'There's not many left': Owner of 152-year-old Sheffield sweet shop keeping British tradition alive

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There's not many left': Owner of 152-year-old Sheffield sweet shop keeping British tradition alive.

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The owner of one of the oldest traditional sweet shops in Yorkshire is keeping the British tradition alive and says there are not many stores like his left in the UK - but the popularity of his nostalgic confectionary has passed on through the generations.Julian Hunt, 46, owns Granelli's in Sheffield, which was established on Broad Street in 1874 by Italian brothers Luigi and Charles Granelli and remains a family business to this day.

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It began as an ice cream shop, but then expanded to the sweet shop which has sat at the edge of the city for 152 years.For three decades, Julian Hunt has run the store after taking over from his uncle Peter Granelli and says that it has remained largely the same since it began, with the store keeping its original design and layout, and stocking the same sweets.It's an Aladdin's Cave of all things sugary, with confectionery stocked from floor to ceiling, and a sign outside that reads 'old fashioned spice at an old fashioned price'.

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