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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, It’s June and I can’t believe we are already halfway through the year, where has the time gone?

June is fair and fete season so there’s plenty to do this month and many great causes to support, all we need is for the sun to shine. We’ve had so much rain recently, I’m desperate to put to my boots in the cupboard and get the flip flops out!

Surely it’s time we had the opportunity to enjoy some summer warmth.

This month marks seven years since I put my first edition together and delivered it to the printer. I sat on my patio with a cup of tea wondering what on earth I’d done, I was filled with trepidation at the thought of so many people reading my words and viewing my work. Seven years on and I have no regrets whatsoever. There have been many ups and own downs along the way, and very little quality time spent with my family in the early days, taking a holiday is a massive challenge, but it’s all been worth it.

I feel that I’ve made so many new friends, both readers and advertisers. There have been so many long chats on the phone or via email, it’s a wonder the magazines ever make it to the printer.

Thank you so much for making the experience such a positive one, I feel extremely humbled by the feedback I receive. And long may it continue.

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une is the month of the Cottage Garden perennials. It’s my favourite summer month; the spring-green freshness is still there and the flowers are bright and breezy, but it’s also the month of endless grass cutting and furious weeding, as the surge of growth is relentless, like a rising green tide. I much prefer this to August though, when the tide begins to turn and there’s that dusty (or thundery) lull of not much happening.

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Delphiniums are the most stately of the cottage garden plants and they need to be treated like royalty if you’re going to get the best out of them. Make sure to provide them with good rich soil, watch out for slugs and snails decimating the early growth. Then make sure you provide supports for the flowers – there’s nothing more disheartening than seeing a towering spire crashing to the ground. If this does happen, however, you may get another flush of blooms later in the summer.

One of my favourite plants Geum ‘Mrs Bradshaw’ is blooming at the moment. It’s cheerful deep orange flowers contrast well with purple Alliums and the frothy Lime green flowers of Achemilla mollis. If you prefer a more demure colour mix, try the hardy Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’, or the longer flowering ‘Rozanne’ near the lovely pink and white Peony ‘Bowl of Beauty’ and the tall pale lemon spire of Verbascum Gainsborough’. All of these are charming, unfussy plants, but unfortunately the same can’t be said for the mainstay of the June garden - the Rose. Roses are greedy plants and prone to many unsightly afflictions.

Keep them looking good by feeding with a proprietory Rose fertiliser, watching out for the first signs of pests and diseases and deadheading to prolong the display. Roses are the official birthday flower for June and, probably because they’re such fusspots, I have to admit

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It all started mid morning with a knock at the door. I make visitors my personal business so I waited like always at the door for Jane to pick me up, open the door and find out who it was. It was a man with a very large box. Jane let him and and Ebony and I were then unceremoniously put into the study and shut in. This was infuriating! We always get shut away when people come to do work in the house. Ebony gets shut away as she is very nervous and she feels better in a small familiar place. I, however, apparently get shut away as I am a liability. I think this is grossly unfair- I am just very interested in what goes on in my house and always make sure that the work is up to standard. Clive always cites the chimney sweep incident (I had to be manually removed from the chimney), the boiler service incident (I got in the toolbox, asked to be carried around in it and refused to get out) and the day a man came to plaster our ceiling (I tunnelled under all the dust sheets, pounced on the man’s feet and then sat between his feet on the top of his ladder yelling my encouragements to him. Apparently I put him off.....) Anyway, I howled non-stop in the study and listened to various drilling and hammering noises from the sitting room. After about an hour I could hear that the man had left and Ebony and I were duly let out of the study. I rushed downstairs to see what had happened and was slightly amazed to find that our sofas now have no arms! What were the humans thinking?!

Now, we have 2 large leather sofas.

Apparently we have leather sofas these days because Ebony and I completely ruined the fabric sofas by sharpening our claws on them. We can’t remember this- we must have been kittens at the time so it definitely wasn’t our fault. Anyway, the sofas have great big arms which are wonderful to sit on, lie on, roll on and jump about on. Apparently this was the problem- the wood supporting the back part of the arm on each sofa had broken and needed repairing. Now I wonder how that can have happened? Clive started muttering something about crazy spotted cats launching themselves from great heights and large distances and breaking all 4 arms. I am certainly not prepared to take the blame- the sofas must be sub-standard- but apparently the sofa repair man had never seen anything like it in his life. So as usual it all seems to be my fault. Apparently it is also my fault that when the sofa man pulled the sofa out and turned it upside down he was heard to exclaim in surprise due to all the things I had posted under the sofa for safe keeping.

