It’s a great way to make friends and read more widely. Ilmington Community Café reopens this morning, with our first Book Club meeting of 2023 scheduled for 2pm. Each meeting we select a title based on individual suggestions and chat about it a month later. Today’s discussion is A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult, […]

A year of celebration and commemoration, of new connections and new life. We made marmalade and we made merry. We worked with amazing suppliers from around the Cotswolds. We said farewell to our Queen and “hello” to newborn babies at Parent and Baby group. We wined, we dined. We made cakes, we shared suppers. Everything […]

We’re thinking of putting Rockin Robin on a diet in the New Year – either that or renaming him Rollin. You might remember Rockin, the friendly robin who hangs out on our cafe terrace stealing crumbs and posing for tourist snaps? Well, like the rest of us, he seems to have put on a pound […]

It must be time to wish everyone a merry Christmas! From left: Fiona, Becky, Michele, Laura, Mike, Sarah, Julie and Debbie would like to say cheers to our faithful customers, thank you to all our wonderful volunteers and “happy holidays” to everyone who knows us. The shop is open till 5pm today, Christmas Eve, and […]

Caught under the mistletoe are (left to right) Catherine, Jenny, Rob and Sarah, all of whom dedicate their time on a Tuesday morning. Rob and Sarah Beebee start at 7am, baking bread and croissants, sorting out the day’s newspapers, the fresh milk and the veg. Customers roll in from 7.30. At 9am there’s a change […]