COMMUNITY NEWS

Correspondent: Eleanor Bliss Tel: 01233 770082 eleanorbliss1@gmail.com

Village Tidy Week: Help keep Smarden beautiful, by joining in with the annual litter pick. Organised by Jo Morton. Saturday March 30 - Friday April 5. Details in the March Parish Magazine. For extra rubbish sacks, contact Jo, 770446, or jomorton551@btinternet.com Easter Duck Race: The Sports Association 19th annual duck race. Sunday April 21. Meet at Town Bridge at 1pm. Before the event, please purchase your duck from The Post Office, Dave the Butcher’s or the local pubs. There are three types; Ordinary Duck at £1; Super Duck at £5 and Endurance Duck at £5. Cash prizes.

Smarden Gardeners’ Meeting :

St Michaels

Correspondent: Emma Isworth, 11 Elmfield, Tenterden, TN30 6RE Tel: 01580 765518 e.isworth57@gmail. com Vacancy: If you would like to be correspondent for Stanhope, Ashford, please contact us by email: kmgvillages@ thekmgroup.co.uk

Stone-in-Oxney

Correspondent: Susan Lowrie, Rose Cottage, Stonein-Oxney Tel: 01233 758560 richardandsusan@btinternet.com Workers Educational Association: The Tenterden branch of the Workers Educational Association, Tuesday March 26, The Little Silver Country Hotel, 2-4.30pm when Brian Beeley will present a seminar on the Politics of the Middle East.

Friday, March 29, Trinity Baptist Church, Ashford Road, 10am-3pm for a day of Music Appreciation.

Each course £30, details from 01580 291406 pscutts@btinternet.com or 01622 842217 christineparkes@hotmail.co.uk

Book Fair: Highbury Hall, Saturday March 30, 9am-3pm. Multiple book dealers with a large selection of books. Details from cjhickmott@msn. com or call 01580 764395.

Wine Tasting: Fund-raising for the Hospice in the Weald, St Mildred’s Church Hall, Saturday March 30, 7pm. Tickets £25 to include all wine. To book, call 01580 388831.

Beatlemania: The Rockits, Rock and Pop Choir invite you to Make Your Voice Count with their fundraising extravaganza, St Mildred’s Church, Saturday April 6, 7pm. Live music, singalong to a Beatles medley. 500 people needed to fill the church. Tickets £10 to join in (music available on CD or download) available from This Ancient Boro or online https://rockitchoir.co.uk/beatlemania. php. Aiming to raise £5000 for Pilgrims Hospice.

Warehorne

Vacancy: If you would like to be correspondent for Warehorne, please contact us by email: kmgvillages@thekmgroup. co.uk

Westwell

Correspondent: Sue Wood, 14 Sandyhurst Lane, Westwell, Mothering Sunday: Coffee morning: Vacancy: If you would like to be correspondent for Willesborough / Newtown, please contact us by email: kmgvillages@thekmgroup. co.uk

Wittersham

Correspondent: Jennifer Maynard, 4a Swan Street, Wittersham, TN30 7PH Tel: 01797 270804 jennifermaynard55@gmail. com

All steam ahead: Film Society: Lent Lunch: