Headquarter and General Supplies
Headquarter and General Supplies Limited were formed just after the war and started selling army surplus items. They were an off the page mail order comapny to start with but then progressed to also operating several retail stores mainly in the South of the UK. I used to work at their Guildford Surrey branch in the early 1970's. After army surplus started to run out they turned to importing their own product and one of the products they became famous for was the cheap mutli band Russian radio - it was actually a very good product.
They were also one of the very first to sell Black and Decker drills and accessories - you may remember those huge hi value packages of sanding attachments, drill sets, polishing mops and all sorts of bits and pieces at their all inclusive prices. They also used to sell carpets and as you rightly say camping tents and accessories.
In the latish 1970's they ended up going bust - they got left behind when the companies such as Argos and other catalogue operations offerred more competitive prices and the age of the importance of branded product started.
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I can remember back in 1965 a cousin of mine had one of the 4 transistor tape recorders the lid carrying strap and microphone had to be bought as extras so long ago best wishes.Paul Boon. ( September 2016).
They were also one of the very first to sell Black and Decker drills and accessories - you may remember those huge hi value packages of sanding attachments, drill sets, polishing mops and all sorts of bits and pieces at their all inclusive prices. They also used to sell carpets and as you rightly say camping tents and accessories.
In the latish 1970's they ended up going bust - they got left behind when the companies such as Argos and other catalogue operations offerred more competitive prices and the age of the importance of branded product started.
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I can remember back in 1965 a cousin of mine had one of the 4 transistor tape recorders the lid carrying strap and microphone had to be bought as extras so long ago best wishes.Paul Boon. ( September 2016).
