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Dec 2021
Harrogate jewellers Fattorini sets closing date after 190 years
A well-known Harrogate jewellers which designed the FA Cup and has been in the same family for 190 years has set a date for its closure.
The Stray Ferret revealed in November that A.Fattorini The Jewellers was due to close when the current manager Anthony Tindall retires.
In the months following Fattorini held a closing down sale to clear the remaining stock before Christmas.
There are still some pieces left which Mr Tindall hopes to sell before he closes the shop for good on January 8.
If the jewellers have not sold everything by that date he plans to take whatever remains to an auction house.
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It is unclear what will happen to the iconic building where Fattorini has been based since 1884 when it closes.
A. Fattorini through the decades.<br />
Mr Tindall, whose great, great grandfather Antonio Fattorini founded the business in 1831, hopes to find a buyer or tenant. He told the Stray Ferret:
While there have been a couple of interested buyers, Mr Tindall believes the latest wave of coronavirus driven by Omicron has forced them to be a little more cautious.
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