Star Supply Stores
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Star Supply Stores were one of three British high-street stores immortalised in a verse in John Betjeman's
poem Myfanwy:
John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...
poem Myfanwy:
Smooth down the Avenue glitters the bicycle,
Black-stockinged legs under navy blue serge,
Home and Colonial, Star, InternationalInternational Tea Co. StoresInternational Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London. It was a constituent of the FT30 index of leading companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.-History:...
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Balancing bicycle leant on the verge.