This month we take a look at the cycling clubs that are in our area. Get on your bike and enjoy the fresh air and exercise this Autumn. Greneway Cycling Satellite Club Greneway School Fridays 3.30 – 4.30pm www.north-herts.gov.uk 01462 474 257 Breeze Cycling Free local rides run by women for women www.goskyride.com Ashwell Cycling […]
Royston Day Centre is open to all elderly people of Royston and the surrounding area. Everyone will receive a warm welcome and is treated as an individual at the beautiful setting at The Old Barn in Upper King Street. Elderly people are welcomed three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and given the
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Art News from Curwens. Our Art Preview evening last Thursday was a great success – with lots of visitors and sales ! Maggie, Christine and Selina proved very popular. Their work will still be on display when the gallery opens for the Royston Arts Festival on Saturday 23rd Sept. 10-2 Some photos of the preview
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A sizzling August Bank Holiday Monday helped to induce hundreds of folks from far and wide to a bumper packed program of exciting events at the 96th Ashwell Show. The Bank Holiday brought some beautiful weather for the Ashwell Show. Crowds loved the events put on such as the traditional horse show, the ‘lamb national’
James Rivers is a the owner of Gymbo’s fitness facilities in Meldreth and Sawston. This month he has agreed to be our ‘local life’ and share a little about the person behind the business! Where do you live? Royston. We moved there back in 2014 from Melbourn. What’s your favourite local place to eat? My
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A fantastic day out is on offer at Shuttleworth with something for everyone to enjoy. Originally the home, gardens and vintage aircraft and vehicle collection of the Shuttleworth family, it is now one of Bedfordshire’s most interesting visitor attractions. The Collection and Swiss Garden are open to the public daily. The Collection of aircraft and
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Nuthampstead was commissioned by the USAAF in 1942, to the standard bomber field specification, with a completion date of 1st April 1943. The airfield itself was built on Scales Park, which was land owned by Baron Dimsdale, with the majority of the camp situated to the west, in and around Nuthampstead village. Local people remember
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Going on from strength to strength! The U3A is one of the very few organisations that is run by third agers for third agers; The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement is a unique and exciting organisation that provides, through its local U3As, life-enhancing opportunities. Retired and semi-retired people aged 50 plus come together
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Grantchester is a beautiful, very traditional, unspoilt village on the River Cam (or Granta as it was previously known). It’s two miles south of Cambridge, so quite close by and easy to visit. Perfect for a Father’s Day treat. If you are feeling very brave you can always take a dip! The wildswimming website describes
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Give someone 20 minutes to talk about their life and you never know what you might discover! This month, local businessman Ben Chapman. Ben grew up in Ashwell, moved to London after University and has spent over 25 years in the licensing trade running some flagship restaurants and bars in the Westend and City before
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UNCLE is a registered charity based in Royston which principally supports two orphanages in Nepal. The name UNCLE stands for Uplifting Nepal’s Children with Love and Education. We send £5,000 each quarter to pay for the rent, food, clothing, bedding, heating, cooking and medical costs, indeed everything the children and their carers need to survive.
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Bridge End Garden was created around 1840 by Francis Gibson, a local Quaker businessman who also built the Fry Art Gallery. Francis’ daughter Elizabeth married Lewis Fry of Bristol and in 1918 the Fry family leased the Garden to the local council. It has been open to the public ever since. Over time, Bridge End
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