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Goldsmiths, founded in 1778 is the leading specialist multiple retailer of quality jewellery and watches in the UK with 147 branches retailing primarily under the Goldsmiths name.

It was the UK's first appointed stockist of Rolex watches and is the largest single distribution network for Rolex, Cartier, Ebel and Omega watches and has the largest number of retail outlets for Gucci, Tag Heuer and Raymond Weil.

Goldsmiths strategy is to offer a wide range of quality watches and jewellery to the upper and middle market segments.



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Me at my computer.
 
It's all a bit too much for Senior
Programmer, Richard Dakin.
 
Jon Ellis shows us the contents of his
nostrils - Thanks Jon


IS THERE THERE A GOLDSMITHS BRANCH NEAR YOU?


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A

ABERDEEN50, Union Street
ALDERLEY EDGE
ALTRINCHAM35, George Street


B

BALLYMENAUnit 27, Fairhill Centre
BANGORUnit 27, Bloomfield Centre
BARROW-IN-FURNESSUnit 23, 29 Portland Walk
BATH1, Milsom Street
BELFAST10a, Royal Avenue
BELFASTUnit 22, Forestside Shopping Centre
BERWICK-ON-TWEED72/74, Marygate
BISHOPSGATE
BLACKBURNUnit 141, Victoria Court, Blackburn Shopping Centre
BOLTON (WALKER & HALL)23, Victoria Square
BRADFORD2, Tyrrel Street
BRADFORD (WALKER & HALL)47a, Kirkgate
BRENT CROSS
BRIDGEND (WALKER & HALL)Unit 67, Designer Outlet Village, The Derwen
BRIGHTON57, Ship Street
BRIGHTONUnit 19/20 Upper Mall, Churchill Square
BRISTOLUnit UG21, Union Gallery, Galleries Shopping Centre
BRISTOL (ALFRED CHILCOTT & CO.)47, Park Street
BRISTOLUnit No.115, The Mall, Cribbs Causeway Shopping Centre
BURYUnit 15, Union Arcade, Millgate Shopping Centre
BURY ST.EDMUNDS33, The Buttermarket


C

CAMBRIDGE32a, The Grafton Centre
CAMBRIDGE17, Market Hill
CANTERBURY5,Rose Lane
CARDIFF16/18, Catherdral Walk, St.David's Centre
CARLISLE65, English Street
CHELMSFORD58, High Street
CHELTENHAM78, The Promenade
CHESHIRE OAKS (WALKER & HALL)Unit 92, Phase IIIa Outlet Village, Ellsmere Port
CHESTER32, Eastgate Row
CIRENCESTER11/17, The Market Place
COLCHESTERUnit 6, 10, Shewell Walk, Culver Square
COVENTRYUnit 4, West Orchards Shopping Centre, Smithford Way
CRAWLEYUnit 41, Lower Mall Concourse, County Mall Shopping Centre
CRIBBS CAUSEWAY
CROYDON25, The Mall, Whitgift Centre


D

DARLINGTON (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)9/10, Blackwell Gate
DERBY10, Albion Street
DEWSBURY (F.DISS)21, Market Place
DONCASTER (WALKER & HALL)7, West Mall, Frenchgate Centre
DUBLIN (WALKER & HALL)Unit 58, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
DUDLEYUnit L56, Merry Hill, Brierley Hill
DURHAM (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)17, Silver Street
DURHAM38, High Street, The Land of the Prince Bishops


E

EASTBOURNE114, Terminus Road
EDINBURGH67/77, Princes Street
ELTHAM158, High Street
ESHER47, High Street
EXETER4, Bedford Street


F

FARNHAMLion & Lamb House, West Street
FLEET168b, Fleet Road


G

GATESHEAD45/49, Cameron Walk, Metro Centre
GATWICK (WALKER & HALL)Duty Free Shop, South Terminal
GATWICK (WALKER & HALL)Duty Free Shop, North Terminal
GLASGOW32, Buchanan Street
GRANTHAMUnit 10, The George Shopping Centre, Guildhall Street
GRIMSBYUnit D15, Friargate, Freshney Place Shopping Centre
GUILDFORD123, High Street


H

HANLEYMarket Square
HARROGATE4, King's Road
HATFIELDUnit 23, The Galleria, Comet Way
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD/TD>Unit 38/38a, The Marlowes Centre
HENLEY6, Bell Street
HIGH WYCOMBEUnit D8, Octagon Shopping Centre
HULL36, The Prospect Centre
HULL46, King Edward Street


I

ILFORD69, The Exchange, High Road
IPSWICH42, Tavern Street


K

KETTERING (WALKER & HALL)32a, Newlands Centre
KILMARNOCK9/13, King Street
KNUTSFORD83, King Street


L

LEAMINGTON SPA20, Upper Mall, Royal Priors Shopping Centre
LEEDS3, King Charles Walk, Headrow Shopping Centre
LEEDSUnit 29, White Rose Shopping Centre
LEEK (W.F.GOLDSTRAW)23/25, Derby Street
LEICESTER12, Shires Walk, The Shires
LEICESTER15, Horsefair Street
LINCOLNUnit 7, Upper Retail Level, The Waterside Shopping Centre, High Street
LIVERPOOL (WALKER & HALL)80, St.John's Way, St.John's Centre
LIVERPOOL21-23, Church Street
LLANDUDNO93, Mostyn Street
LONDONHarrods Limited, 76/135, Brompton Road SW1
LONDON (WALKER & HALL)84, The Mall, Stratford Centre, Stratford E15
LONDON186-190, Bishopsgate EC2
LONDON371, The Strand WC2
LONDONUnit A10, Brent Cross Shopping Centre NW4
LONDON193, Fleet Street EC4
LONDON207, High Holborn WC1
LUTONUnit 86, Arndale Centre


