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In the USA, on 5 December 1933, Prohibition was repealed. That same year Ernest and Julio Gallo founded their family business in Modesto, California.

Enjoy our informative talk on ‘No Dig Gardening’ by experienced gardener and retired biology teacher, Russell Attwood. He has been cultivating his three allotments for over 25 years and is secretary of his allotment society in Kettering.

At an invitation-only reception, held on the evening of Wednesday 15 May in Market Harborough Theatre, Kibworth resident David Holmes presented a short talk about the latest Market Harborough History Society publication, which he has recently edited.

Could you or your group use an additional cash injection, in fact up to £200, for an onging or upcoming community project?

Through the Chronicle, may I thank friends for their greetings on my return to Kibworth? 

By the time you read this month’s Chronicle, we will have held our first CoCo morning in the village hall. What can that be, you might be asking? Well, it stands for ‘Coffee and Conversation’, so basically it’s a time when we are inviting you to join us for a cup of tea or coffee, naturally served with cake and biscuits, to have a friendly chat and to meet some new people.

After over 40 years of dedicated photography work, Stu Williamson is thrilled to announce that he has transitioned into a consultancy role while continuing to serve his valued clients. His sons, Jamie and Kai have taken the helm as the primary photographers at the new joint venture, KJS Image House which will be based in Market Harborough.

As promised in last month’s article, here is a new feature where readers can get to meet members of the Kibworth On-Call crew and find out more about what we do and what the job entails.

The amazing Great Big Green Week returns plus newbie Restore Nature Now

Born and bred in Leicestershire, one of my earliest childhood memories was of accompanying my father to the Council Offices in Thurnby. To a young child it felt like a place you didn’t mess about in. I knew it was an important place in my father’s eyes, but never understood why. I think he went there to pay his rates.