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Frindsbury Extra Parish Council
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Frindsbury Extra Parish Council Magazine, with its many articles and information which we hope you will find interesting. This is your Community magazine and we would love to hear your views and thoughts on any issue relating to Frindsbury Extra Parish Community and its residents, past, present and future. Please send all contributions to Roxana Brammer, via email to clerk@frindsburyextra-pc.gov.uk or call 01474 874343.
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PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES A big thank you goes out to all the local businesses that have advertised and supported Frindsbury Extra Parish Magazine. To advertise please call Carl on 01843 293062 Please mention Frindsbury Extra Parish Magazine when responding to advertisers Published by Community Ad Web Ltd 01843 834160 email info@communityad.co.uk web www.communityad.co.uk The views expressed in any published content are solely those of the contributors. The Publishers and Frindsbury Extra Parish Council accept no responsibility for the accuracy of any information contained in the publication. The contents of this magazine including images may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, downloaded or displayed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Frindsbury Extra Parish Council and/or Community Ad Web Ltd. Unless otherwise specified, the authors of the literary and artistic works in the pages in this magazine have asserted their moral right pursuant to Section 77 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of those works. The Publishers reserve the right not to publish a submission or part of a submission that they consider defamatory or otherwise inappropriate for publication.
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CONTACTS
Please make contact via the Clerk Roxana Brammer 01474 874343 clerk@frindsburyextra-pc.gov.uk or roxana@madasafish.com
Council Contacts Trevor Archer Val Archer
Gary Etheridge Peter Hicks
Peter Martin
Ope Onimole
Chris Buckwell
Fatima Mitchell
Chris Sparks
John Williams
Chairman David Coomber
Vice-chairman Geoffrey Moore
Medway Councillor for Strood Rural Peter Hicks Medway Council
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FINANCE
Individual Savings Account (ISA) A tax efficient way to save Chancellor George Osborne sprung a welcome surprise on investors and savers in his Budget in March 2014, with the most far-reaching changes to the tax-free Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) since its launch in 1999. The ISA annual allowance was raised to £15,000 and the previous restrictions on cash holdings within the tax-free wrapper were lifted. The ISA allowance for the 2015/16 tax year is £15,240. The old limit on the amount of cash that could be deposited in an ISA each year – which in April 2014 was £5,940 – was scrapped, and the whole allowance now applies to both cash and stocks and shares holdings. Essentially, ISA savings can now be held in any combination of stocks and shares or cash that an individual wishes, offering choice and flexibility to build a portfolio and to reflect people’s differing, and changing, appetites for risk. Individuals are still only able to pay into a maximum of one Cash ISA and one Stocks & Shares ISA each tax year.
The fundamental benefits of the ISA as a vehicle to create future wealth received a long-overdue boost from the changes. Rightly, the government believes the rise in the allowance and its decision to scrap the cash limits will make the system neater and less confusing. However, as Britain’s long-suffering savers are all too aware, cash deposits have offered dire returns over the five years that the Bank of England has held the base rate at 0.5%. Furthermore, the present level of returns on the majority of
cash savings is not sufficient to protect their value from inflation. However, the new flexibility to hold cash has effectively re-fitted the Stocks & Shares ISA into an even more versatile investment vehicle, providing individuals with a safer haven to ease concerns about short-term market volatility. Certainly, the previous restriction on the ability to shift money out of investments and into cash was a disincentive to lock into the potentially higher long-term returns offered by the stocks and shares element of ISAs. But savers who shied away from Stocks & Shares ISAs can now take advantage of exposure to stock market returns, and the potential to maximise the long-term benefits of the allowance by utilising all of the tax reliefs on offer, in the knowledge they have the freedom to transfer at any point. Remember that the favourable tax treatment given to ISAs is subject to changes in legislation and may not be maintained in future.
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COUNCIL
Thank You On behalf of myself and my two colleagues standing in the recent local elections last May, I am writing to thank residents for the tremendous support we received. Gaining a massive percentage of the votes cast, we have a solid working majority on Medway Council to implement the exciting and ambitious programme we have planned for the next four years. This includes continuing the downward pressure of the costs of the council by reducing waste, bureaucracy and inefficient practices, improving services and delivering increasing value for money. This will enable the Conservative run council to keep council tax increases below inflation and to invest in delivering first class facilities that you, our residents, tell us you want to see your council deliver. You now have three fantastic representatives that will fight for services and financial support for your area and we believe that it is to the advantage of local people to have representatives who will work with the ruling party to ensure that their views are given full consideration and positive representation! We are delighted with the result and are already making plans! As we said before
the elections we want to work with you and for you.
