Sweet Reminiscing by Sharonrose

Can you remember when you were young and going to the sweet shop with your pennies and seeing an array of scrumptious delights?

Brilliant memories….well that’s what you will get if you visit Sweet Reminiscing by Sharonrose in Accrington, a Confectionery Florist, which also sells delicious Desserts, Milkshakes and all the old fashioned sweets.

Being born 1976 in Belfast and moving to Accrington when she was young. Her Mum, Patsy told her it was the ‘Hottest Summer Ever’… that is where her love of reminiscing and wanting to give memories that last a lifetime started. She learned all her strengths from her being a single parent. At school, Sharonrose always wanted to own her own business, so drove herself to do integrated business studies, bookkeeping, word processing and bizarrely, construction. Sharonrose married and became a young Mum and now has Chad, Nicole-Dion, Kylie-Alexandra, Preston and Stefan-Blake. Her children are her world. She kept up with her education at night school and thought about being an architect but family had to come first. So she became a debt controller and accountant.

In 2016, on the estate where she lives in the heart of Fern Gore, was a shop that she used to dream of starting her business if it became empty and it did. Her children and husband Wayne encouraged her all the way. She took over the contract in February 2017 but the shop needed some work doing and her construction knowledge came in handy. On 10th April, Sharonrose Allison Howard opened the doors to her new Sweet and Gift shop, as she felt that’s what was needed in the area.

When the pandemic hit, struggling to survive, she had to diversify, so she started making old school hot puddings, warm fresh baked Belgian waffles and crepes, also cold milkshakes, slush and delicious cheesecakes and advertised on Just Eat to deliver to her customers. She also started making bespoke gin bars, planters, t-shirt printing for parties and personalised gifts, and offers candy cart hire and a mobile shop for celebration and events.

Her passion is inspired by her children. One of her logos is six sweets with initials of her children on but there is an extra one, a B for Babe, the little one that sadly did not make it into this world but will never be forgotten. The heart shaped logo is her initials S.R. and symbolise what family brings and creates.

All her life she wanted to make Patsy proud, who unfortunately died a few years ago and now she can say she has achieved that by being the proud finalist in 2018 for 4 categories and 2019 for 2 categories at the Hyndburn Business Awards, winner of Sole Trader in the Hyndburn Business Awards 2020 and the Finalist of Independent Retailer and Made in Hyndburn this year at the Hyndburn Business Awards. To thank her customers, she sponsors the local football club and gives a lot to charity.

Three words to describe Sharonrose are; Determined, Ambitious and Thoughtful. She is very proud of her business and her family and brings great memories to her customers. SWEET REMINISCING BY SHARONROSE M 29 Fern Gore Avenue, Fern

Gore, Accrington BB5 0NF N 07547 910170 E sweetreminiscing@yahoo.com