M

MAIDENHEADUnit 14/15. The Nicholson Centre, Queen's Walk, 53, High Street
MANCHESTERUnit 87, Halle Mall, Arndale Centre
MANCHESTER5, The Dome, The Trafford Centre
MANCHESTER AIRPORTDuty and Tax Free Shopping, Terminal 1
MIDDLESBOROUGH62, Linthorpe Road
MILTON KEYNES32, Midsummers Arcade


N

NEWCASTLE34, High Friars, Eldon Square
NEWCASTLE (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)1, Blackett Street
NEWCASTLE (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)85, Westgate Road
NEWCASTLE (REID & SONS)23, Blackett Street
NEWRYUnit 50, Buttercrane Centre
NORTH SHIELDS (WALKER & HALL)45, Bedford Street
NORWICH15, Royal Arcade
NORWICH6/8, Brigg Street
NOTTINGHAM159/160, Victoria Centre
NOTTINGHAM3, Clumber Street


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ORPINGTON264, High Street
OSWESTRY (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)11, Church Street
OXFORD47, Westgate


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PAISLEY (WALKER & HALL)23, The Paisley Centre
PENRITH16, Angel Square
PETERBOROUGH19, Queensgate Centre
PLYMOUTH
PONTYPRIDD (WALKER & HALL)110, Taff Street
PORT TALBOT (WALKER & HALL)19, The Aberafan Centre
PORTSMOUTHUnit 26, Cascade Shopping Centre


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READING24, Queen Victoria Street
RHYL (CROSSLEYS THE JEWELLERS)13-15, High Street
RUGBY (WALKER & HALL)40/41, High Street


S

SALISBURY33, Butcher Row
SCARBOROUGH (WALKER & HALL)118, Westborough
SHEFFIELD72, High Street, Meadowhall Centre
SHEFFIELD12/14, Barkers Pool
SHIPLEY (F.K.Perkin)8-10, Westgate
SHREWSBURY9, The Square
SOLIHULL12, Poplar Way
SOUTHEND121, High Street
STIRLING38/42, Thistle Centre
STOCKTON (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)1, Lindsay House, High Street
STOURBRIDGE (WALKER & HALL)6, Ryemarket
STRATFORD
SUNDERLAND (NORTHERN GOLDSMITHS)18, Fawcett Street
SUNDERLANDUnit 68, The Bridges Shopping Centre
SUTTONUnit UG28, St.Nicholas Centre, St.Nicholas Way
SUTTON COLDFIELD26, The Parade, Gracechurch Shopping Centre
SWINDON76b, Regent Street, The Brunel Centre
SWINDON (WALKER & HALL)Unit 5, Great Western Outlet Village


T

TAMWORTH (WALKER & HALL)Unit 9, Ankerside Precinct
THURROCKUnit 319, Thurrock Lakeside Shopping Centre
TONBRIDGE (J.R.BARNSDALL)53-53a, High Street
TORQUAY39-41, Union Street
TUNBRIDGE WELLS239, Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre
TUNBRIDGE WELLS (GEO.FARRER)19, High Street


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WAKEFIELD1, Cross Square
WALSALL32, Bradford Mall Saddlers Centre
WARRINGTON34, The Mall, Golden Square
WATFORD69, High Street, Charter Place
WELWYN GARDEN CITYUnit 3, The Howard Centre
WESTON-SUPER-MARE82, High Street
WIGANThe Market Place
WILMSLOW16, Alderley Road
WIMBLEDONUnit 224, Centre Court Shopping Centre, Queens Road
WINDSORUnit 10, Royal Station Arcade
WOKINGUnit 49, Peacocks Centre
WOLVERHAMPTON9/10, Dudley Street
WORTHING12, South Street
WREXHAM (WALKER & HALL)2, Regent Street


Y

YORK12-16, Spurriergate


GOLDSMITHS HISTORY


Goldsmiths began as a family business in a small Newcastle shop in 1892 by a Northumbrian worthy, Thomas Cooke. Since then it has grown into one of the major jewellery groups in Britain, still run on family lines, with much of the old family atmosphere retained in all of the shops it owns and operates throughout the UK.

When Thomas Cooke, son of James Cooke, a villager of Dalton, 10 miles outside Newcastle, opened his shop at the corner of Blackett Street and Pilgrim Street, his first weeks takings, under the name of The Northern Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, amounted to £133. In 1997 the company's turnover for 12 months was over £31 Million - striking proof that following the basic principle of faithful trading laid down by Thomas is a recipe for success today.

Like so many of his fellow Victorians, Thomas Cooke was a man of great energy and foresight. Even before he started the Northern Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, he was active in a number of business ventures in Newcastle, trading as a jeweller in New Bridge Street under the name of Field & Co., as well as being a partner in three other concerns, Street & Co., jewellers in Westgate Road, the Equitable Loan Co., pawnbrokers in Pink Lane, and Hedley, Turnbull and Cooke, private bankers. He was also a founder director of Tilley's, the famed restaurant in Blackett Street, where his initials "T.C." can still be seen on the premises, now used by Menzies & Co., the newsagents.

Thomas Cooke stayed in control of the business right up to his death in October 1914. A memorial of his life exists in modern Newcastle, where Sidney Grove and Crossley Terrace in the west end are named after his 2 elder sons.

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