Lenham Focus | July '17

July 2017

Big Clean up Thank you to all involved

Lenham Meadows Help protect the local community

Latest Poem From Peter Bailey

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Editorial

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ope all our readers are

Thank you to all the people involved with

enjoying the sun while we

organising it and running it on the day as

have it.

well as all the stall holders, entertainers and all the people that attended to make

I am writing this after the Lenham Family

it such a good day. This event seems to be

Festival and I am sure there will be lots

going from strength to strength and I look

more written about it in the next issue

forward to next year’s.

but I thought I would get in first by saying what an excellent day it was. There was

This month we have a few summer events

plenty of events, activities and stalls for

including the 5th Annual Lenham Garden

all the family and the entertainment was

Show and the Kentish Kitchen event

great. The weather was perfect (my sun

in the Tithe Barn. See inside for more

burnt neck is testament to that) and it

details.

was well attended.

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Dates for your Diary 2 July

18 July

Pet Service

First Meeting of the Lenham Meadows

St John the Baptist Church, Harrietsham

Trust

3:30pm

Come along and help protect and enhance our local open spaces, Community Centre 7:30pm

8 July Summer Fun Open Garden in Support of Heart of Kent Hospice

12 August

Preston Hall, Aylesford 11am to 2pm

Lenham Garden Show Come along to the 5th Annual Lenham Garden Show.

10-15 July The Vicar’s Picnic in Support of Dandelion Time

5-6 August

Yalding’s music festival

A Kentish Kitchen Local produce and homemade gifts at the Tithe Barn 10am to 4pm

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Bill’s Round Golfers – Over £15,000 Raised for Charities

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Kingsman, and “heads ‘n tails” run by Dave Verga helped boost the takings. The fines included talking on a mobile ‘phone in the clubhouse, being the only lady player, and scoring the lowest points of the day!

Glorious weather, good food and lots of

s a result of the 40th Bill’s

laughs, as well as excellent golf, made for

Round event on 2 June 2017

a very happy day.

at West Malling Golf Club

(Hurricane course) over £15,000 has now

The next Bill’s Round charity golf event

been raised for a range of charities since

will take place around bonfire night with

these popular golf days started in 1998.

the date and venue to be made known later in the Summer. Men and women of

The winner this time of the Bill’s Round

all standards are welcome to take part –

Trophy, and a bottle of champagne, was

we hope to attract some new faces from

John Goad from Ashford Golf Club who

those who have recently moved into the

only took up golf two years ago. He scored

village or nearby. If you would like to

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and chose the British Heart Foundation

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and third were Sam and Mike Kingsman.

Roger Bevan

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Lenham Garden Show

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form are available from the Library, Village Stores, Chequers Fish Bar, Community Centre and other local locations.

nly six weeks to go before the 5th annual Lenham Garden

You will need to submit your entry

Show. It does not seem

form by 8.00pm on the Friday prior to

possible that we are in our fifth year,

the show. Set up time will be 10.00am

anyway 12th August is the date so put it in

for exhibitors on the Saturday, with

your diaries.

judging at noon. The show will be open to the public from 2.00pm. Cups will be

The show is open to anybody living in

presented at approx. 4.00pm.

the Len Valley area. You do not need to be a member of the LGS nor an expert

Please come along and support your local

gardener, just have a love of gardening.

garden show whether as an exhibitor or

So whether it’s on the allotment or a pot

visitor. Refreshments will be available

on the patio, all gardeners are welcome

during the afternoon.

- remember it’s a fun event.

Lenham Garden Show Team The programme together with the entry

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Dog Show (2pm start)

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Clubs & Societies

a winner --- one minute after leaving for

Lenham Gardening Society

Reminder that the July meeting will be

home it started to rain -- how lucky is that?

our Pimms & strawberry evening, tickets Our May speaker, Elizabeth Hall, gave

are available from Pat on 859084 priced

a very interesting and humorous talk

at £7 per person. As you may know we

on rhododendrons and related plants.

run a tombola so if anybody has any

However, she also told us that she was a

unwanted gifts, or a tin of baked beans

‘conchologist’ (seashell collector to you

or a nice bottle of wine which we can

and me) as well and the second half of

use, please let me have them prior to the

her talk was about how she got into the

evening -thanks.

habit of collecting, illustrated with some fantastic pictures made out of shells.

