Lenham Focus | May '17

May 2017

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Editorial

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ith Easter past and the

cycle rides or anything else please feel

weather starting to warm

free to send it in and we can hopefully

up we are now looking

get a good collection together to help

forward to the annual Lenham Family

introduce the village to some of the lesser

Festival. A weekend long event of fun

known areas.

for the whole village with various events to suit all. If you think you can help out

Finally, and as always, if you think you are

please get in touch with the organisers. If

able to help out with the Focus please do

not please come along and support one of

get in touch. If you have any suggestions

the events.

on how we can improve the magazine or make it more appealing to you we want to

Also with the warm weather comes more

hear from you.

opportunity to get out and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Lenham. If you have any suggestions for activities, walks,

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A DATE NOT TO BE MISSED… ORCHIDS PRESENT A NEW & EXCITING EVENT ;

‘A KENTISH KITCHEN’ The Tithe Barn, Lenham

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August 2017 10am – 4pm

This indoor event will take part in the largest 14th century Tithe Barn in the country, situated in the beautiful village of Lenham. Following the great success of previous Mid-Winter Markets at the barn (this event is being held again on 18th & 19th November 2017), we are pleased to present you with this chance to join us to celebrate what the producers of Kent have on offer and exceptional treasures on show created by our local makers.

Delicious homemade food and entertainment will be available throughout the day.

This amazing barn is rarely open to the public so the opportunity to soak up the traditional atmosphere is not to be missed.

For further information please contact Sharon Prior at Orchids on 0776 401 401

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Come and join the fun at Harrietsham Village Hall in summer 2017

£10 per day

Tuesday 25th July - Wild with Nature / Bug day

Come and join us for a day of digging and hunting for bugs!! Make suitable environments to keep them in and learn about how they live. Make a 3D model of a bug or insect, and take part in other nature activities.

Friday 28th July - Cops and Robbers Day

Which will you be?? Come along and play tag (cops vs robbers) and make masks, hand cuffs, police badges and treasure chests full of gold. Design your own “WANTED” poster and take part in solving a murder mystery!!

Tuesday 1st august - popstar day; lights, camera, action !!

Come and be a popstar for the day!! Visit our Nail bar, hair salon, make-up table, tattoo table, take part in group dance or singing competitions, make musical instruments, popstar craft and a disco in the afternoon.

Friday 4th august - SLumber Party and Smoothie Day

Come dressed in your PJ’s or onesie and enjoy making milkshakes and smoothies. Bring along your favourite teddy bear and make a super cool outfit to take them home in. Lots of craft activities on offer all day.

Tuesday 8th august - Harry Potter Day

Come dressed as a witch or wizard and join in this day filled with magic and mystery. make wizard robes, potions and wands, and make up your own spells to try them out. Help make and sample some butterbeer too!!

Friday 11th august - space and Science Day

Come and learn about planets and our solar system. Take part in junk modelling; Make an alien, rocket or spaceship. Join is with simple scientific experiments, make a live volcano, and take part in lots of craft.

Tuesday 15th august - Circus Day

Roll up, roll up… come and join the circus! Learn some tricks, make (and eat) candy floss, spin some plates or become a clown for the day. Face painting, balloon animals, circus craft and much, much more!!

Thursday 17th august - Air Day

Come along for a day of activities based on air!! Bubbles and bubble machines, balloon activities and modelling, paper planes, windchimes and windmills. Learn about the weather, and make a kite.

Tuesday 22nd august - sports Day

Join us for sports day and try your hand at football, table tennis, cricket, athletics, tennis, rounders and much more!!.

Friday 25th August - Cupcake and Cookery Day

Do you like cake? Then this is a day for you!! In small groups, everyone will participate in cooking, decorating and (of course) eating of cupcakes and cookies and all things yummy. Lots of cookery-based craft too.

Tuesday 29th August - Once Upon A Story Day

Bring along your favourite book and turn yourself into one of the characters. Small groups will read stories, make costumes and props, and put on a play to act out the story or a favourite scene.

Friday 1st September - A Smashing Day of Socks / summer party

There are so many things you can make with socks - puppets, animals, monsters and much, much more!

Followed by an afternoon party and children’s entertainer to celebrate the end of the summer in style.

Activity days run from 9am until 3pm. Breakfast club opens at 8.30am.

All places must be booked in advance and cleared payment received.

Please call 07812 555585 or 07770 407127 for a registration form

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Dates for your Diary 5 May

13 May

Georgia’s Quiz and curry night

Ashford Invicta Singers Concert of Light

Help Georgia to support World Challenge

Music

in Kerala by coming to the quiz night

Lenham Community Centre from 7:30pm

at Lenham Primary School. Email georgiasworldchallenge@hotmail.com

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for info. Tickets must be purchased in

Anneal Spring Clean

advance.

Meet outside the Red Lion at 9am

10 May

9 – 11 June

Presentation on New Zealand Troop Visit

Lenham Family Festival

by Hollingbourne WI

Join in the numerous events across the

All Saints’ Church Hollingbourne

weekend

10:30am

17 June City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra part of the Lenham Family Festival The Tithe Barn from 7:00pm

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

SAVE THE DATE

10 June 2017

10 June 2017

Lenham Family Festival

Lenham Family Festival

donate an hour or more of your time

Lenham Community Centre and Car Park

to support a fun charity event

Fun for all the family

Phone Gail on 01622 850126

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Volunteers for Lenham

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car park and the William Pitt field and the four roads into the Square. Other areas could perhaps be litter picked by the volunteer group.

he Parish Council has been approached by several

This is simply a suggestion of useful

residents who are keen to

tasks; you may have ideas as to how we

undertake a general tidy up and spring

can improve the parish amenities and

clean of the village.

areas which you feel would benefit from some attention.

Due to financial cut backs, the parish receives fewer regular services from

Working together we can identify the best

both Kent County Council (KCC) and

way to improve the general environment

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC).

of the area.

For instance, road side signs used to

We are always pleased to hear from

be cleaned regularly by the KCC. This

parishioners, and welcome your input.

service is no longer provided, so it would

If you are interested in joining the

be useful if a team of volunteers could

volunteer group and could spare an hour

undertake cleaning the street name

or so at your convenience to join with

signs and low height road signs. Cutting

like-minded people to help improve your

back vegetation which obscures the

surroundings, please contact the Clerk.

signs would also be useful. Removal of

We look forward to hearing from you.

unofficial signs which are often posted on lamp posts and railings could be

Margo McFarlane Parish Clerk

undertaken at the same time.

01622 859682 (9am – 1pm Monday to Friday)

Litter is the perennial problem, whilst

hello@lenhamparish.org.uk

MBC do a limited litter pick in and around the village centre, the outlying areas and hamlets are often neglected.

