Guest Article by Anna Bond, Girlguiding Royston District For more than a century, girls and young women in Royston have been part of something remarkable. Through weekly meetings, camps and trips, community service and shared adventure, generations have grown up within the supportive community of Girlguiding. From its early beginnings to its centenary celebrations in 2019 and beyond, Girlguiding in Royston has played a quiet but significant role in the life of the town. The Birth of a...

Guest Article by Neil MacLeod, Royston Town FC In 1875, a group of young men gathered in Royston to form a football club. They could hardly have imagined that, a century and a half later, their creation would still be thriving, a pillar of the town’s sporting and community life. Today, Royston Town Football Club, proudly known as The Crows , stands as the third‑oldest club in Hertfordshire, following Hitchin and Bishop’s Stortford. Its story reflects both the evolution of English football and...

Guest Article by Kathryn Betts , Meldreth Local History Grou p On 12th April 1904, Frank Rodgers, aged 15, shot and killed his mother at The Gables in Meldreth High Street. The case made headlines around the world and in the following days it attracted hundreds of people to the village. There were even postcards produced as a result: one of the Gables with the caption, “where a son murders his mother” and another of Frank Rodgers entering the Coroner’s Court. Postcards of The Gables (left)...