Hythe
August 2018 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
↗what's left of the
Support your local Farmers' Markets
SANDGATE FARMERS MARKET January 2018 S
W
T
February 2018
M
T
S
M
T
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
4
5
6
7
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
11
12
13
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
18
19
28
29
30
31
25
26
7
F
S
April 2018 T
W
T
F
S
M
1
2
3
2
3
8
9
10
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
20
21
22
23
24
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
F
S
M
S
M
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
6
7
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
13
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
20
29
30
S
M
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
F
S
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
29
30
31
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
4
5
6
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
11
12
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
18
19
28
29
30
31
25
26
T
T
T
T
S
June 2018
W
S
M
T
W
T
1
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
11
12
3
4
5
6
7
14
15
16
17
18
19
10
11
12
13
21
22
23
24
25
26
17
18
19
20
27
28
29
30
31
24
25
26
27
S
M
T
5
6
7
21
12
13
28
19
S
F
1
F
S
1
August 2018 F
W
T
July 2018 W
S
May 2018
S
T
March 2018
T
2
8
9
14
15
16
21
22
23
28
29
30
September 2018
W
T
S
M
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
F
11
S
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
14
15
16
17
18
9
10
11
T
12
W
13
T
14
F
15
S
20
21
22
23
24
25
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
26
27
28
29
30
31
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
S
M
S
1
30 October 2018
November 2018
Farmers Market
T
W
December 2018
T
F
S
1
2
3
S
M
7
8
9
10
T
W
T
F
2
3
4
5
6
7
13
14
15
16
20
21
22
23
8
17
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
24
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
27
28
29
30
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
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).
REAL F
D. REAL CL
SE.
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
Support local events
2
No job too small Please call to discuss your needs 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.
3
I am delighted to inform you that three electronic editions of The Sentinel are now published. We now produce a Sandgate, Hythe and a Newington version each month. If you would like to receive a copy of any please email me at: david@davidcowell.net and put the name of the version you require ie The Sentinel Hythe or The Sentinel Sandgate/ Hythe etc in the subject line.
Hythe Farmers’ Market takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 10am until 1pm. In the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe, Parking is available nearby. For more information call (01303) 266118 or 268715
4
5
The Tsar of Russia takes tea at the Ship Hotel This painting, called The Allied Sovereigns to Petworth, 24 June, 1814 by Thomas Phillips, RA, captures the moment that George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) is presented by George, Prince Regent to the Tsar, Alexander I of Russia, in the Marble Hall at Petworth. Its interest is that during that visit to this country, the Tsar and his sister, the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, met the Mayor of Hythe, Richard Shipden, for tea at the Ship Hotel in the town's High Street. The Tsar's visit, along with the sovereigns of other allied countries, was to celebrate the peace following the defeat of France and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte in April of that year. The visit was arranged between the first Paris peace conference that had ended with the signing of the First Treaty of Paris on 30 May and the opening of the Congress of Vienna in September and was to last all of three weeks, from the 6th to 27th June 1814. I do not yet know why he visited Hythe although it is reasonable to assume that it was to see the military defences. As well as being Mayor, Richard Shipden was a freeholder and grocer and he was also Speaker of the Cinque Ports. In 1794 he struck his own coinage. Illustrated is the half penny. On the obverse is an early medieval single-masted English round ship at sea. There are two men on deck, one blowing a horn, and two others kneeling on the yard arm at either side of the mast. Seven fish can be seen swimming in the water: The design is based on the seal of the Barons of the Cinque Ports. "PAYABLE AT HYTH (sic)" is inscribed. On the reverse, arms combining the three Plantagenet lions and the three ships of the Cinque Ports (five coastal towns namely Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich that had a special agreement with the crown of England). Inscribed is "CINQUE PORT HALFPENNY 1794". Edge inscription: "AT RICHARD SHIPDEN’S .X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.". The misspelling may be the manufacturer, William Lutwyche’s, error. More research is needed on this interesting man. He apparently libelled Lt-Col John Brown the Assistant Quartermaster General and Commandant of the newly formed Royal Staff Corp of Field Engineers whom William 6
continued on page 7
continued from page 6
Pitt had put in charge of building Mr Pitt's Ditch as the Canal was affectionately known locally. According to Paul Vine in his very readable The Royal Military Canal, Brown tended to treat Hythe as a military depot rather than a market town and it may have been to this that Shipden made reference in the Canterbury News. Proceedings against him were abandoned upon public motives on the advice of the AttorneyGeneral. In 1821 he was declared bankrupt. The announcement of this in the London Gazette said he was late of the town of Hythe and one of his professions The Poet Laureate, Robert was a Chapman. A Southey composed an ode Chapman was for the Tsar's arrival: an itinerant salesman and it is from this Conqueror, Deliverer, Friend word that the word 'chap' of human-kind, meaning a The free, the happy Island 'man' is derived. welcomes thee! He is Thee Alexander, thee the buried in the family Great, the Good, The vault in St Glorious, the Beneficient, the Leonard's Church in Just, the town. Thee to her honour'd shores The mighty Island welcomes in her joy. Not everyone agreed with this extraordinary sycophancy particularly as Russia was an ally of France up until Napoleon's defeat. The Prince Regent was prominent among them and he was said to have suggested that the Tsar was a northern barbarian who is quite miserable in wanting to play the Jacobin of the south. That told him!
If you know anything more about Richard Shipden, his family or the Tsar's visit do get in touch. See contact details on the last page.
7
The Shipden family vault at St Leonards Church
r ou y r fo e i a ry t a d D
8
ou ry fo y te ar Da di
r
9
10
11
12
Over 55? this blog site might just be for you
13
14
D 15
ou ry fo y e at diar
r
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 - 5 pm The Malthouse, Malthouse Hill, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5BW 16
The frustrating thing I find with diaries and notebooks is that I either don't have a pen or the pen I stick inside the book eventually breaks its spine but not anymore. The Bobino slim pen solves this problem, sitting comfortably either as a page marker or in the specially provided holder. I have pestered Clive and Helen at Artwrite for ages to stock them and now they do. Only ÂŁ5.99 they don't take refills but they last for years.
17
Paul worked at Crundens and since its closure has provided this excellent service.
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.
18
D
u yo or f e s ry at dia
r
19
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”.
Programme 2018 The Friends’ 2018 concert brochure is available here. Tickets Prices (unless otherwise stated): Evening and afternoon concerts £12; lunchtime concerts £7. Discounted prices for Friends of St Leonard’s Church: Evening and afternoon concerts £10; lunchtime concerts £6. Join here.
WOW Design-led gifts and interiors 76 High Street Hythe Kent CT21 5AL
Tickets available from Brandon’s Music Shop, 55 High Street, Hythe CT21 5AD (01303 264429) and at church door 20
21
Support local events
D
ur yo r fo ry e at dia
22
23
ou ry o f y te iar Da d
r
24
25
26
27
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 Landline: 020 3239 5828 (via Skype) email: david@davidcowell.net