The first oven
In 2011 Marta Lindqvist rented a tiny kitchen behind a hardware shop and carried in a second-hand deck oven that nearly did not fit through the door. The first batch of loaves came out lopsided, and the neighbours bought every one.
The name came from a cracked tea-towel Marta kept on the bench: a crumb trail across a cosy blue stripe.
Growing into a street corner
By 2014 the hardware shop closed for good and the bakery took over the whole corner. A striped awning went up, a counter was built from reclaimed floorboards and a hand-painted sign took its place above the door.
The queue started at the pavement edge on Saturdays, so a bench appeared outside. It has been there ever since.
Milestones along the way
- 2011
First batch of loaves baked behind the hardware shop.
- 2012
Starter named and officially put on a feeding timetable.
- 2014
Moved to the corner unit on Linden Wharf Row.
- 2016
Pastry bench added and the first croissants rolled by Oliver.
- 2018
Cake studio corner opened for order-only celebration bakes.
- 2020
Doorstep bread runs for neighbours who could not get out.
- 2022
Second oven installed and a Sunday opening started.
- 2024
Community bread-shaping hour began on the first Sunday of every month.
- 2026
Fifteen years of baking and a recipe notebook with 400 stained pages.
The recipe notebook
Marta's first notebook still lives on the shelf above the sink. It is held together with elastic bands and contains scribbles like less salt, more time and ask Oliver about the butter.
New staff are invited to add one note of their own during their first month. Some are recipes, some are jokes, and one is a very good drawing of a pigeon.
What comes next
We plan to keep things small. More seasonal bakes, more baking sessions for local groups and a few more benches outside are on the list.
If you have a favourite memory of the bakehouse, tell us at the counter. The notebook has room.