As I come to the end of my first year on The Chimes, I am pleased with the progress we have made. We now have a full complement of sub editors and editors, we have new software which we hope will make preparing each issue much easier and we have a wider circulation, thanks to our management team, supporters and distributors. Now it is up to you our readers to give us your support too.
Throughout these pages are numerous suppliers and trades people who are known to many of us for their good work in the villages. We hope to feature more of them in our editorial coverage in issues to come. Indeed, one of them is featured on our centre pages in this issue. Someone who has set up in business in the locality and has built up a customer base locally through word of mouth and then through advertising within the community. They advertise here because they know they are reaching an excellent target audience, and that people will pass on recommendations to their neighbours. 
So if you do use one or more of the advertisers in The Chimes — as indeed I have done on several occasions in the past — do mention the publication when you meet up with them. Remember that they keep us going financially, because this copy comes free to you and their support is vital as we progress into 2025.
A very Happy Christmas to you all! 

                                                                                    Peter