Belfast hardware shop owner's sadness as store to close after 45 years

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Lisburn,Lisburn Road,South Belfast

Davy took over the business from the previous owner in 1979

A popular hardware store in North Belfast is set to close at the end of this week after 45 years in business.

Read more:Trademarket Belfast launch campaign for new location as Kainos get green light for new headquarters"I started out as a sales director with Stylux Paints and I used to call into this shop and sell them paint. During that time I had gotten to know the man who owned it and had helped them out and he asked me to take it over.

Alongside his shop on the Crumlin Road, Davy also owned a hardware store on the Lisburn Road and said that to this day, he still has customers travelling from South Belfast to his store in North Belfast. "I am going to miss my customers. We have grown up like a family with most of them and I am going to miss this. I have tried to get somebody to take the shop over but two attempts have failed so far and there is a lot of empty shops around Belfast.

Lisburn Lisburn Road South Belfast

 

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