The photo was of a memorial for

| They tookGood Care of Him

Graham Moulding has recent1y returned from a six-week hol1iday in

Queens1and,Australia. His 30 hour journeys there and back were tiring and it was not convenient for him to disembark at any of the stopovers

The Quieter Life

Henry Cape11 of 111 Hi11crest Avenue,recent1y retired,unfortunate1y because of 111 health,after 33 years service as Pear1 Insurance agent for

Kibworth and the surrounding vi111ages

A retirement celebration for family and friends was he1d at Kibworth Morking Men s Club on 14th Apri1 . A Kibworth man,born and bred,Mr. Cape11 hopes to have more time to pursue his main hobby of fishing Answers lo Treasure Hunt

For each cl1ue the expected answer must havye contained (a) the yi11age, (b) certain key words concerning the whereabouts of the c1ue 1.,St,George and the Dragon were above the Be11 Inn sign in East

Langton. 2 The pipe was stuck in the garden wal1 of the Lodqge,by Kibworth Ha11 on Car1ton_Road

The red sign was on a fie1d traCk to Smeeton Mesterby from Saddington

Reservoir. 4. The photo was of a memorial for

Francis Edward Nugie in the churchyard of St: Nicholas,Shangton. CnD Timbertops1was the house-name of

No 4,Great Bowden Road,Thorpe

Langton. 6. By the Kibworth Beauchamp roundabout,L00K,C.(=see) and SPIERS. (Shop names which suggested spying! in 3 different way5 )

This was a photo of the bridge over the stream from the 1ake at Nistow Gates of St,Peters,Church Langton (Two crossed keys suggest there are two l1ocks to the Pear1y Gates.) of the two headstones to the

Hayr_Family. St,Andrew s Church,

Tur Langton over the Kibworth c1osure t0 the DZJel, Mrs Mendy Ques o Mapsh DptUe,KZbuwopth Harcour part,by Pau1ine Stanhope,from TurpYcetxred Z hep Rusband and Me Bptan Fackham,TQndLord o the Rose a0Q Crol,

However,British Airways were exceptiona11y attentive and catered for a11 his needs,for which he waS very gratefu1, Upon disembarking,the Australian summer heat of 342C hit him 1ike an oven. The Haw1eys,Sue and Nei1 Greayves (Sue is the Haw1eys daughter) met him and he stayed with Sue and Nei1. His 1asting impressions of Brisbane were of a surprising1y green, c1ean p1ace with wide streets. The time difference(10 hours) took Ssome getting used to and he found it hard to Visualise us Kibworthians getting up when he was going to bed: He discovered that getting around the house was fairly easy apart from taking a 1U , 11. 12. 13 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. The_King s Head,Smeeton Nesterby. Gargoy1e on the Side of Michae151 Church,I11ston-on-the-H111. Langton is the phone no. of the telephone Box in G100ston. Nar Memorial by the Gum1ey to Laughton gated fiel1d-road. Edward Postbox in Mest Langton Li1y Langtry was his mistress. The Three Horseshoes Nanns pub) in Kibworth Harcourt Eight blue-brick s on The Cottage and next door in Stonton Wyv111e. Date on garage (1977) of 0ak Cottage heir Road,Saddington. Mick = St Michae1 s,I11ston; Pete = St Peter s,Church Langton3; Helen = St. Helen s,Gum1ey AND Saddington; Mary = St Mary s , Car1ton Cur1ieu; Nick = St. Nicho1as Shangton; Len = , Thorpe Langton; Andy = St Andrew s, Tur Langton; Ni1f = St Ni1frid s , Kibworth Four spheres on the tower of St. Mary s ,Carlton Cur1ieu. shower - the solution was for Sue to rig up a pipe into the garden where Graham cou1d strip off and take his shcwer whenever he wished! _The high11ghts of a fascinating visit inc1uded trips to the beach,dipping his fingers in the Pacific ocean,getting the autograph of one of Austra1ia s Commonwealth Games swimming go1d meda111sts - Lisa Curry,a Visit to a rum disti11ery and,of course,the magnificent scenery. The easy going and Ccasual nature of 1ife impressed Graham: in one bar he was the sole wearer of shoes! If you wish to make him fee1 he is back in Aussie,just aSk him: Nanna beer,Mate? Harry and Shei1a Haw1ey send their regards to a11 the fo11owing: Ron & Barbara Browl,Roy & C1are Javes , Shem and Freda Dhan,George Pickering , Ted Kempster,Ken Kilborn,Jack Burdett,Ernie Patrick,Vic Ti11ey,Dick &VWiolet Clark,Ambrose & David Narren , Eric PalImer,Alf & Mi1dred Saunder s , Mr & Mrs AIf Bond,Reg Peckham,Rupert Sutch and a11 their ex-customers of Listen with your Peter Baker,who Lunch 1ives on Church the not Rose & reca11. Crown whose names they canRoad in Kibworth,has prepared a series of ten programmes for Radi0 Leicester , conmmencing on Nednesday 20th Apri1 at 1.15 pm,concerning the Mid1land Rai1way 1ine from Leicester to London. These cover both the technica1l and Socia1l history of the 1ine,and a1S0 inc1ude the yiews of the passengers , past and present They have been devised with schoo1s particu1lar1y in mind,and an exhibition is to be hel1d in conjunction with the programmes. Number 4 in the series , on 11th May,should be of great interest as it is to cover the c1osure of three 1ocal stations inc1uding Kibworth and wi11 feature the Kibworth Band and a1s0 an interview with 80 year 01d Henry Veres of Imperia1 Road,Kibworth , who was the Nistow and Kibworth Box operator,and also the Union negotiator The series is to be narrated,1n Langton,for whom broadcasting 1S a new Ilventure. Hoover,Hotpoint, Servis,Credal Bendix,Burco

