Hawkhurst Village Magazine May 2015

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ISSN 2053-2059 (Print)
Hawkhurst Village Magazine
→Wood and Sons Butchers
A moving Hawkhurst scene showing the Wood family
outside the shop on their last day in the shop. Those
present from left to right are Hazel & Harry, David &
Margaret, Sarah, Louise, Celina, Steve.
The old delivery bicycle was bought from new in 1954.
Steve remembers carrying it down from London by
train to Etchingham and then ‘riding’ it back up the
hill to Hawkhurst.
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Hawkhurst Horticultural
Spring Show
The village was treated to another successful show
on 4th April. It showed the incredible amount of
effort and skill the gardeners in our community put
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in to the business of growing.
Mrs Freda Cross is shown with her prize winning
arrangement of “An Easter Exhibit” Maurice Rayfield
is shown with his Best Daffodil in Show exhibit and
finally from our organiser, Mrs Pat Westgate’s prize
winning arrangement of flowers.
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Easter Sunday cross
On Easter Day the St Laurence
church cross is decorated with
spring flowers to celebrate the risen
Christ.
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Editor
Just listening to the birds, Spring seems to
have arrived at last. That doesn’t mean we
won’t get a few April showers to complete
the Winter soaking!
The new Indian restaurant is now open. I
look forward to trying it myself. Budgens
has promised me next month news on
their plans as a company and specifically in
Hawkhurst.
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Mike Appelbe
Chairman
Hawkhurst Parish Council is intending to
make progress this year in the future definition
of Village Halls or Community centre. We are
very much aware that this subject has become
very drawn out over many years without any
substantial progress being evident. The Parish
Council operates 2 facilities at Copt Hall in
Copt Hall Avenue and the Sports Pavilion at
the King George V playing ground at the Moor. Both of these are in poor
condition and have received no serious maintenance or renovation for
several years. The Copt Hall is very heavily used by local groups. The
booking system is always quite full, which clearly demonstrates the need
for a better facility in the village. The sports pavilion is used for football
changing rooms and also for youth meetings. Although the changing
rooms are adequate compared with other playing fields, the overall
accommodation is very poor for general use as a village hall.
Ownership of the Halls is a complicated subject. The Copt Hall is actually
owned by a charity “Hawkhurst Community Trust”, the sole trustee of
which is the Parish Council, who actually manages the hall. The Sports
pavilion is owned by “Fields in Trust”, which is a national charity formally
known as the National Playing Fields Association. This was founded by
King George V back in 1925 and owns more than 2000 playing fields
across the country. The playing field and the sports pavilion are managed
by the Parish Council, but does not own them. Although the sports
pavilion can be renovated or rebuilt, it has to provide sports facilities.
You are probably aware that there has been a planning permission for a
large 2 storey Community Centre on the site of the Sports pavilion at the
Moor. This was approved in 2009, and extended in 2012. This planning
permission expires this month and cannot be extended further. We
would need to submit a new planning application.
The Parish Council is funded by the precept it receives from the Council
Tax and also has income it receives from, for example, use of the halls. It
is not able to embark on independent fund raising. This is the reason why
there was no progress towards raising the approximately £2M funds to
build the Community Centre, and accordingly was not able to make any
progress towards its development.
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The Parish Council is determined to find out what
sort of facilities are required for the village. You
are aware that we are going through the process of
generating a Neighbourhood Development Plan
(NDP) this year, and the provision of Village Halls
or a Community Centre is a significant part of this.
Towards finding out present feelings on this subject,
we held a public fact-finding session on 16th February
in Copt Hall. Although about 50 people attended,
I was rather disappointed by the attendance. The
notes from this meeting are public and have been
uploaded to the Parish Council Website. The outcome
of this meeting will be used in the NDP. There will be
another opportunity to provide your opinions on the
requirements for Village Halls or Community Centre
in the 3 day public event starting on 26th May, as part
of the NDP process. The first draft of the NDP will
be available this summer, which will be our first sight
of expectations for Village Halls. Please support the
NDP and make sure your opinions are considered. The
Parish Council will be making decisions based on the
outcome of the NDP.
In parallel with the NDP process this year, the Parish
Council is setting up a new charity to manage a
Village Hall or Community Centre within Hawkhurst.
This will have trustees independent from the Parish
Council, and accordingly will be able to embark on
fund raising, to be able to develop a new facility as
should become apparent through the NDP process.
I have tried to outline the progress we are intent on
making during the next few months, which I hope will
be of long term benefit to the Village.
Peter Dartnell, Chairman, Hawkhurst Parish Council
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Dear friends
So here we are in the
Season of Easter. During the Easter Season
as usual we will consider the post-resurrection experiences
of Jesus and we will
consider Jesus as the
Good Shepherd. It is
such a, “turn left NOW!” intrusion, that some traditions actually call the Sunday remembering Jesus as
the Shepherd as Good Shepherd Sunday”. I wonder
what the Good Shepherd could possibly have to do
with the Resurrection?
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I begin by musing on the after-tomb experiences
the disciples had with Jesus. How he appeared
mysteriously and almost magically in locked rooms,
on the road, on the beach; always encountering
the disciples. I wonder if you were Jesus, would you
really have wanted to go back and hang out with
the people who had betrayed, denied and deserted
you as a crucified criminal. People who, apart for the
women, left you for dead! We are not sure that being with one’s fickle followers would have made our
“after the bucket” list. But, that is just us musing of
course. I am sure more forgiving people would do
as Jesus did.
