1969 - 1972 - Going wholesale

 1969 

  • Johns third son Iain Richardson was born in July.

  •  Purchased 8 acres of land at Farnham.

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1970

  •   Turnover reaches £77,000 with 16 staff.

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1971

  • – The business dropped retail sales completely and became totally wholesale (trade only).

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1972

  • John purchased the 50 acre Newlands site for £24,000 and let some of it out for farming with a view to expanding slowly but due to demand and sales promotion, we filled the whole site within 3 years.