The next meeting of the Weston Community Shop Group will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 29th May 2012.
New members are always welcome.
The following services are available at the outreach post office service provided at Weston Village Hall from 1pm to 4pm each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon:
Royal mail has announced that, from 30th April 2012, the price of second class stamps will go up from 36p to 50p and first class stamps will go up from 46p to a whopping 60p!
But did you know that if you buy books of first and second class stamps before 30th April you can use them indefinitely. So now is the time to stock up with books of stamps and remember, you can buy them at the post office in Weston Village Hall on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1pm – 4pm.
A reminder that the Post Office is open in the small meeting room ( Doctor’s waiting room) at Weston Village Hall from 1pm – 4pm each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. A full range of post office services is available.
The Village Market is open again each Thursday afternoon in Weston Village Hall.
So why not call in and buy some local produce or a cup of tea and a cake at the same time that you visit the Post Office also open from 1pm – 4pm on Thursdays.
The new Weston part-time post office opened in the village hall yesterday although it encountered a few technical glitches. It wil be open again at 1pm on Tuesday 6th March and hopefully the gremlins will have gone by then. The facility will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm to 4pm.
The first customers.
Representatives of the Community Shop Group and Parish Council.
Postmaster Phil Goodwin
The necessary adaptations have been completed and equipment installed so all is now set for the opening of our new part-time post office in the village hall from Thursday 1st March. The new facility will be open from 1pm – 4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We hope that villagers will support Postmaster Phil and use the service.
We continue to work with Weston with Gayton Parish Council and the Weston Village Hall Committee to develop plans and seek funding for an extension to the village hall to host a community shop and Post Office.
We are watching for developments regarding the sale of the existing Westons Stores and might not go ahead with our project if the existing business was sold as a going concern comprising a village shop and post office that would meet the needs of the local community. Instead we would propose working with the new owner to help them understand the needs of the community and encourage community support.
We note that the existing Weston Village Stores and the property is advertised for sale by auction through Bagshaws Uttoxeter to take place on 21st March 2012. You can download a brochure here.
We are happy to talk about our project to any potential buyer of the existing Weston Village Stores see the Contact page.
BT engineers today installed the telephone and broadband lines in the village hall ready for the opening of the part-time post office service planned to commence on 1st March 2012.
Post Office Limited has confirmed that the new part-time Post Office service will open in Weston Village Hall from 1st March 2012.
The new facility will be open on two afternoons a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays as a temporary measure pending the re-establishment of a full-time Post Office service in the village.
The new facility is the result of lobbying by the Community Shop Group and our Borough and County Councillors and is only possible because of the support of the Weston Village Hall Committee and Weston with Gayton Parish Council.
