MAY DAY IN EATON SOCON IS BACK! May Day has been a special day in Eaton Socon, certainly since before living memory. The entire village green would be given over to traditional dancing and other festivities, and the whole community would turn out to watch. ESCA has now been organising

VOLUNTEERING Volunteering by definition is offering to do something of your own accord, with no payment at the end – this is why I started to take part in Girlguiding, specifically the Brownies section. I started the journey, when I prematurely left school due to the pandemic - I wanted

MEET THE ROMANS Come and meet the Romans on Saturday 12th March at the Friends of St Neots Museum family open day. Meet members of the Longthorpe Roman Legion, resplendent in their replica armour and find out what life was like for a Roman soldier. Try on armour (child size

CONSUMER ADVICE The worst of the winter weather may be over, but with ongoing headlines of utility bill hikes and more of us permanently working from home – how can we save money? Popping on the kettle for that extra cuppa, keeping the chill off during daytime hours and having

IN PRAISE OF SNOWDROPS By the time you read this article, you will have almost certainly seen and admired your first garden snowdrop of the year. In local parklands and woodlands, many come into flower at the end of January, and in these dark days the snowdrop brings much needed

FLAMINGOBOY I’ve been writing children’s books for a few years now which started in our garden. Illustrated by my children my first book came together after I decided to capture a moment in their lives writing a story about our adventures in our garden and the secret land that we

EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY The museum’s first temporary exhibition this year will be ‘What a Wonderful World’ a photographic exhibition by local amateur photographer, Peter Hagger. Today almost everyone in the UK has a camera as part of their mobile phone but when were cameras invented and what do the earliest photographs

WALK & TALK 4 MEN Walk & Talk 4 Men is a simple concept that gives men the opportunity to talk in a relaxed comfortable environment whilst taking in the beauty of the local countryside. We are pleased to say that the Nature Reserve at Little Paxton has become our adopted