We tend to hear bad news first and at highest volume – like the problems of our youth in the high street – so it was especially heartening to learn a wonderful balancing story while chatting over a coffee at The White Hart the other day. I was wondering about the the tables and chairs [...]
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Once again the Christmas lights committee have done a sparkling job of brightening up our high street – we wish them a merry Christmas and are ourselves planning for the 2020 Festival in September – what will you do to participate in nine months time? Let us know by registering your activity on our website [...]
We are delighted to once again be supporting the Community with a Christmas Tree on display with many others at St Michael’s Church. Many thanks to A. Jakins & Sons for donating the tree. The Tree Festival is open on Friday 29th November at 10.45am after the Friday Morning Service, when children from Shefford Lower [...]
The Winter issue of Shefford Newsline – Edition 99 is packed full of Community Festival related material starting with the cover depicting the History Group Model Railway display plus inside spread showing what the bridge area used to look like. We have reviews of the Prince and Princess Fun Day, a review of the festival [...]
On behalf of our Community Festival Lesley Whiteman laid a wreath on remembrance day – among many others. The community came together in times of war – we hope that the community will continue to come together for the festival for many years to come.
Our second Community Festival seemed to go off very successfully with significantly more activities this year – so many thanks to all who participated and made it go so well. Looking forward to next year – 2020 – we would like to invite all interested parties to a feedback and review meeting – please contact [...]
The weather on our opening Saturday was wonderful which gave many activities a great start – the “highlight ” of my day was a climb to the top of our newly renovated Church tower but it was also lovely to see the History Group getting so much interest in the working model of the old [...]
It has been an event packed week so I was delighted to see all the events going on over our last weekend – Barnwell Music for example had singing workshops free of charge. The much publicised Shefford Lower School Pop up Circus went off brilliantly with stalls and games complimenting the circus – a notable [...]
Yesterday I manged to get to see Annette at Artisans in the Yard where she was having a great week – after a successful Garage Sale Trail she was greeting visitors to the Yard. Down at Shefford House I went to see the inauguration of the Hand in Hand Social Club – a new monthly [...]
Singing, acting and dancing – musical theatre classes – a fabulous opportunity for the youth of Shefford to learn some performance skills and have a great deal of fun! These classes at the Methodist Church hall formed part of our Community Festival again this year.
