The Story of Fenwick and its Family
by Christopher Fenwick
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This is the story of a family department store business that has delighted the shoppers of Newcastle and Bond Street, London alike since their foundation.
The Fenwick family firm was founded by John James Fenwick, known as Mr J.J. Fenwick, in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1882 and, in less than ten years, he had also opened in London’s Mayfair on the corner of New Bond Street and Brook Street.
This is the story of how he climbed his profession from apprentice to a first-class master tailor on Teeside to the buying manager of the finest draper in Newcastle. With this basis, he formed his own business which became the famous Fenwick store we know today.
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‘The Fenwick family tree is one of success, splendour and a whole load of style. It’s a story we’ve been longing to hear’. Elysia Agnew, LUXE Magazine
Author Biography
Christopher Fenwick was for more than thirty years a Director of Fenwick Ltd, mainly as Marketing and Development Director. He worked with his brothers, cousins and a host of colleagues to develop and expand the business. He is, perhaps, most publicly known for initiating with brilliant Display Manager and Visualiser of the Company, Bill Cass, the annual Christmas animated display windows in the Newcastle store. These attract hundreds of thousands of people of all ages to see them year by year. He graduated from The University of Cambridge with a degree in History and has maintained his studentship in the subject with a lifelong membership of the Historical Association. He has written one other book, 20,000 Miles, the story of his motor trip with two companions through Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, driven in 1960. A précis of this story won him the Royal Marines Parkinson Cumine Medal and Prize for 1960.
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- Publisher McNidder & Grace
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780857161932
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 40 GBP
- Pages224
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions277x208 mm
- Illustration16 page full colour section and b/w illustrations, family photos
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