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Imperial College London on Twitter: "#OnThisDay 1850: Jesse Boot was born. He transformed the herbalist/chemist shop his father left him into the national retailer Boots (image @BootsUK) https://t.co/3C5on5oCz0" / Twitter
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Jesse Boot's first Nottingham shop honoured with a blue plaque - Notts TV News | The heart of Nottingham news coverage for Notts TV
Boots UK - Happy 165th Birthday to Jesse Boot, the man who started it all under the slogan "Health for a Shilling!" | Facebook
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