Christmas Opening Hours

Hello lovely customers! Our Christmas opening hours have been announced, and I hurried straight here to tell you.

Our hours are as normal up to and including Thursday the 19th. On Friday the 20th, we'll open 8.30am to 8pm. Saturday is as normal, 9 to 6. Sunday, 10 to 6. On Monday, it's 8.30 to 8 again! And Tuesday, 24th, 8.30 to 4.30.
We're closed Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day and reopen on Friday, 27th, 10 to 6. Hours are normal after that, bar our closing on Wednesday Jan 1st.

So, once more for clarity's sake:

1. Friday 20th: 8.30 to 8
2. Saturday 21st: 9 to 6
3. Sunday 22nd: 10 to 6
4. Monday 23rd: 8.30 to 8
5. Tuesday 24th: 8.30 to 4.30
6. Wednesday 25th: Closed
7. Thursday 26th: Closed
8. Friday 27th: 10 to 6
9. Wednesday 1st: Closed

We hope to see you all during this fun season!

Christmas Opening Hours

Our Christmas opening hours, lovely customers!

Fri 21: 8.30am to 8pm 

Sat 22: 9am to 6pm 

Sun 23: 10am to 6pm

Mon 24: 8.30am to 4.30pm


We reopen Thursday 27, 10am to 6pm. 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday all normal; 

Mon 31, 8.30am to 5pm.

We're closed Tuesday 1st and back to normal after that! We hope to see plenty of you over Christmas week.

Review: How Winston Delivered Christmas: An Advent story in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters

How Winston Delivered Christmas: An Advent story in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters by Alex T. Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Winston is a very clever little mouse. He knows about Christmas and Santa, so when he finds an undelivered letter on Christmas Eve, he knows there's only one thing to do. After all, everyone deserves to feel special at Christmas...

This beautiful book is divided into 24 chapters, one for each day of December, interspersed with activities, games and decorations. It's a very clever idea and I expect it will become a Christmas tradition in a lot of households. Poor Winston and his struggles will make for a fantastic read.

(And I very much hope he gets to meet up with his friends again!)



As (Winston) looked around he spotted a curious object set up nearby. It was a large toy building a bit like a doll's house but it looked more like a barn or a stable. Inside several statues were standing on a bed of clean, sweet-smelling straw. There was a woman in blue and several men. Some were dressed in fancy clothes and others were dressed like farmers and there were even some pretend sheep standing beside them. Everyone was looking at a tiny wooden box in the middle. It was filled with straw and inside, fast asleep, was a tiny model baby.
That does look like a nice place to have a sleep, Winston thought, and he yawned. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt if he just had the tiniest of naps there beside the baby? But as he began clambering into the scene the choir finished singing and the congregation clapped. The sudden noise made Winston stop sharply in his tracks. He waggled his whiskers.
'Winston!' he said sternly to himself. 'Fancy thinking about having a nap when you haven't finished your Important Job!' And with a flick of his tail, he forced himself to pad down the aisle and back out into the cold night. He thought about the little baby asleep in the wooden box full of straw and promised himself that, as it was Christmas, he would come back when the letter was delivered and have a nap in that nice peaceful building while candles flickers warmly around him.

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Christmas Gift Ideas

Classic Poetry Selected by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Paul Howard, this collection showcases some of the best poetry of the last 450 years.






Illustrated Shakespeare Shakespeare's most popular plays, simplified for a young audience.





Fairy Tale Treasury This beautiful hardback treasury features all your favourite fairy tales, and some you've never heard of. A surefire winner.



By Sun and Candlelight Shirley Hughes' soft illustrations accompany poems and excerpts from famous novels. A great selection.



Illustrated Alice A simplified version of the classic series, complete with some of Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poetry.




Illustrated Classics for Boys Moonfleet, Robin Hood and the Canterville Ghost are among the classic boy's stories rewritten for this collection.



Illustrated Classics for Girls classic tales such as Little Women, Heidi and the Secret Garden are beautifully rewritten in this collection.



Illustrated Stories for Boys A mix of stories for boys age 5 to 95.





Illustrated Stories for Girls A mix of stories for girls to share.

Some Christmas titles

Drawing, Doodling and Colouring for Christmas Spend your Christmas afternoon with this wonderful array of puzzles and game.



Christmas Baking for Children Leave Santa some perfect treats with this beautiful, sturdy children's cookbook.




Baby's First Christmas with music CD Teach Baby some classic carols while enjoying the festive scenes in this sturdy board book.



1000 Christmas Stickers Decorate the scenes or your presents with these pretty stickers.






Christmas Doodles 50 cards and a wipe clean pen. Practise your Christmas art over and over again.