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Tetbury Welcomes New MP
Dr Roz Savage MBE at New
Chamber launch
A new Totally free business network, aiming to champion the growth, development and to promote Tetbury, was launched last Thursday (Aug 8). Despite the dismal weather, the event was well attended with representatives across the spectrum of all businesses. Every one was treated to amazing drinks and nibbles donated by local businesses and huge thanks must go to these businesses for their support for this initiative which included an amazing display of sandwiches from the Snooty Fox, wines from Tetbury Wines, and wines from Tetbury Vineyard, sumptuous savouries from Jesse Smith, Muffins from Upton Mill, Pizzas from Casa and James of Flooring South West and other assorted nibbles and drinks from Tesco and the Co-op, beautiful flowers from Sentiments, and last but not least exquisite St Mary’s Church Tetbury for the wonderful venue.
Giving everyone a taste of Tetbury literally and of course the real spirit and friendliness of the Town. It was great to have our newly elected MP, Dr Roz Savage MBE, who talked but more importantly listened to some of the issues raised. Roz said ‘' Wonderful to meet so many members of the Tetbury business community at last night’s inaugural meeting of the relaunched Chamber of Business, organised by Kevin Painter, and his wife Coreen. Thanks to all for a lively discussion, and I look forward to working with you to ensure that Tetbury has a vibrant and prosperous town centre!’' She was presented with thank you gifts of a stunning Bouquet of flowers from Sentiments and a superb bottle of wine from Tetbury Vineyard. Leading the collective/initiative will be acting chair Kevin Painter who said: "I'm genuinely delighted to be joining my esteemed colleagues in bringing this vision to life and a return for our local businesses to have a voice and an opportunity to work together, with this groundbreaking free community platform. Apart from the always emotive subject of car parking, some suggestions made which are being implemented immediately. The first being to market the town to attract a wider audience and show and share the the beauty and positiveness of Tetbury. We will be using this newspaper and social media to start to implement this, so if you have a story please let me know. The second is the return of the ring round system which will consist of a WhatsApp phone number and Email that our businesses can use to communicate with each other not only for safety but to discuss future suggestions, we are thankful to Pat, from Skeins and Coreen who will be visiting businesses to explain and get them involved free. Finishing touches are being put to the website which will be a definitive directory and information for all business related matters. It was suggested that we meet every two months time and location of next meeting to be confirmed. For further information email admin@tetburychamber.org or phone/WhatsApp 07780143160
Tetbury welcomes
The Gilbertine Kitchen.
The Tetbury welcomed its brand-new independent family run café The Gilbertine Kitchen. Sarah Bliss who runs it with her daughters said she was excited to be opening in Tetbury already we have been made to feel at home by the people and the amazing fantastic welcoming traders in the town.and of course thanks must go to my enthusiastic team.
Provenance is a big deal here’s they are Passionate about sustainable, healthy and ethical produce.
The attention to detail of the Beautiful stylishly furnished and decorated location that matches the superb menu is no surprise as Sarah who has a background in photography with two other highly successful eateries in her portfolio, the first The Gilbertine Kitchen that opened in November 2019 at nearby Poulton ( which is temporary closed for refurbishment) and the Burrito Mama the Old Post Office near Blackjack Street, in Cirencester
Sarah added ''when we started I was given the confidence boost that two of my five daughers, Ella and Grace, already had a lot of hospitality experience,”Cornelia who was one of the early happy visitors said 'To have a restaurant of this quality in Tetbury is a huge asset to the community living here and its visitors and this is only day one and already I’m planning and looking forward to revisit As they say the proof is in the pudding and you can find out for yourself when you visit they serve breakfast from 9.00am until 11.30 am and then lunch from 12.00noon until 3.00pm until three coffee tea and cakes or available all day. It is also spacious and has no steps making it accessible for buggies or wheelchairs, and it is even dog friendly
THANK YOU POPPY
Tetbury said farewell and gave thanks to our much loved Reverend Canon Poppy Hughes at her special packed final service Sunday 21 July
Poppy said 'I look forward very much to sharing this Benefice service together. I'm delighted to say that that The Revd Kim Brown and The Revd Rob Church will be involved in leading worship, as well as The Revd Pauline Setterfield and The Revd Dr Steve Bullock. So we will have a lovely full complement of Curate colleagues past and present, and a chance to catch up with old friends. I hope it will be a special time to celebrate all we have shared in these past eleven years; to thank God for the many blessings in our ministry and life together; and to hold in prayer the ways God plans to build on this in the future! An emotional Poppy reminded us of what she said to Bishop Michael when she first applied for the post ''if I am not successful then I will have to come back to Tetbury as when I came to visit I lost my heart to Tetbury.” She was given a pictured painted by Nicki Heenan of Iona a special ancient place of pilgrimage where Poppy and many of the Tetbury congregation have stayed enjoyed the beauty of the island and experience Christian community living she was also presented with a beautiful picture from the children from Little Fishes Sunday school of a tree with the leaves made of thumbprints from the children as a reminder. A true testament of her work with children was one young Nathan stood up and announced three cheers for Poppy thanking her for what she had done for him, and other children. Revd Pauline Setterfield gave a beautiful heartwarming reflection of Poppys amazing work
Ordained in 2010, Poppy joined us in September 2013 serving the Tetbury Benefice, Beverston, Long Newton and Shipton Moyne. Poppy made the move to Tetbury from South-East London where she was a curate working closely with children and young families, Poppy was a producer for Radio 4, helping put together shows such as You and Yours, Any Questions, and Any Answers; then, at church one day, she had a call from God
She has been a major part of or Town and the other Benefices with the loving pastoral care that includes many activities, from being involved in the Food Bank, through to visits to individuals at home and to Tetbury's care homes. The work with children includes the monthly iSingPOP CELEBRATE family sessions, St Mary's after-school club Faith Explorers, and Little Fishes Sunday School at the 10.00 am Sunday service in church. And there are many opportunities for people to discover more about the Christian faith and to grow as disciples of Jesus: from our "Being With” courses, explorers' course, to "Reflect Women's Breakfasts" and home groups in Advent and Lent.with services that draw in young and old alike: from 300+ people gathering on Remembrance Sunday, to over 600 folk sharing in the services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Our Town is the poorer for her leaving but her new post as Vicar of St Peter's Grange Park. It's in Enfield, she will continue gods work and people will be lucky and blessed. Good luck Poppy and I think you know how loved you are.