The Parish Council fund regular litter picks around the Square, Maidstone Road

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Forthcoming Events 6 May Tina Turner Tribute

8pm, Members £7, Guests £10

Bingo: every Tuesday and Sunday Night 8pm Quiz Night: first Tuesday of every month Whist Drive: every Friday 7.30pm Summer Beer Garden, Monthly Sea Angling Club Outside Bar, Marque, BBQ & Bouncy Castle for Hire

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Private Hire. very Tuesday Sunday Night Private Hire. veryTuesday Tuesday and Sunday Night

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BALLROOM & LATIN CLASSES WEEKLY GROUP CLASSES £5/person

Monday 5.45 - 6.45 : Children’s Ballroom & Latin (8-16yrs) 7.30 - 8.15 : Adult’s Ballroom & Latin (Beginners)

GDC School of Dancing Lenham Dance Studios 8 Faversham Road Lenham Kent ME17 2PN Tel: 01622 850 800 Mob: 07831 718 628 Follow us: Twitter@GDCdancing Facebook/GDCSchoolofDancing www.gdcschoolofdancing.co.uk

8.15 - 9.00 : Adult’s Ballroom & Latin (Intermediate) Wednesday 4.30 - 5.15 : Under 8’s Ballroom & Latin (4-8yrs)

PLUS Wednesday Zumba Classes £5/person 8.15 - 9.00 : Zumba Fitness (12yrs+ only) Private lessons also available for individuals and couples, please contact the Studio for more information

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Clubs & Societies

Our speaker for May will be Elizabeth

Lenham Gardening Society

so why not come along?

Our speaker last month was Nigel Gibson

That’s all for now so happy gardening to

who talked about a year in a Cobham

you all

Hall who will talk about the Joy of Discovering Rhodedendrons, which should prove to be an interesting evening;

garden. This proved to be very interesting and informative and showed that gardens

Happy gardening

can still be colourful in the middle of

Keith

winter.

Chair LGS

There are a few tickets available for our

Lenham Heritage

trip to Savill Gardens leaving Lenham Square at 10.00am on Tuesday 2nd May,

The talk about the historical find sunder

please contact Pat on 859084.

the Co-op was very well attended. Thank

Our next outing will be to Polesden Lacey

you everyone who came.

on 20th June. Tickets will be available at our May meeting. Price will depend

Unfortunately the talk booked for 26th

on whether you are a member of the NT

April by Paul Bennett, the director of

as well as LGS. Departure times will be

Canterbury Trust, has had to be cancelled

announced at our May meeting.

as there has been an invitation for him to

Our July outing will be to Knole Park on

do archaeology work in Iraq.

Tuesday 25th; details to follow.

There are a few places left for our

Instead we will have a talk by Mary Smith

holiday to Cornwall departing on 23rd

called “School girls’ WW2”

September, price £195 per person which

May 31st is David Carder ….giving a talk

includes coach, all meals apart from

about early churches and how to identify

lunch, four nights hotel and outings

different styles and ages . On 26th July,

to some amazing gardens in Cornwall.

he will meet us in St Mary’s at 7.30 pm to

Please contact Pat on 859084. A £10

show us things in the church that follow

deposit is required when booking.

his talk.

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June 28th will be a meeting outside in the

during the last Poppy Appeal collection

church yard to hopefully start our survey

we raised more than £1-5 million to help

of all the gravestones.

us provide the welfare and care needed.

The Royal British Legion is a non-

August there is no meeting …..but might

political and non-sectarian volunteer

well be another outside session recording

organisation. Your Lenham &

the gravestones.

Harrietsham District Branch offers camaraderie to both young and old. YOU

Please read my other article this month

DON’T HAVE TO BE EX-SERVICE to

about riparians.

enjoy membership which is open to

Lesley Feakes 8502745

anyone. We welcome new members; without you ultimately the branch will

Royal British Legion Women’s Section

close. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 8.00pm in the Lenham Social Club. Why not come and meet us?

This month we have a talk by Claude

We hope to run a coach trip on Friday 19

on Yellowstone. This should be a very

May departing the Dog & Bear at 9.00am,

interesting afternoon. We shall meet in

to visit the ‘Scramble Experience’ at the

the Community Centre on the 27th April

Capel le Ferne museum in the morning,

at 2.30pm. There will be the usual tea

lunch by the seaside at Deal followed by

and biscuits and a raffle.

an afternoon visit to the Spitfire museum

Enid LaPlain

at Manston. The cost of the trip will be £20 which includes the £5 entrance

The Royal British Legion

charge to the ‘Scramble Experience’.

If you would like to join us, please contact

The Royal British Legion was formed in

either Bill Peter (850520) or Barry Wood

1921 and is the nation’s largest service

(850702).

charity. Its objectives include promoting

Barry Wood

the welfare of serving and ex-service

Branch Chairman

men and women and their dependants,

Lenham WI

relieving hardship among them where it exists and raising and distributing money for these purposes. In the south-east area

Well, whoever would think that ‘Buttons’

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would prove to be such a fascinating

Don’t forget you have your cards with

topic! Mrs. Ellman-Brown was passionate

mine and Jenny’s telephone numbers on.

about her hobby, and had brought along

If you cannot make it to a meeting then

a collection of buttons that would be

use our numbers to let us know.

classed as jewellery, absolutely stunning.

We were also able to indulge in a bit

Thank you to all who help.

of nostalgia with examples of buttons

Sue, Anne, Martin, Jacky, Kath, Jackie,

remembered from childhood.

Olive, Fred, Jenny and Nina

We hope to be similarly enthralled by our

Len Valley Community Hub Club

speaker for April, who will be telling us about ‘The London of Charles Dickens’.

We will be having our A.G.M. in May and

Hello everyone hope you are looking

in June will be welcoming a speaker from

forward to our trip out in May. Thursday

‘Porchlight’, the charity for the homeless.

04/05/17 we are going to Dobbies for

We continue to meet on the second

lunch. We meet at 10.30am outside the

Thursday in every month except

Dog and Bear. Please don’t be late.

August.7-30 in Lenham Community Centre. New members and visitors are

Please remember to use mine or Jenny’s

always welcome. If you come along to

telephone numbers if you are unable to

visit it will cost you just £1-00.

come to a meeting.

A bargain!!

Gill Simes

Our thanks to all our helpers.

Fred, Jenny, Martin, Zoe and Nina

Young At Heart 60+ We had a great afternoon and lots of fun on Thursday 16/03/17 when Bon Marche came with their spring/summer wear.

On Thursday 18/05/17 we should be having a film. As usual it will be 2.004.00pm at the Community Centre. Hope to see you there.

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Adopt a Road

and perhaps consider wash-ing the name

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The bags of litter will be collected by

plates to your road it would be helpful.

Maidstone Borough Council every

he parish council are keen to

Monday at a pre-agreed spot. We can also

work with those parishioners

supply litter pickers and high vis jackets

who have shown an interest in

if required.

keeping Lenham, Lenham Heath, Platts Heath and Sandway litter free.

If you would like to offer your services to help keep our parish litter free, please

We would like to hear from parishioners

contact the parish clerk

who would be willing to adopt a street,

Margo McFarlane 01622 859682 or

road, lane, avenue, close or open space to

hello@lenhamparish.org.uk

look after. It could be the road you live

Thank you, I look forward to hearing

in or an area you regularly visit. If you are willing to litter pick on a regular basis

from you.

