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phins Youth Club,every term time Friday. New members are always welcome and the first night for new members is free. The sessions, at Dolphins Hall, 6-7.30pm, 5-11 years. The charge per session is just £2 which includes a drink, biscuits and sweets to take home. If you want to join a local fun packed club on a Friday, contact the organiser, Pauline 01304 841332. Farmers Market Saturday: Saturday March 2, 9.30am12pm. The change to Saturday is to encourage folk who work during the week. Stalls will include: fresh bread and cakes, cards, veg, jams, baby knitting, bird boxes, felt items and lovely homemade refreshments. Mobile Library Stop: The mobile library next stops for half an hour, pub car park, 2.30pm, Friday February 22. If you have an item concerning Northgate, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above.

Oare

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Oaten Hill, Canterbury

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Old Wives Lees

Correspondent: Elisabeth Arter, April Cottage Pilgrims Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8AB Tel: 01227 730752 garden@arter2.plus.com Pumping Station: A paper providing an update on the Long Hill pumping works including the offer of a recognition payment of £1000 had been published with the agenda for the parish council’s February meeting. Council accepted the report and instructed the clerk to accept the recognition payment and add it to the Old Wives Green ring-fenced fund. No Objection: The parish council has raised no objection to a Proposed first floor extension over garage at Owl Cottage, Bowerland Lane, Old Wives Lees. United: The Methodist Minister, the Rev Tim Nicholls will preach at the Monthly United family service, Old Wives Lees village hall, Sunday February 23, 10.30am. All are welcome If you have not been to one of the services before you will find a friendly atmosphere, with time to chat over coffee and biscuits at the end.

Ospringe

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Painters Forstal

Vacancy: If you would like to be correspondent for Painters Forstal, please contact us by email: kmgvillages@thekmgroup. co.uk Gardeners’ Club: The Painters Forstal Gardeners Club held it’s Annual General Meeting, Monday February 11. The members and committee thank the team in the kitchen who supplied the teas and coffees and of course the much appreciated cake.the new club booklets were handed out and those of you who were unable to make the meeting we will be taking subs at the March meeting and also have the new club booklets available together with the 2019 show schedules. Subscriptions remain at £5. We have a very busy year of events lined up for members which includes a coach outing to RHS Hyde Hall in June and still time to get your name down for this outing. Please contact Marion our club secretary if you want to reserve a place. In the meantime, check out the club website for more information. The next club meeting is Monday March 11, 7.30pm when guest speaker Kevin Tooher will help us understand the Latin connection with plants. New members are very welcome. www. paintersforstalgardenersclub. org.uk

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Preston

Correspondent: Sue Taylor, Langton House, The Street, Preston, CT3 1DP news4preston@gmail.com If you have an item concerning Preston, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Rhodes Minnis, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Selling, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Sheldwich, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Shepherdswell, please contact the correspondent above. Correspondent: Elisabeth Arter, April Cottage Pilgrims Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8AB Tel: 01227 730752 garden@arter2.plus.com PARISH COUNCIL: The parish council has raised no objection to a Proposed front porch and access steps at 3 Lower Road, Stone Stile Road, Shottenden. If you have an item concerning St Dunstan’s, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above.

St Peter’s, Canterbury

Correspondent: Carolyn Farrar Mob: 07778 391820 Tel: 01227 455994 carolyncfarrar@gmail.com Parish Church: Sunday February 24 9.30am Sung Eucharist. St Mildred’s: Sunday February 24 11am Sung Eucharist. Methodist Church: Sunday February 24 10.30am Morning Worship. If you have an item concerning St Stephen’s, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above.

