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Billesdon Drama Society are to present ‘Over the Top’, a revue of war time songs and sketches to celebrate 80 years since VE Day

We have, largely, predictable seasons and live on an island on the edge of a continent. These factors lead to large amounts of seasonal natural history and to our noticing ‘firsts’. There are letters to The Times from people hearing their first cuckoo or nightingale each year and Delius chose to compose “On hearing the first Cuckoo in spring”. In common parlance “one Swallow does not a summer make”. Botanically we notice the first snowdrops to flower and base weather lore around the behaviour of trees; “Oak before the ash we’ll only get a splash; ash before the oak we’re sure to get a soak”, a reference to the timing of leaves appearing.

With the departure of Dillon`s Opticians from the Square in Kibworth, through the ill health of Pratish Solanki, known to so many as ‘Tish’, the Kibworth and District Chronicle area and indeed wider afield has lost (in concise premises) a homely, welcoming, trusted atmosphere, often accompanied by a cup of tea, conversation and importantly, a vast experience and practical knowledge of the optic world; in touch with developments internationally, and always guided by the needs of the eye rather than seeing spectacles as a fashion accessory. So many in the Chronicle area offer not only to Tish but his wife and to his daughter (also a qualified optician), thanks for the past and very best wishes for this early retirement on health grounds. As circumstances allow, he hopes to maintain contact with those he knew.

In psychology, cognitive dissonance refers to the mental state in which people hold two conflicting ideas. Current confusion in political debate seems to exemplify this.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a Christmas Market on Saturday 15 November in Kibworth Village Hall LE8 0LN.1 0am - 1.45pm

“Moving is a test of your relationship. If you can survive assembling IKEA furniture, you can conquer anything” ~ Effly

The Welcome Kitchen returns at the end of the month. The first Monday that it will be operational is 27 October.

Please see below a photograph of the new Noticeboard at Kibworth Allotments and also our Chair, Robin Ager, holding an owl box, that the Kibworth and District Chronicle have kindly contributed towards.

Last month we spoke to Jill Vickers about her award-winning butcher’s business, Bridge 67. This month we venture literally next door to speak to husband-and-wife team, Ian and Julie Clarke about their hairdressing business, ‘Julians’.

Thursday 30 October, Book and a Biscuit: The Fairy & Fae Alternative Halloween Edition, Kibworth Books, 11am – 12 noon.