Thank You

another locally known roof tiler, George

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Chambers.

Thanks also to Peter from Robins Avenue

ecently the tiled roof of the

who regularly undertakes plumbing

bus stop in the Square was

repairs at the WCs in Maidstone Road,

damaged by a vehicle. I would

again at no cost to the parish. We

like to thank Tony Ambrose a well-known

appreciate you both sharing your skills

local roof tiler for offering to repair

for the good of the village.

the roof at no cost to the parish. Tony continues the tradition of maintaining

Margo McFarlane

the roof at no cost to the parish, which before his retirement, was undertaken by

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Lenham Family Festival

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a live music event at Lenham

Social Club on Friday 9 June •

music from Sixpenny Piece

during the market in Lenham Square on

he 2017 Lenham Family

Sunday 11 June

Festival is in the final planning

•

stages now.

Symphony Orchestra concert on

The City of Rochester

A wide variety of music acts have been

Saturday 17 June (further de-tails to be

booked for the main day on Saturday 10

found elsewhere in the Lenham Focus)

June and they will be performing both

Remember this community event will

inside and outside Lenham Community

be raising funds for the Katy Piper

Centre.

Foundation and Lenham Primary School.

We have also had confirmation that our

If you are an individual and would like

popular face painting lady, Sharon, will be

to help us raise funds for these two very

returning again this year and our friendly

deserving causes, please come along

nail bar ladies will also be back, offering

to our final 2017 Festival Committee

hand and foot massages in addition to

meeting which will take place on the last

painting nails.

Monday of the month at 7.15pm in the

As well as all the usual food and craft

Appleton Room at Lenham Community

stalls, we are hoping to have a new

Centre. We are always pleased to

attraction for 2017 - a selection of owls

welcome new faces.

from Jams Owls which can be viewed and

We are still looking for volunteers to

can also be held for a small charge. As

help out on the main day of the Festival

long as we can find a site suitable for them

with a variety of tasks, none of which are

that won’t be too noisy, we think they will

particularly onerous. If you would like

be a fantastic addition to the Lenham

to be involved in this way, please contact

Family Festival, and it will be a great

Gail on 01622 850126. She is compiling a

opportunity to see these beautiful owls

list of names and contact details of willing

up close and learn more about them.

helpers to be contacted nearer the time.

This year we will be holding an extra

Look out for further news from the

raffle for youngsters in addition to the

Lenham Family Festival Committee

usual raffle for adults.

in next month’s edition of the Lenham

Don’t forget the Festival also includes:

Focus.

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Family Breakfast Service

Upcoming Events An evening to the sound of European tunes with Christine Adams, accordionist

SHORT INFORMAL SERVICE SUNDAYS AT 9.30am

Friday 5th May

From 6.30pm, in the bar

St Mary’s Church, Lenham

Lazy Sunday Jazz afternoon Sunday 21st May

Moodswing, jazz duo playing from 4pm at the bar

An evening to the sound of European tunes with Christine Adams, accordionist

FOR EVERYONE! WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!

Friday 9th June

From 6.30pm, in the bar

Hollingbourne Fete Saturday 10th June

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The Lenham Village Store

Michelle) in the photograph.

The Lenham Village Store and the

Flashback for a little history. The

Cellar Wine Shop – interview with

Village Store has operated as a grocery

Matt Cockell

since well before WWII. In 1930

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The team also includes Lesley and Sarah, who work in the wine shop.

the New Lenham Stores was being ost Lenham residents

run by Lewis Headley but by 1938 it

know the friendly team

was in the capable hands of William

that run the Lenham

Higginbotham. At that time there

Village Store in the Square and the

were no fewer than four grocers in

Cellar Wine Shop in the High Street,

the centre of Lenham. Fast forward

including the owners, Nigel and Matt

to 1968 when Frederick and Joan Mc

Cockell, and their staff - Jackie, Clair,

Donald arrived in Lenham (recently

Sonia and Michelle. Here they all

deceased) to run it until their

are (unfortunately without Sonia and

retirement in 1985 (Joan Mc Donald,

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a great community supporter, has only

their management.

just died).

Early March has also brought another Step in Bruce and Marilyn Graveson

challenging development for Matt.

who ran it as the Spar for over twenty

He’s returning to the accountancy

years. When Nigel and Matt took the

profession to follow a three-year

Spar over in 2008 the name reverted

regimen to become a Chartered

to the Lenham Village Store and here

Accountant (CA). This involves

we are today. In 2014 they opened the

substantial time away but Matt will

Cellar Wine Shop.

still be involved with the Lenham shops at weekends – not least because

Matt tells me how much he enjoys

he is very keen to keep up his many

working with the public, although it

contacts with village customers and to

has meant very hard work, long hours

assure them how much he values their

and some other challenges. Village

custom and loyalty.

life is constantly changing, however, and so are its local businesses. Nigel

So, here’s to your future, Matt, and

and Matt have recently taken over the

that of the Village Stores and Cellar

Bredgar Farm Shop and are re-opening

Wine Shop. Let’s raise a glass to all of

it in early March in conjunction with

them!

another partner. But never fear, the Village Stores and the Cellar Wine

Text and photo by Jim Myers

Shop are still on active service under

Hollingbourne WI invites you

Come and hear how the New

to a presentation on

Wednesday 10th May at 10.30 am

New Zealand Troops visit

Admission £3 including refreshments.

to Northdowns Villages in 1940

Additional Parking at playing field.

Zealanders affected war-time life in the area.

All Saints’ Church Hollingbourne on

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The Lenham Fun Bike Ride is here again

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of £10 going to the charity. We now have many names knit-ted into the start line which stretches across the square. If you would like a loved one’s name on show at the start line please call the number below.

ast year around 50 local riders

On the day the riders left the square

entered young and old. We

ringing their bells or Mark with

raised approximately £3,000

his loud horn and even two dogs in

with the help of all the Lenham shops

baskets.

and pubs in the village donating raffle

As we rode up the high street there

prizes.

sat Lorna Wood (Hayman) and James with two water pistols squirting

Maz kindly donated all the hot dogs

everyone hitting Nigel straight in the

and burgers for all the hungry riders

face, laughing with her infectious

on their return to the social club.

laugh ha ha! She was a regular in

Thanks also to the stewards who

the Red lion and sadly at the end of

helped, we are always looking for extra

August lost her battle with cancer. We

help.

in the village of Lenham would like to dedicate this year’s bike ride to the

We rode for two fantastic charities

memory of Lorna. Some of the money

last year, the Heart of Kent and the

raised will go to the Lenham lights

Pilgrims Hospices, riding in memory

to brighten up our village square at

of young Richard Collins who sadly

Christmas.

lost his battle with cancer at the age

For this year the bike ride is a leisurely

of 31. Richard’s four brothers and the

20 miles around the lovely country

rest of the riders sat behind a knitted

side and mostly downhill (well some of

start line ready for the off (the start

it) so dust the cobwebs off your bike.

line was lovingly knitted by Doreen

polish your saddle and pump up your

Goodsell whose son Jeff also passed

tyres ready for a fun day.

away from cancer aged 54). Doreen and Lionel knit the loved ones names

Enter early to get the best position on

to go on to the start line for a donation

the grid. Call Dave on 01622 850659.

