FOXHILLS musings — PAPILIO at Heritage

Summer Fun is back!!

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Summer Fun is back!!

Summer Fun in the Garden Our popular Summer events for kids and families is back and even more exciting is that this year it includes two BRIO days!!!   BRIO The BRIO day has always been the most popular. Due to COVID it has been the day we haven't been able run over the past few years, so we have taken the plunge and bought a load of BRIO ourselves which means we can do multiple events with it. (We also have plans afoot for other uses for the BRIO than Summer Fun, so keep your eyes peeled). We will therefore...

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Jubilee Opening Hours

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Jubilee Opening Hours

Jubilee Opening Hours. We will be closed on the Thursday and Friday (2nd and 3rd June) and back open on the Saturday (4th June), 9am - 5.30pm. Since the Council only gave the go ahead for an event a couple of months ago (there was potential for building work to have already started on the High Street by now), we had already committed to the team having the time off to spend with their family and friends.  We are therefore honouring the fact that we are normally closed on bank holidays and had said we would for these too. The...

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Fiver Fest 2022

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Fiver Fest 2022

Fiver Fest has come to Thornbury for the first time. This initiative runs from 12th - 26th March and has been created by Totally Locally, an organisation that like us truly believes in the power of local business to have a positive impact on its community.   Did you know that if every adult in Thornbury spent £5 a week in local independent businesses instead of online or at the big supermarket, it would equate to an extra £2.4 million per year going into the local economy.   Research by the New Economics Foundation showed that spending £10 with an...

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Monday Opening

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Monday Opening

We are very excited to say that PAPILIO coffee is reopening on Mondays once again starting this Monday (14th March). The last time both sides of the business were open together on a Monday was back in 2020, so to have both open again for 6 days a week feels like a great step forward.  

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Pedestrianisation of Thornbury High Street

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You have probably seen and heard now about the pedestrianisation of Thornbury High Street and that as a Chamber of Commerce this is something we are against. So I thought I would share with you why that is. I did record a video (it is 10 minutes long so you might want a cuppa) or here are the highlights! Firstly, this has been done without any consultation with local businesses, residents or the Chamber. We only found on Monday, which is a week before the changes take place (on the 8th June). And we found out via a video call...

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