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Work Party Join us for a Church Yard Clean Up Please bring hand tools and gloves Refreshments provided Saturday 30th June 10:00 - 12:30

Friends of St Nicholas Church Newington Restoring and maintaining this historic building and its grounds Charity Number 1122652

In the Church this June 2018 Sunday June 3 Benefice service at St Nicholas at 10.00a.m Sunday June 10 Eucharist

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Sunday June 17 Eucharist 9.00 a.m Sunday June 24 Morning prayer 9.00a.m

For any further Church information please contact The Reverend Janet Thornby on 01303 271267

Support your local Farmers' Markets in 2018

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Art and Craft Market

Great range of bread, pies, fruit & veg, meat, eggs, cheese, savouries and quiches, cakes, preserves and chutneys, gifts, jewellery, homewares and plants (stall holders may vary between markets).

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Shop Local. www.sandgatebusiness.org.uk

Sandgate Library is open Mon, Tue, Fri & Sat 9:30 - 1:00 and 9:30 - 4.30 Thurs (closed Wed).

For more information call 01303 248563 (mornings only) Sandgate Library, James Morris Court, Sandgate High St. CT20 3RR

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If you have any photographs of the area either current or past do send them to me by email and I will feature them in future editions.

No job too small

If you just have prints do drop them into Clyme House and I will scan.

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If you have any photographs of the area either current or past do send them to me by email and I will feature them in future editions.

If you just have prints do drop them round to Clyme House (see back page) and I will scan.

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If you are an aspiring writer and would like to contribute to the Sandgate Creative Writer's Page, please contact Joe at:

Hythe Farmers’ Market takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month

joe.tom277864@tiscali.co.uk telephone: 01303 489736

from 10am until 1pm. in the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe, Parking is available nearby.

For more information call (01303) 266118 or 268715

The editor of The Sentinel is also responsible for sending Hythe and Sandgate related event information to the Folkestone Herald. If you have an event you wish to publicise it is needed by Tuesday at 17:00. The information should appear in the edition two weeks later although it is not gauranteed.

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Tuesday, 19th June

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Tuesday, 3rd July

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5th June 2018

A week in the life of a poetry-writing bus driver, and a quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life and of the poetry evident in its smallest details. A film of great gentle charm.

Where The Tin Tabernacle, Portland Road, Hythe, CT 21 6FL. Parking in council car parks (including at Aldi) is free after 6 pm, and there are often spaces alongside the canal. Full disabled access.

An extraordinary film about a blind masseur / swordsman who comes to a town in control of warring gangs. Funny, beautiful, violent, traditional and exuberant by turns, it shouldn’t work but does. An upbeat film to end our season.

7.30 on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July. Doors open 7.00. ' Entry £5 on the door, or £4 for Hythe Cinema Card holders.

From the cutting-edge London design agency Here Design - writer and poet Philip Cowell, and award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand, author of The Herbarium, this playful, original, beautifully designed book brings to life the punctuation marks we use every day, including: The dashing dash So-called "quotation marks" The colon: and on and on.

The shouty exclamation!

Kindle edition The three dots of... £9.99 (Not forgetting the brackets) Hardback Available to pre order from Amazon

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Find us now at the Malthouse Fri and Sat: 9.30 - 5 pm The Malthouse, Malthouse Hill, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5BW 11

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Folkestone Choral Society plus Guest Chorus Members

The Amberley Orchestra Conductor: Stephen Hope

The Big Sing

Mozart Requiem soloists

Lesley-Jane Rogers Louise Crane Justin Lavender David Wilson-Johnson programme to include

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Clarinet Concerto Sat 30th June 2018 7.30pm The Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone Tickets: £12 £15 £20 (plus booking fee) under 16s free with full paying adult From The Leas Cliff Hall on-line.....or tel: 01303 228600 Charity No: 275075 Supported by Folkestone & Hythe District Council

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We currently meet on Saturday mornings at the Library between 10:00 and 11:00.

This is essentially a drop in service whereby you can make contact with us, and share your views. “Take positive action in a changing world through food, sharing, creativity and wellbeing�.

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An Artist's Journey of Inspiration From: 21/04/2018 to: 25/05/2018 David Goad's artistic "journey" has been one of well over 50 years and has covered a wide range of themes, media, fashions and artistic styles.

He has been influenced by all around him - technical, cultural, historical and his own imagination. This "Journey of Inspiration" is evidence of his using this experience and his 'open and enquiring mind' to give us his record of places across Europe that have captured his imagination.

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Friends of St Nicholas Church Newington Restoring and maintaining this historic building and its grounds Charity number: 1122652

Programme of Events 2018 Saturday 30th June 10 am to 12.30 pm Church Yard Work Party. Please bring gloves and tools. Refreshments provided.

Saturday 14th July, 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Folklore festival. An all-day conference. We hope to have speakers on Holy Wells, Pagan Goddesses, the Green Man, Ley Lines and dousing.

Buffet luncheon. Price £20 Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572.

