Blacklers Stores

Blackler's Stores was a large department store on the corner of Elliot Street and Great Charlotte Street in Liverpool. It was founded by partners Richard Blackler and A.B. Wallis in the early twentieth century.

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Liverpool - Twentieth century

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The store was famous for its lavish Christmas grotto and its , Blackie, which now resides at the Museum of Liverpool Life. The store, which at its peak employed a thousand people, also has connections to The Beatles: George Harrison worked as an apprentice electrician at Blackler's in 1959, and Pete Best's mother Mona bought his drum kit from the Blackler's music department.

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Christmas - The Beatles - George Harrison - 1959 - Pete Best

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Despite being destroyed in The Blitz of May 1941 during World War II, the business survived. Temporary outlets were created in Bold Street and Church Street and the first part of the new store opened on 29 March 1953 where it remained until its closure in April 1988. The site now includes a Wetherspoons chain pub, named Richard John Blackler in honour of the store's founder. Blackler died in 1919 and was succeeded as a partner in the business by his wife Margaret. She died in 1957 without children and so ended the store's connection with the family that gave it its name.

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The Blitz - 1941 - World War II - 29 March - 1953 - Wetherspoons - Chain pub - 1919 - 1957

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