The Listing SG8 Villages - March 2020

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THEATRE SHOWS 22 Mar Classical Spectacular RAH Matinee £75.00 18 Mar Waitress – Matinee £65.00 18 Mar The Lion King – Matinee £65.00 22 Apr *Cabaret – Milton Keynes – Matinee £59.50 23 Apr Mamma Mia – Matinee £55.00 23 Apr Tina the Musical – Matinee £67.50 28 Apr Brick Lane – St Georges Show inc Tea £62.00 11 Jun Phantom of the Opera – inc Lunch £70.00 11 Jun Mary Poppins – Matinee £85.00 2 Jul Tina the Musical –Matinee £67.50 4 Aug *Only Fools & Horses – Evening £78.00 15 Aug Longines Global Champions Tour £60.00 16 Aug *Tom Jones at Earlham Park – Eve £85.00 19 Aug Joseph – Palladium – Matinee £75.00 2 Sep Hello Dolly – Matinee From £65.00 14 Sep *Pretty Woman – Evening £65.00 15 Sep Brick Lane Cockney Sing Song & Tea £62.00 22 Oct Brick Lane Music Hall Show & Tea £68.00 11 Nov Pretty Woman – Matinee £65.00 1 Dec Brick Lane Christmas Show & Lunch £68.00 8 Dec *Wicksteed Park Christmas Show £48.00 17 Dec Brick Lane Christmas Show & Lunch £68.00 Thursford Christmas Spectacular dates on sale

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DAY TRIPS 17 Mar Hever Castle – Dazzling Daffodils £37.50 21 Mar Sewing for Pleasure Show - NEC £37.50 27 Mar Norwich £20.00 4 & 8 Apr Ideal Home Show – Olympia £35.00 10 Apr *Peterborough Festival of Antiques £30.00 15 Apr Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) £40.00 16 Apr Boundary Mills & Downtown Shopping £24.50 21 Apr Kew Gardens & Palace £37.00 24 Apr Country Living Spring Fair £40.00 29 Apr Tutankhamun Exhibition £42.00 30 Apr Wisley Gardens & Spring Craft Fair £36.00 6 May Hampton Court Palace & Gardens £42.00 9 May Bruges £53.00 10 May Malvern Spring Festival £49.00 17 May Hunstanton £18.50 18 May Stody Lodge Gardens & Cream Tea £35.00 21 May Chelsea Flower Show – Afternoon £68.00 23 May Chelsea Flower Show – Full Day £92.00 25 May Southwold £18.50 28 May Brighton £20.00 30 May Great Yarmouth £18.50 18 Jun BBC Gardeners World/Good Food – NEC £44.00 27 Jun Blenheim Palace Flower Show £33.00 9/10/11 Jul Hampton Court Flower Show £50.00 29 Jul Sandringham Flower Show £36.00 31 Jul Festival of Quilts NEC £38.00 20 Aug Countryfile Live – Windsor Great Park £35.00 8 & 10 Oct Knitting & Stitching Show £34.50 Many Christmas Markets on sale now on our website

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Welcome

April Booking Deadline Friday 13th March

March has sprung upon us. The daffodils are beginning to bloom, the evenings are lighter and the fantastic 175th edition of The Listing has landed in your letterbox.

This month, we reflect on how far The Listing has come since its birth in 2005, as well as enjoying Tallulah’s Banoffee Pavlova and Richard’s plant planning for the season ahead.

We shine a spotlight on Home-Start Matters, take a look at Thriplow Daffodil Weekend and chat to Ashley Catlin of Kip McGrath for this month’s My Local Life.

Finally, from all of us at The Listing we’d like to wish every Mother, Auntie, Nan and Gran a happy Mother’s Day and also a happy St Patrick’s Day to our Irish Royston residents.

The Listing Team

Cath Director & Publisher

Sharon Advertising & Media Sales

Tom Publishing Assistant

Monica Designer

Laurie What’s On

Molly Marketing Assistant

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Spotlight On - Home-Start Matters

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Out & About - Thriplow Daffodil Weekend

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My local Life - Ashley Catlin

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What’s On

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From Tallulah’s Kitchen

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Looking After You

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Julian’s Business Tips

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Useful Numbers

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Index of Advertisers

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Our sister publication: The Listing Royston

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Loving Local Living The Listing started life back in September 2005 in a time before the internet was widely used, mobiles were solely for texting and calling, and Facebook had yet to be launched beyond Harvard University.

There was a big gap for accessible, accurate local information, and The Listing lauched as a fresh new community magazine for Royston and the surrounding Villages, focusing on upcoming events, clubs and societies and promoting local businesses. 175 issues later, and The Listing has firmly established itself as Royston and SG8’s go-to what’s on guide for bringing the community together.

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The Listing Team

The Listing is an independent business, and was launched in print only by Cath McKee/Boughton, who continues to head up the team and ensures the magazines are printed and delivered, looks for future opportunities and manages our sister marketing company.

Sharon Windebank joined the business almost seven years ago, and has been instrumental in extending The Listing brand across our digital platforms - online and media channels. In today’s world, it is essential that our content is easily accessible online - in fact we have almost 8,000 consumers of our digital content every month.

Sharon works with businesses throughout the area, developing their multi-channel advertising and marketing campaigns.

If you run a local organisation, it is likely that you will have worked with our publishing assistant Tom Fox, who compiles and writes our editorial.

Tom is with us two days a week until September when he goes to university to study Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Monica Ryan runs her own creative business in Melbourn, and brings her creative flair to The Listing to create new adverts for our magazine customers, and creative projects for our marketing clients.

Our ethos has been to work with and inspire young people who are looking to develop their career in marketing, publishing or journalism, and joining Tom is our marketing assistant Molly Everitt, who promotes our customers’ businesses and events across our digital media channels Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin.

Laurie Brewster compiles our What’s On calendar, which appears on our website and in the printed magazines, full of community events happening in the SG8 area. Events are free to list so do get in touch.

Lucy Boughton is back to support the team as an extra pair of hands around press times, using her marketing and design skills.

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The Listing Magazine

We publish two editions of The Listing each month - The Listing Royston and The Listing SG8 Villages, which are hand delivered to over 16,500 homes in the SG8 area, increasing as and when to reach the new housing developments. We are at the heart of the community and each month work with some 3oo+ organisations, events organisers and businesses to publish their news and information.

The Listing Online

Our website receives almost 3,000 unique visitors a month. Digital versions of The Listing can be read on your laptop, tablet or mobile phone, meaning you can access content on the go.

There’s an archive of the past year’s worth of magazines too so if you’re looking for a number and need to reference back you can easily find it.

The Listing clubs and societies directory contains details of some 450+ clubs and societies, and is also used on the Royston Town Website in conjunction with our What’s on events Calendar.

Businesses receive the added benefit of appearing in our SEO-friendly online business directory when they are advertising with us, boosting their own digital presence and ensuring their details are easily found online - especially important for those businesses who don’t have a website or social media presence.

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Alongside business advertising and leaflet distribution, our sister company offers a range of marketing services from design, social media management, print and websites.

Stay in touch with The Listing at www.thelistingmagazine.co.uk or if you would like to discuss how The Listing can help you promote your business, event or organisation, contact us on 01763 248447 or info@townhousepublishing.co.uk

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Share your club or society news with us!

