Category: Community

This month’s poems are both Haiku

The Wistow estate was bought by the Halford family in 1603. The Hall was built for Richard Halford, who was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1621 and a prominent Royalist during the Civil War. He was made a baronet by King Charles I in 1641 after having been imprisoned (and then released) by the Parliamentarians. King Charles slept at Wistow the night before the Battle of Naseby.

Within the Harborough District there is a wealth of nationally recognised heritage assets. There are 1,281 listed buildings, 6 historic parks and gardens, 65 scheduled monuments and 63 conservation areas. All of these are designated heritage assets and protected through national legislation.

The Friends of St Wilfrid’s Church wanted to thank all those who supported the Jazz Night on Friday 26 November 2021. A profit of £460.67 was achieved which will go towards the refurbishment of the church clocks.

Where in Kibworth might you find this rather fine geometrically decorated stained glass window?

On 26 January Harborough District Council agreed to allocate funding from its Community Fund this year for projects. These will improve spaces and places as well as supporting young people aged 11+ with diversionary activities, anxiety, self-image and childhood inactivity.

May I suggest you put the kettle on and make yourself a brew before starting to read this? It may take a few minutes and you might need tea or coffee to help digest the contents. RG

The AGM for the Grammar School Hall will be held on Tuesday 16 March at 7pm and, of course, we hope to see as many people from Kibworth and Smeeton as possible. Some of our current trustees are stepping down, after giving sterling service. We would like to invite potential new trustees to come forward. We are particularly keen to recruit people who might be interested in the posts of treasurer and secretary.

When we moved to the village in 2013 I was thrilled to see there was a local library for my two young boys to access bedtime picture books. However, the county council then commenced a consultation to reduce local facilities due to austerity measures. Library closure seemed inevitable if volunteers could not be found to run the service.

Last month we featured internationally renowned Creative Designer Harvey Gardiner from Kibworth Harcourt (read the full article here). He had submitted a design for a bronze statue of Agatha Christie for Torquay Harbour. Nearer to home, Harvey has also designed a large monument for Leicester Tigers (Rugby Football Club). The monument commemorates the 53 Leicester Tigers players that died in the Great Wars and the remaining 36 players currently known to have survived.