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Sandgate October 2018
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Sandgate Farmers' Market 6th October, 2018 10:00 to 12:30
Sandgate Bakery
Bengal Spice
Smoked French cheese, freshly baked bread, pies and biscuits and smoked salmon and smoked ham
Indian Spices, snacks and meals to take away
Florrie's Jewellery
Susannah Parkin
Hand crafted jewellery wonderful inexpensive gifts new items each market
dog treats
Pauline's hand made toys
Including win a car competition
Great gift ideas
CAFE serving teas & coffees and cakes from the Dog House
Gill Thomson Jewellery
mugs, coaster, fridge magnets and postcards of the local areas and towns
Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass
BOOKS New books added at each Market 2
Sandgate Bakery
Susannah Parkin
Smoked French cheese, freshly baked bread, pies and biscuits and smoked salmon and smoked ham
dog treats
Pauline's
mugs, coaster, fridge magnets and postcards of the local areas and towns
hand made toys great gift ideas
Gill Thomson Jewellery 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
Bengal Spice
Including win a car competition
Indian Spices, snacks and meals to take away 3
Support your local Farmers' Markets in 2017
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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
01303 265340 www.facebook.com/ wowhythe 5
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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@thesentinel.org.uk. We'll do the rest.
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Local produce Oil
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.
You'll find me here #MalcolmRitchie
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OPEN FORUM Thursday 11TH OCTOBER 5.30pm-6.30pm Chichester Hall, Sandgate High Street Sandgate Parish Council is hosting an Open Forum for all residents to enable them to discuss their concerns regarding anti-social behaviour and other crime in the parish. On the panel will be two members of Kent Police Chief Inspector Somerville and Inspector Julien Lawton It is hoped that residents will take this opportunity to come along to meet with these two officers to discuss these matters. It should be noted that at this meeting only issues relating to crime and anti-social behaviour will be discussed. Other issues relating to parking should be addressed via email to Fred Miller Transportation Manager at frederick.miller@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk. Problems of litter and other environmental issues should be emailed to customer.services@folkestonehythe.gov.uk. 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 r Helen Bailey (soprano), Jim Clements (baritone), tbc (piano) you r fo y ‘End of Great War Commemoration’ es iar t Da d Saturday 22 December 7.30pm ‘Carols for All’ [retiring collection] 16
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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
All concerts take place at: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent
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Chichester Hall Works Update – September 2018 Many thanks for your understanding during the recent works to the hall. We're pleased to say that things seem to be progressing well. The works to the left side of the hall are now complete and scaffolding removed. Those works included replacing and improving the guttering, rebuilding window sills, sealing around and repainting all upstairs windows and all upstairs woodwork and filling a multitude of cracks to the wall and render. We don't want to tempt fate, but after the heavy rain of August Bank Holiday weekend an inspection showed no sign of water coming into the hall along that wall. We'll continue to check it, but good news! The scaffolding has now (early September) been moved to the front of the hall, and over the next four weeks amongst other works the pointing will selectively raked out and replaced, other holes found and made good, sills repaired, windows resealed and all woodwork rubbed back and repainted (windows, doors, roofline) to the front of the building. After this we will move inside, and, roughly in sequence, by the end of 2018 plan to: ● Make good and repaint the left wall of the hall; ● Make good and fully redecorate the stairs and hallway; ● Refloor the main hall, probably with an underlay and hardwearing wood effect laminate floor over the existing boards, to provide a smoother and easier to maintain surface and reducing the noise in the club below; ● Remove a falling ceiling in a back storage room; ● Refurbish and redecorate both the downstairs and upstairs toilets; ● Improvement works to the plumbing and electrics in the kitchen to prepare for a full refit and redecoration; ● If funds still allow, refit and decorate kitchen. As we can afford from there on (early 2019 onwards), we hope to enhance the sound system in the hall, complete a full redecoration to the main hall, and seek to make access to the hall easier (somehow, if we can). Where possible, works will take place outside of periods that the hall is booked, but there may be some periods of disruption. If this is the case, we'll seek to let people know as soon as possible in advance. 27
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If you have any questions about the works as they are progressing, please contact Tim Prater at tim@prater.org.uk. If you have questions about current or potential hall bookings, please contact the Hall Manager Michael Chalk on 0777 877 3500 or email at mchalkie@gmail.com The Trustees of the Chichester Hall are Jan Holben, Daid Cowell, Elspeth Rae, Guy Valentine-Neale & Tim Prater
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Early warning for M20 closure this October
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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@thesentinel.org.uk