1941 Blitz
"David Lewis founded a small shop selling men’s and boy’s clothing in 1856. The sale of women’s clothes began in 1864, and by the 1870s Lewis’s Department Store was in full swing," according to the Historic Liverpool website. "The building burnt down in the infamous fire of 1886, and suffered bombing at the hands of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Nevertheless, it was rebuilt each time."
