Category: Community

Smeeton Westerby Parish Council is seeking to recruit a Clerk, starting in January.

It’s over 3½ years since I wrote the first article for the Chronicle about climate change and the challenge it presents, after a powerful presentation by David Ramsden MBE, speaker at the February U3A meeting. David told us about the huge sums of money spent by the main oil companies on anti-climate lobbying policies and the harm yet more oil production was causing. He urged us to take action, if only for the sake of the younger generations.

The building of the new library extension is carrying on apace and it is really beginning to take shape now. Once again, we would like to apologise to our users for the inconvenience that the building work has caused. We are sure that you will consider it to be well worth it.

“Thelma” (12A)

Followers of The Kibworth Band Facebook page will have noted Ted Smith died in early November 2024. He was one of Kibworth’s characters. He was Kibworth Band personified and ran their 200 Club.

Actor Guy Henry will star alongside the Harborough Singers in their annual Celebrity Christmas Concert in December.

The group is coming up to its third birthday soon, so we thought it was time to share what we have been doing and what we have planned for the future.

For those readers who remain concerned about the speeding traffic along the A6 and the volume of traffic in other parts of the village, I thought it is a good opportunity to let you know that five out of six Telraam traffic sensors have been deployed by the Parish Council and the devices are now counting.

Willy Wonka – choc full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

It is that time of the year when there is a need to check when the last green bin collection is to take place before the winter hiatus. For all those subscribers Harborough District Council will continue to collect your green bin garden waste up to and including the week ending Friday 22 November for those on the YELLOW chart schedule.