Craft Coop coming to Windsor Yards
WINDSOR: A new store will be coming to Windsor Yards after lockdown ends.
Craft Coop – a social enterprise business which allows craftspeople the opportunity to sell their products – will be opening next to Vision Express.
The retailer has now put out an open call to scout for talent among artisans in the Windsor area to sell their stuff. This could range from handmade jewellery to greetings cards.
This will take place virtually on Zoom and slots will be available to book on February 20 and 24.
The shop will also aim to work with various charities and organisations and host workshops and events.
Craft Coop has stores in Slough and Maidenhead.
Robert Gramson, centre manager at Windsor Yards, said: “We’re incredibly excited to welcome Craft
Coop to the centre, they will make a great addition to our current offering, and I’m sure this is news our shoppers and local artisans are equally as excited to hear.
“We very much look forward to once again being able to welcome everyone back to Windsor Yards.”
Co-founder of Craft Coop, Deborah Jones, said: “We’re excited to meet our new potential sellers and find out more about the products they create and sell.
“The ‘Coopers’ who attend are offered a one-week free trial in-store, then those who impress the most during the open call, will receive an entire month for free.
“Our only requirements; the products shown need to have been made by the artisan themselves, and all sellers must be covered by public liability insurance. If they don’t yet have this, we can lend a hand.”
If you are an interested crafter or artisan who wants to sell and become part of a nurturing crafting community, please email info@craftcoop.co.uk for more information.
Even getting a station in Slough wasn’t a simple operation after GWR faced opposition from Eton College.
Becky said there were many railway proposals in the 1830s to come through the Slough/ Windsor areas proposing differing lines. But Eton
College was adamant that the railway line should not come near the college and objected to them.
In order to build their Bristol to London line, GWR promised
Eton College not to build a station within three miles of its grounds – the clause was even written into law.
But after the line opened GWR were petitioned by local people in Slough, Windsor and Eton who wanted a station.
So GWR cut a hole into the fence that surrounded the line and timetabled trains to stop there. People were then allowed to board the trains at ground level.
Even the Royals used the line, with Prince Albert’s first journey by train starting at Slough on September 14 1839.
This continued until Eton College relented and allowed a station to be built in 1840.
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RICHARD JONES, 22, of The
Frith, Slough, was given an 18-month community order and told to pay £180 costs for possession of a knife in Slough on December 28 and December 30.
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MANRAJ SINGH CHANNA,
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CHRISTOPHER SMITH,
28, of Wexham Road,
Slough was given an 18-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, and told to pay £128 costs for entering a building as a trespasser and stealing a selection of power tools of unknown value in Slough on November 19.
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SARAH JAYNE, 30, of Sandringham Court, Slough was fined £440, told to pay £9.30 compensation and £224 costs for travelling on a railway without paying a fare in Reading on July 30.
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