'There are some very enthusiastic new business owners on the road and I applaud what they're trying to do to improve the street.'
Take a walk down the Woodstock Road and you'll be greeted by a range of innovative businesses all working together and supporting each other, in good times and bad.
Ivor Carberry, who took over the business 25 years ago, told Belfast Live: "We're one of the last true wee hardware shops with a wide range of building and household materials. There's nobody really else like us on any road nowadays or as cheap! "There was another hardware shop here then too and obviously if we didn't have something, we'd send them down there. We'd always look out for each other from a business point of view and try to be accommodating because it doesn't hurt to be helpful and supportive."
He added: "Back during the Troubles people were scared to go into Belfast so they would have come here instead because you could get anything on this road. While Italian cuisine is at the heart of the business, there are some nods to Rachel's Australian heritage too including Anzac biscuits and lamingtons.
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