Today was Mother’s Day and Rosie’s Cafe on West St Helen Street opened specially to serve tea and cakes.
Whereas most buildings along West St Helen Street have been knocked down and rebuilt in the last sixty years, Rosie’s Cafe is in an original building with a cellar, old roof timbers and a floor with a long history.
Rosie’s has undergone a change in the last month, with some redecoration, and Rosie, the dairy cow, has moved in.
Sixty years ago this shop was called St Helen’s Dairy and would have sold milk, eggs, and dairy products. Now they serve tea and home made cakes, home made soup and bread.
I have lived in a fair few towns and cities and have never come across a health food shop as well stocked, knowledgeable and charming as Frugal Foods was.
i remember when it was frugal foods. that was an unusual shop!