Staple

Correspondent: Margaret Ann Russell Mob: 07818 401048 pipmccredie@hotmail.com Bingo, Bangers & Beans: Following on from last year’s very successful event, we have decided to hold another family game of Bingo at Staple village hall, Saturday March 2, 7.30pm. This event is being held to raise some funds for a very worthwhile charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital. Trevor Bartlett’s nephew, Owen Bartlett, will be taking part in ‘Ride Across Britain’ in September this year and will be cycling from Land’s End to John O’groats in aid of the hospital. The classic challenge ride of just over 1,000 miles will take the riders all the way from the tip of Cornwall to the tip of Scotland. Owen is already well into his training for this challenging event. He has to raise £2,500 so we thought it would be a lovely idea to support him in this very worthwhile endeavour. Back by popular demand our bingo caller will once again be the lovely Maxine from Broadstairs. Bingo books will be £1 each and we will end the evening with he ‘flyer’ round. Entrance is £5, which will include a meal of sausages, jacket potatoes, cheese and beans, or homemade curry and chilli and a vegetarian option. Please bring your own drinks. We will also be holding a raffle and prizes would be most welcome. To book, please text or ring Trevor 07980 300084 or email cllrtrevorbartlett@ dover.gov.uk Quiz Night: Please join us at Staple village hall, Saturday March 30 for our quiz, in aid of the restoration of St James The Great Church in Staple. Please try and support this event with a team of up to 8 people, it’s bring your own food and drinks. £5 entrance starting 7.30pm. All enquiries, and bookings to Trevor Bartlett 07980 300084 or email cllrtrevorbartlett@dover. gov.uk.

Stelling Minnis

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Stodmarsh

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Stourmouth

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Sturry

Correspondent: Barb Dice, 6 Pleydell Crescent, Sturry, Canterbury, CT2 0LQ Mob: 07421 029548 Tel: 01227 710218 Library: Computers will not be available at Sturry library on April 10 between 9-10am as there will be IT maintenance. Apologies for any inconvenience. Walking: February 24, the theme for the Fordwich walk is Romans to WW2. Meet, Library Green, 11am. Come prepared for muddy areas. There will be a collection of £2 for Pilgrims Hospice. Singing: The Salvation Army Songsters of Canterbury in concert at St. Nicholas Church, March 9, 7pm. £7 per person and £1 for under 18’s. Refreshments will be served. Proceeds for Church repairs. Diary Date: Indoor market and table top sale, March 23, 9.30am-12.30pm, Broadoak village hall. Tables for hire £5 each. Contact Jackie 01227 711200 to book. If you have an item concerning Tankerton, please contact the correspondent above.

Teynham

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Thanington

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Throwley

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Upstreet

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Waltham

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Whitstable

Correspondent: Ann Lyons, 22 Martindown Road, Whitstable, CT5 4PX Mob: 07718 114691 ann1951_lyons@hotmail.com The Rotary Club of Whitstable: Rotary International are holding a Rotary Day throughout the World, Saturday February 23 and Whitstable Rotary are “doing their thing” outside Whitstable Library, 9am-5pm. We shall be serving tea, coffee and cakes to passers-by and we will have some posters showing the huge input Rotary has had, both financially, manpower and organisation terms in Polio Eradication. We will also have one of the Shelter boxes on display that are distributed throughout the world to assist the population when disasters happen. There will be many of our Club Rotarians standing by to answer any questions you might have. Why not come and see us? You will receive a warm welcome. If you have an item concerning Wickhambreaux, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Wincheap, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above.

Wingham

Correspondent: John Grand grandjp@talktalk.net History Society: Meet in the Miles Room, village hall, February 21, 8pm. Fun Quiz: February 21, 8pm, The Anchor Inn. £1 per person entry. Bowls Club: Village hall, 6.309.30pm, February 22. Music: “We Ghosts “play at the Anchor Inn. 8.30pm, February 22. Wine and Wisdom: Friends of St Marys, Saturday February 23, village hall . Tickets £6, tables of 8, commencing 7.30pm. Contact Lynne 01227 722979. The big prize night in aid of The Fabric Account for St Marys Church to be held in the Village Hall. Jazz Balbao Dance: The Anchor Inn Evening Dance, February 23. 1.30-2pm Intro to Jazz Age Partner Conga with Andrew Hall; 2.15-3.45pm Beginners Jazz Steps; 4.15-5.30pm Balboa; 7.30pm Evening Dance. Nikki Santilli returns to The Anchor in Arts Centre. She has been teaching Balboa for the past 7 years and runs The Paper Moon Club in Covent Garden. The day finishes with an evening of swing and rock and roll.there will be time before the first class and between the classes and evening dance, to enjoy a meal. Prices £22 including evening dance. £20 excluding evening dance. £5 evening dance only. £1 off all prices for Students/nhs staff. Payment on the night. Lloyds Mobile Bank: February 25 Lloyds mobile bank visits the village hall car park, 1.30-2.45pm History Society: Meet in the Miles Room village hall, February 21, 8pm. Wingham Football Club: The team have reached the Kent Cup semi final after their 3-1 win against Ide Hill reserves last week. The semi-final will be held Saturday March 2 against Gillingham Green. Not only are they through to the Kent Cup but after this weekend Wingham FC managed to continue their unbeaten streak in the league with a 6-1 win against Bull Reserves. The team are travelling to Gillingham by coach and supporters are more than welcome. Please contact the Pavilion.