Royston and the surrounding villages are a hive of activity, with a wealth of clubs and societies within our town and villages, covering a wide range of interests - from arts to sports, adventure to support.

info@townhousepublishing.co.uk Please note that all entries are published subject to space and we cannot guarantee inclusions Since 2005, The Listing has been proud to support so many clubs and societies and we maintain and publish a comprehensive list of all them on our website: www.bit.ly/ClubsDirectory

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We have a new circular walk in this year’s diary and it’s one of Cambridge’s best kept secrets!

We follow the path along a meadow, pass by alpacas and through kissing gates. It’s a welltrodden path that passes by a 12th century church that includes William Morris & Co stained glass windows. We then eat in a contemporary pub with a lovely preserved historic interior.

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Come and join the Freebooters and share the secret of our walks, good company and splendid roast dinners.

Find the Freebooters on Facebook at ‘Freebooters Walking Group or call Liz on 01223 207628

Monthly Lunchtime Jazz Cambridge Drawing Soc Ran ce’s Cambridge Drawing Society Annual Spring Art Exhibition is to be held this month.

The exhibition will run from Saturday 21st March through to Saturday 28th March from 10am-5.30pm. The exhibition will be held at the Pitt Building, opposite Fitzbillies in Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

Admission is free.

For more information about Cambridge Drawing Society, visit their website at www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org

Rocking Chair Jazz Band perform at lunchtime every third Monday at The Heath Sports Bar in Royston.

The band, led by legendary trumpeter Dave Rance, play a grea t mix of traditional/Dixieland jazz and are very popular in the jazz world.

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Family Support from Home-Start

Home-Start Royston, Buntingford & South Cambridgeshire has been supporting families going through tough times for the past 35 years.

Support is available to families with at least one child of nine or under who are struggling with: Post-natal depression, isolation, physical and mental health problems, relationship problems, multiple-aged children, bereavement and many other issues.

Fundraising Opportunities As with any small charity funding is always high on the agenda and the 2019/2020 target is £159,000. Funding comes through various sources including organising events – there are quizzes, literary lunches and concerts to name a few. Home-Start also rely on the generous support of the local community who help in many ways including joining in with initiatives like the annual swimming aquathon, How they Support Local Families taking on sporting events, marathons, biking Home-Start help local families through their challenges, having cakes sales or making unique Home-Visiting Service. A highly-trained volunteer visits the supported family every single Home-Start their ‘charity of the year’. week for two to three hours – providing practical Contact Home-Start to find out how they could and emotional support which is compassionate, help your family, to get involved yourself or to find out about their fundraising efforts and confidential and free and tailored to the events: www.hsrsc.org.uk individual needs of each family. All volunteers 01763 262262 admin@hsrsc.org.uk have parenting experience so understand the Incorporated as Home-Start Royston & South ups and downs involved in raising a family.

Cambridgeshire Local Family Support Volunteers Needed This year the charity has seen a 57% increase in the number of families referred to them compared with the same time period last year, which demonstrates the increase in need for services in the local area.

In order to meet that need Home-Start must recruit and train more volunteers.

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Melbourn Primary School is committed to the protection and safety of all its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject satisfactory references, health and an enhanced DBS checks.

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The posts are for 20-40 hours per week year round. Ideally you will hold a Level 3 or 4 Montessori diploma but we would consider all Level 3+ practitioners and any Level 2 willing to undertake Montessori training as we are more interested in finding the right person for our team.

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Out & About...

Thriplow Daffodil Weekend Join us for two days of fun activities for all the family with Family Thriplow, Gun Dogs & Fun Dogs and Vintage Thriplow, or amble through over 100 stalls to find that something special.

Check out the stunning flower displays in the Church and the blacksmiths at work in the Smithy and be entertained by the merry Morris dancers. Then recharge at Taste of Thriplow for street food and a beer or enjoy hot drinks and homemade cake at our Village Tearooms. With live music being played all around the village it’s the perfect place to get some springtime cheer.

For months beforehand and over the weekend itself, virtually everyone in the village (and many neighbouring villagers) volunteer to help organise the event – be it baking cakes, helping serve teas, working in the car park or picking up litter at the end of the day.

Every year, the exceptional Thriplow community works hard to pull off one of the best loved charity events in Cambridgeshire.

Raising funds for charity We have now raised money for local charities to a total of £617,000 over 52 years. The tireless work of the village was recognised in 2011 when the Committee received The Queens Award for Voluntary Service (the equivalent of an MBE for charities). This year our nominated charities are the Royal Papworth Charity and East Anglian Air Ambulance.

We’d like to welcome Scotty Circus Workshops and Kids Drive to the line-up at ‘Family Thriplow’.

We will have a new dedicated area named ‘Gun Dogs and Fun Dogs’ to hold the Fun Gun Dog Scurry and Straw Bale Runs. The Cricket Pitch marquee will now be called Boundaries with garden centre style stalls and a café with live folk music playing. Please note, to accommodate our early birds, we’re opening an hour earlier at 10am on both days this year.

This year we are supporting the brilliant Royal Papworth Charity who are raising money for the Heart and Lung Institute.

We are also raising funds for East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) who operate two emergency response helicopters in East Anglia and are a vital asset to the safety of all of us.

For information on our nominated charities for 2020, please visit their websites below. www.papworthhospitalcharity.org.uk www.eaaa.org.uk

What’s On Offer It has been 51 years since the first Thriplow Daffodil Weekend and we’re determined to make this one our best.

Some of the attractions on offer include stalls throughout the village, books, bric-a-brac, clothes, coffees, crafts, garden ornaments, gifts, jewellery, linens, plants and cut daffodils, sweets and much more!

Boundaries @ The Cricket Pitch: Garden centre style stalls, café with live folk music Church: Display of records, display of kneelers, festival of flowers, bell ringing, organ music, church history talks, songs of praise Family Thriplow: Including Calamity the Clown, Scotty Circus Workshops, Kids Drive, fun family dog show, traditional games, Punch & Judy, face painting, have-a-go archery, and birds of prey Gun Dogs & Fun Dogs @ The Baulk: Fun gun dog scurry (Sun only), dog straw bale run Open Gardens: With Spring bulb displays Peggs Close: Vintage tractors and tractor rides Taste of Thriplow: Food stalls, hot food, beer tent, live music, school recitals Thriplow School: Tea room, clothes, jewellery, homeware and craft stalls The Smithy: Blacksmith demonstrations, Thriplow Society exhibition The Green Man Pub: live music, steam engine Village Green: artisan food and drink stalls, arts and craft stalls, Morris dancing, food & drink, mini steam engines, dray rides Village Hall: Tea room Village Shop: Hot & cold food and drink, groceries, papers.

Vintage Thriplow: Classic cars and engines Come along on the 28th and 29th March from 10am-5pm in Thriplow.

Adult: £8 | Children 5-16 yrs: £4 | Under 5s: free | Family of 4: £20 10% discount when you book online at www.thriplowdaffodils.org.uk/book-tickets 28th & 29th March, 10am - 5pm, Thriplow

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My Local Life

Ashley Catlin - kip mcgrath Kip McGrath opened in April 2019 and offers tuition for children from the age of 6-16 in English and mathematics. The centre initially offers a free, no obligation assessment where they identify areas of the curriculum where the student may have gaps in their learning.