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The Handy Household Clever Ways with a Sprinkling of Salt Salt is most commonly used as a flavour enhancer, but this household staple is much more versatile than that. Salt has an affinity to water and can draw moisture out of many foods. What’s more, grains of table salt are very hard, which means they can act as an abrasive. These properties give salt a variety of uses around the home.

When boiling eggs, a pinch of salt in the water will prevent the shells from cracking and adding a pinch when beating eggs or cream will make them whip faster and higher. Moreover, if you rub salt into the cavities of chicken or turkey, it will help to keep the bird moist while cooking.

Staying in the kitchen, washing green leafy vegetables in salt water will easily remove all the dirt and if you need to chill a bottle of wine quickly, just place it in an ice bucket with alternate layers of ice and salt, fill with water and your tipple will be ready in about ten minutes. Even red wine stains are no problem to remove simply cover the stain with salt and pour over boiling water.

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Making An Entrance A hallway is like a handshake: the introduction to your home, creating a look and feel that should be both attractive and welcoming, as well as providing useful storage, explains Katherine Sorrell.

Design and decorating Width is the crucial issue in hallways, and unless you’re prepared to do some substantial building work and remove a wall, you’re probably stuck with what you have. To increase the feeling of space in a

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Elegant, high quality wood laminate flooring enhances any hall, and looks fantastic in this luxuriously large space. Linnea oak tower flooring, around £33 per m2, Kährs (023 9245 3045, www.kahrs.co.uk) narrow hallway, use pale colours and add large mirrors (ideal for checking your reflection just before you leave the house, too). Keep the space as clear as possible by adding only the most essential items of slender storage furniture, and using the full height of your walls rather than encroaching on floor space. If, on the other hand, you have a large and spacious hallway – lucky you! Think of it as an extra living space and make the most of it by adding a sofa or chairs, bookcases or a writing desk. For plenty of inspirational ideas, see Hallways, Corridors and Staircases by Leslie Geddes-Brown, with fabulous photography by Christopher Drake (Ryland, Peters & Small, £25). Whatever the size of your hall, consider it as a linking room and make sure your choice of decorative schemes works well when doorways to other rooms are open. If you have chosen a pale colour scheme for the walls, woodwork could be slightly darker for interest.

Halls that see a lot of wear and tear could be painted with an extra-tough paint, or clad with tongue-and-groove panelling, tiles or hard-wearing wallpaper.

Fabulous flooring Halls and stairs are high-traffic areas, so ensure that your flooring is non-slip, durable, resistant to dirt and simple to clean – if you can mop it, so much the better.

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Lino or vinyl can look impressive, too, especially when laid in patterns. Carpet, however, is more problematic as you’ll need to choose a colour or pattern that won’t show the dirt – and make sure that it is suitable for a hallway: an 80:20 twist classified for heavy domestic use is often the best.

Cosy and bright Under-floor heating is ideal for narrow halls, but do check that it will be compatible with your flooring. On the other hand, if there’s room, you could opt for eye-catching radiators, perhaps a period-style cast-iron column or an eyecatching modern type.

storage or open, display-type storage. The former is best when space is tight – slender floor-to-ceiling cupboards with plain doors, (perhaps painted the same colour as the walls, or even mirrored to maximise light) ranked along one wall, will hold masses yet be hardly noticeable. On the other hand, you could make a statement with an eclectic selection of free-standing cupboards, sideboards, tables, benches, dressers, baskets, shelves and so on. If necessary, fit hooks or pulleys high up on walls to hold bikes, and perhaps a coat stand or row of pegs for everyday coats and bags. Umbrella stands and boot racks are ideal for spacious, country-style halls.

Somewhere to keep post and keys is a good idea, too, whether a bowl and rack on a dresser or a small, wall-mounted cupboard and set of hooks. If you have lots of books or delicate items to display, a shelf running the length of the hallway above head height can be extremely useful. For times when space is really hard to find, it is even possible to build storage drawers into the treads of a wooden staircase.

