Not elder law: Boomer alert–world’s oldest record shop faces closure
It sold the first wax phonograph cylinders tocurious shoppers in 1894. Now rock stars and politicians are fightingto save the world’s oldest record shop from closure. The owners ofSpillers Records, recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest such emporium on Earth, say that it will close unless a buyer is found.
Spillers, in the Hayes Market, is standing in the way of a £700million property development that will bring a new department storecomplex to the Welsh capital.
Thelandlords have warned Spillers that they face a rent rise of 50 percent. Lucrative high street chains such as Zara and Borders areexpected to replace independent retailers.
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