78 Years of Cupitt Jeweller
1946
Claud Cupitt started the business after completing his active service in World War 2, advertising as a watchmaker and jeweller.
1964
Jim Cupitt completed his 3 year training as a watchmaker , winning first prize in his examinations.
1966
Jim Cupitt became a partner to trade as C.Cupitt and Son. Here is Jim with his wife Sue
1979
Claude Cupitt retired, allowing Jim and his wife Sue
to purchase the building of the present shop at Beech Tree House –a previously run down building as driving school and hairdresser.
1989
Cupitt Jeweller provided the tiara for the Miss
Bromsgrove contest as the victors crowning glory.
1991
Cupitt Jeweller provided Jo-Anne Willets with her
winning set of cultured Mikimoto pearls worth £500 after becoming the Pearl Princess of the Pearl Princess National NAG Competition.
1994
Cupitt Jeweller teamed up with Bromsgrove Advertiser,
offering a £200 golden necklace to local winner Dorothy Colley and £10 vouchers to five runners up.
1995 Three Generations
Simon Cupitt joined the shop with his wife Åsa and enrolled in the School of Jewellers with a talent for design and craft skills. Here he is with Jim and Claude Cupitt - 3 generations.
1997
Simon Cupitt graduates with a grade A in the Retail Jewellers Diploma Examination.
1999
Cupitt Jeweller were asked to produce silver replicas
of the medieval Abberly Spoon as part of a project to restore St Michael C of E Church. Here is Jim Cupitt with the spoons he made.
2012
Simon Cupitt takes over the running of Cupitt Jeweller. Here he is with his wife Asa.
2012
Simon takes part in a charity ride to raise money for fighting Motor Neurone Disease. Sadly, he passes away the next year from this disease.
2013
Asa Cupitt, Simon's wife takes over the running of the shop.
2014
The shop undergoes a major remodel.
2015
Keith Norton joins the team to become our resident jeweller in the workshop above the shop.
2016
The platinum anniversary of Cupitt Jeweller after 70 years of service to the community. The shop celebrated by launching a new jewellery collection 'Northern Lights' and opening a weddings and commissions room.
2021 Fourth Generation
Ella Cupitt enrolls at the British Academy of Jewellery and becomes the fourth generation of Cupitts working at the shop.