Chesterfield 1st March 2018

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Email - paula@chesterfield1st.co.uk Call us on 01246 828378 Mr & Mrs Fairdeal … WOW! 20 YEARS, SERVICE FOR MR & MRS FAIRDEAL Where has that gone, yes March 6th 1998, we took over the FAIRDEAL from Jack and Enid who ran it for the previous 16 years, with Nev and Betty before them for 10 years, it was Betty who came up with the name so it all started with them, and all of them over the years have been brilliant with us offering help, advice and encouragement to try new ideas so first off we want to thank them for that. Around 1997 we were thinking of setting up our own business of some sort as our son would be going to school full time soon and thought it was a great opportunity to try so we enrolled on a small business course at the college were we learned a lot about the ins and outs of running a business, the help available etc, and we came up with a few ideas and we even went to the bank and secured a business manager and funding to proceed with one of the ideas however we couldn't find a suitable premises and it was at that time we heard that FAIRDEAL was for sale so we had a talk and went to see Jack and Enid, and the rest as they say is history. After working in factories on three shifts until we got the shop, I thought running a shop would be easy, how wrong was I it\'s not just the opening hours (which are great) its the late nights and some Sundays at the wholesalers buying new stock, it\'s doing the accounts to keep on top of them, but believe me Julie or myself would not change it for anything we both enjoy serving our customers sometimes just with a bit of advice or help with something, we like to think it is a shop were if someone just calls in for a browse around and a quick chat they are more than welcome ( but they have to buy something on the way out) only joking. Things changed for us when Tesco came to Clowne as it did for a number of businesses but it's called progress and it is now a big part of the village, we had to adapt what we sold introducing different items and ideas, we started looking into key cutting, helium balloons and engraving pet discs which we started selling and have found them to be useful additions to our shop and we have stuck it out even when Wilco came once again we altered our stock again and things have been good for us, but we couldn't have done it without our customers and for that we are extremely grateful for there kindness and support over the year. So here's to the next 20 years of FAIRDEAL and hopefully we will still be there serving our fantastic customers or just having a chat with them, and as we think we are just custodians of the shop we hope it will carry on after that with a new Mr and Mrs FAIRDEAL! Chris & Julie 40 Mill Street, Clowne **Award Winning** Longest Serving Shop in Clowne Watch Batteries fitted Watch Strap Adjustment Dry Cleaning Service Helium Balloons NEW Giftware Range ü & Much More 01246 813841 Greetings Cards Wrapping Paper Key Cutting Hardware Batteries & KEYS CUT Chesterfield 1st Mar/Apr 2018 21
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