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May, a smiling older woman with grey hair, a plum cardigan, a green apron, navy trousers and red shoes.

Tommy’s village store · with Tommy

May

May and her husband Tommy have run the village store for 50 years. She is warm, observant and capable, and often hears the question people haven’t quite found the words for.

“That’s a fine explanation, Eddie. What can we do about it today?”

What she’s known for

Bringing Eddie’s big explanations back to one simple thing to do today.

Her tip for home

One small thing today: take a bag with you when you go to the shops.

Where you’ll find herTommy’s village store, and its noticeboard.Visit Tommy’s village store

How is May feeling?

May’s face tells you a lot. Can you make the same faces?

Hello!
Wondering
Listening
Explaining
Laughing
Job done

May at the store

A warm welcome
Explaining
Listening carefully
A bag that goes back to the shop
Open for the day

May from every side

From the front
From the side
From the back

At the store

May and Tommy, ready for customers
What’s needed to mend the noticeboard
A sturdy old table for welcoming neighbours

May’s stories

What can we do todayMay brings Eddie’s big explanation back to one action.Read nowThe noticeboard repairStan and Rowan help mend the store’s noticeboard.Read nowA new neighbour at Tommy’sA welcome and a few useful ideas start a friendship.Read now

May is also in these stories: The useful noticeboard, The castle newcomers, A room and a welcome, The visitor who used to be a child, An Italian Scot gets the joke first, Two Tommys and two shops, The old good idea, Welcome by name, The wobbly chair, Crates with another trip, The blocked path.

Her friends

May is a made-up character, and her store is made up too. Check your bin day.