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The Plummer Roddis building in Hastings, 1927

Plummer Roddis was a chain of department store based in the South of England which was acquired by the Drapery Trust, before being swallowed up by its parent company Debenhams.

History

Plummer Roddis started out as separate companies in the 19th Century. William Plummer started out as a draper in Hastings and in 1871 had a store at 3 Robertson Street,^[1] before opening another store in Southampton on the corner of Above Bar and Commercial Street.^[2] George Roddis in 1870 was listed as a draper in Market Harborough,^[3] but by 1881 was a partner in a drapers & milliners called Roddis & Goldsmith at 1-2 Robertson Street, Hastings.^[4]

In the 1896 William Plummer, George Roddis and Reginald Tyrrell, a Bournemouth draper, joined forces to create Plummer, Roddis and Tyrrell Limited. The new business was setup to purchase the stores, Plummer & Lawford, in Eastbourne; R. Tyrell & Sons in Bournemouth & Boscombe and Plummer, Roddis and Beecroft in Hastings and Folkestone.^[5]^[6] However in 1898 Reginald Tyrrell relinquished his partnership to concentrate on his other business Tyrrell & Green and the business became Plummer Roddis.^[7] In 1914, the company reported profits of £19,208 but by 1919 this had greatly increased to £56,927, paying a dividend of 10%.^[8]

In 1927 the Hastings store was rebuilt by renowned architect Henry Ward (he also designed the additions to the Brighton store), while the Southampton store and Bournemouth store were extensively rebuilt, the last work before World War II being completed at Bournemouth to the designs of the architect Jonathan Makepeace in 1938.^[9] The head office of the Plummer Roddis group was based in Sillwood Road, Brighton. By 1928, the business had become part if the Drapery Trust, which was owned by Debenhams.^[10]^[11]

The business continued to grow with branches in Boscombe,^[12] Brighton (formerly A C Sharman, 1920),^[13]^[14] Bath,^[15] Eastbourne,^[16] Folkestone,^[17] Andover^[18](formerly W Percival Clark, 1942),^[19] Weymouth (formerly Robert R Talbot, 1928),^[20]^[21]^[22] Lewes (formerly C. Morrish & Son, 1943), Winchester (formerly T. A. Brown & Sons),^[23] Yeovil (formerly Frederick Taylor, 1941)^[24]^[25]^[26] and Southsea (1956).^[27]^[28] The business was celebrated by being mentioned in H. G. Wells book Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul.^[29]

During the Second World War the Southampton store was destroyed by German bombing, and operated out of different locations across the city until a new store was completed in 1965.^[30] Plummer Roddis parent company Debenhams expanded the business further by investing in a new branch built in Guildford, which opened in 1968, ^[31] and Southend-on-Sea.^[32]^[33]

In the early 1970s the stores were rebranded as Debenhams, except for the Southampton store. In 1972 the Bournemouth store was re-opened as a Debenhams by Terry Wogan,^[34] but for the store to be closed down a year later when Debenhams rebranded the Bobby & Co. store in the town. The Boscombe branch had been closed the previous year. By 2014 the only Plummer Roddis stores that operated as Debenhams still open were Guildford and Hastings.

The Southampton store continued to operate under the Plummer Roddis name after a management buyout,^[35] but closed on 14 August 1993, when the store closed.^[36] The store is now home to a teaching centre for Southampton Solent University.