Students work closely with the tutor to bridge these gaps and improve their confidence. The Listing caught up with Ashley Catlin to find out about his local life.

Where do you live?

Baldock.

What Is your favourite local eatery?

I particularly enjoy Grapevine in Letchworth.

What is the book you last read?

The golfer Ian Poulter’s autobiography called No Limits.

What makes you happy?

Spending time with friends and family.

What do you love about your work?

Seeing children grasp a concept and improve their confidence.

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Kip McGrath Royston opened in April last year and we approach our first anniversary. The decision to open a new business was taken after working in education for over 25 years.

The opportunity to be my own boss and build my own centre has been exciting and at times stressful.

During the year we have initiated a few local projects, last summer we launched the teacher of the year award won by Mr Strahan. In October we started the Royston Book Hunt, which has been set up to encourage young people to read. We have hidden over 300 books in and around the town and hope children will continue to hide the books once they have read them. We will be hiding more books when the weather improves.

This time of year sees us preparing for the forthcoming GCSE exams as well as SATs, students are working hard to cement their

What is your favourite way to spend a Saturday?

Playing cricket.

What are you looking forward to the most this month?

The lighter evenings.

What is the most challenging aspect of your position?

Continuing to develop interesting material and attracting clients.

What is your proudest moment?

Delivering my second son Harry.

What is the best thing to happen to you recently?

My son being selected for the county golf squad.

What has been the most valuable life lesson that you have learnt?

Follow your dream and don’t worry about being knocked back What inspirational quote sums you up ‘A wise man learns by the mistake of others’ knowledge and to work on a strategy to make them feel confident in undertaking these exams. We would like to thank everyone for their support in our first year and look forward to supporting more local young people in the near future.

If you feel we can help your children at Kip McGrath please contact Ashley at: 7A, Lower King Street, Royston, SG8 5AL 01763 448956 royston@kipmcgrath.co.uk www.kipmcgrath.co.uk/royston Instagram - kipmcgrathroyston

01763 448956 • royston@kipmcgrath.co.uk 7a Lower King Street SG8 5AL • www.kipmcgrath.co.uk/royston

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Frozen II – sing-along screening (U)

Sun 8th March 7.30pm

1917 (15)

Fri 13th March 7.30pm

Richard Jewell (15)

Sat 14th March 3.30pm

Dolittle (PG)

Sat 14th March 7.30pm

Little Women (U)

Sun 15th March 3.30pm

The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

Sun 15th March 7.30pm

The Lighthouse (15)

Fri 20th March 7.30pm

Emma (U)

Sat 21st March 3.30pm

Sonic the Hedgehog (PG)

Sat 21st March 7.30pm

Emma (U)

Sun 22nd March 2.00pm

Fidelio – Royal Opera House

Sun 22nd March 7.30pm

Parasite (15)

Fri 27th March 7.30pm

A Streetcar Named Desire (12A)

Sat 28th March 3.30pm

The Call of the Wild (PG)

Sat 28th March 7.30pm

The Elephant Man (12A)

Sun 29th March 3.30pm

Emma (U)

Sun 29th March 7.30pm

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (15)

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Pet of the Month Cranberry is a smart little dog with character. She is looking for a lap of her own and would prefer not to share with other animals, and no small children. She loves her walks.

Cranberry can be timid at times and does not always react well – this is being worked on.

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Cambs Science Festival The 26th Cambridge Science Festival takes a view of our past and suggests a vision for the future. Here are The Listing’s Picks: Women Rising in Stem: Past, Present and Future Three inspirational female scientists tell their stories, including overcoming obstacles and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge.

Tue 10th March, 5.30-8.30pm Anglia Ruskin University, CB1 1PT Alan Turing and The Enigma Machine Dr James Grime presents a history of both Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine leading to this triumph of mathematical ingenuity.

Friday 13th March, 6-7pm Babbage Lecture Theatre, CB2 3RS The Big Science Festival Quiz Sharpen your pencils, get out your mascots and grab a drink. Quiz maestro Ian Harvey will be in charge and welcoming teams of up to five people. Friday 20th March, 8-10.30pm Cambridge Science Centre, CB1 7EP To book and for the full programme visit www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk

ROYSTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

March League Fixtures Fixtures may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Please check our website for updates

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Sun 1st Mar, 10am-4pm Great Chishill Village Hall, SG8 8SH Approximately 20 stalls packed full of antiques, jewellery, collectables and vintage items including clothing. www.ruralmagpie. co.uk/pages/rural-magpie-fairs

A10 Bouncy Castles Soft Play Session

Tue 3rd Mar & Tue 31st Mar, 9.15-11.15am & 12.30-2.30pm Coombes Community Centre, Burns Rd, Royston SG8 5PT £6 per child or £15 for a family ticket for 3 children. Children under 6 months go free with a paying child. Snacks, tea and coffee are available to purchase.

For more details call 07732 133007

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Litlington Pre-School Easter Fayre Club and hear from fascinating guest Sat 7th Mar, 2-4pm speakers. Email, probus.royston@ Litlington Village Hall, SG8 0QQ gmail.com or call 01763 241394 Fun, shopping, games and refreshments.

French Film Night

Sat 7th Mar, 7.30pm Foxton Village Hall, CB22 6RN Please come along to our third French Film Night pop-up cinema, courtesy of Saffron Screen! We’ll be showing the 2018 historical comedy, Le Retour du Heros (Return of the Hero) in French with English sub-titles. Tickets £10 (including popcorn) from jillbuggey@ntlworld.com, or on the door. Cash bar available. All proceeds in aid of Foxton Twinning Association.

St Christopher Junior School Open Morning

Tue 10th Mar, 9am St Christopher School, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3JZ A chance to look around and learn more Thu 5th Mar, 11am-12.15pm about St Christopher School.

Broadway Cinema and Theatre, Eastcheap, www.stchris.co.uk Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DD STEAM Caroline Knight tells the story of Grinling Toddler Tue 10th Mar, 10am-12pm Gibbons who developed a style of Saffron Walden Museum, CB10 1BN carving in limewood that embellished Science sessions for toddlers, this month’s the castles,palaces and country homes theme is Sensory Art. Refreshments in late 17th century England. Visitors £7. provided. £2 per child plus standard www.theartssocietynorthherts.org.uk admission fees for the Museum.

Email, museum@uttlesford.gov.uk The History of Allotments Thu 5th Mar, 8-9.30pm Café Sci Cambridge: Obscure Royston Town Hall, SG8 7DA Crops to Save the World On behalf of Royston & District Local Tue 10th Mar, 7-8.30pm History Society, Kate Harwood will be giving an illustrated talk on ‘The History Espresso Library, Cambridge CB1 1BG Around the world, more than 30,000 plant of Allotments’. Visitors welcome, £2. species have documented uses, yet day to For more details call 01763 242677 day we exploit just a handful of these. Join World Day of Prayer 2020 Dr James Borrell, Kew Gardens, to explore Fri 6th Mar, 10am this important topic. This is a free, nonBassingbourn URC, SG8 5NG ticketed event. www.cafescicambridge.org A talk from local Zimbabwean women Curwens Art Exhibition followed by a service, all welcome!

