Royston Fire Brigade have become the latest organisation to join up to the Royston Dementia Friendly Community. Organised by Sam Adby from Margaret House Care Home, the community aims to make Royston more accessible to and understanding of anyone living with dementia. Visitors from Margaret House enjoyed a tour of the fire station […]
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St John the Baptist Church Update Now that the work on the enabling stage is complete, with the debris from the fire removed and the bells lowered and taken to the foundry for examination and re-casting, we have now started the next stage of the process to restore and refurbish the building. Structural engineers have
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Royston Kite Festival Royston’s blessed with one of the finest stretches of accessible downland anywhere in the East of England, and don’t our sportsmen and women, walkers, runners, dog owners and nature-lovers make good use of it? The Heath’s army of users usually enjoy its wide open spaces singly, in couples, or small groups –
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Out & About… Ashwell Show This year’s Ashwell Show, held on August Bank Holiday Monday, will host exhilarating camel racing for the first time in its 99 year history. This attraction promises to be a thrilling spectacle, with the camels and their jockeys dressed in fantastically colourful Arabian-style outfits. And what’s more – there’s the
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An hour with Ray Constant, Watch Commander at Royston Fire Station reveals much about what has kept him in the fire service for the past 24 years, the last five based in Royston. A guided tour around the fire station reveals a comfortable but professional setup – with a mess deck where the crew gather
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Limitless Academy of Performing Arts now has their own premises here in Royston, Melbourn Street and their success continues to grow! After many years of good friendship which began in a production of John Godber’s ‘Bouncers’ in 1993, an obvious choice was presented to us, the simplest of ideas. “You should start a drama school”,
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Icknield Walk Science Day On Friday the 3rd May, 16 parents with a passion for science visited Icknield Walk First School for their 11th annual science day. The aim of the day is for every child to get hands on with a science demonstration or fun activity and to ask questions about the science in
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Royston Railway Updates Please note, there will be no trains between Cambridge or Peterborough into Kings Cross August bank holiday as per the attached link www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/lne-and-em/east-coast-mainline-route-upgrade/ To keep updated with railway updates join: www.facebook.com/groups/roystonrailusers/
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Continued awards success for Royston Business Babble Training & Growth Club was voted Runner-up again in the 2019 Hertfordshire SME Business Awards ‘Networking Business of the Year’ category at Hunton Park Hotel. Babble was already voted Runner-Up in its category in 2017 and finalist in 2016 and 2018. Babble meets monthly at Banyers House and
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Time for Tennis Playing tennis, it turns out, might be the best thing you can do to extend your life. It has long been established that exercise helps you live longer, but a 2018 study from Denmark showed that compared to a sedentary lifestyle playing tennis extends one’s life expectancy by a remarkable 9.7 years.
July Update Work has commenced, and is almost complete, on the “Enabling Stage” which is the clearance of debris, resulting from the fire, and the inspection of stonework etc. Bakers of Danbury have been sympathetically carrying out this operation whilst ensuring that all items of importance are carefully preserved and protected. All the pews have
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Art in the Community Project: Barley and Barkway The children of Barley and Barkway Federation School and the residents of Margaret House Residential and Dementia Care Home have been meeting up as part of an on going project to bring the younger and older members of the community together so they can enjoy each other’s
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