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Editor’s Letter Dear Residents, If you or someone you know is a keen photographer please ask them to email their photos to us for use for our front cover. We will be sure to give them a mention and you will see your work in print on the front page of your local magazine! Photos need to be portrait style of local scenery, nature, wildlife, events with clear space at the top for our magazine title. Local resident Debbie of Sheppey Road has kindly sent us another wonderful story of how life was in the 1970’s at Cornwallis School. If you love 80’s music then check out our competition on page 13 for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Total 80’s showing at the Hazlitt Theatre in September. Best wishes, Sarah Next deadline: 15th August 01622 741 824 lifeinloose@gmail.com
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What’s on... Game Plan: Board Games Rediscovered (til Oct 17) Are you a Scrabble Champion? A wannabe Chess GrandMaster? Or a Monopoly megalomaniac? Get ‘hands-on’ throughout the exhibition, learn about different kinds of games and discover what sort of player you are! Maidstone Museum. Summer Trails at Cobtree (til 3 Sept) Each week throughout the summer holidays there will be a different trail to help you explore every corner of the park, its history, myths and wildlife. Collect a sheet from the Visitor Centre, complete the trail and receive a prize. No booking needed. Madness Live 12 August The nutty boys will be performing some of their greatest hits including, Wings of a Dove, Baggy Trousers, House of Fun, along with new material from their current album, Can’t Touch Us Now. Detling Showground 2pm - 11pm. Summer Fun Day 18 August Maidstone Children’s Centres invite you to our third annual
Summer Fun Day at Mote Park. An exciting, free day of activities for the whole family. Bouncy castle, craft and messy play, face painting and stalls with fun and games. Bring a picnic and spend the day in the sunshine! Combined Ops Military Spectacular 19 & 20 August This weekend show hosts a large collection of classic aircraft and military vehicles, thrilling air displays and fun packed family activities. Headcorn Aerodrome Tel: 07850 103133 Classic Summer Weekend 19 & 20 August A celebration of British Summer and promises to have something for all the family at Mote Park. Delicious street food to strawberries and cream, craft beer, cider and of course Pimms. A variety of stalls including craft, grocery and vintage, live music from across the decades, fairground rides for the children as well as classic vehicles. Maidstone Farmers’ Market 25 August The Maidstone Farmers’ Market is held in Jubilee Square, Maidstone on the 4th Friday of every month. From 10am until 2pm, you can enjoy fresh, local, affordable produce from some of the region’s most acclaimed companies.
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Antique & Vintage Market 28 August In the beautiful setting of the Old School Hall in East Farleigh. Pitches indoors and outside. Café serving refreshments and homemade cakes & sandwiches. Plenty of parking. Call for more details 07703 525138 Pond Dipping 30 August Join a one hour pond dipping session to find and catch a variety of pond life. Then get up close and view them through a microscope and identify what you have found. Booking essential. Kent Wildlife Trust, Tyland Barn. Tel: 01622 662012 Maidstone Horticultural Society - Late Summer Show 2 September Come along to the Late Summer Show to see displays of vegetables, fruit, autumn flowers, floral art, cookery and crafts. Plus refreshments and gardening advice. All are welcome. Entrance 50p. Children Free. Baptist Church Hall Knightrider Street 1.30-4pm. Tel: 01622 674384
Heritage Open Days - Archbishops’ Palace 7 Sept A rare opportunity to look around this landmark building. This magnificent medieval Ragstone Palace in its riverside setting was originally built as a resting place for the Archbishops of Canterbury on their way to London. Tours at 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 4pm only. Max 25 people per tour and must be pre-booked in advance via email to registerofficemaid@kent.gov.uk giving details of the tour time you’d like and the number of guests. The Southern Model Show 9 & 10 September Headcorn Aerodrome, set in the heart of the Kent Countryside, will again host the Southern Model Show. The airfield is always busy with Parachuting, Pleasure flights, Balloon flights, Helicopter flights and the Lashenden Air Warfare Museum. Kent’s Classic Car Show 10 September One of Kent’s biggest classic car shows with 20+ club stands and lots of auto jumble stalls. Aylesford Priory 10am-4pm. Tel: 01732 840787
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Life at Cornwallis School in the 1970’s Boughton Quarries. We also had the sports hall, which had badminton courts and upstairs at each end had several table tennis tables. After all this exertion was the communal showers, I doubt they have those now. Oh and of course the open air swimming pool that I think I went in twice. At the bottom edge of the lower school grounds were “The hut classrooms” I quite liked being in those it felt like getting away from school, one of the lessons down there was learning about Horticulture.
