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BRIANTSPUDDLE VILLAGE SHOP – NOT THANK YOU FROM REVEREND JUDY

JUST FOR COIVD-19
I would like to thank everyone in the
West Purbeck Benefice, the
Beep.. Beep… Beep! Lulworths, Winfrith, and Chaldon, for
the generous gifts I received on my
What is that sound coming from the village shop? No
it’s not the original computerised tennis game for retirement.
those who remember. It is our new till system! I intend to use some of the money to
go to Sheldon for a retreat next year,
Scanning and QR codes are now the language of the
shop volunteers. Raising and emailing invoices. Bills and to buy something to remind me
being paid remotely straight into the bank. What is the
world coming to? Well, what is Briantspuddle coming
to? I believe the world has been there for a while.
But why all this new fangled technology? We only want to buy a few groceries.
of the time spent in the various parishes and
The new system is starting to help us track what we sell so we can manage what communities, and thank you all for your
we buy and minimise any waste. With the increased levels of stock we hold in the support and encouragement.
shop the new system is helping volunteers by
cutting down the time it takes to work out what to Judy Hill
put on the order for Sainsbury’s and then when it
arrives how long it takes to unpack and get it on
the shelves. I am afraid the old price guns have
been banished to the back of the cupboard and ADVENT IN WORDS AND MUSIC
new shelf edge labels display our prices. It is also
making it much easier for us to raise invoices to
those who are having groceries delivered, no more St. John the Baptist
triplicate invoice book. And whilst there was initial Church, Bere Regis
concern whether we could manage the new
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system, after all the old till was so straight forward At 6pm on Sunday 29
(she says tongue in cheek), without exception volunteers have amazed and November
delighted in actually just how straight forward it all is.
Right now in the middle of October as I write this Northern parts of the country are Looking forward to Christmas,
being locked down again and the number of cases locally have risen I cannot whatever that will mean?
possibly tell how we will be living by the time you read this. One thing I can be
sure of is that the village shop will be continuing to play its part in helping to keep Please come and join us in our
our friends and neighbours as safe as possible and facilitate shopping close to beautiful church, for a short service to welcome the coming of the Lord and
home. If we have found ourselves in lock down or if you would just rather not go prepare ourselves for Christmas.
out, please contact us for shopping to be delivered. We continue to use the Sadly we won't be able to sing our favourite Advent hymns (Lo He Comes with
Village Hall for queueing to maintain social distancing. Now we’ve had to shut Clouds Descending)… but we can hum!
the door because of the cold we have installed some lights so you can tell
whether it’s available to go in. N.B. Please could you let me know, if you are planning to come, so that we can
ensure you are suitably distanced and safe.
And as we start to think about Christmas, we are planning to buy in festive baking
Sarah Welton, Churchwarden Tel. 471562 Email: sarahwelton@oceans.f9.co.uk

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