Nostalgia: How Clares department store earned place in North Wales folklore
THIS week’s nostalgia feature looks at a Llandudno department store steeped in almost 100 years of history.
Clares, at 97-99 Mostyn Street, was established by the Baxter family in 1927, which saw it rebuilt into a ladies’ dressmaker’s and milliner’s.
Born into a poor family in Runcorn, Robert Clare Baxter had been so successful by 1927 that he had seven businesses along the North Wales coast.
North Wales Pioneer: A photo of the exterior with all the staff, taken in the 1960s. Photo: David Roberts
A photo of the exterior with all the staff, taken in the 1960s. Photo: David Roberts
This included Baxter’s Bon in Lower Mostyn Street, which sold good-quality men’s clothing.
He later married one of his employees, Mary Lewis, and when he died in 1950, the business continued under the guidance of his son Dougie and grandchildren John and Ann.
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https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/19880054.nostalgia-clares-department-store-earned-place-north-wales-folklore/?ref=rss&IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4A 1930s photograph of the interior of Clares showing James Hankers, who was responsible for dressing the windows. If you were asked to dress them while he was on holiday, it was considered a huge honour. Photo: David Roberts