Cleaning up became a family affair when grandparents Jeremy and Diana Snowden were on shift the other day. “Our grandchildren Jack and Eva came to help on my café shift,” says Diana. “Then our son Oli and daughter-in-law Angie came to check out the service, and ended up getting roped in to shut down at […]

Pretty little Autumn regularly toddles over to Ilmington Community Shop with mummy Leanne and this week she couldn’t wait to tuck into a delicious “awby” of her own. You don’t have to be two to get excited about our new season produce – we’ve got strawberries fresh from the New Forest, asparagus spears from Herefordshire […]

Owner Bill Buckley, seen here delivering our latest batch by hand, (all the way from his distillery in Back Street to the Community Shop,) is delighted. “We are thrilled that our Dry Gin performed so well,” he says. “The Silver Medal demonstrates that we are creating the types of spirits that bar managers and mixologists […]

They produce an excellent range of frozen ready meals from their chef’s kitchen in north Oxfordshire. “It’s a proper family business,” says proud delivery driver Chris. “People travel from far and wide to buy our pork pies.” The enterprise, run by husband and wife Henry and Georgia Lawrence, includes a full butchery service, shop and […]

Welcome to Coffee and Connect, an opportunity to get a helping hand in Ilmington Community Café. From 2 to 4pm on Friday 12th April – and potentially every month – you can come and meet Linda, a Community Connector for VASA, the Stratford-on-Avon volunteer group. Linda’s a lady with a lot of good information. She […]