Shopping collection point for Thame Christmas customers

EXCITEMENT is growing for Thame’s Small Business Saturday event, planned for December 6, in the town centre, and the organisers have come up with an innovative idea to avoid having to leave the car parked for any length time, and collect your Christmas shopping from one collection point later.

So, if you would like to stroll or cycle into town on December 6, and enjoy the day’s entertainments and explore the independent shops that are offering all sort of seasonal goodies to make Christmas shopping in Thame fun, take your purchases along to Racquets Fitness Centre in the Cattlemarket, North Street, collect a ticket and then return later to load the car with your purchases. Racquets will take care of your shopping bags and a helpful member of Racquets’ staff will be on hand to help you load up the car.

Swan Walk retailers from My Sweet Art Creations, Pearsons Insurance, Ella Jane Gifts and Sew Patchwork

More and more Thame shops have announced their special offers and treat, including the shops in Swan Walk, in the Upper High Street. Here’s what they’ve got planned:

My Sweet Art Creations, Ella Jane Gifts, Sew Patchwork and Pearsons Insurance Services will be joining forces and sending out a band of drama students to walk through the town dressed up, to promote the shops in Swan walk, Thame. They will be distributing Shopping leaflets and sweets throughout the town during Small Business Saturday as their way of encouraging people to shop more locally.

Ella Jane Gifts will be handing out Cow pat cookies, Pearson’s Insurance will be giving our Sweetie milk bottles as well as something for the grown-ups and My Sweet Art Creations will be running a ‘Find the Golden Ticket’ competition. These special tickets will be hidden in one of their lucky bags available to purchase and there will be a special prize for the winner. Sew Patchwork too will be taking part in the day’s fun in Swan Walk.

A full list of the other Thame shops taking part so far are:

Planet Organics, Greyhound Walk – Free glass of mulled wine & raffle to win a bottle of Rochester Organic Mulled Berry Punch
Umberto’s, Greyhound Walk – Homemade Panettone –
Cutting Rooms, Buttermarket – To be announced
Gallivant, Greyhound Walk – To be announced
Fore Golf, Buttermarket – Staff will be dressed as Victorian gents & giving away free mince pies. PLUS spend £20 or more & get a £5 voucher off your next spend
Bizzie Lizzie, Upper High Street – To be announced
Isabel’s Closet, High Street – Glass of ‘bubbly’ and some sweets for the children
Gallant, Greyhound Walk – Bucks Fizz and Christmas chocolates
Jack & Atticus, North Street – Free mince pie & Prosciutto
What’s Cooking, Cornmarket – To be announced
Pet Care, Cornmarket – Free Pot Noodle if you spend over £15
Maze Hair, North Street – a glass of bubbles and a mince pie plus a raffle for the winner to receive a £50 voucher to spend on there hair with us and 5 runner up prizes

All the details of what’s happening during Small Business Saturday on December 6, can be found on the webpage, https://www.thame.net/sbs