Wed Mar, 6-8pm Curwens Solicitors, 17 High Street, Fowlmere Playgroup Thrift Royston, SG8 9AA Sat 7th Mar, 9-11.30am New art exhibition at Curwens Solicitors.

Fowlmere VIllage Hall, SG8 7RY On show are works from David J Great quality pre-loved items at bargain Weston who specialises in miniatures, prices! Come along and shop from an array of children’s clothes, baby equipment, Rhiannon Maslen who specialises in images of plants and trees in their maternity clothes, books, toys, bikes, natural habitat and Tracy Stressing who and more! Admission £2. Sellers . Email, creates with fused glass. fowlmereplaygroupthrift@gmail.com

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Ashwell Flea Market

Sat 7th Mar, 9.30am-1pm St Mary’s Church, Mill St, Ashwell SG7 5LY Many weird & wonderful items for sale at rock bottom prices. Free entry, all proceeds go to the church restoration fund. Refreshments available.

Creative Writing Workshop

Sat 7th Mar, 1.30-4.30pm Saffron Walden Museum, CB10 1BN Develop your creative writing skills, inspired by our current portrait exhibition “Death Masks to Diaries”, with Saffron Walden Arts Trust. £15. Refreshments provided. Only 12 spaces, to book email, swartstrust@gmail.com

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Wildlife Trust Mad March Hares Thu 12th Mar, 7-9am Trumpington Meadows, CB2 9LT Learn about their behaviour and ecology of brown hares, and how the Wildlife Trust manage this nature reserve for the benefit of mammals. £10 per person, £8 for members.

Bookings: TrumpingtonMeadows@ wildlifebcn.org or 07734 478471

The Buckden Handbell Ringers

Thu 12th Mar, 7.30pm Royston Methodist Church, SG8 7AU Proceeds in aid of the Royston Methodist Church Refurbishment Project. Ten people, twenty hands, with over fifty handbells and a repertoire of classical music, through ragtime and popular music from shows and films. Tickets £5 to include tea/coffee and biscuits. Contact 01763 243815, or email, walter962@btinternet.com

Casino Evening

Fri 13th Mar, 7-11pm Royston Town Football Club, SG8 7HP Playing the Roulette and Blackjack tables for fun, person with the most fun money at the end of the evening wins the star prize. Tickets £10, includes £50 of Fun Money. Raffle and Spot prizes on the evening. www.facebook. com/events/562911437795231

Royston Arts Society Demonstration by Carole Massey Fri 13th Mar, 8-10pm Market Hill Rooms, Royston SG8 9DW Carole Massey will be giving a demonstration of ‘Bluebell Woods in Pastel / Acrylic’. Non-members £3 inc. refreshment. Contact: 01763 261808

Royston Folk Club Showcase Fri 13th Mar, 8pm The Old Bull Inn, Royston SG8 9AW A showcase of Royston Folk Club’s talent- 7pm for 8pm. £4 (£3 performers), £2 under 25s. For more details, visit: www.roystonfolk.org

Saffron Walden Rocks!

Sat 14th Mar, 10am-12pm Saffron Walden Museum, CB10 1BN Decorate a pebble to hide around the town, linked to the SW Rocks Facebook page. £1.50 per child plus standard admission fees for the Museum.

Refreshments provided.

Contact: museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

Ceilidh Evening

Sat 14th Mar, 7.30pm King James Academy Senior Site, Royston SG8 7JH More information to follow, save the date.

Megson Concert

Sun 15th Mar, 11.30am Melbourn Community Hub, SG8 6DZ Award winning folk group, Megson, blend their infectious mix of heavenly vocals and lush harmonies into a gentle and entertaining concert, especially for the younger members of the family. Tickets £6, or 4 for £20. Contact: 01763 263303

Royston and District Probus Club Spring Clean Litter Pick at Thu 12th Mar, 12.30pm Coton Countryside Reserve Royston Golf Club, SG8 5BG The Royston and District Probus Club welcomes retired professionals to join us for lunch at the Royston Golf

Sun 15th Mar, 1.30-3.30pm Coton Countryside Reserve, Cambridge CB23 7PZ Help pick litter from footpaths and

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For more events please visit our website Email your events to whatson@townhousepublishing.co.uk for them to appear on our website and printed in the month of the event (subject to space). hedgerows in the reserve and around Coton village. Meet outside The Plough Pub, Coton. All equipment provided. www.cambridgeppf.org/Pages/Events/ Category/cambridge-whats-on-events

Messy Church

Sun 15th Mar, 3.30-5.30pm Royston Methodist Church, SG8 7AU Activities for all ages on the theme of Baptism, followed by a short celebration service led by Alison Clark, and a meal shared together. Adults and accompanied children of all ages are welcome. www.royston-methodist.org.uk

Monthly Lunchtime Jazz in Royston

Mon 16th Mar, 12-2.30pm The Heath Sports Centre, SG8 5BG On the third Monday of each month Rance’s Rocking Chair Jazz Band perform at lunchtime at The Heath Sports Centre in Royston. Tickets £8. T o book call, 01763 243613

Museum Minis

Tue 17th Mar, 10am-12pm Saffron Walden Museum, CB10 1BN Craft sessions for toddlers. This month is Pirate themed. £2 per child plus standard admission fees for the Museum. Refreshments provided.

Email, museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

Coffee with a Cop

Tue 17th Mar, 10.30-11.30am Royston Library, SG8 9JN This offers members of the community a chance to speak to the local PSCO about local issues over a coffee and biscuits.

Voice your concerns or simply learn a little about what they do; it’s a great opportunity.

Grown Up’s Art Club

Tue 17th Mar, 1-3pm Saffron Walden Museum, CB10 1BN Arts and Crafts sessions for adults.

This month’s theme is Light, Shadow and Tone. £5 per adult plus standard admission fees for the Museum.

Refreshments provided.

Email, museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

CADS at Sawston Drama Festival Melbourn Rock Club presents Thur 19th Mar, 7.30pm Sacrilege The Marven Centre, New Road, Sawston, CB22, 3BP Royston drama group CADS will be performing a one-act play entitled “Strangers on a Film” at the Sawston Drama Festival. Tickets £8-10.

Visit, www.cadsroyston.org.uk

Thu 19th Mar, 7.30pm Elin Way Community Centre, Elin Way, Meldreth SG8 6LX A showing of the film Waterlight, a collaborative film project inspired by the River Mel. www.waterlightproject.org.uk

Sat 21st Mar, 8pm Eternit Sports And Social Club, Meldreth SG8 5RL A gig from Sacrilege with support from Satan’s Empire and Angel Underground.

Tickets £10, melrock667@gmail.com

Youth Makes Music

Should the Church and Politics Mix?

Campus Open Saturday + Empowering People: Genetic Counselling in Focus exhibition

Royston & Saffron Walden National Trust Association Meeting

Fri 20th Mar, 9am-7pm Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH Rotary’s annual showcase for the amazing musical talent to be found in our Royston and village schools.

