Open all hours?
Well not really,but the shop at Wordsworth House and Gardens is doing a good few extra hours. It has been policy to open (Tuesday to Saturday)up to Christmas and into the new year. The shop's poition in the centre of the town is useful for attracting passing custom and also volunteers - although shop manager, Sian Lawson has only two in the shop perhaps because the till is a worry to people. (I can sympathise with this, having had experience of a till in another place I volunteer!) However Sian does have the distinction of an impressively young volunteer. Tom is now sixteen but started at fifteen.
The shop sells plenty of National Trust products but also tries to stock locally produced items. A special features has been the Christams hampers created to be s
old in the shop. They have been a great success - but if you want one you will have to be quick as they have been selling very well!
Ros Earthy.
