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of Eastgate, Gloucester and Stroud
1843 Robert Blinkhorn opened a drapery store with his wife Eleanor.
1871 Robert Blinkhorn, of Eastgate-street, Gloucester, in the city of Gloucester, Draper.[1]
Acquired by Selfridge Provincial Stores
1940 Acquired by John Lewis Partnership
1953 Store closed.
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