ANDY York Photography is expanding its services – and is now the place to go for garden ornaments!
The shop, based in the Littlebrook Centre, is still offering its usual services – framing, photo restoration, fine art sales, and photography – but is diversifying in response to the effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on local businesses.
“All businesses are having to think differently in this post-Covid world,” said couple Andy and Christine York, “We all need to think of ways to attract customers back into the town centre and into our shops.
“And we feel garden ornaments compliments what we already offer – we are now a shop for ‘homes and gardens’ – you can get pictures for the home, and ornaments for the garden.
“The ornaments are made by a local artist that used to sell his work from All Things Chic, which was on Bank Street. Now that All Things Chic has moved online, the artist, Steve, has needed somewhere new to sell them – he can’t sell them online as they are too heavy to post.
“So it’s a mutually beneficial arrangement – and it’s our way of supporting another local business. He has somewhere to sell, and we have something new to attract customers in.
“It might be a bit random, but hopefully its some post-lockdown ingenuity that will give us a boost.”
