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hall, a meeting has been organised by the Plant Heritage Society. All welcome. Admission free. For information contact Jean Talboys on 880349. Fete Meeting: The Summer Fete and Exemption Dog Show will be held on Saturday, June 10 on the Lance Memorial Playing Field. On Monday, Decmeber 5 at 8pm at the Sugar Loaves pub, Eyhorne Street, there will be a committee meeting. All are welcome to attend. Mulled wine: Christopher’s Village Shop in Eyhorne Street is offering mulled wine and mince pies to customers to mark a special morning when the full range of Christmas goods and cards will be on sale. All are welcome on Wednesday December 7 from 10am-2:30pm Correspondent: Helen Ward Tel: 01622 820810 herald@hunton.org.uk Last lunch: The last village lunch of the year will be held at the village club on Thursday, December 1 from 12.30-2pm. First come first served, all welcome. Home made soup, bread, cheese and biscuits, home made cake, tea or coffee all for a £5 donation, shared between the village club and St Mary’s church. Church Service: There will be a service of Holy Communion at St Mary’s Church on Sunday, November 27 taken by the Rev David Jones. Quiz night: The village club is hosting another of Phil’s popular, fun quiz evenings on Saturday, December 3. Teams are usually between four and six people. Go with a ready made team or join one at the club. Free entry. All welcome. The club opens at 8pm with the quiz starting promptly at 8.15pm. Christmas variety show: Tickets are on sale for Avanti and Artizani: 6 Impossible Things at the village hall on Thursday, December 29. A variety show about messing around with science experiments featuring a revolving stage, projection, conjuring, acrobatics, live music, animatronics and special lighting. Suitable for ages eight and over. Doors 6pm for 6.20pm show time, finishing at around 8pm. Tickets £10 adults, £5 children, or £25 a family of 4/5 to include drinks and mince pies at the interval. Available from Mike 01622 820429 or Steve 820403. 100th birthday celebrations: Former resident Brenda Day celebrated her 100th birthday on November 14. Brenda and her husband Roland lived at Elphicks Farm in the village from 1946, farming there for 50 years before retiring to West Farleigh, where Brenda has lived alone since Roland died in 2011. On her birthday Brenda held an ‘open house’ celebration and was visited throughout the day by 70 friends and family members, including many friends from Hunton. Highlights of the day included, of course, receiving a birthday card from The Queen but also a special birthday cake decorated with a wonderful hand-painted picture of Elphicks Farmhouse, made for her by the owner, James Redman. Christmas Market: A highlight on the village calendar, don’t miss the Christmas Market on Saturday, December 10 from 4-7pm in and around St Mary’s Church. Featuring a variety of gift stalls including pottery, silverware, Christmas decorations and wood products, as well as artisan food stalls, cakes, the WI’s popular savouries and the Friends’ legendary BBQ. The Huntones will be rounding off the evening leading a Christmas sing-along to help you get in the festive spirit. Entrance £1 donation. Volunteers will be collecting bottles for the bottle stall during the first weekend in December, please give generously. Village Club: The AGM takes place on Friday, December 2 at 8.15pm at the club. Phil feels the time is right for someone to take over the reins as chairman and Liz will be standing down as secretary. Anyone interested in either position let Phil know on 01622 820804. Wares Farm expansion: Plans are PARISH COUNCIL: Road safety issues continued to dominate discussions at the November parish council meeting. James Dearing, production director at Clockhouse Farm attended, having been invited by the parish council following complaints by residents about the manner in which some of their vehicles are driven around the village. Mr Dearing said that all their vehicles are individually numbered, usually on the front and back, and he encouraged people to make a note of this number, together with the date and time and to report incidents of poor driving to the farm on 01622 743955 or email admin@clockhousefarm.co.uk. Clive Baxter from Amsbury Farm attended to follow up on the September meeting when he had been asked to quantify HGV movements. He was still unable to provide this information, as records aren’t kept of numbers of lorries, but gave details of tonnages despatched recently and estimated that there could be up to 15 HGVs per day. Asked about the articulated lorry that had shed part of it’s load on Hunton Hill on November 6 closing the road