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So… it’s time to say goodbye.

Bored of the same old same old?

If, like me, your tree knowledge is sketchy, winter is a good time to identify a few species. Away from parks and gardens, native species make up a high proportion of the trees that you might find. Some of the commoner species are described below.

Illston on the Hill WI invited Rev Philip Norwood to talk through the finer points of the Holy Land. This is an enormous and very complex subject.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a Charity Curry Night on Monday 10 March. At The Bay Leaf, 53 Leicester Road Wigston LE18 1NR

Four miles north of Market Harborough lies the small village of Thorpe Langton, whose name translates to ‘long town’ in Anglo-Saxon. During the early 19th century, the census records indicated a population of 215 individuals residing in the village in 1821. This figure gradually declined to 83 by 1881 but has since experienced a modest resurgence, with a recorded population of 231 as per the 2021 census.

We read recently that Dave Quelch has passed away at home aged 85 years. Dave, together with his wife Jenifer, were landlords of the The Black Horse pub in Foxton and The Bell in Gumley which had quite a lot of cricket memorabilia on the wall. He will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Inspector Perry Update

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11th October 1925 – 21st December 2024

Our indoor carpet bowls season is continuing with the start of various trophy competitions, as well as our social bowling on Monday afternoons and evenings.

As part of our ongoing 25th Anniversary celebrations, Arit Anderson from BBC Television Gardeners World will be visiting Bailey’s Garden Centre, Wistow on Saturday 12 April.

Do you remember 23 March 2020?

This year’s Nevill Holt Festival (Friday 30 May - Sunday 22 June) includes ‘Richard E Grant’, ‘An audience with Prue Leith DBE’ and a series of musical concerts entitled ‘Harlem Nights: In the Spirit of Swing,’ as well as’Pam Ayres’ and comedy from ‘Underbelly’s Comedy Allstars’. Also the festival will see the return of some favourites from 2024; ‘Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra’, ‘Aggers & Tuffers: Part 2’ and ‘Jason Byrne.’
Opera North are co-producing ‘Cosi fan tutte’ which promises to whisk you away to the 18th century with dazzling disguises, seductive schemes and lavish costumes.