Landport Drapery Bazaar

Landport Drapery Bazaar was a department store located on Commercial Road, Portsmouth.

History

In 1870 Robert E Davies, the three time Mayor of Portsmouth opened a department store on what is now called Commercial Road (previously Union Road and Landport Road).[1] He called his new enterprise the Landport Drapery Bazaar after the district that the store was located in.[2]

The original store was destroyed by fire in 1908, and subsequently rebuilt.[3] However in 1941 the store received a direct hit from a German Bomber which left a giant crater in the middle of the store.

The business however returned as part of the Portmouth rebuilding programme, with a new store within the re-constructed Town centre during the 1950s. But in 1965 the store was purchased by the United Drapery Stores and subsequently in 1982 the store was converted to an Allders.[4]

The Allders store was sold in 2005 to Debenhams.

References

  1. ↑ "R. E. Davies Landport Drapery Bazaar". Retrieved 1 Dec 2014.
  2. ↑ Pubs of Portsmouth from Old Photographs by Ron Brown Section 5
  3. ↑ "The Landport Drapery Bazaar Company". Retrieved 1 Dec 2014.
  4. ↑ "R. E. Davies Landport Drapery Bazaar". Retrieved 1 Dec 2014.
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