References

^ "The Birth of Robertson Street, Hastings". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Roddis, George Friends of Hastings Cemetery". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "The Birth of Robertson Street, Hastings". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Plummer, Roddis & Tyrrell Ltd". The Statist. 37: 942. 27 June 1896.
^ "Plummer, Roddis & Tyrrell Ltd". The Saturday Review. 81: 651. 27 June 1896.
^ "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Board of Trade Bill" (Document). 1919. p. 539. Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives. New Zealand Parliament. {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)
^ "Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBAPIX.com". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Debenhams Securities". The Statist. 120: 599-603. 1932.
^ Labour Year Book 1928 Page 150
^ "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. October 2008. p. 21. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4884038
^ http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_013.html
^ "Bath in Time". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Golden days of the gas showroom". Eastbourne Herald. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Tidmouth Mail Van Robbed". Andover Advertiser. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/18989989.andover-history-coronation-celebrations-1902/
^ "Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Labour Year Book 1928 Page 150
^ https://weymouthhistory.org/2015/12/22/a-happier-christmas-1862/
^ "The Stock Exchange Official Year-book". 1944. p. 1548. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/yeovil-used-debenhamssort-3407506.amp
^ "An A to Z of Yeovil's History". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "FRED. TAYLOR'S / PLUMMER'S BUILDING". Yeovil History. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Debenhams". New Dawn. 1963. p. 203.
^ "Appointments". Leathergoods. Vol. 80. 1956.
^ Wells, H. G. (March 2012). Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul by H G Wells. ISBN 9781775456193. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Plummer Roddis Department Store Circa 1973". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Provinces". Leathergoods. Vol. 102. 1967. p. 53.
^ "Southend-on-Sea, 70 High Street". The Estates Gazette. Vol. 219. 1971. p. 756.
^ "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "Bombed then rebuilt - Plummers was something of an institution in Southampton". The Daily Echo. 15 April 2015.
^ "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[1] "The Birth of Robertson Street, Hastings". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[2] "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[3] "Roddis, George Friends of Hastings Cemetery". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[4] "The Birth of Robertson Street, Hastings". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[5] "Plummer, Roddis & Tyrrell Ltd". The Statist. 37: 942. 27 June 1896.

[6] "Plummer, Roddis & Tyrrell Ltd". The Saturday Review. 81: 651. 27 June 1896.

[7] "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[8] "Board of Trade Bill" (Document). 1919. p. 539. Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives. New Zealand Parliament. {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)

[9] "Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBAPIX.com". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[statist-10] "Debenhams Securities". The Statist. 120: 599-603. 1932.

[11] Labour Year Book 1928 Page 150

[12] "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. October 2008. p. 21. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[13] ttps://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4884038

[14] ttp://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_013.html

[15] "Bath in Time". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[16] "Golden days of the gas showroom". Eastbourne Herald. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[17] "Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[18] "Tidmouth Mail Van Robbed". Andover Advertiser. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[19] ttps://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/18989989.andover-history-coronation-celebrations-1902/

[20] "Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[21] Labour Year Book 1928 Page 150

[22] ttps://weymouthhistory.org/2015/12/22/a-happier-christmas-1862/

[23] "The Stock Exchange Official Year-book". 1944. p. 1548. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[24] ttps://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/yeovil-used-debenhamssort-3407506.amp

[25] "An A to Z of Yeovil's History". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[26] "FRED. TAYLOR'S / PLUMMER'S BUILDING". Yeovil History. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[27] "Debenhams". New Dawn. 1963. p. 203.

[28] "Appointments". Leathergoods. Vol. 80. 1956.

[29] Wells, H. G. (March 2012). Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul by H G Wells. ISBN 9781775456193. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[30] "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[31] "Plummer Roddis Department Store Circa 1973". Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[32] "Provinces". Leathergoods. Vol. 102. 1967. p. 53.

[33] "Southend-on-Sea, 70 High Street". The Estates Gazette. Vol. 219. 1971. p. 756.

[34] "Plummers shuts up shop in 1973". Daily Echo. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[35] "Bombed then rebuilt - Plummers was something of an institution in Southampton". The Daily Echo. 15 April 2015.

[36] "Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping". Southern Daily Echo. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

