Jacksons Corner
Location | Reading, Berkshire, UK |
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Postal code | RG1 |
Coordinates | 51°27′17.9″N 0°58′8.9″W / 51.454972°N 0.969139°W |
Jacksons Corner is a thoroughfare in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. It is a prominent landmark site and is on the corner of Market Place and Kings Road.
History[edit]
For much of its history, the site of Jacksons Corner was home to the Reading branch of the Jacksons department store chain.
Popular culture[edit]
Jacksons Corner is featured briefly in the PBS Documentary "Secrets of Selfridges".[1] The small interview covers a few of the strict guidelines for staff members in the early 1900s, as well as a look at the previously unseen upper floor, which houses the former staff quarters.
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