AFTER 25 years of trade, Thorps Jewellers is closing down its Kingaroy Shoppingworld store.
Co-owner Jan Thorp said she and husband Allen did not renew the lease because they wanted to have a break and decrease their workload.
“We just wanted to downsize, we’re not getting any younger and haven’t had a break since 1999,” Mrs Thorp said.
“We still have another business to operate and are hoping to we will have two days off a week, that’s our plan at this stage.”
The Kingaroy St store will continue to trade, operating from Monday to Saturday.
The final day of trade for the Shoppingworld store is Tuesday, January 31.
The original store in Kingaroy was started by Allen’s father, the late Tom Thorp, i…
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