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Minster Matters
Your Friendly Village Magazine
Issue Number 145: March 2013
ISSN 1755-9502 (Print) : ISSN 1755-9510 (Online) : ISSN 1758-4175 (CD-ROM)
Minster and Monkton Royal British Legion Branch
POPPY APPEAL
Minster Carnival Court 2013
l to r: Holly Humphrys (Princess)
Danielle Law (Miss Minster)
Rosie Malloy (Princess)
The Branch are looking for a person or
persons who would be interested in taking over
the organising of the Poppy Appeal in the Minster
and Monkton area.
Anybody who can help with this very
necessary and well supported charity please
contact the Branch Chairman, Mr Robert
Hogwood on Minster 821354. Thank you.
VACANCY FOR PAVILION
AND ALL WEATHER PITCH CARETAKER
A vacancy has arisen for the position of
Sports Pavilion and All Weather Pitch Caretaker
for Minster Parish Council.
The job is a part time post
during evenings and weekends
The position includes keyholding and some
cash handling responsibilities, opening and
locking the facilities for bookings and
cleaning of the facilities
to a required standard.
For more details, application form
and job description please contact
Kyla Lamb the Parish Clerk
on 01843 821339 or email
[email protected]
Applications should be submitted
Sad to See
to the Parish Office
Who ever remembers seeing the
by Friday 8th March
Bell Inn closed and shuttered!!
The successful applicant
Hopefully it won’t be like this for
will be required to be able to start
too long - see page 5 for property
spokespersons statement
on Monday 18th March
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MINSTER - How To Find Us
For those looking to use a Sat Nav
to locate the village
the Library at 4A Monkton Road
is the approximate centre of the village
and the postcode there is CT12 4EA
GPS/OS Map co-ordinates for the
village square are TR 309 647
51.33 N, 1.33 E or 51° 20’ N, 1° 18’ E
Useful Numbers and Contacts
Thanet STD Code : 01843
Community Warden:
Aaron Kluibenschadl: 07811 271 302
Police: 101 (for reporting anything except emergencies)
Emergencies: 999 or 112
Thanet District Council: 577 000
Community Dog Warden: 577 580
Salvation Army Hall: 825 178
Library: 821 442
Doctor’s Surgery: 821 333
Dates for Your Diary
Copy Date for February Issue - Friday 15th March
Mar
1
Women’s World Day of Prayer
23
3
Psychic Fayre
23
5
Pilates at the Pavilion
22
11 RBL Women’s Section Meeting
23
12 W.I. Meeting
23
13 Mother’s Union Fellowship Meeting
23
20 Horticultural Society Meeting
23
21 W.I. Coffee and Chat Morning
23
30 Charity Quiz Night
22
Apr
6
Audrey’s & Shirley’s Country & Western Dance
23
13
Salvation Army Quiz and Fizz
23
May
15/18 Minster Playhouse presents Calendar Girls
15
18 P.L.G. Spring Fayre
4
18
6
R.B.L. Scooter Day
Jun
15/16 Minster Open Gardens
18
Church Notices
21
All Weather Pitch
22
Village Hall Bowls Group
22
School Page
25
(appointments only, 8.00am -10.00 am)
Patient Liaison Group: 821 200
Vets: 825 999
Post Office: 821 291
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(to loan): 07914 623 287
Venues available for Hire
John Spanton Pavilion (in Rec)
and the All Weather Sports Pitch
bookings for both the above venues via
Parish Office 821 339
Old Schools: bookings via
Jacque Sings 822 053
Village Hall: 822 807 bookings via
Eric James 821 744
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Minster Parish Council
next meeting will be held on:
Tuesday 5th March @ 7pm
in the Neighbourhood Centre
Members of the public are welcome to attend and
can arrange to speak to the Council through the
Clerk or by requesting the Chairman before the
start of the meeting. Copies of the Agenda are
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Library. Clerk to the Council is Mrs Kyla Lamb
and the Council Office is normally open from:9.30 am - 12 noon weekdays;
tel: 821 339 fax: 825 269
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Minster Matters
March 2013
EDITORIAL
Time thunders on and another month has been and gone. I’ve just noticed
that come next month’s offering another milestone will have been reached, as
I will have edited as many issues as founder Editor Kelvin Holdom. It doesn’t
Ray
seem like 6½ yrs since he left ‘the team’ in charge of his ‘baby’ and moved to
pastures new. I hope we’ve done him proud and kept up the integrity of the
magazine he so lovingly started on his own. I certainly couldn’t do it without
help so I admire what he did in the early days and especially using programs
Amy
and equipment we would all find dinosaurs today. I know we’ve made a few
tweaks along the way but in essence it is still the publication he left with us and
I hope villagers are happy with how it is evolving. Full colour has to be our
ultimate goal but in the present financial climate that is still an awful long way
Brenda
off, but one day I hope we can fulfil ‘my dream’ and we will be able to make
that final big step.
