Kinch and Lack
of London, Worthing and Guildford
Outfitters
formerly known as Lack and Son, and Kinch Brothers
1935 Become a private company. 'Kinch and Lack Ltd. is a new private company registered with a capital of £30,000 in £1 shares (9,600 7.5% cumulative preference). The objects are to acquire the business of outfitters Thos. P. Kinch, Joseph C. Kinch and Harold P. Lack, at London, Worthing and Guildford. The permanent directors are; Thos F. Kinch. Em Nook. High street, West Tarring, Worthing; Joseph C. Kinch, The Croft, Cissbury-road, Worthing: Harold P. Lack. Northyrst, Holmwood-gardens. Surrey.'[1]
1936 'AT KINCH & LACK’S THREE BRANCHES Perhaps the most outstanding characteristic the system followed by Kinch and Lack is that their outfitting boys and girls for school is not departmental. The mother the children, for example, sits at one counter while she decides upon her order and without moving from her chair she can be shown every article of clothing for comparison or choice. Outfitting for preparatory and public schools carried out in every detail from overcoat to toothbrush, and the trunk in which the outfit, after marking, may be despatched straight to school, including all sports and riding kit. If she finds it more convenient to do so, a customer can order the outfit for a boy from Kinch and Lacks other branches in Buckingham Palace-road, scarcely two minutes walk from Victoria Station or from Guildford. Each of these shops works in conjunction with the Worthing branch so that the customer has only to consult her own convenience. Should she, for example, find after leaving Worthing for town that she wishes to alter some detail of her order, she can, on reaching Victoria make the wished-for change through the shop in Buckingham Palace-road.'[2]
1996 In receivership.[3]