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FEBRUARY 2024 GLENFIELD GAZETTE
Across Answers on page 19.
1. Missile fired from a gun (6)
7. Locked in by frozen water (8)
8. Day nursery for young children (6)
10. Slice of bacon (6)
11. Fortune-teller’s pack of cards (5)
13. Child’s construction set for making
mechanical models (TM) (7)
16. Small brownish songbird (7)
17. Footwear that covers the lower legs (5)
20. Medicinal pill (6)
22. Descend by rope (6)
24. French policeman (8)
25. Implement for cutting grass (6)
Down
1. Small lynx of North America (6)
2. Delicate, woven and decorative fabric (4)
3. Striped cat (5)
4. Having hair on the chin (7)
5. Sleep in a convenient place (4)
6. Global computer system (8)
9. Group of singers (5)
12. Basis of written language (8)
14. Wooden structure consisting of an
upright post with a transverse piece (5)
15. Twist and press out of shape (7)
18. Fodder harvested while green (6)
19. Projecting edge of a roof (5)
21. Woman of the peerage (4)
23. Direction of the rising sun (4)
Joke Spots at Leicester
City Libraries
JOKE SPOT is a pop-up, interactive,
touring activity ideal for anyone under
18 who wants to know what it’s like to
be a comedy performer.
Children have the opportunity to get on stage and
tell their favourite jokes into a microphone for their
parents and passers-by to enjoy.
Belgrave Library, Saturday 17 February, 1 - 3.30pm
New Parks Library, Monday 19 February, 1 - 4pm
Highfields Library, Tuesday 20 February, 1 - 4pm
Evington Library, Wednesday 21 February, 1 - 4pm
Beaumont Leys Library, Thursday 22 February,
1 - 4pm
Leicester Central Library, Saturday 24 February,
1 - 3.30pm
Free drop in events, run by The UK Kids’ Comedy
Festival.
Retailer who backs scientific
initiatives is honoured by
University of Leicester
A SUCCESSFUL Leicestershire
retailer who set up a trust to
fund scientific initiatives has
been honoured by the University
of Leicester.
Sir Will Adderley is Deputy Chairman
at his family business, the homeware
retailer Dunelm, but is probably lesser
known as the joint founder of the
Stoneygate Trust. Since its formation
in 2007, the trust has funded over 500
projects in Leicestershire, Rutland and
beyond, benefiting organisations such as
the LOROS hospice charity.
The Stoneygate Trust has a long history
of funding support for the University
of Leicester, most recently backing the
University’s new £10 million Stoneygate
Centre for Excellence in Empathic
Healthcare, within the College of Life
Sciences at the University.
On Friday 19th January, the University
of Leicester formally recognised Sir
Will’s achievements, by awarding him
an Honorary Doctorate of Laws during a
graduation ceremony, held at De Montfort
Hall.
Sir Will joined the family business in
1992 after gaining a degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University. Dunelm is the
UK’s leading homeware retailer headquartered in Syston, Leicester, with close to 180 stores and
11,000 employees. In 1996, Sir Will took over the day-to-day running of the Dunelm Group from
his father Bill who along with his wife (and Will’s mother) Jean, founded Dunelm as a stall in
Leicester Market in 1979. Prior to becoming deputy chairman, Sir Will was the chief executive of
the company. During this time, he oversaw the group’s
flotation onto the London Stock Exchange in 2006.
Sir Will lives in Rutland with his wife, Lady Nadine
Adderley, and their three children. Together, Sir Will and
Lady Nadine set up the Stoneygate Trust (formally the
Leicester Foundation) in 2007.
Sir Will was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2021 for
services to charity.
Spot the difference!
There are 10 differences between the two
There are 10 10 differences between the two images below. images below. How many How many can you can you spot?
spot?
Answers on page 19.
My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
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