How sad to see the Bell Inn closed, I haven’t spoken to anyone who can
ever remember it being empty before, and now it is bolted and barred, with
steel shuttered doors and reinforced internal panelling on the windows. It truly
Diane
looks sorry for itself. Let us hope that the property owners, Enterprise Inns, can
soon find another publican to take it on and hopefully return it to the vibrant
place it once was. Personally I don’t think it needs to be a music venue, but to
return it to a traditional English pub with good beer, great food and an
Nora
ambience that makes everyone feel welcome. The bottom end of the village
seems dead without it, so come on Enterprise, find us a landlord who can inspire the staff
and customers to return and make it one of ‘the places to go’ in Minster.
I tell you time really flies if you aren’t watching it ! Elsewhere in this issue you will read
that the Rev’d Canon Bob Coles is retiring after 17 years, YES that’s right I said 17 years as
our Anglican Vicar. He ends his ministry here at the end of April and his final Service is
scheduled to be on 21st April at 11.00am so be sure to attend if possible so we can give him
a great send off.
There has been speculation as to whether or not, because Bob is leaving, that Open
Gardens might not happen this year, but according to the information we’ve been given to
publish this month it would appear that the annual 2 day event is still ‘ON’, which is good
to hear as it is always very popular with villagers and visitors alike.
We don’t have room for a report from the Show Committee this month, but I’ve been
asked to say that both they and the Twinning Assn are looking for local bands and musicians
who would like to play in either or both of their Showcases in June (9th) and July (20th) .This
is a great time to show others your talent and get you noticed. To book yourselves a spot on
either or both showcases please contact Bernie
SCHOOL VOUCHERS
Watler on 07814 214 993, he’ll be pleased to
Attwells Newsagents are again hear from you.
collecting all varieties of
Well, that’s it, as always space has beaten
supermarket school vouchers. me yet again and so it only remains for me to ask
So if you have any spare then the usual question:
please drop them into the shop
Where’s Zac??
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Only good things have been heard about our new
Classified Ads spot
There is no charge to villagers for small Ads placed
here and they are proving to be a success, with items
getting sold on the day the magazine hits the streets.
So, do you have something to sell, or is there an item
you’d like to find?
We take both offered and wanted small ads here.
Just jot them down, email them to us or leave us a note
at the library, we’ll be pleased to print them for you.
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BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS
Some patients may wish to keep a careful check on their
blood pressure and others have also been identified who may
be at risk. On the new style “Repeat Prescription Form” a
reminder has been added asking patients to take their own blood
pressure whilst they are in the waiting room, and then hand it
in at Reception, so that it may be recorded on their records.
This will help identify patients who may need further
investigation.
OUR NEXT FUND RAISING PROJECT
Continuing the blood pressure theme, the Practice has
identified the need for a further “24 Hour Blood Pressure
Monitor” to help alleviate the need for patients to attend hospital
for this test. Therefore, our first fund raising function of the
year will be our:
ANNUAL SPRING FAYRE
SATURDAY 18th MAY
at the “Old Schools” in Church St
So an EARLY WARNING!
Tables are on sale - but they usually go very fast!
So get in quick!
See our website for further details
SURGERY TRAINING DAYS
Please note that the Surgery will close at 12.00noon on the
following days for the purpose of staff training:
Tuesday 19th March and Tuesday 16th April
Should you need to see a doctor during these times then
please call “Doctors on Call” via the normal surgery number 821333. Or you can call “NHS Direct” on 0845 46 47 for
confidential health advice and information for you and your
family. Thank you.
