Fenwick had a clause in his will that the windows of the shop should only show fashion and not general goods. His first shop was opposite this one.

Unfortunately it’s the way things are now the departmental stores have loads of franchises, they have, mostly, undergone major refurbishments, to my mind not for the better, I remember in London many years ago it started with Selfridges, followed by Harvey Nichols a store I never really liked, but worst of all Harrods was supposedly upgraded, not for the better though.

Going back to Fenwicks as mentioned loads of restaurants, the food hall I think was spoilt when it was upgraded, there does seem to be a load of cosmetic counters, don’t think the ladies fashion department is the greatest but, I guess we should be thankful that the store is still trading when you think of the departmental stores that are no longer??