Further to my mention of the surname DAFT in a recent posting, I came across this in volume 6 of "Victorian Nottingham; A story in Pictures." This volume concentrated on one of the oldest and most popular of shopping streets in Nottingham, Long Row. The article was attached to a copy of an advert from 1862 which read; Established 1804 DAFT & JESSOP Silk Mercers and Family Drapers 9 Long Row, Nottingham "The business was founded in 1804 by William DAFT at 9, Long Row, and entitled "Exclusive mourning and funeral warehouse". He was joined by Zebedee JESSOP, who eventually became a partner in the firm of Daft and Jessop in 1859, and they branched out into all kinds of fashion goods. William Daft died in 1866 and William Jessop joined the firm which became Jessop & Son in 1880, and moved to King Street in 1897. Zebedee died in 1907 and William in 1919, when the firm became a limited company." The building on King Street was by the famous Nottingham architect, Watson Fothergill, and is still one of the iconic buildings in the city. The business was bought by John Lewis in 1933, their first venture out of London by the way, and relocated to the newly built Victoria Centre in 1972. It wasn't until 2002 that the business, along with all other departmental stores in the John Lewis Partnership, took on the name of the parent company. However to me, and I guess most Nottingham folk of a certain age, it will always be "Jessops". Zebedee Jessop was not from Nottingham but came from Swineshead in Lincolnshire. Brian Binns