Great Chishill Windmill Opening We achieved the aim of having the windmill with tail, access stairway and sails in place for the re-opening on June 8th. The weather even gave us a short break in the rain so that around 300 folk could gather around the mill to see the unveiling of a bench dedicated …
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 …
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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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 …
Life’s a Beach Bringing all the fun of the seaside to the borders of Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire, The Beach @ Bury Lane is our exciting, brand new children’s adventure zone for ages 0-12 years. The large summer outdoor play area offers diggers, trampolines, bungees, go karts, climbing boulder, sandy beach and much more! The …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Barkway’s Got Talent Barkway, on the old trading route from London to Cambridge, celebrates its market history and its significance as a place of social gathering each year in May with a market. Organised and run because of a strong community spirit, what better place then to welcome in local celebrity from neighbouring Buntingford, police …
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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