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OUR STORY
Drakes was founded back in 1950 by the late Harry Hirshman. Harry's son John joined the business in 1954, taking over the reigns and becoming Managing Director in 1975 upon Harry's retirement. John is now joined by his son Andrew, daughter Monique and Jennifer, who is the first Director outside of the family. Together they are the driving force behind the business today.
From the very first day of trading right through until present day our ethos and values have remained the same.
As a team, we are all driven by an innate passion for what we do. We are dedicated to offering all of our customer’s quality, value and a WOW factor experience each and every time you visit Drakes, Plymouth.


WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!
1950

CORNWALL STREET
1957

FATHER & SON
1979

35 YEARS OF TRADING
1985

NEW GEORGE STREET
1986

RALEIGH STREET
1994

CORNWALL STREET
1998

DRAKE CIRCUS
2006

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
2013

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
2014

DIAMOND GALA
2015

WORKSHOP LAUNCH
2016

JUST BECAUSE
2016

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
2016

INSPIRING INDEPENDENT
2016

WISH IT FORWARD
2016

HALF MARATHON
2017

ANNIE HAAK VISIT
2017

UK JEWELLERY AWARD
2017

DIAMOND GALA
2017

FASHION RETAILER
2017

ST MELLION PARTNERSHIP
2018

OUR 6th WIN A DREAM WEDDING
2018

STORE MOVE AROUND
2018

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS
2018

VENUS AWARDS LAUNCH
2018

DIAMOND TALK AT CHARLIE FRANKS
2018

VENUS AWARDS FINAL
2019

SPARKLING ATTITUDE TO CONSUMERS
2019

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
2019

IMPROVING LIVES PLYMOUTH 110 CLUB
2019

CARS AND CARATS
2019

BEST RETAILER IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND WALES
2019

OUR 7TH WIN A DREAM WEDDING
2019

THE MAGIC OF GIVING
2019

PHYSICAL SHOP FRONT OF THE YEAR
2019