Following the amazingly successful opening of the Melbourn Hub after four months of lockdown, the trustees have decided price savings in the Bookmark Cafe will continue until further notice. A 10% discount off all food and beverages, including alcoholic drinks, will be automatically applied during the remainder of this month, as a way of saying …
The Barrington Classic Car meet is back Friday evening witnessed the welcome return of a fantastic collection of vehicles, paraded on the village green. Eager spectators, who were delighted with the turn out of the pristine models after such a long spell of boredom during the summer months, were treated to an exciting range of …
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Out and About: Royston’s First Virtual Family Festival @Home Royston’s first virtual family festival to bring the fun, festival spirit into our homes this summer and raise money for a great cause. Roll up, roll up! Welcome to Royston’s first-ever Family Festival @ Home! So, we may not be physically attending festivals this summer, but …
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Spotlight on… CPSL Mind Charity Like many organisations, at CPSL Mind we have reorganised ourselves in response to Covid-19 and continue to follow government guidance to protect our staff, volunteers and those we support. Working remotely, we have continued to support our clients and the wider community who have mental health concerns as well as …
Out and About: Shepreth Wildlife Park Welcome to the Wildlife Walk! Shepreth Wildlife Park is pleased to be able to finally invite their much-loved visitors back to enjoy their luscious green surroundings and lakes, whilst taking in the sights and sounds of a variety of beautiful and exotic species. Join them on their new socially-distanced …
Icknield Walk First School goes the Extra Mile! The children in year 4 had special visitors this week; their teachers and head teacher came to see them at home! The year 4 children will be leaving Icknield Walk First School at the end of the summer term to go on to middle school. Usually at …
Spotlight on… Royston Girlguiding Our Guiding Light still shines! Up until COVID-19 put a stop to things in March, we have been celebrating 100 years of guiding in Royston. Our opening ceremony on 7th July 2019 focussed on celebrating the historical traditions of Girlguiding, many of which were new experiences for the girls. We ended …
Royston Town Band in Lockdown The band’s last rehearsal together before lockdown was a practice for the upcoming area contest, if we had known what was coming I think we would have made more of a big deal of it! We all know what followed next. There are lots of things that just aren’t the …
When their league season was cancelled, Royston Town had at least five home games to play. But with the bar and clubhouse closed, they’ve had to cancel a number of functions including their annual beer and music festival. As a result, the club will suffer a shortfall in revenue of more than £50,000 and now …
Museum Musings: Collecting Along with many museums, Royston Museum are seeing the importance of recording what we’re all going through. The collecting will happen when we open so if you have something you’d like to share, please keep it aside. We’ll be collecting in three types of objects. 1. Photos – For example rainbows in …
“My GP didn’t know; my neurologist thought I shouldn’t know; the books in the library were out of date; the internet didn’t exist. I couldn’t access the information I wanted because I wasn’t a doctor, but without medical training I couldn’t understand it anyway. We were told: ‘You’ve got MS; go home and learn to …
“What are we going to do now there’s to be no Kite Festival?” That’s the question Royston’s Rotarians have been asking each other since the club’s Council took the decision to cancel their flagship fundraising event, which was to take place in August on the Heath, as it has for the past quarter of a …
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