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Fine Jewellery & Watches
John Hollins Ltd was established in 1804, the building being a converted farmhouse. The company remained in the Hollins family until 1953 when it was taken over by Charles Young.
Charles Young had started his career with the company and had progressed to manager before buying the company.
In 1962, Charles Young sold the company to the present owner, John Griffiths. John has now been joined at the shop by his son David and is now semi-retired.
David joined the company in 2004 and has been a Director since 2006. The shop has not seen many changes to its appearance over the years. Infact it remained unchanged until just before World War I.
The first picture shows the shop as it was at the end of the 19th Century.
Shortly after the photo above was taken, the shopfront was redesigned by Parnells of Bristol. This is shown in the 2nd pitcure.
The shopfront is now listed by English Heritage and has remained largely unchanged since its redesign. This can be seen by this photo of the shop taken in June 2007.
Our People
We pride ourselves on offering excellent customer service and providing superb product knowledge to our customers. We feel that the best way of getting this across to our customers is by employing excellent staff.
John Griffiths FGA - Director
John brought the company in 1962 and has been running it ever since up until 2004 when his son David came into the business. John is a Fellow of the Gemology Association (FGA) and has a vast knowledge of the jewellery trade.
He started in the jewellery trade at the age of 16 before coming to John Hollins under the guidance of his father who owned and ran his family business.
John is now retired and has handed the runnning of the business to David Griffiths although he is still on hand to give any advice that David and the rest of staff may need.
David Griffiths - Director
David has been with John Hollins since September 2004. On completing his A-levels at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, he worked for W. H. Peplow in Worcester for six months.
He then moved to Martin and Co. the County jewellers in Cheltenham. He was there for 18 months and aquired a large amount of knowledge of Fine Jewellery and Watches.
From 2005 he took over the day to day running of the shop and in April 2006 was made a Director of the Company.
On his Father's retirement in April 2007, he took on the complete running of the business and set up the new on-line trading website.
Lynne Willetts - Manageress
Lynne joined John Hollins in 1994 and was made manageress in 1999. Although not previously in the jewellery trade, Lynne has a background in retail and customer service.
She has a vast amount of knowledge aquired during her 13 years with the company and is a highly valued member of the team.
Rose Beedles
Rose is a part-time member of staff. Rose has been with the company for 6 years and again offers good product knowledge due to her 5 years service. Rose is the joker of the pack and keeps the mood of the shop happy and jovial.
Cathy Harris
Cathy is the newest member of staff. She joined in March 2007. Cathy is new to the jewellery trade but has a background in retail and customer service. And is proving to be an excellent addition to the team with a great attention to detail when it comes to serving customers.
Steve Black - Jobbing Jeweller
Steve is another long serving member of staff having been with the company for 15 years. He is based upstairs in our jewllery workshop.
He can carry out most repairs to jewellery and carries out the sizing of rings that either come in for sizing or for rings that are sold within the shop.
Our Services
On-site Jewellery Workshop
John Hollins has an on-site jewellery workshop. We specialise in ring sizing and repairs to all types of jewellery.
Our repairer has been with us for 15 years and is vastly experienced.
The majority of the rings that we sell can be sized on the premises within a few days. The same applies with any bracelets that need shortening.
We feel that this service gives us a large advantage when rings are needed in a rush as is often the case.
Watch and Clock Repair Service
We offer a complete watch repair service. We have a Rolex trained technician so we service most makes of watch from Rolex to Rotary.
Minor jobs such as new buttons and watch glasses can also be carried out. Watch bracelets can be shortened on the premises.
We can carry out repairs to the majority of clocks. With more and more battery operated clocks entering the market place now, we have less call for this service, but the majority of 8 day wind up clocks can be serviced.
Valuations for Insurance
All of our Valuations for insurance are carried out on the premises. We now offer a new service in Jewellery Valuation Days. With these, a professional Valuer comes to our shop for a day.
The customer books an appointment and can then sit with the valuer while he values the jewellery. We have had a very positive response from our customers to this service.
The valuations also offer a unique on-line capability. All of the details of your jewellery are stored on a secure database that can only be accessed by the Police and Insurance companies.
No personal details are stored on this database and the details can only be accessed with a unique code.
For details on our Valuation days, please contact us for more information on dates and charges.
Valuations for probate are also carried out on site.
Jewellery Cleaning Service
We offer a free jewellery cleaning service. Jewellery can be left with us for half an hour and we will clean it using our ultrasonic jewellery cleaner.
We can also polish your jewellery in our workshop. We will quote for each individual job for this service.
We accept all major credit / debit cards
