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Newington February 2020

This newsletter is compiled and edited by David Cowell who is totally responsible for content.

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SANDGATE FARMERS MARKET

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Shop Local. www.sandgatebusiness.org.uk

Folkestone and Hythe Cats Protection operates a Lost and Found service for anyone who's cat has gone missing, or if a stray cat has been found.

Contact 0345 260 1253 for further information

Funding Available The Hythe Institute Fund considers applications for funding from local organisations including schools, scouts and guide groups, sports clubs and the trustees of local halls and facilities; who may require funds for maintenance or improvements.

The recipients must be in the Hythe parish (including Hythe, Seabrook, Saltwood, Palmarsh, Lympne and Newingreen).

To apply for funding go to www.hytheinstitutefund.org.uk or e-mail us on hytheinstitutefund@gmail.com or call us on 01303 278888.

Trustees meet to review applications every four months. The cut off dates to receive applications are: • 10 January • 30 April • 30 September

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A great place to stay or visit; great events; great food, great location Tell your friends and family - it's the place to stay.

To book a reservation please contact Hythe Imperial Hotel on 01303 267441; website: www.hytheimperial.co.uk

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THE FOLKESTONE JAZZ CLUB NORTH ROAD SHORNCLIFFE FOLKESTONE CT20 3HL Music starts at 8pm on Thursdays......circa £12 at all gigs To book seats please email Beryl the Booker at twinklewood@btinternet.com or call 01303 277175 6

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To commission a painting by talented Sandgate residing artist Malcolm Ritchie costs less than you think and provides a valued, timeless and unique gift. Malcolm has been painting and drawing for most of his life and works in all mediums and subjects.

My subjects, he says, inspire me. You're just a click away from looking at some more of his work and arranging an informal chat about what's on your mind.

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18th to 21st March, 2020

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If you are an aspiring writer and would like to contribute to the Sandgate Creative Writer's Page, please contact Bernice at: 07443 896422 beeb.ee@virgin.net

The editor of The Sentinel is also responsible for sending Hythe, Newington 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 guaranteed.

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Folklore Festival Saturday 18th July 2020 Please make a note of the date and support this event - I will publish a list of the speakers as soon as it is finalised. Again we hope turn this into a social event for members with dinner at the Gurka Palace on Friday evening and 'The Gatekeeper' on Saturday and on Sunday morning coffee at Arpinge Court.

Saturday 10th October - Sauniere Society Symposium, Newington, nr Folkestone, Kent

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ST NICHOLAS’ CHURCH

www.cheritonchurches.org.uk

Greta Raja Treasurer and Membership Secretary T: 01303 488091 E: greta.rajadhyaksha@tiscali.co.uk

Contacts: Melanie Wrigley Events Organiser T: 01303 237146 E: melanie.wrigley@euromotive.co.uk

Our current projects are to repair the historic boundary walls of the churchyard and continue the ongoing repairs to the historic building. If you would like to become a ‘Friend’ please contact Mrs. Greta Raja or pick up a membership form from the church.

“promote the care, restoration, preservation, and repair of the historic Parish Church, its fixtures and fittings, organ and the maintenance of the grounds and ancient yew tree”.

St Nicholas’ Church nestles at the bottom of the North Downs in the little village of Newington within the Kent Downs - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The parish contains some of the finest, chalk downland habitat, and has spectacular views to sea and France. The chalk hills behind Newington and Peene are some of the best quality in Europe for the rare plants and animals that make it their home. Please help us maintain and restore this historic building for future generations by becoming a Friend of St Nicholas’ Church. The Friends of St Nicholas’ Church Newington, between Hythe and Folkestone, is an independent, secular organisation with charitable status launched in 2007 to:

part of our landscape since the 12th century

Registered Charity No. 112265

Friends of St Nicholas’ Church.

Newington, between Folkestone and Hythe, Kent CT18 8AX

Non-religious events to raise funds for restoring the historic building and its grounds

Everyone Welcome Save the Dates for your Diary

2020 EVENTS PROGRAMME

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2020 EVENTS PROGRAMME

MAY

Wednesday 27th 7.30pm The weird and wonderful world of pollination – An illustrated talk by Dr Clive Nuttman A popular speaker introduces the subject of pollination, including the issue of food security and the value that ‘free’ pollination services offer to us. Tickets £5 on the door. Raffle.

Friday 1st 7.30pm P&O Choir The amazing, award winning P&O choir (as seen on TV) will be perfoming in the church. £6 ticket. Raffle.

AUGUST

Saturday 19th 3.00pm Swing Band Concert and Cream Tea A concert by the popular U3A Swing Band (about 15 instrumentalists) playing traditional jazz and songs together with a cream tea.

Price £10. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572. Raffle.

Saturday 5th 10am to 12.30pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party Please bring gloves and tools. Clearing weeds, ivy, path and drainage gullies.

Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 1st 2.00pm to 4.30pm Art in the Yard, Sketching and Painting Afternoon Bring your own materials and equipment, and enjoy a relaxing, creative moment in the historic surroundings (inside if inclement weather). £5 (includes refreshments).

Please book a place Mel Wrigley 01303 237146

Non-religious events to raise funds for restoring the historic building and its grounds

Saturday 18th 10am to 4.30pm Folklore Festival An All-Day Conference.

Speakers TBC. Tea/coffee & Buffet luncheon.

Price £20. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146, Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572, or Joy Millar 07842 426 751. Raffle.

