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COMPETITTION BOX GOES ASTRAY. Unfortunately ,the competition box in Kibworth Primary School went as tray afterf their Bring and Buy Sale It feared that it was accidentall1y thrown out with otherf boxes when helpeTs cleared up afterwards This means that we may not have your entfy From those received,1lst prize goes to Blizabeth Sumpter 10,of Kibworth,who captured the colour of Autumm So successfully , and 2nd prize to Sharon Brooks ,8 , of Church Langton. A consolation prize, goes to Victoria Nitting, 8. D0 Y0U WANT TO JOIN THE BAND: | Assorted witches ,cats ,ghosts gouls seen here at the Methodis t

The following 2 recipes from Pat B1adon of 8 Springfield CLlose,came 1st in the Leicester Mercury s Dairy Cooks of the Year 5 years ago , At the 3rd : ACM of the Junior Band held Tuesday Club s Halloween Party evef since u 2 o R[A meeting to form a new Rangerf Guide- oemocer in 4home before she married , sometimes t aa d g e Scout Venture Unit has been recent1y cookeQ for 20 staff and children - a adCa held in Kibworth Boys and gir1s birthday pafty every week * s 1 ; given on the work a talk by Mr of existing C,Underwood units ,111us- SAVOURY MUSHROOMS NITH SOUR CREAM SAUCE 1 1b mushrooms 2 1arge eggS [ trated by slides , 4 oz fresh white breadcrumts . butter & instrument as the band where necessary Partsing is always for new provides these of the fund rai-instruments | OHHR Plannetday hike in 8 C H activities include the Peak District e| a Sun-| 5 f1. oz _and a mustard RHS x soured cream. 1 1 tables capers tsp french chopped Palsy . ll djJuniok PostbQ Training bexs are Neekend welcomed in 0akham.from ageg New14 ~ mem2 Wash mushrooms keeping stalks attached Thanks to RacheL Eus tace L , e letter. She wrote: I am Writing this letter about braille,which blind ONE DONN ,O0NE Following the mons as Leadef TO GO resignation of of the Youth Eric SiCLub,reDrain. Beat eggs in a bowl ,add salt & pappef Dip mushrooms in egg mixture ,:coat well with breadcrumbs Heat butteI2 1 C people all over the worl1d use to com- ported 1ast month,the CLlub has now mushrooms few at a time until crisp municate with each other. NWhy don t we been fortunate in gaining a new leader Grill1 tomatoes Make the Sauce byuse it as a main writing so that people David Handy ,a founder member of the beating cream with mustard and a 1ittleall each over the other? worl1d There can could communicate be Speci al w hh Club in 196C Unfortunately,no successof has yet salt and peppef Add capersTo serose . a 0 teachers in school and evening classes Rachel s desire for to teach children fof grown ups . an international been found to replace Scout LeadeI , Cliff Lee, who must leave at Christmas . ~ on a hot dish and cress. Serve with garnish with waterhot french bread & language,that everyone in the is a 1anguage that worl1d undefrstands , : Is Kibworth Academy of Dancing TURKISH CHICKEN t not a new one. A Polish physician ,DY Zamenhof,invented such a language in Ballet 4-30 - 3.-00 1887 called Esperanto,but it has not Tap 5.00 - 5.-30aught on. Even small countries 1ikeCau Nales and Ireland want to kKeep their own l1anguage alive,However ,most Gymnast1lcs 5.30- 60-30.s salt and ANalnut halves, l1b bayleat 2 0z butteI , sliced onions 2 6 oz 5oz walnut cartons Ppeople English guage. throughout as well asBraille is the world learn their own 1annot a 1anguage but eekly lessons Thurs. b h B h 1Dwort CaUC 1ain yoghurt, l1evel > tsp P PaprikaPapP 3

Place chicken in 1arge saucepan and r guage so that the blind can fead is embossed characters printed on cital paper,recognisable by touch formed by using combinations of 6 , spe- LLelcs.737842 and _dot 61738 : K { mins until chicken is tender Drain and feserVe 2 Grind but-

