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After 115 years Loughborough's iconic shop Irish Clothing Company is to close.

The owners said the decision to close had been taken with "great sadness and heavy hearts".

The company started life with a small shop in Silver Street in Leicester which then moved between various locations in the city over the years.

The company's clothing shop, in High Street, Leicester, finally closed in 2018 and was converted into a coffee shop, but the firm continued to trade in Church Gate in Loughborough.

大象传媒 Leicester reporter Kevin Ncube got the reaction of local shoppers.

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