The Shop
We
have a paid, part-time manager, Carol Millington, however, the
majority of our opening hours are staffed by an army of local
volunteers. If you feel that you could offer to help for a few hours
per week or on an occasional basis, please let us know as we are
always very grateful for new volunteers.
We
are supported by the Co-operative Supermarket who supplies us with
stock for the shop. Carol visits the Matlock Store on Tuesday and
Friday to buy stock for the shop – if there is something you want,
then please ask and she will do her best to get it for you. As well
as groceries we stock a wide range of other products, including coal,
kindling and logs; stationery and greetings cards, wine and beers.
The
shop is a popular stopping-off point with walkers, tourists and even
the community bus for refreshments including home-made cakes, tea and
coffee, and Bradwell’s ice-creams. You can place an order for your
shopping. Orders are required by Thursday evening, and will be
available for collection Friday lunchtime onwards. There is no charge
for this service and you will only be charged the Co-op prices for
these goods.
We
sell a range of meat which is supplied by local butcher, Castlegate
Farm Shop of Stoney Middleton who delivers fresh meat, twice weekly,
on Tuesday and Friday. We normally have a stock of bacon and ham in
the fridge and, in the freezer, sausage, chops and mince etc.
Additionally, you can place an order for joints, pork pies or quiches
etc. Fresh fruit and vegetables are purchased from local markets and
locally grown produce is always welcome to be sold alongside it.
Locally produced free range eggs are also stocked. We run a newspaper
delivery service in the village and papers can be ordered for
delivery on Monday to Friday, and for collection from the shop on
Saturdays and Sundays. We also stock 'Litton Larder' puddings
including Penny's Sticky Toffee Pudding, featured in BBC TV's
'Village SOS'.
Post Office
This
is an integral part of the shop, run by Sub-Postmistress, Karen
Wright. The post office offers a full range of services, these
include:
- Postage, inland, abroad, and Parcel Force, please ask for advice on sending urgent and valuable items. Post Office Drop & Go service.
- NB Stamps are available in the shop even when the Post Office is closed
- Pensions, Benefit, Family Allowance etc – YES you can still collect these from the Post Office- please ask Karen for more details
- Mobile phone top-ups
•
Health
Lottery
•
Travel
Insurance •
Home, motor and over 50's insurance
- Foreign Currency & Travellers Cheques – Commission Free, and usually within just 2 days. Euros now available on demand
- Personal Banking - We offer free cash withdrawals for most high street banks including NatWest. Many customers are finding that the Post Office has just become the most local branch of their own bank!!!
- NS&I Premium Bonds and Post Office Savings products
- Bill Payments, including telephone and utility bills, council tax etc.
Litton Village Hall
The
Committee of Litton Village Hall would like to extend a warm welcome
to you and hope you will enjoy living here. Litton has some 130+
houses whose inhabitants have a wide range of occupations, interests
and hobbies. Some residents’ families have lived here for many
generations, a large group have lived here for over 20 years and
others are relative newcomers; the Primary School has recently been
expanded to accommodate the many children in the village.
Our
Committee – all Villagers – are responsible for the maintenance
and upkeep of the Hall, which was built and given to Litton in 1907
and was originally designated as a “Working Men’s’ Club”. It
is situated in the Village centre facing The Green, and celebrated
100 years on August 17th 2007.
We
organise and supervise all bookings for the Hall for both private and
commercial use. The building is hired for a variety of uses and
occasions. These include The Village School, The Parish Council, two
Doctors’ weekly surgeries, the W.I., the Church and Methodist
Chapel events, Pilates and other exercise groups, the table tennis
club, snooker club etc. It is also used for a Polling Station, and
during Well Dressing time to serve refreshments. It is hired out for
a very wide variety of talks, and a curtain across the room enables
small amateur theatre/musical productions to take place.
Other
uses include various family party celebrations throughout the year.
There is seating for approx 50 people and the Hall has full kitchen
facilities. There is a level wheel chair access and a toilet for
disabled persons.
Upstairs
has a well maintained full size snooker table for Villagers' use and
a table tennis table is also available. The Committee run a ‘200
club’ and have a monthly draw at our ‘open to all’ meeting,
usually held on the second Monday each month at 7.30pm. A list of all
our committee and their phone numbers is posted on the Hall’s
notice board [and the Village Shop]. We’d welcome your contact and
be happy to answer queries or give help if required.
The
hire costs: £4 per hour for private use and £6 per hour commercial
use. We look forward to meeting you; with best wishes from Litton
Village Hall Management Committee.
Bookings:
01298 871506 – Tina Armitage, 5 Lomas Cottages, Litton, SK17 8QR
No comments:
Post a Comment