LUNDWOOD Newsagents has closed down with the owner citing the closure of Priory School as a major factor in falling trade.
Asif Daud, who lives in Dewsbury, has run the shop for nine years.
"I'm gutted to be honest. We just weren't making enough and we just had to make a move.
"These last couple of years have just been very hard, especially since the school closed down. That hit us very hard. But we've given it a good go.
"I have got a couple of interested buyers, but I doubt it will be a paper shop again."
•Anyone who had their Barnsley Chronicle delivered by Lundwood News can still have it delivered by other newsagents - Haworth News, Pontefract Road, Cudworth has said it will deliver to all the same properties Lundwood covered. Call 710555.
