WELL-known Spalding jeweller, John Pulford, has died at St John’s Care Home in the town aged 80.
Mr Pulford was born in Pinchbeck in 1932. He left school at 14 and started his apprenticeship at Dryden’s in Spalding until leaving for a two-year break to do a stint in the army for his National Service.
After completing his apprenticeship he opened a watch-repair shop and so began a presence in Spalding that lasted up until he finally retired in September 2007 aged 75.
Mr Pulford married his wife, Margaret, in 1964 and lived in Sherwood Drive. The couple had no children.
Mrs Pulford, who died last year, was a secretary at Maples for 36 years.
Mr Pulford enjoyed gardening, played snooker at Spalding Constitutional Club and attended dinner dances with his wife.
Niece Helen Woods said: “He was a very private man but was a well-known face in Spalding. The shop was his life, he loved it.”