Parents probably. Don’t you just love how as parents
we never quit on our children no matter what they
do to us? We may make a list that could include
other forgivers like teachers, social workers, nurses,
firemen? Lawyers? Shepherds? Ah! At last I understood why Shepherd Sunday falls right in the middle
of the Easter season!
If Jesus wasn’t the Good Shepherd he wouldn’t have
hung around to heal, reconcile and commission a
community of failures into an ecclesia. He would
have headed straight for heaven like so many of his
followers these days seem hell bent on doing, if you
know what I mean?
Not the Good Shepherd though, the Good Shepherd
who has “the power to lay down his life and the
power to take it up again” picks up loving and caring, cajoling and commissioning just where he left
off before they strung him up and left him for dead.
Jesus the Good Shepherd won’t go home to rest until
he knows all the flock have entered into their rest.
A shepherd, who even when he is dead tired or just
plain dead, gets up and continues seeking and calling
until the sheep are all home. To make this even more
profound, our Good Shepherd has more than one
flock. He said so. He also said that his work wasn’t
done until he had also brought them in. All the flocks.
A blessed Eastertide to you.
Fr. Rodney
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→Changes to bus services
from 26th April
Changes are being made to East Sussex County
Council funded services operated by Stagecoach:
312 – frequency changed to 2 hourly, Monday to
Saturday only. See route 313 for Rye Harbour. To be
operated by Renown Travel
313 - replaces 344 between Northiam and Rye to an
approximately 2 hourly frequency. Will also serve Rye
Harbour every hour for most of the day. No Sunday
service. To be operated by Renown
326 – Rye & District CT will provide a Monday to
Saturday service
340/341 – replaced by new Stagecoach commercial
service 2
344 – replaced between Rye and Hastings by
Stagecoach commercial service 101. See new route 313
for Northiam service
347 –on Mondays to Fridays changed to 2 hourly
384 – Renown Travel will provide this service
Timetable information is available on the County
Council’s website: eastsussex.gov.uk/newbustimes
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Christian Aid Week
10th to 15th May 2015
This year we will be fundraising at various points in
the village, rather than house to house as in previous years. For almost 70 years, Christian Aid Week
has brought communities together to fight poverty,
strengthen the poor, and turn hope into action
both in the United Kingdom and abroad. With your
support they will carry on tackling the causes of
poverty, supporting local organisations to deliver
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Hawkhurst Churches Together
Honey Bee Fayre & Auction
Sunday 10th May Yalding Beekeepers Fayre & Auction
at Riverdale Field, Benover Road, Yalding, ME18
6ES. A fun and educational event for all the family.
Wide variety of stalls and a programme of timed beethemed activities including something for everyone.
Free entry and on-site parking. Food and refreshments
available. Open 10:30am to 4.30pm. Auction starts at
2.30pm. Entry forms to enter bees or equipment into
the auction can be obtained in advance by emailing:
[email protected]
Elisabeth Searle
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342 – Stagecoach journeys withdrawn. Rambler and
Renown Travel will provide some journeys
“The Hawkhurst Churches Together, Lent Lunches
raised £702.20 for Christian Aid, with grateful thanks
to all those who prepared and supported the Lent
Lunches.”
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No.254,304/5 (between Hastings and Tunbridge
Wells) – Sunday service will be withdrawn from
Sunday 26th April but continues to operate on Bank
Holiday Mondays. Arriva 5 (between Maidstone and
Hawkhurst every two hours) their Sunday Service is
not affected by these cuts as the No. 5 is funded by
Kent County Council
real practical change and making sure everyone can
fulfil their right to a decent life. Thank you for your
support.
Bees don’t have a voice
Remember the toxic pesticides that wipe out bees?
An influential group of scientists has just concluded
that they don’t just kill bees - they wreak “havoc”
with other insects and plants in the countryside too.
Campaigners across Europe managed to get these
pesticides banned in the EU. But the ban could be
lifted in December.
By the time you read this the election will be over
and any promises made by the next government in
any further protection of our bees will need to be
judged.
Bees pollinate apples, cucumbers, strawberries,
tomatoes, cauliflowers, onions, cabbages, broccoli,
carrots and many, many more of our fruit and veg.
Without bees, we wouldn’t last very long! We are lucky
that some of our Council allotment holders keep bees
which all the other growers then benefit from.
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A Nine Day Journey of Prayer
and Waiting
Hospice in the Weald
Open Gardens 2015
Friday 15th May - Saturday 23rd May
This year our Novena Pocket Prayers have got bigger,
but they’ll still fit in your pocket, to travel with you
in your daily lives as we wait for the Spirit between
Pentecost and Ascension.
By LOOKING at a series of remarkable paintings
by Dinah Roe Kendall (who now lives in retirement
in Folkestone), and entering these pictures; by
READING the Biblical stories of the journeys and
encounters of characters from Abraham through
to Jesus; by WAITING on the Holy Spirit to speak
through the bible text and picture; by LISTENING in
prayerful anticipation and by RESPONDING in our
Christian calling to the Spirit’s prompting, we will be
nourished to continue our journeys of faith.
