Christmas Door Decoration Workshop Test your creativity and design your own Christmas door decoration in aid of Home Start. Tickets are £25, including the framework, foliage and ribbons but please bring your own gloves, secateurs and any special additions you’d like to incorporate into your design. Tickets can be bought online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/hsrsc Friday 6th …
The 10th Royston Scout Group will deliver your Christmas cards to any address in Royston. Stamps cost just 30p each, and are available from Ladds on the High Street, McColl’s on Queens Road and Icknield Store on Icknield Walk. Cards can be posted at any of the shops until lunchtime on Monday 16th December, with …
It has been an ultra busy time for a local community project which hosted its third seasonal Craft Fair and welcomed an unusual type of painting to its now well established Art Gallery over the last week. Crowds poured into the Melbourn Community Hub at the weekend to support the many interesting stall holders, some …
The pop up ice rink at the Letchworth Outdoor Pool officially opens its doors for the very first time on Saturday 23 November. Stevenage Leisure Limited (SLL), who operate the Outdoor Pool on behalf of North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC), has introduced Skate Letchworth, a state-of-the art ice rink to the centre. Spanning an impressive …
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This month’s fabulous photo is of a wedding on Christmas Day 1917. It is the wedding of my paternal Grandfather and Grandmother and was taken in the back garden of the groom’s father’s house in Paddington, West London. This was the house they were to spend much of their married life, and where their children …
2019 Royston & District Santa Sleigh Dates & Routes. Santa will be out on his rounds again in Royston and the surrounding villages with Royston & District Round Table. Also joining Santa this year will be fundraisers from: 10th Royston Scouts, 1st Orwell Scouts, Royston Lions Club, Young Farmers, Steam at the Hoops, Parkfit Royston, …
Following a period of apparent inactivity, arising from the need to determine the soundness of the floor, internal scaffolding has finally been erected throughout the nave and inspections carried out by structural engineers to assess the damage to the roof caused by the fire. As a result a Schedule of Works has been drawn up …
This month’s market trader profile is on Alan Barlow who has been working on the Wednesday market for three years. His popular pitch provides shoppers with an opportunity to peruse a really wide range of collectables, vintage items and antiques which includes beautiful copper pots and kettles, ceramics, silverware and jewellery. Such an eclectic mix …
Local drama group CADS have been busy putting together a cabaret-style evening of entertainment for the Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery. Organised by CADS regular Kathy Young, the evening is entitled ‘A Christmas Miscellany’ and all proceeds will go to the Friends of the Museum. The show features a mixture of poems, songs …
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On Friday 11th October children and staff at Icknield Walk First School wore something yellow to raise money for ‘Young Minds’, a charity that supports children’s mental health and well-being. Mrs Harward, the school’s emotional well-being mentor said; ““It was fantastic to see so many children and adults ‘go yellow’ to support young people’s mental …
This winter, four times BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominees and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards, Megson, aka Stu & Debbie Hanna, will be performing some very special Christmas shows. The Megson Christmas Specials will combine a mixture of classic seasonal songs, undiscovered carols as well as a sprinkling of their own original Christmas …
Critically acclaimed Melbourn musicians to perform special Christmas Concerts. Read More »
Saturday saw the sixth staging of the annual Royston Pirates Day organised by Royston First, the organisation funded by local businesses. No doubt encouraged by the pleasant weather on Saturday morning, nearly 300 completed entry forms where handed in. Â It is estimated that, including parents, grandparents and siblings, the town centre footfall was increased by …