Raffle Saturday 1st September 7.30 pm Fish and chip supper followed by card and board games. Price £9. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572. Raffle Saturday 15th September 10 am to 12.30 pm. Church Yard Work Party.

Please bring gloves and tools. Refreshments provided.

Saturday 29th September 3.00 pm. A concert by the U3A Swing Band playing traditional jazz and songs together with a cream tea. Price £7 Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572. Raffle Change of date Saturday 3rd November 10 am to 12.30 pm Church Yard Work Party. Please bring gloves and tools. Refreshments provided.

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District Councillor Report At Newington Annual Meeting a resident highlighted the poor condition of the bus shelter on the A20 opposite the Newington/Peene junction.

Having established that this was the responsibility of Folkestone-Hythe District Council I am pleased to report that officers responded swiftly and have arranged for the cleaning of the shelter and to cut back surrounding weeds. Our contractors are busy this work should be completed by in the next couple of weeks.. I am assured that during this process should any panels need replacing they will be attended to.

This month signals the start of the District Council 2018/19 cycle during which we will be slowly implementing the Transformation scheme which is designed to put customer service as the number one priority. One item of particular interest to all is that we will be seeking to strengthen enforcement actions against fly tipping, dog fouling etc. Whilst our officers cannot be everywhere at once and the budget restricts additional recruitment we believe we can improve matters with your help by encouraging you to report incidences such as fly tipping, illegal caravan parking and persistent dog fouling as soon as possible .

During the year as part of my portfolio I shall be looking at options for replacing our current waste collectioncontractwhichterminatesin2020.

Therearesomeveryimportantstrategicdecisiontobe taken in this respect which need to set in motion prior to the Council elections in May next year.

A look forward to a challenging and exciting year ahead .

Cllr David Godfrey Cabinet member for Special Projects

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Members meeting is now Saturday 16th June 11am - 4pm Railway Museum and Craft Centre - Newington Village Barn Newington, Nr. Folkestone CT18 8AZ Lunch available in museum cafe/parking available.

The space is very limited so I must know numbers in advance. I hope to report back on our visit to RLC then.

Folklore Festival - Saturday 14th July 10.30am - 4.30pm Sauniere Society in conjunction with Friends of St Nicholas Church Newington, Nr. Folkestone.

We hope to hear lectures on Holy Wells, Pagan Goddesses, the Green man, Leylines, Dowsing etc. full details to follow.

Tickets ÂŁ20 to include tea, coffee and buffet lunch. Please order tickets in advance from me.

Newington Village Hall - Saturday 6th October 2018 Speakers include: Ahmed Osman introducing his new book 'The mystery of King David and the Temple of Solomon.

Jeremy Harte - author and curator of Bourne Museum. Jeremy an expert researcher into folklore will speak on 'The Devil' Rat Scabies will discuss the RLC mystery of the tombstones and parchments in relation to the recently discovered Marquis de Cherisey letters.

More speakers to be announced.

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From your County Councillor At the County Council meeting on 17 May I was very pleased to second the motion that allows us to draw down £2m from our reserves to help fund the pothole repair programme. KCC has engaged Steadline Ltd to do extra work in the Folkestone & Hythe and Ashford areas on filling potholes and patching wider areas of damage. From 1 March to 11 May in our district there have been 1,025 potholes filled and 2,127 square metres of patching and we expect this work to carry on until at least August. The website www.kent.gov.uk has an interactive map where you can report potholes (and other Highways faults) or you can ring 03000 41 81 81 in office hours and 03000 41 91 91 for emergencies at other times.

Almost as important to us as our road network is the broadband network. I’ve written before about the investment KCC has made (with match funding from the Government) to improve access in Kent to superfast broadband. 95% of properties in Kent now have access to a superfast broadband service of at least 24mbps but some parts of Newington Parish are among the estimated 31,800 properties in Kent without access to superfast broadband. Of these an estimated 1,550 have broadband speeds of below 2mpbs.

KCC is continuing work with BT Openreach to increase the number of properties with access to superfast broadband to 95.7% by the end of 2018. Thereafter we intend to help those who are still without access through a Kent Voucher Scheme offering a subsidy to householders so that they can arrange their own connection either individually or in community groups. The scheme is due to launch this summer with an initial £1m of funding offering a voucher of up to £1,700 per property towards the costs of installing a superfast broadband connection to properties currently receiving less than 24mbps.

Householders may prefer to wait for the Government’s Universal Service Obligation for broadband which will give homes and businesses the right to request a connection of at least 10mbps up to a ‘reasonable cost threshold’ of £3,400. However, the scheme requires secondary legislation and is not expected to launch before March 2020. Assessment and then provision of infrastructure may 29

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then take up to 18 months. Only properties receiving less than 10mbps will be eligible and the scheme only guarantees download speeds of 10mpbs.

I will return to the topic of broadband when the Kent voucher scheme starts and of course there’s information about broadband on the KCC website.

Susan Carey Member for Elham Valley

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