Where do you think you are?
First of an occasional series by Peter Cox, looking at the story of the roads we live in. The wealth of information that has become available on the Internet in the last few [...]
Peter Cox
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
Last of a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. Remember when shops weren’t allowed to open on a Sunday? It became legal in 1994, after stiff resistance [...]
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
Fifth in a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. When Spedan Lewis retired in 1955 his Partnership was only just starting to recover from the damage done by [...]
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
Fourth in a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. Spedan Lewis had started his ‘industrial experiment’ at Peter Jones in 1914, just as war broke out and [...]
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
Third in a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. In 1914, just as war engulfed Europe, Spedan Lewis took over the sole running of Peter Jones in Sloane [...]
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
Second in a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. By the start of the 20th century, John Lewis had expanded his little shop in Oxford Street into a [...]
The Story of the John Lewis Partnership
First of a six-part series by Peter Cox, an East Finchley author. It’s a curious coincidence that the origins of the two great businesses that make up today’s John Lewis [...]