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29/05/2026

I thought I’d give you a chortle this Friday - sorry but too funny not to post! Hopefully I’ll be able to post more shop content soon!

22/05/2026

Guess who’s hiding at the back! 🥜

22/05/2026

Leola Bear - IMO - the love child of Bartholomew Bear and Barnabas Pig.

They all need a gentle shake to wake them and allows the fur to settle 🤗

21/05/2026

I’m not saying that all teachers like to drink but …. 😅

We have a wee small range of gifts suitable for teachers if you are so inclined.

There are a couple more things still to come out, but what teacher doesn’t like a pen?! However if they aren’t so PC we also have pens which say I Fu***ng Hate Mondays and Same S**t Different Day - no implications or assumptions 🙌🏻

20/05/2026

Hey! NEW FIDGET TOYS!

Having a young person who can’t live without fidget toys, I’ve been trying for a number of years to get some into the shop!

Thankfully they are starting to filter through wholesalers into the realms of small, cute gift shops!

I have sold out of the Gump squish balls, however they are expected back into stock at the beginning of July. There will also be the new Slabs and a few other of the range.

I have restocked the fabulous SPEX craggs magnetic putty and added some new colours, I also have the large magnet balls and the silicone covered magnet shapes. Prices range from £6.95 - £21.95

Just arrived are the Squishy Butter Sticks (my son has been on and on at me to get these into the shop)! There are two sizes 4oz and 14oz.

There are also new in - Fuggler blind bags, squishy bubble tea, squishy, sand filled food fest and yeti monsters, fidget rings and more….
Prices range from £1.99 - £7.50

BUT - the best is yet to come - I’m just waiting on Needoh products as well as the fabulous Worry Monsters (perfect for those pre school nerves which might pop up over the summer). I think there are dumplings on order too.

I’ve tried to keep the prices as low as I can, I’m aware Tesco and other stores have similar or the same products - I’ll need to go check out what they have so I don’t end up with the same products. My buying power is not quite so mighty 😅

Anyway - do pop in if you are looking for fidget toys and I’ll keep you posted about the Needoh.

20/05/2026

I love this account of our Mushroom Bridge which links Lower Langlee to Netherdale, I must have crossed it thousands of times but not for a while I admit.

Thanks to TFN - The Fabulous North - click to see the article on our much loved Mushroom Bridge.

A brutalist concrete bridge spanning the railway and the Gala Water and the railway.