Barker and Stonehouse
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An Overview
Memories of the second world war were still fresh in the minds of Charles Barker and Alex Stonehouse when the two, ex RAF men, set up Barker & Stonehouse in 1946 securing the Michelson's business in Bishopton's Lane, Stockton as the site of their very first store. The re-building of post-war Britain saw the furniture market boom and the Stockton store was so successful that a second, in Middlesbrough, was added the following year. And this was just the start of the Barker & Stonehouse success story.
Further stores followed at Darlington (1954) and Bishop Auckland (1977) with expansion to a larger Darlington premises at Feethams in 1979. In 1983 the famous Joel's Galleries was acquired in Newgate Street, Newcastle and in 1988 Middlesbrough moved to its current home in Cannon Park. We now have stores in Knaresborough, Gateshead, Newcastle, Leeds and the latest addition in Hull.
