Crown Surplus prepares for closure of Calgary store [Video]

Crown Surplus in Inglewood is closing for good at the end of the month.  

Current owner John Cumming is the third generation in his family to run the store.

He took over from his dad, Gordon Cumming, and grandfather Al Cumming, who opened the business in 1953.

“We got the name Crown Surplus store because my father and grandfather used to buy from Crown Assets,” John said. “It used to be the resting place for ex-Canadian Forces product, and that’s how they got the name Crown Surplus.”

The store closes on Nov. 30, the remaining inventory will be packed up and moved to Drumheller to a store under the same name but with a different owner.

The Drumheller location opened this past summer.

John says there’s a lot of product that has accumulated in Calgary over the seven decades that Crown Surplus has been open.

“We’ve been in business just over 71 years,” he said. “I think …