STARS of much-loved sitcom Still Game were in Cranhill to mark the opening of a new community shop.

Jane McGarry and Paul Riley, the actors who played Craiglang favourites Isa and Winston, travelled to the East End as part of the grand unveiling of the Cranhill Cabin community shop.

The venture, run by Cranhill Development Trust and supported by Cranhill Parish Church, aims to provide affordable and healthy produce for the local community.

The TV duo said they were very supportive of the project, and that the new shop was miles ahead of Navid's store in the show.

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Jane said: "It’s a lot cheaper, a lot better. In Navid's they’ve still got all the original stock, it’s vintage now. This is all the best of gear, it’s great.

"We found out about the funding and the trouble they have had, we wanted to give them a wee hand. Mark, who plays Tam, is from Springboig, and he’s raging he couldn't be here.

"We just felt this is a brilliant community effort, with everyone together. If Still Game isn’t about community I don’t know what is."

The cabin has been trading since March and will now offer service to the people of Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

It is hoped that the not-for-profit business will offer a more cost-effective way of shopping for those in the area.

One of those who is already benefitting is Linda Drummond. A former shop worker herself, Linda recently lost her job and has said the store is perfect for her needs.

The 59-year-old said: "I worked in a shop for 27 years, and this is great. Being able to buy little at a time, not buying huge quantities, is perfect.

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"Having to walk round shops and add up as you go along to what you have in your purse, is hard. It’s great knowing you can go in and just get what you need.

"By the time you pay bills and rent, what you have left is not much, so knowing you can go into these wee shops, is all you need."

Run by a member of staff and four volunteers, the store has been something the local community have been working towards for well over a year.

They offer low-cost fruit, vegetables and other everyday essentials, as well as flat-pack meals for those looking to eat well on a budget.

There is also a push to be as environmentally friendly as possible, with shoppers encouraged to bring their own bottles and tubs for pasta, spices and cleaning products, while plastic bags are not bought in but instead donated.

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Those in charge also hope to soon be able to sell produce from their own community garden, which is next door to the portacabin shop.

Store manager Maureen Moffat, 52, added: "I came in post in January and then we went for an opening in March.

"It's been an ongoing thing that we have been driving for. There's not a lot of choice up here for families.

"Fruit and veg has been flying out the door, and our meals were wiped out last week.

"Here, we have two convenience stores, and they drive the prices up. This is kind of like a food desert, it is absolutely shocking."

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