Category: Letters
Page 9 of 16Sixteen year olds (Not in Education, Employment or Training) at its highest level since 2012
9th July 2022 | Letters, People, Schools
Last week data from the Department of Education showed that the proportion of 16-year-olds who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is at its highest level since 2012.
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Jubilee Bells
27th June 2022 | Letters
How glorious to hear the bells of Kibworth Church tower during lunchtime of Jubilee Saturday. These things don`t just happen without volunteers.
Read moreA Fond Farewell To The Licensee Of A Local Hostelry – 60 Years Ago
18th April 2022 | Letters
I read with interest the letter sent in last month by Glynn Tunneycliff concerning ‘The Railway Arms’. This prompted me to get in touch as I recently acquired a copy of the Leicester Evening Mail newspaper dated Tuesday October 16th 1962. The front page showed a photograph of Mrs Florence Barratt saying farewell to her customers at The Railway Arms in Kibworth Beauchamp. Florence and her late husband George ran the pub together for 16 years, having taken up the licence in 1946. Sadly, George passed away in 1954. But Florence took over the business and continued to run the establishment in her own name.
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