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Curry's

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  • Head Office: 24-28 Goswell Road, London EC1.
  • Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex.
  • 77 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5.
  • Mail Order Department: Dept.8R, Worthy Park, Winchester, Hampshire.

The company began as a bicycle retailer, before concentrating on electrical goods.

1884 Company established by Henry Curry.

1897 H. Curry and Sons formed.

1927 Curry's incorporated as a Limited Company.[1]

1927 Acquired the Campion Cycle Co.[2]

1931 Subsidiary Campion Cycle Co reformed as the Basinghall Finance Co, to provide hire-purchase facilities for Curry's customers.[3]

1953 Acquired Sandown Estates.[4]

  • 180 Branches in 1931
  • 200 Branches in 1936
  • 250 Branches in 1953

1984 Acquired by Dixons.[5]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, February 28, 1935
  2. ↑ The Times, March 30, 1928
  3. ↑ The Times, March 20, 1931
  4. ↑ The Times, December 7, 1953
  5. ↑ The Times, December 11, 1984
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