Edwin Davis Company
The Edwin Davis Company was a department store based in Kingston upon Hull that traded from around 1840 until 1978. History The business was established in Market Place in the city in around 1840, later expanding to take in the shops on both sides. By 1910, their premises had been re-fronted, possessing classical columns at either side of its huge shop frontage. During the early 1900s the store had become a prime spot for shoppers, but as a result of a bomb dropped from a World War I, First World War Zeppelin in 1915, the shop was completely destroyed. The replacement store, constructed in Bond Street in around 1920, was also badly damaged during the World War II, Second World War. During the 1930s the company used the slogan '''the store with the right prices'.'' The company's third and final store, also built in Bond Street in around 1952, remained open until the late 1970s. The company had operated in the city for over a century. After the company closed in 1978, the former ...
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