Drop the parcel off. Walk out with the card as well.
Something Special on Halifax Road is a DPD parcel drop-off and pick-up point. It is also a card and gift shop, so the errand and the birthday card happen in one stop.
Cards for every occasion, gifts, balloons, party essentials and stationery. Card, contactless and cash all taken at the counter.
DPD parcel pointCards for every occasionBalloons and partywareClosed Mondays
The shop is a DPD drop-off and pick-up point. Bring a parcel in during opening hours and it goes off with DPD. If a delivery has been left here for you, this is the counter you collect it from.
A DPD drop-off usually wants either a printed label or a QR code on your phone. Have one or the other ready and it takes a minute.
It is what gets a lot of people through the door for the first time. While the parcel is being sorted you are stood in front of the card rack anyway.
The racks are the job. You should be able to walk in on the morning of the birthday and still come out with the right card.
Cards for every occasion
Birthdays, anniversaries, new baby, sympathy, thank you. The whole calendar, plus the ones you did not know existed until you needed one.
Gifts
The bit that stops a card being just a card. If you are stuck for somebody, say who it is for and ask at the counter.
Balloons
For a birthday or a new arrival. Also for the round-number ones nobody is allowed to forget about.
Party essentials and partyware
The bits that turn a kitchen table into a party. One stop rather than three.
Stationery
Pens and paper and the practical things. People come in for those and then remember they also need a card.
The parcel counter
DPD drop-off and pick-up over the same counter. Plenty of people come in for that and leave with a card.
Paying
Card, contactless and cash are all taken. No minimum spend to fish a coin out for.
Asking what something costs. The shop runs from a single card to a boxed gift, so it comes down to what you pick up. Ring with what you have in mind and you will get a figure straight away.
Better still, call in and have a look. Half of choosing a present is picking it up and turning it over.
Open Tuesday to Saturday
The shop is shut on Mondays. Every other day it opens at nine, and Saturday finishes half an hour earlier than the rest of the week.
MondayClosed
Tuesday09:00 — 17:00
Wednesday09:00 — 17:00
Thursday09:00 — 17:00
Friday09:00 — 17:00
Saturday09:00 — 16:30
SundayClosed
Mondays vary. Ring on 07123 456789 before a special trip and save yourself a wasted one.
4.4out of 5, from 19 Google reviews
That is the rating as it stands on its Google listing. A card shop lives or dies on whether the rack has the right one in it on the day you need it.
Paying
Card, contactless and cash are all taken at the counter.
Sending a parcel on a Monday
You can't — the shop is shut. Tuesday to Saturday the DPD drop-off and pick-up point runs through the ordinary opening hours above.
41 Halifax Road, Todmorden
The shop sits on Halifax Road, postcode OL14 5BB. Call in for a card, a gift, balloons or the parcel counter. Or send a message and somebody will come back to you.
