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14/10/2014

So much is happening at the moment I'm not sure where to begin! So I'll tell you a little about some of the local producers we are signed up to use:

Kernow Sausages - sausages, hogs pudding and bacon from pigs in Cornwall
St Ewe Eggs - medium, large and extra large eggs all laid a few miles up the road
Rodda's - milk, clotted cream, double cream, creme fraiche, custard, yoghurts, butter and some cheeses all made with milk produced in Cornwall
Newquay Fruit Sales - when in season vegetables etc grown locally
Da Bara Bakery - the bread, croissants and pain au raisin are very popular at our Produce Market
Martin's Bread - a popular, traditional Cornish bakery from St Austell who served the Hollies
Skinner's - We have already ordered bottles of Betty Stog, Cornish Knocker and their new pale ale River Cottage EPA. Getting our priorities right!

Three huge blades of 45 metres in length each were transported through Grampound tonight.

30/9/2014

A good number of residents came out in the dark and rain tonight to witness a massive convoy of police vehicles stopping all traffic for three huge lorries carrying a blade each. As one resident commented 'we've never seen anything like it before'. It seems that people either respect or dislike wind turbines but whatever your position the community fund has helped purchase the shop portacabin and the decking.

These photographs do not do justice to what was witnessed but it was raining and I am a pretty amateur photographer!

Our store is receiving £7,500 from a community fund set up by Airvolution Ltd who are developing the two wind turbines at Garlenick Estate.

30/9/2014

The significance of mentioning this today is that between 7-8 pm tonight the blades of the two turbines are being transported through Grampound from the Truro direction ready for erection on the Garlenick site. This should be an interesting sight and I will take photos and post them tomorrow. In the meantime below are a couple of photos of the site being developed.

We held a viewing of the store and shop on Saturday for those attending the Produce Market. We had a fantastic response from everyone who attended.

28/9/2014

We had a steady stream of viewers and below right you can see Dr Dean Jenkins, Chairman of our Parish Council and Canon Andrew Wade sharing a joke with Alison who is painting the coffee shop.

"They're not looking like portacabins anymore - it's a proper shop!" so says a local resident.

23/9/2014

I go away for less than two weeks and cannot believe the progress made by the team led by Helen, Irv and Alison. The store and coffee shop have been painted a beautiful bay tree green, the interior of the store is a pale grey and the wood decking is gorgeous!

We have had volunteer painters (some using rollers and others 3ins brushes - you know who you are!), carpenters and those willing to use elbow grease to do the cleaning and there will be plenty more to do in the next few weeks!
See photos below and more on our gallery page.

Village Store Float in Grampound Carnival on Saturday

9/9/2014

Our village carnival is always a special day for Grampound and this year was no exception. The village store committee were lucky enough to use Tim Lobb's vintage lorry to display local suppliers and local foods that will be available in our shop in just a few weeks time. We won third prize but we were very much a winner with the crowds in the street especially as we had lots of sweets to hand out. The photograph below was taken by local photography student, Joe Allen. Thanks Joe.

Thank you Susan and Jeff Ashwell for a fantastic barbeque!

1/9/2014

On the last day of August Susan and Jeff were the perfect hosts at a superb barbeque with all the funds going towards our village store. Nearly 60 people enjoyed the evening with Susan, Jeff and neighbours Susan and Martin preparing and cooking delicious food (the bar organised by Margie and sister, Ruth was popular too). As well as having fun over £800 was raised. A truly successful night.

Thought you would like to see a fantastic transformation of free stools we received from St Austell Brewery!

22/8/2014

Adam Luck at St Austell Brewery provided tables, chairs and stools for us to refurbish for our coffee shop and we have a small team working hard to make them beautiful. We have some very skilled volunteers and below shows three stools before and after Alison Ryves got to work on them.

Part-time Manager

21/8/2014

Grampound Village Store
seeks a Part-time Manager to join an enthusiastic team in setting-up and running this exciting new community business. Retail experience essential.

Further details contact : 01726 882714

CLICK for JOB DESCRIPTION & JOB APPLICATION

It's a wet Thursday morning but who noticed when the coffee shop arrived! (more photos on the gallery)...

14/8/2014