TT Practice Week

It's almost TT Time! After a couple of years away, the bikes are back.

 

During Practise Week, Joan's will be closing a little earlier, at 5pm. This is to allow our staff to get home before the road closures at 6pm.

 

We will also be closed on Thursday, the 2nd and Friday, the 3rd of June for the Jubilee weekend.

John Rhys-Davies' Chair

We get asked to help with some interesting projects.

 

Janet made a new seat and backrest for a director's chair. On Saturday, John Rhys-Davies will be sitting in that chair being interviewed for the television programme 'Documentary Now'. 

"Hosted by Helen Mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar, but fictitious, subject."

Hope John finds Janet's work comfortable.

Parking

A few customers have mentioned they have had problems finding a place in the car park. This has in part been caused by the number of people who now work in Village Walk.

Village Walk are addressing this problem. Seven spaces near the exit of the car park have been specifically designated for customers and clients of the retail and medical businesses. No Village Walk permit holders will be permitted to use these spaces for all day parking.

These spaces are great for people who have problems with slopes or steps. The slope at that end of the car park is very gentle, and then it's a flat walk, or wheelchair journey over to Joan's.

In the long term, Village Walk are looking to create more parking spaces, and designating more spaces for customers use only.

If you have any feedback do let us know, and we'll pass it along to Village Walk.

Round the World and Back Again

Christine Quayle has been enjoying her retirement, and has used the world map panel to make this fantastic wall hanging. Her great-nephew was delighted with the result, as were three other great great-nephews and great-nieces.

She is planning on locking herself in the attic, and won't come out until the next three are done!

Knit and Natter

There will be no Knit and Natter group this week. We next meet on the second Saturday in June, on the 11th.

Janome Sale

 

The J3-18 is one of the machines included in the Janome sale. It is a great practical machine with a good range of utility stitches for general sewing plus two decorative stitches. The inclusion of an automatic needle threader is a real bonus.

This is an excellent starter machine that is also perfect for those that sew occasionally. It is a really easy to use two dial model, one for stitch selection and the other for adjusting stitch length. It just couldn’t be simpler. The automatic 4-step buttonhole creates great buttonholes whilst the automatic needle threader takes the strain out of threading the needle. There’s plenty of accessory storage and a soft cover for protection.

The sale price in £189, and the sale lasts until early June.