I missed the Royal Visit - the Duchess of Cornwall was doing a walkabout on Wednesday and talked to business owners and others on Lion Street, including some of the organisers of Hay Festival, according to the Brecon & Radnor Express this week.
One of the businesses the Duchess stopped at was the new one where the newsagents was - so new they haven't even opened yet, though the interior is starting to fill up with wooden statues. The business is called Halimyco, and on the Hay Community page on Facebook they are looking for a name for their shop mascot - a statue of a lion. Among the suggestions are 'Richard the Lionheart', Aslan, and Llew or Llewellyn. There are also African suggestions - Munyambu, which means 'lion' in KiKamba from Kenya, and Ubuntu, which means 'I am, because you are', which I believe is a word in the Bantu group of languages. Another African-themed name suggestion is Tim - short for Timbuktu and, for people who have fond memories of the children's series Daktari, Clarence!
Meanwhile, next door to Halimyco, at Eighteen Rabbit, the appearance of the shop isn't going to change - it will still be dedicated to Fairtrade goods, but behind the scenes it will all be different. Louise Davies and Andrew Williams, who started the shop, are now working at other things so they made the decision to give the shop to their staff.
Manager Ruth Hayden has signed the new lease with the landlord, and will be running the shop with her assistants Szilvia and Layla.
2 comments:
Thank you, Lesley, for everything you have done to support Eighteen Rabbit, and Fair Trade in Hay in general. Looking forward to a bright future for the shop :)
That's very kind of you, Andrew!
Good luck in the future for you, Louise, and the shop.
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