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Dear Resident

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use by pedestrians.

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As well, there must be a minimum

very year throughout the

height clearance over the footway/

spring and summer Lenham

pavement of 2.1 metres / 7 feet for

Parish Council receive

any vegetation.

numerous complaints regarding trees, hedges and other vegetation, which

If the boundary of your property

overhang the highway from private

borders the carriageway, then please

property. This matter can pose several

be aware that:

problems for people trying to use the

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If you have vegetation that

footways, especially if they are trying

overhangs into the road, there

to pass with buggies, wheel chairs and

must be a minimum height

scooters.

clearance of 5 metres / 16 feet, to

It would be greatly appreciated if

accommodate buses and HGVs

you could ensure that any trees and

that may use the road.

•

hedges that are bordering the highway

If your property is rural, then

are maintained and cut back to

vegetation should be 0.45 metres

your boundary which would greatly

/ 1’6” feet behind the edge of the

benefit all highway users. This will

road and all signs need to be kept

help us all keep the highway safe and

clear of foliage for at least 20

prevent the need for KCC Highways

metres.

& Transportation writing to you requesting that you cut back your

Also, I would ask that you pay special

vegetation.

attention to your trees, hedges and

So, that you are aware of our

vegetation if your property is on or

requirements, please refer to the text

near a junction, and/or inside the bend

below.

of the road, to maintain maximum visibility for road users.

If the boundary of your property

If you have any queries relating to

borders the footway, then please be

the above, please do not hesitate to

aware that:

contact the Parish Clerk

•

The full width of the footway/

01622 859682 (9am to 1pm Mon-Fri)

pavement must be available for

or hello@lenhamparish.org.uk

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The Red Lion - Lenham 01622 858531 www.redlionlenham.co.uk

A Traditional 14th Century Inn located in the Medieval Village of Lenham Home Cooked food served daily.

Mon-Fri 12-2:30pm & 6-9pm Sat & Sun 12-9pm including bank holidays Senior Citizens Specials Hot Stone Dining Experience Traditional Log Fires Cask Marque Awarded Real Ales Function Room Available Monthly Quiz & Theme Nights Mobile Bars & Catering service available for hire

Activate Body & Soul is a £1m state of art fitness facility situated at The Lenham School which is open to the public in the mornings, evenings & at the weekend.

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No contracts, membership on a monthly rolling basis with prices starting from £23 per month.

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Osteopath and Sports Massage available.

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Floodlit 3G All Weather Pitch available for public hire.

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Sports Hall suitable for Football, Basketball, Badminton, Netball etc, available for public hire.

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Air conditioned dance/fitness class studio available for hire.

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Monday

Badminton (Feathers) Bell Ring Monday Music Mayhem Parent & Toddlers Group Len ARA Short Mat Bowls Harr & Lenham Cubs Lenham Badminton Club Lenham Youth Club H/sham & Lenham Cubs H/sham & Lenham Beavers Lenham Youth Club Pilates classes

Activate Sports Swadelands

Sunday

Messy Mums Babies + Toddlers Line Dancing LenARA Bridge Club Brownies 2nd Lenham Pilates classes Line Dancing Redbacks Explorer Scouts Guides 1st Lenham H/sham&Lenham Scouts Judo Club Lenham Youth Club Activate Fitness Facilites French Books for Children Tea/Coffee/Cakes Sunday Schools

7am-8.30am & 5pm-9pm Community Centre 8-10.00pm St Mary’s Church 7:30pm Community Centre 10-11am Community Centre 9.30-11.30am Community Centre 1.45pm-4.30pm (8-11 years) 6.30-8pm Community Centre 8pm Swadelands Ham Lane 7.00-9.30pm Lenham Primary School 6:30-8:00pm Harrietsham Scout Hut 5:45-7:15pm Swadelands Ham Lane 7.00-9.30pm Community Centre 7.00pm-8.00pm 8.30-9.30pm St Mary’s Church 10.30-12 Term Community Centre 7.30-9.00pm Community Centre 1.30-4.30pm Lenham Primary Sch 6.15-7.45pm Community Centre 11.30-12.30pm St Edmunds Platts Hth 8pm Kingswood Scout Hut 7.15-9.15pm Community Centre 7.00-9.00pm Harrietsham Scout Hut 7.30-9.30pm Community Centre 5.30-8.30pm Swadelands Ham Lane 7.30-10.00pm Activate Sports Hall Swadelands 8am-5pm Harrietsham Primary School 9.30-11.30am St Mary’s Church 10.00-12.00 see separate church services page

2nd Tuesday 1st Tuesday 1st Wednesday 4th Wednesday Last Wednesday 1st Thursday 2nd Thursday 3rd Thursday 2nd Sunday

Royal British Legion Lenham Valley Parish Council Meeting LenARA (active retired) Archaeology Club Reading Group Women’s Institute Lenham Gardening Soc. Lenham Country Market

Lenham Social Club Business Association Community Centre Community Centre Community Centre Lenham Library Community Centre Community Centre The Village Square

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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8pm 6-8pm 7.30pm 2pm 7.30pm 4.45-5.45pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 9-1.00pm

Advertiser Numbers Accounting & Business Services Alarm Systems Architectural Services Builders/decorators

Carpentry Caterers Catteries Chartered Surveyor Childminder Chimney Sweep Chiropody Cleaning/Housekeeping Computer Services Counselling Dance Dog Grooming Dressmaking & Alterations Electricians/Gas fitters Estate Agents Fitness Foot Practitioner Funeral Directors Garages Grocers Hairdressers

Stonebridge Associates Cybereye Security Kent Design Studio Andy and Paul Apollo Elwood (Painter/decorators) KRS Building/decorating KSE Home Improvements Stuttle Dyer (painters/decorators) Carpentry and General Building P Humpries Beaubray Caterers Little Dene Boarding Cattery Inkstand cattery James Collett Debbie Brett Invicta Chimney Sweep Heather’s Chiropody Surgery Amy McLaughlin Phynix Domestic cleaning Harrietsham Computers Lynn MS Computer services Dr. Kerri Bedford Lenham Ballet School GDC School of Dancing Cuts for Mutts Pam Barrie Weston Contractor MGI Electrical Philip Jarvis Activate Body and Soul Mrs Afsaneh Smith Kristina Smith A W Court Gowers Garage Lenham Village Store Phase Hairdressing Smarty’s

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Hall Hire Life Coach Locksmiths Logs Nail Technician Osteopathy Parish Council Pest Control Photographer Plumbers Pool Services Pubs Restaurant Riding School Schools Solicitors Takeaway Taxi TV Aerials Veterinary Surgery Will Services Window Cleaning

