Category: Community

'Come Together' in Kibworth

Congratulations go the local Canal and River Trust, who manage Foxton Locks. They have recently won a Green Flag award for the fourth year running. This recognises their efforts to keep the site safe and accessible to the highest standards.

As part of the National Garden Scheme the wonderful Hammond Arboretum, within the grounds of the Robert Smythe Academy, will be open on Sunday 6 October between 2 and 4:30 pm.

Art Windows is back. Come and enjoy a free art exhibition in Market Harborough at any time throughout September.

From the Neighbourhood Watch newsletter

The Parish Council is responding to increased concerns about the traffic problems in the village. We all know that 'traffic is bad' but what does that mean? Who travels where, how and when? Rat running, school runs, road safety, air pollution, active travel. These are all complex issues requiring quantitative traffic data.

Harold Mann is a deliverer for the Kibworth and District Chronicle. He has been delivering the Chronicle for many years. Today, 20 June, is Harold’s 90th birthday. ‘Happy birthday, Harold’. Is he the eldest deliverer, one wonders?

Retirement? Not yet, months, years, even decades! Some time ago a colleague passed by on his way home after a day at work. If I was within hearing distance he would say ‘that is another day nearer retirement’. To continue the story he was somewhat eccentric, writing steamy novels in his lunch break which were never published; also he was an amateur wrestler! Some time later I met a former working colleague and asked the inevitable question – he had finally retired.

We regularly hear of the dire effects of the changing climate yet somehow struggle to take action; governments even less so, it seems. Most people reading this will have taken steps to reduce their carbon footprint, yet it all seems a bit pointless.