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Registrations now being taken for Reception and Year 3 “My child is so confident and independent since joining Reception at Ashford Friars. He really benefits from the small class sizes, the excellent facilities and the varied mix of lessons. He loves Music and Movement, ICT and is very much enjoying hockey. His reading and writing is just amazing too.� Parent, February 2012
Contact our Admissions Secretary, Mrs Jenny Garrard, on 01233 620493 to book a tour with the Headmaster or email ashfordfriars@ashfordschool.co.uk.
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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, I must start this month by thanking those of you that have been sending in jokes for the “Wit & Wisdom” page. Emails relating to a variety of different subjects have contained a contribution of wit tagged onto the end., and a special thank you goes to Mo Charlton for sending me numerous jokes and sayings, as well as adding me to his email circulation of witty repartee. Wit & Wisdom lives on!
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As this magazine arrives we are about to head into Easter and our thoughts turn to time off from work (yippee), family get togethers and CHOCOLATE Easter Eggs! I’m sure that a very respectable period of time has now elapsed since Mother’s Day so I’m more than ready for my next chocolate fix. Easter tends to be the first opportunity to get out into the open and enjoy the spring sunshine, I do so hope that the weather continues to be good through the holiday period, it’s such a tonic. For those of you planning to tackle the garden, you‘ll find all the help you need within these pages, hopefully this will make it that little easier and enjoyable. You can than sit back with your Easter Eggs at hand and enjoy the fruits of your labour. As I write a thought just crossed my mind, isn’t it strange that I have no-one advertising chocolate in this magazine? I would make such a good sponsor! Have a great Easter ~ Enjoy!
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Homewood School Farm Introduces
Spring is here so why not treat your family to a great day out on the farm! See all the New Spring Arrivals Also
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pring is in full swing – the birds are shouting, blossom is blossoming and the garden has sprung into life. The tasks for the month are too long to list, but one of them – if tackled now will save you lots of time and effort as the season progresses, in fact if you leave it too long, you may go off gardening for life when you finally get to it. I’m talking about weeding. Weeding is one of the (many) onerous gardening tasks and the rate at which the pesky things grow is amazing. They spread while you’re not looking or while you’re too busy with the other growing pile of – insert pile of choice – ironing? Dishes? Clutter? Paperwork? The thing about weeds is that they’re very competitive with anything else that grows; they’ve evolved over millennia to out-compete all the namby cultivated plants. They’ve learned to germinate earlier, while the soil is still cold and wet, and to hang on in there, some of them re-growing from a tiny speck of root when you think you’ve pulled the blighters up. There are two main types of weed – perennial (there forever) and annual (living for just one year, but spreading their seed around - forever). Perennials are tough and can spread quickly by sending out runners and underground roots that are hard to eradicate, especially when they grow among existing
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plants. Annual weeds seem easier to control, but some can germinate and set their own seed within 3 weeks. And each plant contains thousands of seeds that can lie dormant in the soil for years. It helps if you can identify the seedling leaves of weeds – that way you can get rid of them before they start spreading (key in ‘weed seedling identification’ on the computer and lots of useful info pops up). If you can get to them early, you may just need a hoe (and a trowel for the tricky ones left over from last year). I try to pull up weeds whenever I walk through the garden (and then leave irritating little piles of them around the place). But weeding regularly will help you to stay on top of them. So pick up your hoe, or choose an alternative weapon of mass destruction (but try to be kind to wildlife – skulls on the side of weedkiller packaging don’t bode well) and prepare for battle. Jo Arnell runs Gardening workshops in Woodchurch 01233 861186 www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk
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Mowgli Hello Everyone, Mowgli here. I hope you are all well and enjoying the spring weather. It has been quite a busy month in our house. Do you remember how I said it was cold going outside in the snow as I had clipped patches on my side? I was worried I might get pneumonia but I was fine. It was Dennis the goat who got pneumonia just as the snow was thawing. He is very very old and he got pneumonia in the snow once before so whenever it gets cold the goats get special treatment (blooming goats. They are always getting special treatment as they are so naughty!)- extra straw in their shed, extra insulation on their shed and an extra two meals a day with lots of carbohydrate to help keep them warm. Anyway, despite all this poor old Dennis got pneumonia and had to be examined every day and to have
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I would like to point out here that I am of course a terribly brave cat- being scared of a JCB just seems sensible to me! I hope that by next month I can report that the machines have moved on! Do you remember I mentioned a stray grey cat we had at the Clinic last month? Well, I can report that he has found a wonderful home. He has even been re-named Montgomery after the clinic. Ebony and I hope that he settles in quickly and soon establishes with his humans that he is head of the household!
