Store manager Judy Longley said that customers had been upset to hear that the shop was closing.
‘It is not just a shop here, it’s more of a community,’ she said. ‘We get to know our customers and it’s sad all round. I would like to thank them all for their loyalty.’
Mrs Longley said that a decision to close the shop, which caters for women sized 14 to 32, was made by the ‘powers that be’, but she believed it was down to the economic climate.
• Full story in Wednesday’s JEP.
