Spotlight On – Royston Town Football Club Celebrates 150 Years! Founded in 1875 “The Crows” are the third oldest club in Hertfordshire after Hitchin and Bishops Stortford and in December this year the Club will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. It really is a truly remarkable achievement when you think that Disraeli was Prime […]
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Founded in 1961, Royston Rugby Club has been at the heart of the community for over 60 years, offering rugby for all ages and abilities. From our tiniest players aged 4 and up, right through to our senior men’s sides and social veterans’ team, there is a place for everyone to get involved, have fun,
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). Highwaymen Real and Imagined Until Angel Pavement was built in the 1960s there was a pub at the Market Hill end of the site called the Red Lion. This was Royston’s
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). Arthur Whydale – E. Hertbert Whydale, known to his friends as Bert, was the gifted painter and etcher whose work is loved by Royston people. Many of his pictures are held
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). The Coombes Hole underpass, which runs from Melbourn Road past the Town Council’s Green Street allotments through to Burns Road, opened in 2012 thanks to funding from Sustrans, North Herts Council,
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For our August issue, The Listing caught up with Luke Paton, who has been guiding visitors through Royston Cave since 2005 – the very same year that The Listing launched. Luke explains: “I started giving tours of Royston Cave in 2005, at the age of 16. I grew up in Royston and was hoping to
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Royston First is Royston’s Business Improvement District (BID), delivering on projects that help to develop the vibrancy of our town and boost our local economy. Behind the scenes, Royston First have been working on a number of projects which come to fruition this summer. First up is of course the topic that everyone is talking
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). Fish Hill Square is based at the north end of Market Hill and Fish Hill, where those two streets and John Street, Church Lane and Jepps Lane meet. Until shortly after
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Air cadets from 2484 (Bassingbourn) Squadron were out and about at the Royston Town Fayre recently, to promote their organisation to prospective new members. Cadets were able to demonstrate skills such as first aid, fieldcraft and STEM. They were keen to talk about their recent activities such as air experience flying and Easter camp, and
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). They go under different names in different parts of the country and the spelling is probably variable but what do you understand by “Twitchells”? There are plenty of them in the
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). This article, originally written in 2009, looks back at the closure of Woolworths on Royston High Street – a much-loved store that served the community for generations. Following the chain’s nationwide
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by true Roystonian, the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021. Royston has long been known as a town in barley-growing country, hence when the Spaniards threatened a blockade to cut off imports of wine to England, Queen Elizabeth is
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