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Charmingly Chippy  Wt ts ndependent sops, eateres, arctecture and fascnatn

story, Cppn Norton pretty muc as t all. Emly Carlsle ves us

 te lowdown on ‘Cppy’. Potorapy by Crs Farweater 

Chipping norton s fe

blled as e aeway e

Cswlds, bu vew s

busy make w as me

a a ufae wuld be a

msake. te w s me all

mae f deede ss, sueb

eaees ad su acecue, wley ees se kee sy.

tade C n ce

ceed aud e exle dusy, ad

alu Blss Mll as l sce bee

cveed luxuy aames, s

dscve we vdes a famla

ladmak f e w as yu aac

fm Me--Mas.

Cy s full f quky ss suc as

 Wes See’s CCa – a Aladd’s cave

f fuue, kck-kacks ad

cllecbles. tee yeas a busessaes Emma Cae ad J

Ce k a small s ad flled

w secd-ad fuue ad

cl. “We saed ff as a juk 

s,” Emma says, “ffe cusmes

a ffy-ffy sl sell e uwaed

ems.” te busess ew seadly ad

s summe ey mved lae

emses, sell a mxue f aques

ad e-wed useld ems.

“i’ve always lved secd-adfuue,” Emma ld me, “eve sce i

used ke abu ca b sales as a

lle l. te qualy s s muc bee

a mde fuue ad ca eally 

add sme secal a me.”

 Ams CCa’s waes we i vsed

 wee a sewd beakfas able, a fu

ca ad a baeed ld ck se,

 well lved bu sll sudy eu f

eac f my clde y u.

te w cee s dmaed by e

ewly efubsed w all, bul 1841 wac ve e sl

makelace, wee ades ave me

 weekly sce e 13 ceuy. hee

, me exc fae ca be fud a

e mly Fame’s Make. Bk 

s Jaffe ad neale ss me

s e ede f e make

squae, ables ad cas se u e

aved eace beea e dscve

blue ad we lee. owe pack 

neale s assae abu C

n ad beleves deede bk ss ca ffe sme mey ca’

buy. “We ve cusmes a lle b f 

calm a busy wld,” says pack,

 w wked a Waeses f ffee

Cn Nn.

Te town s ome toall manner of ndependent sops,superb eateres andstunnn arctecture,wt plenty to nterest

 tose keen on story.

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Cotswoldtraders:ChiPPiNgNortoN

ChippiNg NortoN

iNformatioN

■CC, West Street, 01608 644372

Wld Tyme, New Street

Tel: 01608 645060

■ J n N, Mddle Row

Tel: 01608 641033

■Cn Nn t, 

Sprn Street Tel: 01608 642350

■B, h Street

Tel: 01608 645141

■g & C, h Street

Tel: 01608 641168

■w h, h Street

Tel: 01608 645767

■a d U, Mddle Row

Tel: 01608 646999

■w, Mddle Row

Tel: 01608 643363

■C d n C s,

Mddle Row Tel: 01608 642843

■B n t, Mddle Row

Tel: 01608 644466

■Cn Nn k trades eac

 Wednesday. Te Farmers’ Market s

 te trd Saturday n te mont.

f nn bu

Cn Nn ly fv,

20-22 a 2012, n u

n .c.c

yeas befe e Jaffe ad neale

2001 w s ae plly Jaffe. “hee

yu ca ave a cffee wle yu bwse

e selves, le us sues sme

ew ead.” te s w

ideede Bkselle f e yea

2007 ad s a key ae C

n’s fs leay fesval, beeld Al ex yea. Culue

abuds Cy, w a summe

fesval b e wle w u f

a day f musc ad as, ad e

raa’s jazz fesval eac Seembe,

bas fe eves acss e w.

gasmes wll ejy e aual

fd fesval ased by nck ad

Sally, esauaeus ad wes f Wld

tyme, a sueb esaua lsed

s yea’s gd Fd gude.