Womenswold

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Wychling

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Canterbury & District Probus Club There was a talk about the work of the Kent Air Ambulance at the February coffee morning of The Canterbury and District Probus Club. The next lunch will be Thursday February 28, Marine Hotel, Tankerton. Members who wish to attend, but who have not booked with Doug Warner, should advise him as soon as possible. Probus is a social club for retired professional and business men (there is a separate club for ladies). It meets twice a month, once for coffee and a talk, at the Kent and Canterbury Club, and once for lunch at the Marine Hotel, Tankerton. For more information contact the Secretary 719247.

Canterbury Croquet Club The winning Hoopers team, with organisers Dave and Debbie Barwick, standing, at Canterbury Croquet Club’s quiz at Polo Farm.

Canterbury Film Makers Club The next meeting will be March 8. It will be a club visit to the Museum of the Moving Image in Deal https://www.kentmomi.org/ The next at our usual venue will be April 12, All Saints Church, Military Road, Canterbury CT1 1PA. We hope this location will make it easy, for all, to get to us. www. canterburyfilmmakers.club Contact cfm@canterburyfilmmakers.club Why not come along and meet us, a warm welcome awaits new members in a friendly atmosphere.

Canterbury Inner Wheel Club Canterbury Inner Wheel Club recently held a curry supper for members at the home of President Pat Wakeham to raise funds for the Institute for Rural Health Studies in India. This is the Club’s chosen international charity for 201819. The charity provides quality primary healthcare clinics in rural India as well as home visits and referrals to hospitals in the towns when necessary. An enjoyable evening supporting a good cause.

Canterbury Photographic Society Camera club judge Darren Woolway cast his experienced eye over members prints last week. He is by trade a commercial photographer specialising in car advertising and very used to scrutinising images for any little distraction or imperfection. There was an opportunity for him to explain the criteria of his judging before he commenced his critique on each image. This was the third print competition in the league and the set subject to be judged first was ‘Picture Postcard’. Some members took the brief quite literally and produced an assortment of postcard designs which included the addition of type to their work. Others interpreted the brief as a pretty picture postcard scene so there was a huge variety for Darren to comment on. He gave excellent feedback on each image, useful tips on improvement either at the point of image capture or in post processing. Members are now preparing for the Annual Panel competition to be held, February 27, which will be judged by Premier judge Kirsty Ralphs. New members and guests are always very welcome. Please see our website for more details www. canterburyphotographicsociety. com or alternatively phone Wendy Kennett 07540 519182.

Kent Family History Society – Canterbury Branch Peter Ewart was the speaker at the meeting, February 8. His talk was entitled ‘When in Want and Distress – Records of the Parish Overseer’. He explained that searching through certain records may help with discovering more about family ancestors. Having explored various Church records himself, he gave examples of what he had found. The next meeting is Friday March 8, when the speaker will be Gillian Rickard and her talk is entitled ‘Emigration from Kent in the 19th Century’. The KFHS will have a help desk at the cathedral archives, Saturday March 2, 9.15am-12.45pm. Anyone interested in tracing their family history/ancestors are welcome to come along. Pre booking is essential so please telephone the Archives beforehand 01227 865330. Meetings are held at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Watling Street, Canterbury CT1 2UA. Watling Street car park is next to the Church, and Whitefriars multi-storey car park is directly opposite. Canterbury bus station is one minute walk away. Details can be found on the website http://www.kfhs.org.uk/ canterbury Doors open 6.30pm, talk starts 7.30pm. Non-members are welcome to attend most branch meetings for a fee of £2.

