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No 21: St Mary Magdalen at Shearby.

Students have come back from the summer holidays with a really positive attitude and have collectively achieved over 150,000 reward points for demonstrating our values of work hard, be kind, be proud, which bodes really well for the school year. 

The latest Telraam figures monitoring traffic in six designated places around Kibworth makes depressing reading. The six places are Harcourt Estate (for those who are unsure where this is, it is the row of shops on the A6), Church Road, Fleckney Road, Smeeton Road, High Street and the A6 by Crouch’s garage. As alluded to in last month’s issue the A6, which obviously carries the most traffic, in fact, 6.4 million vehicles every year is also a speedway for some motorists!

St. Wilfrid’s Church, Kibworth was the venue in November 2025 for an excellent concert of festive favourites and brass band classics by Salvo Brass. There are over 30 players in the band playing up to ten different instruments plus percussion, so allowing for an extensive repertoire. The band members come from all over the East Midlands and farther afield.

It’s been another busy year at the mill, with visitors from several groups coming to have a look around, in addition to the usual Open weekends in May and September, which were very well attended as usual.

The two Kibworth Parish Councils and the Kibworth & District Heritage Society arranged a celebration of the 90th birthday of the Community Hub’s building on the Friday 18 September. This was the exact date in 1936 that the building was opened and used by pupils of the Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School.

Based on a fascinating true story - Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson (Oscar nominated for her role) star as two down-on-their-luck performers who form a Neil Diamond tribute band together, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams – whatever life throws at you.

As Christmas approaches, The Well Kibworth is delighted to be joining forces with Kibworth Books once again for the annual Community Secret Santa appeal – a wonderful local initiative that helps bring a little extra Christmas magic to people and families in our community who may otherwise struggle to afford a gift.

Towards the end of this month we shall all be putting our clocks back one hour and enjoying life in Greenwich Mean Time. And with the arrival of GMT the nights will seem darker and perhaps a little less pleasant. Certain parents will be using their cars to deliver and collect their offspring from school, college, academy, etc.  

Our Tea Dances go from strength to strength. Recently we were entertained by Neil Stuart and the Falconers. It was a fabulous afternoon.

Competitive tennis continues throughout the winter at Kibworth Tennis Club, with adult and junior teams representing the club and October half-term camps offering more opportunities for young players to get on court.

As another golfing season draws to a close, members can reflect on a summer that has been anything but ordinary. The extreme heat and prolonged dry conditions have transformed the course, creating plenty of talking points and perhaps convincing a few golfers that their game has improved considerably!

Friday 6 November at Kibworth Golf Club

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a table top sale on Saturday 14 November in Kibworth Village Hall LE8 0LN from 10 to 12.45pm. There will be a good variety of stalls including homemade wooden good's, craft stalls, handmade cards, jewellery, Tropic skin care products, knitted and crochet goods, including lots of assorted homemade items, jigsaws books, pre loved clothes, raffle and lots more.