Also a reminder about our outing to

Elizabeth used a lot of props, including

Knole Park on July 26th, departing

part of a garden shed, which made a

Lenham 9.30am. Tickets available at our

change from looking at slides on the wall!

July meeting or from Pat 859084, prices

All in all a marvellous evening enjoyed by

depending on whether you are a NT

the members.

member or not.

See separate article below for update on

Earlier in the month 40+ members

the Lenham Garden Show.

visited the Savill Gardens, which are

Happy gardening

part of Windsor Great Park, to view the

Keith

wonderful rhododendrons, azaleas and

Chair LGS

other spring plants and flowers. We had

Lenham Heritage

been told that this was the best time of the year to visit Savill Gardens and we

We had an excellent talk from David

were not disappointed. To top off a great

Carder on the architecture of Medieval

day we had a high tea in our own marquee

churches. If you missed it he is coming

which was the icing on the cake for us

for another to explain some of St Mary’s

all. The weather had been very kind to

structure.

us all day which helped make the outing

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So July 28th is a meeting 7.30pm inside

and even Iron Age items and worked

the church and David Carder will

flint implements. Let’s hope we find

be giving a guided tour pointing out

something amazing! Further building

the architectural features. Everyone

footings and clues for the broken arch

interested is welcome of course especially

and doorway of No 4 Church Square

the Friends of St Mary’s.

would be a bonus.

Our churchyard survey will hopefully be

I must correct one error some locals

available by the time you read this, and

have ….that of sand extraction . Brett are

will be on going. It is not an easy task and

extending their sand quarrying eastwards

will take sometime. There are recording

and towards what was Burleigh Chapel.

sheets for each grave site for volunteers

The archaeology of that area has been

to fill in and attach a photograph.

worked recently in detail and to minimise

Once it gets going I hope someone will

the effects on local traffic there is already

volunteer to organise it further and get it

a tunnel cut under the road near the

completed.

Red Lion at Charing Heath and the sand travels by conveyor belt so I am told.

Now that the Nat West Bank has gone and

There will be NO sand extraction on the

Michael Thorneloe owns the building, the

site of Chapel Field near Royton. That

small garden standing very close to the

will remain as it is and we know there

churchyard wall beckoned.

is a large Iron Age site under that and it

Asking if we could do a small dig he

remains safe under farm land.

very kindly said yes! So again, by the

The number of chapels and lost chapels

time of writing this, in July we will have

in this area is high and on the old records

opened a small trench across the lawn.

east Lenham was a ‘parsonage’. That

If people wish to dig with us then they

denotes it must have had a church …but

must officially join Lenham Heritage and

no church is listed in the Doomsday Book

pay the £15 joining fee. It is a question of

for either east Lenham or Lertham (as

insurance and therefore a necessity. As

west Lenham was written.) A parsonage

that garden has had little in it for several

supplied clergy to all the outlying chapels.

centuries (bar the grazing patch of a

It seems clear that the village of Lenham

donkey) it could have a collection of small

that Queen Ediva gave to the Archbishop

items from donkey shoes, oyster shells,

in 961 AD must have had a church.

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Reason being the tribute to her written in

Queen Ediva, painting in Canterbury

the 11th Century says:-

Cathedral.

“She was the Mother of the whole English Nation the founder and fosterer

Reputedly painted approximately 100 yrs

of churches…”.

after she died, but if so is nearly 1000 yrs

So, the answer to the Lenham problem

old!

that makes sense is that it already existed

Lesley Feakes 8502745

with a church in 1066 and became the

Royal British Legion Women’s Section

property of Archbishop Lanfranc and /or part belonging to Bishop Odo. Possibly it was not entered in the DB because those

This month is our Garden Party meeting

powerful men did not want nosey scribes

– hats and china cups and saucers.

around and the DB was a record for taxes

Date 27th July at the community centre

to the King. Another alternative is that

at 2:30pm.

