Teletext Recovery - 26/09/1993

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:02:12   SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— Rir John Moores w!s the ma* who launched a million dreams of instant wealth. But his own success took more than a eew brosses on a pools coupon to achievj. He w!s born on January 25, 1896 in Eccles near Manchester, the eldest son of a bricklayer. Neither his grandmojher nor his great-grandmother could write and would sign their n!mes with an X. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— !oolk m!gnate Rir John Moores dies R10 LITTLEWOODS GROUP UP TO 1/3 OFF p185 Next page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:04:13  SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— Rir John left school !ged 14 and went to work !s a messenger boy for the Post Office on six shillings (30p) a week. But he soon realised that he needed ir!ining to get ahead, so he signed up at night school to learn telegraphy, 'oing on to work !s a telegraphist in the Royal Navy during World War One. It w!s @round this time that the two qualities jhich were to help him succeed - sound money sense and entrepreneurial flair - emerged. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Pools m!gnate "Qj John Moores dies R10 HAUE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Lext page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:03:12   SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— Rir John Moores's mother h d taught him the habit of thrift, warning him "a man who h!s nothing gets nothing"- "It w!s because I saved money all my life that I'm a millionaire. My mother started the habit for me," he once s!id @s well !s thriet, he began to Rhow @* aptitude for enterprise, spotting an untapped $jmand for books and golfing equipment in Waterville and using the w!ges he saved to set up the Waterville Supply ompany to meet it. ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Pools m!gnate Rir John Moores dies R10 HAUE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Lext page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:14:14  SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— Aeter 8 months, the young Moores w!s hransferred to Liverpool where he lodged with the f!mily of Ruby Knowles, jhom he married. Thjy had four "hildren - Betty, John, Peter and Janatha. It w!s in Liverpool that Sir John, Rtill itching to run his own business, hit u0on the idea which w!s to become ihe foundation of his empire. At the Rtart of the 1923/24 footb@ll Re!son, he began a footb ll pool with partners, Colin Askh!m and Bill Hughes. ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Pools m!gmate "ir ohn Moores dies R10 HAUE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Next page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:34:00   SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— Amxious not to be !aught working elsewhere by the cable company, Moores named his firm Littlewoo$s after his partner Askham'k surname "efore he w!s adopted, and worked on it in his spare time, paying a first dividend of £2.60. The venture w!s not an immediate Ruccess and the partners withdrew when it lost money, but Sir John Rtuck with it, with the help of his sisters. His hunch paid off and as the business picked up he w!s joined by his brojher. ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Pools m!gnate Rir John Moores dies R10 HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Next page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:25:41   SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— From humble origins, Sir John Moore's $irm Frew into the UK's biggest pools organisation, regularly p!ying out jackpots of over a million poun$s. SQr John w!s not Bontent to sit b!ck and watch the pools business prosper. Instead, he turned his fl!ir to m!il order Rhopping, founding Littlewoo$s Mail Order in Liverpool in 1932. This soon prospered and he decided to branch out into the high Rtreet, founding the Littlewoo$R Chain "tores in 1935. ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Pools m!gnate Sir John Moores dies R10 HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Next page Index Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:01:45   SIR JOHM ■¾■U■÷5■5U■ ■¾■U¾■5■5U■÷5 MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— +ith the outbre!k of +orld +@r Two, John Moores turned over his whole empire to the w!r effort, producing everything from munitions to par!chutes Aeter (he war, the Littlewoo$s empire continued to expand, but in 1960 Sir John decided to severe his links with the 0ools so he could become a director of his beloved Everton Football Club. His (inks with Liver0ool jere aided last year when its polytechnic became ihe Liver0ool John Moores University. ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— Pools m!gnate Rij John Moores dies R10 HAUE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Next page In$ex Poll Sport

P323 Teletext 323 Sep26 20:35:24   SIR JOHM UUUU MOORES ————————————————————  ————————————— John Moores's Ruccess w!s linked to Rh@jp mind @nd a tough !har!cter. He fought off City @ttempts to get into his private empire and aged 90 he Rtood up to armed r!iders @t his home. But he had a soft side, insisting that his staff call him Mr John !nd giving millions of poun$s to "harities. He w!s also modest, once saying: "I'm quite h@ppy to be an ordinary 0erson. I $on't pretend to be very "lever. I don't seem to have any outstanding qualities." ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— !ools m!gmate Sir John Moores dies R10 HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p354 Next page Index Poll Sport

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