To support us further on our journey, Food for the
Journey, the Lent course which we followed, the
Novena Team have also prepared a series of short
DAILY WAITING services and reflections on the same
pictures and stories. This will take place at St Laurence
Church daily starting Friday 15th to Saturday 23rd
May. Please see the St Laurence Church Calendar
in the magazine for details. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
Summer’s just around the corner, country gardens
are bursting into colour and Hospice in the Weald
Open Gardens is here once again to help you find
some of the most delightful in our region. Sadly
there are no gardens in Hawkhurst as part of the
scheme this year.
Our Open Gardens scheme raised just over £11,000
for the hospice last year and, with some exciting
additions for 2015, lots more visitors are likely to
fancy a stroll around gardens of all shapes and
sizes - small ones to inspire creativity, larger areas
to explore, gardens for wildlife enthusiasts and
interesting ideas for fruit and vegetable plots. And
in several villages, neighbours are opening a chain
of gardens so that visitors can wander from one to
another.
To request a brochure please contact Pam Coleman
on 01892 820502 or email
[email protected] or please
visitwww.hospiceintheweald.org.uk where you can
view each individual garden.
Answers April
SUDOKU
Please join us on this journey, as Canterbury Pilgrims,
and may the Spirit bless us through our waiting with
encounters that encourage and transform as we travel
on together.
Sandra Dreyer
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The Kiln Room
The Weald Smokery opens new
Brasserie called The Kiln Room
and refurbished shop
The Weald Smokery at Flimwell has
very recently undergone a complete
refurbishment. All the old fridges have
been removed and a most attractive
self service fridge and freezer replaced.
Customers can now browse through the
complete range of traditional smoked
foods which have been produced on the
premises since 1985.
The cheese counter, for which they
have become famous, is now larger and
incorporated into a new delicatessen counter. So,
you can still choose from a whole range of British
and continental Farmhouse cheeses as well as other
interesting deli items.
Also and new to the smokery is the Brasserie and
coffee shop. This has been incorporated into the
existing shop area with a terrace outside and is well
worth a visit. They serve breakfast, lunch and tea and
it is a chance to sample some of their award winning
smoked food in a relaxed style, maybe with a glass of
chilled white wine, or simply a coffee and slice of cake
freshly baked daily on the premises.
There is a new website which has just been released
and is also well worth a visit at
www.wealdsmokery.co.uk
To book a table tel 01580 879601 or e-mail
[email protected] Andrew Wickham
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KCC Highways Temporary Road Closure
From 27th April for up to 5 days Slip Mill Lane,
Hawkhurst will be closed for the whole length of the
road. The alternative route is via A268 High Street,
A229 Cranbrook Road/Gills Green.
The closure is to enable drainage repairs to be carried
out by KCC Highways.
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Our school newspaper, The
Hawkhurst Times, has been
published in time for Easter. The
editorial team is composed of
pupils in Key Stage 2 under the
guidance and direction of Mr Stuart Fifield who is
teaching in Year 4. This edition of the newspaper
includes much information about school life this
term. I hope you enjoy reading the extracts that
have been published here in this magazine.
E. Hatcher
YEAR 3 learned about the Stone Age.
YEAR 5 made models after learning about the
exciting Anglo-Saxon epic “Boewulf”.
Counting: YEAR 1: Noah’sArk – counting in
2s YEAR 2 made a centipede to count to 100.
RAINBOW CLASS have been learning about
nocturnal animals.
Science Day on Monday 16th March was part
of National Science Week. Mr Roker organised
the experiments for
the whole school to
do, from Year 1 to
Year 6. Experiments
included making an
imitation lava lamp
to investigating
what happened to
the fat in milk when
washing up liquid is
dropped into it.
Hawkhurst has
a strong record
in sporting
achievement.
We have many
gymnasts, swimmers,
athletes and horse
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During the period of Lent, Hawkhurst
Primary School spent a lot of effort in
raising funds for Tearfund and Comic
Relief. Red Nose Day was also well
supported, including an Assembly
appearance by joke-tellers from
each year group. On Friday the 27th
February each class did a separate
five minute activity. Their families or
friends were able to sponsor them to
raise money.
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World Book Day was celebrated on
23rd April. Children came to school
dressed as their favourite book
character. This even is organised
every year to promote reading.
riders in our school. Our newest team sport is New
Age Kurling. This is a game in which large round flat
stones are slid across a smooth surface towards a
target. In curling, this surface is of course ice. The
school’s first ever team won their first competition!
Hockey and netball are now being played and we
hope to see more teams being successful. There are
many strong swimmers in the school and Year 4 and
Year 5 are now having weekly swimming lessons.
A story of Ancient Greece
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In the empty world there were four gods and
one day Zeus told the two brother Epimetheus
and Prometheus to create some kind and gentle
creatures. Epimetheus created the raccoon with
black and white grey stripes. “It is beautiful,” he
said and then he made the monkey and the panda
and all the lovely, kind, nice animals he could think
of. But his brother was watching over him and he
thought “I am better and cleverer than him,” and
he made the last of every animal, mankind. Then
Prometheus didn’t know what to give to mankind.
But Epimetheus said, “What about giving man a tail
or fur?” But his brother said, “That’s where you’re
wrong because we’ve run out of fur also tails.” But
then he had an idea and he secretly said to himself,
“I know, I will give him the gift of the fire element.”
