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FINAL TICKETS & INFORMATION The festival will be running from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th July, Newnham, programmed entertainment will run between the following times: ● Thursday – 14:00 to 23:00 – Background music on 3 small stages only ● Friday – 13:00 to 04:00 (Saturday morning) ● Saturday – 12:00 to 04:00 (Sunday morning) We do not anticipate any problems, however, we welcome any comments from local residents about the event and have set-up a Community Hotline that will be available throughout the duration of the event from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th July, 24 hours a day.

Community Hotline: 07399675520 For more information about the event please visit our website farrfestival.co.uk.

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Welcome To the July issue of On Our Doorstep Summer has officially begun - apparently! The weather has definitely not be on our side during recent weeks.

Baldock's Big Lunch felt the wrath of the rain albeit a fairly light shower. Fortunately, despite the weather the turnout didn't disappoint and the food was excellent as always.

Fortunately for us the rain stayed at bay last weekend just long enough for us to celebrate our youngest turning 10. With twenty six sugar-hyped kids and a 30' bouncy slide in our back garden - we needed as much help as we could get!

June as been an exciting month with all the birthdays and the start of the Euro’s, as I'm writing this England are through to the last sixteen. Hopefully they will produce the goods on Monday against Iceland and make the nation proud. Very nice to see the England rugby squad beat Australia 44-40 in final Test to complete series whitewash.

Talk of the town(and the rest of the world) has been the EU referendum. The biggest vote of our lives and no matter what your opinion the EU referendum will be bringing forward a future of change.

The greatly anticipated Farr Festival returns to Bygrave woods in July for a long weekend of music and entertainment, that is ever growing in popularity with festival goers travelling from all over Europe for the event.

Luckily for us it's ‘On Our Doorstep’, if you haven't been before you don't know what you're missing and if you have you'll know exactly what all the fuss is about!

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Ashwell Cricket Club Following last season's promo on for the Saturday XI, Ashwell Cricket Club is moving from strength to strength both on and off the field. Recent investment from Westbury Asset Management (Nigel Notley's firm), the ECB, the District Council and the Parish council now mean the club has improved facili es to progress further.

The Saturday XI are now on a 15 game winning streak and currently sit top of the CCA Junior South 2 division. Back to back promo ons are a real possibility and this shows the wealth of talent available to the club at the moment. There have been some notable contribu ons already this season with centuries from Tim Moynihan and Mar n Talks and a 5 wicket haul from wily medium pacer, Reg Redfern.

Ashwell 1814 is our newly branded Sunday team who play friendlies and league games in the Broadview Windows Cricket League. They have started the season strongly under the stewardship of Bene't Coldstream. Ashwell 1814 strives to find that perfect balance between truly friendly cricket whilst not losing the important element of playing compe ve matches.

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Congratulations to the Merry Go Round team A er a recent visit from OFSTED we are delighted to have received a GOOD ra ng. We have received these very posi ve comments from the Inspector: ·Teaching is good. Well qualified staff recognise the interests of children and build on these to plan a range of s mula ng ac vi es to support their good progress. ·Children demonstrate strong mathema cal skills. They use numbers for coun ng and persevere with tasks to develop their problem-solving skills to achieve their goals ·Children are eager to learn, listen and follow instruc on well. They gain the essen al skills that they require in readiness for school ·Parents speak highly of the nursery and comment on the valued rela onships they have developed with staff. They regularly contribute to children's learning journals to help promote con nuous learning for each child. ·Staff work closely with parents to share children's progress and iden fy areas where they may need further support ·All children, including those who speak English as an addi onal language, make good progress. ·Children from homes with limited space prac se a range of physical skills as they construct using large materials and climb the newly installed apparatus.

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News from Sandon JMI School The seeds from space grew and were keenly observed by the children who were able to use their mathema cal skills to input data, convert data to percentages and record their findings. The children thought up ques ons and wondered if both packets had come from space?

