Founded 1984
The Green, Polstead, Colchester CO6 5AL
tel: 01206 263464
Polstead Community Shop was the first community
shop in Suffolk, and is the second oldest in England. It is sited
next to Polstead Village Hall, on the Green in the centre of
Polstead. It is non-profit-making, and run by a team of two to
three dozen volunteers. It is owned by the village it serves.
The Post Office, run by Sue Peck and her helpers,
has been situated in the Shop since 1999. It and the Shop are open
every morning from Monday to Saturday.
The Shop is also open for two afternoons a week. The opening hours
are:
Monday-Friday 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Monday afternoons (Shop only) 2 – 4.30 p.m.
Friday afternoons (Shop only) 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.
The Shop
sells a wide variety of groceries and household goods, bread from
Lavenham, Suffolk ham and bacon, free-range eggs, milk and dairy
products, tins and dry goods, chocolates and confectionery, frozen
food including Myatt’s Suffolk ice cream, locally made sausages,
other local meat, fresh vegetables and fruit (some from Polstead),
home-made jams, marmalades, cakes and chutneys, Polstead-made
candles, local honey, books, drawings, stationery, crafts and
handmade cards. We do not sell cigarettes or alcohol, but we do
sell Polstead tea towels and shopping bags, kindling wood,
greetings cards of all sorts and picture postcards of Polstead.
Have you tried the new Discovery, Cox & Bramley and
Russet Apple Juices from Willow Farm, Polstead? Delicious
local apple juices made from Polstead apples, available from the
Community Shop at £2.65 a litre bottle.
Sainsbury’s
Delivery. The Community
Shop is now having a weekly delivery of selected stock from
Sainsbury’s. Customers who would like to order any particular items
for delivery on a MONDAY are invited and encouraged to leave their
order at the Shop no later than SATURDAY at 12 noon. Their items
will be added to the Shop’s order and customers should collect
their order from the Shop during normal opening hours. A small
delivery charge will be added to Sainsbury’s retail price.
And Now... Low-Energy Light Bulbs!
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Energy Saving Light Bulbs are good
for the environment. They last up to 10 times longer than ordinary
bulbs, use up to 70% less energy and have a low heat output. Our
new low-energy light bulbs will last for up to 10,000
hours!
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We have a great selection in the
Community Shop now at competitive prices. In stock are 11 watt (=
60 watt), 15 watt (= 75 watt) and 20 watt (= 100 watt) bulbs of
many different shapes and kinds. (To work out the rough wattage of
the new bulbs that you need, divide the old wattage by
5.)
- All the bulbs on the poster now up in the Shop can be ordered,
so please ask if there is something you particularly need. Candles,
extra-mini candles, round bulbs, spirals, mini-spirals, globes,
spot lights and strip lights are among those available.
Recommendations for particular lights include a globe low-energy
light bulb for a hanging ceiling pendant, or a spiral for a table
light with a shade.
(Please contact Mandy
Hall on 01206 262524 or
email Erica
Pomerans if you have any comments, suggestions or
questions about the Shop.)
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