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Featherstones were a small department store group located in Kent. ==History==
In 1901 John Thomas Featherstone set up a store in Chatham High Street to supply goods to the public, with the novel idea of selling them on credit with no interest charged.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Featherstone Properties )〕 The store sold a large range of goods from a drapery department to coal. They were listed in early adverts as ''Universal Providers''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Featherstones Chatham - Kent History Forum Website )〕 By the 1930s they had opened further branches in Rochester High Street; Bell Road Sittingbourne; The Broadway Sheerness; Palace Street Canterbury; Parrock Street Gravesend; Earl Street Maidstone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Featherstones Chatham - Kent History Forum Website )〕 The business ran a club which shoppers could save their money with to buy goods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Featherstones, Chatham High Street - Kent History Forum Website )〕 During the 1970s Chris Featherstone, a member of the family raced sportscars, including Formula 5000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Featherstones Chatham - Kent History Forum Website )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chris Featherstone Racing Record - Driver Database )〕 The business continued to run until 1981, when the stores were closed and the business changed its focus onto property.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Featherstone Properties )〕
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