A woman who worked at Clarks for nearly seven decades was let go from the shop she dedicated her life to – after being given just a week’s notice. Shoe shop worker Jill Cornick began working at the store in Blandford, Dorset , in 1956, when she was just 14 years old. She even postponed her honeymoon in 1969 so she could attend a training course.
Jill continued to work at the same shop on the high street every day for 68 years. When her son Jason was born in 1975, she put him in a playpen and raised him alongside her on the shop floor. But this week, her decades of service came to an abrupt end after Clarks announced it was shutting the shop down with immediate effect.
On her final day of work, masses of customers popped in to say goodbye and delivered flowers and chocolates to thank her for her years of customer service. Jill said: ‘We were all told last Thursday that we were closing on the Monday. It gave us all a bit of a shock.
‘I started in 1956 and have been in the same shop since. I felt well in myself and I was hoping I was going to do another few years before I retired. It is a real shame.
‘Monday was overwhelming, I had so many people bringing in flowers and chocolates. I’ve helped so many customers over the years and some people were nearly in tears. Sainsbury's staff beat up shoplifter after dragging him into the back room Moment London bus erupts in huge fireball as firefighters rush in UK sees tail end of sun flares while temperatures are hotting up f.