Bay’s little treasure a hit

The Demetriades business has over 40 years established itself as a store of choice in PE

A Third-generation family business in Newton Park has been a crafter’s paradise for more than 40 years. Owner Kyriacos “Kyri” Demetriades calls Little Angel “Africa’s most interesting store”, where you need at least an hour to browse through all the crafting items, gifts, accessories, decor and furniture items displayed in the colourful store.

However, it is not the type of store where you would find “the cheap and nasty” items that are sold by some of his competitors, Demetriades jokes.

An institution in Port Elizabeth, Little Angel is the store of choice when looking for anything from a crochet hook to an ottoman.

In fact, Kyri said people travelled from across the countryside and other cities for the unique selection of goods sold at the store.

The family regularly travels overseas to find unique items for the store, mostly in China and Thailand, as well as imports many of the yarns, says Agisilaos “Agi” Demetriades, who is the latest addition to the family business.

Breathing some young life into the business, Agi first dabbled in tertiary studies and the restaurant industry for a few years before joining the family business in 2011.