Charity shop owner left 'gobsmacked' after receiving 不正に written 毒（薬） pen letter wishing their demise for selling 'Blackpool style trinkets'

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A charity shop owner has been left 'gobsmacked' after receiving a 不正に written 毒（薬） pen letter which wished their demise for selling 'Blackpool-style trinkets'.

The angry error-strewn 公式文書，認める sent to social 企業 Kreate 表明するd hope the 蓄える／店 in Sheffield would 'fail', 追加するing: 'Soon be countdown for you. Shutters will be permantley [sic] 負かす／撃墜する.'

The 匿名の／不明の letter, riddled with bad grammar and （一定の）期間ing mistakes, was 地位，任命するd to the shop on Saturday and went viral after 存在 株d online.

Shop 経営者／支配人 Ruth Denton, 37, said she was left 'gobsmacked' after 開始 the letter, 調印するd off by a seemingly fictitious group called 居住（者）s 部隊 (Bocking 小道／航路).?

Kreate, 位置を示すd in the Beauchief area of the city, opened in November to 供給する work experience for adults with learning difficulties, with the income from 製品s 投資するd in charity work.

Charity shop owner Ruth Denton, who?has been left 'gobsmacked' after receiving a 不正に written 毒（薬） pen letter which wished their demise for selling 'Blackpool-style trinkets'

This angry error-strewn 公式文書，認める sent to social 企業 Kreate 表明するd hope the 蓄える／店 in Sheffield would 'fail'

A general 見解（をとる） of the Kreate charity shop in Hutcliffe 支持を得ようと努めるd Road in Beauchief, which 現在／一般に has scaffolding outside for much needed work

Mother-of-three Ruth said: 'I wasn't going to open it, but the envelope looked a little bit 怪しげな because of the scruffy handwriting and how it was 演説（する）／住所d to 'The Owner'.

'I literally couldn't believe what I read. I was gobsmacked. I just thought 'is this what people really think of us?'.

'For a few hours I was really upset. Then I started to find it funny - because whoever wrote it has no idea about what we do here.

'They've 明確に never 始める，決める foot in the shop because what they've written makes no sense at all.

'I don't know if they've got a 本物の grudge against us, or if they might not be the 十分な shilling - but it's just taken us all aback.

'I can't understand what they would have against us.'

The letter, sent with a second-class stamp and postmarked in Sheffield, read: 'To the owner. Just a 公式文書，認める from neighbourhood watch not to welcome you. The opposite.

Ruth, seen here reading the letter, was left 'gobsmacked' after 開始 it and was 調印するd off by a seemingly fictitious group called 居住（者）s 部隊 (Bocking 小道／航路)

Some of the things on sale in the shop such as the cards, 小型の houses, 木造の 星／主役にするs and 木造の flowers are made by students that …に出席する the charity

These miniature houses feature as some of the many 手渡す made items in the shop

The items in the shop, such as these colourful 襲う，襲って強奪するs, were 述べるd in the letter as?'Blackpool-style trinkets'

'We try not to encourage Charity Shops 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the Area or shops selling Blackpool style Trinkets.

'A lot of buisnesses [sic] needed by comunitys [sic] have failed and I hope yours does too.

'another grey painted trendy Tak [sic], soon be countdown for you. Shutters will be permantley [sic] 負かす／撃墜する.'

地元のs have 決起大会／結集させるd behind the shop after the letter was 地位，任命するd on Facebook where it has been 株d hundreds of times.

Ruth said: 'We've had people who have coming today who live on Bocking 小道／航路 who are 激怒（する）ing. One lady w as やめる angry and insistent that it wasn't the opinion of 居住（者）s.

'Another guy from Bocking 小道／航路 said he has his 疑惑s of who it was. But to be honest, I don't want to know who it is.

'At the end of the day, even if this person had written their 指名する, it wouldn't stop us from what we're doing here.

'I know this person 明確に doesn't like us but I think it's probably for the best that we don't know who they are.

'What they've said has only made us more 決定するd to make Kreate a success.

'Everything they've done has worked in our favour. The letter has gone viral and people across the country - not just in the 地元の area - are now aware of what we're doing.

Ruth Denton pictured outside the Kreate shop in Sheffield?

Mother-of-three Ruth pictured sitting behinf the checkout of the 蓄える／店?

ジーンズ Nowell-Eyre. 80, visited the shop today to show her support for the charity and 労働者s

This trio of flower decorations are sold inside the shop と一緒に a number of 質 homeware and gifts

'We've had enquiries from Scotland and messages from America. The letter has had the opposite 影響 of what that person 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 達成する, so more fool them.

'They 明確に don't have a 手がかり（を与える） about what we do.'

Kreate is part of the Sheffield charity Work Ltd, which helps people with learning difficulties.?

They are able to work in the Scandi-style shop, which sells 質 homeware and gifts, to 伸び（る） 小売 experience.

Ruth continued: 'We've 注ぐd our hearts and souls into this place to make it what it is. We do not sell Blackpool-style trinkets. The 返答 from people who have come in the shop since we opened in November has been 広大な／多数の／重要な.

'The 地元のs love it. The 返答 has been 広大な／多数の／重要な. Maybe this person just hasn't bothered to work out what we are.

'We're not just a shop. We do this for the students.'

Celebrant Fiona Smith, 64, popped into Kreate to buy a pair of earrings as a show of support over the 'vile' letter.

She said: 'I don't know if they've got a bee in their bonnet or just too much time on their 手渡すs. It's just dreadful. These guys do an amazing 職業. Why would people say such vile things about such a wonderful charity.

'The people who work here have feelings. Whoever has written that letter, I've got one word for them - 'karma'.'

Natalie Simmonite, 51, who 作品 at the nearby (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進む Bakehouse, 追加するd: 'The lette r is disgusting. It's not a reflection on what they do and what they sell. They've got good 質 在庫／株 in the shop - it's not Blackpool trinkets at all.

Fiona Smith, 64, popped in the shop today and said she was disgusted by the letter and bought some earrings on her visit

Some of the things on sale at the Kreate shop are pictured on 棚上げにするs. They 含む 質 gifts such as the cards, 小型の houses, 木造の 星／主役にするs and 木造の flowers

Natalie Simmonite, 51, who 作品 in the (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進む Bakehouse on the same street was shocked and loves the shop and everything is does for charity?

'When I read the letter, I just thought that the writer 明確に has never been to the shop. The ladies who work there are so 熱烈な about what they do. They're an 資産 to the area.

'What does this person prefer? Shuttered-up shops? I'm just flabbergasted by it. Shops make a community. We're crying out for things like Kreate around here. There's not a lot around here and what they sell is unique. I love going in there.'

ジーンズ Nowell-Eyre, 80, whose granddaughter Holly Webber 接近s Work Ltd's services twice a week, said: 'I think it's somebody who's got problems. I wouldn't want any fallout fro m this to 損失 地元の people's understanding of what the shop is doing.

'It's a very 肯定的な thing that's happening here in Sheffield and the last thing we need is for that to be 損失d by an 匿名の／不明の letter-writer.'