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Smeeton Westerby Village Hall

Our English Men’s Champion Club Winners 2023 travelled over to Troia Golf Club in Portugal at the end of October to compete for the European Men’s Club Trophy.

Optical Assistant Carol Barker celebrates her 30th year with Edmonds and Slatter independent opticians this November, making it her pearl anniversary! She joined the company in 1993 and has remained part of the Glenfield practice team ever since.

On holiday recently with family at Portwrinkle, on the south coast of Cornwall, I saw a dolphin washed up on the beach. On closer inspection, I noticed strong string wound several times round its back fin and a wooden label on the string, but the address washed off.

On Thursday, 12 October 2023 we were joined by Bill Haley BEM who delivered a fascinating presentation of ‘Life on Board Britannia’. Bill served in the Royal Navy for 27 years; 7½ of those spent on the Royal Yacht Brittania which Bill explained was an absolutely fantastic experience.

Autumn came to the Kibworth Art Lovers’ October meeting as the subject for the informative demonstration by our visiting artist, Helen Neave.

with Fiona Woodcock on Tuesday 28 November, 3.30-4.30pm

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a Christmas table top sale and coffee morning on Saturday 9 December in Kibworth Village Hall LE8 0LN from 10am until 12.45.

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.