Hi, just a quick update from Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop to let everyone know that a new style of Italian Designer Pinhole Glasses has just arrived. This new wraparound version is extremely comfortable with an inside dimension of 13cm and is available in Black. A new bestseller!

Childrens Hospice South West have expertly provided care for children with very complex health care needs over the last twelve years by successfully running two children’s hospices. They have just revealed plans to provide a children’s hospice service to support life limited children and their families in Cornwall and Plymouth. The Children’s Hospice South West […]

Fistral Beach is the best and most famous surfing beach in Britain. All the big competitions are held here. Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop would recommend having some lessons! The National Surfing Centre has been established since 1988 and is one of the U.K’s longest running and most highly reputable surf schools. The National […]

Local to Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop, Newquay is home of British Surfing and the British Surfing Association with beaches facing in all directions. It is widely considered to be the capital of England’s surfing scene with 11 beaches stretching over seven miles of golden sand. There is a good spread of types of surf […]

Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Devon is located on a long sand spit at the mouth of the River Exe. The sand spit is home to many species of wildlife. Habitats at the Warren, include dunes, grassland, ponds, salt marsh and mudflats. The Warren is also the main roost for wildfowl and wading birds […]

A famous quote from Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop. The former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammed Ali once said “Don’t count the days, make the days count”.

Another pun from Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and is named “Ahmal.” The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him “Juan.” Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon […]

The exam results are upon us. Make someone’s day: send a unique Miniature Glass Token. Spaceform Tokens are unique gifts that people love to give and to receive. These colourful, expressive and thoughtful perfectly polished glass keepsakes appeal to everyone. Dickiedirts Curiosity Shop has a wide and varied selection to choose from.

Topsham is an attractive Devon town on the Exe estuary. Now part of Exeter, it nevertheless maintains a distinctive identity. It is one of those ancient, decayed estuary-ports which are perhaps the most fascinating kind of town that England can show, with their colour, smells, and strong sense of past life everywhere in the streets […]

A worrying note from Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop. Council officers from Devon are working with Defra, to track any foot-and-mouth developments in Surrey. There have been no reported cases in the South West but officials said “tight bio security” was vital. Defra has imposed a ban on moving farm animals after cattle at a […]