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A JEWELLER in Henley is to downsize in order to focus on laboratory-grown diamonds. David Rodger Sharp is to leave his shop in Duke Street and move to a smaller.
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A FAMILY bakery which closed after 65 years in Henley has been saved by another of the town’s traders.
David Rodger-Sharp, who owns the jewellery shops of the same name in Duke Street and Bell Street, says he bought Lawlors to keep the name alive.
The bakery at Henley Enterprise Park, off Greys Road, which closed on January 16, will re-open in the next few days.
As well as the wholesale operation, it will have a new café selling cakes, coffee and sandwiches at the former Sole Man shop unit in Duke Street.
Mr Rodger-Sharp said that when he learned that Lawlors was going to close, he saw the chance to support a local business and save part of the town’s history.
AFTER 65 years in Henley, family-run bakery Lawlors produced its last loaves on Saturday. John Lawlor & Son Ltd was started in Hampstead, London, in 1948 be.
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A FAMILY-RUN bakery in Henley is to shut on Saturday after 65 years in the town.
John Lawlor & Son, which is known as Lawlor’s, was started in Hampstead, London in 1948 and moved to Henley in 1956.
The business, which is now based at Henley Enterprise Park, off Greys Road, is to be wound up because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to the
Henley Standard this week the team said: “In the current climate of covid-19 and the lockdown of the pubs, which are the main source of our business, it has become simply not practical to continue.”