THE LYMINGE NEWSLETTER

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1 THE LYMINGE NEWSLETTER July 1998 Produced by The Lyminge Association Community Matters The Ethelburga Well Celebrations The hundredth birthday of the St. Ethelburga Wellhead is being celebrated on Saturday 26 September (note change of date). The date has been chosen to coincide with Harvest Festival celebrations and will also mark the completion of work by the General Purposes Committee of the Parish Council to renovate and repair it. The party will begin at 11.00am and go on to 3.00pm. The Morris Dancers, "Offcumduns" will be performing two sets during the day and other entertainments are planned. All Lyminge clubs, societies and associations should have received a letter from the Lyminge Association by now which also contains a piece of material and a pen on which a "wish" for that society should be written, whether it be for the immediate or long-term future (there's nothing wrong with wanting to win the Cup!). All the "wishes" will be hung around the well as part of a larger dressing of flags and banners. If your society has not yet received a "wish" pennant, please let Liz Coleman know (863197). If your society would like a stall or pitch to put on an entertainment please also let Liz know (there is no charge). By the way, Happy Birthday to St. David and St. George, Church Road - these buildings are also celebrating their centenary this year! The Millennium Celebrations The celebrations for the year 2000 are beginning to take shape! There will be something for everyone - and something every month. The Steering Committee is composed of representatives from the Lyminge Association, the Parish Council, the Churches, the Dramatic Society and the School. The next meeting is on Wednesday 5 August at 8.00pm at St. George, Church Road (by kind invitation of David and Honor Hunt-Cooke. Community Police Please park your vehicles on the road or in your drive, not on the path. Complaints have been received. July sees a seat-belt campaign in your area - get in the habit of wearing one EVERY journey and parents are responsible for children in the car as well. Whilst on the subject of parents - please make sure you know what your child is up to when he or she goes out with friends. A number of incidents involving damage and nuisance situations have made it necessary for children to be taken home and spoken to with parents. Please make sure it does not happen to yours. Finally, lock up sheds and garages - open doors suggest no one is about - it's easy pickings for would be thieves. Pc6272 Richard Lester. This month's Newsletter has been kindly sponsored by: C & M.E. BLANCH LYMINGE POST OFFICE - TELEPHONE: Your local bank open five and a half days every week. Paying-in and withdrawal facilities through GIROBANK, National Savings and Co-operative Bank Bills: Most bills payable FREE OF CHARGE - Gas, Seeboard, BT, Folkestone Water, Inland Revenue. DVLC: Vehicle tax renewals Travel: Foreign Currency. EIII. GA Insurance. Books: O.S., Road Maps, gardening etc. In stock or to order, including children's books and those for the school curriculum. East Kent Bus Co. Agent:Explorer tickets. Outings Dry Cleaning & Laundry:Weekly service - TUESDAY morning OPENING TIMES: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.15pm-5.30pm.

