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Sheldwich

Correspondent: Deborah West Tel: 01795 538355 debsy_h@yahoo.co.uk Sheldwich W.I: On the Green members are looking forward to watching a demonstration on the joys of making chocolate goodies with Jane Napper at our meeting, Monday April 8. The doors of Sheldwich village hall open from 7pm, the kettle will be on to welcome you, for 7.30pm start of business. We meet on the second Monday of each month. Visitors are welcome to two free visits and all ages are welcome from young adult to those that remember milk bottle with cardboard tops and TV broadcasts were in black and white. Do come and join us for friendly, varied and interesting meetings. Contacts: president Freda Wilkinson 01795 539406; vice president Sandy Moriarty 01795 535977; secretary Margot Allison 01795 539662. If you have an item concerning Shepherdswell, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Shottenden, please contact the correspondent above. 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 March 17: 9.30am Sung Eucharist; 6.30pm Evensong at Maynard & Cotton’s Hospital, Hospital Lane, Stour Street Lent Lectures: Saints through the Ages. Every Tuesday through Lent, 12.30pm, followed by a light lunch. Tuesday March 19: Saints through Art by iconographer Peter Murphy Methodist Church: Saturday March 16, 7.30pm. Music at St Peter’s Concert, David Rees-williams Trio. Expect to hear from the likes of Bach, Gibbons, Purcell and Wesley, to Greig, Franck. Elgar and others. Tickets £18, full-time students half price. Sunday March 17: 10.30am Morning Worship and Junior Church. Contemporary Theology Group: Wednesday March 20, 7.30pm. Speaker Trevor Dennis, retired Chancellor and Vice Dean of Chester Cathedral, formerly Tutor in Old Testament Studies at Salisbury and Wells Theological College: The Bible as Art: how to enjoy it, how to play with it.

St Stephen’s, Canterbury

Correspondent: Shirley Hagger, 69 Broad Oak Road, Canterbury, CT2 7PN Tel: 01227 456602 brightberries69@gmail.com Horticultural Society: Tuesday March 19. The AGM, quiz and Fish and Chip supper will be in the Church hall, 7.30pm. £5 to include raffle tickets and tea or coffee. Annual subscriptions will be due at the AGM at £5. If you have not already ordered Fish and Chips, please ring 01227 760718 Food Bank: The food bank for contributions from parishioners is the yellow bin in the Church porch. Please remember to help to give food to those who are struggling to feed their families. Toilet Twinning: We have been asked to donate towards toilet-twinning. This is where a parish donates to pay for a toilet in a developing country. If enough is raised for this cause, there could be enough for a toilet block. We are hoping to raise enough for two toilet blocks.

Staple

Correspondent: Margaret Ann Russell Mob: 07818 401048 pipmccredie@hotmail.com Welcome to Yoga: Please note that the telephone number for Sue is: 07826 027208. Please come and give yoga a try, village hall. Mondays 6.30-8pm. Everyone welcome. 2nd session free. For further information please contact Sue on the above number.

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 Blooming Lovely: St Nicholas Church will be hosting a flower festival, April 6-7, 11am-4pm. Contact Pauline Louch 01227 710447. Diary Date: April 13, Easter Teaster Family Fun Day, St. Nicholas Church, will include a cake competition. Light refreshments will be available. To book or details of the cake recipe please contact Pauline Louch 01227 710447. Judging of cake, 10am prompt. Trains: The next public running day, April 14 at The Track, Marlow Meadows, Fordwich. Contact Ernie Millard 07710 747069. Bookings for parties are now being taken. If you have an item concerning Tankerton, please contact the correspondent above.

