London’s Lost Department Stores

The recent closure of Debenhams is confirmation that suddenly the department stores is now an endangered species. But London has been losing its great department stores for decades – once every major high street in Greater London, from Croydon to Uxbridge, had its landmark store, while the West End was full of them, from Bourne and Hollingsworth in Oxford Street to Swan and Edgar at Piccadilly Circus. Now, for the first time, Tessa Boase guides you through a vanished era to celebrate all these fabulous stores.