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Counter Spy in the New-Style Village Shop

Posted on August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 by Debbie Young

The new name for the Hawkesbury village shop since it passed into community ownership

This post about my new role as a volunteer in our community-owned village shop first appeared in the Hawkesbury Parish News (August 2016)

A few days ago, I entered the village shop with some trepidation for my first ever shift in our new community-owned shop.

I am not sure how I got to be this old without ever having worked in a shop before. The closest I’ve come was is during a very brief career as a waitress in a York tea-shop when I was a student. Continue reading “Counter Spy in the New-Style Village Shop” →

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Three Historic Moments

Posted on July 3, 2016July 18, 2016 by Debbie Young

Panoramic photo of hills around Hawkesbury — The Somerset Monument that towers above my village, Hawkesbury Upton

This article was originally written for the July issue of the Hawkesbury Parish News, and the deadline was a week before the EU Referendum. What a world away that time seems now…

As I write this post, we’re poised on the brink of three historic milestones: Continue reading “Three Historic Moments” →

Photo of the entrance to the Hawkesbury Shop

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The Unsung Services of Our Village Shop

Posted on March 12, 2015July 18, 2016 by Debbie Young

(Originally written for the March edition of the Hawkesbury Parish News, this post praises our village shop and encourages people everywhere to shop local)

“I’m sending you a tall dark handsome man.”

So I was told when I popped in to the Hawkesbury Shop to collect my regular Hobbs House bread order the other week. Hmm, now there’s a new service I didn’t know about, I thought, wondering what my husband would make of it. Continue reading “The Unsung Services of Our Village Shop” →