Lenham as a town was already taxed

Look forward to seeing you all there.

direct to the king anyway, as was Dover.

Enid LaPlain

The DB is missing far too many churches.

Remember the scribes were likely French

Lenham WI

and may have misinterpreted much of what locals said in their broad Saxon

Our June meeting had to be postponed

English. The Doomsday Book is not a

due to the General Election. We will be

totally complete record.

having a meeting in August instead, Due to W.I. regulations we have to have a minimum number of meetings each year, so we will hopefully be welcoming the speaker from ‘Porchlight’ to that meeting instead. Members were once again in charge of teas and cakes at the Family Festival on June 10th.

The speaker in July will be John Mills on the subject of Capital Punishment and the talk in September is called, ‘Half Way

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up Kilimanjaro’ and will be given by Paula

at paper piecing designs soon. It is a

Harris.

tricky but fun technique.

On July 4th we will be continuing with

Gill Simes

the paper pieced design by backing and quilting our pieces ready for a project

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later.

Hi everyone, our next meeting is

July 19th will be the start of our complex

Thursday 20/07/17 2.00-4.00 pm at the

machine quilting project. We are

Community Centre. We are having a talk

making a freestyle cushion cover with

on the Witchling family.

simple geometric blocks. Made with

We look forward to seeing you all.

plain fabric of silks or cotton it showcases

Olive, Sue, Jacky, Kath, Jackie, Ann, Fred,

the assorted quilting designs.

Martin, Jenny and Nina

If anyone would like to stop by and see

Len Valley Community Hub Club

what we are doing we are in the Osbourne room in the Lenham Community Centre.

We start at 1:00pm on July 4th, and

Hello to one and all. Our next meeting

1:30pm on July 19th. Or contact Pamela

is Thursday 06/07/17 when we will be

Gillard at 01233-879507 for more

going on our day out to Ramsgate. Let’s

information.

hope the weather stays fine. The coach is picking up at the Dog and Bear at

Pamela Gillard

10.30am. Then Ham Lane 10.40am and Harrietsham 10.50am. Looking forward to having a great day out.

Fred, Martin, Zoe, Jenny and Nina

Country Ways Quilters In June we have been working on our Ohio Star blocks and will try our hands

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Lenham Cricket Club

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their target for the loss of 6 wickets. Dave Bunch chipping in with 50 not out to go with his 4 wickets.

t has been a challenging start to the

Rumwood - Home, 03/06

season for the Saturday side - but onwards and up-wards! results as

LCC won the toss and batted. Lots of

follows:

batsmen got starts but no one pushed on and we reached 183 for 6. Some poor

Rodmersham - Home , 06/05

bowling saw the visitors get off to a flyer and they chased down the target with 9

Opposition won the toss and put us in.

overs to spare for the loss of 6 wickets.

Pick of the batting was Nick Rutledge - 44

Tom Curtis, Nick Collins and Mike

in total of 132. Rodmersham got off to a

Rickner each picked up 2 wickets.

flyer but thanks to excellent bowling from Dave Bunch, who took 6/29, Rodmersham

There will be a full update for the Sunday

were dismissed for 87.

side next month.

Faversham - Home, 20/05

DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES!

LCC won the toss and fielded. Faversham

Fun Day info:

scored 233/6 off 40 overs - Nick Collins

Lenham CC annual ‘Fun day’ Rounders

getting 3/44. Despite a solid start LCC

tournament is on SUNDAY 9th JULY-

could not push on and although only

Lenham C.C ground Ham Lane. The fun

losing 5 wickets were restricted to 157 in

begins at 11.30am

response. Adrian Longley (39).

Activities to include: ROUNDERS TOURNAMENT, SQUAD

Bapchild - Away, 27/05

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Hosts won the toss and batted. Bapchild

NUMBER OF UNDER 14’S, ENTRY FEE

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Adrian Longley (3) were the pick of the bowlers. Lenham fell just 8 runs short of

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Finally this month a word for our

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one day a week by appointment.

which is more suitable

Tracey

to the name of the shop.