Visit, www.roystonrotary.com

Sat 21st Mar, 1-4pm Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Saffron Walden CB10 1RQ Exploring the work of genetic counsellors. Discover how they work with patients, supporting them to make sense of information about genetic tests and diagnoses. Open to all and free to attend but booking is essential. Tickets: www.open-saturdays.eventbrite.co.uk

Local community history project: Gathering memories of Hinxton Hall

Sat 21st Mar, 1-4pm Wed 25th Mar, 7pm Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Saffron Walden CB10 1RQ Bring Hinxton Hall to life with historical references and any memories you may have of working, playing or events attended at the Hall or in the grounds. Do you have these memories to share? If so, do drop into during this Campus Open Saturday and tell us your memories, or bring photos along! Bookings: www.bit.ly/OpenSat_HH or call 01223 494896

Dementia Friends Café

Sat 21st Mar, 2.30-4pm Melbourn Community Hub, SG8 6DZ What Do YOU Think, Over a Drink? Attendance is free and includes Wed 18th Mar, 7.30pm entertainment and conversation over The Old Bull Inn, Royston SG8 9AW refreshments. The Dementia Friends Cafe A monthly discussion group for men gives both professional and family carers who want to talk about things that the opportunity to experience the sensory matter to them. This month’s topic is changes that dementia can cause, to Global Warming. All men welcome to help their understanding of the condition come along to share or listen, and to and how to support those with dementia learn. Just turn up! in practical ways. www.melbournhub.co.uk Email, james.dalgleish@talk21.com

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Royston Choral Society-B Minor Mass J.S. Bach

Sat 21st Mar, 7.30pm Ashwell Parish Church, SG7 5LY Royston Choral Society is very excited to be returning to Ashwell Parish Church to perform Bach’s momentous B Minor Mass.

Tickets (£15 each or £1 for under 18s) will be available online shortly and from choir members. www.roystonchoralsoc.org.uk

Thu 26th Mar, 7.30pm Royston Methodist Church, SG8 7AU A talk by Hannah Brown. “We believe that Christians are called to act justly and to work for God’s Kingdom”. All welcome. www.royston-methodist.org.uk

Fri 27th Mar, 7.15pm Dame Bradbury School, Ashdon Rd, Saffron Walden CB10 2AL The AGM for The Royston & Saffron Walden National Trust Association.

Coffee and tea available, followed by a quiz. Members £2, non-members £3.

Royston Folk Club Concert

Fri 27th Mar, 8pm The Old Bull Inn, Royston SG8 9AW Featuring Thursday’s Band with support from Bella Chipperfield. 7pm for 8pm.

Tickets £13 (£11 in advance), or £2 for under 25s. www.roystonfolk.org

Watercolour Workshop with Keith Hornblower

Sat 28th Mar, 10am-4pm Hinxworth Village Hall, SG7 5HL Come and develop your painting skills under the guidance of Keith Hornblower.

Some experience is preferable. £35 including refreshments. To book call, 01763 261808 or frogend@gmail.com

Burloes Hall Open Day

Sun 29th Mar, 11am-4pm Burloes Hall, Royston SG8 9NE A chance to look around the stunning Burloes Hall, with goody bags for the first 20 people to arrive. www.burloeshall.co.uk

“Water is the Essence of Life” – Talk

Mon 30th Mar, 7.30pm Royston Town Hall, SG8 7DA The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens invite you to a talk by Jane Dottridge, titled “Water is the Essence of Life”. £2 members, £3 non members.

Wildlife Trust talk: Innovative conservation

Mon 30th March, 6.45-8.30pm David Attenborough building, Cambridge John Comont, Conservation Director Wildlife Trust in Cambridgeshire, will talk about some of the exciting new conservation projects which are taking place across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Tickets £2.50. Call 07738 243676 or email, ect23@cam.ac.uk

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From Tallulah’s Kitchen

Banoffee Pavlova

Hello, my fellow foodies, and welcome to March’s edition of The Listing.

This month I would like to share with you a recipe which combines two of my favourite desserts: Banoffee Pie and Pavlova. I first discovered Banoffee Pie way back when I had a Sunday job waiting in a local restaurant. I used to hope that the dessert trolley would still have some left at the end of service as my fellow waitresses and I would be allowed to gobble up any leftovers. Happy days! And what’s not to like about a pavlova? Hopefully I have combined the best of both desserts. Let me know what you think.

Banoffee Pavlova (6-8 Portions) 6-8 portions 4 egg whites from happy and healthy free running hens 250g Caster Sugar 1tsp White Wine Vinegar 1tsp Cornflour 1 tsp Coffee Powder For the Topping 350ml Double Cream 1tsp Coffee Powder 3-4 Bananas 20g Icing Sugar 200g Dulce De Leche

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To begin, draw around a dinner plate onto baking parchment to mark out the base of the pavlova and pop the oven on to 150°C to preheat. Next, in a scrupulously clean and grease-free bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. After, whisk in the caster sugar a spoonful at a time until you have a beautiful glossy mixture. Now, in a slow drizzle, whisk in the vinegar, then the cornflour and the coffee powder. Then, spread, pipe, dollop (whatever is your thing!) the mixture onto the baking parchment and within the previously drawn circle, then bake in the oven for one hour. After this time, turn off the oven but leave the meringue in the oven and avoid opening the door until the oven has completely cooled; this will help prevent cracking. The final product will keep for a week as long as it is kept in an airtight container.

When you are ready to serve, simply whip up the cream until you have soft peaks.

Then, with a spoon, stir in the icing sugar and the coffee powder until evenly mixedyou may prefer a sweeter/more coffee taste so feel free to adjust the amounts to suit your palette. Spoon the cream on top of the meringue, then just before serving add the sliced bananas and finish with drizzles of Dulce De Leche over the top. You may have to slightly warm the Dulce De Leche to be runny enough to drizzle it or you may just go with the more “rustic” looking effect! Either way, enjoy it!

Until next time dear reader,

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News from Royston market New street-food on Royston Market!

There is a new trader starting on the Saturday Market this month.

Jayne, the owner of Backstreet Catering is a local chef who first ran a stall on the market in 2010 and worked in a number of establishments in Royston over the past decade including the Old Bull Inn and most recently the Heath Café.

She also ran a very popular pop-up restaurant from her home for a number of years and many people in Royston will know her as ‘Gin House Jayne’.

She will be cooking all-day breakfasts which will include vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. There will be homemade soups as well as other comfort foods to enjoy in this cold weather. Hot and cold beverages are also available with an array of home-made cakes and other treats.

Good luck Jayne!

To keep up to date with the Market News, follow @RoystonMarket on Facebook

local Markets in March

Orwell Pannier Market 1st Saturday monthly, Sat 7th March,10am - 12pm, Orwell Village Hall Fowlmere Farmers Market 2nd Saturday monthly, Sat 14th March, 9am - 11.30am Fowlmere Village Hall Herts Country Market Wednesdays and Saturdays, From 8am.

Corn Exchange, Royston Outdoor Market Every Wednesday and Saturday.

