Category Archives: Boots the Chemist

Boots’ Architects. 2. Michael Vyne Treleaven

Posted on April 8, 2017 by buildingourpast

Michael Vyne Treleaven (1850-1934) held the position of Boots the Chemist’s in-house architect for over a decade in the early 20th century, and was responsible for designing the company’s well-known mock-Tudor shops. Treleaven came from the parish of Poughill, near Bude in Cornwall. In … Continue reading →

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Boots’ Architects. 1. Albert Nelson Bromley

Posted on April 8, 2017 by buildingourpast

The prominent Nottingham architect Albert Nelson Bromley (1850-1934) designed many shops for Boots between the 1890s and the 1920s. At first he worked in a neo-Jacobean style, with a strong penchant for terracotta, but in the 1920s he switched to … Continue reading →

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Jesse Boot and Boots Cash Chemists

Posted on March 10, 2017 by buildingourpast

Jesse Boot (1850-1931) followed in the footsteps of his Wesleyan parents, John (1815-1860) and Mary (1826-85), by becoming a medical botanist, or herbalist, providing remedies to the poor. John had opened the ‘British and American Botanical Establishment’ at 6 Goosegate in … Continue reading →

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A Spotter’s Guide to Boots the Chemist

Posted on February 27, 2017 by buildingourpast

The Boots Scroll The Boots scroll – the distinctive signature logo – is familiar to everyone. Boots’ name is written in flowing cursive script, with a pennant flowing from the bar of the ‘t’ and an understroke emerging from the ‘s’. This … Continue reading →

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