Leighton-Linslade | A Fairtrade Town since 2006
Things that have happened recently. Ish.
About
Greggs arrives!
Greggs is this tremendous company that has taken over the UK's high streets with its delicious coffee, caramel shortbread and chocolate muffins. But did you know that all those and more are Fairtrade?
And did you know that Leighton-Linslade now has a Greggs?
A huge welcome to Gregg, and his store.
For everything that is FT at Greggs, hit the button:
Totes Great
You can get these wonderful tote bags at Mimic Gifts, They're the new shop in North Street.
Of course they're Fairtrade, and they're also so well designed that if you don't pop down and get one very soon, they might be sold out, and then only the cool people will have them.
Vision
A Book, A Play, A Coffee?
At the Library Theatre you can now get all three. The coffee is Fairtrade. But you already new that because we wouldn't mention it otherwise.
We were at the Canal Festival!
Did you like our new gazebo?
Never mind that! We're saving humanity here.
A big thanks to everyone who came and had some free chocolate from us.
Christmas Tree Festival 2023
Were you there? If so you probably walk around with a smile, a smell of cinnamon and a general aura of peace and goodwill to all, even the mean people.
We were there, and as always stole the show.
Well, not literally stole the show, although do get in touch if you want to buy a very large lot of second hand trees.
The Best News Ever Part 1
We got renewed! Sadly, there is no parade through town, no great speeches by great people, not even a slot on local TV. But we did it anyway. Well done us. And you. But mostly us.
Canal Festival 2024
We were there. We had a competition to guess the number of beans in a jar. The winning total was 3976. The best guess was 4500. Pictures here from 2024, but honestly could be any year:
All change
Congratulations to Alex Mayer, the new MP for Leighton Buzzard (and Dunstable, but we never talk about them). In case anyone else is confused, our MP is called Mayer and our Mayor is called Bligh.
Alex Mayer visits House of Coffee
It's all part of Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 in Leighton Buzzard. Alex Mayer visited the House of Coffee. (I mean, you probably worked that out from the title).
So here she is, and you may have seen the article in the Leighton Buzzard Observer, which saves me repeating it when I can just give you a link.
Mind you, the link will probably be broken by now. Here it is, anyway:
Christmas Tree Festival 2024
Once again they proved they are elite Christmas Tree makers. The Leighton Buzzard Christmas Tree Festival was in St Barnabas this year, and our team, who are to Christmas trees what the SAS are to the military, did us proud!
Aldi's are on the Nice list
Been down to Aldi Leighton Buzzard recently? They've got some really good Fairtrade things in for Christmas. Nuts, chocolates, that sort of thing. I saw Santa buying some of them there, so even he buys Fairtrade.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2024
What did we do, I hear you ask? Well, I don't, but that's probably because you're so far away. I'm sure you are asking it.
The main event was our Coffee Morning at Trinity Methodist Church. We gave away (free as always, more fool us) superb home made cake, best ever coffee from the House of Coffee, and a chance to have a really good time. Here's a picture of the Mayor, who supports Fairtrade, so we like him.
Also, we did an assembly at Heathwood, who are a FT school. Well done, students and teachers of of Heathwood. Take a bow.
Free Coffee and Cake
No, this isn't a petition to release a couple of prisoners. We invited you to a coffee morning on 26th April at St Barnabas Church Community Hall.
Paul Hollywood, if you're reading this, you were invited, but you missed it. It's almost like you don't look at this website.