So he went to heaven and got a piece of the sun. “I
will just get a little bit of fire.” So he put the small bit
of fire inside a small heap of grass but the secret was
not held for long. Then, when Zeus was on Mount
Olympus, he saw a piece of yellow, orange and red
flaming fire under a great big column of smoke.
TEDDY H (Y3)
Hawkhurst Tennis Club is
launching a new Junior
Coaching Scheme
Let’s play tennis......
Did you know that there has been a tennis club in
Hawkhurst since 1881? Over time it has evolved into
a friendly club of around 170 members, a quarter of
whom are juniors. The club features 3 floodlit courts
and a clubhouse with views across the weald.
There are opportunities for all ages and standards to
play at the club with senior and junior coaching,
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Please be aware these cameras are state of the art, once
they have locked onto a speeding vehicle there is no
argument as they take photographic evidence which is
accepted by courts. If you are caught by these Camera
Vans it is going to result in much more than a warning
letter. Please Take Care!
Hopefully the potential for points and a fine will be a
reminder to all of the need to slow down and obey the
speed limits.
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regular fun tournaments, league matches and social
play, to all of which new members are warmly
welcomed.
This spring Hawkhurst tennis club is launching a new,
subsidised coaching scheme to encourage children
to learn to play tennis. This coaching will be held on
Friday afternoons, during term time, from 3.30pm
until 7pm, starting on Friday 1st May. The cost per
session will be just £1 and is open to all our junior
members - membership costs from just £25 per year!
We want to encourage young people to learn how
to play tennis and enjoy being a member of a club.
The coaching will be run by SPIN4SERVE, a highly
qualified coaching team, which will introduce children
to a new sport and encourage their progress by
providing fun lessons and activities.
For more information please visit our website
hawkhursttennisclub.co.uk or simply come along on
Fridays and meet the coaches at the club.
TENNIS COACHING FOR JUST £1!
Nicki Allen, Captain,
United Lawn Tennis Club - Hawkhurst
The other news is that the problem of rural speeding
– not just a Hawkhurst problem – is also getting
serious attention from a higher level. Whilst there
are Speedwatch groups in many villages across Kent,
(Cranbrook, Sissinghurst, Sandhurst and Benenden
to name just a few), there is now a newly formed
Rural Speeding Working Group which has been set
up. This follows the February meeting hosted By
Commissioner Mrs Anne Barnes and orchestrated by
KCC Councillor Sean Holden.
Chief Inspector Dave Paté, of Kent Police, and
Maidstone MP, Helen Grant, are jointly chairing the
group which is made up of Police, KCC staff, Local
Parish Councillors, including our own Parish Chairman
Peter Dartnell, along with Speedwatch volunteers.
Whilst in its infancy this group will be working to try
to find solutions to rural speeding across the county
and hopefully the results will help to reduce speeding,
and therefore accidents, as a whole. Information on
progress will follow as and when available.
We are delighted to welcome a new member to the
Speedwatch team and if anyone else could spare a few
hours from time to time they would be made most
welcome, so do please contact the Parish Magazine
(752367) for further details.
Hawkhurst Community Speedwatch Team
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Speeding Offenders Update
After all the hard work of the last, nearly, 2 years
The Hawkhurst Community Speedwatch Group is
delighted to be able to announce that at last something
concrete and positive is happening; as Hawkhurst is
now on the rota for regular visits from the Mobile
Speed Camera Vans!
These fantastic vehicles are brimming full of clever
21st century technology which will bring enforcement
to the roads into and out of Hawkhurst.
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→Marlborough House School
Red Nose Day in March seen raising money for
Comic Relief. The school raised over £1,000 with
cake sales, face painting. The children and staff each
paid £1 to wear as much red as possible.
So what kind of things do we do? There are Men’s
Breakfasts at the Royal Oak, and coffee mornings
held at local venues such as the Sandhurst tearooms, the Etchingham Station bistro, the Orchard
Farm Shop and the Lime Tree tea-room in Burwash.
If pub lunches are your thing, delicious two-course
lunches are held monthly at pubs such as the Cherry
Tree in Ticehurst, the Black Pig, the Oak and Ivy and
the Royal Oak. Don’t we do a lot to support local
businesses!
We also have wonderful outings, usually by coach,
to places as far flung as Portsmouth (to see the Mary
Rose), Chichester (Weald & Downland Museum), RHS
Garden Wisley – and some nearer home, for example
Blue Badge guided walks around Tunbridge Wells,
Tenterden and Rye.
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Of course the U3A is about sharing one’s knowledge
and learning new skills through our many Interest
Groups – but it’s also about meeting people,
spending time together and seeing life from a new
perspective. This is where the many and varied social
events that we organise really come into their own.
Our website www.hawkhurstu3a.org.uk will tell you
about our monthly meetings with great speakers,
social events, fascinating outings and our many
interest groups. If you’d like more information or are
interested in joining, do contact our Membership
Secretary, John Read, on 01580 753535 or via the
link on the website. Visitors are always welcome at
the monthly meetings – why not come along and
meet us?
Ruth McChesney
Eat, drink and be merry with the U3A
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White Lodge Garden,
Horns Road
This article is written in memory of Chris Morgan
who died on 24th July 2014. He taught French and
English at Marlborough House School and one of his
many talents was in writing poetry. The photo taken in
White Lodge garden shows him with his sister Imelda;
Chris never married but he had a great affection for
Freda Davenport-Jones who taught the piano at the
school.