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2 [ Most of us know that Kibworth Manor 1s one of the finest examples of an H shaped 16th Century manor house in the county but fewer possibly realise that its present occupants ,Joan and Ted Croxford,have been connected with Kibworth and Smeeton all their 1ives Joan (whose grandmother was born in Smeeton) had an aunt Betty Goodey ,who inherited the Manor from her , George Mattock - a wel1 known 1ocal farmef Joan has therefore,Visited the Manor at Kibworth every year since childhood. So when in 1972 Theo Goodey died,the Croxfords decided without hesitation to move into the house they inherited They both love Kibworth, it was 1Like coming home No wonder that they were so quick1y accepted,considering the way they readily joined in vi11age activities ,NW.I. ,Drama Group ,Vi11age Hall and Church receive among othefs , their enthusiastic Support

Ted and Joan Croxford Amateur dramatics first brought themtogether in 1938 when Ted was workingin Southampton for Underwoods , the accounting machlne company Bver S81nce they have maintained a keen interest in the theatre and the arts ,Joan having once trod the boards at Stratford itk a Drama League Fes tival In 1940 they married.By then Ted,an RNVR 0fficer and keen dinghy builder and experienced sailor ,was in the Navy ~ first sweeping mines and then on the staff at Portsmouth leading up to D.Day. After the war Ted went back to business and in 1952 he and Joan moyed to Bromsgrove when he joined a non-fer-

CAROL BAKER ,KIB 2956EDITOR: (after 4.00) . FEATURES EDITOR: BARBARA GARNER. KIB 2001. TREASURER: GEOFF LIDBETTER,KIB 2101 ADVERTISTNG: TONY HALLONS KIB.2925. rous metal company until1 retiring ear1y to move to Kibworth Their son,Michael,now 35 and a Lt Commander _on the Gibraltar staff , | follows in his father s family naval tradition His two youngsters help _to keep their grandparents young at heart Joan,once Chairman of the Worcestershire Federation of Nomens Insti tutes stil1 teaches public speaking and basket making for the W.I. ,as we1l1 Practising her other craft skil1s . Chatting to them in their lovely ol1d house,their attitude now to 1ife was Summed up as mellow A lovely garden( tended mostly by themselves ) , their vil11age activities and friends , and an annual visit to Scotland for ts magnificent trandquility give them contentment .

Shirtless Back. L0ST after the ITS A KNOCKOUT Contest during the Kibworth CarnivVal, One Rugby Shirt from Kibworth Rugby CLub . Nould anyone knowing Lts whereabouts Please contact the Secretafy ,MIck Callaghan,16 Hil1lLcrest Avenue YOUNG NIVES NEWS. There was a disappointing attendance at the 0ctober 19th meeting,When M R.L Maskery of the Blood Transfusion Service gave a Lalk The group,who saw My Fair Lady at the Haymarket 1ast week,have a 1ate extra next month,when Mrs Carole Norton holds an At Home at 4 Sdod . Typewriter Fund. The Chronicle is a free newspaper and thanks to our advertisers has been self supporting from the start Now to raise money for an electric typewriter,which we urgentl1y need , we are holding some fun events The first will1 be a Christmas Nords , Nine and Music evening with the County Consort Singers in the Vil1age Hall on December 21 at 8 Pp.m The fl1 25 tickets will include a gliass of wine and mince pies Tickets cant be reserved now with Bryan Porteous at 14 Neir Road,Kibworth 2493 If you come donations ,of offers _Editors Notes We have been severely taken to task thismonth by a reader who does not Wanther letter published,but the four pointsraised merita repl1y in this colunmn 1 Ne are criticised for the way in which we edit or re-write articles submitted to the paper It is impossible to predict exactl1y theamount of material that wil1 be given to us and often on the day of 1ayout we are confronted with more materialthan space. Thus ,begins the complexjitgsaw puzzle in which we juggle sevemilhundred pieces of paper together to fitthem onto the pages In order to accommcdate as much news as possible ,we prunemany Ne _take pains to be sensitive and responsible about this . All of us know the disappointment of seeing a carefully researched and written piece of work edited but this is a hazard familiar to all journalis ts amateurs and professionals 2 The readef considers one of our features to be & was te of space . NWe do not expect that anyone should be interested in ALL our features,but we hope that we cover a sufficient breadth of interests for everyone to find S0METHING to their tas te 3 The reader asks why a particular evVent did not merit a place in our Diary There is no question of merit involved in the Diary entries The Diary is a facility which is made freely available to all community organisations Please read USING THE DIARY ,page 2 4 0ur cofrespondent concludes with acomment from one of the olderf residentsin the vVill1age. I see all the peop1le running the Kibworth Chronicle are foreigners. You have to 1ive in Kibworth for 20 years before you are a KibwWorthi I am sorry if this represents a gene-rally held point of view - how aboutsome opinions on the subject to thePostbag,from Kibworthians or foreigners ! I can on1y say that inmy experience Kibworth is quite re-markable for its warmth and 1ack of of mince pies should be made to barriers . So,Kibworthians , if you really are mut-terlng dartdy why not put your shoulder Bryan to the wheel instead Your paper needsZou tibtortD

