Out and About

Continued awards success for Royston Business Group…

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

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.

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Royston Is To Become More Dementia Friendly

Royston Is To Become More Dementia Friendly The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friendly Communities is a city, town or village where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported. Royston Business Network have committed to setting up one of these communities in Royston. In a dementia-friendly community people will be aware of and understand dementia, so

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Church Update

Church Update  The Police and Fire Services have now ruled out arson as the cause of the fire of 9th December 2018. We may never know the cause. The bells have been inspected, and unfortunately almost all are cracked and will probably need recasting. The memorial book is unscathed and a suitable accessible location has

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Steam at The Hoops

Full Steam to The Hoops The whiff of steam, the clattering of chains, and the heavy drone of wheels, announced the annual Steam weekend at Bassingbourn’s Hoops public house. Once again large crowds of enthusiasts, and people from far and wide  supported this charity fund raising event, the sixth that landlord, Russell Woolaston, and local

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Hidden Royston: Repairing the High Street

Repairing the High Street In the middle on May, Altrincham in Cheshire became the first town centre to pilot ‘National High Street Perfect Day’, the latest government-backed initiative designed to bring retailers, communities and local leaders together to improve the UK’s town centres in the face of widespread shop closures. The scheme was recommended in

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Hidden Royston: Below Stairs at the Banyers House

Below stairs at the Banyers House Historical records are selective and therefore open to interpretation, making any attempt to uncover the past all the more interesting. That’s what I discovered when trying to unearth some ‘underground’ stories about the Banyers House in the centre of Royston. Some facts about the Banyers are well documented. It’s

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