Meet Pearson the Badger

The amazing generosity of spirit of Chesterfield

One of the staff members from Fred’s Haberdashers walked into my shop yesterday and handed me a life size crocheted badger.

Yes, a badger.

We are Brockwell Books of Chesterfield and in the spirit of Brock the Badger we have adopted said animal as our logo and shop persona.

I often pop into Fred’s (on low pavements opposite The Portland Hotel) for a range of things - they stock everything useful - and I have admired their crocheted Lion and Unicorn. I’ve often teased that there should be a badger too.

There now is. And we have named the badger Pearson in honour of the great pottery tradition in the town. He is proudly on display in our shop in the Market Hall.

It speaks volumes about a town and its community that fellow shop traders make such lovely, such generous and such amazing gestures to each other. The staff member from Fred’s refused to take any payement or such like and gave me this stunning badger as a gift.

Please, we are all small independent shops and we all need the support of each other - I’d love to welcome you to my little bookshop, and you can meet Pearson the Badger. But do me a small favour, pop into Fred’s and have a browse - you want be disappointed - and marvel at the skill of the crocheted Lion and Unicorn in the doorway.

Ed

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