We recently entered a swimming Gala at Freman College where we swim every week. I am delighted to report that we beat all the other teams there and the children proudly brought home the trophy. We believe that swimming is a life skill and con nue to provide it weekly for all our junior pupils. Inevitably this has helped us to be able to put out such a strong team. Not all our pupils can afford to pay for swimming lessons outside school so swimming with their peers fulfils this and pupils encourage each other. Parents are also happy for lessons to take place in school as it doesn't use up their valuable weekend me together.

Our Summer Concert is due to take place on Wednesday 13th July. This event is a real celebra on of the children's musical abili es and for the grand finale the whole school are singing two songs on our outdoor stage so we are praying for good weather.

Music unlocks crea vity it develops not only concentra on but also social skills and self-confidence. Most of the pupils here at Sandon learn a musical instrument and we facilitate this by paying for our Year 3 to learn the trombone each week. This enables children to play as a group and work as a team. It also means that every pupil learns to read music.

For the first me this year we are having a Summer Exhibi on of children's Art work. This is a new ini a ve and the children have all been busy drawing and pain ng. The work will be framed and parents will be able to make a small dona on to take the work home. It will be fantas c to showcase their Art work in this way.

Learning Week took place in June and the children brought in their pets and shared their skills with us. This week provides the children with an opportunity to become teachers as realise how they have to plan their lesson.

One Year 1 pupil demonstrated a film of his Lego people that he had animated himself, another showed us how to put up a tent and another how to make a catapult and Class 2 have made bird boxes with a volunteer parent, Mr Buky.

We have taken delivery of an outside Table Tennis Table and the children are enjoying honing their skills. We are hoping to add to our outside play equipment with 4 pieces of gym equipment.

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Baldock Charter Market Baldock is a historic market town and has had a Charter Market in the town centre for over 800 years.

Visit the Wednesday market which is situated on the High Street between The White Lion and Taste Café and see for yourself the variety of plants and vegetables offered by Colin.

We are very lucky to have Loni our fresh fish stall and Simon the fruit and vegetable stall. John on the haberdashery stall has a large selection of items. Julie with her selection of night wear and undergarments.

The market is soon going to be welcoming a new book stall and the return of the card stall. Baldock town partnership is committed to be working with the traders to drive footfall and bring in quality new traders to complement the existing stalls.

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Fighting Fatigue & Pain - Drop-In Event People with Fibromyalgia, CFS and ME who are experiencing the exhaus on and pain that o en accompany these condi ons are invited to a local charity's Open Day on Saturday 30th July.

Between 12pm and 2pm anyone is welcome to find out more about Figh ng Fa gue & Pain, a project run by Letchworth charity Herts MS Therapy Centre.

The Herts MS Therapy Centre in Letchworth helps anyone with long term or life limi ng condi ons – not just Mul ple Sclerosis. It currently offers Physiotherapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, APS Pain Reduc on Therapy and Func onal Rehabilita on exercise and fitness training to help people address the physical challenges of their medical condi ons. For example, come along on 30th July and try the An -Gravity Treadmill! (Recently featured on BBC Breakfast.)

Oxygen Therapy helps some people recover faster a er injury, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It's also great for increasing energy. Some people find it reduces pain, especially people with Fibromyalgia. On 30th July you can see Oxygen Therapy in ac on – plus try it for free!

Brian H had the APS Pain Reduc on Therapy in Letchworth. He said: “I did the six week Pain Reduc on Programme and it worked well for me. I have had pain free mobility for the first me in nine months. I finished three weeks ago and so far I am s ll pain free, despite moving furniture last week! Mark Boscher, the Chief Execu ve of Herts MS Therapy Centre added: “If you, or someone you know, has fibromyalgia, CFS or ME, maybe we can help them to gain more energy and feel less pain. We want to welcome as many people as possible.” The event is sponsored by Coloplast and you can discover their range of urology and incon nence products on the day.