A group of Sixth Formers at Cornwallis School in 1977
Driving past the Cornwallis Academy School my Husband and I remarked how different it is to when we were there. The 1970s was our hay day. I started there in 1973 (it opened in 1959). We had the original building and then the more modern extension to house the 3rd year pupils up to the 6th formers. For your first two years you were kept apart in the older section of the school from the “bigger kids.” I remember the Headmaster telling us this and then saying that by then we would be “big and ugly enough to look after ourselves”. The uniform was black/grey topped off with the black and green tie, which most of us only wore for the first couple of years at best. I kitted myself out with a briefcase in an attempt to look grown up, but was most peeved when my glass bottle of ink leaked all over the inside on the first day. Every morning we had to troop into the main hall for assembly, which consisted of a news bulletin speech from a teacher or Headmaster and usually rounded off with an unenthusiastic rendition of “All things bright and beautiful” or a similar hymn. Then it was off to classes for the day. We had Home Economics which involved teaching you to cook and how to clean household items. We were asked to bring in something from home to polish, I carted in a 14” square mirror! And I once made a very sloppy rice pudding and carried it home on the bus in its dish with no cover just sitting inside a biscuit tin. They were keen on teaching you to iron and use spray starch, if ever I smell that distinct aroma now it takes me back to those lessons.
From the 3rd year you moved up to the more modern part of the school where it seemed much more open plan. I did needlework, pottery and making things like jewellery out of sheets of Perspex. None of it very successful I might add, but I had a go. We learnt French and practiced our fluency by sitting in a room divided into single booths where you would put on headphones and read from a worksheet or book, the Teacher was able to listen in at random to the pupils to see how well they were doing. We didn’t use computers but they offered a subject called Business Studies, I think it involved pounding away on a big old manual typewriter and learning about bank statements. At the end of the year or Christmas they would let us have a school disco. This was a basic record player in the corner of the room, and all the kids sat around the edge looking embarrassed as The Bay City Rollers belted out the latest hit. Nobody ever wanted to be the first to get up and start the dancing off, how we would have managed to dance in some of the ridiculous shoes we wore is beyond me, I once owned a pair of platforms that weighed 1lb for each shoe! The two photos show a Home Economics class in 1959 the room looked the same when I was there 14 years later. And, a group of sixth formers in 1977 my Husband is the lad in the front row on the far left, loving the flares boys! by Debbie, Sheppey Road, Loose
I didn’t care much for PE, often being made to grab a hockey stick and whack a ball around the playing field, or on freezing cold mornings run half- heartedly around the edge of the field doing what they called “cross country”. Older pupils ran somewhere in the Loose Valley, possibly 6
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News from North Loose Residents’ Association It was a hot day for the Boundary Walk but as you can see in the picture it was well attended. After a two hour walk everyone was ready for a cup of tea at the ever helpful Y Centre. We suspect that many of the people (and the dogs) were quite surprised to see the extent of the area North Loose covers.
