2012. The facilities at Bulwer Lytton House – moving to Stevenage. The facilities at the Old Boys Home – moving to Hitchin (except Stepping Stone, which has nowhere to go). The erosion of Knebworth’s facilities continues. And will continue, until all of our services are in our local town – and we are simply a dormitory suburb that may as well be called Stevenage South. Too bleak a forecast? Okay, let’s start again…
2012. Olympic Year. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Year. The Centenary of Knebworth Primary School. Brian Worthington’s Knebworth Festival Committee planning another brilliant Village Festival. Knebworth Park back on the world map as a headline concert venue for The Red Hot Chili Peppers. England to win the European Cup. Knebworth House’s Parish Open Day only a couple of months away. Snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells, all getting ready to bloom. The days are already getting longer… There. Feeling better?… Phew!
Happy 2012!
Henry Lytton Cobbold
www.knebworthhouse.com