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Lack Brothers at 115-123 Thornton Heath High Street, in summer 1926

Lack Brothers was a department store based in Thornton Heath in Croydon, England.

History

Lack Brothers was started by William & George Lack in Walthamstow, England in 1898 as a drapery business, with the Lack family being involved with the linen business since the 18th Century.[1]

The business grew with the opening of a new store in Thornton Heath High Street in 1960. Croydon was the town from where the brothers had grown up. The new store boasted a restaurant and a men's hairdressers. By 1927 the business had been incorporated and had expanded into neighbouring properties. It now occupied 115-123 High Street, Thornton Heath.[1]

During the 1930s the business boomed, however none of William Lack's son wanted to take over the family business, and upon his retirement in 1937 the store closed.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lack Bros Drapery Store - The Books of Addiscombe". Retrieved 12 January 2015.

51°23′56″N 0°05′54″W / 51.3988°N 0.0983°W / 51.3988; -0.0983

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