Rainbows reach new heights
Rainbows were soaring at a Maidstone adventure centre, when they took to the climbing wall. The group of youngsters spent the night at Lower Grange Farm in Grange Lane, which is owned by Kent Scouts, before taking part in a range of activities including reaching new heights by scrambling to the summit of the colourful ‘rock-face’. It was part of a trip organised by Shepway Rainbows, a group catering for five to seven-year-olds which was set up four years ago. Wednesday, September 20, at 7.45pm in St Andrew’s Church Hall run by Marion Lakeland. This week we will be having a quiz, so get your thinking caps on! St Margaret’s Lunch Club meet monthly. The club is open to all people so please contact Zal on 728618 if you wish to join. Page aged 18, the Queen’s own Royal West Kent Regiment. Meet for noon by the postbox at the entrance to Greensands Road. Wednesday 20th September - Arthur Wallace Goodwin, aged 25, the West Kent Yeomanry. Missing, presumed killed in action. No known grave. Meet for noon on Tower Lane at the entrance to Tower Gardens. Drop in afternoon: Thursday 21st September, 2.30pm to 4pm at Bearsted Methodist Church. Join for chat, board games and tea/ coffee/cake. Friday Club: Friday 15th September. For more information call Madeleine Stroud on 01622 737469. Coffee morning: Friday 22nd September at Holy Cross church room. For more information call Felicity on 07821 677462. Road closure: Plantation Lane will
be closed for Virgin Media works from Sunday, September 17. Correspondent: Sue Whiteoak Tel: 01634 660097 Local Redevelopment: Information this week from Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council about the proposed redevelopment of the Upper Bell public house site has caused mixed reactions in the village. The proposal is to build 10 flats and four semi-detached houses on ground previously occupied by the pub. The site is now an unsightly boarded up corner of land at the top of the old part of the A229 where it used to join the top of Blue Bell Hill. Appeals are with the Borough Council. Ladies’ Group: Members of St
Alban’s Housewives’ Fellowship Charity afternoon tea: Bella and Alice Kish invite us to afternoon tea at the vicarage in Vicarage Road on Sunday September 17 from 3.30-5.30pm. Bella is raising money for World Challenge which she will be completing next year with a trek through the Cambodian jungle, followed by community work in the local villages. Alice will be spending a couple of months in The Gambia with our local charity School Gambia, teaching maths and science to students there and helping to set up a teenage girls’ social group. Tickets at £7.50 each for the event KFHS Grand Autumn Show: THE KENT FEDERATION OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES GRAND AUTUMN SHOW The Federation has chosen to hold this show at the spacious Ditton Community Centre in Kiln Barn Road for the 8th year in a row. Sunday 17 September 1.45 to 4.15pm. Entry is £1 and children come in free. This is the “sister” show to our Summer Show held in the Flower tent at the County Show at Detling Showground 7 to 9 July. Come and see the lovely Vegetables and Fruit, which have to be good to eat, also Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, other Flowers, Baking, Preserves and Crafts. Competiton entries come from gardeners and craftspeople from all over Kent. One major class has multiple parts and is for competition between member societies. We have excellent refreshments, a Raffle and are happy to give gardening advice. Ample free parking. See you there! 01732 844071 rich.kfhs@blueyonder.co.uk www.kentfed.com Ditton Heritage Centre AGM: Ditton