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Karen Bethell
Published:
5:47 PM December 31, 2020
Bodham parish councillor Callum Ringer, who is hoping to open a community shop run by a mix of paid staff and volunteers.
- Credit: KAREN BETHELL
Residents of three north Norfolk villages are a step closer to realising their dream of reinstating their local shop and post office, after bagging £750 towards start-up costs.
The cash has been awarded to Bodham and Beckham Community Shop Project by the Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme, a partnership between house builders Hopkins Homes and national charity the Plunkett Foundation which provides practical advice, support and training to new and established community businesses.
A CAMPAIGN to save a village s last pub could see it given a special protected status. The landlords of The Manor, in Rectory Road, Great Holland, previously announced it will not reopen after Covid-19 following persistent “upsetting” complaints from neighbours. David Salmon instead submitted blueprints for a change of use to turn the watering hole into a five-bedroom home. Paul Withams, from nearby Manor Road, and a number of other villagers banded together in a bid to save the pub, formally known as The Ship Inn. The group, called the Manor Reborn, submitted an application to Tendring Council for the pub to be listed as an asset of community value.