Places

Every store we know of

From a market stall to cinemas, warehouses and a record-breaking shop floor in London. Sites marked as being researched still need an address, a date or a photograph.

The original market stall
Hull · 1953 – 1958Partly known

The market stall

Hull open market

Where it all began — three market days a week.

Clifford Dunn

The first shop, Market Place
Hull · 1958 –Confirmed

The first shop

Market Place

Hull’s first self-service shop, in a converted warehouse.

Savemore Stores

Savemore, George Street
Hull · 1960 –Confirmed

George Street Supermarket

Former Curzon Cinema, George Street (loading bay on Dock Street)

The first fully cut-price supermarket in the North of England.

Savemore Stores

Priory Supermarket
Hull · 1962 –Confirmed

Priory Supermarket

Former Priory Cinema, Willerby Road / Calvert Lane

The city’s largest supermarket, with a car park.

Savemore Stores

Anlaby Road, Grosvenor House
Hull · 1964 –Confirmed

Discount Variety Store

Grosvenor House, Anlaby Road

Everything for the home except food.

Savemore Stores

Clough Road warehouse
Hull · 1965 –Confirmed

Warehouse & offices

Clough Road

100,000 sq ft of storage under one roof.

Savemore Stores

Photograph wanted
Doncaster · 13 Nov 1964 –Confirmed

Doncaster Supermarket

High Fishgate

Opened deliberately on Friday the 13th.

Savemore Stores

Photograph wanted
London · by 1965Partly known

Save More discount house

Stepney

The biggest selling area of any shop in the UK — 20,000 sq ft.

Savemore Stores

Photograph wanted
Goole · by 1965Being researched

Goole store

Address unknown

Mentioned in the obituary; details still being researched.

Savemore Stores

Photograph wanted
Hull · 1968 – 1984Confirmed

Clifford Dunns

Former Bladons furniture store, Prospect Street at Pryme Street

The cut-price superstore Hull remembers.

Clifford Dunn Supermarkets