Granny’s Cupboard
This week, I’m looking forward even more than usual to finding out what the headline for this column will be, as I think I’m going to take all the best descriptions here… I finally managed to get myself to the Old Market on the right day to visit Granny’s Cupboard. It’s a hidden gem, a …
Sarah’s Flowers
I know good weather helps, but I’m enjoying the buzz around Wisbech. We’ve got, as I constantly tell everyone, plenty of good people doing good things, with so many events and groups to attend there really is something for everyone. It has always been this way – Wisbech is a central place for all the …
Just Ballet 2016
For my first indie retailer article of the year, I had a chat with the owner of the new shop I spotted opening in Hill Street late last year. I noted the name and found “Just Ballet” online, via Facebook and Twitter. I had a brief twitter chat for #fenshour (see my website for more!) …
Indie Retail
Just off the Market Place, opposite the entrance to Horsefair and on your way to the Crescent and the Library, is Market Street, which, along with Hill Street and the roads leading to it, is an Indie Retail area. Independent retailers are often family run, led by enthusiasts bringing a real buzz to a town …
Crafts and Poetry
This week sees the start of The Brinks Festival, grown from the Wisbech Arts Festival, run by volunteers from Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House. If you’re interested in music, poetry and literature you’re sure to find plenty to keep you busy for the next few days! If you haven’t been to anything like this before, this …
Etcetera
I wonder how many of you will agree that this week’s place is hidden? It’s definitely a Wisbech Gem, but many people have used it regularly for some years! I will try to entice new customers in to have a look. We can get used to the multiples: supermarkets, cafes, chainstores; we know what we’re …
Wisbech Wool Shop
This week, just in time to get yourself a project for Easter, the Wisbech Wool Shop, (Union Street, just off the Market Place). It’s been a wool and needlework shop for 60 years, I think that’s a testament to its staff and products in itself! I’m a recent customer of the shop (some have been …
Orchard Tea Rooms
As promised, this week is about the Orchard Tea Rooms (Just off the western A47 roundabout, Redmoor Lane). They have a regular clientele, including myself and some friends at least once a month, but it’s time I let more people know about this hidden gem! I love that they use vintage china, which works so …
Indie Retailers
Independent retailers I wonder if Wisbech has a higher proportion of “indies” than other towns? Just looking at gift shops, there’s the candles and more shop near the corner of the market place, lovely smells waft from there; then take yourself down Market Street – the road opposite the entrance to the Horsefair. There’s the …
Indie Retailers
Indie Retailers – part 2! In the last column I ran out of space describing the independent retailers in Wisbech Town Centre. I wonder if the other Fenland towns can match the numbers? I will find out and report back in the New Year! Next year I hope to cover each place, event or community …