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Open Gardens at Weston Way Sunday 15th May was the Open Garden event organised by the Baldock Rotary Club on behalf of the Baldock Fes val. It was the first me that Weston Way Nursery had taken part in the event but we decided it was an ideal opportunity to share our wonderful woodland garden with the wider community.

The sun shone and we had over 80 visitors, they ranged from people who a ended the nursery over 50 years ago to babies in arms who have yet to complete a registra on form. It was fascina ng to hear the recollec ons of when one lady remembered as a young child having an a ernoon nap on a folding bed under the shade of the horse chestnut tree to another remembering she was here all day while her mother worked in a local factory as part of the war effort. Some of the children presently a ending proudly showed their parents the mud kitchen, troll bridge and newly felled tree stump.

The staff and the governors served teas and coffee and a large selec on of homemade cakes. It was such a success we decided to par cipate in the event again next year, so if you were unable to make it this me put the date in your diary for 2017.

On Friday 20th May we had a visit from Sir Oliver Heald MP. He was interested to see first-hand the high quality early years provision the Nursery provides for the children in Baldock and the surrounding areas. He congratulated us on 3 successive Outstanding Ofsted Inspec ons and wished us well for our next one.

He was par cularly impressed with the confidence and independence the children showed when selec ng their ac vi es from the wealth of those available in both the indoor and outdoor environment.

He took a keen interest in the g ro w i n g a re a w h e re t h e children had just harvested the leeks. He even gave us some top ps for sowing carrots seeds using fine sand to ensure an even distribu on!

We had to remind Sir Oliver to make sure the s ck he was going to throw in the 'throwing area' was the correct and safe size, he was tempted to throw one of the lager s cks un l Ms Mille gave him a gentle reminder!

Sir Oliver spent over an hour at the Nursery School and we think he would have liked to have spent longer but he had another engagement he had to get to in Royston.

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Baldock Gardens

By Graham Tapp

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Tapps, The Baldock Garden Centre

I am writing this piece as we rush towards July, from what you will gather in my writing world is still June, I have an idea of what the weather will be as you read this and I’ll tell you later on. but at the moment it is pouring down with rain and very cool as it has been for most of this spring, that though is the complete opposite to what world science is saying, evidently in the northern hemisphere April and May were the hottest ever recorded.

The cool wet spring has been wonderful for the native plants and trees, the Hertfordshire country side is looking splendid in its greenery, possibly the best I can remember.

Earlier this month you might have seen another of natures phenomena, the May flowers flowered late by about ten days and in a period of drier warmer weather this caused the flowers to stay on the trees longer and in better condition than many - many years, they matured from their normal bright white to a beautiful deep pink. The last two weeks have seen the results of the prolonged flowering showing the heaviest set I've ever seen, the berries this autumn should be something to behold.

In the garden the cooler wetter weather has caused very mixed results, with the season being about two weeks late and not many insects or Bees about, the apple and pears have suffered with poor pollination again, many gardeners reported a massive pear set and had hundreds of little pears all standing to attention like soldiers but as they turned over they mostly all fell off leaving less than a ten percent crop, Williams doing better than most at about fifteen percent. Apples have also had a poor set and with the misnamed June drop still to come (usually in the first week of July) many varieties will have a very poor crop, My Cox orange pippin and Queen Cox have done marginally better than last year, If I had got this sort of set when growing commercially I would have been pulling my hair out, in the garden it doesn't have such a financial consequence but what it does mean is that the fruit size will be much larger and will suffer from mineral deficiencies and varieties like Bramley will suffer badly from bitter pit a lack calcium showing its self with brown skin depressions and internal black spots.

Excessive growth is something you need to keep an eye on as the trees will convert the energy saved from the lack of fruit into extension growth, be careful how you control this extra growth, the way it’s controlled will depend on the variety of fruit not just the root stock. If you are not sure come and talk to me, bring a photo of the tree if you can, along with as much information as you have available, advice is always freely given.

