Archive Newspaper clipping
c. 1992
“Store legend dies” — newspaper obituary
The obituary traces Clifford’s whole career, from newsboy and market trader to Savemore Stores and Clifford Dunns on Prospect Street, and records the tribute of the Hull Chamber of Trade.
What it tells us
- Market stall from 1953; Savemore Stores in Market Place five years later, with Mary
- Five Savemore Stores in Hull, with more in Goole, Doncaster and London
- The Dunns sold the business in 1965
- Clifford Dunns opened in 1968 in the former Bladons furniture store, Prospect Street
- Sold to Gateway Foodmarkets in 1984; later traded as Kwik Save
- Clifford and Mary lived in Kirk Ella; he left a son, John, and a daughter, Susan
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