Chris loved Freda’s garden at White Lodge. He presented this poem in dedication to Freda and her beautiful garden at White Lodge, it was illustrated by Chris’
sister Imelda.
Many readers will remember Freda shown with
her dogs (she was a faithful member of St Laurence
Church). Some readers will also remember the garden
and certainly the next door nursery garden which
specialised in hellebores.
Thank you to Christine Pardoe (who also worked at
the school), for showing us this beautiful illustrated
poem (shown on the next page) and for providing the
memories in this article.
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→Police
The shocking news of the most recent robbery
at Sandhurst has quickly spread, having had
conversations with various members of this
community. It would appear that the offenders have
targeted vulnerable business people! Hawkhurst is, by
far, a much larger village, with many more business
people living locally. The recent events at Sandhurst
would serve as a timely reminder, that the peace
could be shattered, all too easily, by villains bent
on causing harm. Should anyone witness anything
unusual, have cold callers selling their wares, or
believe that intruders are about, please stay in a safe
place, telephone the Police immediately, or as soon
as is practicable. Dial 999 in an emergency and 101 if
requiring to speak to Police.
Should you keep large amounts of cash at home, please
re- consider safer options. Keep money to minimal
amounts or in a bank account. Check all security to
the home and outbuildings. Make good any repair
required. Replace faulty or inadequate locks, cover
shed windows and service alarm systems. Check
boundary fences and garden areas regularly. Put
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equipment away. Hawkhurst remains a safe place to
live, crime is generally low and the community spirit
high. Stay safe and focused.
Police Community Support Officer 54854 Rob Spicer.
Tel 07989 992430
Between 6:00pm on Sunday 5th April and 10:20am on
Monday 6th April an attempt was made to remove a cycle
rack off the roof of a parked vehicle in Talbot Road. If you
have any information please notify the police.
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A simple Recipe
Chicken and Broccoli Layer
Serves 4
295g can condensed chicken soup
6 x 15ml spoon mayonnaise
210ml milk
450g fresh broccoli, cooked and finely chopped
350g chicken, cooked and diced
450g potatoes, peeled, sliced and parboiled
175g Red Leicester cheese, grated
Garnish parsley chopped
Salt and black pepper
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mix the soup, mayonnaise, milk and seasoning together
Pour half of the soup mixture into a shallow
casserole dish. Arrange broccoli evenly over the
soup, then the chicken and finally the sliced potatoes.
Pour the remaining soup mixture over the potatoes
and cook for 30 minutes.
Sprinkle the cheese on top and cook for a
further 15 minutes.
Garnish and serve.
The Craft Centre
01580 752904
Foam Supplies
Cushions cut to size and shape.
DIY Upholstery materials, tools etc.
Knitting wools and accessories,
haberdashery etc.
Open 9am ‘till 3pm
The Studio
Closed all day Wed.
Cranbrook Road
Closed 1pm Sat.
Hawkhurst
TN18 4AR
High quality Cleaning of
l Carpets
l Upholstery
l Windows
Local family business established 1990
Members of the National Carpet Cleaning Association
www.heathcroftcleaning.co.uk
Heath Croft Rye Road Hawkhurst
01580 754100
registers
Baptisms:
5th April
Kate Vinall
Admission to Holy Communion before Confirmation:
5th April
Kate Vinall
Lily Higgins
Deanna Pogson
Lucinda Hurt
Jo Falkner
Mariage:
11th April
John Kimber and Karen Mundy
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Cranbrook Festival Choral
Evensong
St Dunstan’s Church Cranbrook Sunday
17th May 2015 at 6pm
The service will be sung by members of The Choirs
of Deanery in The Weald, with organist Jeffrey Gray,
Director of Music at Goudhurst Church, and the
Conductor Martyn Williams, Director of Music at
Benenden Church.
The music will be:
Introit: Lift up your heads O ye gates – Mathias
Psalm 147 vs1-12
Hymn: At the name of Jesus (T.Evelyns)
Anthem: O clap your hands – Vaughan Williams
Hymn: For all the saints
Martyn now teaches at Benenden School and
Cranbrook School. He devotes the rest of his time
to choir training, conducting, accompanying,
solo recital work, examining, adjudicating and
composition.
SUDOKU
How to play Fill in the grid so that every row, every column
and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths
involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
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6 4
5 3
8
6
3 1
5 7
8
2
1 4
2 8
2
4
4
3 6
9
7 5
4
3
9 4
Kent Life
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Martyn Williams FRCO, FLCM trained at the Royal
College of Music. After graduating with prizes
in Theoretical Studies, he gained an Honours
degree from Durham University and then pursued
postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths’ College,
London. From 1976 to 1996 he was on the
Professorial Staff of the London College of Music,
and also taught at the Purcell School.
Biddenden Flower Festival
and Plant Stall
22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th May - 10am to 6pm
Biddenden Church and churchyard
Come and enjoy teas, cakes, stalls, trips up the tower
and of course the wonderful flower displays. The
theme for this year’s festival is ‘The Merry month of
May’. This year will see the return of the Morris men
and hopefully children from John Mayne school will
be dancing round the maypole. The plant stall is also
making a welcome return.
