Clearly the whole situation of public events is up in the air at the moment so the likely occurrence of our September Festival is in doubt – although if all goes well then it could be a “welcome back to normality” celebration – we shall see. As organisers we would welcome news of any planned [...]
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After last year’s Festival the main suggestion we had was to put more street decoration in town, so that when driving/walking through it would be obvious the the festival is taking place. We thought this was a really good idea so we reached out to Shefford Town Council who agreed to look into placing banners [...]
Participation We are headed towards our third Shefford Community Festival this September 19 – 27 – it is very encouraging (and an indication of the increasing popularity of the festival) that we already have a couple of activities planned for the afternoon of Friday 18 as lead-in events – so the more the merrier. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
