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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Austins (Newton Abbot)

Austins, Newton Abbot
Austins, Newton Abbot
  • ... that the Austins Quarter of Newton Abbot, Devon is named after a department store? "It dominates one end of Newton Abbot, known as the Austins Quarter and sells fashion, homeware, furniture and toys over nine floors in four stores" from: Finch, Hannah (2 July 2018). "Austins outlived House of Fraser in Newton Abbot - here's how". Devon Live. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
    • ALT1:... that Austins department store in Newton Abbot, Devon has been run by three successive generations of the same family? "Retail is in the blood for Mr Austin - the third generation at the helm. In the late 1980s he took the running of Austins from his father Charles, who had been in charge since the 1950s, having succeeded his own father Robert Charles, who had opened a small drapers shop in Courtenay Street, in 1924." from: Finch, Hannah (2 July 2018). "Austins outlived House of Fraser in Newton Abbot - here's how". Devon Live. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:50, 22 January 2020 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough, not stub, QPQ done, hook in article followed by inline citation to a reference with hook fact. Image size and copyright okay, no copyvio issues. Whispyhistory (talk) 11:15, 22 January 2020 (UTC)