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It’s a little known fact that Rickmansworth has one of the oldest cricket club’s in England and denotes a founding of 1787.

Over the year’s the club has been located around Rickmansworth but now resides in it’s permanent location for the last hundred years at Park Road.

The club has five senior Saturday team’s playing in the Saracens Hertfordshire League and a friendly Sunday team.

We are very proud of our junior section run by Head Coach Paul Blackwell, and a number of the boys now represent the District, Area and County.

The junior section starts with little crickets a play base introduction to the game of cricket for boys and girls aged 4-5, then moves on to junior cricket coached by our ECB trained and cleared lead coaches.

We are a family friendly club offering senior and junior cricket to all with coaching program’s to meet all standards.

If you would like to play cricket or just be involved contact Mark Raine Rickmansworthcc@gmail.com

According to a recent article in the Watford Observer (link here) the former Rickmansworth police station site has been purchased by Lidl, the low cost German supermarket chain. This news has been met with dismay by many Rickmansworth residents, with a number taking to Twitter to voice their concerns. Are Lidl out of touch with the local market and making a mistake? Or is it what the people of Rickmansworth want and need?

An outdated ideal?

With its close proximity to London, period buildings and fantastic transport links, to many people Rickmansworth is the commuters dream. The sentiment on Twitter and other social networks is that Rickmansworth is ‘too good’ for a Lidl (the Primark of the supermarket world) but other than the price of houses and beer, is there anything particularly middle class about Rickmansworth?

A quick glance at Rickmansworth High Street would suggest otherwise. The JD Weatherspoon owned Pennsylvanian pub, famous for its low cost booze, is arguably the busiest in the town, and Iceland, another low cost supermarket, seems to have a steady stream of customers. There is also the recent boom of charity shops, which at five stores now even outnumber the ever popular coffee shops. There is even talk of another one opening soon. Do these factors indicate that there is a gap in the market for low cost supermarkets in Rickmansworth..?

Difficult times but all is not lost

Rickmansworth like the rest of England has been hit by the global economic downturn, which has had a profound effect on the High Street and the type of shops that it is able to attract. That said, there are some fantastic independents that are thriving whilst doing everything they can to make a real difference. Cinnamon Square and Dickens Wine Merchants are just two examples of the type of shops people expect to see in Rickmansworth. They are clearly popular but if they are going to flourish and attract other similar outlets to the town, they must be supported. This may mean spending a few pennies extra and taking some more time over your shopping, but if the whole of Rickmansworth makes an effort then maybe the recent swing towards low cost shops can be reversed.

As with any retail outlet, its success or failure is ultimately decided by its customers. Should the Lidl development go ahead it will be interesting to see whether it is used by the people Rickmansworth, or if, as the local Twitterati suggest, it is an under-used and therefore unprofitable  store that doesn’t last the test of time.

The second Ricky ‘Tweet Up’ was deemed a great success by all those who attended! Held in the Harris and Hoole on the High Street, the event was well attended by the the local Twitterati and even the local PCSO’s!

Harris and Hoole provided a wonderful array of cakes and confectioneries, which were well recieved by all those who attended. Thank you Jess!!

The next ‘Tweet Up’ as been penciled in for the end of April, at a soon to be announced venue – for the very latest information please follow https://twitter.com/RickyTweetUp

Below are some some pictures from the event:

Not sure about you but we can almost smell the cheese coming from BAR NINETY TWO this Friday 29^th March where DJ Fitzroy will be dusting the cobwebs off his 45s and blasting out hits such as Bon Jovi and Wham.

So what are you waiting for? Grab a bunch of friends,  “borrow” your daughter’s legwarmers, fetch the neon ra-ra skirts out of the attic and head on down to support your local bar for what looks like an unforgettable night.

7:00pm-12:30am 92 HIGH STREET

 

Enter Rickmansworth Library, sing a song of sixpence,  wind the bobbin up, follow the signpost called “baby rhyme time”, walk round and round the garden like a teddy bear and enter the special zone where children and their carers can come and participate in nursery rhymes and songs…for free!

This is a unique and enjoyable way to have fun with your child whilst they enhance their listening and verbal skills and learn new rhymes to boot!

All are very welcome at this special event held approximately every two weeks (check back here for confirmed dates) and babies are encouraged to stamp their passport whenever they attend which eventually results in a special certificate to take home and show family and friends.

Sessions last for approximately 30 minutes and afterwards children are free to browse the wide range of books, further developing their comprehension skills.