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The latest from Kibworth & Smeeton WI. Our members’ meeting for May was again on Zoom, with a talk entitled “A Cambridge Virtual Tour.” The speaker, Murray Jacobs, has been a green badge guide for several years, for the last year only via Zoom.

You’re invited to join us on Saturday 26 June 1:30-3:30pm for a special ‘Media Maker’ event at St. Peter’s Church, Church Langton.

As you may know, we provide a foodbank and clothes bank at The Well on Kibworth High Street. Additionally, the charity is now pioneering other ways of assisting people to find their own way forward in life.

Born at the new LRI maternity hospital and transferred to Market Harborough Cottage Hospital, Camille spent the next seven years of her life in The Leys. A wonderful cul-de-sac, almost a play street, where she made many friends, some of whom were to last a lifetime.

I wonder whether you have heard of the paper published in 1796 titled 'An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of Variolae Vaccinae.’ If so, you are likely to be a member of the medical profession or a scientist. It was written by a surgeon and scientist whose respect and affection for the natural world was founded on seeing it as creation based on his Christian faith

Interested in getting into shape, being more healthy & more active!

The G7 Summit has recently taken place in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, and we can see how useful it was for moving forwards in dealing with the climate crisis that faces us now, and with vaccines for all to stop the Covid pandemic.

Summer News from Smeeton! With the Chronicle having a well deserved break for July and August, I must offer some dates for your diaries. As you may have realised, we here in Smeeton are always looking for events to bring our village together. We are also delighted to invite those of you from neighbouring villages too.

Interestingly, we have connections to Russian Royalty in Leicestershire. In last month’s Kibworth & District Chronicle, ‘Duggie’s Ramblings’ referred to an obituary, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

We are undertaking a mammoth task of digitalising the entire Kibworth & District Chronicle back catalogue. The Chronicle has published over 400 editions, since it was founded in April 1978.