Teynham

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Tyler Hill

Correspondent: Penny Whiting, 61 Hackington Road, Tyler Hill, Canterbury, CT2 9NE Tel: 01227 471566 robinwhitingoftyler@hotmail.com PARISH COUNCIL: Next meeting of Hackington Parish Council is the Annual Parish Assembly, Thursday March 20 at the earlier time of 7pm in the upstairs room of Tyler Hill Memorial Hall. This will be followed by the Parish Council meeting. Society Walk: The Blean, Hackington and Tyler Hill Society are planning a bracing spring walk on Saturday March 16. All are invited to join a walk along the cliffs and Beach at Reculver. The walk should take about an hour with a refreshment stop at a cafe on route. Please meet at the memorial hall for car sharing, 11am or at Reculver Drive Road, Beltinge car park, 11.30am. Book in by email to pottery949@gmail. com Gardening Society: Next meeting of Tyler Hill Gardening Society, Wednesday March 20, 7.30pm, memorial hall. The speaker, Aidan Potts from Canterbury City Council, will be updating members on recycling, Non members are therefore very welcome at a cost of £2. Memorial Hall: The management committee AGM will take place in the upstairs meeting room, Friday March 14, commencing at 7.45pm. The agenda will include the presentation of the annual accounts, reports by the chairman and local organisations and the election of the committee for the coming year.

Upstreet

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Waltham

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Westbere

Correspondent: Lisa Laws, 20 Westbere Lane, Westbere, Canterbury, CT2 0HH lisalaws@btinternet.com PARISH COUNCIL: Diana Poulter has been re-appointed for a further 4-year term of office as one of the Westbere Charity’s Trustees. A resident has suggested that the red phone box at Shrubbery Corner be considered for a lending library. Residents are now deemed to own their own bins and if any go missing or become damaged, they must pay for replacements themselves. The village hall has had new windows installed. A resident has suggested that Wi-fi should be installed in the village hall and has offered to help organise it and raise funds to pay for it. The PC could take on the responsibility and it was agreed that they could ask the resident to submit details and a plan and costs. First, the Clerk needs to resolve the request to Royal Mail for a hall entry on the Postal Address File (PAF) as this is needed by BT & other providers before carrying out a survey and quote. Hersden Primary School wants to change its name and is asking people for suggestions. All CCC car parks are being converted to ANPR style charging. Residents need to open a new registered charging account for the newly converted car parks. Paths walked in the two fields site, Staines Hill. The Clerk has researched the next steps required to get paths across the site added to the definitive map. Flooding of CB91. Tree works carried out by Bellway Homes may have exacerbated flooding of the path at the bottom of the two fields site. Cllr Laws will draft a letter to Bellway Homes to remind them that as the landowner they have a statutory duty to maintain an accessible path. Church wall repairs. The contractor has said they can complete the work and invoice by March 31 2019. Cllr Dawson is to retire from the PC and not stand for the next four-year term. Any person wishing to stand will need to complete a nomination form. Annual Electors meeting Tuesday March 26 2019, National Grid have confirmed they will provide a guest speaker. Tree management: A policy/ strategy for trees in the churchyards and the village green should be considered. The official requirement is that the PC take “a reasonable duty of care” when it comes to assessing its responsibility to risk and ideally that inspections should be undertaken by someone with expertise and qualifications. This will be followed up. Planning: 23 Bushy Hill Road. Proposed single-storey side and rear extensions, 6 dormers to front and rear elevations and hip to gable roof extensions to provide additional living accommodation in the roof space, together with porch to front elevation and detached garage. Hoplands Farm, Island Road, Hersden. Proposed detached three-storey dwelling following demolition of agricultural building. GRANTED by CCC. Plot at Thomas Way, Lakesview Business Park. Proposed 1-part single-storey & part two-storey building, 1 no. two-storey building and 1 no. single-storey building comprising 14 no. units for light industrial and office use. GRANTED by CCC. Unit L, 10 Stone Way, Hersden. Proposed single-storey side extension to spray shop. GRANTED by CCC. The Persimmon development of 800 homes at Hersden is progressing, and there will be a public consultation in April/may when more details are finalised, such as suitable accesses. Hoplands Farm, Island Road. Application for approval of reserved matters relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 175 no. dwellings on Phases 1A and 1B. This was GRANTED. Resident Tonny Van De Broek spoke as did Barrie Gore from CPRE - they raised the issue of the lack of a Habitat Regulations Assessment on the original granting of the outline application, but Simon Thomas Head of Planning advised that the planning permission given in 2017 was lawful, and an HRA is now in place. Natural England confirmed they have signed off the HRA and all mitigation is covered in the reserved matters application. The vote was taken and came in at 11: 0 to grant, no members against, and no member abstained from voting. The Hoplands Farm application CA/17/02913 was approved on 5 March 2019. Red Row has bought Little Hoplands house. Forthcoming Events: Tuesday March 19: Parish Council Meeting, 7.30pm, village hall; Tuesday March 26: Annual Electors’ Meeting 7pm, village hall. Saturday March 30: Churchyard Clearance. Westbere Chislet Bowls Club: Chislet Colliery Welfare Association Bowls Club play their bowls on the Green adjacent to the Recreation Ground in Hersden. They are holding Open Days on Saturday-sunday April 13-14 from 11am each day (weather permitting). If you would like to try this genteel sport at their friendly Club just bring along a pair of flat shoes and give it a try. There will be free coaching on both days. Suitable for people of all ages. If you require further information please ring Dave Cowley (Hon. Secretary) 01227 710640. Friday April 19: 11am Good Friday meditation at All Saints Church, Westbere. Sunday April 21: 11am Easter Eucharist at All Saints Church, If you have an item concerning Whitstable, please contact the correspondent above. 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 Wingham Produce Association: AGM, Miles Room village hall, Tuesday March 19, 2pm. Veg show, flowers, pot plants, baking etc. New members welcome. All age groups. Wingham Cricket Club: Quiz night, March 23, 7.30pm. The pavilion at the Recreation ground. £5 per person tables of 8. Bring your own food. The pavilion is available for bookings for birthday parties and meetings etc. with a bar in situ. WI: New members are always welcome. Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month, 7.30pm, Miles Room village hall. March 18, welcomes speaker Amanda Burrows who will be recounting stories of a Lancaster Bomber Pilot. Wingham Football Club: The club made their way to the semi finals of the Faversham Charity Cup this weekend after a 3-2 win over Charing. Next week the team are looking to continue their unbeaten streak in the League. Good luck.