We would like to thank all of the people involved in the election process, the counters, tellers, candidates and anybody else who gave their time (and shoe leather!) The next four years should prove to be exiting as we have so many new faces and fresh ideas, coupled with energy and enthusiasm! As always, if anybody has any local issues or questions you can contact us directly, either by phone or email.
The Conservative run council is ambitious and is determined to deliver on our promises. We are a council for all our residents and we look forward to a busy four years. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. Gary Etheridge
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EVENTS
The Memorial Hall Meetings Groups & Clubs
The Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott Mondays 9am-1pm Sure start Kids 7pm-8pm Aerobics 7pm-9pm Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesdays 7pm-9pm Girl Guides
Wednesdays 9am-3pm Sure Start For Kids 4.45pm-5.45pm Rainbows 6pm-7pm Brownies Thursdays
1.30pm-3pm Pensioners’ Bingo 6pm-7:30pm Brownies 7:30pm-9pm Keep Fit Fridays 9am-11am Weight Watchers 4:30-5:30 Children’s Karate
Frindsbury Extra Women’s Institute An active WI meets at 7.30pm on the 2nd Monday monthly. For more information, please telephone Mrs Janet Jarvis on 01634 719116. New members and visitors welcome! Remembrance Day 11 November In memory of The Fallen from Wainscott and surrounding area, a Wreath from the Parish Council is normally laid by Councillors at the War Memorial within the Memorial Hall. Often, Members and Leaders from the Brownies and Guides also attend this important occasion.
The memorial hall may be hired for your special occasion, event, group or club. To Book and check availability, please call Freda on 01634 719426 £12:50 Per Hour; Sat 8am-midnight £250; Sat 4:30pm-midnight £125; Deposit Required
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Help create a Pantomime for Strood
We are looking for people to join us to put together a special pantomime for Strood, there are roles for the curious, shy, extrovert, technical and practical, there are behind the scenes roles as well as roles in the limelight, we are mostly just looking for people to join us. A creative team led by artist Ruth Ewan will hold free weekly workshops starting Saturday 24th October at 10.30am. Workshops will be based at Strood and Frindsbury Working Men’s Club, 2 Frindsbury Rd, Strood ME2 4SS.
Workshops may involve trips out so registration or contact before turning up is important.
The pantomime will be devised, designed, scripted and built over the next nine weeks during these workshops and performed to a live participating audience for one night only on the winter solstice on 22 December at Temple Manor, an incredible heritage site built by the Knights Templar. To get involved call or text 07432 295505 or email ootoplacesstrood@gmail.com
Christmas Craft Fayre Hilltop PTA are organising a Christmas Craft Fayre at Hilltop Primary School on Saturday 28th November at 1pm until 4pm
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A number of stakeholders, along with residents were consulted, and the scheme has received outline planning permission from Medway Council. Full details of the project are contained in the Lower Upnor Riverside Project Profile. along with any other information you may require, is available from Cllr. Peter Hicks.
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NEWS
Wainscott School In March of this year, as a local Parish Councillor I received an email requesting help. It related to an ongoing serious parking/access problems at Wainscott School. It referred to the new access road to the school, which is not wide enough for parents to drive down to drop off their children, especially if cars are parked down one side. The road then becomes only narrow enough to take cars going in OR out. Outside of the school it was just as bad in that it was reported that some parents did not ‘drop off’ their children, but abandoned their cars to accompany their child onto the school site. It was chaos, dangerous to drivers and children dodging in and out of parked cars. In addition local residents were telephoning the school to complain that parents are blocking their drives, with drivers speeding up and down Wainscott Road, unaware of the school entrance.
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I visited on a number of occasions both in the morning and evening to see the problems for myself, whilst also contacting the local PCSO for support, whilst talking to both staff and parents on how to improve the situation. Now six months later I am pleased to be able to report that the road layout has been significantly improved, with a new pavement, double yellow lines and speed warning signs.
I recently visited the site once again with fellow councillor John Willams, to view the work being carried out and to also lend a hand in helping keeping the site clean and tidy. We took the opportunity to talk to the contractor in charge of the site to reviewing progress and were very pleased by both the quality of the work and what had already been completed. Gary Etheridge
Frindsbury Extra Parish Council
Strood Academy is a “good school” Ofsted June 2013
Open Evening
Sixth form open evening 18th November for 6pm-8pm “This is a thriving and rapidly improving academy. The Principal and her senior team are ambitious with a strong moral purpose. They are rightly proud of the improvements they have made to the academy and they are passionate about ensuring that all students are cared for and achieve well from good teaching. Students feel secure because their teachers have established orderly routines and made their high expectations clear.” 64% top grades at Level 3 in 2015
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Huguenot Museum Discover your story
The Huguenot Museum has an exciting array of events taking place for both adults and children. Are you super crafty? Join the Saturday Club and have a go at arts and crafts on the first Saturday of each month. We’ll be making Papier-mache crests on 7 November and decoupage decorations 5 December, just in time for Christmas! 8+ years £4 per child 10am-12pm.
