Georgina John
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Georgina John is the owner of a delightful shop stocking just about everything imaginable in miniature, for dolls houses. Heritage Homes opened in September 2002 and Georgina is enjoying teaching people about her trade and attending fairs. She was born in South Wales and gained a degree in textiles from Manchester. Following this, Georgina worked as a management trainer. Today, one of Georgina's main hobbies is being a proud member of the SideSaddle Association for which she is treasurer of the local branch.

At the Taste of the Town Exhibition in 2002, Georgina visually represented Market Drayton in miniature with numerous buildings, gardens and portrayed the food production in the town by creating miniature signs and items such as pies. There was a range of miniature food in the form of salmon, vegetables and Palethorpes pies; the majority of the other stalls present were featured in her display.


Georgina is pleased to spend time with visitors into the area and stresses the history of the area. The term 'gingerbread' originated in America where it was used to describe the trimmings for a dolls house. It is now recognised all over the world and has also become one of the symbols of Market Drayton. Georgina stocks miniature gingerbread, which are very popular.

The services which Georgina offers range from showing customers and enquirers her range of miniature goods, through to doing restorations, renovations, building to requirements, decorating and providing materials for those who wish to build their own miniature objects. She has also built wedding figurines for cakes to order and makes feature boxes for photographs, which are extremely popular, particularly for older relatives.

Looking for
Offering to

Georgina is hoping to draw from the network contact
with local crafts people and to establish links with the
miniature trade in France. She would welcome the
opportunity to exchange traditional miniature English goods for French food and furniture.

She offers to prepare and provide a display of minatures
at local promotions exhibitions or events.

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Contact details:

Address: Ms Georgina Johns, 7 Wilkinson Walk, Queen Street, TF9 1PW

Telephone: 01630 652123