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Roll up, roll up! It’s your last chance to see our hilarious comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo which is being performed at Kibworth Grammar School Hall. 

In the recent past, via the Kibworth & District Chronicle, I have put out several messages inviting people who may wish to become a trustee of KGSH to come forward. However I thought that I should give a bit more detail about what a trustee actually does.

The parish council held its 7 April public monthly meeting in the Studio at the Kibworth Grammar School Hall. This report was too late for the April Chronicle.

Great news for those wishing to try Tai Chi as a new 7 week course for beginners will start in June, 10.30am to 11.30am on Wednesday mornings at the Fleckney Sports Centre, Leicester Rd, Fleckney, Leicester LE8 8BG.

In our April meeting, the Kibworth Art Lovers were treated to a new look at painting with pastels. Nuneaton based artist, Estelle Robinson, has 30 years of experience in painting portraits and she presented pastels as a forgiving and versatile medium.  She says, “With portraiture it’s all in the eyes of course, get those right then everything else seems to follow.”

We wanted to update the village on last Saturday’s Ukraine Appeal Concert in Ashley Church, and to thank everyone for their support and very generous donations. We raised £4326, which has been donated to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

How are you spending the Bank Holiday weekend? Leigh Williams, Dispensing Optician and Lutterworth Practice Manager at Edmonds & Slatter Opticians will be running his second ever half marathon, The Great Birmingham Run 2022.

Open Gardens in June 2022

The Methodist Churches of Kibworth and Market Harborough are pleased to announce that they are now licensed to hold same-sex marriage ceremonies, and that their minister Rev. Andy Murphy is authorised to conduct the services.

According to the author Warren Berger in his book, ‘A More Beautiful Question,’ some studies reveal that four-year-old children can ask as many as 400 questions a day. Many children between the ages of two and five can ask around 40,000 questions! The word ‘question’ comes from the Latin, ‘to seek’, thus linking the idea to that of a journey or quest.