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Lenham Spring Clean

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heard. There are now fourteen volunteer litter pickers who regularly clean their chosen area.

hank you to the twenty

My gratitude is extended to Jacqui

seven parishioners who

who clears Ham Lane from Lenham

joined forces with the

Storage to the Primary school and

Parish Council to give the village a

often further, and to Phil who takes

spring clean. On a wonderfully sunny

care of the Cherry Close estate.

Saturday morning on May 20th at

Up on the downs, Henny and Peter

9am, volunteers met in the Square,

keep the Warren Road and Hubbards

chose their litter picking equipment

Hill area clear of rubbish. Brian and

and fanned out throughout the parish.

Jo look after the Cherry Downs Picnic

I am pleased to report the village did

site and then carry on the task at

not seem as littered as in previous

Station Approach.

years, so perhaps the LOVE LENHAM - HATE LITTER message is being

Platts Heath is well served by Wendy,

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Janet, Rob and Kathy who litter pick

Ashford Road area neat and tidy.

various areas from Green Lane along

Of course there are several ‘unsung

towards Sandway and Runham Lane.

heroes’ who often pick up rubbish

Hugh kindly keeps the area from

close to their homes, Sarah, for

Tanyards Farm to the Church litter

instance keeps the Pilgrims Way tidy

free, whilst Edna ensures Royton

and David often cleans the Faversham

Avenue is spic and span.

Road junction clean. Thank you one and all; your support is much

Merrilyn ensures the Square is

appreciated. Keep up the good work!

tidy and often walks along the A20 collecting debris from inconsiderate

Regards Margo McFarlane (Clerk &

passing motorists. Katherine keeps

RFO to Lenham Parish Council)

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Lenham Valley Business Association networking for Lenham since 2009 For me, it feels like just a couple of years since the Lenham Parish Council and the members of the independent Lenham business group, invited me to a meeting to advise how to improve their business group into a more focused operation. It was their fourth attempt at making the group work and (according to everyone) it still didn’t really work well. The main topic of conversation rarely got off parking, according to the then business group chairman. Until then I’d never heard of it.

I had been the longest serving President (a volunteer position) of the Maidstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry (in addition since, the creator of The Maidstone Tourism Association). I had worked in design and marketing for ad agencies, the Kent Messenger and as a director of an international artwork service based in Maidstone, but serving the world.

In 1994 I started my own sole trader business mainly in local design & marketing. My profession was well suited to advise different groups on branding, structuring and running properly functioning focus groups.

Ensuring everyone involved got something from being part of it. All very exciting stuff! I thought the existing Lenham team would move forward and I would be there to help them. That wasn’t to be!

I was asked to set it up myself and run it as a volunteer! I felt at home in Lenham, despite not living there. In the main people were helpful, enthusiastic and wanted to make things work properly.

Lenham Valley Business Association provides a lot of help to local businesses with regular networking meetings for people that are really committed to improving their business performance. Speakers at monthly meetings are carefully selected and they are always knowledgable and entertaining.

Directories like the one shown here provide business opportunities around the whole locality.

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Church Services Sunday 2nd July

Wednesday 19th July

9.30 am Lenham: Breakfast service

10.30am Chippendayle Lodge

9.30 am Boughton Malherbe: Holy Communion (Prayer Book)

Sunday 23rd July

11.00 am Ulcombe: Family Worship

8.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

11.00 am Lenham: Holy Communion

(Prayer Book)

3.30 pm Harrietsham: GIFT family

9.30am Harrietsham: Holy Communion

worship

9.30am Boughton Malherbe: Family Worship

Wednesday 5th July

10.45am Ulcombe: Holy Communion

9.30am Lenham: Holy Communion

11.00am Lenham: Family Worship

Sunday 9th July

Sunday 30th July

8.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

10.00am Boughton Malberbe: Joint Len

(Prayer Book)

Valley Churches Celebration Service

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service 9.30am Harrietsham: Holy Communion 11.00am Ulcombe: Holy Communion

Please note there will be no Men’s Breakfast this month

11.00am Lenham: Morning Worship 6.30pm Boughton Malherbe: Choral

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1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at

Sunday 16th July

10:30am

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service

Lenham Community Centre

9.30am Harrietsham: Morning Worship

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Christian Message

O

you again’. As does the German ‘auf wiedersehen’. And then the French ‘au revoir’ meaning ‘until we see each other again’. all these interpretations are NOT

ne of the saddest things that

so final.

we ever have to do is to say

We might just say ‘see ya’! But, as I said,

‘goodbye’. We can all probably

‘goodbye’ can be quite final….

think of a time when that has been extremely difficult.

