Historic 'oldest shop' in English city is 軍隊d to shut its doors after 160 years of 貿易(する)ing - thanks to?Rachel Reeves' 税金-(警察の)手入れ,急襲 予算

One of the oldest shops in Bristol has been 軍隊d to shutter its doors after 160 years 予定 to the 手足を不自由にする/(物事を)損なうing 影響s of 急に上がるing 法案s.

WH Mogford & Son, tucked away in Westbury-on-Trym high street, has been a 伝統的な 金物類/武器類 蓄える/店 since 1860s.

And even in the two 10年間s before its becoming a 道具 shop, it served as an ironmongers.?

But now, the time to の近くに its doors for the final time has come around with its owner Paul Gillam making a saddening 告示 to reeling 顧客s this week.?

Taking to Facebook, Mr Gillam, who has spent the last 30 years working in the shop, 発表するd the 蓄える/店's 'long history' would be coming to an end.?

Giving an 公式の/役人 の近くにing date of this September, he 明らかにする/漏らすd the 商売/仕事 - which he took over in 2004 - was の近くにing '永久的に' 予定 to ロケット/急騰するing 法案s.?

He said:?'I have come to this 決定/判定勝ち(する) 予定 to the continuing 拒絶する/低下する in 顧客 numbers, the 増加するing costs of 在庫/株, staffing, bank and 公共事業(料金)/有用性 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s and the desperate 明言する/公表する of 修理 of the rented 前提s.?

'I would like to thank the many 地元の 顧客s who have supported us over the years.'

Pictured left to right: Paul Gillam, Kevin, Mr Gillam daughter Sophie and Phil in?WH Mogford & Son

Pictured left to 権利: Paul Gillam, Kevin, Mr Gillam daughter Sophie and Phil in?WH Mogford & Son

The historic hardware store decades ago
The tool shop today as it prepares to close its doors for the last time
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Pictured left: The historic 金物類/武器類 蓄える/店 10年間s ago, pictured 権利: The 道具 shop today

述べるd as an 'Aladdin's 洞穴 of DIY, gardening and pet 供給(する)s',?WH Mogford & Son 伸び(る)d 人気 for selling individual items rather than multi packs, such as a 選び出す/独身 nail or one Rawlplug.?

During the pandemic, the team 解任するd how one gentleman would walk to the shop each week to buy 10 screws for 1p each, just so he could have a 雑談(する) with staff.

Mr Gillam had taken on さまざまな 職業 役割s over the years, before he 結局 (機の)カム to the 舵輪/支配 of the historic 金物類/武器類 蓄える/店 after the previous owner - the last Mogford to ever own it - went into 退職 in 2004.?

He 舵輪/支配d WH Mogford & Son - which was 以前 dubbed by M Shed as the oldest 蓄える/店 in the city - と一緒に his daughter Sophie, who took over its 調書をとる/予約する-keeping after her grandmother retired.?

One Bristol 地元の, who grew up nearby, 述べるd the 切迫した 蓄える/店 終結 as 'terrible news'.

He told MailOnline how his mother 'always said that for anything around the house, from たいまつs to screwdrivers to pet food, if Mogford's didn't have it then no one would'.

He 追加するd: 'I've always popped in there still for 半端物 things. Friendly, helpful - a real old-fashioned shop in the best sense of the description.'

に引き続いて the 告示, other 地元のs and 顧客s were quick to 株 their 狼狽 at the shop's 終結.?

'Very sorry to hear this. Have known the shop my entire life, as grew up, and still live, in Westbury-on-Trym,' one said.?

'My father used to sell the spare parts for Tilley StormLight paraffin lanterns to the tall わずかな/ほっそりした chap, always thought his 指名する was John Mogford, but not 確かな of that.

'There will be many many saddened people when they hear this news. Mogfords has been a much loved and relied upon 商売/仕事 in the village throughout 世代s.'

WH Mogford & Son, tucked away in Westbury-on-Trym high street, has been a traditional hardware store since 1860s

WH Mogford & Son, tucked away in Westbury-on-Trym high street, has been a 伝統的な 金物類/武器類 蓄える/店 since 1860s

But now its owner Paul Gillam made a saddening announcement to reeling customer on June 14, declaring the shop's closure

But now its owner Paul Gillam made a saddening 告示 to reeling 顧客 on June 14, 宣言するing the shop's 終結

Another 追加するd: 'A 抱擁する loss to the village, you will be very much 行方不明になるd. My sons call your shop 'the shop that sells everything'.

'As a fellow 商売/仕事 owner I am aware of the 重要な rise in operating costs over the last few years. I can't imagine how difficult this 決定/判定勝ち(する) has been for you.

'On に代わって of the 地元の community a 抱擁する thank you and best wishes for your next ' 一時期/支部'.'

A 地元の chimed in: 'I'm sorry to hear about this Paul. I was born in Westbury-on-Trym in late 1940's & I knew Mogfords Ironmongers shop 井戸/弁護士席 until I left in my 早期に teens.

'[I] have returned to the 地元の area on several occasions over the years and made a point to see it.

'The shop is like part of the furniture that makes the village and will be surely sadly 行方不明になるd.'

の近くに to Westbury-on-Trym was?Bristol Zoo, which was the oldest 地方の animal enclosure but shut 負かす/撃墜する its main centre in 2022 after 186 years.

The zoo, which was on the 辛勝する/優位 of Clifton 負かす/撃墜するs, の近くにd its main centre に引き続いて the 衝撃 of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown 制限s.?

At the time, the society said: 'For many years, Bristol Zoo Gardens has 直面するd さまざまな challenges. すなわち, 拒絶する/低下するing 訪問者 numbers, the 財政上の 衝撃 of the coronavirus pandemic, and the challenges of 会合 the changing needs of the animals.'?

によれば the British and Irish 協会 of Zoos and 水槽, 24 zoos were at 危険 of の近くにing 予定 to the third 国家の lockdown.?

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