3 Raring2go! Wow - where has the time gone? I’ve just worked out that this is my 66th issue as editor! I’ve been doing a lot of counting (and reminiscing!) over the last few months - 66 issues, 858,000 copies, 41,184,000 pages, 17 years! That pretty much emcompasses my career as editor of Raring2go! St Albans and Harpenden and this issue is to be my very last. I will be so sad to move on from this fabulous magazine, which has provided the most amazing career whilst my children have been growing up. But the time has come - they are both adults now (in fact, I may well be a grandmother by the time this issue comes out!) and I’m off to pastures new. Thank you to all our loyal readers over the years - those who have made the crafts, created amazing recipes, completed the quiz pages and entered the competitions, as well as those long suffering school office staff who have helped distribute these magazines and given us a cheery welcome, when we arrive weighed down with boxes every season! But my biggest thank you goes to the AMAZING local businesses who have grown with us over the years. You know who you are and I will be forever grateful for your support. I will continue to watch as your businesses florish and wish you all the very best the future. For any of you that can remember back that far, in 2013, I organised the St Albans Family Fair which welcomed hundreds of families from all over the district for three years, I met Rebecca Adlington in 2017, hosted the Raring2go! Awards evening in 2019 and was a regular on Radio Verulam to name but a few highlights. So please indulge me a little as I reminisce! I really hope the new editor has as much fun with Raring2go! as I have and wish you all a very lovely summer. All the best Claire x
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