Womenswold

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Wychling

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Canterbury and District Welsh Society Cymdeithas Cymraeg Caergaint Sixty members and guests of the Canterbury and District Welsh Society including the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Colin Spooner, the Lady Mayoress, and the President of Canterbury Welsh, Peter Williams celebrated the 50th anniversary of their founding with a St David’s Day lunch at Howfield Manor on Saturday March 2. The Chairman, Nesta King, welcomed everyone and after toasts to Dewi Sant and the Queen, Ken Hando, a founding member, gave a short history of the Society. The grace was said in Welsh by Viv Pritchard, before everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch. Jim Idwal Davies then gave a most informative and amusing talk on Welsh migration to the coalfields of East Kent. A raffle was held, the proceeds of which will be donated to local charities. Corinne Hagan played the harp throughout the meal and Canterbury Film Makers Club A club to encourage the production of motion pictures as a hobby. The club meets in the morning of the 2nd Friday each month. The last meeting was a club visit to the Museum of the Moving Image in Deal (https://www.kentmomi.org/). Next meeting 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. Our website 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 Photographic Society Renowned awarding winning and published local landscape photographer Alex Hare shared his photographic journey with members at Wednesday’s meeting. He thought that a career in the Royal Marines would suit his love of outdoor pursuits and travel but became disillusioned and soon left to train as a solicitor. His love of photography took hold and he began to travel with his camera and was influenced by the likes of Ansel Adams, Charlie Waite and Joe Cornish. He learned much from their approach to photography. He plotted their locations and mapped their viewpoints but gradually took great satisfaction in capturing photographs from a different vantage point and in different conditions making the images his own. He is a firm believer of doing the best you can with the equipment available to you and achieving as much in camera as possible to reduce the time spent in the digital darkroom but accepts that this is an essential part of giving life to an image that you have taken the time to capture. His presentation included some excellent examples of his successful images and the stories behind what made them memorable images but he wasn’t shy to share those early images, some taken on film cameras, and point out his mistakes and how he learned and progressed. The next meeting will be the last of the projected digital image competitions and the set subject is ‘Rain’. Potential new members and guests always welcome. Please visit www. canterburyphotograohicsociety. com or phone Wendy Kennett 07540 519182.

