A straw poll of residents in Royston High Street one grey Monday morning found a broad acceptance of CCTV cameras in public places. “If you’ve nothing to hide, why would you worry?” was a typical response, and others were reassured and felt safer. I was standing under one of the CCTV cameras in 11 locations […]
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Year 2 pupils from Icknield Walk First School have taken a step back in time to experience the sights, smells, sounds and emotions felt by those present on Pudding Lane in 1666. A special visit from the Freshwater Theatre Company gave our pupils a real sense of appreciation of how the residents and workers would
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Residents from Margaret House in Barley, accompanied by their ‘carers’ from Barkway & Barley Federation school together enjoyed a wonderful day out at the Queen Mother’s childhood home of St Paul’s Walden Bury. ‘Stepping Out’ with young ‘carers’ They took part in a walk organised by the charity Stepping Out with Carers, which provides a
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Chevaux De La Carmargue – Horses of the Camargue a photography exhibition by Sarah Howard This September sees well-known local photographer Sarah Howard exhibit her work at The Hub in Melbourn. The exhibit showcases her work following a visit to the Camargue last year. The Camargue is a Regional Natural Park, centred around the Rhone
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If you’re a ‘local’ to Melbourn or its catchment villages, it’s very likely that you have had some connection with “The College”, over the years. Whatever your connection, MVC are holding a reunion on Friday 27th September from 2-4pm, to mark the Diamond Anniversary and we’d like you to join us. Particularly, it would be
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Join Reed Cricket Club on the “Road to Lord’s” for the final of the National Village Cup, against Yorkshire Houghton Main. According to the Route Planner, the distance between Reed Cricket Club and Lord’s Cricket Ground in St. John’s Wood is 43.9 miles via the A1. And that is just about all the travelling Reed
Local CrossFit Gym takes out Two Regional Competitions It was a fantastic result for CrossFit Royston this weekend when six of their athletes competed in two CrossFit Regional Competitions, winning both respectively. Claire Collingwood and Stevie Kutch travelled to Hartford, whilst Mike Laskey, Ben Pearce, Kieran McManus and Jacob Boyce were in Northampton. “I was
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From Tallulah’s Kitchen – Apple Cake and welcome to another bright and shiny edition of The Listing. So, September already, how the months are flying by! All summer I have been keeping an eye on my apple tree and this year looks to bring a bumper crop of apples, so I thought I would share
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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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Award Winning outdoor theatre company Illyria will bring their fabulous new adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Tannery Drift First School this September. Young Ali Baba stumbles across an enchanted cave when he overhears the magic words that open it: “Open Sesame!”. Inside the cave he finds untold amounts of gold and
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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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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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