Villagers who set up a pop-up shop during the coronavirus pandemic have decided to make it a permanent fixture.
Volunteers set up the store in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, to support local producers during lockdown. As many businesses struggle due to Covid, the not-for-profit operation became an important part of local life. It quickly developed into a community hub in the rural area for people suffering with feelings of isolation and calls grew for it to stay.Parish council chairman David Maddocks said nearly everything available to buy was produced locally."A lot of the salads and the vegetables are produced in this parish and everything is sourced within this locality."
Villager Nienke Powell said: "It's so nice to have this. It's all the essentials that we need and it's just so nice to see everybody."So coming here, having a chat, seeing how people are doing, it's a really nice thing to have. I think it's a really important thing when you live in a small village."
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