Thanks for replies - complaints book conspicuous by absence - mum spent a morning 'mending' said beads - amazing what you can do with small screwdriver and determination!! Beads are now on new 'fishing line' type thread purchased from good old Chinese shop (really good service and no agression) - cl...

My mums friend went down to the square this evening and bought some beads (stall by the Sol hotel and zebra crossing) - by the time she had reached the folk group on the stage on the beach (2 MINS)and showed her husband they had all fallen off the setting and she took them straight back to the stall...