Category: Community

We are here for eight weeks every Monday at twelve

The French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) famously said that ”Man is but a reed, the feeblest one in nature, but he is a thinking reed”.

We are delighted to announce that the Welcome Kitchen is back! It's starting up again for eight weeks from: Monday 30 October, 12 – 2 pm.

It’s been a very busy time out in the fields as farmers work all hours to bring in the harvest, for which we give thanks. Apparently, it’s a very good year for pumpkins due to the wet summer. Every cloud...? 

The short warm snap we are enjoying could be good news for wildlife as they stock up on food for hibernation - with balmy weather set to boost the berry season.

Station Road, Kibworth bridge was demolished over the weekend of 21 and 22 September 2013. Ten years ago.

Railways have always held a fascination for me right from an early age when, along with my parents and brother, I lived close to the Great Northern Railway line that ran at the bottom of our garden in Wintersdale Road near Thurnby, Leicester.

Next month’s issue of the Kibworth & District Chronicle will be assembled (we call it lay up) on Sunday 12 November, Remembrance Sunday. One of our 200 plus strong team will be joining the Kibworth Band along with the Police, Fire and Rescue Service, Scouting and Guiding groups of all ages in the procession to St Wilfrid’s church - as has happened each year for the last 15 years - where they will lay a wreath on behalf of everyone who reads this publication, and say a prayer of thanks.

I do wonder at times, whether everything I read in the newspapers is true. Some time ago it was announced that 80,000 retired Gurkha soldiers were to settle in the United Kingdom in preference to their mountainous home of Nepal. In fact the number turned out to be nearer 10,000.

The trustees of Kibworth Community Hub, Kibworth Community Library and both Beauchamp & Harcourt Parish Councils are pleased to announce they have secured almost £264,000 towards developing the new Community Hub. To be exact, we've secured from Harborough District Council a section 106 grant of £263,953.99p towards the building of the library extension at the Hall.