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Randalls of Uxbridge

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In January 2015, the store closed down. At the time of closure only five letters in the store name were illuminated properly on the shop front. The final owner of the store was
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In October 2015, the building was acquired by Inland Homes, who redeveloped the building, using it as a mixed-use development since 2021.
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Randalls originated in 1891, and the current store was built in 1937–38 and designed by
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hillingdon
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was a family-owned British department store in Vine Street,
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Index




Uxbridge
William Eves
faience
Second World War
Only Fools and Horses
Grade II listed building
MP
John Randall
online shopping
zero-hour contracts


"Randalls of Uxbridge to close"
London 3: North West
Yale University Press
ISBN
0300096526
"Uxbridge's Randall's store to close after 120 years"
BBC News


"Politician warns of 'brutal' retail working conditions as he shuts family shop"
The Guardian
"Randall's Department Store"
Historic England
"Does good service come at a price?"
The Guardian

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