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Sandgate August 2018
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Sandgate Bakery
Marsh Produce
Smoked French cheese, freshly baked bread, pies and biscuits and smoked salmon and smoked ham
seasonal local fruit & veg
CAFE
Old Hall Farm traditionally reared meat & sausages, rare breed lamb & pork and fresh eggs, milk and cheese
serving teas & coffees and cakes from the Dog House
Pauline's hand made toys
Including win a car competition
Great gift ideas
Bengal Spice Indian Spices, snacks and meals to take away
Our Kitchen Serving delicious cakes including gluten free
see page 4
Florrie's Jewellery
Gill Thomson Jewellery
Hand crafted jewellery wonderful inexpensive gifts new items each market
Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass
Pots of Nom
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mugs, coaster, fridge magnets and postcards of the local areas and towns
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Sandgate Bakery
Old Hall Farm Traditionally reared meat & sausages, rare breed lamb & pork
Smoked French cheese, freshly baked bread, pies and biscuits and smoked salmon and smoked ham
Pre-order 01797 344430
Marsh Produce seasonal local
Pauline's
fruit & veg
Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass
BOOKS New books added at each Market
Florrie's Jewellery Hand crafted jewellery wonderful inexpensive gifts new items each market
mugs, coaster, fridge magnets and postcards of the local areas and towns
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Gill Thomson Jewellery
hand made toys great gift ideas
Bengal Spice Indian Spices, snacks and meals to take away
Our Kitchen Serving delicious cakes including gluten free
CAFE serving teas & coffees and cakes from the
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Pots of Nom Preserves and chutneys Including win a car competition
Please come and support a fundraising table for the local Foodbank. I will be at the Sandgate Farmers Market this coming Saturday. Melanie Chalk who will be running the stall is also launching the siting of a Collection Point in Sandgate where people can place donations for the Shepway Foodbank. This poster gives you an idea of suggested items that we are short of at present. There has been an increased demand for food from the Shepway FoodBank over the last few months, if you are able to donate, your support would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Farmers Market
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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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No job too small
Hythe Farmers’ Market takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month
Please call to discuss your needs
from 10am until 1pm. In the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe, Parking is available nearby. For more information call
(01303) 266118 or 268715
WOW Design-led gifts and interiors 76 High Street Hythe Kent CT21 5AL
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Saturday 11 August 7.30pm Narropera: Dorothee Jansen (soprano), Floriane Peycelon (violin), Haydn Rawstron (piano and narrator) Mozart – Don Giovanni ur Thursday 30 August 12 noon [L] Branco Stoysin (acoustic guitar)
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Saturday 15 September 7.30pm Eleanor Percy (violin) & Irina Lyakhovskaya (piano) Saturday 22 September 7.30pm Paul Hale – organ recital (Southwark Cathedral Organist Emeritus) Sunday 30 September 3.00pm Festival Chamber Orchestra with Kathryn Jenkin (soprano) ‘The English Soul’ Sunday 14 October 3.00pm Icknield Trio: Anna Le Hair (piano), Arwen Newband (violin), Sarah Boxall (cello) Sunday 28 October 3.00pm Oliver Nelson (violin) & Vasilis Rakitzis (piano Saturday 3 November 7.30pm Shepway Singers ‘The Golden Age of Polyphony’ Saturday 10 November 6.00pm Helen Bailey (soprano), Jim Clements (baritone), tbc (piano) ‘End of Great War Commemoration’ Saturday 22 December 7.30pm ‘Carols for All’ [retiring collection] 7
Call Steve on 07484263508 restorationman@live.com Call Matt on 07766355880 allpine@tesco.net www.allpinefurniture.co.uk
rear of: 97 Dymchurch Road, Hythe, Kent CT21 6JN We are bespoke kitchen and furniture makers We can make what you are looking for Handmade furniture for kitchens, bedrooms, offices, studies, dining, lounge and more.......... We specialise in traditionally styled, solid pine and oak furniture, handcrafted and superior quality for your home or business. We offer a one-to-one service, creating furniture to perfectly fit our customer's own specifications - from bedroom suites to kitchen units. All of our products are hand-finished with natural bees-wax, or painted to your requirements.
