Last month Rajesh Narotomo leant to his great surprise that he had been voted Newsagent of the Year 1999 by his customers at R&N NEWS.
The Gazette Newspaper invited readers throughout their distribution area to nominate and vote for their choice. Rajesh received the most votes as well as many letters of appreciation and he now possesses a hansom trophy presented by Gazette Newspapers and G.R.Howard Ltd, Wholesalers.
Born in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Rajesh and his family left there following independence in 1975 and settled in Lisbon. He married Nutan in 1988 and they came to this country to live in Sudbury Town. Four years ago Rajesh, Nutan and their young son Punit came to Chipperfield to take over the newsagents. Rajesh was impressed by their friendly welcome to the village and values the support he has received from his customers over the years.
However, Rajesh has decided that he must spend more time with his family – impossible at present, working such long hours – and will be moving soon to Harrow to start a new job. All his customers will miss his cheerfulness and obliging service. We wish him well.