Rumbelows [SEP] dissolved or abolished
With its core business removed, Rumbelows sought a new identity as a more conventional (non rental) retailer, even adding computers to the product mix. 
In 1992, Thorn converted some of the remaining Rumbelows shops into DER, "Multibroadcast" or Radio Rentals branches. Few observers were surprised by the reduction in profitability that resulted from this unconventional business tactic, and fewer still were surprised when Thorn closed the remaining 285 Rumbelows shops in February 1995. 
Rumbelows had been losing £12 million a year, and had
proclaimed on 4 Sep 1871, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and abolished on 26 Sep 1881.
The Browns River Road District was proclaimed on 26 Sep 1881, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33 Vict No.8.) and was abolished on 16 Nov 1885.
The Sandy Bay Road District was proclaimed on 16 Nov 1885, under the Roads Act 1870 (48 Vict No.28.).
The Browns River Road District proclaimed on 23 Jul 1897, and