FEATURE
Lowe & Sons
WHY THE LEASE WAS
BOUGHT
Will Powell says: “You only
have to visit Lowe & Sons to see
December 2018 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
‘‘
I would like to
think he would be
immensely proud
of what we have
achieved
‘‘
bring together a selection of fine
jewellery and silverware for the
showroom.”
Parry says tracking down its
new stock “wasn’t easy”, and
adds: “In our line of business,
which is mainly secondhand and
antique goods, you have to get
out there and find the stock. We
were a bit worried at the end if we
had enough pieces to fill the store
again. But it all came in right
at the end thanks to clients and
dealers who have looked after us
for years.”
why we wanted to take the lease
on. My father and I had always
admired the shop, it has a certain
feel to it, it’s difficult to explain.
I suppose it’s a combination of
the original Victorian decor along
with the long history of the Lowe
family business.”
He originally joined in 2002
after working for a financial
marketing company in Scotland.
“Knowing I was missing home
my father Greg had told me I
would always have job within
the business,” he says. “We were
about to open our first shop in
Chester and I was intrigued to
learn the family trade”. He adds
that him and his father often said
that they’d “love to be able to
have a similar shop to Lowe &
Sons, never thinking that the lease
would become available”.
Will says Powell’s taking over of
the lease is also made “even more
special” by the fact that founder
Dave Powell worked in Lowes as
an apprentice watchmaker in the
late 1940s. “I would like to think
he would be immensely proud of
what we have achieved,” he adds.
The store has also benefited
from a full refurbishment -
“nothing had been done for a long
time” - a result of the previous
owners not being “as interested in
our business as they were in their
own” says Parry. The whole store
has been “French polished and
buffed to bring it all back to life”.
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