Find us now at the Malthouse Fri and Sat: 9.30 am - 5 pm The Malthouse, Malthouse Hill, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5BW 8
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SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST
Support local events
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Have you heard about The Reading Room Sandgate? SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST REG CHARITY NO. 287281
Just some of the groups that use the Chichester Hall on a regular basis (contact The Sentinel for details):
The Old Fire Station 51, Sandgate
Tai Chi
High Street Sandgate,
Yoga
Kent CT20 3AH
The Reading Room In The Old Fire Station Sandgate is a beautiful wood panelled room and is an ideal venue for small functions: Birthday Parties, small meetings, studio lighting & photography sessions, music practice, wakes etc. There is seating for a maximum
Pilates
Phone
Tamalpa
equipped kitchen which includes crockery & cutlery settings and a
Mobile
combination microwave, tea urn, fridge, coffee machine & kettles.
07778773500
Table tennis
of 30 people and there are folding tables for your use. There is a fully
01303 772873
E-mail:
Please note there is NO WHEELCHAIR ACCESS. For more information please visit our newly designed website:
theoldfirestation369@gmail.com
Website
Short mat bowls
www.theoldfirestationsandgate.co.uk
Sandgate Society monthly talks Sandgate Art Group
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www.theoldfirestationsandgate.co.uk Or ring Mike Chalk 01303 772873 or Zoe Varian 01303 248114
Rooms to hire in Sandgate Need to hire a hall? There's no need to look any further. Sandgate has a room to suit your needs. Chichester Memorial Hall Old Fire Station Reading Room St Paul's Church Hall Tower Theatre The Library Whether for a party, business meeting, music evening, club meeting or annual general meeting, Sandgate has a room for you with space to accommodate from 10 to 300. To see if there is one to suit your needs, do email the date(s) and number of attendees to david@davidcowell.net. We'll do the rest.
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Cyanea capillata
JIM GREENFIELD
While some jellyfish are harmless or have a very mild sting, others have a painful and even dangerous sting. MCS would therefore recommend that, for your own safety, you do not touch jellyfish. Please adhere to the Health and Safety advice on the back of this flyer.
DAVID CROPP
Marine Conservation Society Jellyfish Survey
Lion’s mane jellyfish: Large, usually
50cm but can reach 2m in diameter. Large, reddish brown, umbrella-shaped bell with a mass of long, thin hair-like tentacles as well as 4 short, thick, frilled and folded arms. This jellyfish stings.
PAUL PARSONS/AQUAPIX
Pelagia noctiluca Mauve stinger: Up to 10cm. Has a deep
bell with pink or mauve warts, 16 marginal lobes and 8 marginal, hair-like tentacles. Manubrium bears 4 longer frilled arms with tiny pink spots. This jellyfish stings.
Chrysaora hysoscella
Aurelia aurita Moon jellyfish: Up to 40cm in diameter.
Transparent, umbrella-shaped bell edged with short hair-like tentacles. Recognised by the 4 distinct pale purple gonad rings in the bell. Manubrium (mouth and arms, underside and centre of bell) bears 4 short, frilled arms. Mild sting.
DAVID CROPP
Rhizostoma octopus
PAUL PARSONS
Up to 1m in diameter. Robust, with a spherical, solid, rubbery and largely white bell, fringed with purple. The bell lacks tentacles but 8 thick, frilled arms hang from the manubrium.
Velella velella By-the-wind-sailor: Not a jellyfish, but a floating, solitary hydranth. Up to 10cm long and blue-purple in colour. Upright sail and chitinous float are diagnostic, with a mass of small tentacles surrounding the mouth on the underside. Occurs in vast swarms.
© Marine Conservation Society 2006
Protecting our seas, shores and wildlife - now and for future generations
www.mcsuk.org
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Cyanea lamarckii Blue jellyfish: Up to 30cm. Similar shape to C. capillata but smaller with a blue bell through which radial lines can be seen. Mild sting.
Barrel or Root mouth jellyfish:
STEVE TREWHELLA
JO JAMIESON/MCS
30cm. Colour variable, but usually has pale umbrella-shaped bell with diagnostic brownish V-shaped markings, 32 marginal lobes and 24 long, thin tentacles. 4 long, thick, frilled arms hang from the manubrium. This jellyfish stings.
COLIN SPEEDIE
Compass jellyfish: Typically up to
Physalia physalia Portuguese Man-of-War: Not a jellyfish, but a floating colony of hydrozoans. The oval-shaped, transparent float with crest is diagnostic. Blue-purple in colour, with many hanging ‘fishing polyps’ below that may be tens of metres long. Extremely dangerous to humans due to their powerful sting. Rare in the UK but if found in numbers they should be reported to the local authorities.