8am - approx. 3pm, Market Hill, Royston If you run a market in the SG8 area please let us know and we can include you in the next issue

An Evening with the river Mel

Inspired by the River Mel, which rises in Melbourn, poet Clare Crossman wrote nine poems capturing the essence of our beautiful chalk stream.

She then linked up with film maker James Murray White to make a film about the river based on her poems. Further filming has been carried out by Nigel Kinnings who has also edited the film. More details about the project can be found at waterlightproject.org.uk After a year of capturing memories, interviewing residents, involving Meldreth primary school children and extensively filming, the film is now going to be shown in Meldreth.

Friday 19th March, 7.30pm, Elin Way Community Centre, Meldreth, SG8 6LX

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Royston Rockets bmx Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club are holding round 2 of the BMX East Regional Race Series on Sunday 29th March 2020.

This is one of the qualification rounds for the chance to represent your region at the British BMX Championships being held this year in Leicester.

With qualification points up for grabs, the racing will be fast and elbow to elbow.

Our last club winter series race is on the 29th March. Gates open at 12.30pm and everyone is welcome to come and see what it’s all about!

The club is open every Tuesday evening from 5.30-7.30pm and has coaching sessions on the very last Saturday of every month.

BMX is a great sport for all the family from as young as 4 years old and well into the big age of 50.

If you are interested in getting involved with BMX racing or want more information, please go to www.roystonrockets.co.uk

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We are always on the lookout for more volunteers to join our team, so if you are community-minded, have a few hours to spare on a weekend evening or afternoon and would like to watch films for free, we would love to hear from you!

Email us at info@roystonpicturepalace.org.uk www.roystonpicturepalace.org.uk

Looking for a venue?

For a party, funeral gathering or meeting?

Venue Hire from only £150

Have a Hadham.

Royston Town Football Club 8A Garden Walk Royston SG8 7HP For more information 01763 241204 | support@roystontownfc.co.uk

Hertfordshire 2020 Year of Culture

Royston drama group CADS will be performing a one-act play entitled “Strangers on a Film” at the Sawston Drama Festival on Thursday 19th March.

The play has been adapted for the stage by local author Roy Maddox from a radio play

by Stephen Wyatt and imagines a series of meetings between Alfred Hitchcock and Raymond Chandler in 1950 when the film director was looking for someone to write the screenplay for his next movie. The two men soon realise that their approaches are wildly different!

A Night at the Musicals, performed by the students of Limitless Academy of Performing Arts featuring hits from shows Old and New. For The Royston Town Mayor’s Community Trust Fund in support of Garden House Hospice.

Saturday 25th April 14:30 - 17:00 19:00 - 21:30

Sunday 26th April 19:00 - 21:30

King James Academy Royston Garden Walk, Royston SG8 7JH

visit limitlessacademyarts.com or call 0330 124 6868 To book your tickets.

Please also visit the ‘Celebrate Royston!’ event on the market on Saturday 28th March 8am-1pm for more news and information about local arts, culture and heritage.

For further details visit, www.cadsroyston.org.uk

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Museum Musings: Royston Cave

We will have a whole section about the Cave and its history, including objects on display. To make it even more accessible, there’ll be a Virtual Reality exploration of the cave. You can sit in the comfort of the museum and still see what’s down there.

We’re really excited to be able to give more people access to the cave and get a feel for what it’s like.

The cave will open for the 2020 season in April, but pop into the museum before to find out more about this amazing piece of local history right beneath our feet.

Come and join us on the 21st March from 10am to check it out. We’ve also been moving our other displays around too.

There’s so much space in the museum!

To find out more about the Roy ston Cave head to www.roystoncave.co.uk and for the Museum visit, www.roystonmuseum.org.uk

New East-West Railway in Cambridge In January, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed a new East West Railway will connect Cambridge and Oxford, passing through Cambourne.

There are still many hurdles to overcome before construction is approved but this marks an important step in improving regional connectivity. Previous routes included a new station in Bassingbourn but this has been scrapped, citing huge environmental destruction as a factor.

The new line will see the Cambridge to Oxford route revived after its closure in the 1960s. Plans also include a new Cambridge South station, with the route passing through Cambourne, St Neots/Sandy, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Bicester and on to Oxford.

No detailed timeline has been published but some estimate the line may be fully-functional by 2030, creating huge opportunities for growth, productivity and housing. www.bit.ly/East-WestRail

Invite to Participate in a Client Survey of Law Firms and Others IRN Research, an established market research agency, is looking for individuals to take part in a short telephone interview.

If you have used a solicitor or other professional adviser such as an accountant or a conveyancer in the last 18 months to help with any of the following – selling or purchasing a residential property, a family law issue such as a divorce, or dealing with a deceased person’s estate - we would love to get your feedback on your choice of adviser and the services they offered.

All the interviews will be completely confidential and, in return for completing the interview, we will give you an Amazon voucher.

If you are interested in taking part please email sandy@irn-research.com with your name and your telephone number, or leave a message and your telephone number on 07956 414629. We will contact you to tell you a little more about the project and see if we can set up an interview time.

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Think Garden, Think Richard

How To Use Plants...

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by Melbourn garden designer, Richard Arnott

Planning For a Successful Season To give plants the opportunity to shine in the garden, the space needs to be planned. We all have different starting points to making changes in the garden.

It might be that you have moved to a new build with a blank canvas or you have a neglected space that needs reviving but the need for a proper plan is always required for a successful outcome. Here is the process of having your garden designed to give the plants the chance to be the stars of the garden.

Design brief is required for any garden to develop. This is a working list of the requirements for the garden such as a grassy space for the children to play, a dining area for family parties and a screened off shed all in a naturalistic planting style. The challenge for the garden designer is to carefully develop the brief and guide the client to a successful outcome. It is an evolving process that asks many questions. I always like to talk about planting styles, colour and plant influences early on in the process to get an idea in my mind’s eye that I can then develop. Pinterest is a good way to share ideas. Once the brief is agreed a survey is carried out and work begins on the design concept.

Design concept is a visual presentation of how the garden could look. It takes the form of a 2d design drawing with printouts and accompanying mood board and or a 3d moving visual model. I always like to include key structural planting on the plan and planting style visuals on the mood board. This helps to keep the plants at the forefront of the process rather than an afterthought. To me the plants are just as important as the hard landscaping detail to the success of a finished garden. Samples are considered too at this concept stage.

Design detailing is the refinement of the design concept. It includes all the details necessary to build the garden such as paved areas, slatted timber details on the fences, to step details and material transition points. The drawing is produced in architect’s software, to scale and is a fixed piece of work. The beauty of having a definitive plan to follow is that this allows for construction to take place in a phased approach if required.

Planting plan is where the garden is brought to life and is one of my favourite parts of the process. As you will know if you are a regular reader of my articles, I love my plants! It can

be hard to restrict the urge to include my favourite plants in gardens when the brief is dictating a low maintenance, architectural foliage requirement, but this is the discipline of a good garden designer. Making the garden that is requested from the client rather than imposing your own personal taste. I love to work with loose herbaceous perennials and grasses offset against structural hedges, trees, and shrubs in a contemporary English country cottage style but love the challenge of something new.

Landscape construction is where the design on paper then begins to evolve on the ground. Ground works are carried out, hard features built, and planting areas prepared.