PATIENT GROUP MEETINGS
If you have any issues you would like to raise at any of
our meetings, or you require further information on any of the
above, then please contact either:
Ken Self on 821200
or Jeanne Lawrence on 821049
March 2013
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CLOSURE OF ‘THE BELL INN’
We feel sure many of you now know of the recent sudden closure of the Bell
Inn and whilst speculation as to why and what’s now going to happen to it, is rife
in the village, plus the added rumour that Enterprise Inns intend to put in a Polish
landlord, Minster Matters felt we ought to ask the property owners, Enterprise
Inns, what they had to say. This was the email we received from their spokesperson
on Friday 15 February.
“We can confirm the Bell Inn is only closed temporarily while we recruit a
new Publican who can share our vision and take the business forward as a
destination, food-led establishment. The site has great potential for the future and
we have already received a good level of interest, but anyone interested in finding
out more about this fantastic opportunity can call us on 0800 953 0072”
CO-OP KITTED OUT WITH LIFE-SAVING DE-FIBRILLATOR
You may already be apprised of this. However I was recently in the
Co-operative shop located at the Minster roundabout at the top of Tothill Street
when I noticed mounted on the wall by the checkout tills a cardiac de-fibrillator.
The manager informed me that it had been in place for about a month and
that all the Co-operative outlets now had these life-saving devices installed. I can
say that the modern de-fibrillators are brilliantly designed - essentially a sort of
life-jacket vest which has the skin contact electrodes built in. All the attending
‘life-saver’ has to do is rip off the patient’s top clothing, strap on the de-fibrillator
‘life-jacket’ and follow the simple instructions which are both written on a card
and with some devices may be spoken. Anyway, the de-fibrillator jacket ‘reads’
the patient’s heart signals and if, and only if needed, applies the correct and
simultaneously corrective electric shock. All the rescuer has to do is strap the
patient into the de-fibrillator jacket, make sure there is skin contact with the chest
electrodes, follow the simple instructions and simply let it do what it is programmed
to do.
I understand the Thanet Ambulance Service personnel instructed the
Co-operative staff in its use and will be happy to advise representatives from
Minster village. Well done the Co-op!
Kind regards, Dr Rodney Pell
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Dear Friends,
Thank you very much for supporting our Smile International Christmas Shoebox
programme and for the lovely donation of 131 shoeboxes from our good friends in
Minster and St Mary’s Church. Please do thank everyone who donated a shoebox.
We really appreciate your support in helping to put a smile on children’s faces at
Christmas.
I am sorry we have not been able to acknowledge your donation before now,
but as you can imagine with the thousands of shoeboxes that we deal with each
year, the administration side of the programme takes a considerable amount of time
to work through. I do hope you will forgive the delay.
We are delighted that our lorry full of Christmas shoeboxes left for Kosova on
Saturday, 1 December. It was a freezing, cold morning, but our team of enthusiastic
volunteers braved the elements and worked very hard to get the shoeboxes on and
send the lorry on its way. I am pleased to say that our lorry was unloaded in Gjakove,
Kosova on Saturday, 8 December, but our staff in Kosova also had to brave even
tougher conditions due to heavy snowfall. Our team of volunteers flew out to Kosova
to distribute the shoeboxes and they really enjoyed seeing the children’s faces light
up as the opened their shoebox full of gifts.
Thank you again for making a difference to children in need.
Yours sincerely,
Ruth A Doubleday (Director)
PARKING ON VILLAGE VERGES
Dear Sir/Madam
I’m a resident of Molineux Road and I am fed up with walking mud into my
house because of inconsiderate people parking and driving on the grass verges which
are now just mud, a trip hazard and an eye-sore.
It would make sense for the council to either remove the verge and tarmac it
all or lower the price for residents to have drop kerbs. What can be done?
(Name withheld as requested)
Thank you to… Debbie and Helen for giving their morning up to clear the
paths in Brockmans Close on Monday.
What a good team we are in this corner of the village. Well done! Brenda
March 2013
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Minster Matters
In Memory
of
Mrs Irene Foster
1913 – 2013
She will be sadly missed by all who
knew her.
