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ing starts at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Take your own drinks and nibbles or order supper from the Chequers Fish Bar. Contact Catherine or Andrew on 01622 858686 or from Len Valley News or St Marys coffee morning 10am every Saturday Correspondent: Robert Hanvik Mob: 07900 930824 robert.kentmessenger@ gmail.com Correspondent: Robert Hanvik Mob: 07900 930824 robert.kentmessenger@ gmail.com Planning: The parish council planning committee will meet on Monday, August 15 at 7pm, at the parish pavilion, King George V Playing Field, Walnut Tree Lane. The public are welcome to attend. Correspondent: Hannah Qureshi Mob: 07527 449540 hannah.kmlocal@ hotmail. com Sign language courses: There are spaces on a British Sign Language course from levels 1-3 including pre-level 3. Course coordinator Naomi Lemar said: “Knowing British Sign Language is an extra skill that makes a great addition to your CV.” Students will be taught by a qualified BSL tutor. Courses are run at Hi Kent, Brewer Street. For information on any BSL courses, contact Naomi Lemar on 01622 691151 or email n.lemar@hikent. org.uk All aboard: See the Aylesford
column. Maidstone Museum: On Saturday August 27, the museum, St Faith’s Street, will be holding the workshop Bean A Sack from 10:30am1pm and 1:30pm-4pm. Create a useful and decorative notice board and container from a coffee bean sack. Tickets cost £10. Cafe culture is a free monthly drop-in sessions for those aged over 65 provides an opportunity to learn more about the items held in the museum’s collections. Join in on the final Friday of the month (August 26) in the museum cafe from 10:30am-11:30am for chats and object handling. On Thursday August 25, the museum will be holding a Museum Lates film night from 6pm-9pm with Splintered Cinema showing Trash, an action adventure filmed in Brazil. Enjoy a traditional Brazilian meal of black bean Feijoada served with rice and deep fried banana and cabbage Mineira while you watch, with a free Cachaca cocktail! Veggie option available – state when booking (Certificate 15). Tickets £8. Make it workshops: Join in one of these fun summer holiday workshops and use recycled materials to create a toy or a game to play with. Will you make a cup and ball game, a game of skittles, or maybe create your own? Suitable for ages four-11. Drop-in and join in the activities. £2 per child. Workshops run from Wednesday to Friday August 17-19 and 24-26. Workshops times: 10:30am-12:30pm and 1pm-3pm. Gary Hughes: The Point of Landscape in Cornwall is a free all day exhibition at the museum cafe until Sunday, August 28. All the work featured in this exhibition by Gary Hughes was painted recently in Cornwall. It signs, largely through the use of pointillist technique, aspects of the county familiar to its many visitors. The work intends to provide a semantic simplicity through complex application to content: such is the nature of Cornwall. For information on all the above visit www.museum. maidstone.gov.uk Big Fun Run: Run for fitness, run
for charity, run for fun. There’s no pressure, just some easy moves and lots of laughs. It’s all about getting involved, having fun and enjoying the whole experience of the day. On Saturday August 27 through Maidstone hosted by Group B Strep Support (GBSS). Start time 11am. Tickets £12.49/£10.49. Registration closes Thursday August 18 at 5pm. All ages welcome. Dog jog: The Dog Jog series are for you and your dog to get fit and have fun. Mote Park’s Dog Jog is on Saturday, August 27 at 2pm. Each event offers a relaxed and fun atmosphere with no times and no pressure. When you cross the finish line you’ll receive a doggy bag jam-packed with goodies for both you and your dog, as well as Dog Jog Collar Keyring medal! Live music: The band Bad Pandas are playing at Earls, 30 Earl Street on Saturday August 20 from 8:30pm. Adult education courses: Are you thinking about taking a course, but need some inspiration? Go along to St Faiths Adult Education Centre, St Faiths on Wednesday September 7 from 10am, to get hands-on with a number of courses before you decide which one to enrol on. Open air theatre: Ideal for the whole family, Mote Park is hosting an open air theatre featuring a Beatrix Potter play and a Shakespeare classic on Thursday, August 18. Four Little Rabbits is from 3pm. Peter Rabbit knows very well that he is not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but he cannot resist. Beatrix Potter’s original tales are brought to life in this delightful adaptation by Michael Whitmore. The Tempest is from 6:30pm. “O brave new world. That has such people in’t”. Quantum Theatre presents Shakespeare’s final masterpiece, a magical tale of love and sorcery, dark hearts and treachery, truth and theatrical illusion. Tickets cost £4 for adults and Fremlin Kids Club: Go Tri: Correspondent: Mo Clayton Tel: 01622 831529 tillergirl2913@ aol.com Light lunch: The last of the Light 3Ts summer lunches will be held on Monday August 22 at 12.30pm in the Vestry Hall. No need to book and a vegetarian option is available. The cost is £5. Thursday Club: A picnic for members will be held on Thursday, August 18 from noon at the Village Club. On Wednesday, August 24, Correspondent: Martin Hider Tel: 01622 736327 mhider5@ gmail.com Party: A tea party will take place at St Nicholas Church on Thursday, August 25 at 3pm. Note that this party will take place a week later