A family-run vintage shop is closing due to spiralling costs and a lack of footfall. The owner of Forget-Me-Not Vintage and Dollshouse, in Gravesend High Street, says she has been “priced out” as she faces ever-increasing utility bills and rents. Sarah Cheshire, who has owned the store for six years, said the issues first started last year as she noticed the footfall was falling so reduced the shop’s hours to three days a week and took on another job. But the doll shop owner said other factors played a part, such as the closure of the nearby market car park for The Charter to be built, the are…