March 2013
Irene’s family would like to thank all her friends and neighbours for their kind
support during her last short illness, and for their generous donations
to Thanet Hospice in her memory.
After marrying her husband, George, at St Marys in 1938 she lived and worked with
him at Jezzards Bakeries in Church Street till the 1970’s
(Does anyone remember the ‘flead cakes?’)
She remained in the village for the rest of her life. She loved Minster
and would often tell wonderful stories of life in the ‘old village’.
MEMORIES
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gave me some money and I walked to the bakers and used it to buy the bread. Sometimes
I would have a penny roll of sweets.”
This was in the 1970’s when Mr and Mrs Foster had the bakery.
Entering the shop the wonderful smell of fresh bread. Different types of bread
displayed on the shelves, square tin, milk, small round, sometimes flead cakes and
Kentish huffkins. Behind the counter were the staff, either Mrs Smith, Mrs Ackleton
(Maureen Collard’s mum) or Mrs Foster.
No complicated till, just a drawer under the counter to open and put the money
in!! During the morning, Mr Foster could be seen in the van going out on delivery
rounds.
I remember a delighted Mrs Foster telling me Wendy was going to teacher training
at Winchester. I couldn’t work out whether Mrs Foster was more delighted at her
daughter going to teacher training, or, that she would be away for the following three
years!!
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with the other for the simple process of rendering. If it cannot be used immediately
while still fresh, render it separately in a small vessel placed in a pan of boiling water.
The lard thus procured will be found particularly light and of fine flavour.
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March 2013
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RON BAKER CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY
Minster and Monkton Royal British Legion members
celebrated the 80th birthday of their good friend Ron Baker on
Sunday 10th February. Ron, a former member of the Tank
Regiment, was greeted by around 70 friends and family, they
enjoyed a tasty buffet laid on by Sam. Will Taylor supplied a
Bren Gun on its mount as a centre piece to the Military themed
celebrations and Trisha Hogben produced a brilliant artwork
banner.
On a sombre note, a glass was raised in remembrance of
Russel 'Slinger' Wood, a Monkton resident and former member
of the Royal Navy, a great friend to the Royal British Legion's
Wardroom Comrades, who sadly passed away at his home with
his wife Shirley.
'Slinger' will be sadly missed by all who knew him and
condolences go out to Shirley and family. In true Navy style the Pusser's Rum flowed freely, a great tribute to our two good
friends Ron and 'Slinger'.
Steve Philpott
RUNNING FITNESS - ‘JELLY LEGS’
I am a leader in running fitness, accredited by UK Athletics and currently run with Jelly Legs Running Club across Thanet.
We run on Monday and Thursday evenings and are now looking to introduce a daytime group aimed at mums and dads
straight after the school drop off on a Thursday morning.
NEW beginners’ running course to start on Thursday 28th February 2013.
Train to run from 0-5k in 10-12 weeks in a structured, friendly and fun environment.
For full details please visit www.jelly-legs.co.uk or contact Lorraine Church on 01843 822 055
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March 2013
The SEVENTY CHAMBER CHOIR of Thanet
With the FESTIVAL BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Conductor - Clifford Lister
St John Passion
J.S.Bach
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This year will see the fifth in the highly successful series of Passiontide concerts
mounted at Holy Trinity Church in Broadstairs. The Seventy Chamber Choir, with
the Festival Baroque orchestra and soloists, will be performing Bach’s St John
Passion. Though on a somewhat smaller scale than the St Matthew Passion, which
was performed two years ago, the St John is equally renowned for its beauty and
power.
The narrative is taken from chapters 18 and 19 of St John’s Gospel. The tenor
Evangelist tells the story, with the other soloists taking the parts of the characters
- principally Jesus and Pilate - and the chorus acts as the crowd. There are two
levels of comment and reflection on the action; firstly, in a series of arias for the
soloists, and then, in the 12 chorales - settings of hymn tunes popular in Bach’s
day, which punctuate the piece.
It is a work rich in dramatic contrast, with the quiet reflective beauty of the
closing chorus and the chorales, for example, set against the fierce anger evident
in the baying crowd scenes. Perhaps the greatest joy of the St John Passion, however,
is that for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it is a truly optimistic
work anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope.
