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This year Weldons of Southport (and Sarasota, USA) celebrates its 100th anniversary, so we spoke to owner Nigel Weldon to learn a little about the store's story. What is the history of Weldon's? Weldons was founded by my late grandfather, Louis Weldon. In the 1901 census, he was down as a jewellery traveller using his then last name of Cohen. In late 1914 he looked into opening a store in Wheldon Road, Castleford. I can't confirm whether he opened the store, but he did change his name at that time to Weldon, dropping the 'h'.