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W Take yourself back in memory or imagi-nation to 1918,when on a November :day the 1st World Nar ended with thesigning of The Armistice 60 yearsls a long time to look back on Buton remembering,our older friends opened windows on a way of 1ife that today seems Very remote and fascin a -ting . Mr Cyril Cox of Tur Langton remembers Armistice Day very well1 He was working as a ploughboy ,walking beside the three horses whilst the farmer followed the plough. They heard fac-

tory hooters and church bells across the fields _to mark the end of that bitter war But the loss of many met: abroad had beertmuchmore poignant by a flu epidemic that had swept away many members of the families at home . Mr Cox started work at the age of 12 , his mother had been left a widow with 8 children and his earnings of 3/\15p) a week helped to keep them and his work included rushing around with a clapper board to scare the Crows from the cornfield at harvest time : STATION KOAD, KIBWORTH

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HIGH SFKEET K1BWORTH and a cart would be sent for them atweekends . Mr Burbidge,after apprentice with Mr starting Hare who work kept as the an Drapery Shop (now Mansfields) ,joinedhis father s business where his wage Was 5/~, He can Kemembef the sawyers his father employed,sawing a tree trunk to get the planks they needed. A top sawyef could earn as much as 3 Per week,so he considered himself to be quite wel1 off 0ther people remembered but preferred not to be named A few of their memories. .,elephants being driven along the main road from one fair toanotheI . a dancing bear being brought to the Vil1lage every year . Chris tmas presents ,the same every year ~ a penn3y wrapped in paper,a handkerchief, an apple and an orange .Straw being Strewn on what is now the A.6 to deaden the noise of horse s hooves when someone was i11.. . .being alloved to play on the same road there was so 11ttle from traffic a pot stall set up by what uaed to be The Foxhound on the Leicester Road. being sent to fetch 4d, worth of dripping from The Rose & CFrown Glimpses from on1y a few people But they tell of a simpler,dquietef Wof1d , where hard worked as they were ,they can recall few grumbles and much happiness .

Nar Memorial at Tur Langton in 1919 . during the war and until rationing was introduced towards the end everyone had to forage for themselves Mr Burbidge can remember Cycling to Harborough on a Saturday for perhaps 1 - 2 lbs potatoes and feeling 1ike a hero if he _managed to get some jam or Sugar a5S Wel1 The working daySs were Long, .0 a. 6.0 p.m.perhaps with many more hours having to be spent in the garden or allotment Necessity sometimes faced them to cook nettle tops and young rhubarb leaves as Vegetables The old ones are poisonous by the way Not surprisingl1y,no-one was fat in those days as Mr Burbidge recalls There were many other memories Eoo , of a Kibworth without cars when it was considered a treat to go into Leicester on a carrier s cart,the fare being 1p,it was more fun than by train The train service was every hour both ways and the trains were alWayS ulL1 In those days the village had a whee1wright,two saddlers and two blacksmiths ,one in Harcourt and one in Beauchamp In fact,the first car in Kibworth was in 1911,a De Dion Bouton owned by the vet,Mr McGregor;one of the doctors owned the next o0ne , but the vet built the first garage to house his School began at the age of 3 and it was a full day If the 1ittle ones became cross of tired,a swing was slung from hooks in the ceiling and they were rocked in this to soothe tbh Hobnail boots were the in thing for children to wear Nalking _was hard on footwear and when they 1eft school1 at 12 to start work,wWalking wWas again a consideration If their work was too far away , then they would lodge with their Party outside Kibworth Vil1lage Hall in the 19201s

