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Opening a Gift Shop in Rural Northumberland During Lockdown | The Olive & Myrtle Story

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Opening a Gift Shop in Rural Northumberland During Lockdown | The Olive & Myrtle Story

Quitting my lab job at 24, I followed a dream from market stalls to a rural Northumberland gift shop — opening Olive & Myrtle just weeks before lockdown. A story of risk, creativity, and small business resilience.

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