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Your Parish magazine November 2016
This newsletter is compiled and edited by David Cowell who is totally responsible for content. If you do not wish to receive these newsletters please email UNSUBSCRIBE to him at david@davidcowell.net
No man is an island, entire of itself................ I enjoy the feedback I receive from readers of the Newington & District The Sentinel and often it gives me ideas I can incorporate into forthcoming editions. As with all feedback some is also critical yet those comments are equally important. Recently a subscriber said that they felt the magazine went outside the area and as such was not as good as previous versions which focused on the villages. When I analysed the previous version with the current style I found that there was just as much, if not more, about your community, except I do spread the net wide to include things happening in nearby towns. One person wondered why I allowed a Dover chimney sweep to advertise and I explained that nowadays not every community has its own chimney sweep so, if you have a coal fire, you have a need and I have good personal experience of the services the one that advertises offers. I would value your thoughts on the subject. Thank you.
In the Church this November November 6 Benefice service at St Martin's November 13 Remembrance service Eucharist at 9.00 a.m followed by act of Remembrance at the war memorial at 10.00 a.m November 20 Eucharist November 27 Mattins December 4 Benefice service at St Nicholas 10.00 a.m For any further Church information please contact The Reverend Janet Thornby on 01303 271267
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November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of late-spring/ early-summer in the Southern
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This iconic building, built in 1902 as a purpose-built, high class tea room, served for a long period as a repertory theatre and concert hall/club. It has remained empty and neglected for over 8 years. The Pavilion is held in much affection by both local residents and past visitors. Close to the Road of Remembrance and the WW1 Memorial Arch, it is both a significant feature of local pride and a major visitor attraction, yet in its current state of deterioration the Pavilion fails to present the face of Folkestone we would wish to portray. FLP aims to repair and restore the Pavilion to its former glory and make it available for community use. A restored Pavilion will also enhance the appearance of The Leas and will continue to make a significant contribution to the area. However, aspirations and dreams are not enough! If you can help in any way, be it using your skills or a small donation, please contact us: https://friendsoftheleaspavilion.wordpress.com/about/ Thank you!
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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. When 7.30 on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July. Doors open 7.00. ' Entry ÂŁ5 on the door, or ÂŁ3 for Hythe Cinema Card holders.
Preceded by a presentation from film pilot Will Samuelson
New season programme of films 1st November 2016
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Taxi Tehran
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Saturday 25th February 2017 7:30pm [tickets £15] Darius Brubeck Quartet Prices (unless otherwise stated) Evening and afternoon concerts £10 Lunchtime concerts £ 6 [L] Ploughman's meal available in Church after concert
Tickets available from Brandon Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe CT21 5AD (01303 264429), online www.friendsofstleonardshythe.org or at the Church prior to each concert
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.
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Flying North by Catherine Robinson Exhibition title: "Migration and Change" Artist: Catherine Robinson Exhibition dates: 8 October - 11 November 2016 Gallery location: Green Chair Gallery online only Catherine graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University, with a Fine Art degree in which she specialised in printmaking. As Artist in Residence following her degree, she was commissioned to make a print of the encounter between Saint Augustine and King Ethelbert, which now hangs in the university chapel. She uses a range of printmaking techniques including etching, collagraph, drypoint, woodcut and monoprint.
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The Historic Houses Association (HHA) represents over 1,640 of the UK's privately and charitably owned historic houses, castles and gardens. These are listed buildings or designated gardens, usually Grade I or II*, and are often outstanding. Many are considered to be iconic symbols of Britain's unique heritage. Around 500 of these properties open their doors to visitors for days out, special tours, school visits, film locations, weddings and events, or as memorable places to stay. 24 million people a year visit HHA Member properties and there are over 45,000 Friends of the HHA. Members range from iconic stately homes such as Blenheim Palace, Highclere Castle, Castle Howard, Knebworth House, Longleat and Burghley House, to more intimate houses such as Traquair in Scotland, Treowen in Wales and Belle Isle in Northern Ireland. Most are still private family homes. The Association was established in 1973 to help owners conserve these wonderful places in the interests of the nation and carries out important lobbying, advisory and marketing work on behalf of Member properties.
