Lauren Winfield Powerlifting Success Lauren has just turned 18 & been powerlifting training for 3 years. There are 3 lifts – Squat, Bench & Deadlift. She has a PT called Dan Benson & trains with him at Wilmotts Gym along with training in her home gym. She competed last September & won which qualified her […]
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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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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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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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St John the Baptist Church Update Now that the work on the enabling stage is complete, with the debris from the fire removed and the bells lowered and taken to the foundry for examination and re-casting, we have now started the next stage of the process to restore and refurbish the building. Structural engineers have
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Out & About… Ashwell Show This year’s Ashwell Show, held on August Bank Holiday Monday, will host exhilarating camel racing for the first time in its 99 year history. This attraction promises to be a thrilling spectacle, with the camels and their jockeys dressed in fantastically colourful Arabian-style outfits. And what’s more – there’s the
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Spotlight On… The RNLI In Royston Having been a member of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) fund raising branch in Royston for over 10 years now I always find it amusing when collecting that people say: “How come the RNLI is in Royston when we are not near the sea?” Of course visitors to
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An hour with Ray Constant, Watch Commander at Royston Fire Station reveals much about what has kept him in the fire service for the past 24 years, the last five based in Royston. A guided tour around the fire station reveals a comfortable but professional setup – with a mess deck where the crew gather
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