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PETER CARTER - METAL SCULPTOR. by Carol Baker Peter Carter started Sculpting near13y a of a century ago ,when he undertook a five year apprenticeship in 3D design at S1aters,where he stil1 works as Design Managef Life gets in the way ,he said somewhat fueful1y , as he thumbed through a wad of working drawings fof sculptures he has never had time to cons truct Construction is a pfocess of bui 1ding a Kind of skeleton of stee1 wire and welding on to it piece by peice strips cut from scrap fish fryers ,washin g machine drums etc Nearing a homemade almost ritualistic,wooden face mask inset with Smoked goggles ,Peter me1ts the steel with an akc welder creating a surface 1ike frozen globules which give a fich texture to the finished piece. Ideas for texXture come from various sources,a photograph of a ruined building,shells,stones and tree roots ,drawings of the 1atter are very reminiscent of sketches by Graham Sutherland with whom Peter feels a Particular affinity. At present,Peter Carter is working on two three foot metal sculptures of a man and a woman in a stil1 pose,but KATHY HALLONS DIARIST

AGE : 56 STAR SIGN: SCORPI0

STATUS: _Married to 4 grandchildren. Jack 3 sons 0CCUPATION: A busy housewife , as well as Langton) Parish Councillor ,Parochial Church (Tur Councillor,Governor Hanbury Charity,Vice President of the Langtons W.I Treasurer of Tur Langton Village Hall Com

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ACE : 41 STAR SIGN: PISCES. STATUS: Married to Tony,3 chilaren,Natalie 9,Katrina, 8 , David 4. 0CCUPATION: Housewife,Nursing Assilstant at Stretton Hal1 Hospital . his past work has been Parttcular1y making, gardening , cookefy and ENTHUSIASMS: Jumblenight :V4 films, sales ipelft ,1atepottery cerned with movement which he cap tures Adores animals , in sculptures maximum energy by freezing and balance the moment of his metal is Ian the proud bronze owneI tabby . of : an Egypt - HATES: and Spoilt children,1ayabouts insincerity. of the 2 Echarge - an exXacting challege 2 * AMBITIONS: E To own i own house ,wri te in such a static art form 0N RSELF: Essentially an easy golng family pefson. Could nevef be idl1e ON THE LANGTONS: A true Langtonian 1oves the relaxing timelessness of the Vil1l1ages . ON THE CHRONICLE: Smashing.The finest thing that has happened to the county for a long while, ON ON ON it ads a parachute jump (she s set the date for this one in Dec .) HERSELF: 0utspoken,enthusiastic,optimistic,determined. KIBNWORTH: Has Lots of jumb le sales and friendly people THE CHRONICLE: Likes to read all but wlshes it had smal1 Saddington News CARNIVAL RESULTS 0n Thursday ,0ctober 26 th Mrs Bery1 The total profit for the Kibworth Carni Deacon held a coffee evening at the val organised by the Kibworth C Post 0ffice and raised 590 for the Club amounted to El ,918.17. Lord Mayor s Appeal for Body Scanner. Members of the Bow1ling club would l1ike to thank all who supported Halloween Trick or Treat collection the Carnival and helped in any wWay . by children raised over 7 for the DoB approved Tel; 3049 READYGAS | HONME Kibworth School MEAI ot Motoring

