We are sad that Leonard Salter, one of our most loyal and loved customers, has died. He was a true gentleman who came into the shop nearly every day wearing his battered old hat, and with a twinkle in his eye he would raise a smile from everyone. His knowledge and love of Payhembury and the surrounding countryside was unparalleled and he was always generous in sharing this knowledge with anyone who asked. We miss him.
Are we heading towards a cashless society? When the shop was opened 8 years ago who would have thought that our cash transactions would now be diminishing and that so many more customers would
be using our accounts system or paying by contactless cards or even phones. While we are very pleased that you are doing this it has created a bit of a problem for us in that we sometimes have very little change for cash customers and even our bank seems to be ‘cash-poor’. If you have been keeping your loose change in a jar at home please bring it into the shop and we’ll exchange it for notes or we can credit your account, or even better you can just come in and spend it, we never mind counting out handfuls of coins!
Not every village has a top-class athlete in their midst so when we heard that 10 year old Roxy Spiller had earned a place at the Tae Kwon-do European championships in Croatia we were proud and delighted to be able to help her on her way. We wish her all the best for her com-petition. Our aim at Payhembury Provisions is not only to create a useful and friendly shop for our customers but also to plough back some funds to benefit projects, groups and people in our community; this of course would not be pos-sible if we had to pay a manager or any of our marvellous volunteers.
Our locally grown plants and seedlings should be arriving in the shop any day now, let’s hope we have another sunny summer to enjoy them.
Mary Whiting
