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2 Let’s read: Harrods sells everything GK Read the text and tick () the right box. GK A Harrods is probably the most famous shop in the world today but when it fi rst opened, it was just 1. The text is … 2. What does the text NOT tell you? a small shop, of course. Charles Henry Harrod opened his fi rst shop in 1849. He sold different kinds a letter to the manager of the shop. where the shop is in of food but he was most interested in tea. The shop grew under his son, Charles Digby, and in 1880, 100 people worked there. The shop just grew and grew, but in 1883 they had their fi rst big problem − an advertisement for the shop. Harrods’ famous motto the shop was destroyed by a fi re in December. It was a bad time for a fi re but they all worked hard and a short history of the shop. some of Harrods’ famous customers they got their customers everything they wanted by Christmas. They built a new and bigger build- ing in the same place but Harrods grew so quickly that in 1900 the new manager decided that they a shop catalogue. the price of a baby elephant needed another new building and this is the building that you can see today. 3. What was the original shop owner most 4. What happened in 1883? EK A Harrods is probably the most famous shop in the world today but when it fi rst opened, it was just interested in selling? a small shop, of course. Charles Henry Harrod opened his fi rst shop in 1849. He sold different kinds Charles Henry Harrod opened his fi rst shop. tea of food but he was most interested in tea. His shop did well and in 1851 he moved it to a better place The shop was destroyed by fi re. just near Hyde Park. This was in Knightsbridge a new area of London. Harrods is still in Knightsbridge food today, which is a nice but expensive area of London. When Charles had worked there for some years, Charles Digby took over the shop. sweets he decided it was time to give the shop to his son, Charles Digby. The shop moved into a bigger building. The shop grew under his son, and in 1880, 100 people worked there. The shop had done really well Christmas decorations but in 1883 they had their fi rst big problem − the shop was destroyed by a fi re in December. It was a bad time for a fi re but they all worked hard and they got their customers everything they wanted by 5. Harrods is famous for … Christmas. Soon after, they built a new, bigger building in the same place and Harrods continued to having the best tea in . do well. Now lots of famous people went shopping there, for example, Lilly Langtree and Ellen Terry, BiSt who were famous actresses at the time. This, of course, made Harrods even more popular and it grew being the most expensive shop in London. Reading strategies so quickly that in 1900 the new manager decided that they needed another new building and this is 1. strategy 1.1 – 2. strategy 1.2 being the biggest shop in London. the building that you can see today. 3. strategy 2.1 – 4. strategy 2.1 selling anything its customers want. 5. strategy 3.1 GK + EK B Harrods has got a famous motto: “Everything for Everybody Everywhere.” This means that you can buy anything at Harrods − if you’ve got enough money. Somebody once bought an alligator for Noel 3 Museum Coward there. Noel Coward was a famous singer. Somebody else bought a baby elephant for Ronald Reagan, who was the President of the USA at one time. Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock bought fresh fi sh London How to fi nd us: Please e-mail or phone us Winchester House if you want to visit us. from Harrods, which isn’t strange until you fi nd out that Hitchcock was in Hollywood at the time and Fire Brigade Harrods had to send him the fi sh every week by plane. 94a Bridge Road Tell us your name, telephone Museum London, SE1 number, when you want to visit the The colourful history of the world‘s museum, how many people are oldest fi re services Bus: Route 344 coming and how long the tour of EK Read the text and tick () the right box. Tube: Borough, Southwark, the museum should be. Visit our museum in Southwark Elephant & Castle 1. 2. The text is … What does the text NOT tell you? and learn about fi re fi ghting over Visits: Monday to Friday  museum@london-fi re.gov.uk a letter to the manager of the shop. where the shop is in London the last 340 years. The museum tells the history of fi re fi ghting in Tours: at 10:30 and 2:00  020 7587 2894 an advertisement for the shop. Harrods’ famous motto London from the Great Fire of a short history of the shop. some of Harrods’ famous customers London in 1666 to today. a shop catalogue. the price of a baby elephant Visitors can see a great exhibition 3. What happened in 1883? 4. What was the result of famous actresses of very old fi re fi ghting equipment and appliances. like Lilly Langtree and Ellen Terry shopping Charles Henry Harrod opened his fi rst shop. at Harrods? The shop was destroyed by fi re. You can also fi nd out more about the people who are really ready to Charles Digby took over the shop. it became more expensive go through fi re to save you. The shop moved into a bigger building. it became less expensive it became more popular Fire Brigade 5. Harrods is famous for … it became less popular

having the best tea in England. Admission charges: being the most expensive shop in London. BiSt School groups: free being the biggest shop in London. Reading strategies Children (under 7): free Adults: £3.00 selling anything its customers want. 1. strategy 1.1 – 2. strategy 1.2 Children (7–14): £2.00 3. strategy 2.1 – 4. strategy 2.1 Groups: £2.00 per person 5. strategy 3.1

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