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GIRL GUIDES WILL KNOW SUE Geoff and Sue Dicks have been doing up no 33 evef since they moved in two years ago,and the success of their efforfts was certain1y in evidence .This has not left Geoff,who works as a bricklayer,with much spare Etime,but apart from their own garden,he manages an allotment He also supports the 1ocal football team. Sue,who wWorks as an invoice typist in Leicester,is a familiar face amongst Kibworth Gir1 Guides,fof she has been a helpef for Sevefal years 0n Saturdays she turns her hand to something entirel1y different and helps with the horses at the Nindmill Shellie and Peter reside at no 33 too Shellie is an affectionate If appetising smel1ls are wafting out of an open window at no 23,it is because Pam Neston enjoys cooking , espectally foreign foods and her husband George enjoys eating them. Robin 3,and Edward 1,who keep mum busy ,are probably a 1ittle young to appreciate some of the Pam,who grew up in Manchestef and was a 0perator before she had children ,also enjoys sewing,reading murdef stories and historical novels. She is a membe of the baby-~sitting circle George , originally from Leicester and an accountant in 0adby,is quite a handyman Some fitted seating and a coffee table were just two fine examples of his work.He has completed many improve ments to the house their second in Smeeton Road since they moved ffom no 7 three years ago,and he is now building an extension. His other interes ts include photography ,and steam failWays the 1atter being a hobby he wil1 be able to share with his boys Before I left George commented on the mud that results from the Fair visit He felt that it would be a good idea if the entrance to the recreation ground tarmacced and I m Sure other readers wil11 agree o

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When I knocked at no 29,I was not to know I would meet someone to whom Poppy Day has such significance .EddieBromley,now a sprightly 80 year o1d ,spent his 19th birthday in the trendhesNounded at the Battle of Ypres and thenagain at the Battle of Cambria,he re-turned home to Ktbworth,eventually tobecome a founder member of the BritishLegion He was one of the four Leics ,representatives present at the amal-gamation of the 0fficers Assoc. ,andthe Soldiers & Sailors Assoc. ,in.1927 to form the Legion as we now knowit.The following year he carried the tortoiseshell cat,whereas Petter ding to Sue,is a very indif tentgerigar,who doesn t even respond ,accorbudto his banner of the Leicester City Branch ona pilgrimage made by 11000 to the|Battlefields of France Eddie owns abook in which the epic journey is re-corded in detail Secretary of thelocal Branch of the British Legion formany World years ,Home Nar,and a Guard joiner during the by trade 2nd he still1 Llocks .up for S1aterts ,where he was employed for 30 years before he retired Now a widower ,he Lost his wife 3 years watches TV,gardensreads and enjoys cooking 0nce keen onphotography he showed me a strange photo before I left,but that is a story in itself,one which the Chron9 look 1

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Basket meals available The Red Cross Trolley Shop ,which visits Kibworth Court residents every Wednesday,has provided with its profits some pewter vVases and has had framed handsome1y a Jubilee portfai t of_the Queen CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,KIBNORTH . A slide show and talk on their holiday in Israel was given by Mr & Mrs Hardcastle on 0ctober 17th ,in the newl1y decorated Schoolroom over the Chape1. The proceeds wil1 go towards new floor covering for the Vestry .

Chriev D French elcome U SPQQT THE H sp , . Just find which shapes belong with your name to Your , and address,should be either posted in our box in the Kibworth Library,or put through the door of your nearest distribu~tor below Competition closes on Friday , 24th November and the winner of a E5 note wil1 be the first corre ct entfy drawn from a hat at Kibworth Norking Mens ClLub on Saturday , 2nd December Saddlngton; Tur Langton Jlm ;Mrs Martin ,Queens Stimson ,Jays Head East Langton: Mrs Rodgers , Main 1Street Thorpe Langton: Mrs Hollinsworth , Maybury Cottage Church Langton: Mrs Bayley Birch House Gumley: Mrs Seabrook ,Hall Farm

