Lee, the affable manager of the Village Pub is opening a shop tomorrow.
Until 2010, Trelawnyd has always had a shop. Indeed at one time there was a baker's shop, three general stores, a small electrical shop and a small sweet shop all within the village boundary!, but since the Post Office shut last year the population has to walk a mile up the road to the Spar Garage, which at least provides a basic (if slightly expensive) range of goods.
The new shop will offer home made pies, home made bread, milk, vegetables ,fruit, and the like and will be run from a small refurbished area at the back of the pub....the enterprise shows initiative and thought for the community and should be in my mind, be supported by the villagers who need to be reminded of the phrase "use it or lose it"
I am sure that the older people here will eventually use another village store...it is the younger, working population that may need a push not to get into their cars and razz down to Sainsburys in Rhuddlan which is around 5 miles away.
So people of Trelawnyd.....get down to the Crown tomorrow with your shopping bags at the ready!
The words 'Spar Garage' made me shiver. Spar usually spells expensive, as well as poor quality. A little like 'Happy Shopper'.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to your landlord. Hope it all goes well.
I agree with you that you need to use it or lose it. Our village has similar issues. Although expensive, I try to use the local butcher and green grocer a few times per month in between supermarket shops.
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ReplyDeleteThis is indeed good news for your village and, we think, an act of courage on the part of the pub landlord particularly, as you well know, in these times when so many vilages are losing their shops along with many other amenities. We do hope that it will succeed as it can be very difficult, as you suggest, to change people's shopping habits.
Good news for your village. You have to be regressive these days to be progressive - sign of the times.
ReplyDeleteNice to see CJ and Badger out in the sun. Your flowers look lovely.
ReplyDeleteLord save us from the obligatory Spar...
ReplyDeleteTerrible that local post offices have to shut at all, especially for the older folk.
I have a fantasy of living somewhere flat enough so I could ride my bicycle to the shops and back without having a heart attack.
Holland for example.
Around here the local, huge grocery store chains are setting up neighbourhood stores and charging 'an arm and a leg' for everything. I don't mind buying from a small,locally owned store though.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, John. I'd love a shop within walking distance. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope that the village supports the new store, John. It's a great thing to have a friendly little shop where people can pop in and pick up a few necessities. I hope that the owner is going to be buying his produce locally, also. Might be a good place to sell some of your extra crops, eh?
ReplyDeleteHOmemade pies, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! We a horrible, crappy, dirty grocery store in our nearest town. THey keep saying they are going to build a new one. Last year they even brought in a zillion truckloads of gravel for the new location. Then head office said yet again, "Not this year." Meanwhile, I refuse to buy milk there because it's always sour. Actually, I don't shop there at all unless I have to.
ReplyDeletePeople of John's village, flock to your new store and kee it in business!
What started as a neighborhood fruit and vegetable stand 25 years ago in our area is now a large operation, but it's run the same way it always was. There are many rules against selling homemade things here, and the supermarkets have snuck through laws against anything that might provide competition for them, in the interest of "food safety" of course. As if some of the overprocessed crud they sell is really safe for anyone in the long run. Good luck with the local shop.
ReplyDeleteDon't you feel good when you have given some of your creatures a special treat?
ReplyDeleteHope the shop goes well.
The shop sounds like it will be a wonderful addition to the community.
ReplyDeleteA new shop, the best of luck to them!
ReplyDeleteCute picture of the odd couple, basking in the sun in their little cage!
It sounds wonderful. Oh to be able to go somewhere and buy homemade pies/breads/cakes etc. I do hope it goes for all of you!
ReplyDeleteBTW, had a sick day yesterday and watched a film on the Independent Film Channel. It looks like it might be on youtube also,if you haven't seen it: The Station Agent.
Have you seen it already? I would be interested in what you think of it.
Hope you have a great week!
meggs.
Thanks John! Normally I run a search of your blog for the film title, but I am still not really "with it" today. I am glad to read that you enjoyed it also.
ReplyDeleteI love films with witty banter and films that are character studies!
Cheers!
I hope people will support the new shop. Wish we had a village shop here - it would be so handy. The nearest shop to us is a 12 mile round trip. I wish the landlord all the best!
ReplyDeleteBrave man starting a shop in these difficult times. I always try to patronize these type of stores as they are my neighbors and I want them to do well. I am not religious but I do believe we are our brother's keeper and I will pay more (well, a little more) to a mom @ pop shop rather than give my money to a big corporation.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to the new store, I hope the village gets behind it and supports it. Our general store cum post office is the heart of our small community, I don't know how we'd manage without it.
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