Old London Bus
For Hire
1953 bus
and crew in period uniform
Weddings
Civil Partnerships
l London Tours
l Anniversaries
l Races
l Film, Television
and Photoshoots
l Corporate use
l Trips to France
l
l
Old London Bus
Hawkhurst TN18 4AX
01580 754253
www.oldlondonbus.co.uk
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St. Laurence Church
Calendar for May
All services at St Laurence Church unless stated otherwise
Sun. 3rd 08.00
10.00
Wed. 6th 11.15
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Holy Communion
All Age Family Communion
Holy Communion at All Saints Lodge
Sun. 10th The Sixth Sunday of Easter
08.00 Holy Communion
10.00 Parish Communion
Mon. 11th Rogation Day
09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints Lodge
Wed. 13th Rogation Day
11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints Lodge
Thu. 14th Ascension Day
06.30 Singing from the Church Tower
06.50 Eucharist followed by Breakfast
Fri. 15th Matthias the Apostle
19.30 Nine Days of Prayer Service
Sat 16th 18.00 Nine Days of Prayer Service
Sun. 17th The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sunday after Ascension Day
10.00 Celtic Style Parish Communion
18.00 Monthly Prayer Hour and Nine Days of Prayer Service at All Saints Lodge
Mon. 18th 09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints Lodge
Tues. 19th Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988
Wed. 20th Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
Thur. 21st
Fri. 22nd 09.30 Holy Communion
Sat. 23rd
Sun. 24th Day of Pentecost Whit Sunday
18.30 Ecumenical Service at St Barnabas, High Street, Hawkhurst
Tues. 26th Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
John Calvin, Reformer, 1564
Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians,
Spiritual Guide, 1595
Wed. 27th 11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints Lodge
Thu. 28th 12.00 Cathedral Prayer time in St Gabriel Chapel, Canterbury. All welcome.
Fri. 29th 09.30 Holy Communion
Sun. 31st Trinity Sunday
Hawkhurst Baptist Church
Toddler Train
1-3pm every Tuesday. Baby Clinic at the same time
but only on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month.
Who let the Dads out?
For male parents and carers with their children
10:30-12:30 on 2nd Saturday each month (bacon
butties provided!).
Methodist Services
Methodists at 10:30 in All Saints Lodge
Minister Revd. John Butt (01622 871332)
Lay Worker Mr Phil Staddon (01892 725447)
Sunday Services at 10:30 in All Saints Lodge.
Please note Methodist preachers at All Saints Lodge
1st March Miss Janice Ansty, 8th March Mr Martin
Brightman, 15th March Mr. Kenneth Barnes,
22nd Revd. John Curnow, including Holy Communion
Other churches Sunday services
Roman Catholics at 08:30 in St Barnabas Church
Contact Revd. Victor McClean telephone 01580
211268
Baptists at 10.30 in the Baptist Church
Contact Gill Knox (754562)
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→What’s happening locally
VILLAGE WALKS Thursdays at 2pm
7th May meet at Budgens car park entrance
14th May meet at *St Laurence Church, The Moor
21rd May meet at Budgens car park entrance
28th May meet at *St Laurence Church, The Moor
*for these walks, (hopefully) cars or mini-bus
provided
Bulk Refuse Collection in Fowlers Car Park
Sunday 10th & 24th May 08.00 – 11.00
MOTHERS’ UNION
Registered Charity No. 250124
Thursday 28th May at 12 noon. Cathedral Prayer time
in St Gabriel Chapel, lasting approx. 30 minutes. All
welcome
FUN FAIR
An operator will be holding a fair on The Moor from
Friday 29th May 6-10pm, Saturday 30th May 2-10pm
and Sunday 31st May 2 – 6pm.
HAWKHURST MARKET SALE
The market sales in Dunks Hall are now held on a
Friday. The next one is 15th May 09:30 with the usual
stalls: cakes, preserves, bric-a-brac, handmade cards,
gifts also a raffle and tea and coffee. In aid of Little
Hearts Matter.
HAWKHURST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Monday 1st June in Copt Hall at 7pm. Speaker Dan
Luscombe, Bedgebury Dendrologist talking on
Monkey Puzzle trees.
Friday 5th June in Copt Hall at 7pm. Summer Jumble
Sale
Saturday 4th July in Primary School Hall at 2.30pm.
Admission by donation
Monday 6th July in Copt Hall at 7pm. Potato Challenge
– The Weigh In
POLICE SURGERY AT THE LIBRARY
11th May 10-11am
18th May 6-7pm
HAWKHURST U3A
Thursday 14th May 10:00 Our monthly meeting,
with Brian Woods on ‘The Art of Audio-visual
Creation Revealed’ he takes the lid off the secrets
of producing entertaining a/v material showing a
number of entertaining, humorous and educational
sequences. The talk followed by coffee, and visitors
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made most welcome. The venue is the British Legion
Hall.
HAWKHURST HARMONIES
British Legion Hall every Wednesday morning 10:15
– 12:00 for over 50s to meet up socially to sing.
Wardsbrook Concerts 2015 Season
The third season of Wardsbrook concerts opens in
May. Held at the bucolic restored Tudor barn of Liz
and Magnus Spence in Ticehurst. This enterprise is
the brain-child of Magnus and his brother Toby, an
internationally famous operatic tenor.
Toby will be performing this year along with
Alice Coote a fine mezzo-soprano and the superb
Christopher Maltman. www.wardsbrookconcerts.org
for more information and tickets.
This is a fund raising event for St Michael’s Hospice.
Last year the event raised in excess of £30,000 for St
Michael’s Hospice.