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EMMA AND I by Sheila Hocken. A moviling autobiography of a child and later a woman wWho began to become blind at the age of 5 and was totally b1lind by the time she left school. It contains no self-pity and the courage and tenacity with which she deals with her handicap is an inspiration to all who read of it NWith the aid of her genius of a guide dog,Emma,she contrives to 1ive a Very full1 and independent 1ife She had almost accepted that she woul1d alwayS 1ive in darkness ,When she was persuaded to visit a very skilled surgeon who perfformed a miracle of surgery which gave sight This her back a measure also brought her of her problems but with the mderstanding and sympathy of the gentle stranger who became her husband,she entered a whole new wor1d. JANWS 2by Hank Searls. This is a seque1 to the best seller Jaws ,which was so widely read and filmed some years back The present writef has modelled his style so closely on that of Peter Benchley as to be more or less indist gushable All the familiar inhabitants of WAR DRAMA. Kibworth Drama CGroup in rehearsal for their 1atest production 0h What A Lovely Nary (L1ast performance Sat .11 7.350). 0n the 14th November there wi11 be a cheese/wine chat at the High Sch 8.00 p.m,- anyone interested in join-ing the group wil1 be most welcome AMITY are Fresent and Chief Martin Brody of the Local police is in fine form,protecting his beaches and standing up to the threatenings of the Mafia,who tIy to invade his territofy . The Shark ,in this case is female and even 1arger thanl the one who recently caused The Trouble for Ami ty 200VET by David TayLlor Dr TayLlor 1s rathef a unidue veterinary surgeon who devotes his 1ife to caring for the exotic inhabitants of zoos ,fun fairs ,and circuses all over the worl1d He keeps his bags ready packed and can be off at short notice to almost anywhere to give advice and he1p - the unexplained death of an oryX in Arabia,or a sick Dolphin n China. His many stories,make this book a fascinating read

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Kibworth 2210 Al1l At Seal 19 year o1d David LLoyd of Marsh Drive has gone to Dartmouth Naval College David,who got A Level passes in Physifs and conomics at the Robert Smyth Schoo1 is enjoying the course,particular13y the sailing and fencing ROYAL LIFEBOAT COLLECTION RESULTS . The RNLI wish to thank everyone for their generous contributions 5139 .43 pOSTBAG was collected. IDear SiI , I wonder if the cost to the rates. is warranted by the weekend overtime vision of the Kibworth Rubbish Dump on the Market Harborough Road? Knowing that one man s discards are often of value to those who can adapt them to other uses (I am thinking of timbe , metal and glass ,all vefry expensive to~day) ,I object to the Coumty Council s Dog in the Manger attitude . Even more strongly do I object to the approach ofthe appointed watchman ,Who SaW me looking at some solid gLlazed windowframes ,discarded by a buildef ,which would have made an excellent garden cold frame ,who pointed to the forbidding notice : NO SORTING 0F REFUSE ~ O0FFENDERS NILL BE PROSECUTED . I am neither a gipsy nof a diddicoy , but merely a snapper-up of unconsidered tfiflLes , In other words ,Sir , I am vefy Efu13y AutolyCuS Dear Edi tor , In answef to the sports article in the 1ast edition - 0UT 0F 0UR DEPTH , I would 1ike to point out that Market Harborough Swimming Pool is used from 9 a.m,Monday _morning until 2 pP m the following Sunday,closing at 10 p.m:.on five of those nights , -sS0o an extension of the existing faci~lities is just not possible. Harborough poo1 is one of the busiest pools in the county . Kibworth Primary School have a boo king at the pool for one hour once a week in which they bring along approximately 45 children . Ne also have council private lessons in which 14 children from Kibworth & Smeeton attend with 28 more on the waiting list,which I m sorry to say is approximately 15 months Long A total of 45 children from Kibworth & Smeeton wanting private tuition in near1y 3 years would hardly seem to justify Kibworth having its own pool D.5S Nilliamson. ASA Advanced Swimming Teacher

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RIsHCoWCLrSs cpuzyT1 BEAUCHAMP PARTSH COUNCIL MEETING 24.10 -78 FO00TPATHS: The council will walk al1 footpaths in the parish annuall1y. xRATLNAY DISUSED NWATER TANK :

The Council has received a lettef from British Railways stating that the BR has ! a duty to maintain this tank as a headeI for nearby cattle troughs .They also con~sider the surrounding dilapidated fence to be superfluous once the trespassproof fence is erected by Bruce F1etcher Ltd. ,and could even hindef res cue The contractor wil1 erect a fence as soon as materials are avatlable. 0ur counci1 are not satisfied with BR reasons ,as local cattle pens are no longer used and so will write to the chairman of BR, pointing out the dangers of the tank and suggesting a simple solution xPARKING RESTRICTIONS: The Police have replled saylng that temporary cones cannot be used because of manpoweI restrictions etc .

