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Five Generations of Shopkeepers!
Following the 9th birthday last week for the Luscombe’s Leeds car dealership, I then realised (with a little nudge) that my Great Great Grandfather was also a shopkeeper, and during some period in their lives, all my family since then have also been shopkeepers!
The census in 1871 has George Luscombe listed as a Pot Hawker and shopkeeper, and fortunately we have a photo to prove it! The Crockery and Earthenware shop moved around Bingley a few times, and even had a few gaps for different reasons, and whilst a gift shop in Bingley still carries the Luscombe name, it has no family connection now.
However, realising that way back in 1871 my Great Great grandfather had the brilliant profession of Pot Hawker, and now I could be described as a “Car Hawker”, suggests it must be something of a Luscombe family trait! Now that my son has joined the business, he makes the fifth generation of Luscombe shopkeepers, albeit only the second generation in the Motor Trade.
My point is that customers are customers no matter what they may want to buy, and putting them first was just as important in 1870 as it is today if you want your business and reputation to last longer than that of a prime minister!!
“Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don’t know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.” Sam Walton
Five Generations of Shopkeepers!
Following the 9th birthday last week for the Luscombe’s Leeds car dealership, I then realised (with a little nudge) that my Great Gre
at Grandfather was also a shopkeeper, and during some period in their lives, all my family since then have also been shopkeepers!
The census in 1871 has George Luscombe listed as a Pot Hawker and shopkeeper, and fortunately we have a photo to prove it! The Crockery and Earthenware shop moved around Bingley a few times, and even had a few gaps for different reasons, and whilst a gift shop in Bingley still carries the Luscombe name, it has no family connection now.
However, realising that way back in 1871 my Great Great grandfather had the brilliant profession of Pot Hawker, and now I could be described as a “Car Hawker”, suggests it must be something of a Luscombe family trait! Now that my son has joined the business, he makes the fifth generation of Luscombe shopkeepers, albeit only the second generation in the Motor Trade.
My point is that customers are customers no matter what they may want to buy, and putting them first was just as important in 1870 as it is today if you want your business and reputation to last longer than that of a prime minister!!
“Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don’t know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.” Sam Walton
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