The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
Saint Matthew’s Church
Big Lamp, Summerhill Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
Saint Matthew’s Church – The Nearly New Shop
OPENING TIMES
10.00 am – 3.00 pm, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
LOCATION
The Nearly New Shop can be found close to the south door of St Matthew's church.
Enter through the iron gate into the yard and take the door to the right leading
to the Church Hall. The Nearly New Shop is to the left just inside the doorway.
THE NEARLY NEW SHOP
S. Matthew’s (Big Lamp, Summerhill) Nearly New shop was originally set up twenty years ago to provide money for an extensive church fabric appeal which was running at that time. After its successful conclusion, it was decided to keep the shop running as the parishioners had discovered that it had developed a useful social as well as economic function. Originally trading from a former funeral parlour in Summerhill Street: McGee& Beckett ---unofficial slogan ‘we’ll get you in the end’, the nearly new shop eventually moved to more spacious premises adjoining the church hall, underneath the south aisle of the church building itself.
The shop is currently open three days a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 10.00 until 3.00. Customers are able to obtain a wide range of quality clothes at very reasonable prices, and also bedding and small household goods.
Over the years it has been operating, the nearly new shop has become firmly established as part of the outreach into the community of the congregations who worship in the building above.
Carolyn says that the shop can only continue to be successful because of the generosity of friends who donate goods that can be sold. Continuing links with other churches provide a steady supply, but there is always room for more. Unsold goods are never thrown away, but are ‘recycled’ through other charities and refuges.
If you have good quality clothes, bedding, or household items which you would like to donate to help the work of the shop to continue, please ring:
0191 273 5103 or 0191 274 6876
E-mail: st.matthewshop@gmail.com
Unfortunately the shop cannot take large items of furniture, although small things like coffee tables sell well. Collection can be arranged throughout Tyneside, Northumberland and North Durham.
enquiries@stmatthewsnewcastle.org
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