And so we can relate to how the disciples

Some of you will know that two of my

of Jesus might have felt when Jesus died,

children live quite near, but I don’t

how sad they would have been, but how

see my youngest son as often and it is

happy they would have felt when they

difficult to say goodbye to him when I do

realised he was alive again! But then,

get to see him.

just 40 days after the resurrection, when

A child in one of our church schools

Jesus was with his disciples on a hilltop,

recently told me how sad it was to say

he told them that he must go back to his

goodbye to a baby her family had been

Father in heaven. We can only imagine

fostering.

how his friends felt then, how all sorts of

And, of course, 8 months ago we said

thoughts must have gone through their

goodbye to our last Priest in charge here

minds. About how they would be left

in LV.

alone again.

And now our newly appointed priest is

How were they going to carry on the work

preparing to say goodbye to the parishes

of spreading this Good News without

he has been serving in. He told me that

Jesus there to guide them?

this is an emotional time for him, even though he is very much looking forward

I guess we too might have felt something

to coming to Len Valley. I have told him

like that when our last Priest in charge

that our prayers are with him.

announced his retirement. For myself,

When we say ‘goodbye’ we are saying

I was aware that God spoke to me. First,

‘God be with you’. and in our English

in my heart, saying ‘you do this in my

language ‘goodbye’ can be quite final.

strength’. God sent his Holy Spirit to

Unlike Italian for instance where ‘Ciao’

help me with the situation, just as he

or ‘arrivederci’ means, I think, ‘see

sends him to each one of us, if we ask, in

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whatever situation we find ourselves .

small: Come along to our

For Jesus’ disciples, then, and for us now,

Pet Service at St John the Baptist Church,

there is the promise that God will send

Harrietsham on Sunday 2nd July at

‘the Spirit of truth’ to be with us, and to

3.30pm.

teach and guide us, if we ask. ‘I will not

Please bring a responsible owner with

leave you orphaned’ Jesus says. That was

you, and invite their parents, grand-

his promise before his Ascension into

parents, children, brothers, sisters and

heaven, and before the Day of Pentecost

friends. All creatures welcome: mammals,

when The Holy Spirit showed himself in

reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds.

the power of wind and fire. And so, the

Do come along and enjoy the fun (with or

departure of the physical Jesus from this

without a pet)!

world is a plus for us - not a minus. We

Refreshments served afterwards.

have the gift of the Holy Spirit always with us, wherever we are and whatever

“So God created the great sea creatures

our situation. We are never alone

and every living creature that moves,

because we are not left as orphans and

with which the waters swarm, according

we can all be welcomed into that eternal

to their kinds, and every winged bird

family relationship that exists with the

according to its kind. And God saw that it

Trinity of God, Father, Son and Holy

was good.” Genesis 1:21.

Spirit

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We no longer see Jesus on earth but we have not been left orphans - we are not

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children left without a loving parent.

Absolutely Not!!

July 1

Holy Spirit of God, we thank you for Your presence always with us. Be our teacher,

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Amen, Reverend Millie Hart Calling all God’s creatures, great and

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Mrs Greenwood

Lenham Meadows Trust

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Lenham Meadows Trust has been set up to enhance land within the parish for the benefit of everyone. The aim is to hold and maintain a number of

o you value your

open spaces for ever so that, as the

environment? As Lenham

village gets bigger, it isn’t just houses,

inevitably expands, the

roads and cars. The open spaces

difficulty is to ensure it doesn’t

could be areas of farmland, woodland,

become a congested, ugly and

recreational areas or even just

unfriendly place to live.

footpaths that would be looked after and be open to all.

