Viva Brighton Issue #45 November 2016

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HISTORY ........................................... Hanningtons ‘Fake white snow, tinny music and utter magic’ Photo by Gillian Burchell Over two hundred years since its launch, and 15 since its closure, the department store Hanningtons still holds a firm place in many <strong>Brighton</strong> hearts. Not least those of eighties kids like myself, who warmly recall its experimental Santa’s Grotto. For Christmas one year, Hanningtons even put Santa on the moon, offering children rides in a skyrocket. “It felt so luxurious as a child, being escorted around the carpeted labyrinth of floors,” recalls Luisa Clarke, whose parents would take her there at Christmas. “The lift had a revolving snowscape which made you feel like you were heading to Lapland.” Another happy customer, Lucy Wilkes, recalls “a winter wonderland of fake white snow, tinny music and utter magic.” These warm recollections seem somewhat at odds with the creepy snow scenes, floral bedrooms, sleeping mannequins and staring dolls you’ll find frozen in the Hanningtons photos of <strong>Brighton</strong> Past. Hanningtons was, in fact, a pioneer of in-store displays depicting realistic scenes - the kind of creative marketing rarely seen outside of high-end London stores. Curiously enough, for many years Hanningtons also had real on-site bedrooms for live-in staff. The facilities and worker experience are said to have been good: a social club, library, annual outings, aboveaverage wages. There is another side, however. During the latter half of the 19th century, staff are said to have signed contracts that forbade former employees from working within ten miles of the company in the same line of business. And for Hanningtons, the same line of business was a pretty wide field. The department store began its life as a drapery, haberdashery and hosiery but grew extensively throughout the 19th century and beyond, to incorporate many departments in numerous locations: from costume to furniture, estate agent to undertaker. The enterprise began as a single unit at 3 North Street, founded by Smith Hannington in 1808. Hannington was a wool and linen draper to George IV, and he was issued a warrant from Queen Victoria to bring back goods from France to sell. An inheritance enabled him to expand the business and during the 1860s, his numerous North Street shops were architecturally unified into a single store. Hanningtons stayed in the family until shortly after Dorothy Hannington passed away in 1966. Even after it was sold on, it continued to be run to similar principles, which may have contributed to its downfall at the turn of the millennium. Highlights of its more recent past include the café, serving up simple classics like scrambled eggs; the Estée Lauder stand and, of course, the original hosiery. “I used to get my Wolford tights when I was 18,” recalls Oriana Evans, “ready for raving with my hot pants on at the Zap”. When Hanningtons closed in 2001, the store had 70 departments and over 200 staff. It was part of the community - I doubt there was a city resident that hadn’t, at some point, been in the lift. “The lift was magnificent,” recalls Wendy Bell, another former customer. “I used to pop in, just to experience it.” Chloë King ....93....
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VALUATION DAY Jewellery and Antique
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