A pair of former teachers have set up a children’s play area and a coffee shop just outside the entrance to Banham Zoo. Play Nooks and Coffee Nooks, set up by friends Stephanie Tipple and Vickie Wretham, opened late last month. But the idea for the businesses first came to the East Harling pair from meeting on the playground. “Our children go to Kenninghall School and, after getting to know each other, having many coffees and chats, we wanted to create a play place that we felt was not really out there,” said Mrs Tipple. “So it started as a whimsical ‘what if?’ thought and then, before we knew…