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John Lewis Reading is a major department store in Reading, Berkshire in the England county of Berkshire. Until 2001, the store was known as Heelas, and that name is still in common usage. The store fronts on to Reading's main pedestrianised shopping street, Broad Street, Reading, and backs onto Minster Street and The Oracle, Reading shopping centre. The store belongs to the John Lewis Partnership.
History Heelas started in Reading with just one small shop at 33 Minster Street. John Heelas, who already had a shop in Wokingham, set up the new business in 1854 with his sons, John and Daniel. They described themselves as 'Linen and Woollen Drapers, Silk Mercers etc..'. Over the years they acquired adjacent properties and by 1877 the business had become a department store.
In 1897 the family firm became a public company, Heelas Sons and Co. Ltd, and in 1890 the House of Heelas was appointed Linen Drapers and House Furnishers to the then Prince of Wales. This warrant was continued on his accession to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
The shop was rebuilt in 1907 and the Directors were confident that the 'handsome well-arranged buildings would add to the great comfort of the customers'. Both John and Daniel Heelas died in 1910 and their successors, John Heelas Junior and Edward Heelas, inherited a thriving business. Heelas became a major entity in Reading, and in 1937, the John Lewis Partnership entered into takeover discussions with the department store. These did not work out and in 1947 Heelas was sold to Charles Clore. He disposed of it three years later to United Drapery Stores who, in turn, finally sold it to the John Lewis Partnership in 1953. Throughout these changes, the store continued to trade as Heelas.
At the time of John Lewis's takeover, the store was the largest shop in Berkshire, however with ongoing expansion the shop eventually became seen as too small and in need of expansion. The building work started in December 1979 and was split into three phases allowing the shop to continue trading throughout the period. Whilst the front (Broad Street) half of the store dating from 1907 was little changed, the earlier rear (Minster Street) half was demolished and replaced with a new five story building complete with Atrium (architecture). The work was completed by November 1985.
In 1999 a major new shopping and leisure centre, The Oracle, opened behind the store. Among its many shops it houses department stores from Debenhams and House of Fraser, thus increasing the level of competition in Reading. About the same time, as part of a wider company rebranding, the store's name was changed from Heelas to John Lewis. All the in-store and external signage was changed, but the name Heelas can still be seen where it was built into the external brickwork of the 1979 building. Locally, the name Heelas is still more commonly used than John Lewis. The rename caused some local controversy, as some people felt the town was losing a part of its history.
On February 9 2007, the store received the first Royal Warrant awarded to a department store outside London. The Royal Warrant allows John Lewis Reading to display the Queen Elizabeth II Coat of Arms, together with the words "By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, Suppliers of Household and Fancy Goods", on the store, and all store vehicles and stationery John Lewis Partnership Reading Awarded Royal Warrant for HM The Queen, retrieved August 2, 2007.
References
- John Lewis Partnership (2001-2005). The history of John Lewis Reading. Retrieved April 6, 2005.
External links
- John Lewis Reading web site
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