25/03/2025
..then the end of an era...
I've thought long and hard about this....and my heart absolutely has broken over it time and time again.
Not only have I felt I have failed me, my folks and my young lady.....but I've felt I've failed you guys....my lovely customers. Don't get me wrong there are some plonkers out there too...(alot) but for my own sanity and for the sake of my not so little mini me..its coming time to call it a day....business is not what it used to be....I'm also easily persuaded to knock off a little here or there or not charge what I should...but ultimately I need to survive.and running a shop has ended up eating into every last bit of my savings...and my mental health....yes...I know...I've always been crackers...but I can't get by on fresh air....I could possibly do with the diet (I've heard that from many a customer)... but now have to focus on my own health....and my family. The date will be realised in due course...but for now. I've been here full time for 22 years..part time for 29.... it's a lifetime....and that's enough.
To all the good customers out there....
Thank you for the music 🎶
Thank you for the care, support and kindness.
I will hold that in my heart.
For all the knobbers... stop being bellends to people...!!! Especially your lovely wives.
For everyone else... I am truly grateful for you allowing me to give my daughter, Eleanor, hopefully a beautiful life of memories with a mum who adores her... funded solely by you all. It takes a village to raise a child....or possibly a bretton centre and ypu have all helped me do that and I adore that many of you ask after her and remember her from pregnancy to now.
Thank you. And the updates will follow shortly.
Big love from the shouty one in the cobblers
"I may look like a rhino....but I have quite thin skin really"
Maryanne
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