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Owner's Thorny Path Led to Celtic Shop
Owner Lynn Thorn had a good job in England when a proverbial thistle bush on her life's path changed her course toward a new Celtic paradise in Dunedin.
In 1996, Lynn Thorn left her job with Norfolk Southern Railroad and moved across the pond to Borehamwood, England, to marry the man she loved. Just 18 months later she was a widow. Thorn had a good job with T-Mobile at the time, and though she was still reeling with grief, she loved her new country and decided to stay. Eventually, she took a buyout but remained in England as a change management consultant for a myriad large corporations. A nagging thought stayed in the back of her mind: “I kept thinking that I would love to have my own business,” Thorn said. She started looking for a business to buy in 2008. She looked everywhere: from England to Spain and North Carolina. "One day I found a listing for a business for sale in Dunedin," she …
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Concerned Parent
5:44 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012
I love the authenticity. I am transported to Scotland and Ireland when I walk through the aisles of the Celtic Shop. more ›