BBC News
By Laurence Cawley and Amelia Reynolds
BBC News, East
image captionThose who know Fairstead Community Shop well, compare it to Dr Who s time-travelling police box, the TARDIS
The Fairstead estate in King s Lynn, Norfolk, which is among England s most deprived neighbourhoods, has been hit hard both by the global pandemic and the repeated lockdowns. Yet people here say adversity has given rise to a new hero: a woman called Emma Brock, and her community shop.
Those who know Fairstead Community Shop well compare it to Doctor Who s time-travelling police box, the Tardis.
Run entirely by volunteers, it sells donated goods as cheaply as it can to the community that surrounds it.