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Banding together for 10 years

Gartmore shop
We hear a lot about the problems facing rural areas with villages facing the threat of losing their local shops and services.

One answer is for local people to band together, and on Working Lunch we've seen how communities have joined together to run post offices, stores and even pubs.

Now one of the first villages to go down that route is celebrating 10 years in business.

Rob's been along to see how it's doing. Watch his film by clicking on the link below the picture.



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