My Local Life… Sharon Windebank, The Listing Sharon joined The Listing team in October 2013 and specialises in business development and digital marketing, working with local businesses and organisations. You’ll often see Sharon around town at various networking and community-based events, and also every month she’s out delivering The Listing to our local high street […]
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Spotlight On… 200 Issues of the Listing This issue marks 200 issues of The Listing – a feat that we are enormously proud of, and hope that you will share in our pride with us! The Listing started life in September 2005, a time before the internet was widely used, mobiles were solely for texting
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Be Sustainable in April We love Easter with its signs of spring, milder weather and lighter evenings. But what would it be without chocolate? Most confectioners are more savvy these days about packaging and there’s a variety of brands available with plastic free packaging and fair trade chocolate. Easter decorations are fun to craft at
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Royston Market Traders – Dressed by Flo Dressed by Flo started during the second lockdown as a small Facebook page, selling lovely clothes with an affordable price tag. Dressed by Flo joined Royston Market in April last year and with the support of her regular customers, the business has grown from strength to strength. The
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This March, our sights turn to outdoor events again – and we’re delighted to say that the Thriplow Daffodil Weekend makes a welcome return. Bright, cheerful daffodils fill the Spring with colour and we’ve used them on our front covers – photographer Neil Baker used to take pictures for BBC Cambridgeshire on occasion a number
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Royston on the World Map World Down Syndrome Awareness Day is on 21st March Mirka Anderson from Bassingbourn has decided to influence change, social awareness and attitude towards Down’s Syndrome by directing a documentary, The Sky is the Limit, which focuses on the life of her daughter Emma who was born in Cambridge and has
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A Fitting Place to Remember – Royston War Memorial – March 2022 marks 100 years since it was unveiled… Royston’s war memorial has always been respected as a distinctive example of those erected after the 1914-1918 war. It has a character of its own, with the statue of a British ‘Tommy’ of that war holding
Be Sustainable This March Spring Cleaning is upon us. It’s time to whisk away all those cobwebs and get into the darkest of corners. Simple homemade cleaning products save a small fortune, smell more natural and don’t add to the waste mountain. A good all-round cleanser is: one part white vinegar, one part water, the
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Update on Royston Parish Church Since our last update work has continued apace on the final phase of the restoration/refurbishment of the building. Although there has been much progress recently with groundworks being prepared in anticipation of laying the new floor, including underfloor heating, the creation of a new concrete ceiling to the boiler-room which
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Young Photographer Winners The Rotary Club of Royston is delighted to be able to announce the results of its Young Photographer Competition. This year the theme was “Colours of Nature” and the competition once again attracted some extremely high-quality pictures, particularly bearing in mind the ages of the entrants. The junior category (7-10) was won
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Spotlight On: Cricket in Barley Although cricket may have been played much earlier, the first recorded game of cricket played by the Barley Club was on the 13th of July 1846 when a team of gentlemen and Barley villagers defeated Barkway in a game probably played in the sheep meadow opposite The Chequers. A return
To ring the changes in 2022, we are focusing on a trader from Royston Market each month. To start the series, we are profiling Joanne, owner of ‘The Fudge Can’… This business was founded in 2014 and started life as a charity stall operating in the town centre in Watford where Joanne resided at the
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