Viva Lewes Issue #123 December 2016

BUSINESS NEWS
Photo by Alex Leith
As ever, there’s movement in the
Needlemaker’s. With Alexis
Dove’s move to School Hill complete,
the space next to the café
has been taken by Brenda from
Interiors, who has moved her
French-themed antique/bibelot
store from downstairs. C'est vraiment magnifique.
While we’re in the Needlemaker’s - and you might
have spotted the scary stuffed bear in the window,
while walking up Market Street - a warm welcome
to the space to Skull and Feathers, another
antiques vendor, who specialise in ‘taxidermy, skulls
and industrial’. The Needlemaker’s are holding their
own ‘Evening Shopping Event’ on Wednesday 7th
December, 6-9pm.
You might, in the past, have used the flower stall
in the corner of Brighton Station, a great place for
last-minute flowers if you’re off on a journey (or
otherwise). The company that runs that place (and a
similar one in Hove) - go.botanica - have taken up
the long-empty space to the left of
the entrance to Lewes Station.
Last month we broke the news that
Lewesiana was closing both its tea
shop and florist operation down. A
pop-up Christmas decorations
joint has appeared in its place in
order to, in the words of the chap manning it, ‘run
the lease down’. The shop will be operating till
Christmas Eve. We purchased a long piece of tinsel
for a quid, and there’s also wrapping paper, crackers,
spangly snowmen and every other Christmas accoutrement
you might want.
Let's end with some good news. Lewes Patisserie,
the coffee, Viennoiserie and sandwich place on Station
Street, which was put out of action by the Great
Lewes Sink Hole, is finally able to open its doors
again at the beginning of December, after a refurb.
Since we’re airing our Priory School French out in
this column: bonne chance! Please send any business
news to hello@vivamagazines.com