Michael Mutch

Feb 17, 2024 | hulldailymail.co.uk | Stuart Russell |Michael Mutch

When the doors closed forever on Hull’s House Of Fraser store almost five years ago, they ended not only the long story of one famous Hull business but a final chapter too. Because the huge department store - still fondly referred to as Hammonds - is among the few of the city’s once great local retail “giants”. Go back to the Sixties and Seventies and seven Hull-owned stores dominated city centre trading.