Lenham Comm Centre Charing Heath Hall Yvonne Fernando A Short Seasoned Logs Beauty Nails Chris Tempest D.O. M.Ost GOsc Reg Lenham Parish Council Pest Purge Andy Flood Photography All Fix Plumbing Epic Plumbimg Pure Plumbing J W Engineering Services Dirty Habit Lenham Social Club Red Lion Leeds Castle Uplands Riding School Lorenden Setfords Solicitors Thorneloe & Co. Chequers Fish Bar Arshed Mahmood Gez Clark R & P TV Aerial services Harrietsham Vets Maidstone Wills and trusts Sparkles

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General / Social Numbers Badminton Badminton Club Feathers Bowling Club Bridge Club Brownies (2nd Lenham) Drama Gardening Society Guides (1st Lenham) LenARA Lenham Badminton Club Lenham Heritage Lenham Nursery School Lenham Players Lenham Wanderers Lenham Social Club Harrietsham & Lenham Beavers Harrietsham and Lenham Scouts Harrietsham and Lenham Cubs Mothers’ Union Pilates Classes Redback Explorer Scouts Royal British Legion Women’s Institute St Edmunds Platts Heath Country Ways Quilters Lenham Valley Business Association Borough Councillors: Kent Highway Services Dog Warden Cat Protection Drugs Helpline Heaths Countryside Corridor Lenham Country Market Lenham Community Centre Lenham Heath Parish Hall LenValley Practice Non-Emergency NHS Care Member of Parliament Parish Council Clerk Parish Police PCSO Rural Community Warden Vicar

Linda Bird Neil Rouse Lyn Fuller Keith Rylands Andrea French Gail Kelly Keith Varney Mrs J Thomsett Christine Godden Mrs Pat Abson Lesley Feakes Sarah Siddons Janet Moll Russell Young Club Events Duncan Keenan Nick Still Mrs A Seales Mrs J Thomsett Vivien Elcomb Mark Horlock Mr W Peter Mrs C Toner Karen Yardley Rosemary Waldron Alan Reading Tom Sams Janetta Sams (Roads, Pavements) Lost and Found FREE CALL Ruth Lovering Sandra Woodfall Margaret Mitchell Sharon Reed Doctors Surgery NHS Helen Whately MP Margo McFarlane John Boyd Martin Sherwood Rev Millie Hart Church Office

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Lenham Ballet School R.A.D. Ballet I.S.T.D. Tap & Modern 3 years to senior level

Meetings are held at the Lenham Community Centre at 7.30pm.

Adult Tap & Street Dance

01622 850329

Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Parish Council first Wednesday of the month (except September) Planning Committee first Monday of the month (except Bank Holiday)

more than a ballet school

www.lenhamballetschool.co.uk

Finance and General Purposes Committee third Wednesday of the month followed by Planning Committee meeting.

For more details contact the Parish Clerk:

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Brought to you by Harrietsham Village Hall Trust

Harrietsham Festival

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Saturday 10th of June 2017

& ciders

at Harrietsham Village Hall and the Booth Field, 1pm until 6pm

Rides, inflatables & CRAZY GOLF

Face painting 5pm

4pm ROSIE EBSWORTH

Please come and join us !

Live music from start to FINISH

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Children’s picnic Stalls

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7pm

6pm

Face painting Animals

NEW STREET

Hot food 9pm

8pm SMOKIN’ MOJOS

Tennis Rides/Inflatables

TAKING CARE OF VEGAS

Games

** BRING a chair or picnic rug ** For tickets call 07812 555585 or email HMF@harrietshamvillagehall.org.uk Sponsored by:

Activities

A bit about Teddies in Loving Care…

TLC (East Kent) is the local branch of a national charity which provides teddy bears to hospital A&E wards and minor injury units throughout East Kent. Teddies are supplied in bulk and medical staff give them to children admitted to the unit that may be in distress over their injuries or over the treatment they are about to receive. The charity relies entirely on volunteers to fund the purchase of the bears and then distribute them to the emergency units. The volunteers are East Kent Freemasons along with their friends and families. £18,000 each year is required to enable the charity to continue its work.

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Success comes from working together.

If you want to be informed then you’re in the right place.

Your local business networking group spends a lot of time making sure that the speakers that we present every month are top quality. With interesting topics that could make a difference to your knowledge. The next two speakers are exactly that.

Tuesday 2 May. The Dog & Bear Hotel in Lenham. A special visit from Kevin Collier, open to all, to provide more information about getting older in todays society, for business people and others. Wrinkly launched in Lenham and is an organisation which aims to join the dots with care for the elderly and vulnerable across Kent. We do this in many ways. They host events for the general public where we invite providers of services to community halls and events. They hold afternoon tea parties where people can get together and chat about what is going on.

They organise networking events for everyone working in the elderly and vulnerable sector. These networking events are not just for carers and care homes but plumbers, electricians, accountants, clothing designers, therapists and anyone who wants to get to know other providers in their area.

We want to make the lives of our elderly and vulnerable clients full of joy and laughter not isolation and loneliness. Pic Kelly Duke of The Wrinkly Roadshow.

Wednesday 31 May with South Maidstone Business Association at The Weald of Kent Golf Club in Headcorn. “An Employers Guide to Apprenticeships� MidKent College is a significant provider of Apprenticeship training and currently supports over 900 apprentices located in businesses across the region. This presentation will provide employers with an update on the latest Apprenticeship reforms and guide employers through the process of recruiting, training and supporting an Apprentice. Chris Hare (Pictured), Executive Director for Enterprise & Employer Engagement, Executive Team Kent College.

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Find a warm welcome at Pathways Church serving Lenham and the surrounding area.

CURRENTLY WE MEET IN HOMES, AND ON THE 1ST AND 3RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH AT LENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE. SUNDAY MORNING CELEBRATIONS START AT 10:30AM

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Church Services Sunday 21st May

Wednesday 3rd May

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service

9.30am Lenham: Holy Communion

9.30am Harrietsham: Morning Worship

Sunday 7th May

9.30am Boughton Malherbe: Holy

9.30 am Lenham: Breakfast service

Communion

9.30 am Boughton Malherbe: Holy

11.00am Ulcombe: Morning Worship

Communion (Prayer Book)

11.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

11.00 am Ulcombe: Family Worship

3.00pm Lenham: Rose Service

11.00 am Lenham: Holy Communion

Saturday 27th May

3.30 pm Harrietsham: GIFT family

8.00am Dog & Bear, Lenham: Men’s

worship

breakfast

Sunday 14th May

Sunday 28th May

8.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

8.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

(Prayer Book)

(Prayer Book)

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service

9.30am Harrietsham: Holy Communion

9.30am Harrietsham: Holy Communion

9.30am Boughton Malherbe: Family

11.00am Ulcombe: Holy Communion

Worship

11.00am Lenham: Morning Worship

10.45am Ulcombe: Holy Communion

6.30pm Boughton Malherbe: Choral

11.00am Lenham: Family Worship

Evensong

Wednesday 17th May 10.30am Chippendayle Lodge 7.00pm Boughton Malherbe: Confirmation Service with Bishop Trevor

Saturday 20th May 4.00pm Lenham: Messy Church

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Christian Message

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and to rest and cleanse our minds and souls.