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College for Sarah

Congratu1lations to Sarah Mason of

New Road,who was featured in thecentre pages 1ast month. 0ut of 600app1ications to the Nursery NursingCourse at Southfie1ds Co11ege Sarahhas won one of the forty p1acesaVa11ab1e.

Schoo|l for Tessa

Miss TeSSa Hubbard of Tur Langton , who was a pup11 at Kibworth High

Schoo1 has returned there - on1y this time she is a member of the staff

After 1eaving schoo1,she went to the

Leicester Polytechnic where she took a three year B,Ed degree course,She spent several weeks teaching in various schoo1s in and around Leicester during her fina1 year

She now teaches Mathematics and

Chemistry back at Kibworth and says that the on1y major change 1s the building of the New B1ock in Smeeton

Road on1y member of staff who was a1so a Agency Spreo s irs Wings

Liz Spokes ,who both owns and runs the Kibworth based Mode1 Agency ,f1ew to America recent1y,p1anning to examine the market potentia1l for the 70 mode1s current1y on her books. Her three week Campaign tour wi11 inc1ude Ho11ywood,F1orida and Las Vegas,where she wi11 be meeting agents from mode1 1ing and photographic companies,and hopes to en1ighten them aSs to the talent and professiona1ism ayai1ab1e 10ca11y,to aid their advertising busines5

Her courses here run over an 11 week period and culminate in three graduation shows each year Liz,who trains a11 the gir1s,as we11 as 0rganising a11 other aspects of the business,has been abl1e to present a number of cheques to charities such as L0R0S , NSPCC and Cancer Research Compaign from these particu1ar events, She wi111 a1lso be offering,as previous1y , a free grooming course to this year s winner in the Carniva1 Queen Competition . As far as she knows,she is the ,

