The Semitones – A Feast of Talent Named after the smallest interval between two musical notes, “The Semitones”, began as a music group in Foxton Village Hall over 25 years ago, for mothers, fathers, grandparents and childminders, and their smallest human musicians! The group was inaugurated by two local ladies, Rosalind Meese Grove (a teacher) […]
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Three local businesses’ two based in Buntingford and one from Biggleswade raise £665.00 for WaterAid via a charity golf day. Nikki Baxter was the co-founder of First Class Business Solutions and had also been associated with both Elite Document Solutions and United Client Services. Nikki, who passed away seven years ago, had been a passionate
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Enjoy an evening of musical delight as Joe Rose sings songs from stage and film, accompanied by renowned keyboard player, Stan “The Man” Carter. Join us on 2nd December at All Saints’ Church, Melbourn for an enchanting evening of musical delight as well-known local singer, Joe Rose, takes centre stage. Accompanied by the nationally renowned
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Arts Festival 2023 A Huge Success With Families With ‘The Force of Nature’ as its theme the annual highly acclaimed Royston Arts Festival culminated with the main Arts and Photographic Exhibitions in the Town Hall and a Gala in the Memorial Gardens. Throughout its ten day duration, there had been a whole host of festivities
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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 plays 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.
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The Royston community came together to celebrate the life and legacy of local business-woman Julia Brooks at a charity fundraiser in aid of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. The ‘Afternoon of Celebration’ was held in September at Burloes Hall, with over 160 people attending. The event was organised by local marketing agency, C4B, where Julia was
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Citizens Advice North Herts & District Online shopping traps caught out 8.5 million people in the last year… These online tactics used by some retailers, though legal, led to one in six people buying something they didn’t want, need or came to regret according to new research by Citizens Advice earlier this year 1. Misleading
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Be Sustainable in October If you have enjoyed the Sustain-Ability mini-festival as part of the Arts Festival’s Gala in the Gardens, on 30th September 2023, read on for more ideas on how to live sustainably. We hope you enjoyed the day! It’s hedgehog hibernation season and Wednesday, 4th October is World Animal Day, uniting animal
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New Business is Brim Full of Innovation To operate a successful retail business in these troubled and difficult trading times one requires to be an extraordinaire in the deployment of their skills and attitude towards the hard pressed public. So, it is against all odds that a professional person in his late seventies should wish
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Royston Light Switch On The annual Royston Christmas Lights Switch On, organised by Royston First BID, will take place on Friday 24th November 2023 at Fish Hill from 5pm. This year, the team are looking for a local hero to switch on the town’s Christmas lights, and are inviting you all to nominate your ‘Local
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News from Therfield Heath Conservation – Award Winning Project Esme Fowler, a Nuffield Scholar student, has won the Gold Crest award for her project “Assessing the biodiversity of Therfield Heath”. This collaboration between Anglia Ruskin University, Ranger and Conservation Manager, Cat Wright, and Nuffield Research Student, Esme Fowler, aimed to complete a floristic survey and
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Dysons Menswear: Shop Local Dysons has been part of Royston life since Roly Dyson started the company in 1934, and as many Roystonians will still remember, Ray King ran Dysons for over 50 years. Trevor took over running the shop 22 years ago on Ray’s retirement. When Dysons first opened it sold mainly workwear, but
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