Our Village Shop (with apologies to Patience Strong!)

We all love our village shop, where you can buy

Onions, tights, cheese and stamps,

A loaf and home-made pie.

Run by a family – a cosy sort of place.

Always a word of welcome and a smiling face.

Enquiring after Mrs Jones' toe?

How's Mr Smith and when's the Flower Show?

Don't forget tomorrow's meeting at the rectory!

The human, harmless gossip of a small community.

At the counter, friends and neighbours meet throughout the year,

The little shops of England! May they never disappear!

by Joan Tiddy

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