Four Times Nine

If you trot around the corner from Bettys Tea Room in Harrogate  you will eventually find yourself in front of a little shop with a big blue awning that reads, “Farrah’s of Harrogate Palm Court Café Fine Chocolate Shop.” In case that’s not enticing enough, it also says, “Ice Cream” at least four times. We popped inside frequently, though we never actually had tea there. (Why would we, when we’d just been to Bettys?) We loved browsing through the tea towels, salt and pepper shakers, candies and little pots of jam. The last time we wandered into Farrah’s was November, 2011. This month we were in the store just around the corner from home (which also carries tea towels, salt and pepper shakers, candies and little pots of jam) and discovered quite by accident several blue-and-silver tins that read, “Farrah’s Original Harrogate Toffee.” We bought one, of course. If only Bettys sweets were that easy to find!