2 Dates for the Diary Saturday 4 July Etchinghill Cricket Club BOOT FAIR At the cricket ground. Pitch Ring for further details. Saturday 4 July Lyminge Historical Society Summer outing to the Cathedral City of Ely. Fee: 9.00 (includes coach). Departure time 8.30am from Lyminge Post Office. All enquiries to Bob Gay on Saturday 4 July - Parents and Friends of Lyminge School SUMMER FETE This year with an American theme!! Sunday 5 July GARDEN OPEN - BOYKE MANOR Mrs. Harrowing will be pleased to welcome you to the lovely gardens of Boyke Manor, Ottinge from 2.00pm. Sunday 12 July The Ramblers' Association Local Group walk - Meet Tenterden Station car park. Two circular walks; one of 6 miles, the other of four miles. Starting at 10.00am and 2.00pm. No dogs please. Leader Roy Reddall. Telephone: Local contact Liz Seggery on Tuesday 14 July Lyminge Baby and Toddler Group We will be having our summer outing to Brockhill Park. Meet at the Methodist Church Hall at 9.30am, or 'phone for details. Tuesday 14 July Lyminge W.I. The next meeting is the Horticultural Show. All entries must be in by 2.00pm at Nailbourne Court. Wednesday 15 July Elham Gardeners' Society Trip to Dartford - see Gardening Column. Wednesday 15 July Rhodes Minnis Circle Our Speaker, Mrs. Sheila Lloyd's, subject will be her work in "Operation Sunshine". Starting at 7.30pm. the competition will be a knitted vest or a piece of decorated soap. Tuesday 21 July Etchinghill W.I. Miss Ellis will speak on "Collecting Antique Jewellery, Part 2. Not to be missed! Tuesday 21 July Lyminge Gardeners' Society Vegetable Evening - see Gardening Column. Saturday 1 August Etchinghill Cricket Club BOOT FAIR At the cricket ground. Pitch 5.0. Ring for further details. Wednesday 5 August Lyminge W.I. Our annual garden party will be held at 52 Station Road, by kind invitation of Mrs Dorothy Longley. Tuesday 18 August Lyminge Gardeners' Society An evening visit to Goodnestone Park Gardens. See Gardening Column. Wednesday 19 August Rhodes Minnis Circle A meal has been arranged at the Rose and Crown, Stelling Minnis, when the ladies from Elham Circle will join us. Saturday 29 August Etchinghill Cricket Club BOOT FAIR At the cricket ground. Pitch Ring for further details. Thursday 24 September Lyminge Conservative Branch Bridge Drive at 2.00pm per table including tea. Tickets from Mrs. Eagle-Bott. Telephone: ADVANCE NOTICE!! Sunday 13 September Elham Valley Twinning Association PAINTERS' DAY Register at Lyminge Village Hall in the morning, have breakfast, paint all day in the Elham Valley and then return to Lyminge Village Hall late afternoon for refreshments and the chance to auction your picture (if you want) after the judging. Further information from Andrée Sladden on Note for art lovers: the auction is a good opportunity to buy local views at reasonable prices! STELLING MINNIS WINDMILL FETE Saturday 18 July * Hot air balloon * Montgomery School Steel Band * * Crafts * Stalls * Sideshows * * Children's Corner * Meet Rupert the Bear * * Classic Cars, Vintage Machinery & Steam Engines * * Thatching and Pottery * * Raffle and Tombola * Teas * Barbecue * * Licensed Bar * * Windmill Open * PLUS WINDMILL DANCE AND BBQ at 7.30pm With "SHAMELESS" Dance tickets 3.50 at gate (accompanied children free). Barbecue and Licensed Bar available. Call for information.

3 SATURDAY 25 JULY POSTLING CHURCH The Annual Church Sale will be held in the Village Hall starting at 2.30pm. Garden produce, cakes, raffle, bric-a-brac, jumble, teas and refreshments. Free entry. Sunday 26 July The Ramblers' Association Local Group walk - Faversham Creek. Meet at Faversham Creek car park at end of Abbey Street at 11.00am. 8 miles. Sandwiches needed. Any problems with transport or finding the start, ring the leader, Brian Seggery on In aid of Stelling Minnis Windmill Museum LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND BOOT AND SUMMER FAYRE Saturday 1 August: pm Many attractions Car Vans at Park House Animal Sanctuary, Stelling Minnis Telephone: Visit the Lord Whisky Centre, Rhodes Minnis (formerly the Gate Inn) Tea Rooms and Gift Shop10.00am pm Veterinary Clinic Tues. and Thurs. 2.00pm pm Dog Training by appointment (862622) Grooming Service by appointment (862622) ROTAWALK - SATURDAY 11 JULY There will be a Sponsored Walk for the whole family, including the dog, from Folkestone to Hythe along the sea-front. This annual event is organised by the Rotary Club of Folkestone, which last year raised many thousands of pounds for Demelza House, the children's hospice. The aim is to make it as successful as the London Marathon! For the 1998 walk, half the funds raised will be given to Demelza and half will go either to the walker's choice or to the Rotary Community Fund for people in need. You may start the walk at any time between 9.00am and 11.00am from the Roundabout Café, the Rotunda, Folkestone and follow the signposted route to the Imperial Hotel, Hythe and back. Plenty of car parking is available at the start and all the participants will be awarded a commemorative certificate. Village shops are carrying posters and sponsor forms and more information is available from Peter Peacock on Notices For Sale Tapestry picture. Scene is in Australia. Size 24" x 18". Price Telephone CAMTAD Campaign