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The Handy Household - New Ways With Newspapers While we all know that our daily newspaper is a source of news and entertainment, what you might not realise is that it is an extremely useful product to keep around the house. So, next time you’re about to recycle your old newspapers, stop for a minute and consider the following uses. Newspaper is a very absorbent material - it has to be to absorb the ink that’s printed on it. But this means that it’s also fantastic at absorbing all sorts of moisture. One of the most useful ways of taking advantage of this characteristic is that of drying out leather shoes and bags. Simply place crumpled newspaper in the shoes or bag overnight and in the morning not only will they be dry, but there won’t be any water stains. If you come home with wet wellies or snow boots, placing them on a pile of old newspapers will avoid creating messy puddles on the floor. Newspaper will absorb any odours in shoes, lunch boxes or vegetable drawers. Just place a balled-up piece of newspaper in the offending items and it will deodorise them in no time. You can use newspaper for cleaning tough marks off mirrors and ss windows by using cleaning fluid on the paper. To clean antique glass that might be damaged by cleaning solutions, use the paper with a solution of one part white vinegar to one part warm water. With all these versatile uses, let’s hope the digital age doesn’t signal the end for the newspaper, because it’s clearly not just for reading the news.
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Mr Tumnus The Furniture Restorer The Cabriole leg design has been around for hundreds of years and was commonly used in this country in the time of Queen Anne and Chippendale. It’s a wonderful aesthetic shape when carved and shaped correctly, and is normally finished at the base by a simple pad shape, although looks even more interesting with a well carved hoof or ball and claw.
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Four footed mammals were the basis of the cabriole leg design, especially mammals like the goat. (They are part of the ungulate family which is not interesting at all, but I wanted to write the word ungulate). Years ago I broke my left leg, actually crashing into a car at 60 miles an hour whilst sitting on the back of a motorbike is what really broke my leg! I was a little alarmed at the consequential cast that was applied, I say it wasn’t the cast, but the way it exaggerated the shape of my God given leg. I would like to blame the aforementioned crash for the odd shape but alas, another Tozer confession in this magazine will have to reveal that God gave me the legs of an ungulate. Basically I have a little bowed leg issue, my Dad used to say, for instance, that my legs were so bowed I couldn’t stop a pig in a passage. Another favourite of his was that, on coming to see me take part in the school sports day, he said “that I looked like an egg whisk trying to run”. It was only then that I stared down at this oddly shaped cast and realised that my Dad had been right all along.
I was actually half goat. So I have been thinking. On the upside however, if I unfortunately loose a leg, I have loads of Cabriole legs to choose from at my furniture Emporium. I was thinking I would probably go for one with the ball and claw feature, which could be an improvement to my human feet. I will also go for a little decoration, like a shell motif carved around the knee area, so once I am dressed and greeting my customers no one will ever know any difference!
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Home Office Whether you have a dedicated room, a corner of the kitchen, a converted outbuilding or are simply looking to squeeze an office in under the stairs, our expert Katherine Sorrell’s guide will help you create a work space that’s not just efficient and functional, but also inviting and comfortable.