As the planting takes place, I love seeing my ideas coming to life on the ground. Mother Nature then takes over and as the planting establishes and matures good horticultural practice as required will mean that the space can bring pleasure and enjoyment for the client for years to come.

If you are thinking of making changes this year, why not plan now to enjoy this summer!

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Wellbeing

Is Anyone IN Your Village Living With Parkinson’s?

Most of us do know of someone who has been diagnosed with this condition, who is now living with knowledge of what that implies for themselves and for their family and friends in the future.

Street collections and donations are supplemented each year by the Branch’s major fundraiser.

The Annual Spring Tulip Fun Run is a 7km/4-mile level fun run on 19th April, The Cambridgeshire branch of Parkinson’s leaving and returning to Scotsdale’s Garden UK exists so that People with Parkinson’s Centre in Shelford. In 2020 we are inviting (PwPs) do not have to face the future alone. all the villages in the area to enter a team.

Meetings, therapies and a bi-monthly In so doing a village might be the first to newsletter offer advice, information, and win the David Johnston Memorial Trophy companionship – our members say that created in memory of a member who was knowing that you are not alone is the best an enthusiastic participant in the past. It will possible aid to coming to terms with the be awarded annually to the person or group diagnosis.

-- family, village, business -- making the greatest contribution to the Fun Run, whether In the next year the Cambridge Branch aims it be in enrolling runners and walkers, raising to offer transport assistance to PwPs who money, or overcoming the greatest challenge would not otherwise be able to benefit from its by taking part. meetings and therapies – many of them living in Cambridgeshire villages with limited bus For more details, please visit services. Offering this support to everyone www.parkinsonscambridge.org.uk or call who will benefit from it inevitably costs money. Caroline on 01223 314279

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They have chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, massage therapists and a podiatrist all under the one roof.

Within the past 12 months Attend2Health has achieved great success and been awarded four different Awards. They have won the Best Business Woman in Health and Wellness Award, the Zenith Global Health Award for Allied Health Professionals and two quality marks from the Royal College of Chiropractors (PPQM and CMQM). The PPQM is awarded to clinics that demonstrate excellence in meeting patient expectations, with the CMQM applicants must demonstrate excellence in a range of areas including: clinical audit, risk management, incident reporting, outcome measurement, patient satisfaction, emergency procedures and operational policy. These awards take a lot of time to complete but they are very proud to be one of just 56 clinics in the country to hold both awards.

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Wellbeing

Looking After You: Spring Clean This is the time of year when many of us think about spring cleaning our homes, but what about some simple ideas for spring cleaning your wellbeing too?

Set Goals

Setting goals and completing them is a good way of Get Creative feeling fulfilled this It can be so rewarding to take up a new hobby spring. Even setting which allows you to unleash your creative side. a simple goal such as completing a long Self-Care walk or learning a Many of us are so busy during the average day new skill gives that immense feeling of pride that we forget to make time to do the things we and satisfaction when the goal is completed. enjoy. Self-care is so important for emotional Explore Somewhere New wellbeing, so put aside some time to do The expression ‘a change is as good as a rest’ something nice for yourself every day. is sound advice and going somewhere new can Exercise & Eat Well really change your perspective and give you a happy feeling. It doesn’t need to be a long It may sound obvious, but regular exercise holiday, even just a day out to a new place you and eating a healthy diet are both shortcuts to haven’t visited before can give you a burst of feeling better mentally. energy.

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SEN Lego Club

Royston SEN Lego group opened in November last year, for children with any additional needs or disabilities such as autistic spectrum condition or ADHD and their families including siblings.

The group is run and was set up by volunteers including parents and people that work with children who have additional needs and has just received the news that they have been awarded a grant from the national lottery so the group can continue to operate free of charge.

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Come along to the Curwens Gallery to view the new artists on display.

David J Weston is a Watercolour Artist producing land and seascapes. Rhiannon Maslen is a local photographer who enjoys making images of plants and trees and Tracy Stressing creates with Fused Glass.

Private viewing Wednesday 11th March, 6-8pm, Curwens Solicitors, Royston SG8 9AA

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Royston Business awards Do your finances need a spring clean?

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Spring Clean Your Business It’s March! How can we put a spring in your business step?

You can do a lot worse than treating your business like you might treat yourself.

The best businesses get out and about, and talk to their customers – if you don’t know what they want, how can you be sure you’re giving it to them?

1. A new wardrobe?

You don’t need to change just because of a time of year but I always think that spring is a great time to critically assess your business ‘look’.

4. Be a better friend?

What can you do to keep your customers loyal and coming back (customer retention is so much cheaper than customer acquisition).

Maybe it’s refreshing your homepage, maybe looking at your flyers, or even just decluttering your office or splashing some fresh paint around.

Give them what they want and work hard to keep yourself in the front of their minds when decision-making time comes around.

2. A better social life?

Where do you go, who do you want to meet?

Would it be refreshing to try different clubs?

But I’m talking about your social media life.

Are you on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram?

Do they attract the people you want to attract?

Maybe your business would enjoy LinkedIn, Pinterest or Tiktok perhaps?

3. Get out more?

Do you really know what your customers want?

And how do you know that?

5. Keep a check on your spending?

Review where your big money is going – is it giving you a return? And maybe have a ring around to see if you can reduce those utility bills. Now do a budget and stick to it!

6. Enjoy yourself I’ll leave the last word to poet, Christina Rossetti, ‘There is no time like Spring, When life’s alive in everything.’ julian@julianberry.co.uk

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Useful Numbers CHURCHES

Ashwell United Reformed Church Bassingbourn Parish Church Bassingbourn URC

Churches Together in Royston & Dis.

Fowlmere United Reformed Church Guilden Morden Congregational Church

Guilden Morden Parish Church Litlington Congregational Church Melbourn Baptist Church Melbourn Parish Church Melbourn United Reformed Church Meldreth Parish Church Open House Project Revelation Youth Church, Meldreth Royston Catholic Church Royston Evangelical Church Royston Ignite Community Church Royston Methodist Church Royston Parish Church Royston Spiritualist Church St Mary’s Church, Ashwell Therfield Chapel Therfield Parish Church Thriplow Parish Church Trinity Life Church United Benefice of Barkway, Reed and Buckland with Barley

COUNCILS

Cambridgeshire County Council www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org North Herts District Council www.north-herts.gov.uk Royston Town Council www.roystontowncouncil.gov.uk South Cambridgeshire District Council www.scambs.gov.uk

DOCTORS

Ashwell Surgery Barley Practice Bassingbourn Surgery Market Hill Surgery, Royston Orchard Surgery, Melbourn Roysia Surgery, Royston The Health Centre, Royston