For tickets, please telephone 01843 602332.
£12 in advance, £15 on the door
We hope you can join us.
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This year our Thanet Festival Choir concert is a performance of William Lloyd
Webber’s ‘Divine Compassion’, on Saturday 16th March at 7.30pm at Holy
Trinity Church, Cliftonville.
Admission is £10 in advance from choir members or from our website
(www.thanetfestivalchoir.org.uk) or £12 on the door.
This work only came to light some 15 years ago, as it had remained in manuscript
form unpublished. William was father of both Andrew (yes, he of Phantom, Joseph
etc) and Julian, the famous ‘cellist.
The work is charming and devotional and we are sure you will be moved by
the composer’s wonderful gift for melody.
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AVOID A DIY DISASTER ON YOUR HOME
As Spring approaches, many people start turning their thoughts towards
home improvements and those little jobs that have been put off over the winter,
but fire crews are urging residents to take sufficient safety steps to prevent their
‘Do-it-Yourself’ (DIY) efforts leading to disaster.
Some DIY activities can increase the risk of fire and injury in the home.
These range from fires ignited by blow torches being used to strip paint, to fires
caused by faulty electrical equipment which may have been stored in a damp
garage or shed over the winter period.
Community Safety Manager, Stuart Skilton, said: “Whether it’s improving
the kitchen, fixing up the spare room, or simply cutting the grass, accidents can
happen when safety advice is ignored. The message from Kent Fire and Rescue
Service (KFRS) is therefore; if you are going to do it yourself – do it safely.
“People often make mistakes when they are either tired or trying to get jobs
finished quickly. Always ensure that the task is within your capabilities and that
you take professional advice when required.”
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He added: “If you are carrying out DIY, this is an ideal time to fit a smoke
alarm in your property. Just three breaths of fire smoke can prove fatal, making
a smoke alarm an essential safety feature in your home. If you already have a
smoke alarm, ensure it is clear from dust and that the batteries are working.”
To help avoid a DIY disaster always:
· Check you have the correct tools for the job
· Keep children and pets safe and remove any obstructions from your
workplace
· When checking or repairing electrical tools always turn them off at the
mains
· Flammable liquids should be used in accordance with manufacture’s
instructions
· Before attempting to drill holes, check for electrical wiring running
behind walls
· Fit smoke alarms on each level of your home and test them weekly
For further free fire safety advice contact KFRS on 0800 923 7000 or visit
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March 2013
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TURMOIL IN THE HIGH STREET
We would like to express our thanks to our Community Warden Aaron
Kluibenschadl for all his help during the delivery of our rather large caravan. After
several attempts it was finally delivered and his kindness and patience along with the
support of our neighbours and the community was greatly appreciated.
Sue and Ben Whelan
JEAN’S AND JACKIE’S ‘LEAVING DO’
With the closure of The Bell it means the ‘leaving do’ we mentioned last month,
for Jackie and Jean from the library, has had to be relocated.
Jackie gives it to us on good authority that this will now take place at The New
Inn, 7.30pm on 27th March.
All ‘old friends’ and library regulars are welcome to pop in, but again please
remember, as we said last month, you are all responsible for your own ‘bar bill’.
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BELATED CHRISTMAS THANKS
We have an apology from Lil Smith which she has asked us to print as she forgot
to mention, last month, the Snowdown Colliery Band Concert at Christmas that also
raised much needed funds for the Pilgrims Hospice.
Lil says it was an excellent and enjoyable concert and she thanks everyone who
played in the band for their wonderful music and she also thanks all those who came
along and supported the event.
MINSTER BOWLS CLUB
The activities at the Club are building up nicely as the Short Mat season
is going into its final quarter. Through the dark days and nights the
competitions have been progressing. We know who the Ladies & Gentlemen
Singles are. The Ladies, Men’s, and Single Gender Pairs are also known. By the end
of February the Triples competition will have been played, leaving the Mixed Pairs to
be played on the 17th March. The three league teams are still progressing with mixed
results and although we might not like it, it is time that other teams take the top
positions. Next season we will need to do better.