The museums partnership with Rochester Film Society continues with our Children’s Cinema Club showing Ratatouille on 14 November and Beauty and the Beast on 19 December. Make sure you come along to join in the fun and feel free to bring along your own food and drink! £3 per person 10am-12pm. We’ll be getting ready for Christmas with our Christmas Crafts Session on 23 December making traditional Christmas decorations including pomanders! £4 per child 6+ years 10.30am, 12.30pm, and 2.30pm.
The Huguenot Museum will be continuing with Storytime every Thursday morning. phone Bring your under 5s along to have fun with
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We are also very lucky to have ‘Made by Ore’ with us on 21 November for a Silver Ring Workshop for adults. The class will guide you through the traditional silversmithing techniques needed to cut, shape and file your very own beautiful silver ring. £60, 1-4pm, advanced booking is advisable. The Huguenot Museum is open Weds–Sat 10am–5pm on the top two floors of 95 High Street, Rochester. Entrance is £4 for adults and £3 for concessions and can be validated for 12 months with gift-aid (entrance to archive room is included in the price). Call 01634 789347, or email learning@huguenotmuseum.org www.huguenotmuseum.org
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Footpath Warden On Thursday 24th September at the Parish Council Meeting, we bid farewell to out Footpath Warden, Wendy Williams.
Wendy has been recognised for volunteering her services ‘officially’ to the Parish Council for over 10 years, but had been carrying out this task for a number of years before coming to the attention of the Parish Council. Wendy received a letter from the Head of Highways at Medway Council, praising her for her commitment. She was presented with a small gift and some flowers by the Parish Council Chairman, David Coomber, who also took the opportunity to welcome and introduce her replacement Robert Taylor.
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USEFUL INFO
Useful Numbers Animal Welfare
Cliffe Boarding Cattery Ltd The Old School, Cooling St, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7UB 01634 220169 Cliffe Boarding Cattery Ltd The Old School, Cooling St, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7UB 01634 220169 Petsearch UK 10 Chancery Rd, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7TL 01634 220109
Banks Halifax 79 High Street, Rochester, ME2 4AH 01634 497803 NatWest Bank 56 High Street Rochester, ME2 4AG 0345 788 8444 Nationwide 4, Friary Precinct, Strood, Kent, ME2 4AR 0845 266 0886 Lloyds TSB plc 129-131 High Street, Rochester, ME2 4TW 0845 300 0000 Barclays 86 High Street, Rochester, ME2 4AT HSBC Bank plc 104 High Street, Rochester, ME2 1BY 0845 740 4404 Kent Reliance Michael Gill Building, Tolgate Lane, Rochester, ME2 4TG 01634 717374
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Cinemas & Theatres Cineworld Rochester Medway Valley Leisure Park, Chariot Way, Strood, ME2 2SS 0871 200 2000
Clubs Frindsbury Cricket Club Frogs Island, Long Meadow, Upnor Road, Frindsbury, ME2 4UX 01634 716543 Upnor Sailing Club 1-3 Upnor Road, Lower Upnor, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4UY 01634 718043 Darnley School of Dancing 5 Sole Street Farm, Lower Rochester Road, Frindsbury, Kent, ME3 8EH 01634 714139 Frindsbury Lawn Tennis Club Upnor Road, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4UX 01634 814695
A & E Locks & Property Maintenance Lock Fitting · Repairs · Upgrades 24/7 emergency lock and door opening Most building maintenance work taken on call John on 07910 044188
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Dentists
Pharmacies
Thakray Dental Practice 11 Central Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 3HF 01634 716840 Louise Lunness-Barnes Dental Clinic 4A Allington Drive, Strood, Kent, ME2 3ST 01634 713422 The Rochester Orthodontic Centre Cypress House, 227 Frindsbury Hill, Wainscott, Rochester, ME2 4JS 01634 710105
Medi Pharmacy Ltd 63 Miller Way, Wainscott, Rochester ME2 4LP 01634 297580 Marshlands Pharmacy Ltd 63 Miller Way, Wainscott, Rochester, ME2 4LP 01634 297580
National Helplines
Doctors Wainscott Surgery The Parks Medical Practice, Miller Way, Wainscott, Rochester, Kent ME2 4LP 01634 717450
Age UK
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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Alzheimer’s Research UK 0300 111 5555 Cruse Bereavement Care 0844 477 9400
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Deafblind UK
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Debt Line
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Disabled Living Foundation 0300 999 0004
Shaws Wood Residential Care Home Shaws Wood is a Residential Care Home that specialises in care for older people living with dementia or with physical frailties. At Shaws Wood we have a Christian ethos and are committed to providing compassion and companionship as well as care. We are proud of our warm, friendly and homely service; where we place an emphasis on enabling people to remain as active as possible. We are able to take regular trips out into the community in our own transport and have an on site hair salon, secure dementia garden and an excellent chef that provides wonderful home cooking. We provide both long term and respite care. CQC rating - Good.
