Feeling "excited, proud and very exhausted", Siobhan described reopening as a "rollercoaster", but she felt "so ready to open and get back to doing what we love best!"
Across town, the team behind H-Town Rags were on top form, with Ellie Tomlin saying that welcoming customers back into their shop was "so weird, it's really strange!"
Eager shoppers headed to Hitchin's H-Town Rags on Monday, April 12 on their first day back open. The brand has also launched their new store, Our Favourite Shop in Arcade Walk, in line with Covid rules relaxing
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Adding that it felt uncanny that she could make conversation with customers once more, Charlotte Oaten continued that "it's been a bit of an emotional wave, but we really feel that morale and spirits are lifted in town. It's brilliant!"