Lillywhites
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Lillywhites is a
History
In the 19th century, several members of the Lillywhite family were leading cricketers; another,
The shop has been based at its current location of 25 Regent St. on Piccadilly Circus since 1925, catering to the London market with specialist departments for croquet and real tennis. In 1930, Messrs Lillywhite Ltd. supplied pilot Amy Johnson with her flying kit.[4] Lillywhites' policy was to compete on quality products (which were charged at premium prices). For many years the company was owned by Forte Group. Until 2002, Lillywhites also had locations in other major cities in the United Kingdom including Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne and Nottingham, with the Leeds store being a large five-storey building that opened in 1996 on The Headrow in the former Schofields department store. In the same year, Lillywhites was bought by the Portuguese company Jerónimo Martins. Lillywhites lost its royal warrant in 2003.[citation needed]
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In the face of competition from other retailers offering more goods at lower prices, Lillywhites fell into financial difficulty. In 2002 Jerónimo Martins sold the company to
References
- ^ Watts, Robert (2 April 2006). "What's happened to Lillywhites?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Ball evolution". FIFA. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Davis, Parke H (1911). "Appendix". Football : the American intercollegiate game. New York: Scribner's. p. 474.
- ^ "The Woman Engineer Vol 3". www2.theiet.org. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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