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Correspondent: Jean Watson Mob: 07966 361434 Tel: 01622 687053 Community association: Children’s Christmas party on Saturday December 10 from 2pm-5pm Tickets: Adult £3, child £5. Entertainer and visit from Father Christmas. Limited number of tickets available from the ACA. Hot food also available. Community defibrillator: Go along to St Nicholas Church Hall on Saturday December 17 from 2.305.30pm, to see a demonstration and collect information on the defibrillator which will hopefully be installed by the end of the year. Christmas light display: Enjoy a musical Christmas light display in aid of Heart of Kent Hospice every day until January 2 at 39 Castle Road from 5pm-9pm, with shows taking place every half hour. Drive up before the show starts and tune your radio to 106.1FM. This is a free event but donations are requested, either by texting LIGH77 TO 70070 or by visiting justgiving.com/fundraising/LightingUpAllington Mums and Babes: next meeting on Friday December 16 from 10amnoon in St Nicholas Church. Seasonal delight: A rolling programme of carols and seasonal music on Saturday December 10 at St Nicholas Church in aid of the re-ordering project and AFIA. Starting at 10am with morning coffee carols and croissants followed at noon by Munch-time Melodies, soup and roll, punch and pies. Then an afternoon of seasonal songs with sandwiches and scones, more punch and pies. Lastly at 7pm the grand finale with the ever popular Invicta Jazz Orchestra. Baptist Church: Saturdays December 10 and 17 at 10.30am, the ABC singers are joining up with the St Nicholas Church carol singers at the Mid-Kent Shopping Centre. Sunday December 11 at 10.30am, Advent Nativity Service; 3pm sharing in a live Farm Nativity at the Museum of Kent Life. Sunday December 18 from 10.30am is the Christmas Café Church, an informal service for all the family. St Nicholas Church: Sunday Decem

ber 18 at 5pm, Lessons and Carols. Vacancy: If you would like to be correspondent for Aylesford/Eccles, email Debbie Edwards: Christmas fair: The Heart of Kent Christmas Fair is on Saturday, December 10 from 10am-3pm at Preston Hall. There will be a good array of food and gift stalls as well as Santa’s Grotto. The cafe will be serving Christmas treats. Entry by suggested donation of £2, children free. For information, phone Maddy Boyle on 01622 790195, email fundraising@hokh.co.uk The Friars: There will be Carols by Candlelight on Friday, December 9 at 7.15pm in the Relic Chapel. Entry charge applicable. The next farmers’ market is on Sunday, December 18 from 9am1.30pm. Stock up for Christmas. RBL carol service: This will be held at the Capel Morris Centre, RBL Village, Aylesford, on Saturday, December 10 starting at 2.30pm. There will be a raffle and refreshments. All welcome. Church: There will be a Carol Service on Sunday, December 18 at 4pm in Aylesford Church. If you would like to donate monies for Christmas flowers, give your donation to either Anita at the church office or the Rev Jonathan Hall by Sunday, December 11. Jonathan and Erica invite you to drop in for a Festive at Home event on Saturday, December 10 from noon-2pm at the Vicarage. The Christingle Service is being combined with the Crib Service at 5pm on Christmas Eve. Can you spare a couple of hours to help make the Christingles from Correspondent: Ron Stubbs Tel: 01622 726962 Aspire to help the spire: The spire of St Margaret’s is in need of repair and the cost is likely to be in the region of £50,000. Part of the fundrais-