https://www.expressandstar.com/news/nostalgia/dudley-nostalgia/2017/06/27/pictures-from-the-past-dudley-high-street-and-market-place-throughout-the-years-/"Four Debenhams staff with 100-years service between them were bidding a fond farewell as the store in Dudley High Street closed for the last time in January 1981. Manager Douglas Spalding, who was with the company for 26 years, was photographed with Nancy Robinson, Kathleen Jackson and Marion Sutton."