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Size matters Start by considering the size of desk you require. The bigger the better – you will never regret having plenty of space on which to spread out. Do you also need a table and chairs for meetings, or perhaps a sofa or chaise longue on which to recline and read or think? And storage is vital, whether it’s a shelf above the desk, plan chests, filing cabinets, drawers or stacking boxes. Bear in mind that some things will need to be within arm’s reach, while less-used items can be stored on high shelves or deep cupboards, not necessarily in the same room. In awkward rooms, such as lofts, understairs or other small areas, built-in storage will make the most of the space; otherwise you may consider cheaper, free-standing options.
Get technical A good start is to count up your electrical appliances and ensure that you install enough plug sockets in the right places (about three inches above the work surface is good, plus some hidden lower down, too) to accommodate them all. Place electrical items together so you don’t end up with long stretches of cable between them, and clip trailing wires to backs of table legs where possible. Alternatively, going wireless eliminates some cables entirely, and gives you greater flexibility about where to site your equipment.
In this pretty home office, a wall shelf and natural, neutral storage boxes, baskets, bags and trays from The Holding Company (020 8445 2888; theholdingcompany.co.uk) provide a variety of storage for papers and other work essentials.
Light fantastic Good task and general lighting is vital to avoid eye strain when working at home. The more natural light the better – though beware glare from direct sun, and position your desk at right angles to a window if possible. For working on dim days and in the evenings, fit overhead lighting that doesn’t cast any shadows over your working area – track lighting, spots inset into the ceiling and wall lamps are all options. Desk lamps should ideally be adjustable. Alternatively, consider wiring one or two adjustable lamps into the wall above your desk.
Fabulous furniture Conventional office furnishings are great for efficiency, but tend to look out of place in a home. While ensuring that your desk and chair are comfortable, seek out furnishings that suit your
the home home and your personality. Plenty of chain stores and independent shops sell home office furniture at a range of prices, but you could also consider hunting around junk shops, second-hand office furniture stores and salvage yards for interesting alternatives, such as old school lockers, a trestle resting on a pair of metal filing cabinets, a distressed kitchen unit or a desktop made from blackboard. Add functional accessories that will brighten up your day, such as colourful waste bins or funky pen holders, and some finishing touches, such as plants, pictures and scented candles that will make this a space where you really want to spend time.
Shared spaces If your office space is shared with your dining room, kitchen, bedroom or living room, you will probably want to conceal it as much as possible when it’s not in use. Build a large cupboard in a recess next to a chimneybreast, for example, and behind the doors you should be able to squeeze in a desk with some shelving above. In a kitchen you might consider removing a unit. That said, think carefully about whether the room’s two purposes will conflict – if you need to work with the children running around, or when a partner wants to sleep, it’s going to be a problem. You might be better off converting the loft, or fitting an office under the stairs, on a large landing or even in the garden shed.
Top: This clever extendable letter rack can either be placed on your desk or mounted on the wall. Extension magazine rack, £35.55, Red Candy (0121 2247728; redcandy.co.uk). Bottom: File away your work disks in plain and simple labelled boxes. Kassett CD boxes with lids, £2.99 each, Ikea (0845 358 3363; ikea.co.uk). by Katherine Sorrell
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Perfect for a special Easter Sunday meal this indulgent dessert has a chocolate sponge base, creamy white chocolate mousse filling and a rich and dark chocolate glaze. It can be prepared the day before or made e a couple of weeks in advance and frozen.
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LOCAL MARKETS CHALLOCK Challock Memorial Hall, Blind Lane. 1st and 3rd Friday of each month From 1pm to 4pm Contact Pauline Hickson 01233 740979
THE BARN SHOP TRADITIONAL MARKET CHALLOCK 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 10am – 2pm Contact 01233 740237
CHARING COUNTRY MARKET Charing Church Barn 9.30 -11.00 every Thurs morning Teas & coffees available, Crafts, in season vegetables and baking. Contact 01233 740176
EGERTON Every Friday 2 - 4.30pm Millennium Hall
ROLVENDEN - 01580 240763 Every Thursday 10am -12 noon St Mary’s Church and the Village Hall
TENTERDEN COUNTRY MARKET Every Friday 9.30am -11.30am St Mildred’s Church Hall, Church road.
