| News from the High Street, Nailsea, North Somerset - October 2025 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:00, 26th October 2025 |     |
As hardware stores go, John Brown's is a truly excellent example: I've been a frequent customer there for some forty years.
From the BBC:
Town's oldest shop owner celebrates 100th birthday
John Brown has run the shop since 1957
The owner of a town's oldest shop is celebrating his 100th birthday.
John Brown, owner of John Brown Hardware, built and then opened his shop in Nailsea, North Somerset, in September 1957 with his father.
Mr Brown regularly worked in the shop until the age of 98, and still oversees the business. He said he still felt like a "youngster at heart" and was "proud and honoured" to reach the milestone of 100 years.
The centenarian said the shop was his "little baby" and he opened it as he was "interested in people".
"If I could help people I did, and if they couldn't pay upfront, I said 'come back next week'," he added.
Mr Brown's shop sells a variety of hardware items, bathroom fixtures, ironmongery, homeware and decorative items.
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John Brown has run the shop since 1957
The owner of a town's oldest shop is celebrating his 100th birthday.
John Brown, owner of John Brown Hardware, built and then opened his shop in Nailsea, North Somerset, in September 1957 with his father.
Mr Brown regularly worked in the shop until the age of 98, and still oversees the business. He said he still felt like a "youngster at heart" and was "proud and honoured" to reach the milestone of 100 years.
The centenarian said the shop was his "little baby" and he opened it as he was "interested in people".
"If I could help people I did, and if they couldn't pay upfront, I said 'come back next week'," he added.
Mr Brown's shop sells a variety of hardware items, bathroom fixtures, ironmongery, homeware and decorative items.
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