Fitting out

Harrogate is partly fitted out, should be completed by Tuesday. Lots of deliveries have been arriving today - found some great new lines which will be in Helmsley tomorrow and Harrogate when it opens. Leaflets and loyalty cards are printed and credit card machine ready to be installed.
All very exciting. Hoping that we can be open in Harrogate next weekend.

Mr York of York, Yorks

I came across this original advert made in 1929 when researching my family history. It was the first animated cartoon advert. Its worth a look.
Film no 2221 on the Yorkshire film Archive website
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/mr-york-york-yorks?destination=search%2Fapachesolr_search%3Fpage%3D1%26filters%3Dbs_cck_field_videola_video%253A1%2520type%253Ayfa_film%2520%2520%2528-tds_cck_field_year_end%253A%255B%252A%2520TO%25201919-12-31T00%253A59%253A59Z%252B1YEAR%252FYEAR-1MILLI%255D%2529%2520%2520%2528-tds_cck_field_year%253A%255B1940-01-01T00%253A00%253A00Z%252FYEAR%2520TO%2520%252A%255D%2529%26mode%3Dbrowse%26solrsort%3Dtds_cck_field_year%2520asc

Best sellers

We expected to be quiet after Christmas, but the shop has been nice and steady. Everyone seems to be fed up of Chocolate, the normal best sellers of Chocolate raisins, Jazzies and chocolate fudge seem to have been dumped in favour of liquorice, sherbet lemons and pear drops.
The boiled sweets in particular are going well as they take a long time to suck, ideal for when you are going to cheat on your diet!! or so we are told :-)

New Shop

We are all very excited today, Helmsley is going to have a younger sister shop. We have just collected the keys for a Traditional Sweet Shop in Harrogate. The shop fitting will start next week and we are hoping to be open by the beginning of February.
This gives us more room for the web sales, plus we can stock more lines as Harrogate has a big storeroom.
Harrogate will also be selling old fashioned drinks and a great range of sweet inspired ice cream. Watch this space for more news...