Reflecting might be a first step into faith or a renewal of beliefs that may have

erm time is busy for many

dwindled.

people with work or study,

If it is a first step it may seem daunting or

and this time last year was no

alien, but it is worth a try. In Revelation 3

exception for me. The last push to get

we hear the famous words:

an assignment submitted, was followed

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.

by bags hurriedly packed and the next

If anyone hears My voice and opens the

morning, off we set: a rush at the airport,

door, I will come in to him and dine with

blue skies over land and sea, confusion

him, and he with Me.”

over driving to our hotel, a late dinner

Jesus really wants us to open our hearts

and then – nothing. No rush, no bustle, no

to him.

commitments – just time to do whatever,

If it’s a renewing of our faith we may

whenever, however – or to do nothing but

rediscover the joy of prayer and a life with

sit, enjoy and reflect:

God at our side. In Romans 12 we can read:

on the beauty of the surroundings;

“Do not be conformed to this world, but

on the last year;

be transformed by the renewal of your

on one’s family or friends;

mind, that by testing you may discern

on one’s faith and Church life;

what is the will of God, what is good and

or on the future.

acceptable and perfect.”

Taking time to reflect on one’s faith is a

Whether we are turning to Christ for the

bit like a holiday. It gives us time away

first time, returning to faith, or seeking

from busyness:

to strengthen our existing faith, the Lord will be there to guide us further. With

to read the Bible both for pleasure and for

this sort of nurture, we can develop the

learning,

energy, thirst and curiosity to explore and

to plan to exercise or put into practice

learn more, enabling a deeper walk with

what we learn,

God, even if life becomes hectic again.

to feed from the beauty of God’s creation,

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Pamela Cuerden 07/06/2016 and

May 27

02/03/17

Mrs Porter and Mrs Barr

St Mary’s Church Flowers and Brass cleaning

Brass Cleaning

Flowers for May

Thank you to those who contributed to

Mrs Congdon

the Easter Lily Fund May 6

Mrs Humphrey

Sue Greenwood

May 13 and 20 Mrs La Plain and Mrs Perks

Charity Golf Day in Aid of Heart of Kent Hospice

including the island 17th and the longest bunker in Europe, the Anaconda, on the 5th and has won many accolades since it was opened.

Book your team’s place now! Only £400

Friday 9th June

per team of 4 people including a full

Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden,

English Break-fast on arrival, 18 holes of

Ashford, Kent TN27 8JX

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golf, three course dinner, raffle, auction and prize giving.

e are really excited to be hosting a charity golf day

For full details of the event including the

in support of the Hospice

prizes being awarded and events on the

at this pres-tigious course designed by Sir

day or to book your place please visit our

Nick Faldo in 1993 situated in the heart

website www.hokh.org events or contact

of the Kent country-side. The course

fundraising on 01622 790195.

includes some very challenging features

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Lenham Bowls Club

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it’s an excellent way to bridge the age gap.

Please don’t believe the story that

ith spring well under

bowls is only for the older generation,

way and the outdoor

although if you have recently given

bowling season having

up something more strenuous, say

only just started, if you have been

cricket or tennis, you should find the

toying with the idea of having a go at

transition fairly straightforward. Once

bowls now would be a good time to do

someone has been playing for a short

something about it.

while they almost always say that they wish they had taken it up earlier. And

We are a lively and successful local

quite a few of our younger members

club (up Maidstone Road, just before

have been very successful, with some

the Lenham School) and we are on the

having played for Kent at youth level.

lookout for new members.

We are proud to say that last season one of our young ladies beat a current

There have been many families moving

England player in the County Singles

into the new local homes who may be

competition.

looking round for something healthy and enjoyable that they can all do

You don’t have to know anything about

together. Bowls may not be the thing

the game – Tom, our club coach, likes

that immediately jumps to mind, but

nothing better than showing new

give it a second thought.

bowlers the ropes. Last season’s short course for ‘complete beginners’ was

When playing bowls, once children

very well received and he will be happy

get to secondary school age they start

to run it again. We even have bowls

to find they can compete with (and

you may borrow until you are ready to

sometimes, satisfyingly, beat) their

get your own.

parents. And parents can take part in an outdoor activity knowing their

In addition to our excellent green you

children are safe and close at hand.

will find we have a great clubhouse

Several grandparents have also told us

with good facilities, including a

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well-stocked bar! Take a peek at

Give me a call on 01622 859642 if

the pictures on our web site: www.

you would like a chat about what

lenhambowlingclub.org.uk.

we can offer or send me an email at

If you decide it’s just what you’re

trevorgreen@outlook.com. I will be

looking for – friendly people, pleasant

glad to answer any questions and more

surroundings, useful exercise

than happy to arrange a no-obligation

(although not too demanding) and

visit.

a bit of social life – please get in touch. You will be made to feel most

Trevor Green, Club Secretary

welcome.

City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra at Tithe Barn

on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in

Part of the Lenham Family Festival

(charity no. 264844) and the Festival’s

Saturday 17th June 2017 at 1900.

chosen charities; The Katie Piper

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Foundation (charity no. 1133313) and

Wonderland”, and the orchestra will be joined by children from Lenham Primary School for this lovely work. Ben Knowles will conduct.

The concert is in support of the CRSO

Lenham Primary School.

e are delighted to announce that the

Event info

CRSO will perform at

the beautiful and historic Tithe Barn •

again. A larger orchestra is returning

Pricing: Adults £15, Concessions £13,

with a programme of accessible classical

Children up to 18 Free. Tickets are

music consisting of the Alice Suite by

non-returnable.

•

Jacob Bride and works by Beethoven,

Timings: Doors open at 1815, starting

Mozart, Haydn and Fauré. The Alice

at 1900 with a 45 minute interval,

Suite consists of music and dance based

finishing at 2100.

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•

Seating: Provided on a first come

476573.

basis on the night. The numbering of the tickets does not reflect seating

Tickets are available from April onwards.

allocations. Some seats will have a •

•

• •

restricted view.

Locally

Drinks & Food: A bar is on site to

Lenham Village Store, The Square,

buy drinks and you can pre-order on

Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2PG.

arrival. Nibbles are provided free of

Len Valley News, 11 High Street, Lenham,

charge.

Maidstone, ME17 2QD.

Toilets: Facilities are limited and located on the left hand side of the

Outside of area

Barn towards the house, or at St

W: lenhamfamilyfestival.co.uk

Mary’s Church.

T: Annie on 07568 476573.

Venue: Tithe Barn, High Street,

P: Send a cheque to ‘Lenham Family

Lenham ME17 2QD.