Over to the other side of the Club: About 100 members and guests had a wonderful
evening entertained by a five piece band post Christmas. A horse racing evening is
taking place on 2nd March, somewhere in the region of 30 prizes are to be auctioned
at the end of the evening. Any one thinking about trying out bowls during the summer
should come along to the Club to get the feel of a bowl, its weight, and which ones
will suite you. A few ends on the short mat could help.
We are well known for our friendliness, so please put us to the test. We are the
only sports Club in the village open every day of the week, why not use our facilities.
Glynne Hibbert
CALLING ALL CONTRACTORS!
Minster Parish Council are setting up an approved Contractors list.
Any contractors who wish to be included please write to Kyla Lamb, Clerk to
Minster Parish Council, stating the type of work you carry out and include copies
of a current public liability insurance certificate and any relevant qualifications
you may hold.
You will receive confirmation that you have been approved and included in
the list.
The Council are required to receive 3 quotations for work over a certain
value and would use the list to contact relevant tradesman to quote for new work
as it arises.
The Parish Council’s Policy is to use local tradesmen where possible.
Please send your details to:
Kyla Lamb- Clerk, Minster Parish Council, 4A Monkton Road, Minster,
Nr. Ramsgate, Kent. CT12 4EA
Tel: 01843 821339
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ACADEMY FM
Thanet 107.8
Monday
00:00 - Dreamtime
01:00 - Thanet After Dark
06:00 - Wake Up with Willson and
Thanet Bedz !
10:00 - Mike Stevens
14:00 - Drive Time with Johnny Lewis
18:00 - Your Shout with Jack Sayer
21:00 - Acadamix Power Hour
22:00 - Dreamtime
Tuesday (As Monday except)
18:00 - Your Shout with Zach Webb
Wednesday (As Monday except)
06:00 - Where's Willson Wednesday ?
18:00 - Your Shout with Lewis Wells
Thursday (As Monday except)
18:00 - Your Shout with Dominic Ashley
Friday (As Monday except)
18:00 - Your Shout with Tom Brooks
21:00 - Academy FM Essential 80's
March 2013
SANDWICH
AND
DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY
perform
“A German Requiem”
by Johannes Brahms
We are looking forward to performing this, our next
concert on Saturday 23rd March at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s
Arts Centre, Sandwich.
Directed by our Musical Director, Patrick Dunn we will
be singing the piece in English – a new translation by Michael
Pilkington with Brahms’ own piano arrangement for four
hands. Our pianists, Nicola and Alexandra Bibby will also
be performing music by Schubert and Mendelssohn.
This is an unusual Requiem being settings of various
Biblical Texts, many of them very positive about life after
death, rather than a traditional setting of a Requiem Mass.
Tickets, £8.00 in advance and £10.00 on the door,
can be obtained from Lady Elegance, 6 King Street,
Sandwich and from Mervyn Jones ( 01304 620811).
Our following concert will be “A Song for a Summer
Evening” at Sandwich Guildhall on Tuesday 11th June.
The society, a choir of about 45 singers, rehearses at St
Clement’s Church Hall, Sandwich on Monday evenings
during term time.
New members are welcome. Please contact our
Secretary Mervyn Jones for further information.
Saturday
07:00 - Saturday Breakfast
10:00 - Andy Theoff
14:00 - The Saturday Sports Show in
Partnership with Sittingbourne Greyhounds
18:00 - All Music Saturday Night DJ
and commercial free
22:00 - Club Academy Live with
Mark Mulvihill
Sunday
00:00 - Club Academy Live with
Mark Mulvihill
02:00 - Thanet After Dark
07:00 - Easy Sunday
10:00 - Our Very Own Richard & Judy
13:00 - Glen Thompsett
16:00 - Horace's Palace of Fun
19:00 - Sunday Night Live with
Howard Evans (Catch the MM Editor here
once a month) (this month -March 24th)
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MINSTER PLAYHOUSE presents
CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth
May 15th - 18th at Minster Village hall
Tickets £6 Wed/Thurs £8 Fri/Sat
PERFORMANCES 7.30PM/ SATURDAY MATINEE 2PM
Have you a Bible in your house?
…but how often do you read it?
The Salvation Army want to challenge you to read
through the New Testament in a year with us!
