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Temporary road closure: Bradbourne Lane will be closed from St Peter’s Road to outside number 42, for up to six days from June 5. The alternative route is via New Road, London Road and St Peter’s Road. The closure is to enable gas main connections to be carried out by Southern Gas Networks. Community Day: Community Day is on Sunday, June 25. It starts with an Open Air Service on the Village Green from 3pm. The theme is Communities Around the World and special guest Tracey Crouch MP will speak about the importance of communities. The Jazz Band and the two village presSchools will provide entertainment. After the service there will be refreshments and activities over at the junior school including bouncy castle, face painting, ice cream van, Communigrow and Scouts stands. If you would like information or to help out, contact the clerk at the parish office or the Rev Priscilla Payne. Donations of cakes (for refreshments) and bottles (for a hoopla) for the day would be welcome. Correspondent: Maureen Jopson, 68 Stockett Lane, Coxheath, ME17 4PY Tel: 01622 746086 Gardening club: Several members of the club attended the plant exchange held recently at which there was a good selection of plants plus hot drinks and delicious coffee and walnut cake baked by member Hilary Whibley. Thank you to everybody who supported this event. It is hoped to hold an autumn exchange in October. On Thursday, June 15, the club will be having an early evening visit to Goddards Green, which is a five acre garden surrounding a 500 year old Clothiers House, near Cranbrook. The house is not open. A donation of £5 per visitor is to be made to The National Garden Scheme and to charity. Members are to use their own transport to arrive for a 6pm start. Directions will be provided. Non-members who also wish to go are asked to contact Sue Morris on 01622 726164. There will be a nominal charge of £3 per person. Farmers’ market: Due to last minute unexpected difficulties, Compass Rose, Teston Bakery, Bergamia Tea and Gemma Keith Artist did not attend and sent apologies. Attendance was fairly low although Low Wood Nursery sold a good number of plants and even had hardy standard olive trees on offer. The kitchen was busy with the traditional English breakfast on sale for £4.50. Representatives of the Young Lives Foundation were there to publicise their local charity based in College Road and are working with disadvantaged young people. The next farmers’ market is on Sunday, June 4, and all stalls, with the exception of Yarns of Anarchy and Carol May Hand
Made Cards, will be hosted. PARISH COUNCIL: Several crimes have been reported. Theft of a hydraulic concrete breaker and then the replacement from The Priory; theft of horse trailers from Wilsons Lane and Dean Street and theft of a plant trailer from Wilsons Lane. Criminal damage to field gate padlocks in Wilsons Lane, barbed wire in Gallants Lane and to paddocks in Wilsons Lane. Cllrs Glyn Charlton and Peter Beasley are chairman and vicechairman respectively for the coming year. Cllr John Wilson was thanked for his tenure as chairman. Jackie King has been co-opted to the parish council, to replace Steve Shearman. The pot holes in the car park had been filled in and would be completed when more paint had been bought. Section 1 (Annual Governance Statement) and Section 2 (Accounting Statements) of the Annual Return, 2016/17 had been signed by the chairman and the clerk. Correspondent: Janet Burnett, The parish Office, Sutton Valence Village Hall, North Street, Sutton Valence, ME17 3HS Mob: 07759159552 Tel: 01622 844135 Organ recital: There will be an organ recital by Gover James at St Mary’s Church, Sutton Valence on Saturday May 27 at 12.30pm. He will be playing some old favourites and some new ones. Ploughman’s lunches will be available after the recital. There will be retiring collection in aid of St Mary’s depleted funds. Apprenticeship presentation: See
the Headcorn column. Correspondent: Joan Drury, Weirton Villa, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, ME17 2AP Tel: 01622 853766. Yoga sessions: Yoga club members are reminded that, due to the election, there will not be a session on Thursday June 8. September 2: The village hall committee is still looking for help at the fete on Saturday, September 2. Get in touch with Richard Pilborough on 01622 850484. Don’t forget the competitions organised by the gardening club. Full details are in the May issue of the Malherbe Monthly. Who knows, your onions may be the largest in the village by weight and girth. All Age Worship: There will be a Family Service in St Nicholas church Boughton Malherbe on Sunday, May 28 at 9.30am. Tuesday prayers will be in Ulcombe church on May 30 at 9.30am. Apprenticeship presentation: See
the Lenham column. Correspondent: Daniel Lavender, 1B Forge Lane, Headcorn, TN27 9QG Mob: 07421983115 Apprenticeship presentation: On Wednesday, May 31, there is An Employers Guide to Apprenticeships. MidKent College is a significant provider of apprenticeship training and supports more than 900 apprentices located in businesses across the region.