Spotlight On… Royston Royal British Legion Branch and Club Based in Mill Road in Royston, discover more about your local British Legion Branch and Club, which formed over 85 years ago. British Legion Branch For the past 100 years Royal British Legion Branch members have kept faith with their founder’s commitment to the armed forces […]
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My Local Life… Jamie Wells – Movewells and Simply Shredding Services This month we chatted to Jamie Wells, partner in MoveWells Removals and also Simply Shredding Franchisee Services. Where do you live and how long have you lived there? I moved to Royston in 2016 from Essex to be closer to our storage yard
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We are excited to announce that the Wild World Heroes Summer Reading Challenge 2021 is launching in Hertfordshire Libraries on Saturday 10th July. Our doors are open, and we are welcoming back and encouraging our existing and new young readers to join and take part for Free. This year The Reading Agency has teamed up
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Since the Barley Flower Tower was hoisted into position with the expert help of the Royston Fire service and a band of helpful villagers, its renown has spread far and wide. On 27th June, the rector Ruth Pyke and Flower Tower designer Alison White were interviewed live on BBC Look East and on the 30th
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Conservators of Therfield Heath – Therfield in Bloom Forget having to wait till September for this years Chelsea flower show, we have our own wonderful display just on our doorsteps for everyone to come and enjoy. The Heath is displaying some of the most exquisite wildflowers found in the UK, which knowledgeable local residents have
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Be Sustainable: Plastic Free Bathroom Routine Often when we make steps to go plastic free it can feel extremely overwhelming so starting with one area of your life first can feel much more manageable so here are my favourite swaps for your bathroom routine… • Bamboo Toothbrush I favour a bamboo toothbrush for its cardboard packaging
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Spotlight On… Basstonbury 2021 Basstonbury, the three day village festival put on by Bassingbourn Charities over the August bank holiday weekend, is set to make a return this year. Who are Bassingbourn Charities? We are a Bassingbourn based charity that puts on entertainment events for the local community, with all profits going back into the
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Aspirations week at Roman Way Academy Children at Roman Way Academy recently took part in Aspirations Week. The children spent the week learning about different jobs and thinking about what they aspire to do in the future. Each day, the children had live video calls with different parents, covering a variety of roles including a
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Update on Royston Church Since our last update, work within the church has been continuing at a pace although work on the rebuilding of the main arch was delayed due to the problems with sourcing the replacement stone. We are pleased to report that this has been resolved and work is now expected to be
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Spotlight On… Barley Flower Tower In February 2021, in the village of Barley, in the midst of what felt like a never ending lock down, Alison White was trying to think of a project to bring the whole village together while still following the rules of the covid pandemic. A few months earlier in December
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There are few businesses that haven’t been forced to change their sense of direction over the last year, and the Melbourn Community Hub is just one organisation that has found life particularly challenging. With the short notice intermittent lock downs, and the frequently changing laws governing hygiene and social distancing it has meant an unprecedented
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Conservators of Therfield Heath As the good weather comes and larger groups can meet up, we are aware that some people may still want (or need) to avoid crowds. There are around 420 acres of common land within the main Heath and also eight common land greens located in and around Therfield. You can find
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