Hartlepool's oldest shopkeeper retires aged 84

Jimmy Gettings of La Mirage picture framing shop on why he is finally closing up

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00:00I'm with Jimmy Gettings in his framing studio in La Marraige in Murray Street, is that correct?

00:05That's true.

00:06I understand you're ready to call it a day and hang up your frame.

00:09Yeah, I reckon I'm getting too old now, I'm 85 shortly.

00:14Wow.

00:15Yeah, and I've got to go.

00:18I don't mean I've got to go, I've got to leave, I've got to have a bit of time for myself and me missus, you know.

00:26You've looked after a lot of people, you've framed a lot of pictures.

00:28Oh yeah, definitely, you know, I've had a few celebrities.

00:37Really?

00:38Yeah.

00:39Anybody you can name or is it all very quiet?

00:40Yeah, well one of them would be Joe Allen who played for Newcastle, Chelsea and Hartlepool.

00:48Uh-huh.

00:49And also Bruce Jones of Coronation Street.

00:53Wow.

00:54And, you know, a couple of, I can't really remember them all because we've done that many, you know.

01:05That many people have been through your door?

01:07That's it, yeah.

01:08Well you're surely going to be missed, that's for sure.

01:11Thanks, thanks Frank, yeah.

01:13Thank you Jimmy, all the very best.

01:15Thank you Frankie, same to your son.

01:17Yeah.