Marshall & Snelgrove
The West End is home to the capital’s most attractive shops. The visitor will find that Regent Street and Oxford Street boast with the most fashionable establishments, one of them Marshall & Snelgrove of 334-354 Oxford Street, offering drapery of the most superior kind. The origins of this shop can be traced as far back as 1837, the year in which Queen Victoria ascended the throne, when Mr Marshall established a shop in Vere Street, on the corner to Oxford Street. It proved to be so successful that the establishment was expanded several times throughout its continued existence, each time re-opening in a grander fashion than before.
The attractive shop front of Marshall & Snelgrove
The biggest sales are occurring during the winter and summer seasons, but customers will find fashionable additions to their wardrobes at any time of the year.
Should one find oneself on holiday in either Scarborough or Harrogate, one does not have to go without the luxurious products of Marhsall & Snelgrove, to which the visitor has undoubtedly taken a liking after having spent an afternoon in their splendid London store. There are branches operating in both of these fashionable resorts during the holiday season.
London store opening times: 8.15am to 6.30pm during the winter months, and 8.15am to 7pm during summer months. Saturdays until 2pm. Delivery within the United Kingdom is free.
For those who would like to investigate the institution of the department store further, please visit Department Stores.
For ladies shopping at Marshall & Snelgrove, excellent luncheon and tea rooms are conveniently located within the establishment. Not only are the prices there lower than those of surrounding restaurants, but this arrangement also offers the advantage of an uninterrupted shopping experience in-store.
Gentlemen, too, ought to visit the new, handsomely re-arranged gentlemen’s department on the ground floor. It can be accessed through a separate entrance; thus, the customer is able to avoid walking through other departments, although a wander through the entire department store is highly recommended.
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As many other luxury stores, Marshall & Snelgrove suffered considerable economic losses during the war years and amassed serious debts. Already in 1916, the Textile Securities Trust was established in order to keep business running, linking Marshall & Snelgrove with Debenhams – another retailer and main creditor of indebted luxury establishments. By 1919, Debenhams had officially taken over, but the store traded under its original name until the Oxford Street premises were demolished and rebuilt in 1974, when the name was eventually changed to Debenhams and the new building became its flagship store.