LOOK WHO'S HERE !
There were celebrations in Tetbury on Tuesday 7 May as the Town’s Mayor and Town Crier joined the team at Specsavers to officially open the new store.
Locally owned and run by four directors, Cobi Williams, Rizwan Choonara, Jo Bryan and Jake Henderson, the store on Long Street, just a couple of doors down from The Close Hotel, is now welcoming customers for both eye and hearing tests. Jake Henderson Tetbury Manager said ‘It was fantastic to have the Tetbury Town Mayor, Councillor Liz Farnham and Tetbury Town Crier, Tony Evans to help us with our official opening, ‘We’ve also received a really warm welcome from the local community and are looking forward to welcoming customers to the store for all their eye and ear care needs. It’s been lots of hard work to get to this point but it’s all worth it when it comes together and we saw our first customer come through the door.’
Complete with four testing rooms, including a sound-proofed audiology room, as well as a comprehensive range of frames and the latest state-of-the-art equipment, the 11-strong team is on hand to help. Familiar faces to Specsavers, Cobi, Rizwan and Jo also run Specsavers in Stroud and are joined by new optical director, Jake who previously worked at Specsavers in Cowley. Between them, they bring a total of 65 years’ experience.
Jake concluded‘As well as our optical and audiology services, we’ll be looking to get more involved with the local community and supporting causes and initiatives,’ adds Jake. ‘It’s important to the whole team that we give back, so it’s definitely something we’ll be doing as we get to know Tetbury and its residents.’ A truly typical Tetbury welcome was given to the New store as a few people who walked past during the opening said to Jake and his team so glad that you're here, and welcome to Tetbury I will be in soon. The new store is situated in the former Lloyds bank building. And fits in perfectly with the ethos of Tetbury By being stylish friendly and welcoming.
To make an eye test or hearing appointment, you can visit the store at 12 Long Street, Tetbury, GL8 8AQ, by calling 01666 330660 or visiting https://www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/tetbury
This is Girl Power - 2024 Tetbury style!
The first inaugural Everything in the Garden arts festival centring on Tetbury and nearby arts venues. Continues with An Everything in the Garden selling art exhibition at Spencer House Gallery, 34 Long Street, Tetbury. 21 June to 24 August. Open Thursday to Sunday. Free entry. Festival continues with A Nature's Garden selling art show at Tetbury Goods Shed, 26 June to 11 August. Open Wednesday to Sunday. Free entry.
A Meet the Artist event at Tetbury Goods Shed, 11am to 3pm on Saturday 29 June. Free entry.
An Everything in the Garden illustrated talk about Painswick Rococo Garden, presented by garden director Dominic Hamilton, combined with a live garden-themed musical programme at Tetbury Goods Shed, Saturday 13 July, 7.30pm. Booking now open.
An illustrated Year in the Garden talk about her year of artist residency at Painswick Rococo Garden by painter Angie Spencer. At Spencer House Gallery on Thursday 25 July, 7 – 8.30pm. Pre-booking required and tickets £10.
A free Meet the Artist event at Spencer House Gallery during the afternoon of Saturday 3 August.
The programme launched with a plein air painting and drawing contest at Painswick Rococo Garden in May. Winning and Highly Commended entries from that event will show at Tetbury's Spencer House Gallery, alongside other regional artists' new work, and Tetbury Goods Shed arts centre this summer.
Co-organiser Chris Woodcock said: “It's been fantastic to pool expertise and devise multi-media events and collaborations, helping to promote each venue and each starring participant and supporting art and culture in our talented South Cotswold region.”
More details – including special incentive offers to enjoy free refreshments, get reduced Garden entry or win £100 towards purchasing an artwork – are available from Spencer House Gallery 34 Long Street, or call 07841 979273.
KEEP SUNDAY PARKING FREE AND GIVE TETBURY, AND ALL COTSWOLDS BUSINESSES A BREAK!
The Lib Dem-run Cotswold District Council plans to charge to park in the Council owned/managed car parks by axing the Free Sunday Parking throughout all the Towns that Cotswold council owned/ managed car parks,
The Tetbury Chamber have launched a petition with support from the public and are calling on them to ‘Reconsider and continue to provide parking free of charge Sunday parking not only in Tetbury but across the Cotswolds for Car Parks that are in their purview.’
If it happens in Tetbury.
It's news to us!
Phase one of the new Tetbury Chamber has been launched.The new chamber has come about after listening to many many businesses and will be driven organically by the very people that need it. First there will be a WhatsApp group for all businesses. Many businesses have stated it would be good to have a forum where businesses can network raise concerns or put forward ideas, that simplistically that will be the aim of the Chamber whatApp group.
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