The emerging Neighbourhood Plan has already given villagers a chance to

Inspired by Hollingbourne

have a say in the type of development

villagers, who have already – and

preferred. Now we in Lenham can

successfully – gone down this

go further towards shaping our own

route (see their website at www.

future and be pro-active in keeping our

hollingbournemeadowstrust.co.uk)

village a pleasant place to live.

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it is hoped that people in Lenham

or community involvement. Other

will wholeheartedly support a similar

volunteers will be needed to look after

scheme.

any sites purchased. Support is needed from the community at large to make

There are lots of ways you can become

this vision a reality.

involved. You can donate or bequeath land within the parish boundaries to

The land donated or bought will

the Trust, which has been established

be protected from development for

to manage it in perpetuity for the good

ever. Whether it remains farmland or

of the village. You can donate money

woodland, or becomes a playing field

or raise funds to buy and maintain

or wildlife area will be up to the Trust.

land. Or you can offer your time,

So if you care about promoting and

energy and ideas to help raise money

protecting green spaces in and around

or look after the land.

Lenham, please get involved.

Trustees will be needed to administer

The first meeting will take place at the

and guide the process. Currently there

Community Centre on Tuesday, 18th

are four, but more will soon be needed,

July 2017 at 7.30pm.

particularly those who can offer skills in finance, agriculture, open spaces

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The Fifth Vicar’s Picnic Is Coming!

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word and art installations as well as some amazing stand-up from some of the country’s most experienced comics. The wonderful Kid’s Field will once again be welcoming children with free workshops and entertainments,

he Vicar’s Picnic, Yalding and

proving that The Vicar’s Picnic is

Kent’s biggest little music

indeed the perfect music festival, no

festival, is looking to improve

matter your age.

on past successes and deliver amazing value-for-money entertainment for

As well as our usual donations to clubs

locals and raise money for important

and community endeavours in the

local causes.

village, this year our chosen charity partner is West Farleigh’s Dandelion

The Fratellis and From The Jam are

Time who provide support to families

the festival’s most ambitious bookings

fragmented by trauma, abuse and

to date. Previous years have seen

neglect. Please come down to enjoy

Cast and Reef appearing on the main

the festival and learn more about this

stage of the festival, but 2017 sees an

wonderful organisation.

attempt to raise the standard across all four stages. Other bands scheduled

Finally, we would also like to thank

to appear are The Dualers, Glass

you for your support.

Peaks, Lazy Habits and Tom Hingley, supported by fabulous local acts.

Tickets are still available at www.

Away from the main stages, we’ve

vicarspicnic.co.uk and at our local

succeeded in putting together a stellar

stockists

line-up in the dance tent, with two top names from the dance music world fronting a weekend of non-stop dance ( but not played too loud), Darren Jay and the legendary Seb Fontaine.

This year will also feature a new area, The Artists’s Quarter, featuring spoken

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The Pilgrims Way

by Peter Bailey, May 2017

The prehistoric trackway, from Dover to Stonehenge, Used as a road for pilgrims, a sainthood to avenge.

The death of Thomas Beckett begot the sacred shrine; To visit as a traveller, an enterprise divine.

Winchester to Canterbury became the classic route, The chalky downsland ridge; quite easy on the boot For thousands with their crosses raised; His devotion to be praised.

The Pilgrims Way description?

‘Victorian inscription’ O.S. map invention!

Historical intention!

Today the ‘North Downs Way’ is here, A nations Trail for all to use.

For ramblers, cyclists all to share, Some motor bikers to abuse.

We still have modern pilgrims too, Who march and sing with banners true, All the way to Canterbury, Step by step and very weary!

Three thousand years of history, The transport of our ancestry.

Ideal for modern recreation, A public asset for our nation!