After years of negotiating with MBC, we now know that the green area at the bottom of Richmond Way has been advertised via a public notice as “surplus to Council requirements” and consultation is now closed. This is the beginning of the legal process to transfer the land on lease to the NLRA so watch our notice boards and website for progress on this transaction. The Loose Ends committee have been putting in a lot of work to ensure plenty of activities for everyone. A talk by Polly Taylor, a founder of the Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre in Tunbridge Wells was appreciated by the thirty three members at the last meeting. Future plans include an outing to Tenterden and at the next meeting 2nd August at the Y Centre there will be a Beetle Drive. The one after that will be on Wednesday 6th September. Also at the Y Centre on 12th August 1 00 – 4 00pm there is a Fun Day where the NLRA will have a cake stand. Our last Litter Pick focused on the Boughton Parade area and produced 28 bags of assorted rubbish. Next time we will be looking to tackle the area adjoining Armstrong Road. So if you live in the Lacock Gardens and Enterprise Road area, check our web site or the notice board as to when we will be there and perhaps you could come along and help too!
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The lovely Loose Greenway is having a rather bad time at the moment. First the wild flowers were devastated by indiscriminate cutting; just recently a drain has overflowed covering the path with raw sewage. Prompt action by the NLRA ensured that Southern Water was quickly ‘on the case’ and we will be urging them to take action to resolve the problem permanently – it has occurred far too often. The Quiz Night is now confirmed – Saturday 28th October at Loose Junior School starting at 7 30 pm. We were delighted with the response we got from so many people to our last Quiz Night. We are sticking with our ‘winning format’ – a bottle of wine on each table, a (themed) music round and no raffle but a chance to win a more than useful cash prize. We have eighteen tables for teams of six but book soon! Last time we sold out very early and could have filled another four or five tables so please email seancarter@ northloose.co.uk or alan@northloose.co.uk as soon as you can. Finally, if you live in the Enterprise Road area do please get in touch. We have a notice board on the old Plumbase building to let you know what is going on but we would like your feed-back. Initially please e-mail alan@northloose.com and we’ll get somebody to get back to you.
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Life in Loose Community News Loose Valley Women’s Institute... are looking to recruit more members. We meet on the 1st Wednesday in the month except August, between the hours of 7.30 pm until 9.30 pm at King George V Pavilion, Walnut Tree Lane. You will be assured of a warm welcome. We have a variety of speakers during the year and activities include, scrabble, whist, rummicub, pub lunches and quizzes to name but a few. Why not come along and give it a try. For further details phone Lynne 01622 743915. Loose Footpaths Group Walks... Saturday 26th August at 10am Meet at Throwley Forstal (OS 988 543) for a 6½ mile walk. Contact walk leader on: 01622 743944 Assistance dogs only Saturday 2nd September 10am ½ day walk Meet in the car park at Paddock Wood Railway Station for a 5.3 mile walk through the town and beautiful farmland and woodland towards Matfield and Brenchley. Contact walk leaders on: 01622
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About The Loose Amenities Association The Loose Amenities Association is a UK registered charity and owns 21 acres of the Loose valley. Run by volunteers, it is our mission to preserve and care for the beautiful and unique environment of Loose village and the Loose Valley Conservation Area. To fund this work numerous events are organised throughout the year. For more information, and to see what’s happening in 2017 please visit our Events page. To help maintain the valley, an organised working party meet once a month. Recent work included clearing vegetation on the main footpaths to encourage more interesting flora in the valley and for walkers, as well as maintaining the newly planted oak trees. A big thank you to all our volunteers. New posts have also been installed by the LAA along the edge of the open ragstone culvert in Old Loose Hill to preserve this ancient feature and the wild flower grass bank. The culvert was restored about five years ago in an initiative led by LAA and supported by Loose
Parish Council, Kent County Council and Maidstone Borough Council. There were similar open ditches and streams in most streets in the village until the late 1950s, this is now the only one still in original condition and in use, all of the others having been piped under the road, diverted or covered over. Over the winter you may have seen new fences going up throughout the valley to divide the land for grazing livestock. There is now a small flock of sheep in Lime Kiln Meadow, at the Bockingford end of LAA land. Please may we ask anyone accessing this land to respect the land owners request and keep ALL dogs on leads where signposted. There is an alternative route around the land if necessary. Please do post any images of the wildlife spotted in the valley on our Facebook page or instagram account where you can view them all. https://www. instagram.com/looseamenitiesassociation. For information about becoming a member please visit http://www.loose-amenities.org.uk/gettinginvolved/
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