Army & Navy Stores

Army & Navy Stores was a department store group in the United Kingdom, which originated as a co-operative society for military officers in the nineteenth century. The society became a limited company in the 1930s and purchased a number of independent stores during the 1950s and 1960s.

Agatha Christie and the Army & Navy Stores
To Agatha Christie's older relatives “Granny B” and “Auntie-Grannie”, the Army & Navy Stores was “the hub of the universe”.

Army & Navy Stores in the works by Agatha Christie

 * Jane Marple's aunt Helen was fond of the Army & Navy Stores. (At Bertram's Hotel)
 * Joyce Lambert met up with her husband's aunt Mary at the Army & Navy Stores. (Next to a Dog)

Army & Army Stores in the works by Mary Westmacott

 * Ann Prentice visits the Army & Navy Stores after seeing her daughter off at Victoria Station. She returns some time later to buy soufflé dishes. While there she met Richard Caulfield for the second time. (A Daughter's a Daughter)