Manchester Jewellers Timeless Promise

by Northern Life

A 70-Year-Old Lifetime Guarantee Comes Full Circle

The story begins in the 1950s when Thiagaraja Shanmukhanandam, a student from Sri Lanka, chose Hancocks for an enduring symbol of love—a diamond-stepped blue sapphire cluster ring.

Shan with wife Josephine

Spanning 63 years until Shan’s passing in 2020, the sapphire’s symbolism of honesty and faithfulness remained true. In 2023, Tia Wilkinson inherited the cherished ring and turned to Hancocks, sceptical of its 70-year-old cleaning policy. To Tia’s astonishment, Hancocks upheld the decades-old policy. The icing on the cake was the discovery of the original receipt.