22/01/2009 - Shop keeper marks 100th birthday
Business is still going strong for a 100-year-old shop keeper from Prestwich in Greater Manchester.
The household goods store opened 75 years ago and even in the tough trading conditions business remains good.
Born in 1909 in the Strangeways area of the city, Jack Yaffe opened his shop with his late wife Leah in 1934 and still helps to manage it 75 years later.
To celebrate his birthday he was joined by 85 family and friends, including some of his regulars, business associates and his two grand children and two great grandchildren.
Although his daughter-in-law Evelyn now looks after the shop Mr Yaffe is never far away.
She said: "My father-in-law sits in his chair and directs from there, or is out the front talking to the customers.
"It keeps him active - he can't bear not hearing the shop doorbell going when it's a public holiday. That's why we're open on the bank holidays. We're even open on Christmas Day, for people to pick up the bits and pieces they've forgotten.
"We're known as the last resort shop, or an Aladdin's cave, for the things people can't get anywhere else."
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