Hall lighting doesn’t need to be bright enough for reading, but it should be welcoming and lead the eye into your home: it could be an amazing chandelier (given high enough ceilings) or a series of recessed ceiling downlights. In a narrow hall, avoid wall lights – they will just act as obstacles.

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Storage Most people store a variety of things in their halls, from coats, scarves and hats to phone books, buggies or vacuum cleaners.

The type of storage you choose is always best moulded around what you need to store, how much space it will take and how frequently you need to access it. The main choice is between built-in, hidden

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The exhibition will have floral displays marking significant events of the Queen’s reign, such as the Coronation, Windsor Castle fire, the Millennium, the Olympics and much more!

The doors will be open from 11am – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, and from 11am – 4pm on Monday. Entry is free but donations towards the Saint Mary Restoration fund will be invited.

Refreshments will be on sale throughout the day.

In addition, on Sunday evening at 8pm there will be a Concert in the Church. The Thorne trio will play, and refreshments will be served during the interval. Tickets are £10 a head, and the cost includes a glass of wine and light refreshments – additional glasses of wine will be available for a donation. Numbers are limited to 100, so early booking is advisable! Tickets are available from the Box Office, on 01233 713012

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In 1996, a study was carried out involving 126 post-heart attack patients. They were randomly assigned to participate in a tai chi class, an aerobic exercise class or a non-exercise support group. The patients from the tai chi group came out with better cardiovascular fitness and lower blood pressure than patients from the nonexercise group. To top it off, 80 percent of the people in the tai chi group kept up the practice of tai chi while the non-exercise support group retained only 10 percent of its original membership. The aerobic group retained less of its members than the tai chi group and their diastolic blood pressure did not improve.

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Working from home I used to think that when the kids left school they’d be self-sufficient grownups and I wouldn’t have to worry about them anymore. Hah! Let me tell you about my mornings.

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Three days a week my son, who is 19, goes to college less than 20 miles away.

But the free bus winds around every village and takes an hour and a half.

He has to catch it at 7.30, which means leaving the house at 7.25. Now if that was me I’d be up at 6.30 to give myself plenty of time for breakfast and a shower. But not my son.

In his opinion, breakfast and a shower are for wusses and he can put off leaving bed until 7.20.

Which is all well and good, if he can make it.

But for a teenager, waking up is hard to do.

So he sets his alarm to go off three times at fiveminute intervals between 6.40 and 6.55. And if the first blast isn’t enough to drag him back from dreamland, it certainly does the trick for me. I’m wide awake, waiting for the second blast and the third. The wait between blasts is bad enough, but what comes next is worse.

He inhabits the attic; the parental bedroom is directly underneath.

I can hear everything.

Or rather, I can’t hear anything. I can’t hear him heave himself reluctantly

out of bed. I can’t hear him stumbling around looking for something clean to wear among the piles of dirty clothes. I can’t hear him trudge down the attic stairs to the bathroom. I can’t hear the bathroom door open and close and the bolt slam home.

I’m on a knife-edge. Is he going to make it or isn’t he? If he misses the free college bus he’ll have to take two ordinary buses, pay more than £5, and be late. Eventually I can’t bear it any more. I don’t actually have to get up – my office is all of three paces from the foot of our stairs; but I can’t stick it out. I rap tentatively on his door. Only now he’s 19 and a man I can’t bawl him out for the lazy idle git that he is. Instead, I have to say something neutral like: “Everything under control up there?” I still receive the same old teenage mouthful back, though.

Now I know perfectly well that I should let him stew. If he can’t get up in time for the free bus, then let him pay. He’s a grown man now and ought to take the consequences of his own actions, or rather, inactions. He’ll never learn otherwise.

But it’s easier said than done. I challenge any parent not to look at that great hulking thing looming in the doorway and not see an image of

their little boy aged four.

Not that this kind of sentimentality would find much favour with him. He insists that he’s grown up and can do all the things that grownups do. He drinks, he smokes, he stays out all night and we can’t stop him. Not that we would want to. But I can’t help thinking that his claim to adulthood would have a little more credibility if he embraced the downsides, too. Like picking up his dirty laundry more frequently than every fortnight. Like washing up occasionally. Like vacuuming his bedroom and even changing his sheets.

