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There is something irresistible about snowdrops. Their delicately nodding flowers lift our spirits and tell us spring is coming.

Rehearsals are well underway for our annual Pantomime - the rats are sharpening their teeth and Tommy the cat, his claws!

When writing a date recently, how many times have you put ‘23’ instead of ‘24’? Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, but we know that, sadly, not everyone did.

The Rotary Club of Kibworth & Fleckney are staging the Kibworth Comedy Club as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival Event 2024. It will be at the Kibworth Hub (formerly known as Kibworth Old Grammar School), Kibworth LE8 0JE, on Thursday 15 February, at 8pm. 

Kibworth Post Office 1989 - 2012

I am sure most of you are aware that the famous 30-year-old Leicester Comedy Festival will be taking place in several venues in the Kibworth and District Chronicle area this year.

Illston-on-the-Hill WI met in December for the last time in 2023. A few members were absent due to party and visiting commitments. However, this did not deter us from our activities.

There is a lot written about mental wellbeing these days and taking exercise as a means of staying healthy. BBC Radio 4 has many programmes detailing ways to keep healthy and avoid going to see the Doctor. Getting outside and going for a walk with a group of people has to be one of the best ways of achieving this.

Saddington is 10 miles south-east of Leicester and 6 miles north-west of Market Harborough. The pretty village of Saddington has a population of around 250 and is almost a suburb of its nearest neighbour Fleckney.

Not long ago I was sitting outside a café with my wife enjoying a coffee. Nearby was a young mum with her little boy, who was about four or five years old. He was playing a game of rushing up to his mother with a menu and asking her what she’d like to order. She’d examine the menu, pick something, and the boy would run to the building next door, pause and then run back and hand mum the pretend item. Then the whole cycle would start again. The child was totally engrossed in his game and, to her credit, his mother joined in patiently.