Get Involved
Little is known about jellyfish in UK waters, but we do know that they are the staple diet of the critically endangered leatherback turtle. These spectacular reptiles are seasonal visitors to UK seas, and are thought to migrate from their tropical nesting beaches to feed on our jellyfish. Analyses of stomach contents of dead leatherbacks stranded on UK shores have revealed that they feed on several species of British jellyfish. By comparing the distribution of jellyfish with environmental factors such as sea temperature, plankton production and current flow, we hope to understand what influences the seasonal distribution of jellyfish and leatherbacks in UK waters.
In an effort to better understand the ecology of Britain’s leatherback turtles, the Marine Conservation Society would like you to help record jellyfish strandings on local beaches and jellyfish swarms at sea. MCS needs detailed records of jellyfish strandings on UK shores and jellyfish swarms at sea. If you regularly walk along beaches, are an Adopt-a-Beach/Beachwatch volunteer, dive or sail, you can help. This recording form and ID guide is all you need to take part in the MCS jellyfish survey. Complete one form per survey in as much detail as possible.
Health and Safety
It is important to record when you do see jellyfish on the beach or at sea, but it is also useful to know when and where you don’t see any. If possible, please fill in a form for each walk or sea trip regardless of whether or not you see jellyfish Summaries of the data collected through this scheme will periodically be available from MCS.
BACKGROUND IMAGE: AURELIA AURITA SWARM © COLIN SPEEDIE/MER
Jellyfish and leatherback turtles
Jellyfish Identification
Some jellyfish can sting
Identification of live jellyfish is usually easy but once they’ve washed up on the beach it can become more difficult. Please do not guess if you are not really sure, just record the jellyfish as ‘Unidentified’ and describe it on the form. If possible, take photos of the jellyfish bell and manubrium (mouth and arms, underside and centre of bell) to help with identification later. If you’d like to learn more about jellyfish ID, the ‘Collin’s Pocket Guide to the Seashore of Britain and Europe’ may help.
Never touch jellyfish with bare hands Always use a stick or wear arm length rubber gloves if you need to turn them over for identification Beware of the stinging tentacles and keep your face and any exposed skin well clear
Bell
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MCS would like to acknowledge the support of Defra and English Nature for this project
© PETER RICHARDSON/MCS
© TIM FANSHAWE/MCS
Seek medical attention in the case of a severe sting
Manubrium
Both these pictures show stranded barrel jellyfish. The first is of a fresh stranding while the jellyfish in the second picture is decaying.
This form is designed to photocopy clearly, but if you need more forms, we are happy to provide them. Please call 01989 566017 Please send all completed forms to: MCS/Jellyfish Survey, FREEPOST HR391, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5ZZ PLEASE USE A STAMP IF YOU CAN
Marine Conservation Society Jellyfish Survey TITLE
FIRST NAME
SPECIES
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Use codes below
NUMBER ALIVE/FRESHID CONFIDENCE DESCRIPTION AND DIAGNOSTIC ORDECAYING 0% - 100% CHARACTERISTICS
SURNAME
ADDRESS: TOWN: POSTCODE:
COUNTY: TEL:
SURVEY DATE:
E-MAIL: TIME OF DAY:
Are you reporting stranded jellyfish or jellyfish at sea? AT SEA
STRANDED LENGTH OF BEACH (m):
DISTANCE SURVEYED (m):
DISTANCE FROM SHORE (m):
LOCATION SURVEYED: (Beach survey = nearest town or beach name and OS grid reference. Sea trip = description of route incl. lat./long. coordinates of start & end points and of any jellyfish swarms encountered)
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Aa=Aurelia aurita, Cc=Cyanea capillata, Ch=Chrysaora hysoscella, Cl=Cyanea lamarckii, Ph=Physalia physalia, Pn=Pelagia noctiluca, Ro=Rhizostoma octopus, Vv= Velella vellela, U = Unidentified.
OTHER ANIMALS / PLANTS/ ITEMS OCCURRING/STRANDING IN ABUNDANCE:
I DO NOT wish to be contacted by MCS about other projects and appeals nor my details passed on to other organisations.
PLEASESUBMITEXTRANOTESANDDIAGRAMSONASEPARATEPIECEOFPAPERANDPOSTTHEMWITHTHIS FORM ALONG WITH ANY PHOTOS. MANY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! Registered Charity no: 1004005
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To advertise in three The Sentinels with circa 2300 targetted readers and growing please email me at:
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 gauranteed.
