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Moores' father, also called John, was a bricklayer, but he developed a drink problem and died in January 1919 at the age of 47 of Tuberculosis. John Moores jnr was demobilised from the Navy two months later.
He carried on working for the Commercial cable company. In 1920 he was posted to Liverpool where he stayed for a few months, but later that year, Moores was posted to Waterville in County Kerry, Ireland. He noticed there was no public library around for miles so he set up a store that sold books and stationery. He bulk imported books and called it the Waterville supply company. He also sold golf balls as there was no sports shop and a golf course. However, in 1922, Moores was back in England as the cable company stationed him at Liverpool, where he would live for the rest of his life.
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