for several hours, Mr Baxter said that it is the responsibility of the driver to ensure his vehicle is safely loaded. Fruition has invited the parish council to visit its premises and has also extended this invitation to the school. A resident raised concerns about excessive speeding in West Street after two parked cars were written off on October 24 when they were crashed into by a car estimated by the police to be travelling well in excess of the speed limit. PCSO Megan Day said that she would investigate why the police are not taking any action against the driver. The parish council would be meeting with KCC to explore means of reducing speeds in the relevant parts of West Street. Another resident raised concerns about the dangers caused by parking along West Street during school drop off and pick up, which seems to her to be getting worse. Cllr Trought had a positive meeting recently with Peter Callway, the interim chairman of governors, and that this was one of the issues under discussion. Helen Ward and Roger Lee were co-opted onto the parish council to fill the two vacant positions. The playing field committee was looking into replacing the multiplay equipment and resurfacing the children’s play area. Potholes at the end of Grove Lane had been reported to Kent Highways and concerns raised about the flooding on East Street. The zigzag lines outside the school were to be repainted. A letter of complaint had been sent to South East Water about the frequent water leaks on Hunton Hill and the resultant emergency road closure. Correspondent: Martin Hider Tel: 01622 736327 mhider5@ gmail.com Christmas Bazaar: The annual Christmas Bazaar held by churches in Langley and Otham will take place at Downswood Community Centre on Saturday, November 26 at 2pm. Many stalls. Meet Father Christmas. Free entry. Correspondent: Mike Brine Tel: 01732 845825 mbriney.yoda@ hotmail.com Roadworks: Caring Road will be closed from Monday, November 28, for up to five days between Otham Lane and Caring Farm, to enable a new entrance to be constructed to the property. The alternative route is via Caring Lane, A20 Ashford Road and Otham Lane. Library visit: The mobile library visits on Saturday, November 26, stopping opposite the school from 9.05-9.35am and Burgess Hall Drive from 9.45-10.15am. Correspondent: Janetta Sams, Uplands Hogbarn Lane, Harrietsham, ME17 1NZ Tel: 01622 859412 sams_uplands@yahoo.co.uk Christmas switch on: All are invited to the Christmas light switch on event at the square on Sunday, November 27 from 1pm with Father Christmas and his Elves at Philip Jarvis Estate Agent. Have a photo taken by iWill Photo. On the Lenham Storage stage will be Kyla Wight, Rochester Singers and The Holigans. Switch on by Constance Correspondent: Robert Hanvik Mob: 07900 930824 robert.kentmessenger@ gmail.com Wares Farm Expansion: Alan Firmin’s plans for a major expansion of the industrial site at Wares Farm, Redwall Lane will be exhibited at the village hall on Monday, November 28 from 3.308pm. Representatives from Berry Gardens, Alan Firmin and DHA Planning will be on hand to answer questions. The expansion is being considered to accommodate the business needs of Berry Garden, the fruit packing business located there. It will involve a large new processing plant situated to the south of Redwall Lane. For details, visit http:// lintonkent.org Almshouse reminder: The deadline for applying for the available Linton Park Almshouse is December 6. Applications should be sent to: The Clerk to the Trustees, Mrs K Cooper, Linton Park Almshouses, c/o Forge Cottage, Linton Hill, Linton, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AW; or email cooperkathryn@ btopenworld.com. The one-bedroom cottage is available for a single person or couple over 60 years of age, retired and in need of housing. Applicants should have some connection with the village. Messy Christingle: St Nicholas Church is hosting a Messy Christingle on Saturday, December 3 from 3-5pm. The whole family is invited to make a Christingle and join in other craft activities. There will be tea, songs, stories and games together, then a food finale. For details, or to reserve a place, call Becky on 07949 646865 or email becky:thecat@btopenworld.com Correspondent: Robert Hanvik Mob: 07900 930824 robert.kentmessenger@ gmail.com Neighbourhood Plan: A draft Neighbourhood Plan has been prepared for consultation with the people who live, work or carry out business in the parish. The consultation period runs until December 13, and the parish council is seeking as much comment as possible. Interested parties can view the plan at http://loosevillageinfo. wix.com/loose-nh-plan, and paper copies of the plan are also available