Before clothes were bought online, you had to leave home to buy them, writes Robert Heaven.
Clappens Ltd in Cricklade street had two shops offering ‘High Class Tailoring at moderate prices’.
Everything from socks to school uniforms it was established in the 1850s and sold in 1982
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