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Video store owner expects vacuum when he closes doors 21 years on

A three-month trial turned into a 20-plus year business for Raglan Video store owner Alan Lovegrove. But all good things come to an end and next Monday he’ll shut up shop for good.

“It’s time to go,” a jovial Alan told the Chronicle last weekend between serving customers attracted by the price-slashed DVDs in his closing-down sale at Electric Ave, where the store was relocated a couple of years ago.

“I’ve been tired so long it’s now time to re-tire,” he joked.

Alan wasn’t about to reveal his exact age – “try 70ish,” he suggested – but reckoned there’d be no slacking and that his wife Fran already had the vacuum cleaner “greased up and ready to go”. Keep Reading

Second time unlucky as thieves hit Fallenfront again

Thieves have ram raided local Raglan store Fallenfront again in a little over a month.

The Wainui Rd store was targeted in the early hours of the morning last Thursday and owner Steve Crowhurst says over $10,000 worth of stock was stolen.

Bearing similarities to a previous incident at the store on Waitangi Day, where thieves stole around $4000 worth of clothing, Steve says there is no evidence at this stage to link the two burglaries. Keep Reading

End of an era as retiring couple close kitchen three decades on

It was last orders on Sunday for Raglan’s little piece of China – the iconic Hong Kong Kitchen, open just about all day every day in its prime downtown spot for the past 30 years.

At 70 or thereabouts Gun Lai’s retired and so too has his wife Kelly, 17 years his junior.  The pair worked together over the decades serving up Chinese takeaways – and other more Kiwi fare – while also bringing up two children in their home above the shop.

It’s the end of an era for the hardworking couple but also the start of a quite different use for the premises. Keep Reading

Butcher battles the best in the business

Raglan’s newest butcher, James Marcum, is sharpening his knives to battle 20 of the best in the industry at the upcoming New Zealand Butcher Wars at Meatstock in Auckland this weekend.

Representing Raglan’s Top Cut Butchery, James is putting his more than 30 years in the industry on the chopping block in the hotly contested competition.

“I don’t enter for the fun of it, I enter to win,” he says. Keep Reading

Young club member keen to help

Daniel Whittington is a problem solver and he’s put his mind to creating a plan for the financially-stricken Raglan Club.

The 26-year-old club member may hold the key to increasing the membership for the club as it battles to stay in business. As with many clubs around the country, the Raglan Club is on the decline and Daniel says his generation are looking for something a bit different.

But, he doesn’t want to side-line the hardcore members in his plans and wants a facility that caters for the whole community. Keep Reading

Raglan Community House Opportunity Shop is moving up

The Raglan Community House Opportunity Shop has moved upstairs for a brighter retail outlook.

House manager Mike Rarere is excited by the move and believes it increases the profile of the shop and makes it more accessible to the wider community.

“The feedback about the other shop was it was difficult to find,” he says. Keep Reading

Ozone kitesurfing legends are powered-up in Raglan

Get a bit of air time this summer at Raglan’s premier kitesurfing store and school.

Based at the end of Volcom Lane, downwind from Raglan Roast, Ozone boasts world class instructors to take you through the ropes and wings of the sport, as well as stocking the full range of Ozone designs across all of the sports – kiteboarding, paragliding, speedflying, and paramotoring. Keep Reading

Contemporary Kiwi on the menu at new bistro

Wallis Bistro is the newest dining place on the block and owners Justin and Alix Thomson plan on offering diners a full-flavoured, modern Kiwi dining experience.

Taking over The Local Eatery on Wallis Street, Justin has been hard at working renovating the space to create a cosy, comfortable and relaxed atmosphere, and making the most of the sheltered garden space out the back for al fresco dining in the coming summer months. Keep Reading

Irish flavours at The Pantry

It’s a long way from Northern Ireland, but Dawn and Victor Macfarlane are making Raglan their home and workplace.

Exchanging lough life for surf and sand, the couple from Killinchy, a small village nestled on the Stranford Lough – a lake where portions of the Game of Thrones was filmed – have bought the former Raglan Social Club.

Now named The Pantry, Dawn says changes are afoot but they are eager to find out the locals’ favourites and introduce a slice of Ireland into the menu. Keep Reading

Club members vote against sale

With a non-binding show of hands it was obvious that the majority of the Raglan Club members that turned up to a special meeting on Sunday didn’t want to sell the property to get out of debt.

Depending on who is telling the story, over 300 or 500 members turned up for the meeting that had the sale of the Bow St premises on its agenda. Keep Reading

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