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After an enjoyable (if a little soggy) Hallowe’en and Bonfire night, we prepare to say goodbye to the warm Autumnal tones of September and October and start looking towards the glitter and glamour of Christmas.

Autumn beauty

What a fantastic concert many of us enjoyed in St. Wilfrid’s Church last Saturday evening, 4 November. This was a joint venture between the Friends of St. Wilfrid’s and the Harborough Singers.

Over the last month walking down Debdale Lane and across the fields in Smeeton Westerby you may have seen what looks like destruction to our fields.

Hallowe'en, one day in the year when children egged on, or not, by adults dress up/down to look scary, and anxious people at home wait for the knock at the door and 'trick treat', from the menacing kids chaperoned, hopefully, by responsible adults. What comes to mind is, do those kids or adults (under the age of 40) know the meaning of Hallowe'en and why it comes on the last day of October?

“If you really want to do something you’ll find a way….if you don’t want to do something you’ll find an excuse!”

In 1086 the recorded population of Glooston was eight. This increased to 177 by 1831 but steadily declined to a mere 54 in the 2001 census. There has been some new housing adjacent to the road to Goadby doubling the population now to 119 in 2021.

For all those people who have subscribed to the service of having their garden waste disposed of by HDC, the last collection for this year is in the final two weeks of November/Early December. 

Friday 1 December @ 7pm 

In this month's article, the focus is on our food bank. For those of you that don’t know, our food bank ‘popped-up’ during the first lockdown of the pandemic. Remember that?!