League of Friends of Kent and Canterbury Hospital Patients with voice problems should not face long journeys for diagnosis in the future, thanks to a hospital’s league of friends. In 2006 the League of Friends of Kent and Canterbury Hospital bought specialist equipment to diagnose patients’ complex voice problems. That equipment was now on its last legs, the league’s central committee meeting heard last week. Ear, nose and throat specialist Alistair Balfour and Annie Elias, a consultant in lung therapies, said that the clinic provided a fantastic service for patients of all ages. Videos of voice boxes could reveal causes of problems in fine detail. In some cases lives could be saved. The clinic urgently needed a new, digital, stroboscope system costing £72,844 to ensure it could continue operating. The new equipment would be even more amazing than the old; probably the best in the world. If the existing equipment failed, the clinic might close and East Kent patients would have to travel to Brighton or south-east London. The clinic is asking the East Kent Hospitals’ own charity to provide five nasenendoscopes at a cost of £124,029. Mr Balfour said that the most urgent need was for new stroboscopes. The meeting agreed to pay for them after being assured that they would work with the existing endoscopes. The meeting also approved a request from the hospital’s nutrition and quality improvement department for 13 X PH strip reading devices costing £16,029. Jill Fell, head of clinical photography and illustration, was granted £2,788 to buy six cameras with accessories and two Ipads. Other gifts made were, £655 for overnight packs for relatives of patients receiving end-of-life care; four easyclean partition screens for the physiotherapy clinic; and £747,20 for a Sara steady transfer aid for the renal dialysis department.

Potterers Cycling Club Meet us for a lunchtime drink. This is not an organised cycle ride. We make our way to the pub individually. We have “Meets” Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12.30pm. Wednesday February 27, The White Horse, Boughton Street; Thursday 28, The Rose, Rotary Club of Canterbury The Club’s silence over the past six weeks has not been due to hibernation, rather a surfeit of activity, including the judging of a children’s writing competition : the literacy of youngsters in their first years at school bears witness to the commendable work of their teachers. A number of members have also carried out mock interviews at a local school on a one-to-one basis. Interviewees (16 years old) and interviewers all agreed it was a very worthwhile exercise. On the social side, while all the speakers at the Tuesday luncheon meetings have been interesting, the illustrated talk by Past President Richard Kemball-cook deserves a special mention. This intrepid Rotarian is no stranger to the Indian sub-continent where he has helped to eradicate polio. This time, his wife Cora accompanied him for a leisurely break, if that is what one can call a 100k trek across Annapurna, which, for three years before the conquest of Everest, was the highest mountain over 8000m to have been scaled (by a French team whose leader, Maurice Herzog, lost his fingers and toes to frostbite in the process). Fortunately, our team was not aiming to reach the peak and so returned home unharmed, although, without the expertise of the Sherpa drivers of their vehicles on the way up along the narrowest of winding, precipitous mud and rock roads, it could have been a very different story. A more detailed account of this adventure can be found on the Club’s website at www.rotarycanterbury.org.uk More recently, the club has staged an Olde-time Music Hall show by the excellent Linden Players while Saint Valentine’s Day was celebrated by readings of love poems from around the world.

RSPB Canterbury Local Group Tim Hale’s tour of Slovenia brought us a comprehensive view of this little known part of Europe’s wildlife birds such as the attractive Slovenian grebe, also a surprising variety of eagle species. Brown bear proved shy, to some relief. Members learned of the country’s culture, some traditional farming methods appeared to advantage wildlife. Interest was expressed by all those present. The new members, as always were warmly welcomed. Our recent fundraiser, also of an international flavour was enjoyed by 36 supporters. Germany was the theme for many tasty dishes, researched, cooked and served by group volunteers. Reminders were given of the forthcoming field trips and Spring quiz night, to be held March 6. For details, visit rspb.org.uk/groups/canterbury.