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 The business continued to grow with branches in [[Boscombe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/features/snapshotsofthepast/3777845.Plummers_shuts_up_shop_in_1973/|title=Plummers shuts up shop in 1973|work=Daily Echo|page=21|date=Oct 2008|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref> [[Brighton]] (formerly A C Sharman, 1920),<ref>https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4884038</ref><ref>http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume19/source/jg_19_013.html</ref> [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image/440216/the-plummer-roddis-building-on-the-corner-of-new-bond-street-and-northgate-street-january-1969|title=Bath in Time|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref> [[Eastbourne]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/nostalgia/golden-days-of-gas-showroom-1-5275041|title=Golden days of the gas showroom|work=Eastbourne Herald|date=15 July 2013|accessdate=5 Dec 2014}}</ref> [[Folkestone]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/archives/9474239.Plummers_____the_pioneer_of_Southampton_shopping/|title=Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping|work=Southern Daily Echo|date=16 Jan 2012|accessdate=5 Dec 2014}}</ref> [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/leisure/lookback/3828968.Tidworth_mail_van_robbed/|title=Tidmouth Mail Van Robbed|work=Andover Advertiser|date=17 Nov 2008|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref>(formerly W Percival Clark, 1942),<ref>https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/18989989.andover-history-coronation-celebrations-1902/</ref> [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] (formerly Robert R Talbot, 1928),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/archives/9474239.Plummers_____the_pioneer_of_Southampton_shopping/|title=Plummers Department Store – the pioneers of Southampton shopping|work=Southern Daily Echo|date=16 Jan 2012|accessdate=5 Dec 2014}}</ref><ref>Labour Year Book 1928 Page 150</ref><ref>https://weymouthhistory.org/2015/12/22/a-happier-christmas-1862/</ref> [[Lewes]] (formerly C. Morrish & Son, 1943), [[Winchester]] (formerly  T. A. Brown & Sons),<ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CU4MAQAAMAAJ&q=%22+percival+clarke%22+plummer+roddis&dq=%22+percival+clarke%22+plummer+roddis&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy1NG70Kn-AhX_SEEAHYd9AOUQ6AF6BAgFEAM#%22%20percival%20clarke%22%20plummer%20roddis|title=The Stock Exchange Official Year-book|date=1944|page=1548}}</ref> [[Yeovil]] (formerly Frederick Taylor, 1941)<ref>https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/yeovil-used-debenhamssort-3407506.amp</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbdpublications.co.uk/yeovil/shopping%20index.htm|title=An A to Z of Yeovil's History|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeovilhistory.info/taylor-fred.htm|title=''FRED. TAYLOR'S / PLUMMER'S BUILDING''|website=Yeovil History|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> and Southsea (1956).<ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0_jl81F9e2YC&q=%22plummer+roddis%22&dq=%22plummer+roddis%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwioh-Kz4a7-AhXGTsAKHWtPAV8Q6AF6BAgKEAM#%22plummer%20roddis%22|title=Debenhams |periodical=New Dawn|date=1963|page=203}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nv2NXdCeIngC&q=%22plummer+roddis%22+palmerston+road+%22southsea%22&dq=%22plummer+roddis%22+palmerston+road+%22southsea%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia1o3lxt7-AhXYP8AKHWkAA7AQ6AF6BAgDEAM#%22plummer%20roddis%22%20palmerston%20road%20%22southsea%22|title=Appointments|periodical=Leathergoods|volume=80|date=1956}}</ref> The business was celebrated by being mentioned in [[H. G. Wells]] book Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2sB2wdbhjPEC&dq=hg+wells+plummer+roddis&pg=PA43|title=Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul by H G Wells|isbn=9781775456193|accessdate=2 Dec 2014|last1=Wells|first1=H. G.|date=March 2012}}</ref>
+[[File:Advertisement for 'Plummers' Department Store, Robertson Street, Hastings. 1962 (10122922004).jpg|thumb|Advert for Plummers in Hastings]]
 During the Second World War the Southampton store was destroyed by German bombing, and operated out of different locations across the city until a new store was completed in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/archives/9474239.Plummers_____the_pioneer_of_Southampton_shopping/|title=Plummers Department Store – the pioneer of Southampton shopping|work=Southern Daily Echo|date=16 Jan 2012|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref> Plummer Roddis parent company [[Debenhams]] expanded the business further by investing in a new branch built in [[Guildford]], which opened in 1968, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://guildforddistrictin366days.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/plummer-roddis-department-store-circa.html|title=Plummer Roddis Department Store Circa 1973|accessdate=2 Dec 2014}}</ref> and [[Southend-on-Sea]].<ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NNfbcgQTup0C&q=%22plummer+roddis%22+%22Southend-on-Sea%22&dq=%22plummer+roddis%22+%22Southend-on-Sea%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVtvnJzN7-AhVBUcAKHfnmA-oQ6AF6BAgGEAM#%22plummer%20roddis%22%20%22Southend-on-Sea%22|title=Provinces|periodical=Leathergoods|volume=102|date=1967|page=53}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9AtLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22plummers%22+%22southend%22&dq=%22plummers%22+%22southend%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU9-PMzt7-AhUaiFwKHXcXBAkQ6AF6BAgHEAM#%22plummers%22%20%22southend%22|title=Southend-on-Sea, 70 High Street|periodical=The Estates Gazette|volume=219|date=1971|page=756}}</ref>