Allders,an independent department store in Croydon, was established by Joshua Allder in 1862. It is the third-largest department store in the United Kingdom.
The Croydon store was the flagship of a large chain of department stores in the UK. The chain went into administration during 2005 and was subsequently broken up and sold, the Croydon store being purchased by Harold Tillman, owner of the Jaeger clothing company.
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