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There's an old legend told that Wistan was the son of Wigmund. He was one of the Anglo-Saxon kings of Mercia. Wistan should have taken over the throne when his father died, but turned it down and asked his mother, Queen Elfleda, to act as regent instead.

To date this winter has been mild, so no problems with ice. Ice was a big issue in commercial days, and special ice-breaking boats, drawn by teams of horses, would be deployed to force a channel through. (Two examples are on display behind the sideponds at the locks). Nowadays the many moored boats and climate change make thick ice a less frequent occurrence. The lengthy maintenance stoppage at Watford (Northants) lock flight is due to finish at the end of February, so hopefully we will start to see more boats coming this way.

As next week is Easter Week in which churchyard in the Kibworth & District Chronicle delivery area would you see three crosses together? The image shows a bit of the church which might help.

Harborough Morsbags Group members have been busy making bags out of donated material. They give them out for free at local events and to organisations.

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Here is an occasional column devoted to certain developments in and around our district which we have noted. (If you see something you would like to bring to the attention of our readers send it to us (via email)

Are you watching/rewatching/re-acquainting yourself with the 2010 Maya Vision production of  The Story of England currently being rebroadcast on, free to you and I, BBC FOUR on Thursday evenings and also on BBC iPlayer..

GEMS Charity celebrates our 10^th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion we have lots of exciting things planned throughout the year, supported by local businesses and the community.

At this terrible time of war and destruction, our thoughts, gifts and prayers are with people suffering because of the appalling conflict in Ukraine and the implications for the Russian people, many of whom are struggling and facing terrible loss as well.

As I write this, the sun is streaming through the window.  Do we dare hope that spring has sprung? The daffodils are out in the garden at our café and, hopefully, it’ll be warm enough soon for customers to make use of our outdoor area when they visit us.