It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The Debenhams department store building today faces an uncertain future. Many Sotonians fondly remember it as Edwin Jones, as it was called ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald ... The relentless Blitz of 1940 rained destruction upon Southampton, and the Edwin Jones store, like so much of the town, was reduced ...

Fantasia - A Christmas Story was written specifically for the Edwin Jones store, as it was then known, in Southampton in 1962. It later became a Debenhams and closed down last year. Mark Holman ...