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Readers will be aware of the imminent demise of the highly respected Debenhams department stores, and probably have been receiving communications regarding their closing-down sales. It was one such email announcing up to 70 per cent reductions which led me to look into the history of the Debenhams chain of stores. To my surprise I then found that High Wycombe had at one time a very strong link to Debenhams. This was a furniture-manufacturing company located in Slater St which was owned by Debenhams. This is its story. The Early History of Debenhams The origin of Debenhams was as a provi...

History of former Debenhams site in Folkestone set to become Covid vaccine centre  |  Updated: 07:01, 25 January 2021 The large scale vaccine site will open in Folkestone on Tuesday and operate from 8am until 8pm to deliver thousands of vaccines seven days a week. The last days of Debenhams. But the site at numbers 44-68 Sandgate Road has a long and interesting history as a department store and played an important role in the First World War. Before it was a Debenhams, the site was another department store known as Bobby, which had other stores in east Kent. In 1906, Frederick Bobby acquire...