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The Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival is back. The Festival is celebrating its 21^st year, after a break during the pandemic.

After the success of the first Hallaton Christmas Fair last year, we are delighted to be holding this artisan Christmas Fair again on Saturday 3 December in the Church.

I well remember the ITV series ‘Wide Awake Club’ that was broadcast on children’s Saturday TV between 1984 and 1989. (I was grown up by then but still indulged myself by watching the occasional episode). You can find the cheery opening titles on YouTube.

On Sunday 23 October thirty-five neighbours and friends attended a Ploughman’s Lunch at 47 Main Street Kilby.  In the past the village enjoyed a harvest supper at The United Reformed Church on Main Street. Now we no longer have that facility, in order to keep the village together it was decided to have a Ploughman’s Lunch held at the home of John and Anne Emery.  Fortunately, after a very wet start to the day, the sun came out just before noon. Thankfully everyone arrived in sunshine. 

At our October meeting, members and visitors were treated to a demonstration by mixed-media professional artist, Danielle Vaughan. Danielle talked about and demonstrated her own unique style of collage art. These are created using waste materials, mainly ripped paper from magazines.

What better way to round off your Kibworth’s Late Night Shopping evening (set to be Wednesday 7 December, 6-9pm), than by popping into The Lighthouse for a tasty takeaway of fish and chips, pizza, hot soup or mulled wine and a sprinkling of festive cheer?

Following a consultation, Leicestershire County Council has updated its plan for the county to reach net zero by 2045 after almost 1,400 people had their say on the draft this summer.

On Tuesday 4 August 1863 an annual summer meeting of the Architectural and Archaeological Society took place in Kibworth. Edward Levien Esq. from the British Museum read notes on the Manors of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt. He briefly touched on the subject of the chancel, nave, aisles and porches of St. Wilfrid’s Church. He then said that there remained the subject of the old tower and spire. Edward Levien went on to say that the tower was being repaired and whilst workmen were at breakfast the tower fell down on Saturday 23 July 1825. He stated that very little damage was done to the rest of the church and thankfully no lives were lost. After this lamentable catastrophe steps were immediately taken to re-build the tower and spire.

KGSH are proud to be hosting the new Welcome Kitchen in Kibworth. Unfortunately, due to the current financial climate we are not able to offer our facilities for free. We have to balance the books too, however, we will be offering one of the sessions for free.

After much debate and research, we are pleased to announce that our next production will be A Bunch of Amateurs by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.