Here’s a question for you. Where in Spurtleshire can you find for sale, under one commercial roof:
address labels, adhesive numbers, anti-slip pads for chairs …
boxes for carrying bananas, basket bags, batteries, biros, bit sets, black balloons, bow ties, bracelets, brown paper, bubble wrap, bulldog clips, bungee ropes, buttons …
cable ties, cake decorations, calculators, candles, carabiners, card collections, colouring-in books, cash boxes, CD sleeves, chalk, Christmas tree baubles, coasters, coffee mugs, collapsible boxes, compasses, confectionery, confetti, craft stickers, crayons, credit card wallets …
decoration kits, decorative ribbons, diaries, Disney Princesses, disposable gloves, door wedges …
elastic cords, embroidery kits, eyebrow tweezers, erasers, envelopes (any amount of) …
fabric markers, fabric plasters, felt tips, finger paints, finger puppets, folders, fridge magnets …
gear systems, gel pens, gift bags, glass jars, glitter, glitter tape, glue, greetings cards …
hat boxes, heel-grips (suede), hole punches …
keyrings …
labels, learner plates, learn-to-draw folders, lint rollers, luggage straps …
magic bubbles, magnetic memo holders shaped like butterflies, magnifying glasses, marker pens, Mickey Mouse Christmas gift labels, model animals, model mail boxes, model quad bikes, model telephone boxes …
name tags, notebooks, notepads …
oil paints, origami sets …
paintable fish, paint brushes, parcel tape, party poppers, pastel paints, pen holders, pencils, pencil sharpeners, Peter Rabbits, photo magnets, picture hangers, picture hooks, pompoms, picture nails, plastic boxes, plastic food, plastic tiaras, photo IDs, plug adapters, Pokémon zip bags, postcards, Post-its, protractors …
reading glasses (foldable), rubber stamps, rulers …
scooters (his and hers), self-adhesive hooks, Sellotape, shoe laces, skipping ropes, slimy gloop, soft drinks, spirit levels, stampers, stethoscopes, sticky stars …
table twinkles, tape measures, tartan scarves, teddy bears, tinsel balls, Tippex, Thomas the Tank Engine, torches, toy farms …
watercolour paints, wax crayons, Westie cruet sets, window markers and wrapping paper?
Oh yes, and stamps.
It's possibly Spurtleshire's most useful shop. Unless you’re looking for a dug.
Warriston Post Office – also one of Spurtleshire's busiest places at this time of year.
