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and home made cakes as well as a bottle stall, mulled cider and BBQ. The evening will be rounded off with a community sing-along of well known Christmas songs and carols led by the village’s own singing group, The Huntones.
The village club is holding another of its everpopular music themed quizzes on Saturday, December 6, starting promptly at 8.15pm. Entrance is free, just go along with your ready-made team or join one at the club. Teams are usually of four to six. On the night there will also be a raffle in support of Helen Redfarn, who is raising funds for charity (International Citizen Service) in support of her forthcoming trip to the West Bank, Palestine. Correspondent: Janetta Sams, Uplands Hogbarn Lane, Harrietsham, ME17 1NZ Tel: 01622 859412 sams_uplands@yahoo.co.uk Alone at Christmas: Please see Harrietsham column Christmas day dinner. Lenham Neighbourhood Plan: Thank you to all those involved in preparing and presenting the two opportunities for parishioners of Lenham parish to inspect the draft Neighbourhood Plan to date. More than 300 people attended the events held at the community Centre on November 16 and 23. There were many good ideas and suggestions for improving the parking facilities and amenities throughout the village. Preferable sites for housing development were identified alongside protected areas of open space. Concerns were expressed about future adequate education and health care provision. The four working groups covering housing, infrastructure, village life and economy presented their findings and the housing survey team collected responses from the questionnaires delivered to residents. All the plan documents to date can be viewed on http://lenhamparish.org.uk Designscape will collate all the information for inclusion in the plan to be presented to Maidstone Borough Council in December. Any inquiries to the clerk 01622 859682 hello@parishcouncil.org.uk