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Mr Henry Hyland Established Hylands in 1938

Our first shop's were on Merrial Street, Newcastle Under Lyme
and 786/788 Uttoxeter Road, Meir

With the coming of the war the Merrial Street store was closed
and we became known as 'Hylands of Meir'

This photo was taken in the 1950's
Note the Service Dept was above the shop in those days

Alongside electrical appliances,
we also sold baby's prams - toys - records - cycles and even motorcycles in those early days.

1950's Bedford Delivery Van

1950's Appliances

First Floor TV showroom - Late 1950's

1966 - Morris J2 Delivery Van

Meir 1970 (Hylands is on the left of the picture - click to enlarge)

In 1977 we moved to Weston Road, Meir
to avoid the planned A50 expansion
This eventually happened 20 years later in 1997 but went under Meir via the now landmark tunnel

1980 Stone Store opened
with our first warehouse behind
(Now extended showroom)

1986 Longton store opened

1986 Warehousing moved to the Whitebridge Industrial Estate
& Stone store extended into the old warehouse behind

1990 Service Dept moved from over our Meir branch
to a unit on the Whitebridge Industrial Estate
& our Head office expanded into the old workshop

 

1994 Commercial arm formed for B2B
(Business to business)

The first flat panel 42" Plasma TV in our stock
It had no speakers and a separate basic tuner in a large box that sat underneath
Year 2001 - Price £ 7,999.99

Easter 2003 Website started to be built

2004 New Vast warehouse opened
To get an idea of scale - note the blue personnel door

2005 New purpose built Service Dept opened in Fenton

 LCD Repair

2006 New purpose built office opened in Fenton

October 2007 our old office (above our Meir branch)
opened as a new first floor showroom
      

 May 2010 (above our Meir branch)
To coincide with the launch of 3D TV's additional new first floor demo room opened

March 2011 Sunday Trading

All sites were open 6 days already
But our Longton branch started opening Sundays
the first ever was Sunday  6th March 2011

2010 / 2011 Ongoing improvements & shop fits at all sites

Jan 2011 - BBC TV DIY SOS came to the aid of a family in Bright Street Meir,
we did our bit to help;

As you can see we are a well established
and much respected local firm
with an excellent reputation for both value and service.

We are very proud of our history & our solid reputation!

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& what for the future?

'Hylands in Hanley' has a ring to it?

Stafford is also another possibility - building on our Stone branches reputation?

There are many other possible towns,
however we don't wish to tread on the toes of fellow traders that we respect,
so for now we watch to see which way our business grows.

Watch this space ............

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