Category: Community

Network Rail is preparing to start the bidding process to revive its major electrification upgrade plans.

In April we reported that the Kibworth windmill would be repaired during the second half of the year. As a first step, scaffolding has been erected and been covered in protective sheeting while work is in progress. Preparatory work will start by the end of June and the main work in August. A viewing platform has been erected and visitors will, on certain occasions, be able to see what is happening. Details will be announced later. As Kibworth windmill is on private land and the work is taking place on an enclosed site, it will not be possible to visit any other times.

Kibworth & District u3a announces its next Tuesday Social on 20 July

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On Thursday 27 May Kibworth Golf Club members Graham Thompson and John Addison completed their 12 hour, 54 hole golf challenge in aid of LOROS. The challenge was in memory of past members Nick Lacey and Rod Mitchell who sadly passed away within 24 hours of each other at LOROS Hospice last October.

As you may know, we provide a foodbank and clothes bank at The Well on Kibworth High Street. Additionally, the charity is now pioneering other ways of assisting people to find their own way forward in life.

I wonder whether you have heard of the paper published in 1796 titled 'An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of Variolae Vaccinae.’ If so, you are likely to be a member of the medical profession or a scientist. It was written by a surgeon and scientist whose respect and affection for the natural world was founded on seeing it as creation based on his Christian faith

Interested in getting into shape, being more healthy & more active!

The G7 Summit has recently taken place in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, and we can see how useful it was for moving forwards in dealing with the climate crisis that faces us now, and with vaccines for all to stop the Covid pandemic.

Interestingly, we have connections to Russian Royalty in Leicestershire. In last month’s Kibworth & District Chronicle, ‘Duggie’s Ramblings’ referred to an obituary, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

We are undertaking a mammoth task of digitalising the entire Kibworth & District Chronicle back catalogue. The Chronicle has published over 400 editions, since it was founded in April 1978.

From Monday 12 April all boaters were finally allowed to move. Hire boats could start up again, albeit still with restrictions on numbers and households.

Following the recent AGM, Joan Fillingham has stood down as chair of KGSH. Joan has been an excellent chair, hardworking, diligent and popular with both her fellow trustees and the staff. I am pleased to report that Joan has agreed to stay on as a trustee. We look forward to her continued input into the running of the hall.

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need” - Cicero

April (display) through to August (young birds with adults) are the months when some of the best opportunities arise for photographing grebes.