Oxfam store manager Sally Lewis, 57, from Wadhurst describes her colleagues' excitement about receiving a huge donation from a retiring bridal boutique boss.
Full story here: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/charity-shop-overwhelmed-after-40k-donation-of-wedding-dres-303745/
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00:00 I wasn't here on the day, but my colleagues were very, very excited and I got very excited.
00:05 I think I got a message, a WhatsApp message and notes.
00:08 So yeah, I think they couldn't believe the quality of the goods she was bringing in
00:16 and just giving them to us. About, I would say, 20 wedding dresses, about 10 little boleros
00:24 and then a really good selection of mother-of-the-bride shoes, dresses, jewellery.
00:30 So thousands of pounds worth of goods. And then it took us a whole, it took two of us a whole day
00:35 to merchandise it all and make, we wanted it to look like a wedding shop because we wanted people
00:42 to get a wedding shop experience, even if they were buying a wedding dress in the charity shop.