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Short Story

The Stone, a short story by Tony Wren

The Stone, a short story by Tony Wren Tom bought the land at auction. It was only 10acres, regarded as practically nothing in farming circles, but it conveniently adjoined the upper meadow. Combined, they became a viable proposition, and he was determined to have wheat planted there by next spring. “Yer’ll ‘ave a right job […]

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The Remorse of the Aristocracy

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An Adjustment to the Wardrobe

Cartoon drawing of a man walking his dog

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The Vengeful Goat Inn

Short Story By Jackie Brewster “There’s a light ahead!” Dale gasped, climbing over the stile. “It must be the Inn.”“Get out the way.” Graham gave the young man a shove. “I need to see for myself.”It was like peering through closed lids. Night had fallen, and a thick mist clung to the moor. Even if […]

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I like Soar Valley Life Magazine because ...

It relates to the area I have lived in all my life.

ES - Loughborough

It’s fun and a great read

VR - East Leake

It has a good mix of advertising, competitions and useful articles to read and keep

AK - Cropston

It’s small, convenient, has everything you need!

OB - Shepshed

it always feels friendly and positive.

JR - Long Whatton

It’s different from other local publications – friendly, informative, doesn’t feel impersonal

KW - Loughborough

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

SB - Shepshed

It is quite a varied magazine with some interesting articles, tempting recipes and gardening ideas. I do look forward to receiving it.

LA - Birstall

It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

AB - Sileby

It tells me what’s going on in the community.

AC - Sileby

Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

TG - Shepshed

The magazine has a friendly community feel and includes something for everyone, young and old from puzzles and gardening to astronomy and health. A very useful resource!

AP - East Leake

I enjoy the puzzles and recipes

HC - Loughborough

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

CC - Shepshed

It offers such a variety of interesting articles to look at and digest

WH - Loughborough

It has a great variety of features that have a local interest. Always an inspiring read.

NC - Groby

it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

LB - Loughborough

There is always plenty to read and competitions and puzzles to keep the brain active. Useful for finding local tradesmen and services.

LG - Mountsorrel

The articles are interesting and local to my area

The variation of information is presented in an interesting and visual format

KH - Sileby

It cheers me up with with its interesting, and often humorous articles.

DA - Walton on the Wolds

It’s content is wide ranging, diverse and inclusive

SP - Loughborough

It is local

CR - Long Whatton

it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

It strikes a good balance between advertising and interesting articles from a wide variety of contributors.

MY - Loughborough

It promotes local businesses

DC - Rothley

I enjoy trying out the the recipes

AM - Loughborough

It informs me of local services.

JL - Hoton
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I like Soar Valley Life Magazine because ...

it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

It’s small, convenient, has everything you need!

OB - Shepshed

The variation of information is presented in an interesting and visual format

KH - Sileby

The articles are interesting and local to my area

It relates to the area I have lived in all my life.

ES - Loughborough

It strikes a good balance between advertising and interesting articles from a wide variety of contributors.

MY - Loughborough

It has a great variety of features that have a local interest. Always an inspiring read.

NC - Groby

I enjoy trying out the the recipes

AM - Loughborough

It cheers me up with with its interesting, and often humorous articles.

DA - Walton on the Wolds

it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

LB - Loughborough

It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

AB - Sileby

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

SB - Shepshed

It promotes local businesses

DC - Rothley

It’s fun and a great read

VR - East Leake

There is always plenty to read and competitions and puzzles to keep the brain active. Useful for finding local tradesmen and services.

LG - Mountsorrel

The magazine has a friendly community feel and includes something for everyone, young and old from puzzles and gardening to astronomy and health. A very useful resource!

AP - East Leake

It’s content is wide ranging, diverse and inclusive

SP - Loughborough

Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

TG - Shepshed

It’s different from other local publications – friendly, informative, doesn’t feel impersonal

KW - Loughborough

It has a good mix of advertising, competitions and useful articles to read and keep

AK - Cropston

It informs me of local services.

JL - Hoton

it always feels friendly and positive.

JR - Long Whatton

I enjoy the puzzles and recipes

HC - Loughborough

It tells me what’s going on in the community.

AC - Sileby

It is quite a varied magazine with some interesting articles, tempting recipes and gardening ideas. I do look forward to receiving it.

LA - Birstall

It is local

CR - Long Whatton

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

CC - Shepshed

It offers such a variety of interesting articles to look at and digest

WH - Loughborough


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