Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2009 | Page 128

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LOCAL BUSINESS

The new cafe at Briddlesford

Briddlesford set for
Easter opening
The local farm shop as we
know it is all about to change.
Briddlesford Lodge Farm Shop
has recently converted an old

The serving area

their food comes from, we have
created a class room within the
Cafe which can be partitioned
off during the week."
The new building will
accommodate approx
40 covers inside with a
further 20 outside.
"We plan to offer a
full menu including
main courses such as
steak, chicken and local
fish. Lunch specials
featuring local produce
and a variety of cakes,
scones and sandwiches will be
available throughout the day."
Briddlesford will be open 7
days a week throughout the
year from 9.30am to 5.30pm
(during the summer months it
will open Friday and Saturday
evenings 9.30pm to 12
midnight). We will be bringing
you pictures from the official
opening in the next issue of
Island Life. Tel: [phone]

barn adjacent to the farm
shop into a cafe and education
centre. The building work as
you can see from the photos is
near completion.
The work has been completed
to the highest standards
with English oak doors and
windows used throughout.
The professional kitchen is
probably twice as big as most
restaurants I have ventured
into.
I asked Chris
Griffin what her
plans were for the
project, "I was
previously a school
teacher so I thought
we can take the
children round the
farm and show them
The partitioned classroom
first hand where

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The specially made soundproof doors and windows that were fitted by REO Windows at
the new wightFM studio located at Spithead Business Centre, Sandown.

Reliability, efficiency
and outstanding value
“We gained a reputation
for going the extra mile for
commercial companies and
we do the same for domestic
customers,” says Michael
Turner, owner of Reo
Windows. If you’re going to
fit new windows or doors,
or buy a conservatory, you
need a glazing company with
experience and expertise.
Reo Windows may not be a
high street name, but neither
is it a fly-by-night start up
company. Reo is the domestic
arm of long-established
M&B Trading, which Michael
brought from the mainland
after trading on the Island for
the previous 15 years.
You find Michael in his busy
23,000 ft factory at Spithead,
where lengths of aluminium
and uPVC are being cut to
fit. There is no showroom,
but he says: “The work we’ve
done here over the years is
our showroom. We can take
anyone wanting a porch or
conservatory, say, to a house
we’ve worked on. We can
discuss any variation in colour
– aluminium windows can
come in any colour you want
and uPVC has a choice of
finishes or design.”
For unlike many glazing
companies, Reo Windows

offers a complete design
service, again a practice
established in the many
commercial buildings in which
Michael has been involved.
“I designed the walkway on
the Metropole in Ventnor,
which we glazed, I’ve done
glass balustrades on houses,
I’ve worked for years with
William Smith’s company the
WS Group. Basically anything
made on a commercial scale
can be done on a smaller
domestic scale. We can sketch
out anyone’s ideas with our
computer software.”
Not that he would let
customers’ ideas run away
with them. He says he’d not be
doing his job if he let people
waste their money.
Because everything is made
in his factory, and he only
employs Island people – no
subcontractors – Michael can
guarantee the work will be
carried out to his exacting
standards. Photo above: REO
Windows recently fitted the
specialised French Doors at
wightFM's new studio, with
acoustic glass to reduce noise
levels.
Reo Windows, M&B Trading,
UnitC8, Spithead Business
Centre, Newport Road, Lake.
PO36 9PH. Tel [phone].

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