'There just isn't another shop like this.' Take a look inside the 'throwback' hardware and drapery shop in Castlederg, County Tyrone, that has closed its doors after more than 100 years in business
A County Tyrone hardware and drapery shop has closed its doors after more than 100 years in business.Despite huge advancements in technology over the years, not much ever changed in the shop."There just isn't another shop like this," said Karen Jack.Karen and her brother Brian worked there until its closure on Friday."I can remember my grandfather; he always sat in the office in the drapery and did the books.
Brian says the shop was very much like a "throwback to the old days" and added it has "always been very traditional". "You had the fire siren, the police would call and I saw the policeman coming in and I knew something was happening. "I remember the shockwave coming through. I remember hearing everything breaking because there used to be rows of tea sets on the windows and every bomb, the windows blew in and all the china on the windows shattered."For sisters Hazel Burke and Iris Baxter, coming to the shop has been something they have done since they were children.
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