• Trowbridge Man Wins Tickets to Folk Festival

  By Abi's Classes

  I'm looking forward to the festival too, hopefully we'll have good weather. Tickets for the Village...

            

   

  By nhavergal at 12:54 on 16/02/12

  

  A Trowbridge man has been announced as the winner of the Village Pump Folk Festival competition.  Luke Cradock won two weekend tickets to the festival which will be held in July.  To raise awareness of the upcoming festival, the committee held a competition for people to be in a chance of winning the tickets. The competition was promoted across various local pubs.  Mr Cradock's name was randomly picked by local folk...

• Great News for Trowbridge Business after Sudden Closure

  By kryme76

  Delighted. A recession is no time for The Shires to get greedy.

            

   

  By nhavergal at 15:03 on 02/02/12

  

  A Trowbridge independent business has found a new home after shutting their doors without notice last week. S.K Fruits has signed a contract with Castle Place Shopping Centre in Trowbridge to open up their business once again. The fruit and vegetable shop has been offered a deal with the owners of Castle Place Shopping Centre and could be up and running by Saturday. Rumours were confirmed that S.K Fruits could no longer do...

• Trowbridge Shopping Centre Aiming for Change

  By kryme76

  Price one of your oldest customers out of the market, then spend a half million to make sure you...

            

   

  By nhavergal at 15:18 on 07/02/12

  

  A Trowbridge shopping centre has announced that it will be undergoing a makeover to encourage more business. The Shires Shopping Centre is hoping to spend £500,000 to redevelop its look which will hopefully impress Trowbridge residents and shoppers who come from other areas. Over the last few months shops have relocated from The Shires with some closing for good. Argos moved to the new Gateway centre which was built...

• Trowbridge Man Saved from Atlantic as Record Bid Fails

  By nhavergal

  It is quite crazy and must've been so scary to be in the middle of the ocean and just waiting for...

            

   

  By nhavergal at 11:57 on 31/01/12

  

  A man from Trowbridge was saved after his rowing boat capsized and rescued from the Atlantic. Simon Brown was aiming for a world record by rowing 3,500 miles and was 500 miles off completion before his boat gave up and a rescue operation followed. The capsizing of the boat is reported to have been caused by horrendous weather conditions and their systems failing. There were six men on board and all were rescued from the water...

• Shock as Trowbridge Business is Unexpectedly Closed

  By pennysc

  I do kind of hope that it does find a new home because it was fresh fruit and veg and most of it was...

            

   

  By nhavergal at 16:13 on 27/01/12

  

  Shoppers were stunned to see a fruit and vegetable shop has closed without much of an explanation. S.K Fruits which is based in The Shires Shopping Centre had its green shutters pulled down shut with notices around it yesterday. Many customers were gathered around the grocers reading the notices that seemed to have appeared over night. The notices state that under court ruling no persons is allowed entry to the shop and anyone...

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