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I’m never entirely sure about the merits of Liking things on Facebook - there are many things I have come across that I most certainly Dislike. But to waste away such negative feelings on sharing with your friends everything that makes you miserable, seems like a waste of a way to be using the modern interweb.

As a disclaimer, then of course I would have to add that Dislike and Wivenhoe don’t really go together. That was pretty much the whole reason why @AnnaJCowen and I moved out towards the estuary and away from the *very* Dislikeable aspects of the Rotten Borough.

But yeah - if you are the kind of Facebook fanatic that goes around actively Liking all that you see around you, then there’s a few local businesses that are worthy of a Wivenhoe click.

The Black Buoy has a Facebook page - blimey. I first found this out whilst boozing away our second Friday night down towards the front. An incredibly cheap blow up doll was propped up by the bar, gazing ahead at a Find us on Facebook sign.

Find I did, and then I started to Like the Black Buoy. I never really Disliked the Black Buoy to be honest, either online or offline. It’s a boozer; the surroundings are very special. A blow up doll adds a somewhat surreal touch.

Moving slowly up the High Street, as one always must, and you come to our old-ish new friends of Cansdale & Ross and the Corner House Cafe. I’ve blogged before about the brilliant local grocer business that Nigel and Lisa have recently opened. Across the road of course is their wonderful Corner House.

A Facebook Like is only a click away, something that I’m sure my East Midlands based sister would be doing, if she was of the Facebook generation. Her young family had a rather lovely morning in the Corner House when they came Wivenhoe visiting recently.

Moving slightly up towards the High Street and we have that other new kid on the block, Curiosity. I’m not sure what validates the old and the new, and given my relatively short time so far spent living in Wivenhoe, then much like the amazing stock within, Curiosity is positively ancient.

Much, much more to come later in the week about Wivenhoe’s latest secondhand goods shop. I briefly popped in today for a chat with Fiona, who has very kindly agreed to a video interview. I have my eye on a Victorian table, two birds with one stone ‘n all that…

My own Facebook usage is very much a dumping ground for m’blog and my Flickr photos. I don’t really engage and interact on Facebook, but I do find the news feeds of old and new friends quite useful.

From a #hyperlocal business point of view and I can see how Facebook has much to offer the local community. The Black Buoy, Cansdale & Ross, the Corner House and Curiosity, can all communicate instantly with local residents, and post up on their walls what is going on within.

I rather Like this.

*any other local businesses or organisations that would like a brief video interview, or a Facebook Like plug, then please do make contact*