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Brian Oxley - painter
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50% to Parkinson Research
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Why not visit the Mission Hut to see the paintings in their full glory. All framed. 1. St Mary`s Church ruin-sunset
oil on canvas
23" x 15”
£300 00
2. Coast of Cork, Ireland
oil on board
11" x 15”
£150 00
3. The “Wash” Norfolk
oil on board
8" x 10”
£120 00
4. Lilies and French pots
oil on board
23" x 16”
£250 00
5. Jenny reading in the garden
oil on board
28" x 21”
£500 00
6. Fishermens`children
conte drawing
22" x 18"
£200.00
7. The Ireland in the lake
oil on canvas
17" x 15"
£300 00
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Brian and Jenny Oxley have lived in Wayfield House in West Hythe for 40 years and when you visit you can see why. Set in a number of delightful acres, the garden, superbly tended by Jenny, meanders in an informal manner, each turning exposing something new to delight all the senses. It is no wonder this has been such an inspiration for their work. Brian was born locally and attended the Folkestone School of Art when it was in Shellon Street. He has exhibited widely including in a RA Summer Exhibition and has his paintings in collections throughout the world. He is listed in David Buckman's authorative Artists in Britain since 1945 and in Who's Who in Art (35th Edition 2012) edited by Lynda Murray. His work pays testament to the years of practise and his experience was passed on to students at three local schools, where he was the Head of Art, and other educational institutes. Now he devotes his time to practising his craft and art and The Sentinel is delighted to provide a platform for his work particularly as half of the money he receives goes to the Parkinson Research charity who have already received in excess of ÂŁ4000 from him. Should you wish you can visit Brian at his studio, the Mission Hut, where he would be delighted to show you round the garden too where you will enjoy this developing creativity and should discover many of Jenny's hand built ceramics featuring animals and other forms influenced in some cases by historic cultures, albeit they are not for sale.
Please donate to Parkinson's UK Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's. Will you help us find a cure? Thank you
click above or go to: www.parkinsons.org.uk/donate
Mission Hut, St Mary's Road, West Hythe, CT21 4NU 01303 268545; 077715811283; brianoxley2@aol.com Directions The Mission Hut and Wayfield House are in St Mary's Road which can be found at the foot of Lympne Hill in West Hythe (take the turning off the coast road to Boltophs Bridge then turn right at the pub) 21 15
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Sandgate resident Kurt Stephens was tragically killed on Thursday 19th July in a road accident. Kurt was on his way with a number of other members of the Wheel MC Motorcycle Club to a weekend in Belgium. He died in a multi-vehicle accident just after they had left Eurotunnel and onto the motorway in France. All our thoughts are with his wife and our friend Tracy Stephens, his family, colleagues at Acula Creations on Sandgate High Street and many friends. Kurt was until recently a Sandgate Parish Councillor, and also a Trustee and Treasurer of the Chichester Memorial Hall in Sandgate. He had recently been proud to become the standard bearer for the Sandgate Branch of the Royal British Legion. He was well known throughout the village as a friendly and welcoming face, including regularly dressing up to support Charity and promote the village and Acula Creations. This collection is for his wife Tracy Stephens to deal with any costs and expenses over the next few months. Any donations will be collected together and go to Tracy to allow her to deal with costs and her costs at this awful time. There are local collections points including in the Sandgate Members Club, Comemos and the Providence Inn all on Sandgate High Street, and you can also make a donation online here.
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Could you foster a cat? Do you have a few hours to spare each day? The Folkestone and Hythe Branch of Cats Protection needs fosterers As a fosterer you: Take a cat into your home temporarily until it finds a new permanent home. Have an appropriate room/s which can be adapted. Are able to keep the cat indoors, without access to outside Can foster even if you have your own cats – provided they are kept separately. Have all expenses paid and help and advice given by our Branch. If you would like further details please call: 0345 260 1253
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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. Kindle edition The shouty exclamation! ÂŁ9.99 Hardback The three dots of... ÂŁ12.50 (Not forgetting the brackets) Great gift And even more
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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 below) and I will scan.
If you would like to make a donation to the Trust to help with the upgrade to the Sandgate free wifi you can do so by clicking here
Thank you If you would like to submit an article or letter please email it to me. 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; email: david@davidcowell.net