01462 742684 01763 877558 01763 247611

admin@hsrc.org.uk

01763 208767 01763 852869 01763 853217 01763 853427 01763 261650 01763 220626 01223 870869 01763 220626 01763 246799 01763 262440 01763 243117 07999 538961 01763 852118 01763 243849 01763 243145 01223 503345 01462 743922

home@therfieldchaepl.org

Melbourn Hub 01763 263303 Melbourn UR Church Hall 01763 870869 Meldreth Village Hall 01763 262512 Reed Village Hall 01763 848303 Royal British Legion 01763 244560 Royston Conservative Club 01763 243242 Royston Golf Club 01763 242696 Royston Methodist Hall 01763 243849 Royston & District Museum 01763 242587 Royston Town FC 01763 241204 St Mary’s Church Hall, Royston 01763 243117 Shepreth Village Hall 01763 268605 Steeple Morden Village Hall 01763 853073 Tannery Drift First School 01763 246549 The Old Bull Inn, Royston 01763 242003 Town Hall and Market Hill Rooms 01763 245484 Thriplow Village Hall 01223 839546 Whaddon Village Hall www.whaddon.org/village_hall

HEALTH

NHS Telephone Advice Service

LIBRARY

111

Royston Library

0300 123 4049

Anthony Browne MP for S Cambs Sir Oliver Heald QC MP for NE Herts

0207 219 3000 01462 486074

0300 123 4040

Ashwell Dental Melbourn Dental Practice Priory Dental Centre Royston Dental Suite

01462 742353 01763 262034 01763 246677 01763 244805

01462 474 000

J Oliver Radley

01763 287364 01763 208195 01763 230350 01763 848756 03450 455 200

MPs

NHS DENTISTS

OPTICIANS

01763 245484

POLICE

03450 450 500

ROYSTON TOWN CENTRE

01462 417377 0300 234 5555 01763 290555 0300 234 5555 01763 260220 01763 243166 01763 242981

HALLS FOR HIRE

Abington Pigotts Village Hall www.abingtonpigotts.org Anstey Village Hall 01763 849724 Ashwell UR Church Hall 01462 742757 Ashwell Village Hall 01462 742913 Barkway Pavillion BarkwayPavilion@barkway-village.co.uk Barkway Village Hall 01763 848347 Barley Town House 01763 848992 Bassingbourn Village College 01763 242344 Chrishall Village Hall 01763 838691 Coombes Community Centre 01763 248081 Eternit Sports and Social Club 01763 260250 Fordham Memorial Hall, Therfield 01763 287549 Fowlmere Village Hall 01763 208778 King James Academy (Junior Site) 01763 243650 The Guide Hut, Royston 01763 662904 gmvillagehall@btinternet.com Guilden Morden VH Litlington Recreation Centre 01763 852551 Litlington Village Hall 01763 852809 Lumen House, Royston 01767 448099 MC- Sport Pavillion 01763 263313 Melbourn Community Hall bookings@communityhallmelbourn.com

Non emergency number

01763 273300 101

Markets

01763 245484

Bassingbourn Village College Freman College Melbourn Village College Kings James Academy

01763 242344 01763 271818 01763 223400 01763 242236

SCHOOLS

TRANSPORT

National Rail Enquiries (24 hrs)

Royston & District Community Transport

08457 48 49 50 01763 245228

Affinity Water Emergencies (24 hrs) Anglian Water Emergencies

0345 357 2406 0800 771881

Electricity Emergency (National Grid) Gas Emergencies (National Grid)

0800 40 40 90 0800 111 999

UTILITIES

(Water supplies and sewerage)

VETS

Royston Veterinary Centre Village Vets – Royston & Meldreth Melbourn Veterinary Surgery

01763 242221 01763 245059 01763 262696

Household Waste Recycling Centre off York Way, Royston SG8 5HF All year M T W S S, 8am - 4pm Household Waste Recycling Centre Thriplow, Cambs SG8 7HZ All year daily 8am - 4pm North Herts South Cambs

0300 123 4051

WASTE

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Professional

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INDEX Professional Accounting Services

Berry Accounting & Business Services Ltd 42 The Wright Accounts Services Ltd 41

Aerial & Satellite Services Ace Aerials

Architect

44

Brooklands Design

44

Hadham Brewery Ltd

23

Brewery

Building & Construction Services Ashton Renovations C P Building Services

29 27

Care Homes

Melbourn Springs – Barchester Healthcare Southwell Court

Carpentry & Joinery

26

Letchworth Broadway Royston Picture Palace

20 15

Cleaning Services

British Window & General Cleaning Co 30

Clothing, Curtain & Furnishing Alterations & Repairs Jennifer Alice Design

39

Coach Hire

Richmonds Coaches

3

Computer Services The PC Doctor

41

Dance & Drama Schools

Limitless Academy of Performing Arts 23

Dentists

Royston Dental Suite Ashwell Dental Freman College St Christopher School Kip McGrath Royston

10 12 13

Electricians

Grahams Electricks JHE Electrical Contractors Ltd

Estate Agents & Property Abode Town & Country Storey Homes

Farm Shop

Bury Lane Farm Shop

Financial Services

KD Wright Financial Services Limited

46

47 38 48

Education

Bonfitness Pilates Gymbo’s Jazzercise

Garage Doors

38 35 39

33 27

Crystal Leisure Pools Ltd Burloes Hall

Arrington Garden Centre

16

Motor Services

HL Ground & Garden Maintenance Leaf & Lawn The Green Lounge

44 47 44

CBD Oil

39

Amber Health Attend 2 Health Breeze Birthing Royston Complementary Health Sanet Foot Care

37 35 38 38 35

Gardening Services

Health & Nutrition

Health, Beauty & Fitness Sam’s Beauty

39

Avante Garde Ltd T/as New Dawn Blinds 32 Borders & Bows 5 Linda Turner Interiors 3 AV Handyman Handyman Dave Knight Handyman Services RTP Painting & Decorating S Borley & Son

House Clearance

Spires House Clearance Penguin Insurance

Jewellers

H C Jewellers & Gold Buyers

Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms

47 47 44 44 47 28

6 42

Curwens LLP Wills By David Isherwood

Legal Services

IRN Research

25

Office Interiors

Alexander Green Office Interiors

Opticians

J Oliver Radley Opticians JS Plastering & Carpentry

28

H20 LMJ Plumbing & Heating

26 47

Recruitment

Flying Start Montessori Nursery 9 Melbourn Primary School 9 Royston Picture Palace 23

Self Storage

Royston Self Storage

44

Tree Services

Shelford Tree Surgery Shire Trees Limited Tree Specialist

26 30 44

Venue Hire

Royston Town Football Club 23

Veterinary Practices

Royston Veterinary Centre

6

Window Cleaning Services

Jane Edwards

17 34

GBs Cleaning Services

43 41

42

Plumbing & Heating Services

Wellbeing

33 30 26 32 33 27

2

36

Plasterers

3

Complete Bathroom Solutions 32 Kendall Install 47 Royston Kitchens & Bathrooms Ltd 5 Royston Plumbing & Heating 33 Trademark Kitchens 27

Landscaping Services

6

Buckingham Stanley Group

Home Furnishings

Home Improvements & Handyman Services

29

Local Event Market Research

Garden Centre

All Seasons Landscape CW Landscapes G M Sharp Landscapes John Cobb & Sons North Herts Surfacing Ltd Sullivan Landscapes

14 40

Leisure Pools

28

Garolla

Insurance Services

Decorating Services

Decorating & Restorations Service

Our Advertisers

Health Therapist & Wellbeing 5 24

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Fitness

47

Windows, Conservatories & Glazing Services Elite Conservatory Warm Roofs Ltd

29

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