{"id":25993,"date":"2026-04-20T13:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/?p=25993"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:44:59","slug":"okeford-village-stores-a-message-from-vince-and-sharne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/?p=25993","title":{"rendered":"Okeford Village Stores &#8211; A Message from Vince and Sharne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?resize=640%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?resize=246%2C150&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?resize=492%2C300&amp;ssl=1 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Most readers will be aware that Vince and Sharne have been looking for a change of direction. That time has come and we wish them well in their new venture.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;We will be closing at 7pm tonight in order to have a smooth transition to the new owners. <span style=\"font-size: 1.9rem;\">We want to thank you all for your custom and continued support over the past 10 years. It is much appreciated.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.9rem;\">&#8220;The shop will reopen this coming Sunday under the ownership of Mark and Louise Beattie. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.9rem;\">We\u2019d like to take this opportunity to wish them both all the very best in their new venture.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.9rem;\">&#8220;Thank you.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><em>Vince &amp; Sharne<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The village shop will be closed from Mon 20\/Apr 7.00pm to Sunday while new owners take possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"class_list":["post-25993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/places\/OkefordFitzpaine\/OkefordFitzpaineShopGS.png?fit=640%2C390&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25996,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993\/revisions\/25996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}