WAREHORNE Warehorne Village Hall 10am -1pm 4th Sunday of the month Tel: 01233 733718 or Mob: 07979 905600.
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When could be a better time to visit Potten Farm than April? There is an attractive courtyard setting with plenty of parking adjacent to the shops, where helpful and knowledgeable staff will be glad to help you with your purchases and even carry your shopping to your car if needed. Harringe Plants have a wide range of seeds, bulbs, plants and shrubs available for your spring planting, along with a large range of composts, planters and pots and many gardening accessories. Many of the plants on sale have been grown in the nursery and therefore are of excellent quality. Staff are on hand to offer help and advice. Harringe Plants belong to the National Gardens Gift Voucher Scheme.
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AGM Fencing are well known locally for their supply and fitting service .They manufacture on-site using treated timber and will fit to your requirements. Martin can also supply materials or panels for you to fit yourself and is always willing to offer help and advice. Potten Farm Shop offer a wide range of Kent produce when in season .We support our local farmers and growers whenever possible. As well as fruit and vegetables we offer a good selection of jams and preserves, local honey, locally produced milk and cream, frozen locally sourced meat and game (when in season) , Korkers range of sausage products and Kentish Mayde pies and meat puddings. Also on site and well worth a visit is the Flower Barn where Debra creates many beautiful arrangements. Wedding and funeral work can be catered for as well as flowers for special occasions and Arriba Pet Foods with a wide range of animal feeds and needs.
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EVENTS April
The Ashford Branch of Kent Beekeepers Association meet on 1st April, at their Apiary site, Cheesemans Green Lane, Mersham, TN25 7HX for the first inspection of their hives, weather permitting. Anyone with an interest in learing about beekeeping please contact Peggy Wood 01233 503074
Sellindge Village Hall Restoration Fund There will be a tabletop on Saturday 7 April at The Village Hall from 10 - 4. There will be bric-a-brac, books, refreshments, raffle and lots more.Please come along and support this charity. Tables £5 or £8 on the day if there are any left.Please ring 01303.813475 for tables. Aldington & Bonnington Gardening Society next meeting is on Thursday the 12th April when we will have a talk on “A Year in the life of a Honey Bee” by Mrs Mary Hill. We meet at Aldington Village Hall 7.45pm for 8.00pm. Visitors welcome. For further information contact Colin Evans 01233720618. 14th April Coffee Morning with Craft Stalls
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in Aldington Village Hall from 10.30am to 1pm Cake Donations Welcome. We hope you will come and support this event toraise funds for a great day together in our villages of Aldington and
Bonnington to Celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee on 4th June 2012. For further information call Sue 01233 720394
Smeeth W.I. will meet a week later than usual due to Easter Bank Holiday. Our meeting will be on Monday 16th April, at 7.30 pm at the Brabourne and Smeeth Village Hall when our speaker will be Margaret Gibbs who will demonstrate the delicate art of “Spring Flower Arranging”. Visitors are always most welcome and should you need further information, please contact Joy Taylor on 01303 812165 or Kathleen MacPhee on 03103 812536.
Brabourne & Smeeth Horticultural Society next meeting will be on Friday April 27 with George Puddefoot speaking on the subject of Fuchsias & Pelargoniums (National Collection) 7.15 for 7.30 pm. Visitors and new members will be made very welcome. For further info contact Wendy Sanders on 01303 813 451. Lympne Village Hall is holding a Garage Safari on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Maps will be on sale at the Village Shop from 2nd May. Maps and refreshments will be on sale at the Village Hall from 9.00 am – 1.00 pm There is ample free parking in the car park and toilets. Raising Funds for the Village Hall Floor Fund
St Martin’s Church Aldington & Double G Good Friday 6th April 2012 Children’s Holiday Club In Aldington Village Hall 9.45am registration Reception—Year 6
Everyone invited to a service presented by the children at 2pm
Craft—Games—Bible stories Further information and registration forms ring Pauline Williams 01303875421 Or Patricia Jupp 01233 720410
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Brabourne and Smeeth Village Fete and Craft Fair will be held on Saturday June 16 from 2pm – 5pm on Smeeth Playing Field. Lots of fun for all the family! To book a stall or event please contact the chairman John Commerford 01303 814766 or email johncommerford@talktalk.net. To book a craft stall please phone Val Thorpe 01303 813152 or email val_geoff@btopenworld. com All proceeds to the Playing Field Association. We are also looking for a programme sponsor. In return, the sponsor will receive prime front page advertising, a free stall at the fete and the opportunity to place their own advertising banner at the venue. Please contact John Commerford if you can help.
