The original of the sweeties

JENNIFER Evans, 62, has worked in M Evans sweet shop on Wolfe Tone Square in Bantry since she was a girl.

The original of the sweeties

Three generations of the Evans family have stood behind the wooden counter of the shop, which was established some time before the Second World War.

“The original name over the door used to be in a fancy script but it’s plain block letters now because the script doesn’t exist anymore,” says Jennifer, whose grandmother established the shop, and whose mother worked in the shop until she was quite elderly.

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