What would a birthday be without a cake! Jo Songhurst used one of her many and various talents to decorate a very large cake this morning with our logo. As usual on a Saturday the shop was heaving with customers, but we managed to persuade Christine and Scarlet to leave the till and light the candle. . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – Birthday cake!
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This weekend is the first anniversary of the opening of The Shop at Strood Green. We can’t believe it! It has been such a busy year and we have all learned so much from it. The shop goes from strength to strength and now receives over 2000 visits a week from its customers. It is always . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – It’s our birthday! A plot of land in Middle Street in Brockham has been propose to be purchased by Brockham residents to preserve it’s current usage. Many local villagers are getting a fund together to take ownership of this land. A limited company, ELP, Brockham will own the land, with villagers owning shares in this company to ensure that the . . . → Read More: Surrey News – Middle Street Land Appeal, Brockham Hoards of customers are relying on the shop for their basics at the moment, as the roads in and out of Strood Green are so treacherous. Our bake-off oven is going like the clappers and we have ordered substantial quantities of vegetables for the weekend ahead, with more snow forecast. If the delivery vans and lorries . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – Shop very busy in the big freeze Our Christmas tree, kindly donated by Charlie Frost in Newdigate, is happily planted on the island outside the shop, and Ant Hamilton has spent several hours of his precious time installing Christmas lights on the tree and on the fascia, as well as inside the shop. Heather Simister has done a wonderful job decorating the shop . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – READY for Christmas!! We now have prize-winning local honey in store, plus a wide range of locally grown vegetables – beautiful romanesque cauliflowers (so pretty: shall we eat them or photograph them?), new season’s parsnips, beetroot, radishes, french and runner beans, huge marrows and local onions. Richard Ramsden is supplier of the month for his dedication in providing the . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – Summer in the store Yesterday we received the new that Brockham has been voted Surrey Village of the Year in the Business category, thanks in part to the launching of our community shop this year. Other factors were the new and well-run Brockham website(www.brockham.org) and the village’s fundraising efforts for the Surrey Air Ambulance appeal. We are very proud to . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – Village of the Year Award Our new fruit and veg chiller is stocked full this week with redcurrants, blackcurrants, strawberries and whitecurrants, plus broad beans, beetroot and beautiful fresh courgettes picked in Brockham this morning. We also have red spring onions, lollo rosso and other lettuces, and baby spinach – ready to make an interesting salad. CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver disappointed a village community when he failed to make an appearance for a TV commercial being filmed on its… Continue reading You can advertise your business within the Surrey area by adding your details to one of our local sites. Advertise . . . → Read More: Surrey News – Village hopes of Jamie Oliver visit dashed Today we take delivery of our new fruit and veg chiller, thanks in part to a generous donation from Brockham Parish Council. We need it! In addition to the local veg we buy in from Guildford, and the staples we get from Covent Garden, we are stocking more and more of our own village produce. We . . . → Read More: Shop At Strood Green Update – Summer produce is a-comin’ in! |
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