A long-established sewing shop moves to larger premises to meet an increase in demand.
Laurence Franklin, centre, with his eldest son Jason, left, and his nephew Jordan, said demand for sewing items had increasedhave given a long-running town centre shop a boost in business, its director said.Laurence Franklin said the business, which had been in the town for more the 60 years, needed to move to meet an increase in demand.The new shop in Westgate Street, a stone's throw away from its old premises in St Matthew's Street, is the business's third location in the town.
Mr Franklin, who is the second generation to run the business, said it had been in the St Matthew's Street building for 17 years and each shop had got "bigger and bigger". "The demand for our products is growing and people are wanting to be more crafty and creative with their time so we thought we've got to move to a much bigger place," he said."There are a lot of young people coming into sewing... with the Great British Sewing Bee on TV as well."
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