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Written by Neil Kassell When George Osborne announced the 2012 budget at the end of March, I’m sure I was not alone in my dismay at the plans for further increases in the cost of petrol. As someone who clocks up just shy of fifty miles per day going to and from work, it is certainly not something that I welcomed with open arms.

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In August there will be a rise of 3.62p per litre on fuel, and courtesy of a handy calculation published by the AA, this is likely to cost £1.81 more to anyone filling a fifty litre tank. It might not sound like much but when you consider that the price of petrol was under a pound as recently as May 2009, the reality of the rate of increase becomes apparent.

Of course the government has a reason for taking this action, and in no way do I intend that statement to be sarcastic. We are all acutely aware of the current global economic situation that we find ourselves in, and with that most are able to acknowledge – however begrudgingly – that the government has to find ways of continuing to generate the funds needed to effectively run our country.

What I would like to question, however, is not only whether an increase in fuel duty is the best way to help grow to the economy, but whether it will serve to realise this aim at all. The impact of such an increase is notable enough for individuals such as myself who have witnessed an increase in the cost of their commute, but the detrimental effect on UK businesses is on a far larger scale.

Now I’m no economist, but let’s look at it logically.

Increasing the cost of fuel will have the direct effect of increasing the costs of haulage companies.

These companies will not be able to afford to absorb the entirety of the rise, meaning that at least some of it will have to be passed on to the businesses that use them. These businesses then have to sell their products at a higher price to cover the rise in their costs, which has the consequence of increasing the shelf price of their product.

The outcome of this is that people can no longer afford the quantities that they previously bought. This in itself reduces the revenue of the businesses and will inevitably mean that some go bust, which reduces the competition in the market – and competition drives down prices.

Using the same logic, if the government were to reduce fuel prices it would provide consumers with more expendable income and with it their opportunity to provide the government with twenty per cent VAT on most of their purchases.

Focusing solely on generating funds from motorists, even a distinction between fuel costs to business and private users could go some way to finding a middle ground; not to mention the 250,000 vintage cars on the road, all of which are exempt from tax.

I confess this point is born out of personal suffering following the decision to add to the price of petrol, and I’m certain there are people who would point to obvious flaws in my argument.

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I have a little Satnav It sits there in my car A Satnav is a driver’s friend It tells you where you are I have a little Satnav I’ve had it all my life It does more than the normal one My Satnav is my wife It gives me full instructions On exactly how to drive “It’s thirty miles an hour” it says “And you’re doing thirty five” It tells me when to stop and start And when to use the brake And tells me that it’s never ever Safe to overtake It tells me when a light is red And when it goes to green It seems to know instinctively Just when to intervene It lists the vehicles just in front It lists those to the rear And taking this into account It specifies my gear I’m sure no other driver Has so helpful a device For when we leave and lock the car It still gives its advice It fills me up with counselling Each journey’s pretty fraught So why don’t I exchange it And get a quieter sort?

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Out of Hours Doctor 0845 4349655 William Harvey Hospital 01233 633331

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Doctors Surgery Willesborough 01233 621626 Wye 0844 387 8419

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01233 623902 01233 720392 01233 750415 01233 740351 01233 750415 01227 700204 01233 623902 Ashford Borough Council 01233 637311 W: www.ashford.gov.uk Citizens Advice Bureau 01233 626185

SE Kent Multiple Sclerosis Soc. phone: 07767326138 email: mssoutheast@gmail.com NSPCC: Tenterden & District Mrs J Coombs 01580 763733 CPRE Kent 01233 714540

Bus Enquiries Arriva Bus Enquiries 0844 800 44 11 Stage Coach East Kent: 0871 200 22 33 (Timetable) or 08456 00 22 99 (Customer Services)

National Train Enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk Wealden Wheels 01233 840000

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Veterinary Surgeons Barrow Hill Vets 01233 624687 Montgomery Vets 01303 813756 Ashford Volunteer Centre 01233 647 422 Age Concern 01233 620 635 www.ageconcern.org.uk

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