Atkinsons

The store has been trading for around 150 years and sells a wide range of merchandise including fashion, furniture, bedding, homewares, curtains, blinds, lighting, gifts, cosmetics & fragrance, beds, domestic appliances footwear, bags, luggage, and cookshop.

Facilities include three distinct eateries and a car park located above the store, accessible via Charter Row.

In 1872 he opened his own drapery in South Street, now known as The Moor, with the store specialising in hosiery, ribbons and lace.

The business however improvised setting up its headquarters in St Judes Church in Milton Street, and opening departments across the city including a Kiosk outside the railway station and inside the semi-blitzed Central Cinema.

[1] The business lost all its ledgers during the blaze, however 80% of its credit accounts had been repaid within 3 months of the bombing.