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information evening will be held in Harrietsham church on Thursday, July 14 at 7.30pm. Parents interested in finding out what is involved are invited to attend. Phone the church office on 01622 850604 if you plan to attend. Worship for All: There will be a Family Service in St Nicholas church Boughton Malherbe on Sunday June 26 at 9.30am. Tuesday prayers will be in the same building on June 28 at 9.30am. 150th anniversary: St Mary’s church Lenham will host a special service for churches in the Archdeaconry of Maidstone on Sunday, June 26 at 3pm. The 150th anniversary of the Reader ministry in the Church of England will be celebrated. Cream teas will be served after the worship. Men@Breakfast: The Archdeacon of Maidstone, the Ven Stephen Taylor will speak at the men’s breakfast in the Dog and Bear Lenham on Saturday June 25 at 8am. He has called his talk, Women I Have Loved. Contact Dick Venn on 01622 858195 for information. Correspondent: Jackie Nixon Mob: 07527 449540 jackie.kmlocal@ hotmail. com Council meets: Correspondent: Mike Bennett Mob: 07470 362801 Tel: 01580 761943 mikebennettkm@ tiscali. co.uk Victorian crime: A History of Crime in Victorian Kent will be the subject of a talk by Helen Allinson to members of the village local history society at their monthly meeting in the High Street Methodist hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday, June 29. New members and non-members are welcome. For details contact Tim Thomas on 01622 890270. Castle talk: At the WI June meeting, Sue Duckworth gave a talk, with slide-show, on Sissinghurst Castle Gardens and Vita Sackville-West. The history and pictures of the castle and beautiful gardens made an interesting evening. Linda Donaldson won the quiz and there was a display of members’ photos of other famous gardens On July 20, Fred Lemont will talk about the History of Greetings Cards and there will be a competition for the best home-made card, plus the usual raffle, quiz, bring/ buy stall and refreshments. Visitors are always welcome Summer fete: Loads of games plus craft stalls, face painting and a bouncy castle will be available at the annual village school fete on the playing field from noon -4pm on Saturday, June 25. Film treat: The village film society will be showing Brooklyn on the big screen at the village hall at 7pm on Saturday, June 25. Nonmembers will be welcome. For details and tickets contact Paulo Dickins on 01622 890207. Deaf aid: Hi Kent, the charity that aids the deaf and hard of hearing, hold their latest free hearing aid clinic in the Methodist Hall from 10-11am on Tuesday, June 28. Dog fear: Janet Tandy will talk about the Kent Cynophobic Assistance Group, that assists with those with a fear of dogs and helps them overcome it, at the monthly meeting of the village active retirement group on Tuesday, June 28 at 2pm in the village hall. They are also planning a trip to the Old Time Music Hall at The Criterion Theatre, Sheppey on July 12. For details contact Jane Stone on 01622 891475. School news: The village primary school is holding an open evening from 3.30pm on Wednesday, June 29 and head teacher Sarah Symonds would welcome members of the community who would like to see and hear of progress and exciting plans for the future. Correspondent: Liz Willy , 108 Eyhorne Street, Hollingbourne, ME17 1UA Mob: 07928668924 elizabethwilly@ btinternet.com Flower Festival: From Friday to Sunday June 24-26 at St Nicholas Church in Leeds. All are welcome Bredgar Light Railway: On Sunday, July 3 from 10.30am-5pm, steam through Warren Wood on a 2ft gauge narrow railway. Also a museum of classic cars and a steam organ. Refreshments available. Also a special classic and vintage car rally - early entries welcome. Correspondent: Helen Ward Tel: 01622 820810 herald@hunton.org.uk Service: There will be a service of Holy Communion at St Mary’s Church at 11am on Sunday, June 26, taken by the Rev David Jones. Defibrillator: The village has its own defibrillator. It is located on the outside of the village hall next to the doors nearest to the football club changing rooms. It is contained in a locked cabinet for which a passcode is required – this can be obtained in an emergency from the ambulance service by calling 999. The defibrillator can be used safely without any medical training, as it will guide you through the process with spoken instructions and visual prompts. It will monitor the heart’s rhythm and will only give a shock if it is needed. There are plans to give the passcode to key people and organisations within the village and the parish council are also looking into the possibility of arranging some familiarisation training – more information to follow. The defibrillator was provided by the pre-school and part-funded by the British Heart Foundation with the cabinet and installation being paid for by the parish council, preschool, playing field committee and Hunton Herald. New PCSO: PCSO Matt Judges has moved to a new area and we welcome in his place PCSO Megan Day. We would like to thank Matt for his help and support and wish him well with his new responsibilities. You can contact Megan via the 101 service or through Huntonwatch on 01622 820403 huntonwatch@gmail.com Cream tea reminder: A reminder that Sue and Steve Wyles are serving cream teas along with a selection of home made cakes (including gluten free) in their lovely garden at Bishops Cottage in Bishops Lane on Sunday, July 10 from 3-5pm, to raise funds for our community orchard. Tickets £5 per head. There will be a marquee should the weather be wet but take your own picnic chairs. Numbers are limited so book with Sue and Steve on 01622 820403. The teas will be running alongside the pop-up shop, which will have all the regular local produce plus plant and craft stalls. All are welcome to the shop but don’t forget to book your tickets for the cream tea. Parking will be available at the Bishops Lane/Water Lane junction where Iain and Wendy Simmons have kindly offered the use of their field. Fete festivities: Smiling faces and waggy tails were in abundance at the Hunton fete on June 18, along with suggestions that this may well have been our best village fete yet. There was certainly a wonderful atmosphere and it was particularly noticeable that a large number of visitors stayed to enjoy the whole afternoon – it was still busy at 5pm and the bar ran out of beer! There was no shortage of entertainment with the tug-of-war and traditional games in the arena and Beautiful Creatures Theatre delighting visitors with the antics of their quirky chef and grumpy, giant octopus. Not forgetting, of course, the ever popular fun dog show, which featured some impressive tricks, caused much hilarity as owners attempted to persuade their dogs round the obstacle course, and seemed to have a record number of entrants for the waggiest tail and most appealing eyes competitions. It was good to welcome back Dr Jazz who kept our toes tapping with their superb Dixieland jazz and local charity Pukka Ponies Equine Rescue, raising money to support its work by providing pony rides. We were also pleased to welcome the Kent Air Ambulance stall for the first time and hope it will join us again. Although there are a small number of outside stallholders (and we’re grateful for their support), the fete is largely a huge community effort and it’s this that really lends it its charm and makes it such a success. So a big thank you to everyone involved in the organisation and to those who helped out on the day; to the clubs and groups within the village for running stalls, activities