Category: Community

We have come to the end of another season of your Kibworth & District Chronicle.  We are taking a two month break now but will return in September. Before we go however we thank the legions of volunteers who write, assemble, read through, take photos, and deliver your Chronicle. Be they old or young, they all deserve a big thank you from the Chairman, Editor and Management Team. So THANK YOU. You are a great team!

Once again cream teas will be available between 3pm and 5pm in St Peter’s at Church Langton commencing Saturday 1 July and then Sunday 2 July and every Sunday until early September.

Kibworth Village Hall committee were pleased to put on afternoon tea for some of our senior residents over the Coronation weekend. We thoroughly enjoyed hosting them, and do hope they enjoyed the event too.

There is, at the time of writing, an advertisement which does not require maths GCSE, witchcraft for young women.

Every time you visit a website, send or receive a message or email, buy or book anything online, comment on a post, upload a photo, or find directions on your phone, you’re adding to your digital footprint. 

The popular Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology returns with over 100 heritage events across the two counties.

Robert Monk Hall, in the picturesque village of Foxton, is available to hire for one-off bookings and regular groups.

With the warm weather arriving, finally, it is important to highlight the dangers especially around open water. Each year we have reports of children and young adults entering the water at Saddington and Eyebrook reservoirs. 

If hero plants, the new name for weeds, plus insects, birds and hedgehogs could speak, how many marks out of ten would they give us for the way we care for their homes – our gardens?

Following on from the success of our opening weekend when we greeted over 100 visitors to the mill, and the recent feature about the mill on ITV regional news, we have been delighted with the level of interest and support shown by the community. 

I recently found a vintage photograph of the Old Rectory in Mill Lane, Smeeton Westerby, together with an obituary issued by ‘The Times’ newspaper in London dated Thursday 16 March 1911. Which relates to a member of the Sale family who occupied the property for 25 years. 

It is a sad statistic that one in five children cannot read well by the age of 11. The Summer Reading Challenge, with the support of public libraries, is on a mission to change this. The Challenge will launch on Saturday 1 July and will run until Saturday 2 September.

Odonata are the ‘tooth-jawed’ insects, a group which includes Damselflies and Dragonflies. Late May to early October are the best months to look for these insects which are often stunningly beautiful when seen close-up but ferocious, as the name ‘dragonfly’ suggests, if you are a smaller insect. 

Kibworth Grammar School Hall Trustees held their monthly meeting on 17 May with our main focus on fund raising ideas to meet the ever increasing costs of running the hall. Although the hall has regular bookings and plenty of children’s parties, we are approaching the summer holidays and the annual slowdown of usage. Our brainstorm included a musical Film Night with attendees theme-dressed or maybe an afternoon Tea Dance with delicious homemade cakes.

We are a local company based at Kibworth Business Park and are able to offer each member of our team the opportunity for a paid Corporate Social Responsibility Day each year.