resdes f C n ae jusly ud f e w’s eae,

 wc ss jus aud e ce fm

te Ceques i, me e

Cswld Cmedy Club ad auably 

e bes ub w. te teae as

a vaed amme f lays, cmedy 

sws ad flms, as well as clde’s

 wkss ad exbs. Dec

 J tey ams vde affdable

eeame. “We beleve suld be

ssble exeece e bes lve

eeame wu avell Ld, ad yu suld’ ave ay 

exae ces d s.” te

teae s ewed f s adal

Csmas ducs ad s yea’s

a, Al Baba ad e Fy teves,

us fm 22 nvembe 7 Jauay.

o yes des.

if yu’e aleady k abu yu

Csmas s, yu’ll be sl f

cce Cy. o e ue sde f 

e w, kw lcally as ‘ sde’,

adal deame se Bealeseads u a w f ady ss

clud e adwae se gll &

C, e f e few laces ema

 wee yu ca sll buy scews

Vc hun, g & C h,

h s.

g & C h, h s.

Cn Nn t, sn s.

w h an suvn

n lu h. w h, h s.

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KiNgham

Once voted Enland’s favourte vllae

by Country Lfe maazne, Knam s an

unspolt vllae around fve mles from

Cppn Norton, wt a beautful

curc datn from . it’s a lovely walk 

between te two places, partcularly f 

you fns at te Knam Plou, a

crtcally acclamed restaurant and

recpent of te Mceln ude’s Bb

gourmand for tree years runnn.

Knam s fortunate to st on a drect tran lne to London, and te vllae s

ome to many commuters as well as

 tose wo rew up n te vllae. One

of Knam’s most famous resdents s

ex Blur sner Alex James, wo some

years ao ave up te rock and roll lfe

for a small oldn and ceese factory,

croncln s experences of country 

lvn n a column for te independent.

Te area s a fne place for foodes; Lady 

Bamford’s farm sop Daylesford s just

down te road wt ts cookery scool,oranc creamery and mout-watern

delcatessen. Resdents can work off 

 ter excesses n te 10k fun run, a

pcturesque road race wc attracts up

 to two undred runners eac year,

rasn money for Knam prmary 

scool. Te vllae s enunely unspolt,

wt tatced and stone cottaes lnn

 te reen, a tradtonal vllae store and

 two pubs, as well as te Brts Leon,

formed n 1929, and stll a vbrant

vllae-run club.

dvdually. Fue , i fd

alms mssble walk as e

 wdw f jewelley s Wld a

hea wu uc e lass

eveely ad meally cml my 

 ws-ls. Emly ad Ada Wld

eed e C n se

2006 (ey ave a secd Me-

-Mas) afe ms f l adla. “We waed buld a famly 

busess wc wuld b ee

syls, mde ad cemay 

 jewelley fm aud e wld,”

 Ada says. “We als suce beauful

 jewelley fm lcal deses – e

Cswlds ae vey ceave.” Lke

may f e ss Cy, e

esal sevce makes all e

dffeece, ad e tffay-esque

acka s uly essble.

 Acss e ad s my favue af Cy. pedesased Mddle rw

ds dw belw e level f e

affc, cea a seleed su a,

eve we. te ables ad cas

usde Wsles Bs led a

ceal feel e see, wc s

acked w y ss. gal Savae

ws All Dessed U, a secd-ad

dess aecy sell dese ad -

ed see wme’s cles. “ i’s

e efec ecess-f busess,”

says gal, w excaed a caee as a

cemsy lecue f e wld f fas. “Wme sll wa beauful

cles, ad i ca el em fd

exacly wa ey eed, wu e

ces.” Se lkes Mddle rw

oxfd’s Lle Claed See,

 w s buque ss ad busy 

esauas. te Cswld Del des

u ee Mddle rw , sell

asa ceeses, lves ad Bdewae

ey. Ad a e ed f e see

ee’s bee way wle away a

u a w a ay f aas ef eace a Be ad twsed, a

cemay ba w ba saff

k ss ad a em cckal

meu. Me’s a Mj. ■

C Ju ru-ty

n my ru.

B dn s, h s.

e C, CC, w s.CC, w s.

Cn Nn.

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