Award Winning outdoor theatre company Illyria will bring their fabulous new adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Tannery Drift First School this September. Young Ali Baba stumbles across an enchanted cave when he overhears the magic words that open it: “Open Sesame!”. Inside the cave he finds untold amounts of gold and […]
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In a true tapestry, scenes and images are woven into the cloth as it is made. In the Royston Tapestry, the scenes are stitched onto pre-finished linen. When Jane Vincent dreamt up our masterpiece, she wanted to create an artwork that was directly comparable to the Bayeux Tapestry. Where the Bayeux shows grand national events,
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Pete Heppelthwaite Peter Heppelthwaite is one of the founding members of Limitless Academy of Performing Arts, who have recently set up drama studios in Royston. Peter has a very experienced background in the West End, TV and Film. We asked him some questions to find out more about him: Your favourite Local Shop? Lordsman Barbers. The
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This month we are highlighting Priors Hall Farms who have been bringing some of the finest quality meat products to the market for the past five years and have built up a loyal customer base. Pete, who works on the stall on Wednesdays and Saturdays, is able to provide, among other things: pork, lamb and
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Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep… Healthy Heart Your heart will be much far healthier as a lack of sleep has been associated with worsening blood pressure and cholesterol. Reduce Stress Sleep reduces stress. When your body is sleep deficient it goes into a state of stress and the body’s functions are on high alert which
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Could you spare some time this September to help your local life-saving charity? If so, the staff and volunteers from Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) would love you to join them during National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW) which runs from Monday 9th to Sunday 15th September, raising awareness and collecting donations for the Charity.
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Old Royston’s unseen sights Our lives are so full these days – with 24-hour news, mobile phones that can do pretty much everything for communication, including making calls – we can easily go around with our eyes metaphorically shut. We may have become less observant or, as a survival strategy, we cease to take in
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Continuing my series of articles for 2019, Materials For A Purpose, I am going to be discussing how best to choose the right materials for your desired purpose and how they best fit into the design of a space. This month I want to investigate products used for vertical interest in the garden. Specimen trees
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We generally think that growth is good – but it may bring with it the need to hire more staff, find bigger premises and upgrade your machinery. But these are all risky investments – so how do you know when the time is right? I can’t make that decision for you – that’s your job
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Royston Fire Brigade have become the latest organisation to join up to the Royston Dementia Friendly Community. Organised by Sam Adby from Margaret House Care Home, the community aims to make Royston more accessible to and understanding of anyone living with dementia. Visitors from Margaret House enjoyed a tour of the fire station
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News from Royston Market – Mr Sharman’s Flower Stall This month we are highlighting one of our longest standing market traders. Mr Sharman’s flower stall has been bringing a burst of colour and fragrance to Royston Market for over 60 years with Gary and Simon currently at the helm on Wednesday’s and Saturdays. With a
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What is Earthing? Earthing is having a lot of attention at the moment, so I took the time to find our what it is and see if kicking my shoes off will make me feel better. And it really is quite simple. You literally connect your feet to the ground. Without having any shoes or
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