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The Planter and the Plants Interview with Carol Robinson

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The troughs came from oak trees on the estate of John Leigh-Pemberton which had blown down in the great storm of October 1987. The wood had to dry and so the troughs weren’t in place until the early 1990s. Carol,

t age five, Carol Robinson

together with Jean Cockett and

was allotted a tiny patch

Chris Goldsmith, were responsible

of the family garden on the

for their installation for the parish

family farm in the Devon village of

council, which was the forerunner

Rattery. Under her green fingers the

of the Lenham in Bloom initiative

patch sprang into life and Lenham is

followed by the founding of the

still benefiting from them. It is thanks

Lenham Enhancement Association.

to her that the wooden troughs around

Carol became a committee member

the Square continue to brighten our

of the association and explains that

village.

this brought together those interested

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‘in keeping the village looking good’.

been running for 150 years. There was

When the association disbanded last

no such thing as self service in 1971.

year Carol continued her work in

Oliver Jones was a stalwart fixture at

maintaining the troughs round the

the two counters, and his father-in-law

square; more is involved than just the

Harry Woolley had served there before

planting of course. They have to be

him. When the shop changed to self-

watered and maintained and money

service Carol’s smiling face was always

raised for buying plants and the bulbs

behind the delicatessen counter.

that not only adorn the troughs but the pond, Maidstone road banks and

She may be giving up most of the

the green at Robin’s Close. At first the

troughs but not her work for the

parish council funded the planters but

village. Far from it: she works in the

with increasing council costs it became

hospice shop a half-day a week and is

necessary to fundraise with raffles at a

on the committees for theWI, market

Lenham market stall.

and the Lenham Players. That smiling face is still there, as is her love of

Time has passed since the five year old

Lenham.

Carol tackled her tiny patch and she is now approaching her 85th birthday.

Text by Amy Myers, Photo by Jim

She has every intention of continuing

Myers

to maintain the planter outside Pippa’s Tearooms, but is giving up the other troughs because of the heavy labour involved.

For those of us lucky enough to remember Lurcocks, Carol will also always be associated with the 32 years she ran this magnificent grocery store (next to what is now the Bow Window) with her late husband Tony. When she and Tony took the shop over from Bill Lurcock in 1971 it had already

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Climate Change Is Happening

largely be dependent on RURAL.

Pat Crawford provides the HADLOW

hindered by unnecessary documentation.

COLLEGE COMMENT AND ADVICE

The growth of global population

COLUMN

combined with the detrimental aspects of

B

The UK’s farmers and growers are immensely skilled but they are often hampered by unhelpful regulations and

climate change indicate that it is unlikely y the time this article is being

the UK will be able to continue to import

read the Election will be

food at the current rate. At the same

over. Whichever party sits

time, national population is growing thus

in the House of Westminster will be

threatening greater imbalance. We must

facing massive challenges concerned

increase output and produce more food.

with Brexit. Security. Education. The

It is only by introducing comprehensively

National Health Service. Policing.

sustainable policies that the Government

Reducing the National Debt.

can ensure the UK achieves Food Security in ways that comply with the British way

The main parties’ manifestos all

of life.

contained promises referring to these issues. However – they all virtually

The EU has undertaken valuable work

ignored one huge and growing challenge.

in regard to the implementation of

Simply put, that challenge relates to

environment-friendly regulations

‘RURAL’.

balanced by schemes and targets with monetary incentives. The relationship

RURAL should be central to policy

between physical and social wellbeing

decisions. RURAL sector industries

and the environment is complex and

are important in terms of the Economy,

vitally important. Research indicates the

Farming and Food, the Environment,

significance of access to ‘the countryside’

Recreation and Leisure and Social

in terms of human health; the loss of

Wellbeing. It is impossible to disassociate

biodiversity threatens human wellbeing

RURAL from the effects of Climate

in a variety of ways.

Change. Our ability to provide Food Security for future generations will

Water shortages and the opposite -

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flooding - resulting from climate change

The multiple benefits derived from ‘the

are predicted to be two areas of particular

countryside’ must be recognised, valued

concern in the UK and the impact in rural

and appreciated by Government and its

areas could be considerable.

agencies.