for Tackling Acquired Deafness We are a local, non-profit making charity working alongside the statutory authorities helping those with hearing difficulties. We do this by setting up and running clinics for hearing aid users, giving talks and teaching sessions on hearing awareness, and generally pointing people with hearing difficulties in the right direction for help. We have a clinic in Lyminge at Everist Court, Station Road, Lyminge (Tel: ) on the first Monday and the last Friday of the month from 10.00am to 11.30pm, no appointment necessary. We can help you with maintenance and minor repairs to hearing aids, offering advice and providing NHS batteries. We are based at the Victoria Hospital, Deal Our office is being refurbished at the moment so our temporary numbers are or The usual number is Ask for Lorraine Sencicle. For Sale Baby Rabbits, ready end of July. English stock each to a good home. 'Phone Re. Household Refuse To the person or persons who repeatedly dump their rubbish in and around the litter bins on Tayne Field, this rubbish is NOT cleared by the council, but a volun-teer who has to carry it to a point of collection. You pay to have your rubbish cleared by the Council from your place of residence, so why not use it? Thank you. Lyminge Library Once again, thank you for all the donated books. Many have been very up-to-date publications and together with the adult fiction and non-fiction books being purchased by the Library Service, the shelves are taking on a 'new' look. The exhibition for July is very different from anything shown before, being graphite drawings on paper which form part of a much larger, long term project by the artist, Helen Burr. The project is to present the drawings as an artist's book. The artist uses her art much as an author uses words to create a narrative, but this 'story' grows with each image as it is made. There are toy-like elements in all of them, yet they are colourless and sombre. Helen sees them mostly as theatrical pieces, small characters on a dark stage. Although these drawings are quite probably not at all like other exhibitions, they should give the viewer an insight into one of the many different ways an artist can approach his or her chosen subject.

4 DIY LIVERY Small, friendly, private yard in Elham * post and rail fencing * good grazing with unlimited turnout * 40m x 20m all-weather manege with use of jumps * resident owners * free collection of new liveries if not too far. Telephone: COPY DATE FOR THE NEWSLETTER Please let the Editor, Liz Coleman, have copy for the next Newsletter by the 18th of the Month. Items can be left either at Sunny Cottage, Canterbury Road (behind the Newsagents) or in the box in the Library and should ALWAYS be accompanied by the appropriate payment. 75p ( 1 with a box) or 3 for a business advertisement ( 5 with a box) 12 issues for the price of 10. Ring for further information. Note: You can now me!! My address is: lizcoleman@sunny-cottage.demon.co.uk NEVERTHELESS please ensure that payment for an entry is made before the copy date. BADGERS' BRIDGE NURSERY POSTLING VILLAGE HALL Quality education and care for children aged two and a half to five years. Badgers' Bridge offers: * Beautiful, rural environment * Friendly, qualified staff * Free play + structured activities * Government-funded places available for four year olds * Light lunch provided * Pleasing OFSTED report Open Monday - Friday (full days Monday and Wednesday). For more information/prospectus contact Denise Qureitem on ALSO Badgers' Bridge Nursery - Summer School Postling Village Hall From 10 August to 28 August, 9.30am to 12.30pm daily. All children between the ages of 3 and 8 will be welcome. Fun-based activities will include: * Face painting * Organised out-door activities * Cooking sessions * Singing and story time Vouchers will cost 6.00 and will be sold on a first come. First served basis. For more information please contact Denise Qureitem on or Dawn Clark on Rhodes Minnis Village Hall Are you looking for a hall in which to hold practice sessions, private party/function or meeting? Rhodes Minnis Village Hall has the capacity to take parties of up to 100 and has kitchen facilities if required at no extra cost. Rates Session Times Sunday- Friday per session am session: 8.30am pm per day pm session: 1.30pm pm Saturday am/pm session evenings: 6.00pm pm evening session full day Reports Etchinghill W.I. Etchinghill W.I. won the Top Ten Quiz on 21st May at Barham. The team was Miss Towse, Mrs. Eagle-Bott, Mrs. Bartley and Mrs. Ingles. There was plenty of laugher in the village hall when Mr. Mike Chisnall Spoke on "School Inspection Can Be Fun" on Tuesday 16th June. Lyminge W.I. On the 9th June our Speaker was Mrs. Beaney, who gave us a very interesting talk on reading poems and short stories. The competition was an eight-line poem on gardens. The winner was Mrs. Davenport. Rhodes Minnis Circle We all enjoyed Sue Wood giving a talk on doll making at our June meeting. The competition winner was Dianne Bennett. We have now started our new programme and have some very varied and interesting meetings for the next year. New members will be very welcome. If you require transport, please ring any of the Committee members, a list of whom is in the Library.