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The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
FOLKESTONE QUAKERS MEET IN SANDGATE We gather at
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH HALL on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month at 10.30am Anyone is welcome to join us. A Quaker Meeting for Worship is very simple and may be just what you need. It is a coming together in silence in which we ponder the deep issues of life without the constraints of pre-fixed beliefs. Anyone can share a heartfelt thought in the meeting. We don’t answer it or discuss it - we just receive it. In some meetings no-one speaks at all. The meeting ends with handshake and chat over coffee or tea. We also hold house discussion groups and monthly social coffee chats. Quakers have always been prepared to speak out on social issues and act on their convictions, resulting in the practical and social action that we have been known for over the years. www.eastkentquakers.org.uk
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From your County Councillor It’s been a busy month in Newington and I was pleased to take part in several village events starting with the apple pressing at the Elham Valley Line Trust in Peene. I brought along some apples from my garden to be pressed the old fashioned way and was surprised at just how many apples you need to make a decent amount of juice. The fresh juice (no additives at all) lasts five days or so unopened in the fridge and two days once opened although I was assured that once opened and tasted it tended to last just 30 minutes! The EVLT is a real asset to the parish and if you haven’t yet been do please check it out. Another great asset is St Nicholas church in Newington. The church tower and attractive wood tiled Local resident Colin Griggs with the press exterior, the 2,000 year old yew tree and the peaceful churchyard make Newington a community with history and presence. The Friends of St Nicholas Church do a splendid job in caring for the fabric of the church as well as fundraising Pressing the apples and on 08 October there was one of the regular work parties in the churchyard. We continued to remove ivy from the walls and dig out weeds. The next working party is due on Saturday 12 November at 10 30 – 12 30 (weather permitting). Please come along. On Saturday 15 October there was a fundraising organ concert and tea at St Nicholas church Clearing the wall of ivy in the churchyard given by Canon John Wright. We were treated to several toccatas as well as a piece written by John himself. The tea was sumptuous with sandwiches and an embarrassing quantity of cake all for £5. The next fundraising event in church is a folk music concert on Saturday 19 November at 7pm. The Deal Hooderners will be performing ‘Hoodering Through the Year’ with dancing expected in the aisles. Tickets £6 on the door. Canon John Wright with the organ in St Nicholas Church
I’ve written many times about the financial challenge facing your County Council and you may have noticed that some councils with social care responsibilities are starting to say they cannot balance their books over the next three years (Lancashire is a notable example). KCC started making its savings early and over the last six years has made savings of over £500m through investing in new technology, better procurement, streamlined processes and reducing staff. On the whole we think we’ve made the savings where it doesn’t show but it gets harder every year. We now estimate we need to find another £153m of savings over the next three years to meet increased demand for social care and unavoidable increase to costs such as the National Living Wage, increased taxes for 15
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landfill waste, insurance tax, carbon emissions tax and the unfunded costs of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children where Kent bears the brunt of the numbers arriving in the UK. There’s more information on where the money you pay in council tax is spent at www.kent.gov.uk/budget and the chance to have your say on priorities and what level of council tax increase we should make. You have until 27 November to respond. (If you are not online then ring 03000 421553 for a paper copy.) There are a couple of other consultations running which should also be of interest. The Boundary Commission is asking for views on its proposals for the parliamentary constituencies from 2018. Across the country the aim is for each constituency to have roughly the same number of electors (between 71,000 and 78,000) and the number of MPs will reduce from 650 to 600. The proposal for the Folkestone & Hythe constituency sees the area called Saxon Shore move to Ashford (where it was originally) and the rest of the seat stays the same. This has the advantage that the district council boundary will be the same as the constituency. You can see the proposals on www.bce2018.org.uk and you have until 05 December to respond to the consultation. There’s also an opportunity to make representations in person to the Boundary Review’s Assistant Commissioners as part of a national tour when they come to County Hall in Maidstone on 03 and 04 November. The Boundary Commission point out that it is usually the people dissatisfied with the proposals who respond to a consultation and sometimes changes made to accommodate these objections are unwelcome. So do please look at the proposals and say if you are happy with them or not. Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner, is consulting on priorities for Kent Police at www.kent-pcc.gov.uk/take-part (or ring 01622 677055 for a printed form). You have until 02 December to respond. I shall be asking for Kent Police to give a higher priority to tackling bad drivers and I hope you will too. Driver behaviour is the major cause of all road traffic casualties in Kent and we need speeding, using mobile phones whilst driving and other dangerous behaviour to be a high priority for Kent Police. Finally a word about Highways England and its plans for lorry holding area at Stanford. Around 1,000 people attended the exhibitions that were held as part of its latest consultation but the number of responses to the consultation was not much more than 400. As I write it is not known if a legal challenge to the proposal will be allowed which might delay the project. I will keep you posted. Susan Carey, Member Elham Valley, Kent County Council susan.carey@kent.gov.uk 01303 670561
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Sandgate Library is open Monday to Saturday 9:30am - 1:00pm (closed Wednesday) For more information call 01303 248563 (mornings only) Sandgate Library, James Morris Court, Sandgate High St. CT20 3RR
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Autumn Show 2016 Saturday, 24th September, saw the third and final show for 2016 season of the Newington & District Gardeners Association, and what a show it was! Yet again it was an excellent event. Show Secretary Vic Coleman has certainly been kept out of mischief organising the Spring, Summer and Autumn Shows. He has managed to draw in a total of 92 exhibitors with 649 exhibits. Not bad for a small rural village club. At both the Summer and Autumn shows there is a small deviation. At the Summer show there is a class called Potato Bucket Challenge. Members are presented by the club with one seed potato and a bucket (drainage holes already in place) and the winner on show day is the heaviest batch of potatoes. At the Autumn Show it is to grow the heaviest Pumpkin – and they can come big! The heaviest on Saturday, which arrived courtesy of a wheelbarrow, was 46.96kg and was grown by Dylan Jackson. The heaviest crop of potatoes at the summer Show in July was 1.94kg and won by John Smith. Junior Gardener on Saturday was Henry who won all three classes in the under 18 classes. Best exhibit in the show went to Liz Harding for a most beautiful item of Handicraft, the winner of the members’ only classes was Jean Brisley, but our Star of the day winning four trophies plus many other classes was Nicky Johnson. Show Secretary, Vic Coleman said: "Every ounce of work that went into making this show was so worthwhile." He congratulated the prize winners, giving appreciation and thanks to all those that entered to make it such a fantastic day. Sally Coleman NDGA newingtondga@btinternet.com 21
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Dates for your diary November Dates Day Event Time Venue Various Various Church services See front page Church Various Various Tower Theatre www.towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk 1st and 3rd Saturday Sandgate Farmers' Market 10:00 am Chichester Hall 2nd and 4th Saturday Hythe Farmers' Market 10:00 am Methodist Church Hall Tuesday
Mobile Library Hythe concerts Friends of St Nicholas
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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@davidcowell.net