Enjoy two live theatre performances at the Attic Theatre in Royston at the end of February. Bouncers & Shakers, both directed by award-winning director Peter Heppelthwaite, tell stories of London nightclubs in the infamous 1980s. With all the music and references to match, Bouncers follows 4 door men and Shakers follows 4 waitresses as they […]
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The last few months have seen some exciting changes at Royston Museum. In December we welcomed Emma, our new Museum Manager. Emma has worked for a range of different museums and heritage sites, primarily in learning and engagement. She loves nothing more than chatting to visitors and creating fun activities and events for everyone to
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The Royston Repair Café is ten years old and there’s much to celebrate. In the past decade at 33 Repair Cafes sessions, 32 different volunteer repairers attempted 1100 repairs and were successful with over 600 of them. Compared with The Repair Shop on TV, the stars of the show are less the owners and their
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In 2017 Dave Rance and the Rockin’ Chair Band started playing jazz on Monday lunchtimes in Royston on a monthly basis. The band play Traditional, New Orleans and Dixieland-style jazz along with providing great humour. At the time, some people queried lunchtime on this day of the week but it became a great success. Unfortunately,
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Home-Start Royston & South Cambridgeshire has been supporting families since 1983 in North Herts, South Cambs and Buntingford. Home-Start is a registered charity that supports local families with children aged 9 and under who are struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical and mental health problems, relationship problems, multiple-aged children, bereavement and many other issues. Parents
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A secret stash of more than 300 gold sovereigns – many found in an old sock – has sold for tens of thousands of pounds at auction. Hansons Auctioneers were stunned to uncover gold worth around £100,000 while carrying out a routine house clearance in Leicestershire. Their team were checking through a linen chest and
Local charity Rowan is getting ready to launch its annual art exhibition, on 24th and 25th February in Cambridge. The exhibition, which will be held at The Leys School, will be open to the public and attendees will have the opportunity to purchase artworks. All the money raised from art sales will go to the
In December we enjoyed a super Christmas Lunch at the Heath Cafe, the food was delicious and we were served by friendly and efficient staff. We finished off the season with a Christmas coffee morning the following week. For our first meeting in 2024, we welcomed back John McCombe who had previously been a speaker
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Meet Sarah Haskell at Curwens. New Year, New You?? Perhaps start with a new profile photograph for your social media. Do you want a family portrait but never quite have the time? Maybe a professional photograph of your canine best friend…but cannot quite manage the camera and dog at the same time? Following the success
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EXERCISE4FUN SCHEME AVAILABLE AT MSC After the huge success of the first and second Exercise4Fun programme at Melbourn Sports Centre, they are proud to announce that a third scheme will be running, commencing on Tuesday 16th January at 7pm. Designed exclusively for adults with a BMI of 25+ (23.5+ for ethnic minorities) who are currently
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This term both KJAR primary and secondary students took part in the Bebras Computational Challenge which introduces computational thinking to students it is organised in over 60 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. We would like to particularly congratulate 37 of our students who gained the Gold Award
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Stevenage Football Club’s charity partner of the year is Garden House Hospice Care. On 14th December, ahead of their match against Exeter City, the players visited the Hospice to learn more about how their support will make a difference to people in the local community living with life-limiting conditions. The visit began with players
