The Save the Cabinet Action Group presents a New Year’s Eve Pop-up Pub Party at Reed Village Hall on 31st December starting at 6.30pm. As always you can drop in for a drink and something to eat and stay as long as you like. With music and dancing, real ale, bubbly, food (succulent slow-roast pork […]
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The Royston based Opus 17 Swing Band have been promoting big band music both locally and nationally for over 20 years. This December will see the band perform another Christmas Spectacular concert in Royston. On the bill will be a whole host of popular classics, together with seasonal vocals sung by the band. The first
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Our very special year of celebrating the Royston Girlguiding centenary is well underway. The opening ceremony back in July was a fantastic success and there are lots of fun activities for all age-groups coming up before the big closing event in July 2020. Many of our leaders have been volunteering in Royston for 30 years
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Royston Flower Power was set up by a mum on a mission to bring some happiness to Royston Town. Through word-of-mouth, more of the local creative community have contributed flowers which have been left around the town with positive quotes attached; designed to allow whoever finds them to take them home. Every flower is numbered
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Christmas Door Decoration Workshop Test your creativity and design your own Christmas door decoration in aid of Home Start. Tickets are £25, including the framework, foliage and ribbons but please bring your own gloves, secateurs and any special additions you’d like to incorporate into your design. Tickets can be bought online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/hsrsc Friday 6th
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It has been an ultra busy time for a local community project which hosted its third seasonal Craft Fair and welcomed an unusual type of painting to its now well established Art Gallery over the last week. Crowds poured into the Melbourn Community Hub at the weekend to support the many interesting stall holders, some
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The pop up ice rink at the Letchworth Outdoor Pool officially opens its doors for the very first time on Saturday 23 November. Stevenage Leisure Limited (SLL), who operate the Outdoor Pool on behalf of North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC), has introduced Skate Letchworth, a state-of-the art ice rink to the centre. Spanning an impressive
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This month’s fabulous photo is of a wedding on Christmas Day 1917. It is the wedding of my paternal Grandfather and Grandmother and was taken in the back garden of the groom’s father’s house in Paddington, West London. This was the house they were to spend much of their married life, and where their children
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2019 Royston & District Santa Sleigh Dates & Routes. Santa will be out on his rounds again in Royston and the surrounding villages with Royston & District Round Table. Also joining Santa this year will be fundraisers from: 10th Royston Scouts, 1st Orwell Scouts, Royston Lions Club, Young Farmers, Steam at the Hoops, Parkfit Royston,
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Following a period of apparent inactivity, arising from the need to determine the soundness of the floor, internal scaffolding has finally been erected throughout the nave and inspections carried out by structural engineers to assess the damage to the roof caused by the fire. As a result a Schedule of Works has been drawn up
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On Friday 11th October children and staff at Icknield Walk First School wore something yellow to raise money for ‘Young Minds’, a charity that supports children’s mental health and well-being. Mrs Harward, the school’s emotional well-being mentor said; ““It was fantastic to see so many children and adults ‘go yellow’ to support young people’s mental
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This winter, four times BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominees and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards, Megson, aka Stu & Debbie Hanna, will be performing some very special Christmas shows. The Megson Christmas Specials will combine a mixture of classic seasonal songs, undiscovered carols as well as a sprinkling of their own original Christmas
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