Festival’ and post to - Annie Drylie,

Parking: Available but limited, so

Lenham Family Festival, Lenham

please leave your car at home if

Primary School, Ham Lane, Lenham,

you are within walking dis-tance of

Maidstone, Kent ME17 2LL.

the venue. We cannot ensure safe

•

keeping of valuables within your

Come and join us for an excellent

vehicle.

evening, in a wonderful venue,

Questions: lenhamfamilyfestival.

supporting outstanding charities.

co.uk or call Annie Drylie on 07568

The Power of Imagination

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uccess and clear direction is something most of us want more of. Sometimes we can lose sight

of what we ‘really’ think, feel or want, but

Yvonne Fernando, NLP Master

knowing this is key to understanding our

Practitioner & Life Coach tells us more ...

true feelings and unlocking our potential.

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One way to do this is through Creative

“Keeping a journal will change your life in

Journaling and Creative Visualisation.

ways that you’d never imagine.” ~ Oprah

Usually when we think about a journal

Winfrey

or diary, we think of the written word.

But a ‘Creative Journal’ is so much more

Yvonne supports clients with positive

and the process of creating one allows us

change through one-to-one sessions

to explore our thoughts and feelings in a

as well as running regular and bespoke

fun, relaxed way. It’s very easy to do and

workshops and programmes. Her next

doesn’t require any artistic skills.

workshop in Charing on 24 May is the specially-themed : Creative Journaling -

When asked, many people would say

Time - Where Does it Go?

they’re not creative, but we don’t need to be artistic to be creative. I see this

You can contact Yvonne on 01233 878474

regularly in my work with clients. We all

for an appointment, with any questions

use our imagination to make the simplest

or visit www.yvonnefernandonlp.co.uk

tasks come alive, from making breakfast

for more details.

to choosing an outfit. And the very act of being creative increases our capacity to imagine possibilities and make them real.

Creative expression is actually known to be good for us, it can decrease anxiety, raise serotonin levels and give us a way in to our imagination.

As Creative Journaling & Creative

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Visualisation grow in popularity, many celebrities claim these valuable practices

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have played a significant role in their success. Advocates include Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, Anthony Robbins, Bill Gates, Will Smith and Jim Carrey, to name a few.

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Callers and Rogue Traders

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In most cases if the value of the goods or services is more than £42 you must be given written notice that you have 14 days to cancel.

n the last few weeks a local

If you need work done then get

resident was called on by a rogue

recommendations from family, friends

trader and a number of blank

or neighbours or make enquiries

cheques were stolen. The cheques

with well-known organisations like

have been cancelled but PCSO Dave

Checkatrade or Age UK.

Rowley and I would like to take this

If in doubt keep them out and tell

opportunity to advise you about cold

someone about it straightaway.

callers. If you use a service or business

Thank you,

regularly do not tell the caller who

Martin Sherwood, Kent Community

that is. On this occasion the resident

Warden, Lenham and Harrietsham

used their workman’s name and the caller told the resident that he had

Useful Numbers:

arranged for him to do the work

Non-emergency Police

instead. Confirm the caller’s story by

KCC Contact Centre

contacting your usual trader first.

03000 414141 (Monday to Friday 8am

If you are not expecting anyone you

to 6pm)

do NOT have to answer the door. If

KCC Highways

you do wish to answer the door put the

03000 418181 (Monday to Friday 9am

door chain on first. If you do not have

to 5pm)

101 (24/7)

a door chain then you could open a fan light window to speak to the caller.

Consumer Advice

Remember that the best protection is

03454 040506 (Monday to Friday

a closed door. If you are on your own

9am to 5pm)

arrange for the caller to return when

Age UK, Maidstone

you have someone with you. A genuine

01622 753618 (Monday to Thursday

caller will understand. Callers at the

10am to 4pm) (Fridays 10am to 2pm)

door should have photo ID and those selling on the doorstep should have a

KCC Community Warden 07977

Pedlar’s Certificate.

981993 (Please leave a message if

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unavailable)

issues including potholes

Martin Sherwood

www.maidstone.gov.uk

email: martin.sherwood@kent.gov.uk

issues of fly tipping and abandoned

to report

vehicles etc.

Useful Websites:

www.citizensadvice.org.uk to

www.thinkjessica.com provides

obtain advice on consumer rights

advice about postal scamming www.kent.gov.uk

to report

Which Bin?

by Peter Bailey, April 2017 Life gets overcomplicated, Simple dustbin now outdated, Providing extra for recycling, Food and household waste, it’s frightening.

Choose the wrong bin, you’re in trouble; Plastic recognition puzzle!

Glass bottles, jars, tin cans - accepted; Plastic ,without lids, are ‘go’!

But plastic bags will be rejected; Yoghurt pots, food trays are ‘no’.

Be sure you know your colour code Black for household waste the mode, And in our borough Green’s the tone Where recycled waste is thrown.

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Safari Supper Donation for Patient Care

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who thanked the team for the donation and said it would be spent on buying electric weighing machines for patients.

Safari Suppers are a great way to raise

he Neighbourhood Watch

money, to welcome new neighbours

Safari Supper around

and to keep us in touch with each

Liverton Hill raised £300

other. ‘I’m so glad I came to the

for Len Valley Surgery to spend on

Supper as I was able to meet most

patient care. “We really value our

of my neighbours all in one night!’

surgery and the important and vital

exclaimed our new neighbour. If you’re

work they do for the community. We’re

interested in joining Neighbourhood

pleased to be able to help even in a

Watch please contact John Totman at

small way”. Judith Woodbridge and

e.totman@btinternet.com.

Liz Totman met with Dr Nik Kendrew,

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Who owns the Stour?

written down by the authorities to make sure certain rules are adhered to. A riparian is officially someone who owns land through which or beside which a water course flows.

Official Statement:“A watercourse is any natural or artificial channel above or below ground through which water flows such as a river, brook, beck, ditch, millstream or culvert” The planning application for Tanyards

This is my painting of a Water Vole

farm (south of Old Ashford Road) is quite

….used to be called a water rat and was

well set out and the two larger barns due

the animal famous in Kenneth Grahame’s

to be converted into dwellings are well

tale of “The Wind in the Willows”, in

designed. But the small first one, I note

other words “Ratty”.

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on the www. plans, will be improved/ restored but left for full house conversion

hey are quite uncommon these

“at a later date”. It is small, no larger than

days, as mink released by “do

a double garage.

–gooders” in a very uncertain

The three new build mansions I am not

wind of the 70’s, killed them off. It would

so happy about but forget those for the

be nice if they could be reintroduced to

moment.

Lenham Pond area when it is sorted (and

THE most important aspect of renovating

perhaps the upper reaches of the Stour)

the barns is the underground water

. There are programmes for water vole

course or culvert.

releases if there are no minks around.

From guess work (dowsing would confirm

A water vole can be termed a riparian, or

direction) this underground leat had been

a river bank dweller.

constructed in antiquity and travels from

A word I was unfamiliar with before

a swampy piece of ground in Stumbles

writing this article. There are several

Croft flowing SW round the edge of

riparian landowners that I know in

Tanyards House garden and directly

Lenham and they all follow guidelines

through the base of Barn No1.