Vegetable growing has been tough this spring, Runner beans had the most trouble, when most people wanted to plant them it was unbearably cold, then when it had warmed up enough to plant them the slugs and snails got the lot and everyone had to start again, Cucumbers, marrows and courgettes developed wilt, probably seed borne, they would look as if they needed watering all the time, go grey and die, nothing anyone can do about that, carrots have been very patchy, beetroot and chards have shown their usual reluctance to germinate the complete opposite to spring and all seed grown onions they have grown like weeds, winter planted garlic is looking magnificent as are the onion sets.

Pest and disease wise we are seeing lots of powdery mildew on fruit and perennial plants, botrytis and other rots starting on soft fruit.

Serious numbers of green and black fly have been around in huge numbers as its been so cold that any natural predators have not been able to achieve high enough population levels, vine weevils have been active earlier and longer than ever before and are eating allsorts of plants that were never affected.

Last September one of my staff found a huge chrysalis which we kept over winter in a clip top plastic box, it hatched out this week and it turned out to be a beautiful Elephant Hawk Moth, not rare but not found in great numbers photos have been taken and will be on show in the Garden Centre, I’m told that it probably got so big eating our fuchsias, we are very lucky and get to see many of natures creatures on our site, ranging from the smallest insects through dragon flies up to badgers and foxes, what gives us the most fun is when a customer finds one of our toads in a plant, you can very likely hear them screaming as far away as Bygrave, we see allsorts of birds and you can borrow a pair of binoculars from our tea room to view them yourself, the red kites are very popular viewing.

Now here is the good news, the meteorologists are saying as a preliminary forecast for July that the controlling high pressure that has been to the north of us for so long is going to shift, slightly south and west, this will give us in the south east a slightly above average temperature and slightly below average rain fall. Please remember if this turns out to be wrong that I am only repeating what is given out as their best guess as this sort of long range stuff “is really in its infancy” and I’m writing this some weeks ahead any way.

Get them gardens done, its BBQ and beer time, enjoy your garden, Cheers Graham.

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Chris ne comes from a teaching background with 32 years’ experience teaching pupils aged 0 – 18+; the last 12 as specialist teacher of Tex les at Knights Templar School (KTS). Prior to teaching she worked as a print designer for Ladybird Childrenswear. Kathryn (aged 18) is a former KTS pupil who sat D&T specialist Tex les and achieved the top grade for her garment making.

Together they run numerous classes in the shop, which are adver sed on the shop window and via their Facebook page.

Alterna vely you can just turn up and use a machine by the hour, safe in the knowledge that help is at hand! They also sell items made in-house and can make bespoke items specific to your requirements.

Inside the shop there is also a café offering a variety of hot and cold drinks to have in or take away, along with a nice piece of cake.

Sewing B’s is also an ideal venue for a party, with catering provided for in house.

Since opening their doors they have done one off sewing sessions within the community, working with Knights Templar Sports Centre Kidventure and 4th Baldock Brownies. Their most recent partnership with North Herts Minority Ethnic Forum (NHEMF) was a pair of learning to sew courses and they’re looking to do more work with them in the future; with a dress making course and a repairs and altera ons course. which can be booked via the NHEMF on 01462 440224.

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Funding Helps to Light Up Letchworth Rugby Club A family friendly Rugby Football Club was in the spotlight at the Baldock and District Area Commi ee last week, when it was awarded a grant of £450.

Letchworth Garden City Rugby Football Club was awarded the funding by North Her ordshire District Council's (NHDC) Baldock & District Area Commi ee to contribute towards the costs of purchasing mobile floodlights for the club's rugby pitches.

Members of the club, who live in both Letchworth & Baldock and the surrounding areas are currently only able to play on one floodlit pitch which is being overused. This results in the pitch becoming damaged and training being cancelled.

Cllr Jim McNally, who took over as Chairman of North Her ordshire District Council's (NHDC) Baldock and District Area Commi ee in May, said: “The club hosts rugby games and matches for a wide variety of people including junior teams, schools, rugby fes vals, and caters for people of all different abili es including people with learning disabili es and au sm.

