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A fact from Florence Boot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Florence Boot introduced the sale of books, stationery, and perfume at the pharmacy chain Boots?
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... that Florence Boot introduced the sale of books, stationery and perfume at Boots the chemist? "Florence Boot, with her experience of books and stationary, artists' materials, gifts and fancy goods in her father's shop in St Helier, was largely responsible for the development of these lines at the new Goose Gate shop, which set a pattern for the large Boots department stores" from: Barnes, Frank Arnold (1993). Priory Demesne to University Campus: A Topographic History of Nottingham University. University of Nottingham. p. 395. ISBN978-0-900572-81-4. & "She persuaded him to introduce the sale of perfumes and cosmetics and the shops" from: Trease, George Edward (1964). Pharmacy in history. Baillière, Tindall and Cox. p. 210.
GTG. New, long & neutral enough. Earwig picks up nothing. All three hooks check out, with AGF on quotes given. QPQ done. Pic ok, but only relevant for ALT2. Johnbod (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2020 (UTC)Reply