Canterbury Society of Art Canterbury Society of Art held their AGM, Blean village hall, Monday February 25, which was extremely well attended. Chairman, Wendy Child, gave a summary of the Society’s activities during the past year, and Treasurer Andy Mcnally gave a summary of the Society’s financial status. After the formal business of electing members to the Committee, the meeting was then given a stimulating talk and slide show by Richard Goodenough, on the subject of “The Impressionists and their gardens”. The society has now launched its new Spring/ Summer schedule of Monday evening events, which was “kicked off” on Monday March 3 by a Costume Model drawing session. The ongoing programme will include professional demonstrations of techniques and practical exercises. In July there will be ‘Plein Air’ painting opportunities in and around the Canterbury area. The Society’s first exhibition will be held at St. Pauls Church, 15 Church Street CT1 1NH, April 9-13, open 10am-4pm. For full details of the Society’s activities please visit our web site www.canterburysocietyofart.org.uk

Faversham Horticultural Society The Society’s next social meeting will be held, 7.30pm, Wednesday March 20, Age UK Centre, Middle Row, Faversham (access to car park via Crescent Road) when the speaker will be J Heather Silk on “Wild Flowers of Kent Downlands”. New members welcome. The Spring show will be held Saturday March 30, 12pm, West Faversham Community Centre. There will be classes for daffodils, indoor plants and vegetables, as well as classes for floral arrangements, home economics, craft and children’s entries. There will be a presentation on Thursday May Herne Bay Photographic Club We had a double helping of photography this week. On Monday a group of members made the journey to Parkwood Camera Club, Rainham, for our annual inter-club battle. This competition is a digital one, with each club providing 20 images each. The subject for the competition, this year set by Herne Bay, was “Light and Shade”. Our judge for the evening was regular favourite Glyn Barham LRPS CPAGB. Herne Bay did well, with three top-scoring images: ‘Loch Duich’ by Eileen Wilkinson ARPS, CPAGB, AFIAP, ‘Misty Morning’ by Denise Smith, and ‘Stop Pulling’ by Steve Roberts LRPS. However Parkwood were the eventual winners. Well done to them, and we look forward to welcoming them to Herne Bay next year. March 19, we have a members’ evening to make the selection for the highly competitive Girls v Boys competition. March 26, we have a critique evening for prints, with the subject “Water”. There will also be an ‘Open’ section. Our judge for the evening will be Andy Smith LRPS. The club welcomes new members, young and not so young, experienced and newbies to the hobby. Come along and meet us on a Tuesday evening, Beacon Centre, Sea Street, 8-10pm (doors open 7.45pm). £2 on the door. If you join, membership will be £25 (reduced from £35, for the second half of the season). All under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. For more information contact secretary@ hernebayphotoclub.co.uk telephone or text the secretary Denise Smith 07867 665554 visit us on Facebook or check out our website www.hernebayphotoclub. co.uk

Oaten Hill and South Canterbury Association April 6, 10am: Litter Pick, meet at junction of New Dover Road and Lichfield Avenue. April 7, 3-4.30pm: Gardeners’ Question Time, MS Centre, Merton Lane. April 11 and May 15, 3pm: Dropin at the Old City Bar, Dover Street, discuss local issues with committee members. May 5: Bluebell Walk, further details to follow. May 27, 10.30am-12.30pm: Plant Share, 20 Ethelbert Road. Weekly walks, about 1hr, leave K&C Hospital main entrance every Wednesday and Friday, 9.30am sharp. New members are always very welcome, annual subscription, £5 per household. Details of how to join at www.ohsca.org.uk

Newsdesk: 01227 475985 www.kentonline.co.uk Thursday, March 14, 2019 Kentish Gazette (KG)