Category: Community

Afternoon Teas were served at the club for two weeks prior to the Platinum weekend. Out came the fine china and many of our members (and indeed lots of visitors) came and enjoyed it.

There is a church in Clay Coton, a hamlet between the villages of Stanford-on-Avon and Yelvertoft, lying on the boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. When, some years ago, I inquisitively visited its grounds, it was clear that it was a long time since it had been used as a place for Christian gathering.

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The Burton Overy Crafters started meeting in the Village Hall in September 2021. The idea was for like minded people to get together to enjoy crafts and friendship.

2018 Finest The Trilogy Malbec (Tesco £12)

The annual quiz night was held at the home of John and Anne Emery in Kilby on Friday night, 10 June. Twenty people took part and we were very pleased to welcome newcomers to the village.

Despite the inclement weather, a joyful community celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was held on Sunday 5 June in the Robert Monk Hall and grounds.

Never before has a British monarch reigned for 70 years, and to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the award-winning Wistow Maze’s design for 2022 is the shape of the Coronation Crown.

The weather was excellent over both the Easter and May Day holidays, and visitors flocked out to the locks. A steady stream of boats passed through, and the trip boat ‘Vagabond’ was up and running again. After two years, it feels as if we are hopefully getting back to how things were before the pandemic.