Which Department Store Is Celebrating 100 Years?

Glanvilles of Wadebridge, whose product mix includes gifts and tableware, has been celebrating its centenary this month by ‘giving back’ to its customers.

The independent homewares store is reportedly the oldest shop in the Cornish market town, with proprietor Rosie Hamm – who took over the family business from her parents, Charles and Brigitte Glanville – telling GiftsandHome.net: “We wanted to give something back to our customers and thought the best way to do this was with a free-to-enter raffle featuring 100 prizes.”

bove: T&G’s Patrick Gardner is pictured cutting the centenary cake with Glanville’s Rosie Hamm and some of the team. Patrick also helped to draw the winning raffle tickets.
bove: T&G’s Patrick Gardner is pictured cutting the centenary cake with Glanville’s Rosie Hamm and some of the team. Patrick also helped to draw the winning raffle tickets.

Raffle prizes included a specially commissioned wooden chopping board, created by T&G, depicting the Wadebridge Bridge. The licensed image is from a historic photograph from the Cornwall Museum. T&G’s managing director Patrick Gardner joined the store for its celebrations and presented Rosie and her team with a second commemorative T&G board to mark the centenary.

Above: T&G’s Patrick Gardner is pictured cutting the centenary cake with Glanville’s Rosie Hamm and some of the team. Patrick also helped to draw the winning raffle tickets.
Above: T&G’s Patrick Gardner is pictured cutting the centenary cake with Glanville’s Rosie Hamm and some of the team. Patrick also helped to draw the winning raffle tickets.

“Given today’s retail climate, Glanville’s ability to adapt to new ways of working has stood the shop in good stead, and to have remained in business for over 100 years is quite a considerable feat,” commented Claire Budgen, KitchenCraft’s marketing director.

Above: Part of Glanvilles window display showed objects from the store’s history. They include a wooden till, scale, a sewing machine, decimal conversion chart and the original sales ledger book.
Above: Part of Glanvilles window display showed objects from the store’s history. They include a wooden till, scale, a sewing machine, decimal conversion chart and the original sales ledger book.

Rosie highlighted that although many of the store’s customers are thinking about the environment, Glanvilles remains proud to stock long-lasting products as well as those made from natural and recycled material. She added that the store also sources from companies that are making positive environmental contributions, such as tree-planting and ocean clean-up schemes.

 

Top: Glanvilles celebrated it’s centenary with a special cake.

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