Poison pen letter hoping shop would ‘fail’ has the opposite effect
The letter, which was written in black ink, claims to be from a neighbourhood group.
A charity shop which received an anonymous hate letter accusing them of selling ‘trendy tat’ has seen a boost in business after the letter went viral.
Staff of Kreate, which sells cards and homemade house decor, were stunned to receive the hateful letter which also mentioned they had ‘Blackpool-style trinkets’ for sale.
The shop, based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, provides work experience for adults with learning difficulties – using the income to invest in charity work.
But this weekend, the owners were left horrified after receiving an anonymous letter – filled with spelling errors, saying it hoped the shop would ‘fail’.
The letter, which was written in black ink, claims to be from a neighbourhood group.
The letter read: ‘We try not to encourage charity shops round the area or shops selling Blackpool style trinkets.
‘A lot of businesses needed by comunitys [sic] have failed and I hope yours does too. Another grey painted trendy tak [sic], soon be countdown for you. Shutters will be permantley [sic] down.’
The letter was addressed to ‘the owner’ and signed from ‘Residents Unite (Bocking Lane)’.
Owner, Ruth Denton, 37, shared the note on Facebook and said: ‘Happy Saturday to us. It’s just a shame people don’t do their research properly.
‘Thank you to the kind person that took the time to write this and send it second class.’
The letter went viral online, and prompted some locals to comment messages of support – giving the charity shop a boost in business despite the spiteful letter.
Local Richard Bayne said: ‘I’m really pleased they did write this letter as I didn’t know you were there.
‘And now I do, I’m looking forward to visiting and supporting your amazing charity.’
Another added: ‘So glad you posted this, I’d never heard of your shop but will now make a point of popping in.’
Residents of a small Welsh town were stunned when they received a similar hateful letter in January, telling them to go back to ‘Brummyland’.
That letter went as far as saying the residents should be ‘forced to live in fenced-in tinker sites’.
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