'Have to make that decision' - Landmark Mayo business announces closure after 77 years
The landmark Mayo business has announced it will be closing soon.
The upcoming closure of a landmark Erris business is set to leave a large void in the local community.
Following 77 years of trading, treasured Belmullet drapery shop, McAndrew’s has announced it will be closing soon.
A closing down sale will run for the next number of weeks at the Main Street store.
The business has been in the McAndrew family for close to eight decades and proprietor Liam McAndrew explained that it was a difficult decision to make to call it a day.
“When it’s right for the family to be in business they will be in business, and when it’s right for the family to stop, they will stop," Liam told the Western People.
“While it’s an institution itself, it’s the family who have to make that decision,” he added.
Liam’s late father Billy established the shop in 1948, when he was just 23-years old. He and his wife Sal reared their family above the Main Street store.
Liam said the family were hugely grateful to the loyalty and support shown by their customers over 77 years.
“It was that kind of loyalty and support that meant the shop lasted as long as it did,” he said.
(See Tuesday's edition of the Western People for more on this story)
