From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   > Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > > I'd heard of the name in connection with food, but didn't know it had   
   > > grown into a department store.   
      
   > It's been on Piccadilly 181 for many years.   
      
   > When I was there in March, I noticed that the upper floors mainly   
   > had housewares and quite a few places where you could drink tea   
   > etc, and not so much of thing you might find in more general department   
   > stores.   
      
   > But I have a recollection of a visit in the 1990s or so, when the   
   > upper floors had clothing etc. Which was far less exiting from the   
   > ground floor and the basement.   
      
   > But, yes, I should have worded the question better with more hints   
   > than just "department store".   
      
   Yes, I think it did have clothing at one point. It does still have   
   multiple departments, just fewer than something like Selfridge's or   
   Macy's.   
      
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