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Beales department store in Bournemouth in Hampshire, now Dorset, was founded in 1881 on the Old Christchurch Road.  Initially know as the ‘Fancy Fair and Oriental House’, the shop grew into one of the landmark buildings and brands in Bournemouth.  Generations of Beales headed up the company, one of whom, Frank Beale (d. 2001) went to train at Macy’s in New… Read more Beales – archives of an iconic retailer saved for posterity!