Sellindge Sports and Social Club - Saturday Afternoon Car Boot Fairs - 2012 The Sellindge Sports and Social club will be hosting car boot fairs on the following dates: 14th April, 12th May, 16th June , 14th July, 18th August, 8th September &13th October. £5.00 per boot - no booking required. Set up 11 am - no entry will be allowed before this time. Public are requested not to arrive before 12 noon. Refreshments and toilets in the Clubhouse. Free Car Parking and Entry. Homemade Cake Stall. Any queries ring 01303 812955 up to 10 am on the day of the event. Full details available at www. sellindgeclub.co.uk.
Pampering, Face Painting, Jewellery , Handmade Cards, Wooden Ware, Jams, Plants, Handmade Truffles, Childrens Books, Barge Painting, Wood Turning, Cup- Cakes, Refreshments available……. plus more
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Food at the Clubhouse Visit Steve at the Club and enjoy excellent quality, homemade pub favourites. We offer good quality pub cuisine including Chicken/Lamb Curry, Lasagne & Chips, Ham, Eggs and Chips - Adults from £5 and Children from £3.00. We would like to provide some additional entertainment for our younger customers, therefore, we would be grateful for any toy or children’s book donations.
Weekly Activities: Whist Drive - Every Tues starting at 7.30 pm. Only £1 to play. For further information on 01303 812437. This is a very friendly whist drive, we do not take ourselves too seriously so if you would like to learn how to play or are a bit rusty and would like some lessons please contact Angela on 01303 814511. Cash Bingo - Every Thursday evening starting at 8 pm. All welcome to join in the fun, from £1 to play (full set of 6 books £6). The more playing, the bigger the prizes! If you would like any further information please call the Clubhouse on 01303 812437.
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Working from home Spring is here at last, and with it comes the end of a dreadful dilemma that has been plaguing me since November – whether to turn on the central heating or not?
Our new house is a dreadful wind-tunnel. An icy blast rips straight through it from the ill-fitting front door to the catflap in the kitchen. The dining room that serves as my office is right in the middle of the house and man! Is it cold! The fact that the ancient wooden sash windows are more gap than glass doesn’t help, but as the house is listed and in a conservation area they can’t be replaced.
