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 [...]
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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.
Every day of the week we can find cakes and drinks – tea, coffee and squash at the St Michael’s inclusive coffee shop cafe – a chance to chat and rest quietly, with some beautiful cake!
Tuesday evening was an opportunity for Festival followers to experience the fascinating art of Karate with Sensei Kevin Stark at his class in Robert Bloomfield Academy, where a grading was taking place along with a mixed level/beginners class.
Shefford Scout Group opened their doors to the public on an exciting evening when their enthusiastic members were engaged on a Bridge Building Challenge – as we can see from the photo they had great fun with this and succeeded brilliantly.