Folklore Book Sale.

Saturday 4th 10am to 12.30pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party Please bring gloves and tools. Keeping path and drainage gullies clear, maintaining walls of building and care for yew trees. Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

JULY

Saturday 4th 10am to 12.30pm Spring Cleaning help needed Please bring gloves and help us clean, dust, hoover and polish the interior of the church building.

Refreshments provided.

APRIL

JUNE Saturday 6th 10am to 12.30pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party Please bring gloves and tools. Keeping path and drainage gullies clear, maintaining walls of building and care for yew trees. Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

MARCH

Saturday 7th 10am Annual General Meeting Tea, coffee and cake. Please come and support the meeting and make your thoughts and ideas known.

Saturday 14th 7pm Sea Shanty Evening with ‘Kellet Gut’ If you want to know what to do with a drunken sailor, or, how to blow the man down, then we’re the lads for you!

Price £10. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572. Raffle.

Saturday 7th 10am to 12.30pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party Please bring gloves and tools. Clearing weeds, ivy, path and drainage gullies.

Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

NOVEMBER

Saturday 17th 6.30pm Fish and Chip Supper followed by card and board games Price £10. Tickets in advance available from Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303 237146 or Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572. Raffle.

Saturday 10th 10am to 12.30pm Church Yard Volunteer Work Party Please bring gloves and tools. Clearing weeds, ivy, path and drainage gullies.

Tea, coffee, bacon or egg butty and cake provided.

OCTOBER

FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, NEWINGTON - ALL EVENTS TO BE HELD IN THE CHURCH (ON BUS ROUTE 17)

FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY 7TH MARCH IN THE CHURCH Please come along and have a cup of coffee and a bun and let us have your views

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This performance of The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins (b 1944) is being given to mark the 75th anniversary year of VE Day and the end of World War 2.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace. It was commissioned by the Royal Armouries to compose something special to mark the beginning of the new millennium.

Soloists Felicity Hope (soprano) Gillian Hope (alto) David Walder (tenor) Simon Wilson (bass).

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From your County Councillor February is always a busy month at Kent County Council as it’s when we set our annual budget. KCC provides over 300 services many of which you are unlikely to notice unless they disappeared. The emergency response provided by Kent Highways is an obvious example with our officers out over Christmas to deal with flooding and coping with fallen trees during Storm Ciara (over 500 emergency calls handled over the weekend of the storm).

Our budget meeting was on 13 February and lasted all day. The papers and webcast are available on www.kent.gov.uk. KCC will be spending over £1 billion on essential day to day services, an increase of £77 million (7.8%) over 2019/20. This is the largest increase in 10 years and is the first time KCC has seen an increase in grants from central government in that time. Much of the increase will be spent on services to the vulnerable (disabled children, child protection, residential care for older people and those with learning disabilities) and more on our highways. For a Band D household the council tax increase of just under 4% (half for normal expenditure and half ringfenced for social care) equates to a £1 increase a week for a Band D home for the KCC element of your council tax.

I am sure that like me you have noticed plenty of potholes and blocked drains (gullies) on our roads. Please report them. The best way to do this is online at www.kent.gov.uk and then go to the highways section of the website. If there is an immediate danger to life ring Kent Police on 999, if it is urgent then ring 0300 41 91 91 and in all cases of reporting to KCC make a note of the reference number in case the matter needs chasing. If you don’t have internet access then you can ring 0300 41 81 81 in office hours for non-urgent reports – such repairs are normally carried out within 28 days.

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success is celebrated and meeting people who have done something special. The 25th annual Spirit of Tryangle Awards for Kent’s young people held on 09 February was just such an occasion with over 40 finalists each with an inspiring story about achievement, service, bravery and perseverance. I presented the awards for Personal Development and wish you could have all been with me to enjoy seeing so many young people doing so much good.

There’s a consultation I’d like to draw to your attention. This one is not from KCC but Highways England about the Lower Thames Crossing. You may wonder what this has to do with us but it is really important as this project should provide the right infrastructure for the road freight traffic between the Midlands and the Channel Ports. Please have your say by 25 March at lowerthamescrossing.co.uk/consultation-2020 Susan Carey, Member Elham Valley

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District Councillor Report A busy few weeks preparing Budgets Housing Revenue Account , business plan and Housing options paper which passed through full Council on 19th Feb after healthy debate. I was unable to be present but followed on webcast and pleased to see my portfolio papers passed with minor amendment . We can now press ahead with new plans to provide 1200 much needed council homes to be built on approved sites including Otterpool Park subject planning approval.

Also pleased to have grant funded Newington Parish Council for new park seating.

Looking forward to the end of storms despite spectacular wave action along the coast.

Cllr David Godfrey Cabinet Member for Housing,Transport and Special projects

Hythe Farmers Market

Takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 10am to 1pm.

In the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe.

Parking is available nearby.

For more information call Eric Chauvel Market Manager 0781 7521312 eric@thefrenchdelicatessen.co.uk 23

If you would like to submit an article or letter please ensure it is emailed to me by the 20th of each month.

I will print almost anything as long as it’s not libellous, racist or unkind.

Name must be supplied but can be withheld if requested.

Please put your articles etc in plain text or Word and images should be in .jpg, .tiff or .png.

My contact details are: Address: Clyme House, Hillside Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DJ Mobile: 07771 796 446 Landline: 020 3239 5828 (via Skype) email: david@thesentinel.org.uk