Well, the shop units have barely been started but they have new tenants already 😊 Tabitha Tottley (in the pink dress) and Effemy Lamb had already applied to the town council for shop spaces in Angel House Galleria, but when these new shops came onto the rental market they decided to apply for them instead.
Just to recap, Effemy is a local Groatie Bay girl and whilst she was at school she had a Saturday/holiday job at the Groatie Bay Garden Centre. She especially enjoyed working with the flowering plants and decided to train as a florist when she left school. Effemy loves everything French ~ her maternal Grandmother is French ~ so took the opportunity to do her floristry training in Paris. She lived with her Grand-mere and was lucky enough to find work in a rather lovely florist shop in the city. Much as she loved Paris, her Grand-mere and the beautiful shop she worked in Effemy was very homesick for Groatie Bay, and her family and friends there. Her best friend, Nessa Quinn, wrote to tell her about the plans for the Galleria which is how Effemy came to apply for a shop space in the building. She was very excited when her application was successful, but when these new spaces became available she thought that having a shop on street level would be more commercially viable. She is really looking forward to taking the next steps in her floristry career with a shop of her own.
Tabitha has lived in Groatie Bay for about 12 years now, having moved from the mainland to look after her great aunt who was seriously ill. They hadn't been particularly close but were in regular contact by letter. When she became poorly Tabitha didn't like the idea of the old lady spending her last few years in a care home so suggested that she come to look after her. In actual fact the two of them got on very well, and despite the generation gap found that they had a surprising number of interests in common. They were both a little sad that they hadn't had the opportunity to get to know each other better earlier but made the most of the time the aunt had left. With Tabitha's loving care her aunt's remaining years were very happy despite her illness. She eventually passed away peacefully some three years after Tabitha had come to live with her. Tabitha made some very dear and close friends during those first three years and after her aunt passed away and bequeathed her little house and its contents to her, she decided to stay in Groatie Bay as it now felt very much like "home".
She has worked as a care assistant in Hackland House Residential Home for a number of years and although she loves working there, her dream was to be self-employed. Since one of the interests Tabitha and her aunt shared was a love of antiques and vintage/vintage-style "pretty" things, she thought this would be the perfect kind of shop to have and decided to apply to the Town Council for shop space in the Galleria. When she saw these new spaces, though, she thought the upper floors would be even nicer than having a shop space in the Galleria ~ the huge glass windows across the front would make for wonderful shop window displays. Like Effemy, Tabitha is also very excited about having her own shop and starting a new career.
Looks like the guys and I need to get a wiggle on so that we don't keep the ladies waiting too long for their new dream shops.....I have a feeling they will both be making frequent visits to check up on our progress 😉
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