Philippa Evans
7th Annual Richard Beattie Davis Sandhurst
Musical Hospice Recitals
Once again, we have a nice line up of well respected
professional artists. For the first time, we will have
a duo for the garden party, which should prove
interesting! Please mark the dates in your diaries and
look out for further details closer to the date.
Gillian Davis
Saturday 25th July 3pm. Duo performance with
garden party. The well known performers Oliver
Davies (piano) and Adrian Bradbury (cello) will be
playing a selection of Russian and ballet music.
Tickets by donation (minimum £15). Tuesday 15th September 3pm. Malcolm Binns
will once again be thrilling us with his pianistic
offerings from the great masters. Tickets by
donation (minimum £15).
Wednesday 14th October 3pm. Gil Jetley
will be playing his own transcription of `Romeo
and Juliet` by Tchaikovsky, as well as other piano
favourites. Tickets by donation (minimum £14).
For all concerts reservations in advance only from
Gillian Davis 01580-850384
Victoria to Hong Kong, via Russia and Mongolia,
the first time this event had happened. Pat was
interviewed by Woman’s Hour, whilst in Canton, and
she wrote an article for the New York Times. They
visited family in Canada, Vienna and the Isle of Man.
Pat and Leslie Clark-Wilson moved to Hawkhurst
from Luton, Bedfordshire, in 2005, to be closer to their
daughter, Jo. They both felt at home immediately and
appreciated the warmth and friendliness of the local
community.
→PATRICIA BUIK CLARK-WILSON - TRIBUTE
Patricia (known as Pat) was born in Hampstead,
London in 1928 and was evacuated with her sister,
Jean, to the Isle of Wight during the war. Pat later went
to boarding school at St Denis, Edinburgh, which had
been evacuated to Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries. On
completing her education there, Pat moved back to
Hampstead and started an English course at University
College London. She was distracted in her studies
by Leslie Clark-Wilson, whom she met in their local
church youth group. Leslie Clark-Wilson had been
in the Palestine Police for 10 years and on returning
to London, was studying medicine at Bart’s Medical
School. They married on 29th July 1948.
After qualifying as a doctor, Leslie and Pat moved to
Luton, Bedfordshire. Leslie was a General Practitioner
and Pat looked after their four children and became
the phone sitter for incoming calls for the doctor.
In her free time, Pat enjoyed writing poetry (many
of which have been published in magazines), plays
(Three Mad Monkeys, The Dorado and The Scythe
and the Stone) and prose. She created, produced and
acted in an amateur drama group called the Presbyn
Players and established groups like the Debating
Society. She was actively involved in arts scene of
Luton and, in 1974, organised the Supa Luton Arts
Festival.
After Leslie’s retirement in 1975 Pat and Leslie
travelled extensively, including travelling overland
on local bus and trains to India and then on to see
family in Australia. They went on a train from London
Stan Acland commented, “In 2005, there was a change
in Oaklands Road when the Clark-Wilsons graced us
with their presence. Number 2 became ‘Quirky’ and
Leslie and Pat began to make their mark. They shared
their lives and experiences and it was impossible to
knock on the door or ring the bell without being
invited in to a beverage and biscuits depending on the
time of day. Conversation was never wanting as their
hospitality was such that one found drawn into which
ever subject happened to be in discussion when you
entered but could quickly change at the drop of a hat”.
Leslie and Pat thoroughly enjoyed their new lives
in Hawkhurst and every weekend visited different
places of interest and/or socialised with family and
friends. Leslie was known to travel around the streets
of Hawkhurst on his scooter wearing a beret, with his
Scottish flag waving in the wind. In October 2010,
Leslie died at the ripe age of 94.
In the past four years she has provided a legacy, as she
prepared three books of poems, called Out of Chaos,
Dancing with Dodos and Familiar Ghosts. Familiar
Ghosts was only published two weeks before her death
on March 15th 2015 but Pat appreciated the feedback
she received.
Merryn Williams wrote a review for the London Grip:
Pat Buik’s slim booklet is a celebration of friendship,
dedicated to ‘past and present friends’, and is written
from the country of old age, when so many of the
people you valued are not around.
The first, and one of the best poems, ‘Bring out your
dead’, sets the tone:
Who is clamouring to come out?
Grandfather, mother, child next door?
Who sits at the back of your throat?
Judy, who won’t be here for Christmas?
Is it the hooded child in the dream?
Jeremy? Fair-haired Nicholas?
cont. p 23
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Hawkhurst Parish Council
Council Meetings will commence at 19:45 unless
stated otherwise.
Full Council meeting on Monday 11th May will
be held in Copt Hall.
Land Committee meeting on Monday 19th May
will be held in the Parish Office at 19:00.
The dates are provisional and should be checked on
the noticeboards or the Council website.
