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Store celebrates
JAYNE and Paul Tame are celebrating the first anniversary of their Costcutter convenience store, based at Cheddar Motors, at Tweentown in Cheddar. They decided to open it when the general store next door closed, converting what had been the garage shop and car wash. Jayne said: “We felt there was a need at this end of the village. It was a gamble, but the
shop has proved to be very popular.” It now employs six people and will make deliveries to customers who are unable to get there. As well as newspapers and a general range of goods, they stock Bird’s bread and Somerset organic milk. The business is very much a family affair. Paul’s father Bill and mother Helen have been there 35 years and still help out. Jayne and Paul’s son, Zack, aged 16, is an apprentice in the garage. Jayne said: “We’d like to say Thank You to all our customers and hope to see you in the New Year.”
For all your Fuel, oil, car care, milk, vegetables, Bird's Bakery, cakes, drinks, lo ery, cigare es, magazines and newspapers Open: 6.30am–8pm Mon to Fri 7.30am–8pm Sat 8am–8pm Sun
Costcutter • Tweentown • Cheddar
CHEDDAR MOTORS LTD Service & Repairs on Cars and Vans Motorcyle MOT Class 1 & 2 MOT Class 4 Latest diagnostic equipment Tweentown, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3JE Tel: 01934 742955 Email: cheddarmotors@boschauto.co.uk PAGE 40 • MENDIP TIMES • DECEMBER 2012
Cheddar’s big night
CHEDDAR Festive Night starts with a carol service at St. Andrew’s Church, before a rocket is fired from the church tower. Shops and businesses stay open late December throughout the village and gorge. There’s also a variety of roadside stalls, bands and other entertainment, plus a special market area in Cliff Street Car Park.
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Author’s new challenge
CHEDDAR historian Nicola Foster, co-author of Cheddar Through Time, has a new project, West Mendip Through Time, showing the history of the area through old photographs, postcards and cuttings. It will cover Axbridge, Shipham, Star and Rowberrow, Blagdon, Burrington, Winscombe, Cheddar, Draycott, Rodney Stoke and Westbury. She’s working with local history societies and a fellow student at Strode College, Will Dawe, and is appealing for help in finding material. The book will raise funds for King John’s Hunting Lodge in Axbridge and she hopes to launch it next May at an event in Shipham Village Hall. Details: 01934 741201 ncfoster@btinternet.com
Cheddar Through Time – £14.99
Author Nicola Foster will be signing copies at The Sitting Room on Cheddar Festive Night 4.30pm - 6.30pm
Details: Nicola Foster 01934 741201 email ncfoster@btinternet.com Church Street, Cheddar BS27 3RF 01934 741742 www.sittingroom.org.uk