Its 1946 and the Second World War has just come to an end.But for two young RAF men a new mission is about to take off.Charles Barker and Alex Stonehouse both started work at Binns the regions top department store at the time before they set about creating a furniture store aimed at delivering a little pizzazz to a weary post war Britain and opened their first store in Stockton on Tees.
Its 1946 and the Second World War has just come to an end.But for two young RAF men a new mission is about to take off.Charles Barker and Alex Stonehouse both started work at Binns the regions top department store at the time before they set about creating a furniture store aimed at delivering a little pizzazz to a weary post war Britain and opened their first store in Stockton on Tees.