton)
Bon Marché was a department store based in Brixton, London, England. It was the first purpose built department store in the city. The store was founded in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting after he won a fortune at Newmarket races. The store was named and modelled after Bon Marché in Paris. The store was not successful and Smith went bankrupt in 1892. The new owners were more successful, eventually acquiring nearby stores Quin and Axtens and Pratts of Streatham. Eventually the group was bought by Selfridges. The building went on to be used as a market, retail units, a pub, and a business centre. The store had two buildings: the main building on the corner of Brixton Road and Ferndale Road, and Topland House opposite. Topland House was originally built as staff accommodation and currently houses The Department Store bar and restaurant. Violette Szabo, an SOE secret agent during the Second World War and posthumous recipient of the George Cross The George Cross (GC) is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bon Marché, Brixton, SW9
''Bon'', also spelled Bön () and also known as Yungdrung Bon (, "eternal Bon"), is a Tibetan religious tradition with many similarities to Tibetan Buddhism and also many unique features.Samuel 2012, pp. 220-221. Bon initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries, but may retain elements from earlier religious traditions (which also used the term Bon).Kvaerne 1996, pp. 9-10. Bon remains a significant minority religion in Tibet (especially in Eastern Tibet) and in the surrounding Himalayan regions. The relationship between Bon and Tibetan Buddhism has been a subject of debate. According to the modern scholar Geoffrey Samuel, while Bon is "essentially a variant of Tibetan Buddhism" with many resemblances to Nyingma, it also preserves some genuinely ancient pre-Buddhist elements. David Snellgrove likewise sees Bon as a form of Buddhism, albeit a heterodox kind. Similarly, John Powers writes that "historical evidence indicates that Bön only developed as a self-consc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
