If residents want local facilities, whether it be shops, pubs (a subject dear to our hearts!), libraries, whatever, they need to use them as a matter of habit and not just when they run out of milk on sunday afternoon. In turn the shopkeepers need to look at sourcing of their products and go for properly (and preferably locally) produced goods for sale, so as to give themselves an edge over the supermarkets. We are proud to only use British grown malt and hops - most brewers use hops from half way round the world - and that we brew, cask and bottle all our beers locally.
Bob Douglas
Magpie Brewery
