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The Well - April 2024

Methodist Matters - April 2024

Kibworth Bowls Club - April 2024. Kibworth Bowling Club’s indoor carpet bowls season has now ended following some really enjoyable competitions. The Pairs League for the Hollingsworth Cup was won by Chas Clarke and Sharon Sanderson, after some exciting matches with close scores.  

By the time you receive this month’s Chronicle, we will have completed our run of ‘Death on the Rocks’ and be eagerly looking towards our next production.

Ireland & Company are thrilled to announce that from Monday 22 April we will be moving. We will be at Ground Floor, Unit 2, Kibworth Business Park, Nursery Court, LE8 0EX.

News from Smeeton Westerby. On Saturday 16 March, we had a fabulous evening with Tony Harris performing as Winston Churchill. You would never have known that he had driven all the way from Hastings just to be with us. His knowledge, wit and acting skills made the evening so very enjoyable. Add to that the delicious supper, it was definitely an evening to remember. We can’t wait to invite him again.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a coffee morning and table top sale on Saturday 11 May. It will be in Kibworth Village Hall, LE8 0LN, from 10am until 12.45pm.

National Gardens Scheme May 2024. May is a busy month with 16 gardens opening all over the county.

The Railway, Kibworth, LE8 0LN, will be hosting a Clutter Sale in aid of the Gems Charity on Friday 17 May, 9am until 4pm, and on Saturday 18 May, 10am until 1pm.

Chronicle reader, George Keeping, has been sent photographs of St Helen’s church at Gumley showing some of the protruding faces (fourteenth century, it is believed) that decorate the lucarnes (little dormer windows) of the spire. George writes that these carving stick out on long ‘stalks’ are very unusual and may even be unique in Leicestershire and Rutland – they must be prone to erosion.