Do you remember shopping or working in Sally Twinkle, one of Mansfield’s best-loved independent shops?

The Handley Arcade business, owned by David Marriott, is this year marking its 50th anniversary and wants to celebrate its history of selling haberdashery, fabrics and trimmings.

It first opened in August 1967, under the ownership of Margaret Elliot, who came up with the idea of opening a haberdashery in Mansfield.
Margaret died in 2007 following a short illness, and her close friend, David, took on the running of the shop.

He said: “We have people coming in whose parents and grandparents used to come in.

“We would like to make an exhibition of memories for the shop’s front window and that’s where we need people’s help.

“We have got a lot of things, and photos too, but we would like it if people can share what they love about the place.”

David, pictured, said some people would remember a fire at the shop in 1979, when it moved in 1980, and when a Triumph Herald was driven through the shop window in 1985.

Sarah Nelson, from Mansfield BID, said: “Mansfield is lucky to have a number of independent shops and Sally Twinkle has been part of the town centre for a long time.”

Anyone who wants to share their memories should email [email protected] or call into the shop.