The owner of a Mansfield jewellers which has been in the town for 228 years arrived at work with "trepidation" on the first day of the store's closing down sale. Dozens of people were queuing outside Martin Wilkinson on Saturday (December 3) to get their hands on some half-price items.
Everything in the Queen Street store has been reduced by 50% for the sale, which will last until stock runs out. But despite the bargains on offer, many of those waiting outside the shop ahead of the 10am opening were doing so with mixed emotions.
Deborah Barraclough, 59, from Shirebrook, was hoping to get her hands on a wedding ring as her and her partner of 29 years prepare to marry in Saint Lucia on January 6. She said: "It's not good for anybody that it's closing really and I have been here several times over the years.