Akeomai Project
(Hawkhurst Council of Churches):
Chairman of the Trustees: Phil Staddon, 3 Orchard Crescent
Horsmonden TN12 8LB (01892 725447)
Dunks Almshouses
Clerk: Andrew Davis 388973 [email protected]
Website: www.dunkscharities.com
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LAURENCE HAWKHURST
Vicar: Fr. Rodney Dreyer, M.Phil. A.K.C. Obl. O.S.B
The Vicarage, Moor Hill (office 753397, home 754459)
e-mail: [email protected]
Church website: www.stlaurence.co.uk
Secretary: Alison Mitham, All Saints Lodge, Rye Road, Hawkhurst
TN18 4ET 753397
→Useful Contacts
HAWKHURST PARISH COUNCIL
Chairman: Peter Dartnell, Yew Tree Oast, Slip Mill Lane, Gills
Green, Hawkhurst TN18 5AJ (752172) [email protected]
Deputy Chairman: Margaret Brinsley, Duvals Farm, Whites Lane
TN18 5DD (752242) [email protected]
Parish Clerk: Mrs Nicole Malem, Office at The Moor TN18 4NT
(752058) [email protected]
Website: www.visithawkhurst.org.uk
Buildings Committee
Chair
Brian Fitzpatrick 753498
Glyn Davies
752895
Julia Newman
752057
Barbara Weeden
753458
Paul Whittle
753723
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Land Committee
Chair
Colin Williamson
752370
[email protected]
Mike Appelbe
Margaret Brinsley
John Hunt
Phil Jones
Michael Robertson 752367
755554
753041
752729
753330 [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Editor: Mike Appelbe, Barretts Green Farmhouse TN18 4DP
(752367) [email protected]
Advertising: John Mears (754001) [email protected]
or contact the Editor
Illustrator: Emma Faulkner
Layout: Kate Chitham (291597)
Chairman of Parish Council: Peter Dartnell, Yew Tree Oast, Slip
Mill Lane, Gills Green, Hawkhurst TN18 5AJ (752172)
[email protected]
If you have any articles, photographs, information about
forthcoming village events or issues you would like to raise
please send them to the Editor. We cannot guarantee they will be
published but we will do our best to include them.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by contributors to the magazine
are not necessarily the views of the editor.
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Hon. Treasurer: Alison Parsons 753240
Organist & Choirmaster: Andrew Davis 752954
Parents & Toddlers: Peggy Stone 755569
Children’s Church: Felicity Robinson 752102
Other churches
Methodists - Contact Ken Barnes 753769
Roman Catholics - Revd. Victor McClean telephone 01580 211268
Baptists - Contact Gill Knox 754562
Hawkhurst Bonfire Society
Robin Palmer 01580 753933
Hawkhurst Church of England
Primary School:
Liz Hatcher Head Teacher (753254)
Hawkhurst Horticultural Society
Pat Westgate 01580 753895
Hawkhurst Pre-School
MAGAZINE CONTACT DETAILS
Churchwardens: Irene Poole 753515 Stephen Ringer 879710
Sarah Waugh, Manager (754226)
HAWKHURST U3A
John Read, Membership Secretary 01580 753535
WRAP Grove Mills
League of Friends Secretary Jane Hoole, 752193
www.hawkhurstlof.co.uk
Grove Mills Day Care, Carole Williamson, 755869
The Green Shop, Marieanne Lechley, 752768
Next deadline:
13th May for June
10th June for July
The Village magazine is stocked at:
l Local Schools
l Library
l Shops
l Churches
l view on line at www.visithawkhurst.org.uk
We have now begun distributing beyond Hawkhurst, by agreement with
suitable premises, in villages who use Hawkhurst as a hub: Hurst Green,
Sandhurst, Flimwell and Bodiam.
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The dead get heavier every year
carted around in ageing brains –
bring them out, tier by tier
give them memory’s resurrection
ask blessings for your pilgrimage
then blow them away like dandelion
so you can sing a living song
of light reflected on the sea
of here and now where you belong.
Pat’s carer/companion for the past 15 months, Ruth
Gordine commented, “Over the months I have seen
her body diminish but, oh boy, the fire remained
burning in her belly and her brain as razor sharp as
ever”.
I, Jo Clark-Wilson, their daughter, cannot express in
words how much I miss both my parents, but take
pleasure in the time and experiences I have been able
to share with them over the past few years, especially
since their move to Hawkhurst.
I would like to thank the Hawkhurst community for
making my parents so welcome and for those that
have supported them, especially Pat, in the last couple
of years.
into conditions
affecting babies
and children.
Action Medical
Research has been
funding medical
breakthroughs
since it began in
1952. The charity
is currently
supporting
work around
childhood cancer,
Down syndrome,
epilepsy, and cystic
fibrosis, as well
as some rare and
distressing conditions that severely affect children.
To register and for more information about the
Castle Ride visit the website http://www.action.org.
uk/castle-ride-100
Tina Middleton, Local volunteer for Action Medical
Research 07772 458710 [email protected]
Charity reg.nos 208701 and SC039284.
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Charity seeks riders for
cycle challenge
Cycling Challenge The RIDE 100 is to take place in
Tonbridge and the Children’s charity Action Medical
Research is calling for riders to sign up now for the
event on Sunday 17th May 2015.
The Castle ride is an endurance ride which starts and
finishes at Tonbridge Castle. The longest is up to 100
mile circular route, but it also features two shorter
options, taking the riders through some stunning
scenery, giving riders the experience of cycling
down many pretty country lanes, plus passing along
famous historic sites including Bodiam Castle and
the Pilgrims way.
This event is part of the charity’s popular RIDE100
series of one-day bike rides that take place in
fantastic cycling locations across the UK. All include
chip timing, food and water stations, lunch, marshals
and mechanics.
Monies raised will help fund medical research
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If you would like to advertise in this
magazine please contact
Mike Appelbe 01580 752367
[email protected]
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