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Anything from a Pin to an Elephant: Tales of Norfolk Retail
Chris Armstrong
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The popularity of recent television drama series such as The Paradise and Mr Selfridge, and the splendid three-part documentary Shopgirls: the True Story of Life Behind the Counter, is evidence enough of the level of public interest in the history of the retail trade. Even today, Norfolk boasts a remarkable collection of genuinely independent stores which have survived just about everything that has been thrown at them: wars, bombs, fires, recessions and depressions, family fallings out, takeover bids and a succession of revolutionary changes in the retail market. Chris Armstrong has painstakingly researched the fascinating history of ... Read more
The popularity of recent television drama series such as The Paradise and Mr Selfridge, and the splendid three-part documentary Shopgirls: the True Story of Life Behind the Counter, is evidence enough of the level of public interest in the history of the retail trade. Even today, Norfolk boasts a remarkable collection of genuinely independent stores which have survived just about everything that has been thrown at them: wars, bombs, fires, recessions and depressions, family fallings out, takeover bids and a succession of revolutionary changes in the retail market. Chris Armstrong has painstakingly researched the fascinating history of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445656526
SKU
V9781445656526
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Chris Armstrong
Chris Armstrong was born in Kings Lynn, where his father was Vicar of St Margaret's. In retirement Chris has completed the degree he abandoned nearly 30 years earlier, served as a Magistrate on the Norfolk Bench and been a Board Member of a number of local charities, chairing those of Break and Glebe House School. In 2012 Larks Press published ... Read more
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