
Village Email ListIf you are willing for your email address to be included, please would you fill out the form below and submit it. We will not share your email address with other subscribers, and you can remove your address at any time. Gill Coleman - gill@gonetwork.co.uk
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Weve lost the Pub, can we afford to lose the Village Market too?The Village Market was established in 2006. Its aims were twofold: to give villagers the chance to buy local foods direct from the producers and with volunteers providing refreshments, to be a place to relax with a newspaper, meet new people or catch up on village news over a cuppa. The Village Market has played a significant part in helping to build the strong community that makes Abbots Leigh such a special place to live. This monthly social event in the village diary remains popular with regular customers and the team of committed volunteers. It attracts customers from neighbouring villages too. However, support over the past few months has dwindled. Producers have remarked that the market is becoming less viable. Without renewed support, there is a strong chance that we could lose the Market too.![]() Village Market in its Hay Day
Tell us what you think.Do you value the Village Market?If you are a regular customer, tell us what you like and what could be improved. If you have stopped coming, what are your reasons and what would entice you back? If youve never been to the market, did you know that you can buy Herberts bread fresh from the bakers, honey from local beekeeper Dave Maslen, farm produce from Gatcombe Farm in Long Ashton and our own Leigh Court Farm, and a delicious range of homemade jams, chutneys and pastries? If you like meeting people, why not drop in for coffee and croissants and a browse of the weekend newspapers. Do you have ideas for promoting the market?We would welcome your comments (email them to Pip ANess at pip.aness@talbot-ponsonby.org, or phone Pip on 07816 152507 or John Blain on 01275 372387), but above all, we would welcome your custom.The Village Market is held on the second Saturday of every month at the village hall. Forthcoming markets are post-General Election on May 8th and then June 12th. Put these dates in your diary now. Please continue to support your Village Market. |
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Recycling and RubbishAn information pack should have been delivered with the new containers, which includes a detailed booklet about how to use the new services, a collections calendar for the new services, and clearly states when the new collections start for that particular household. Please note that any materials presented for collection in the new containers before the start date will not be collected. Additional new recycling materials, such as plastics and cartons, also wont be collected until the new recycling service starts. Recycling and food waste collections will take place every week and general rubbish and green waste collections will be alternate weeks Please note that any queries or issues about the deliveries must be logged with North Somerset Streets and Open Spaces contact centre on 01934 888 802 or email streetsandopenspaces@n-somerset.gov.uk" For any further details about the council's new recycling and waste services please visit http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/revolution. Until the new calendar starts the dates for July will follow this pattern:
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Attend A Parish Council MeetingThe Parish Council welcomes residents at council meetings (2nd Monday of each month) . You may listen. If you wish to address the meeting, you should contact Clerk to the Parish Council (above), in advance.
The Next Meeting is on Monday 12th July at 7.30pm, John Butler Room in Abbots Leigh Village Hall |
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