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The central heating comes on at 6.30am, the boiler coming alive with a rattle and a roar that served the entire household as an alarm-clock until we got used to it. By 7am the house is toasty – almost too toasty, in fact. Then one by one the family emerges, blinking and bleary, breakfasts, and departs for whatever quotidian joys await. Leaving me and my dilemma. The heating is timed to go off at 9.30, and within a few moments the house has gone polar again. I could just turn it on again, but it seems wasteful to heat the whole house when I’m sitting on my tod in a single room. On the other hand I could go round turning off all the radiators in the rooms that aren’t being used, but it takes forever and anyway, I no longer particularly want to go into my teenage son’s room. I’m sure some the old washing that’s strewn about the place is alive and could well be dangerous. Besides, then I’d have to do the same tour again and turn all the radiators on when the heating shudders back into life at 4.30. Could I be bothered? I most certainly could not! The alternative is to make do with a single bar of the ancient electric fire in the dining room. This does the job all right – on one side of me, which gets char-grilled, while the other remains deep frozen. But here’s the dilemma (and it’s one that we middle-class liberals get genuinely handwringing about, so don’t laugh): which alternative is the less destructive to Lifeboat
Earth? Is it the carbon-rich fumes wheezing into the atmosphere from the flue of the gas boiler, or is it whatever eco-outrages are perpetrated in order to squirt a trickle of current into the electric fire? I really don’t know, and it’s doing my head in. On a more prosaic note, I don’t know which alternative is the more expensive, either. A manlier man than me could probably read the meters and sort the data to make meaningful comparisons. But for me and the bills it’s out of sight, out of mind. There is, of course, a politically correct option, which would be to insulate the house properly. But how do you insulate a 17th-century cottage without ripping out the entire interior and, effectively, starting from scratch? Cavity wall insulation? Don’t make me laugh! The windows we’ve already dealt with. As for loft insulation – well, the loft is the attic bedroom, my son’s sinister eyrie. If you tried to clad the sloping ceiling with insulating foam and then put up the necessary plasterboard the headroom would be reduced still further and the poor boy would have to bend double to get in. And anyway, even if there are grants available towards the cost I have a feeling that persuading the landlord to make any additional investment that might be necessary would be about as easy as converting Iran to Wesleyan Methodism. So there’s only one thing for it. Before next winter comes, I’ll have to buy a jumper. by Ted Bruning
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Brabourne & Smeeth Horticultural Society. We meet on the last Friday of the month at Brabourne & Smeeth Village Hall, 7.15 for 7.30pm. Visitors and new members will be made very welcome. For further info contact Wendy Sanders on 01303 813 451
Aldington & Bonnington Gardening Society We meet at Aldington Village Hall 7.45pm for 8.00pm. Visitors welcome. For further information contact Colin Evans 01233720618.
Aldington Short Mat Bowls Club We play twice a week on Monday and Thursday nights at Aldington village hall from 7.30pm to 10.00pm. No special equipment required you only need a pair of shoes with flat soles and we can supply the woods. Go on give it a try it may be just the sport you are looking for. Interested, give Jim or Janet a call on 01233 632102
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Art and Camera Club The next meeting is on Tuesday April 10 from 10am -12md. If you have an interest in art or photography you will be made very welcome. You are encouraged to bring your own materials, although some are available. We are holding an Art and Photograph Exibition, displaying works of art that members have done on Friday evening, Saturday 13 and 14 April. For more details please phone Mike on 01303 812484 Meeting Point We will meet at the church on April 26 at 12.30pm for lunch, followed by a guest speaker. For further details please call Tim 01303 813257 or Cathy 01303 814132 MP’S Surgery: Our MP Damian Collins, will be holding his monthly surgery at the church from 3.45pm to 4.30pm on Friday April 20 If you have any questions, complaints or comments, please book an appointment by e-mailing your name, post code, subject and message to: shepwayconservatives@ btconnect.com or telephone 01303 253 524 Café Wednesday: Open every Wednesday from 10am to 11.30am. Drop in for coffee, biscuits, company and a warm friendly atmosphere. Choice of books available. Everyone Welcome: children too! Graham Kingston, our Community Warden, will try
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to be there on the first Wednesday of every month, should anyone need to see him Men’s Full English Breakfast On Saturday April 28 from 8.15am. All men are warmly invited (church goers or not). The guest speaker will be Rick Woodward of Bessels Green Baptist Church in Sevenoaks, and his talk is entitled ‘My God is Real’. Rick is actively involved in the Hospice Movement in Romania and all proceeds will be in aid of ‘Hospices of Hope’, an organisation which has established a network of hospices in that country and trained thousands of doctors and nurses in hospice techniques. Please phone Ian Ruck 01303 813743 or e-mail: barbarian.ruck@virgin.net asap to book your place, by April 26 latest . A contribution of £3 per person is requested on the day.