“The rugby club is an integral part of the community and we are happy to support its development by helping to fund the mobile floodlights”.

Richard Sell, the club's Community Officer, said: "It's with the support of the Baldock & District Area Commi ee and other partners that allows the club to grow and improve. We want to encourage more local people to join in and reap the physical and mental health benefits of playing regular sport and being part of a truly community based club. I express our sincere thanks to Jim and the other Councillors on the Commi ee for their posi ve support and encouragement".

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JULY 27TH - JASON BOURNE It’s been nine years since the last proper Bourne movie and Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths about his past. He’s now a player in a world complicated by cyber warfare, hacking, surveillance and ugly economic recessions. There are riots on the streets, Edward Snowden in hiding, and drones patrol the skies. Dark days, in other words.

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Carve Your Name into School History Carve Your Name into School History and Buy-a-Brick in our new Science Centre The local community may be aware that The Knights Templar School was awarded £3 million pounds this year to rebuild our old 'Science' Block - or 'S Block' as many locals will remember it.

Maybe it was in one of these rooms that you were inspired to pursue a career in Science, the Arts or Technology. Over the past few months our beau ful new Science Centre has been taking shape on the school field.

Many local people will be aware that we have been busily fundraising throughout this year in order to provide brand new equipment and resources to this vital curriculum area and give students here the brand new start they deserve.

We recently launched a 'Buy-a-Brick' campaign to give everyone associated with the school – now and in the past - the opportunity to pledge their material support.

You might ask why. Why should I put name to a brick? What good will it do? I le years ago and The Knights Templar School is just a part of my story. And that's it really, isn't it? It's simple. As someone who was once a parent, a student or even a member of staff here you will always be part of the Knights Templar family.

Pu ng your name on a brick means that everyone will know how much this school meant to you and how much you s ll mean to it.

The first bricks started rolling off the produc on line last week and they look superb. These will be placed in a specially set aside space at the front of the new building, which is due to be opened

by Sir Robert Winston on September 23rd.

These beau ful bricks, cra ed by our very own woodworking expert Orlando Micele, will not be there un l 'something be er comes along'. They will be on our wall forever along with the names of all our supporters. You can be sure that if you pledge your support it will be admired and respected by all who work in the building for many years to come.

We urge you to add your name to this rapidly growing list - if only to ensure that a li le piece of you or your family lives on. The Knights Templar School has been at the heart of this community for 75 years. Please help us con nue to deserve that posi on by suppor ng this ini a ve.

So far the scheme has raised £2,750.00. If you have already purchased a brick, we thank you.

If not, please go to www.ktemplar.herts.sch.uk/Ne ws/Buy-A-Brick/ to download a form. We really hope you'll purchase one in the very near future. Bricks are priced from £25.00 and forms can be returned to school very easily.

We hope we don't need to tell you that generosity is the spirit of The Knights Templar School.

Please support our fundraising campaign and help us ensure that Science gets its brand new start!

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A TOUCH OF GLASS Do you need to make a Will or revise your existing Will?

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Disallowing addi onal memory means users have to closely monitor their phone storage. It doesn't take long for those high bitrate 4K videos to start ea ng into an iPhone internal storage, meaning you need to start archiving videos and photos to another device such as a Mac or PC (or cloud storage if you have the me and data bandwidth) to stop the memory being used up. Worse s ll, If you are out and about and run out of phone storage, you are going to be looking at dumping what might be precious footage stored on your phone to make space for new photos and videos.

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The drive comes in two sizes, 32Gb and 64Gb and in either Silver or Gold zinc alloy. These two storage op ons are going to be a dream come true for those of us with smaller internal storage op ons and may even delay that dreaded phone upgrade.

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Escape Over Land and Sea this July with Gallery 1066

Let the power of art take you away this summer as the gallery exhibits an outstanding collection of land and seascape artists. Gallery 1066 will be celebrating the natural landscape and how it inspires so many artists around the globe. Exhibiting over 20 artists from emerging local talent to internationally acclaimed artists, please join us to celebrate the beauty of the natural landscape of near and far throughout the month of July.

