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Petition launched to reopen Babilicious in St Leonards, East Sussex
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12/02/2024
In this video, owner Barbara Brett explains what's happend so far.
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So basically I set up Babalicious because I was doing take away during lockdown and
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I wanted a space where people could come get a coffee, which was working great, it was
00:11
brilliant, it was amazing. But obviously due to what happened with the building, unfortunately
00:17
I've had to close my cafe at the moment. But the reason I set the cafe up is because it's
00:22
affordable for people, so I didn't hike my prices up. Basically I wanted something where
00:27
people could come, have a walk, meet up, have a chat, it was a community hub, but I tried
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to make it affordable for people. So as long as I made enough money to be able to cover
00:37
my costs and buy my goods so I could serve to people, that's what I did. And it worked
00:43
well and I love it and I really miss it. One of my customers has set up a petition to basically
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try and understand what's going to happen in the future and whether there's a chance
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I can reopen here because there is nowhere down here I can rent another unit. Unfortunately
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there's nothing from the car park down where I could actually move into and open my business.
01:04
I don't want a shed because of the weather, but the council seemed to build everything
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from the pier down and nothing this way, so there is no other viable space I could move
01:15
into to continue my business, unfortunately. The reason it's good as a community hub, it's
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great for people's mental health, it's great for people that can't walk far, they've got
01:25
access from the ramp coming down from the car park, they've also got access to the beach,
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they've got access to the toilets. So the reason it works so well is because it's easy
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accessible for everybody to get to, to sit and have a chat, to meet up. Sometimes it
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would be an hour, sometimes they would come down with their family, but that's why it's
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so good.
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