All the Fun of Fayre Excitement is building for the first All Saints Melbourn Autumn Fayre being held on 16 November from 11am to 3pm. The event will introduce fresh ideas and give this November’s fundraiser a new buzz, appealing to all ages in the community. Hopefully bringing in a whole new audience that may […]
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Paul Harris and Ron Sutcliffe are two friends, now retired, who have grown up together and share an interest in Scouting and the outdoor life. Paul is a trustee of the Charity UNCLE (which stands for Uplifting Nepal’s Children with Love and Education). This is the fifth year we have done a long distance walk to
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Remembrance Sunday 2019 will fall on Sunday 10th of November with Armistice day following on Monday 11th November. This year marks several anniversary’s relating to the Second World War including 80 years since the Second World War began, 75 years since the D-Day Landings, the battles of Arnhem, Monty Casino, Kohima and Imphal In Royston,
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Royston Museum relies on its team of volunteers. Without them, the museum would not be open. We want to encourage more people to join in and are looking at ways to make it easier for you to volunteer with us. If you would like to volunteer your skills, expertise, to run a one-off event or
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Letchworth Bakery have been providing Royston Market with fresh bread, cakes and pastries for over 5 years now. You can always be sure of a warm welcome from mum and son team Darani and Irusha who are on the market on both Wednesdays and Saturdays. The wide selection of bread includes GI, tiger, wholemeal, granary
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Men’s health is in crisis. Men are dying on average six years earlier than women, and for largely preventable causes. It needs to change, and we can make a difference. We can all name a man in our life who is struggling. It’s something we hate talking about. Talking about our problems is something us
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Royston Photographic Society had another successful exhibition with just over 450 visitors coming to see 50 fabulous images themed ‘Our Planet’ over the weekend of Royston Arts Festival. 1st place – Patrick Flicker with “Blea Tarn”. This picture was taken at Blea Tarn in the Lake District in the Autumn of 2017 on a camera
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Over the last two weeks, Kip McGrath has hidden over 50 books around Royston in the hope that children will hunt them, read them and re-hide them for someone else to read. Having been successful in other towns, the idea of the book hunt is to encourage children to get out and get reading, earning
On Wednesday 9th October, North Hertfordshire District Council’s (NHDC) Royston and District Area Committee awarded grant funding to an organisation that offers local people the opportunity to explore the art of dance. BEEE Creative CIC received £850* to help them run 60 creative movement workshops at the Royston Museum and Art Gallery. The workshops are
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Royston Foodbank will be ceasing operations in the town at the end of November, when project managers Andy and Viv Williams will be retiring to spend more time with their family. The Openhouse Project, also run by Andy and Viv, has generously allowed the foodbank to operate from Market Hill, but from November this building
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Could you Help at Home? East Anglian families need you! Here East Anglia’s Children’s Hopsices care for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk as well as supporting their families. We offer families flexibility and control over where they receive their care and support, including where their child dies
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Tara McGovern started at Therfield First School based in Therfield, as Headteacher in September 2015. This month The Listing caught up with Tara to find out more about the person behind the headmistress. What’s your name? Tara McGovern Where do you live? I live in Stevenage but am the Head of Therfield First School and
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