ROUNDABOUT AT THE BANK: The counci 1 are to take steps to remove the bushes surrounding the street light pedes tal on the roundabout, as they restrict vision for motorists The trees wi11 be left xsee 1ast issue .

Carnival 79 ?

It s Carnival time again folks ~ or so it Should be. Now is the time when the Committee should be chosen and ideas formed but so far no gfoup has come forward to organise next year s fes ttvi ties .

Nell,do we want to maintain thi s tradition? _Villagers Look forward to the competitions and evening tainmentsand everyone turns out for the parade :

If your re interested,why don t you put your name and address in an en-

Vvelope marked Carnival Committee OI

Phone 2925. Mike Woolley Photography KIBNORTH & SMEETON W.I

Members were intensel1y by

Mr Hyde s cines 0n recent display talk were on Herbal herbs in Mediboth O natural and prepared state,and a delightful flower arrangement by MLs

Hindley

The Fernie Hunt Rose Bowl1 Competition took place at Fleckney in 0ctober and the Diamond Jubilee Exhibition held at the Coumty Rooms,Leicester GCet 9et

Breaking a l1eg on the first night of a Keep Fit Evening Class ,has to be one of the unluckiest braaks of them all The man whose optimism was S0 painfully dashed is David Foden of

Merton Nay ,Kibworth Ne hope Dayid is full1y recovered by nowW. His bad luck did not stop there,for at home there was a kitchen fire and later at the Motor Show he received a black eye when someone swung a heavy duffle bagy ONE DONN,ONE TO GO

In last month s Chronicle,we reported the resignation of the Leader of the Youth Club and The Scout Leader

The Youth Club have gained the services of David Handy as Leader Mr

Handy was a founder member of the

Club in 1960 and 1ives in Hil1lcrest

Avenue . VILLAGE HALL. At the AGM on 12th October,Mr Roger Tassell was elected Chairman , the other offciers and commi ttee memb ers being re-elected en bloc A very successful Flea Market was held on 21st October,which raised 2230. VVIn yx

by Colin Tory When this incredible Indian Summer finally ends and more seasonal weathe sets in the annual invasion of our homes is liable to begin The long tailed field mouse,o0r woodmouse to 8glive it its other name ,Wil11 forsake the fields and head for warmer duarters. He s really quite a handsome fellow; a warm brown above which contrasts with his white underside A completely different animal to the more familiar house-mouse This 1atter Pest,a dull grey-brown all ovef , s dependent upon man.Despite this depen dence he has been with us in this country for 500 years and has adapted to a range of manmade environments . They can even exist in cold stores , Pafticularl1y those used for meat The fat on the carcases provides a ready source of heat producing energy and the cloth used to wrap the meat makes excellent bedding: They re even adapted to the extent of growing 1onger Coats . A different proposition is the diminutive harvest-mouse 0nce thought to be rare,it has in recent years been found in virtually every suitable Location . It s simply a matter of people looking hard enough Now is the time to 1ook for its nest,a ball of grasses varying in size from that of a golf ball to is that of a shredded cricket along its ball The grass length into strips 1-2 mm wide and the ball is inside the group of supporting s tems , they don t pass through the nest as in the case of birds It is 1iable to be about half the way up the stems which can be of cereals ,reeds or 8rasSes So off you go,to any area of tallish grass, reeds or hedge, and search who s going to be the first eVer to locate a harvestmouse in the Kibworth area2

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Awayday with the Reserves Kibworth Town Reserves vefsus Barsb3y

Ltd Saturday ,28 0ctober

A dull,damp day foggy elsewhere in the country accor ding to the radio I sat in the Norking Mens CLlub having a the other week) ,and he certain1y didlunchtime pint,and talking to Roy n t put a foot (or rather a hand)wrong

Underwood,the I nearl1y qidn t Football make the CLlub game Secretary as I mis all afternoon 0ur centreDick Barkworth scored the forward first, , a sed the l1ast call and Roy just managed header from a cornef He turned and to stop the 1ast car This was Gil1les raised one arm in the fashionab1e

