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Rainbows sweet shop opens in Hastings, East Sussex
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31/10/2024
Rainbows was a very well known sweet shop in Queens Arcade, Hastings, but it closed for good in March 2023. Alison and Simon Nicholls have reopened/relaunched Rainbows at the same location on October 30.
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I'm sure most people that live in Hastings and have been to Hastings will remember Rainbows
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from years ago. Rainbows has always been there, probably the last 20 years, maybe more, I'm
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not sure. I did at one time, four years, work in the shop next door and I myself had a real
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fondness for Rainbows, especially Arthur that used to own Rainbows. He was a really well
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known man, really well known in the town, so lovely. Unfortunately we lost him in COVID
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and then the shop ceased trading I think in 2023. It did become another sweet shop
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for a little while but that guy's now moved on and we were in the market for another business,
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having run Munchies for 15 years. Munchies is the ice cream shop down Rockanore, we still
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have that. Yeah, this sort of was coming available and I just couldn't turn it down because we've
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got such fond memories of the shop. We know that everybody that lives here has got real
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fond memories of the shop. So, yeah, I just had to have it and I really wanted to call
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it Rainbows, wasn't sure what other people were going to think but general consensus
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was yes, you've got to call it Rainbows. So Rainbows it is, you know, partly because everyone
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knows it as Rainbows and, you know, it was Arthur's honour as well to remember Arthur
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and regarding Arthur, he is long gone but watch this space because we've got a little
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surprise for everybody. Everybody that remembers the shop will remember when they see our little
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surprise. Got to come in for that. Yeah, so we've painted it all pink and yellow. I was
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inspired by Rebub and Custard Sweets, love them, love the colour, so nice and bright.
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It is work in progress. Shop will be a lot fuller when we finish filling it up. It's been
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quite busy so far. It's been lovely. I've had a lovely welcome from everyone. Everyone's been
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pleased to see us. A lot of people do know us from Munchies. But yeah, I'll be predominantly
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myself here. A couple of Saturday girls, maybe the odd part-time. I have got a lady coming back
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who used to work here, so sometimes it'll be me and Simon. Yeah, anything you want that we
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haven't got, you just ask and we'll do our best to get it in.
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