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Flashback: Evolution of shopping in Basingstoke, from the 1850s to the 21st century

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Thomas Burberry was the biggest retailer in Basingstoke in the second half of the 19th century. Other businesses in the shopping streets included saddlers, watch and clock makers, milliners, cabinet makers, wine and spirit merchants. Shopkeepers had a disproportional presence on the Town Council.

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Flashback: Evolution of shopping in Basingstoke, from the 1850s to the 21st century

In the early 1850s, when Basingstoke town’s population was about 4,300, the shops included 12 bakers, 12 drapers/tailors, nine grocers, eight boot…

·Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Basingstoke Gazette broke the news in Basingstoke, United Kingdom on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
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