About us!

MARY, TOM & friends was officially started in 2014 after Katherine moved over to Lancashire. It is run by Katherine, with a lot of help from her Mummy Anne.

We started on the market in Fleetwood before setting up shop in North Albert Street. After a few years in this location we decided that we really wanted to be right by the sea and so moved to our forever home (hopefully) - number 08 The Esplanade/

Katherine & her Mummy Anne... many, many years ago!

Why are we called MARY, TOM & friends?

MARY is Katherine's grandma (Anne's Mummy) She taught Mummy Anne how to knit and she in turn taught Katherine this lifelong skill. This is how we got our start, selling handcrafted goods at markets and fairs.

TOM is Katherine's grandad (her Daddy's Dad). He was a Barber before changing profession to own & run chip shops on the Fylde Coast before retiring. Katherine gets her head for business from him!

& friends are all the friends we meet in the shop (that's you lovely lot!) and the wonderful people who choose to stock their creations with us.

Why do you use BLUE, YELLOW & PINK as your main colours?

Some of you eagle-eyed people will have seen that we have 3 main colours which we love to use. We used the three Lighthouses of Fleetwood as our inspiration

BLUE represents the Wyre Light out there in the sea.

YELLOW represents the Beach or Lower Lighthouse.

PINK represents the Pharos or Upper Lighthouse.

Plus, all these colours are very seasidey and bring us joy everytime we see them.