Joly s car ,the expatriate Frenchman salute but there was no hugging and now from the He was also taking that,probably because they re not

Stan had I11iffe to move and Graham Marsden the kit overf for me ,who to get on a hundred quid a scored the second,a goal good Ron shot Fraser afte in NWe were going to Barsby ,near Mel- dribbling past three opponents Then ton Roy had told me that five of our regul1ar pl1ayers were out,four going to Blackpool on a pub outing and the other going to a wedding It shows the healtb Tony Gamble added a third just before half time,which was a repeat of our first goal and caused their goalie to say something unprintable to a full-back y of the Club that this could be absor- The second half showed that a lot of bed in had easily.Even so,hopes were high the car as they knew that Barsby been beaten _6 - 0 the week before, our players were playing the first game of the season, and Barsby came back strongly Mick Moores - our mana~-

Gilles was down as substitute and Stant gef,wWas pressed into playing and who was nursing a thigh injury ,was acquitted himself well1 0ur captain , hoping an exXtra playef would turn up Stuart Payne,sported a headband to

At Car Barsby we Park.The parked pub s in the skittle King Niltiams alley Was keep this his hair showed in back the and the second value of half,whent the changing room. Two geese wandered he consistent1ly beat every Barsby about outside. My watchdogs said the player to the headef. The referee had 1and1ady . . The changing room 1ooked 1ike it was more used to the geese than skittles but there were enough benches for eVveryone to sit down . The pitch was two fields away leased from a farmef,1ike Kibworth,and the size of the pitch conformed more to a good game It s amazing how they are always the best turned out and have the shortest hair Reminds me of corporals in the Cavalry. He booked 2,1 Barsby playef for dissent,which wasn t surprising because he d been moaning since the kitck-off and Mick Barkworth for a 1ate tackle Barsby the proximity of the hedges than official lengths. Nhen one Kibworth pl1ayer complained loud1y about the hedge ,some. got but got one back during the our playefs stuck to a lucky ow goal I second half the task and thought their one to by shouted keep the to watch back that they were there crowds back People drifted and at the end there were goalie was pretty philosophical for a farmer s 1ad So just as the cold was getting through,the ref blew, the nets about 20 of us spectating and the uSual were taken down and it was evetyone side-1ine sheepdog intimidating our 1inesman . Ne stood beside our goal to encourage the goalkeepef,who really didn t need t.Everyone says he is one of the over the stile and back to the skittle alley. The opponents- got dressed back into their wellies and farm clothes , a few goodbyes and in a 11ttle while we were on our way home . team s strengths (he saved a penalty Sportsman of the Month S Nick Leslie-Mil11ef When he left school Nick considered hockey to be his best game and played fof Leicestershire Hockey Club untilfriends in Stoneygate Rugby Footbal 1Club persuaded him to change. He sti11occasionally plays hockey on a Sunday ,but events have crystalised his mainInterest to rugby He played forStoneygate through the Colts Team to1ist KXV This month he was chosen toPlay in the centre for the county andPlL1ayed twice He is an all-rounder with Kibworth Cricket Club,plays in the Mens Team with the Tennis Club and has reached the bottom handicap at the Golf CLub Nick is undecided whether to go down to the Ti gsrs next season. Several People have advised him to go Now he has played for the County he Is confident he can survive in that classy but getting in the Tigers first team is difficult:.No doubt he 11 decide while hurling down his fast mediums in the

Langton Dan

Gary Chamberlain,whose parents 1iveat School1 House,Church Langton,recently gained a Second Dan Bl1ack Be1tat Kyokushinkia. Karate at Crystal

Palace

Kyokushinkia is the hardest style of

Karate ,and at present there are less than 20 second Dans in the country

Gary is to go for a trial to repIe-sent England

The Bowls Club held their annual Din-ner/Dance and Presentation 1ast week .Seen here are,from left to right ,David Powell,Chairman of Market Har-borough District Council,Mrs DorothyBolton,Leicesterf Ladies Bowls Vice-President,a member of Kibworth Bow1sClub,Mrs,Bessie Bromley ,KibworthLadies President and Ken Pearson ,Mens President

Cheeses

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