5 Sibton Park Cricket Club It has been a few years since SPCC has reached the Final of the Godden Cup. Our young players, batting first, under Paul McLeary's captaincy, dominated the games against Selsted and Hawkinge. Destructive batting by Steve Hickmott, Paul Fox, Adrian Scott and Tim Kingston built large winning totals. Three players who continue to do well in both League and friendly games are Martin Wren, John Murrell and Tim Kingston. Tim is showing the benefit of his six months spent playing cricket in Australia. Young Colt to watch: Robbie Waite Our Matchball Sponsors for June were J.G. Wren and Lyminge Pharmacy. We thank them for their support. 100 Club winners for June were; 25 S. Wren, 10 R. Bunn, 5 F. White. New 100 Club members welcome. Prizes drawn monthly for an outlay of 12 per year. Contact C. Clark (862320). For bookings contact Bob Williams (863170) for information concerning the Cricket Club contact Peter McKen (Secretary) (862697). Gardening Column Lyminge Gardeners' Society Tuesday 21 July - A Vegetable Evening. Meet at the allotments behind the Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Peter Taylor will introduce us to his allotment and vegetablegrowing expertise, followed by a gentle stroll to Bert Fagg's garden and more vegetable know-how. The evening will end with refreshments and questions. Tuesday 18 August - An Evening Visit to Goodnestone Park Gardens ( 6.20 pensioners) inclusive of coach fare and entrance fee. Further details in the August Newsletter. Saturday 22 August Summer Show in the Methodist Hall. Do support this show. Non members are welcome at all events. 'Phone Doug Furminger on or Janet Turner on for further details. Report The rain held off on Tuesday 16 June and 20 members of the Society strolled around Harry's Wood and through Judith's Garden. All were most impressed at what had been achieved over a period of 38 years by Judith and Harry Lansdell, converting an open field into a wonderfully mature garden, a haven for wildlife and so peaceful. Many thanks to Judith for allowing us to enjoy the wood and garden. Sutton 'Prism' Sunshine Petunia Competition Lyminge Gardeners' Society entered three plants in the East Kent Regional Competition, grown by; Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. Godsave and Mr. Godden. Mr. Godden's plant won the regional competition and went on to enter the National Finals at the 'BBC Gardeners' World Live' garden show in Birmingham. Although the entry did not make the final three, it was in the final twenty from an overall entry of 2,000+ plants. The show at Birmingham was excellent and is recommended for your diary for next year. Possibly we could organise a trip if there is sufficient interest. Elham Gardeners' Society Join us for a trip to Riverside Nursery Store, Dartford, leaving Lyminge at 1.00pm on Wednesday 15 July. Cost 5.00 including Cheese and Wine. Bookings to Doug Furminger on Garden Tips for July July is usually the warmest month of the year, bringing with it fungus diseases and other pests. Be watchful of all plants, indoors and out. Feed Sweet Peas, Dahlias, Chrysanthemums. It is also time to disbud the latter two. Finish off cleaning and storing spring bulbs. Start taking cuttings now from most shrubs and layer Wisteria and Passion Flower. To keep all flowers blooming, 'deadhead' regularly. This stops the plant producing seed and encourages production of more blooms. Weather Summary for May 1998 Temp. High 25.8 C Low 3.7 C Pressure High 1024mB 17/ Low 1007mB Rainfall Monthly total 23mm Day max.8mm Humidity High 79% Low 73% Wind High 30mph Days gale force 0 Frost NONE - weren't we lucky! K.J.B. Gardening Any work undertaken from General Maintenance to Landscaping,including pruning, turfing, fencing, etc. Over 18 years experience. Free estimates and competitive rates.

