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From: "DAVID WALTON" <>
Subject: Fw: [LIV] BLACKLER'S STORE
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:49:33 +0100


Re-submitting this with a few alterations as I posted the wrong draft
Hi All,
I Am a bit busy at this moment, so genealogy on the back burner, but
have followed the thread on BLACKLER'S Store. Corner of Elliot Street
and Gt. Charlotte Street (BLACKLER'S STORES LTD)
Found out a little info. Formed in 1908 and opened on Tuesday Dec 8
1908 by a partnership of a Mr R J BLACKLER, who had small outlets in
the city and a Mr WALLIS/WALLACE?, The new store was the biggest store
in
Liverpool and was modelled on the Galleries Lafayette in Paris and
at it's heyday employed a staff of 1000. On the night of Saturday
May 3rd 1941 it was destroyed by fire having it's windows blasted out
earlier by bomb damage, also destroyed that day were the nearby
Lewis's store and also Kelly's Ironmongers. At that time Blacklers was
in the hands of the WALLIS family as Mr BLACKLER had died without
issue.
From time to time , the basement was flooded to provide an extra water
supply for the Fire Fighters. Temporary shops were set up, one in
Church St and another thirteen in Bold St. The store was then rebuilt
and the first part re-opened
on 29 Mar 1953, it finally closed in 1988 and is now a Weatherspoons
Pub (One in a large chain of pubs). This information is partly
extracted from what I know, books I have, but mainly from 2 Videos,
from Pleasures Past Series I have 1920s
to 1930s and 1940s to 1950s produced by Pleasures Past, 17, Poulton
Road, Bebbington Wirral, Merseyside, L63 9 LA. Web site
http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~suemc/plea.htm
I have no financial interest in this company, but plenty of good
archival film, very
nostalgic for me.
Sorry that's all I can find
Kind regards
Marg Walton(nee EDGE) scouser, West Mids.


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