Businesses at the Dundas Indoor Market in Middlesbrough are gearing up for the busiest time of the shopping year. With Halloween out of the way, traders are now focusing on the run up to Christmas with shops at the market providing customers with a diverse choice of ideas for presents.
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Generate A Bit Of Free Fun This Half Term
Generate A Bit Of Free Fun This Half Term
A major event to bring together different generations of Teessiders takes place during half-term week. It is called Generation Infusion and is being held throughout the Dundas Arcade and TheLive Well Centre in Dundas House on Wednesday 30 October between 10am and 4pm.
Danny Set To Wave Goodbye To The Butcher Trade
Danny Set To Wave Goodbye To The Butcher Trade
After 55 years in the industry, Danny who owns Danny's Family Butchers is set to retire next April! The 70-year-old who is passionate about delivering a high quality, personal service would love to hear from potential owners to continue this popular business.
Dundas Set To Host Generation Infusion Event
Dundas Set To Host Generation Infusion Event
Bringing together different generations to share conversations, activities, knowledge and skills. This exciting new event is being organised by Ageing Better Middlesbrough, Groundworks, Dundas Arcade and the Live Well Centre.
New Halloween Shop Helps Partygoers Celebrate Horror Heroes
New Halloween Shop Helps Partygoers Celebrate Horror Heroes
A new pop-up shop, which has just opened in the Dundas Indoor Market in Middlesbrough, provides everything you need to dress up this Halloween – plus a little bit more. The Hellraisers Halloween store is full of pretend blood, contact lenses to make your eyes any colour you want, safe but scary fake weapons of murder, and masks and costumes celebrating horror heroes from Dracula to Chucky. It also sells licensed Star Wars and Marvel Superhero outfits, boiler suits from the TV classic Breaking Bad and even a couple of Donald Trump masks.
Unusual Exhibition Venue For Artist And Strictly Fan Bethan
Unusual Exhibition Venue For Artist And Strictly Fan Bethan
A new art show, which spectacularly celebrates famous figures from the worlds of entertainment and sport, opens this week in an unusual exhibition venue in Middlesbrough. For a fortnight artist Bethan Turner’s larger than life portraits will be on view in surroundings familiar to her - the former Boyes store in the Dundas Shopping Centre.
Great North Drama For Cafe Quartet
Great North Drama For Cafe Quartet
Friends who work together in one of Middlesbrough’s best-known cafes had a day of drama as they competed in the Great North Run to raise money for the James Cook University Hospital. Gemma Brighty – one of the team from Jean’s Kitchen in the Dundas Indoor Market – fell and cut her head after tripping in a pothole just two miles into the half marathon race. Gemma needed hospital treatment and stitches in a head wound but is recovering well from her injury and disappointment.
New Dundas Businesses Certain To Put A Smile On Your Face
New Dundas Businesses Certain To Put A Smile On Your Face
Two new businesses opening at the Dundas Indoor Market are certain to put a smile on your face. For the last 15 years Shaun Chapman has been helping Teessiders have a good time. He supplies discos, karaoke, photo booths and room decorations and is now opening a one stop party shop.
Cafe Team Running Great North Run For Causes Close To Their Hearts
Cafe Team Running Great North Run For Causes Close To Their Hearts
Four members of staff at one of Middlesbrough’s most popular cafes are taking part in this weekend’s Great North Run to raise money for causes close to all of their hearts.
Popular Middlesbrough Trader Bucks Trend By Opening New Shop
Popular Middlesbrough Trader Bucks Trend By Opening New Shop
A popular Middlesbrough retailer is bucking the national trend by opening a new and bigger shop. Rajinder Singh has been running Home Savers, which was started by his dad Nappa in Dundas Indoor Market 10 years ago. He has now moved to a larger shop in the nearby Dundas Centre and offering a new range of products to his customers.