That’s right – it’s not too early to plan for September 2025 – in fact it is the ideal time to brain storm for ideas – with Shefford growing fast all the time and so many new families looking for local activities – the Community Festival is the ideal place to look. The form of [...]
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The Shefford Community Festival went really well this year and seems to have found its place in our local calendar – I have already been asked when it will run next year, so after due consultation I have set dates for Friday Sept 12 to Sunday 21st – so the same week as this year. [...]
After a very wet start to the day the rain paused at around 10.00 am so most of us could put out our garage sale gazebos and goods. The scarecrows of course had been out since the day before but seemed to survive the soaking very well. There were many stalls and scarecrows – with [...]
At 8.30 am on Sunday morning as I write this it has been raining continuously since the hail storm at 2.30 pm yesterday – so 18 hours and still going. The weather forecast shows “thundery showers and a gentle breeze” so we are wondering about getting our gazebo out for the Garage Sale Trail. Our [...]
Saturday arrived with the Art Exhibition at the Community Hall which, as usual, was a fascinating mix of local talents including a cute little duck picture which we purchased. The coffee and cakes were great too! It was also [...]
The day started off with a meeting of the Self Help Art Group at the STMA where a cheerful group of artists squared up to the task of imitating one Vincent van Gogh with a vase of sunflowers. See their work here: The evening was exciting in town for the much loved EatFeast street food [...]
Shefford Amateur Radio Society SADARS had an interesting welcome evening with many people at the Community Hall to extend their knowledge of making world wide connections via radio using speech, morse code, digital codes and even TV images. Elsewhere at the Brewery Tap – Nicola Burr was talking about the [...]
There is a lot on today to look forward to – from the beginners Line Dancing at the Community Hall to Jo Jingles at the STMA in the morning. Then in the evening a quiet meditation at the Baptist Church otherwise an exerting run or a session of Full bottle Fitness at the STMA. Nicola [...]
So today there was a late entry to our program – but one we were delighted to include – the ALL ABLE team now based on the Henlow Road out of Shefford teamed up with the Library for an art exhibition. This was an Exhibition featuring a wide selection of works by artists with learning [...]
The weather was lovely and the Greenspace Conservation Group took full advantage to get on with some ditch clearing. The group take care of many of Shefford’s spaces – at the moment they are also involved in haymaking on Bellcote Meadow and the Easton Field adjacent to the outdoor gym where a Green Flag for [...]
