John and Mary originally created JW Butterworth Antiques from a Haunted Mill House in Clophill, set about their first Family Antiques Business together. With John searching the country of the best pieces of furniture to buy and sell, Mary ran the Showrooms they had created at the Mill.

This proved to be a masterstroke for J W Butterworth Antiques, with customers amazed by the reception they received from their host Mary and coupled with John’s knowledge, storytelling and appreciation of the Antique Furniture he was buying and selling, this soon saw them evolve the business. Leaving the Mill in Clophill they moved to a ‘Mushroom Ridden’ Old Vicarage and finally on to a 17th Century Coaching Inn in Northamptonshire where Reindeer Antiques was born in the early 70’s.

Reindeer Antiques saw John and Mary enjoy the life they had created together culminating in the introduction of their daughters, Jane and Laura to the Family Antiques business for the first time. With their two girls having experienced a childhood of customers, dealers and friends, who were most often one in the same person, they were naturals to the trade. With the girls now driving the Herbert Walton Antiques Business this represents a fitting final lasting chapter, for the Family of Antiques businesses, they have all survived and enjoyed.