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The gates opened at 5.30pm on Saturday and two and a half thousand people arrived at the event. The Scouts and Guides made guys for the bonfire that roared in the stiff breeze at 6.15pm.

Driving along the A6 the other morning I glanced briefly towards the closed gates of Kibworth Recycling and Household Waste site (known to all as ‘The Tip’) and immediately came to mind the lyrics of the well-known Joni Mitchell song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, in particular the line,

Readers may have noticed that on the front page of every Chronicle published since October 2002 there is an eight-digit number following the letters ISSN.

The annual theme for Alcohol Awareness Week 2021 is ‘Alcohol and relationships.'

The parish council held its monthly public meeting on 26 October in the Studio at the Kibworth Grammar School Hall.

The parish council held its monthly public meeting on 7 October in the Studio at the Kibworth Grammar School Hall.

You may wonder how anyone could talk about pumpkins for an hour, let alone make it entertaining and enjoyable. We soon found out when Russell Atwood, known as The Pumpkin Man, told us all about them. We learned how to prepare the ground and grow them and, more importantly, how to use them.

Join Bridge 67 Butchers on Saturday 4 December from 10am – 3pm at The Cookery School, Debdale Lane, Smeeton Westerby for a cheese and charcuterie tasting day. 

Whilst I am a Kibworth Beauchamp Parish councillor, an ex editor of the Chronicle, and a member of Kibworth Methodist Church. I offer this correspondence solely as a resident of the village - the thoughts are mine alone and not intended to reflect the views of any of these bodies...