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July 2016 Saturday 2nd July: Parent and Child Beginners Knitting 2-4pm In this workshop we will teach you all you need to know to get you knitting from casting on to casting off, knit stitch and purl stitch. Materials and refreshments are provided.

Price £25.00 Saturday 16th July: Learn to read Crochet Patterns:2-4pm Come along and be guided in how to read and understand a crochet pattern.

Price £15.00 Saturday 30th July: Beginners Knitting 2-4pm In this workshop we will teach you all you need to know to get you knitting from casting on to casting off, knit stitch and purl stitch. Materials and refreshments are provided.

Price £25.00 If you would like to attend one of our workshops please register at the shop.

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What’s On Do-Nut Day- Baldock Community Centre 2nd July 10am- 12 Noon Friends Of Baldock Mini Bus Appeal Come Along And Enjoy A Cup Of Tea Or Coffee With A Jammy Do- Nut £1.50 Per Person

Summer Diner Dance - Bushel & Strike 8th & 9th July - £45 A Ticket Contact Lucy On 01462742394

Summer Sensation - Flower Arranging Demonstration

FABULOUS GLAMPERVAN Just pick up and go – The motorhome is fully equipped ready for you to start your holiday.

Available for short breaks and longer holidays all year round.

7th July 7.30pm - Baldock Floral Society 40th Anniversary - Baldock Community Centre Visitors £6

Summer Show - Baldock Horticultural Society 9th July 2.15pm - 4.30pm - Brandles School Weston Way Baldock

Tennis Finals & European Cup Finals - Bushel & strike 10th July -

Tea & Talk Afternoon - Baldock Arts & Heritage Centre 12th July - Were You Born Before 1950 ? Come Along And Enjoy Cake And Conversation With Local Primary School Children. Limited Spaces Contact Liz Ellis 01462-643648

Farr Festival - Bygrave Wood 14th To The 17th July - Music festival, huge line up, for tickets https://tickets.farrfestival.co.uk/

Nanovia Gold Animal Trust Summer Show And Fun Day 30th July - 11am at the Orange Tree Baldock.

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Classic Motorcycle Show - The Boot 31st July - 12 noon Baldock High Street Community Cycle Ride - KTS Sports Centre 31st July - 10am. A social cycle ride around the community

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Regular events: Body And Soul - For Retired People, Gentle NHS exercise, Baldock Community Centre Wednesdays Baldock Rotary Club 12.15 – 14.00, Bowls Club West Avenue Baby Rhyme Time 10.30-11.00am, Library Senior Club, 2-4pm Community Centre Baldock and Letchworth 8.30-11pm Folk Club, Orange Tree Pub Toddler Tales, 2.30-3pm - Baldock Library Kingfisher Dementia Club, Community Centre Baldock Community Orchestra, KTS School Thursdays Baldock Country Market - 10am, The Cock Fridays 2nd Monday Alzheimer's Society Carers Support Group every month 10am-12pm Tapps Garden Centre 1st Weds every month White Lion Quiz Night, Baldock High Street 3rd Monday Baldock Branch Royal British Legion every month monthly meeting 7.30pm Orange Tree Pub, Norton Road. Non-members welcome.

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The Big Lunch Despite the weather, what a lovely occasion, all the children had a great me playing and the grown ups enjoyed a gossip and catch up. "The Scallywags" provided the music.

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It was great to see our Baldock Councillors Michael Muir, Michael Weeks, Jimm McNally and our newest Councillor Valen ne Shanley all present and very much taking part in the Big Lunch especially the chair and table shi ing at the end of the event.

A super big Thank You to James Lunnon for organising the whole event as he has over the past few years. The Big Lunch is a great Community event and it takes lots of people commi ng a lot of me which is very much appreciated and I look forward to next Years Lunch!!!

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