Our reporter Clive Porter attended one of the 25th. anniversary events of the North Herts Garden House Hospice at The Old Bull, Royston. From left to right: Sue Melbourne, community fundraiser, Jo Wiffen, with Bob Spence being offered a cup of coffee from volunteer, Barbie Chessum Jo, who has been fundraiser for eight years said […]
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Founded in 1875 “The Crows” are the third oldest club in Hertfordshire after Hitchin and Bishops Stortford and in December this year the Club will be celebrating its 140th anniversary. It really is a truly remarkable achievement when you think that Disraeli was Prime Minister when the club was formed and has since seen a
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Look out for the all new Royston Information Centre (RIC) in Royston Library this month. Royston Information Centre has been created by Royston First, and is dedicated to providing high quality visitor information as well as concentrating on promoting tourism in our town. Visitors can discover what there is to see and do in Royston
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The Professional Golfers’ Association tries to get more women golfing… The PGA is embracing Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign by striking out with a bold bid to get more women playing golf. It has launched its own This Girl Golfs with aims of the campaign including breaking down the myths and misconceptions that might
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Great Chishill is the highest village in Cambridgeshire and so it is not surprising that a windmill is located here. What is rather surprising is that you can support the trust that looks after the windmill by dancing! David and Wendy McKeown are enthusiastic amateur ballroom and latin dancers who will be running beginners classes
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Croydon Croydon is a lovely peaceful little village. It has a church and a reading room which is available to hire and hosts an annual (and very popular) Classic Vehicle Show each summer. The village pub, the Queen Adelaide, is undergoing renovation. Who’d have thought that this was the scene of a riot! Back in
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Abington Pigotts is a small but lively village in South West Cambs. Consisting of only 60 houses the only facilities are a rather agreeable pub called the Pig and Abbot, the Church and a Village Hall in dire need of refurbishment. The Village Hall was given in trust to the village by the grandparents of
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Did you know that the Herts Air Ambulance receive no direct government or National Lottery funding? It costs £480,000 per month to keep the helicopters from the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust flying and performing their life saving role – not surprising when they fly an average of three missions a day costing around
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We are really pleased to have received copies of the 1948 and 1960 Official Royston Guides from Alan Cecil at the Royston Past & Present Facebook group. They have given us a lot of pleasure as we look at how our town has changed over the past 50 years. As publishers we’ve also found it
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Enriching the community… Royston Museum, housed in the old Congregational Church School Room on Lower King Street, contains wonderful stories of local people and the events that have shaped the town and its surrounding villages along with the many fascinating exhibits that represent them. The building itself has a fantastic history having also served time
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You only have to take a stroll along Barkway High Street to see the rich history of the village illustrated by the many handsome historic buildings which grace what was once a stretch of the main route between London and Cambridge. That history accounts for its largely shoestring configuration with the older houses (and once
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