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 …
Royston reducing waste – sharing, repairing, re-using There really is no planet B, so now in the time to join millions of others locally, nationally and internationally tackling what many now describe as our climate emergency. This is a particularly busy month with many opportunities to get on board to cut waste. 2nd – 6th …
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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 …
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 …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
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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Buoyed on by the success of the previous Community Showcase two years ago, the Directors of the Melbourn Hub decided to hold a similar event on Saturday. The village was treated to a jam-packed fun day which opened with a Craft Fair, and concluded in the evening with a talented young local singer. From midday, …
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 …
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/
