Category: Community

After the success of the first Hallaton Christmas Fair last year, we are delighted to be holding this artisan Christmas Fair again on Saturday 3 December in the Church.

On Sunday 23 October thirty-five neighbours and friends attended a Ploughman’s Lunch at 47 Main Street Kilby.  In the past the village enjoyed a harvest supper at The United Reformed Church on Main Street. Now we no longer have that facility, in order to keep the village together it was decided to have a Ploughman’s Lunch held at the home of John and Anne Emery.  Fortunately, after a very wet start to the day, the sun came out just before noon. Thankfully everyone arrived in sunshine. 

In 1989, there was held in the cathedral of St Stephen’s in Vienna the funeral of Zita the former Empress of Austria and former Queen of Hungary. She was the widow of the last Emperor Charles (Karl) 1st of Austria also Charles (Karl) 1V, king of Hungary. She was 96 and had been a widow for 67 years. The setting for the service was Mozart’s Requiem Mass. It was attended by 6,000 people and lasted two hours.

On 13 October our mouths watered in anticipation of Gail Wooliscroft’s demonstration of ‘Decadent Dessert’. The first was Waffle Berry Pudding, with waffles purchased at the supermarket bakery section, because frozen ones are usually made with potato, not good combined with fruit, custard and cream!

Yes.I remember Adlestrop -
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.
The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop - only the name
And willows, willow herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and Farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a coffee morning and tabletop sale on Saturday 10 December in Kibworth Village Hall LE8 0LN. From 10am to 12.45.

After Remembrance Sunday when members of the Band will be present for the parade, short service and Act of Remembrance, our thoughts will be on the LBBA Contest and, dare I say it, Christmas.

KGSH are proud to be hosting the new Welcome Kitchen in Kibworth. Unfortunately, due to the current financial climate we are not able to offer our facilities for free. We have to balance the books too, however, we will be offering one of the sessions for free.

With the festive season fast approaching, we are delighted to share with you the first of our Christmas events here in Smeeton Westerby.

On Thursday 27th October the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital in Kibworth featured in an episode of the BBC TV programme ‘Autumnwatch’.