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It is a vigorous and ceaseless feeder

shame. It would be marvellous to have a

stream of the Stour.

reconstructed mill with functional wheel.

It is quite possible that it is channelled

A draw for visitors to Lenham. It would

between chalk blocks looking something

also make a nice room for natural history,

like this:-

or a scout/guide hut. But if care is not taken to leave the Roman drain in place, flooding could occur across the proposed building site as a flow of the Stour would be disrupted.

I have written this article for you all to note a feature in Lenham that I think is important and so few of you will be aware of. LAS investigated this Tanyard’s

Many of these chalk drains exist but

building in the noughties with Jim

this one is possibly important. It could

Preston, a local Industrial Archaeologist,

be Roman. Many reasons for that

and there were funds available then to

supposition. The Roman finds in Groom

restore it, but it would have required a

Square denote that there could be a bath

Listing status.

house somewhere in the vicinity.

This building (Barn No1) could be on

But things are not to be ….planning is

quite old foundations, certainly it has

planning and it is already passed . The

stone work. Perhaps the water channel

riverside mansions will be built and the

had a Roman reason to be there, they had

possible places behind the pond….. and

a penchant for growing watercress too!

poor little riparian Ratty will not get a

Then at a later date the channel could

look in! At an average of £1M each they

have been adapted to drive an undershot

make pleasant additions to Lenham’s

water wheel. Then much later still in the

affordable housing.

18th or 19th century adapted as a leat (in

Lesley Feakes

wooden trough) for washing the hides in the tanyard.

This is all supposition, but to convert this barn to a modern dwelling seems a

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Unidentified Objects

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unexpected expenditure.

Members considered the planters to be an important asset to the ambience

or those of you who try the

of the village and knew that they were

self-service option in the

appreciated by parishioners. It was

supermarket, you may hear the

agreed to fund the project, and an

words “unidentified object in the bagging

estimated sum of £1,000 was added to

area” which basically means an item has

the budget for 2017 -2018, to ensure the

been identified as not being scanned for

planters would be in bloom throughout

payment; an unexpected expenditure.

the year and would complement the planters tend-ed by the volunteer group

The Parish Council had to consider two

of ex-LEA members.

“unidentified objects” which required funding from the parish coffers.

The second “unidentified object” was the removal of seven dog bins by Maidstone

The first item was presented to the

Borough Council. The bins had

Council when the Lenham Enhancement

previously been provided by and funded

Association (LEA) disbanded. The

by MBC.

group was no longer able to take full

Several approaches were received from

responsibility for all the wonderful

parishioners to reinstate the bins. The

planters they had lovingly cared for

Clerk requested their return (plus three

throughout the village for many years.

extra for the hamlets) and MBC agreed

Fortunately, several members had offered

to this at no cost to the parish. Other

to carry on tending their chosen planters

parishes have since asked for the return

volun-tarily, for which the Council

of their bins, but left it too late and have

extended its gratitude.

to purchase bins at an average cost of £160 per bin.

The request to the Council was to take

Once the bins were returned and steam

the responsibility for the long-term

cleaned, Cllr. Smith-Essex designed new

maintenance, plant purchase, and

livery for the bins using the LPC logo.

planting and tending of the remaining

Cllr. Scrivens, working with Cllr. Ballard,

planters, which would involve

organised the reinstatement of the bins.

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The village handyman installed the ten

requested by the council. Members are

bins and the cleaning contractors will

finding that more and more items which

empty the bins weekly. Five bins have

were previously funded by MBC or KCC

proved to be particularly well used and

are being decreased in line with finan-cial

may need to be emptied twice weekly.

restraints, or indeed entirely withdrawn

Obviously, there are associated costs in

from the parish.

the initial reinstatement and the ongoing mainte-nance.

The choice we are faced with is this. Do

The funding of this project will be

we simply allow the parish to become

undertaken by the Council at an

less tended and cared for leading to a

estimated cost of £1,500 each year.

dishevelled appearance, or do we take

This amount was added to the 2017 –

over the task of ensuring our village

2018 budget.

remains as well kept as possible?

The reason for itemising the above

Any enquiries please contact the Parish

expenditure is to respond to questions

Clerk Margo McFarlane.

raised about the increase in the precept

Kent student secures dream BBC Radio 1 role

A

Production Assistant, a twelve month role which he will start at the end of this week.

Theo will be based at BBC Broadcasting House, and he will be reporting for

third year journalism student

Newsbeat on breaking news stories,

at The University of Salford

as well as producing content for music

has landed his dream role

shows across BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio

work-ing as a reporter for BBC Radio 1

1Xtra.

news programme, Newsbeat.

The former Swadelands High School

Theo Chikomba, 22, beat huge

pupil said: “I saw the opportunity to work

competition to secure the position of

at Radio 1 in January, and I thought I’d

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go for it because I really enjoyed myself when I was on placement with them two years ago. When I was there I remember thinking that this is where I saw myself working in the future, because I got on well with the team and loved the work.

I still can’t get it in my head that I’ve landed this opportunity. People keep

six years old. He developed an interest

coming up to me to congratulate me, but

in Journalism when he studied English

it honestly hasn’t sunk in yet.”

Literature at Swadelands High School and Sixth Form, in Lenham, Kent. Theo

Theo is currently in the final year of his

then enrolled on the University of Sal-

Broadcast Journalism degree, a course

ford’s prestigious Journalism course in

which has recently received prestigious

2014, and during his degree he carried out

industry accreditation from the

several work placements at some of the

Broadcast Journalism Training Council

world’s largest media outlets, including

(BJTC) .

the BBC, Sky News, and ITV.

He continued: “I’ve loved my course,

When he starts his role with Radio 1 on

mostly because of the opportunities

Thursday, Theo will be following in the

I’ve had to go on placement. Most of my

footsteps of a high percentage of Salford

friends are older than me, and they gave

journalism graduates who have gone

me advice before I started at University

on to secure roles at the BBC, including

to make the most of work placements

Bradley Harris, Emilia Mincheva and

because they are just as important as the

Tiffany Sweeney.

degree. For the last three years I have tried to involve myself in everything that

Andrew Lindsay, lecturer in Broadcast

I can, just to make those connections

Journalism at the University of Salford

early on in my career and build up my

and BBC Sport journalist said:

CV”.

“It’s great that Theo has earned such

Originally from Zimbabwe, Theo and

a great opportunity and it’s another

his family moved to Kent when he was

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indication of what’s happening at the

media outlets and Theo being chosen by

University. He’s followed advice and put

Radio One is the kind of success story

the hours in. We probably have the best

we’re proud of - one we hope to keep

facilities in the country at Media City and

repeating.”

we have an excellent staff, but we’ve also worked hard on placements, contacts

University of Salford

and replicating professional practice. It’s increased our reputation among major

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