6 Rest and Recuperation Sue Dyson MBRA - Reflexologist/Aromatherapist Reflexology for adults and children. Special price for children/babies. Ladies aromatherapy massage. Cellulite reduction programme. Essential oils available for use at home. Gift vouchers available. The Organmaker's Cottage, North Lyminge. Tel: State Registered Chiropodist and Reflexologist Member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. Member of the Association of Reflexologists Specialist Member of the Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology Mrs Lyle I. Arnold For appointments Honeypot Holt please call: Longage Hill Tel: Rhodes Minnis Fax: Gwen Staveley BSc, MA, MAR - Reflexologist Special Offer - Course of 5 treatments for One treatment Home visits can be arranged Telephone: , Station Road, Lyminge Ellie Topaz, BA Hons, MRSS offers HEALING BODYWORK, based on harmonising the body's energy system through gentle touch. Effective in treating sinusitis, respiratory problems, migraine, stiff neck, back problems, arthritis, anxiety, insomnia, depression, digestive disorders, menstrual problems, stress and poor circulation. For further details, or to book an appointment, please contact Ellie on THE PALM TREE Public House and Restaurant Canterbury Road, Wigmore, Elham Telephone: Pleasant seating up to 70 available Cream teas by arrangement. Delicious Sunday Roasts (A.M. and P.M.!). 3-course meals 8.50 Monday - Friday. Open morning and evening 7 days a week. Coach and Horses Your local pub Open from 11.30am and 5.00pm weekdays, 11.30am and 7.00pm Saturdays and all day Sunday. Home-made food, play area, real ales, Sky television. 10% off menu prices for senior citizens weekday lunchtimes. Don't forget the 5-7 Club! (Discount bitter 5.00pm-7.00pm) Families welcome. We now do food take-away. Watch the big blackboard for important dates Telephone Mrs. F.E. Sharp, MSSCh, MBChA Qualified Surgical Chiropodist I hold a clinic at Lyminge Village Hall on the 3rd Thursday each month from 9.00am AND at Lanfranc, High Street, Lyminge on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 2.00pm, OR in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Phone for an appointment. Etchinghill Golf Open to the general public. Splendid 80-seater a la carte restaurant. Coffee shop for light snacks. Tuesday evenings - 3-course meal Traditional Sunday carvery lunch - 2 courses Theme Food Nights Special requirements catered for - families welcome Please 'phone for all enquiries. Lanfranc, High Street, Lyminge - FOR HIRE Very comfortable Church House for hire for small parties, meetings, coffee mornings, etc. Use of whole house with kitchen and tables & chairs. With or without heating. Booking Secretary: Ken Bolton Business Column Lyminge Airport Taxi Service A quality taxi service serving airports, London etc. Call Peter Chamberlain on or (note new mobile number). Matthew Reynolds Window and Carpet Cleaning Local window cleaner. Reasonable rates. Carpet cleaning estimates supplied on request. For a free estimate, please give me a ring on Clive Adsett G.W. Finn and Sons Telephone: We are specialists in country and village property sales with three residential offices in Lyminge, Sandwich and Fordwich. Particulars of properties on the market are circulated to all offices with colour photographs used on all details. If you are interested in marketing your home, please call us for free marketing advice. Lyminge Fencing Manufacturers of top quality *Fencing panels and matching gates * * Close board panels and gates *

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