Drop In To Cathedral’s Pop-up Shop In the Friary Centre

Published on: 12 Apr, 2014
Updated on: 12 Apr, 2014

By Victoria Lazarevic

Guildford Cathedral opened its first pop-up shop in the Friary centre on Friday (April 11) to bring its campaign message Make Your Mark, into the heart of the town.

The Dean, the Very Rev’d Dianna Gwilliams (centre), with members of the cathedral community. On the right is Vicky Hickson, Friary centre manager.

The campaign aims to raise funds for urgently needed repairs to the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Stag Hill.

Friary centre manager Vicky Hickson said: “It’s fantastic that we are able to support Guildford Cathedral by raising awareness of the Make Your Mark campaign. We want to encourage as many people as possible to come down and check out what is going on in the pop-up shop.”

colouring activities for children in the pop-up shop.

The Dean of Guildford Cathedral, the Very Rev’s Dianna Gwilliams, said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with the Friary centre for our new Make Your Mark shop. This is a really exciting opportunity for us to let visitors to the centre know about the urgency of the appeal. It’s a place for children and adults to learn about their cathedral, to have fun. And just as importantly, to share with us their memories of this unique building.”

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh sign a brick while visiting the unfinished cathedral in 1957.

The Make Your Mark campaign emulates the Buy A Brick campaign of the 1950s in which 200,000 people bought bricks to fund the final part of the construction of the cathedral.

The cathedral under construction. It was consecrated in 1961.

To find out how to make your mark so that the cathedral can to continue to stand watchfully over Guildford for generations to come, pop into the shop which is near Primark. It will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 3pm for 11 weeks, (excluding Good Friday and Easter Sunday).