JOHN BURBIDGE LImited

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

High Street, Kibworth Prrvate Chape/ of Rest PERSONAL 4TTENT1/ON 4 4NYy T/1IE TELEPHONE: KIBWORTH 2779 Unsavoury Goings -on The Drama Group s 1atest production Sweeney Todd the Barber waSs advertised as a ro11icking Victorian me10drama and it certain1y proved to be a thorough1ly amusing and entertaining evening. The story centres on Sweeney Todd,the evi1 barber of F1eet Street, admirab1y portrayed by Ray Ne11Ss,and his partner in crime Mrs Lovett (Heather MNi1son). The discovery of Sweeney s unsavoury pastime setS the p1ay going at a spanking pace which does not 1et up unti1 his suitab1y gory demise Janet Munro ab1y directed a very strong cast and special mention must g0 to Mary Swan as Jaryis Ni1111ams , with Tom Gray,Dave Mort1ey and Gordon Dainty in de1ightful character roles. The back stage staff certain1yproved their Sutherland s worth not expertise to at mention Ian the piano ,and everyone s hard work gave the [ramaGroup another resounding Success . Memorial fo Biffa A silver cup has been presented to0 Kibworth Army Cadet Detachment by Mrs Rache1 Kempster in memory of her son , Sergeant Biffar Smith. At the time of his death he was Commander of the Kibworth Royal Ang1ian Infantry Cadets but the corps has recent1y been re-formed and they are now known as theRoyal Lancer Cadets The Cadets wi11 compete for the cup by undergoing a series of tests inyvolving turnout and deportment,fie1d craft,shooting , first-aid and other activities: It 1shoped to present the cup to the bestcadet in 0ctober. The Cadets have a few vacancies for boys of 13 years upwards and anyone interested shou1d write to the Squadron Leader,! B CadetSquadron 9/12 Lancers A.C.F Kibworth Training nights are he1d on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 - 9.30 pm and uniform is provided free. An interesting programme involving camps on Sa11sbury P1ain and mnearer home,a night navigation march and a turn-out at Fleckney Carniva1l is p1anned for this year e t FRISTER .ROSSMANN . VIKING .PASSAPKNITMASTER KNITTING MACHINES SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED & SERVICED* AUTHORISED EDUCATION SUPPLIERS* SEWING MACHINE SPECIALIST* DISCOUNT FOR CASH* AFTER SALES SERVICE & TUITION HABERDASHERY DRESSMAKERS & SPECIALISTS TAILORS . FOR BUTTERICK & VOGUE DRESS PATTERNSE e Tel. Mkt. Harborough 62938 (STD CODE 0858j. Scouts help others NO C4N l WEcp cz Fun,Adyventure,Achievement! These three words sum up scouting Four years ago0 Kkibworth Scouts had eight members - today we hayve date this troop has been very Successfu1 , and has fulf111ed these aims RocCkc1imbing,canoeing,camping,hiking , parascending,etc. are just some of the activities we provide Recent1y , however,a number of 1ads have reached Venture Scout age. Me are now fa111ng to provide for a11 their needs . Venture scouting is a11 about fun , adventure and achievement on a 1arger SCa1l1e,for 16 year 01ds plus, Can you help us in our quest? Me have Fe of a very strong Venture unit A11 we need is a 1eader! No scouting experience is necessary - a11 you need 1s the spirit of adventure and to be an extrovertl Serious1y,though,Ccan you he1p us? Those 1ads wi11 run out of things to do if we don t get the hel1p soon. If you wou1d 1ike any information about Venture Scouting,or Scouting in general,or fee1 you are the man for the job,don t hesitate to ring : C1iff Ho11ingsworth on Kib, 2025 Mike Ca11aghan on 3101 Roy _Dunn 0n _Kib,2601 Alternatively ,why not Pup in to our A.G.M, on Nednesday 27th Apri1 at the Scout H.Q. This is open to the pub1ic. Ne l1ook forward to seeing you. A Win for Kibworth Cadets Kibworth Troop; Royal Lancer Cadets,has won the 1983 Physica1l EndeavourCompetition,he1d by B Squadron ,9/12 Royal Lancers , Six 8-member teams took part, a1onga 28 mile course,where cadets had toface a speed test over a given dis-tance,administer first-aid to casua1 -51eSs,and route march using nightnav1gation techniques: The cadetswere aged between 13# and 18. | C Or D.of T approved Pupils called for in Kibworth 5meeton,Carlton Saddington and M Burton Overy KibworthSchool o Motoring