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Reaching for the stores
Reaching for the stores
With pubs and shops closing down at an alarming rate Richard Hollingum describes how his community is trying another way…It is estimated that across the country about 400 village shops close each year. More alarmingly in terms of speed is that CAMRA estimate that 29 pubs close every week. For villages either of these events can mean a lot more than not being able to buy the paper and milk or get…
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Community Shop Pt.2 - A Local example - Twyford Village Stores
An excellent local example of a community shop is the Twyford Village Stores Community Shop a mile or so up the road from Marsh Gibbon in Twyford.
Founded by a community group who took over the running of an existing village shop, they have now moved on from the first location into purpose built premises ensuring that the provision of a village shop in Twyford continues into perpetuity.
The shop was supported in its development by the community as well as the Plunkett Foundation and is operated by a mix of volunteers and paid staff (the vast majority are volunteers).
The shop carries a broad, well stocked and quality range of food, drinks and household items as well as a newsagent with magazines, newspapers and stationary. The cafe is excellent with tea and coffee served alongside sandwiches and cakes with places to sit inside and out.
The real eye catching part of the shop though is the bread which is baked fresh on the premises by The Grumpy Bakers (who appear to be far more cheerful than their name implies) producing high quality freshly produced artisan breads, cakes, pastries and savouries to eat in or take away. They are a small team serving rural North Bucks and rotate what they do between a number of different premises locally serving different communities.
Twyford village is relatively small, but the shop provides a focal point and is run with a real sense of community providing a service which would not be accessible for some residents otherwise.
Many in Marsh Gibbon already use the shop, it’s certainly worth the journey to support a truly local community initiative and pick-up some freshly baked bread at the same time.
http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/news/more-news/twyford-s-new-look-village-store-now-open-1-5613633