Shaws Wood Day Care Centre Shaws Wood has a small, dedicated day care centre that provides a homely and relaxed environment for those that wish to enjoy some companionship during the day. Shaws Wood is located at the head of Mill Road (corner of Everest Lane), off the A228 Frindsbury Road in Strood, Medway.
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2 Forge Lane · Higham · ME3 7AS 7 01474 823901 7 www.gardenersarmshigham.com The Gardeners Arms is situated in the historic 7Traditional Sunday Roasts village of Higham, where you will find the home of Charles Dickens at Gad’s Hill. 7Selection of Real Ale Christmas We pride ourselves on being a friendly pub, Menu 7Restaurant a great selection of real ales, fine wines asvoaoilnable offering and a wide selection of home cooked food. 7Fine Home Cooked Food Families are welcome, we also cater 7Easy parking at front and rear for walkers, hikers, cyclists, campers and can also 7Quality Pub Food provide accommodation. 7Music 7Pie and mash Traditional Goddards pie, 7Beer Garden mash and liquor served on the first Thursday of every month 7Entertainment For bookings, upcoming entertainment, special offers or any other queries please do not hesitate to contact us
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Frindsbury Barn The great barn at Frindsbury was built in about 1403 and at 210 feet long was one of the longest in England. It had 13 full bays, but unfortunately 4 of these were destroyed in a great fire in 2005.
I have visited the barn a couple of times and now the restoration has begun, I look forward to seeing its completion. It was in the ownership of the Church Commissioners, but has now been bought by a consortium of local business men who plan to restore it and make it the centre of a community heritage area.
This year a special Heritage Skills event was hosted, where visitors were able to see live demonstrations of the ancient timber craft skills that will be used to repair the barn. These included axe hewing, timber cleaving, cross cut sawing & peg making, the first time that such work took place at this barn for hundreds of years. Your local councillors, Gary Etheridge & John Williams were delighted to attend and to take part, although our woodworking skills were questioned.
Whilst talking to the organizers, we received an update of current achievements and plans, along with long term aspirations. We, along with many hundreds of visitors over the weekend, came away impressed and enthralled with the work being carried out. Gary Etheridge
For further news and information, please visit www.frindsburybarn.co.uk
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The parish church of Frindsbury is one of the oldest Anglican churches, having first been established 900 years ago. The church is set on top of a cliff and overlooks the River Medway, Rochester castle and cathedral. The Parish of Frindsbury has 3 church buildings in Church Green Frindsbury, Upnor and Chattenden. We currently are awaiting a new vicar, but have a pioneer curate Sue Vallente-Kerr who works with us, as well as across the other churches in Strood, working on community engagement and mission.
As well as offering you, our community, the usual church services we also run toddler groups in Frindsbury (Tuesdays 1.15-2.45pm) and Upnor (Wednesdays 10-11.30am), a Kidschurch in Chattenden (Saturday 10-11.30am) and a Drop In cafĂŠ in Frindsbury Parish Hall (Wednesday 10.30am-12pm).
We have also just started a new experience for families called Sundays@4 where we aim to enagage with people of all ages together in craft, music and food; this is also based in Chattenden church. As the Church of England we are here to help and serve you - our parish. Do get in touch or pop along and see us sometime.
Our usual pattern of Sunday worship is as follows: All Saints 8.00am 10.30am
All Sundays 1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday 4th Sunday
St Philip & St James 9.00am 2nd & 4th Sunday 1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday Bishop Gundulph 4.00pm 1st Sunday
Holy Communion BCP Holy Communion Fourth Sunday Worship Holy Communion Morning Worship Sunday @ 4
More information about the churches can be found on our website www.allsaintsfrindsbury.co.uk You can contact the Parish Office on 01634 296050 or email pa@allsaintsfrindsbury.co.uk All Saints Vicarage, Parsonage Lane, Frindsbury, Rochester ME2 4UR
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