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  1. www.nlb.gov.sg › main › article-detailRobinsons Department Store - National Library Board

    Robinsons Department Store was founded in 1858 in Singapore by Philip Robinson and James Gaborian Spicer. Regarded as the grande dame of Singapore’s department stores, Robinsons was a shopping destination much loved by Singaporeans.

  2. www.straitstimes.com › singapore › robinsons-to-close-storesRobinsons to close stores: Down memory lane with one of S'pore's...

    Oct 30, 2020 · 1858: A new firm, Spicer & Robinson, is founded by Englishman Philip Robinson, then living in Singapore, and James Gaborian Spicer, a former keeper of the Singapore Jail. The "family warehouse"...

  3. www.straitstimes.com › lifestyle › robinsons-down-memory-laneRobinsons: Down memory lane with Singapore's oldest home-grown...

    Jun 14, 2014 · 1858: A new firm, Spicer & Robinson, is founded by Englishman Philip Robinson, then living in Singapore, and James Gaborian Spicer, a former keeper of the Singapore Jail.

  4. www.channelnewsasia.com › singapore › goodbye-robinsons-closeGoodbye Robinsons: A look at the department store's 160 years in...

    Oct 30, 2020 · Originally known as Spicer and Robinson, it was founded in 1858 by Australian immigrant Philip Robinson and former jailkeeper in Singapore James Gaborian Spicer.

  5. www.nlb.gov.sg › main › article-detailRobinson's Department Store is established

    Robinson's Department Store, regarded as the grand old dame of Singapore’s department stores, [1] was established on 1 February 1858 by Philip Robinson, an English merchant, and James Gaborian Spicer, a former keeper at the Singapore gaol.

  6. cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com › singapore › goodbyeGoodbye Robinsons: A look at the department store's 160 years in...

    Oct 30, 2020 · Originally known as Spicer and Robinson, it was founded in 1858 by Australian immigrant Philip Robinson and former jailkeeper in Singapore James Gaborian Spicer. The two men opened the business...

  7. biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg › vol-16 › issue-4Remembering Robinsons - BiblioAsia

    Jan 1, 2021 · HOW ROBINSONS GOT ITS NAME. The grand dame’s history can be traced back to 1 February 1858 when Philip Robinson, who came from Australia, and James Gaborian Spicer, a former keeper at the Singapore Jail, opened Spicer & Robinson at Nos. 9 & 10 Commercial Square (now Raffles Place).