Easter Celebrations Maundy Thursday April 5 at 7.30pm; ‘Preparing for Easter’
Good Friday April 6: ‘Walk of Witness’. Please meet at BBC at 10.30am Easter Sunday at 7am; Sunrise Service at Devil’s Kneading Trough. If you want to walk from the village, please contact Geoff Thorpe 01303 813152 Easter Sunday at 10.30am “Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus” with an Easter Egg Hunt for the children
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The Drum Inn Mick and Suzi welcome you to their traditional, family friendly, 300 year old pub. Opening Hours from 12:00 til 11pm all week Food Served Mon to Saturday 12:00 to 2:30 & 6:00 to 9:00 Sunday’s 12:00 to 4:00 & 6:00 to 7:45
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Thursdays from 7.00 p.m. to 9.45p.m. in the Village Hall. Annual Subscription is £20.00 and the green fees are £2.00 per evening. For more information call Mick or Marian Hatton on 01303 814274
The Sellindge Get Together Club Meet in the Durling Hall at Sellindge, next to the main hall, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm on the second Wednesday in the month. If you would like to come just come to our meetings or phone 01303 813528 for more details.
Smeeth W.I. We meet on the second Monday of the Month at 7.30 pm in the Brabourne & Smeeth
1940’s Dancing Lessons, Every Friday, including Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa & Collegiate Shag. For beginners and improvers, at Warehorne Village Hall from 7pm – 9.30pm. Cost £6.00 Tel 01233 860564. No partner required.
Step at Sellindge Village Hall Sundays at 10.00 a.m. Fun fitness for all levels Call Michelle Sinclair ACE Personal Trainer for details 01233 820109
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SPRING: The Time Of New Growth And A Seasonal Acupuncture Tune Up
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Feeling tired and run down physically or emotionally after the winter cold and snow? Still recovering from those niggling ailments such as colds and flu? Acupuncture helps a wide range of physical and emotional conditions from muscle/ back pain to stress and anxiety. But you don’t need to be ill to have acupuncture. A quarterly seasonal tune up using acupuncture can help reduce sickness, boost energy levels and improve overall wellbeing. Why do I need a seasonal tune up now? When seasons change extra demands are placed on the energy of our bodies and we are more prone to illness or feeling down. The ancient system of acupuncture works in tune with nature and eases this time of transition. Spring is a time of new growth and rejuvenation but the change from cold, short days to lighter evenings and more warmth can leave people being vulnerable to illness or lacking emotional strength.
Prevention is better than waiting until we become ill or emotionally run down and yet many people take more care of their car than their mind and body! The car may have regular servicing and care, so what about our physical and emotional needs? Having a seasonal acupuncture tune up makes sense in helping to ward off potential illness, or making us stronger to fight any existing conditions. Acupuncture works not only by addressing the symptoms, but also by improving the energy imbalances that are regarded as the underlying causes. Acupuncturists look at the whole person and may give dietary and lifestyle advice, as well as teaching how to relax and boost health and energy using the ancient art of qi gong. Learn about some of these and other intriguing techniques such as cupping and moxibustion, in my next article. The national Acupuncture Awareness Week (27th February 4th March) highlighted the growing interest in acupuncture. So find out more and benefit from this safe and natural treatment. Stephen Bayliss
BSc(Hons), BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd, Lic. Ac, MBAcC Acupuncturist, Acupuncture Kent. Stephen has clinics in Hythe and Folkestone. For more information see www.acupuncture-kent.co.uk, telephone 01303 253304, or email stephen@acupuncture-kent.co.uk Copyright: Stephen Bayliss, February 2012
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Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit £86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize had rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be: 1. 2. 3.
Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you. You may not simply transfer money into some other account. You may only spend it.
Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another £86,400.00 for that day. The second set of rules: 1.
2.
The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, “It’s over, the game is over!” It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted, right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right? Even for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, right? ACTUALLY, THIS GAME IS REALITY!
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Each of us is in possession of such a “magical” bank. We just can’t seem to see it. THE MAGICAL BANK IS TIME! Each awakening morning we receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us. What we haven’t lived up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time... WITHOUT WARNING. WELL, what will you do with your 86,400 seconds? Aren’t they worth so much more than the same amount in pounds? Think about that, and always think of this: Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think. So take care of yourself, and enjoy life!
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