Lenham Lights Volunteers

village. Any surplus money is held in a

We would like to thank Alan Reading for

If you have any ideas or suggestions, or

all his years organising a very successful

would like to volunteer, please contact us

switch on day.

at info@lenhamxmaslights.co.uk.

bank account.

We the following will continue to do this.

Please see the website www.

We do hope this article will dispel any

lenhamxmaslights.co.uk for updates &

concerns or misgivings about the future

latest information.

of the Lenham Christmas Light Switch on Day.

Debbie Sharp, Linda Bradshaw, Dave & Jan Flisher, Mike & Sue Compson & Dave

All monies raised go toward lights,

Fairhall.

displays, tree & entertainment for the

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Harrietsham Lawn Tennis Club

T

he tennis season has now

Academy) – details of costs and how to

started (along with the rain!)

book can be found on our website. Whilst

– our courts tend to dry out

booking is a good idea to reserve a place

very quickly so normally play is possible

– if you want to turn up and give tennis a

provided the grass is not wet. Please

try Julian will be pleased to see you and

check our web site for updates on playing

can provide all equipment. Don’t forget

conditions.

that members of Harrietsham Lawn Tennis Club will receive a discounted

The Sunday morning Professional

rate for the coaching sessions and Junior

Tennis Coaching on our grass courts

Membership for the whole summer

has now been extended to give ALL age

season only costs £5.

groups the opportunity for coaching. Our programme is now as follows:

For further details please contact Andrew Rogers on 859352 or visit our website :

Family Tennis

09:30 – 10:30

Ages 4 - 7

10:30 – 11:30

Ages 8 – 11

11:30 – 12:30

Adults & 12+

12:30 – 1:30

www.harrietshamtennis.co.uk

These sessions are being run and organised by professional tennis coach Julian Squiers (South East Tennis

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St Swithin’s Day

S

aint Swithin was a Saxon bishop.

On 15 July 971 though, Swithin’s remains

He was born in the kingdom

were dug up and moved to a shrine in

of Wessex and educated in its

the cathedral by Bishop Ethelwold.

capital, Winchester. He was famous for

Miraculous cures were associated with

charitable gifts and building churches.

the event, and Swithin’s feast day is the

His feast day is 15 July and his emblems

date of the removal of his remains, not his

are rain drops and apples.

death day.

Winchester Cathedral

However, the removal was also

Swithin was chaplain to Egbert, the

accompanied by ferocious and violent

802-839 king of Wessex. Egbert’s son

rain storms that lasted 40 days and 40

Ethelwulf, whom Swithin educated, made

nights and are said to indicate the saint’s

him bishop of Winchester in 852.

displeasure at being moved. This is

Only one miracle is attributed to Swithin

probably the origin of the legend that if it

while he was alive. An old lady’s eggs

rains on Saint Swithin’s feast day, the rain

had been smashed by workmen building

will continue for 40 more days.

a church. Swithin picked the broken eggs up and, it is said, they miraculously

Saint Swithin is still seen as the patron of

became whole again.

Winchester Cathedral. www.bbc.co.uk

Swithin died on 2 July 862. According to tradition, he had asked to be buried humbly. His grave was just outside the west door of the Old Minster, so that people would walk across it and rain fall on it in accordance with Swithin’s wishes.

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Prize Crossword

Across clues

Down clues

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1. He sang ‘Love me tender’. (5) 2. The practice of sending foreign criminals or terrorists for trial in another country. (9) 3. Nostalgic term use when referring to the past. (10) 4. The first part of Dante’s Divine comedy. (7) 5. Jacques ……., well known 20th Century philosopher. (7) 6. Horse used for riding over roads or trails. (4) 7. Inhabitants of the Arctic regions of Canada. (5) 8. What secrets are when exposed. (2,3,4) 13. Hormone responsible for the ‘fight or flight’ reflex. (10) 14. Something inserted in to the chest to control the heart rate. (9) 16. A staged version of something based on real events. (9) 18. Name given to films with words. (7) 19. Radio programme set in Ambridge. (7) 21. A table used as the focus for religious ritual. (5) 23. A fish of the carp family. (5) 24. The man who patented the first practical telephone. ($)

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