King's Lynn: The community shop with a chair for those who '

King's Lynn: The community shop with a chair for those who 'are not OK'


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.

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