'I'm 90 but I won't give up working' - Stourbridge shoe shop assistant to seek new role after 50 years of service as beloved shop closes
While shoppers have been mourning the closure of a 100-year old shoe shop in Stourbridge, it’s also the end of an era for 90-year old employee Jean Banbury.
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The sprightly sales assistant has been a mainstay at Sowerbys Shoes in Lower High Street, Stourbridge for 50 years.
With the long trading shop now closed, after an emotional last day on Saturday May 31, it might be the ideal time to retire but youthful minded great-grandmother Jean, who lives in Wordsley, has other ideas.
Instead of stepping down and taking it easy, she’s in the market for a further opportunity.
She said: “I might like to work in a charity shop a couple of days a week.”
Clive Sowerby, owner of Sowerbys Shoes which has been in Lower High Street since 1977 and trading since 1925, described his dependable assistant as “an inspiration”.
He said: “She’s been with me 50 years. She’s loyal, honest, very hard-working; she loves people and she loves her job.”