It’s a highly recommended spiritual discipline, which helps
keep us Christ-centred, nurtures our character, and puts each
day into an eternal perspective.
So we are inviting everyone to join us in a challenge to read
through the entire New Testament (which is less than half the
Bible) within one year…
From March 4th 2013 through to February 28th 2014,
we shall be committing ourselves to reading just 1 chapter
a day, for just 5 days a week (weekends free), which will
take us throughout the year from Matthew Chapter 1 to
Revelation Chapter 22.
Accept this challenge, join with hundreds of others and
achieve something thoroughly worthwhile and beneficial…
We guarantee that you won’t regret it!
God bless you as we do this together.
Captains Bryn & Lyn Hargreaves
‘At first glance it should look like your classic WI
calendar. Jams, cakes and sewing and all that.
Except for one thing...the ladies are not naked,
they’re nude.’
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very
ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose
for a charity calendar with a difference - no more
photos of Wharfedale bridges or Norman churches for
them. Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends
drop their dressing gowns, their modesty spared only
by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower
arrangements.
Puzzling their husbands, mortifying their children and
riding the wrath of the outraged WI, they spark a
global phenomenon. But as media interest snowballs,
the Calendar Girls find themselves exposed in ways
they’d never expected, revealing more than they’d
ever planned. A very English story with a very
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Minster Matters
March 2013
MINSTER IN THANET WI
On Tuesday 12th February at 7.30pm, President Marion Rose
welcomed members and after a rousing rendition of Jerusalem the
speaker for the evening was introduced. Michael Bispham’s talk entitled
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Visit us for a large range of
“Bees Naturally” was of great interest to Minster Village due to a current local
Helium Balloons for Birthdays,
Get Well, Congratulations and many more
campaign promoting bee conservation etc in the area and members asked many
Exciting new range of
questions about bees and their fascinating lives.
Mothers Day and Easter cards now available
Baby DK, Premier DK, 4-ply wools and new patterns are
Following refreshments, Marion reminded everyone about the birthday dinner
always in store. You will be surprised by the range of
at
Quex
Barn on the 26th February and, sometime in the next few months, a meal
colours we have to offer
at St Augustine’s Golf Club. She also drew everyone’s attention to a special collection
Good News!!!
You don’t have to travel miles for the basic DIY tools
at the March meeting for the ACWW (Associated Country Women of the World)
and accessories, just visit Minster Post Office
to help women in poorer countries.
and you will find almost everything you require
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Treasurer, Ann Wilks, presented the budget for the current year which was
proposed
and seconded by members. Following the raffle the President closed, what
QUALIFIED FOOT HEALTH
had been a particularly enjoyable, meeting.
PROFESSIONAL
Next Meeting; March 12; Speaker Martin Newcombe
David Oakley MCFHP, MAFHP
talks entitled ‘Food for Free’ and ‘Herbs that Heal’
Coffee and Chat; March 21; 10.00am to 12.00noon
All forms of Services and Treatments
Games Evening; March 27; 7.30pm to 10.00pm
available for Foot and Nail care
MINSTER POST OFFICE
Corns, Calluses, Bunions, Hammer-toe,
Ingrown nails, Nail deformities,
Infection control for Athletes foot and
Fungal Nail infections, Verrucas,
Hard skin removal and Diabetic footcare
MINSTER ARMBOUTS CAPPEL TWINNING
ASSOCIATION / L’ASSOCIATION DE JUMELAGE
Forget the snow, the gales and the rain we’ve experienced
over the last few weeks and look forward to new events organised
by the Association as Spring draws ever closer.
Firstly, I’d like to thank nine of our French twinned friends for joining the
We provide personal and reliable
English
members of the Association to participate in and support the Selection
treatment in the comfort of your own
home, nursing or residential care home or dance for the new carnival court on Saturday 9 February in the village hall. Two
French members assisted in the crowning of the new Miss Minster and her princesses
hospital
and welcomed them with gifts. Thank you so much, mes amis, for that generous
Day, evening, weekend appointments
and kind gesture.
available by arrangement
The next date for your diaries is very important when we will be holding a quiz
in
the
Royal British Legion, so keep Saturday 16 March free, get a few friends
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I will collect a deposit of £10 per person from interested parties, which would
be refundable should we not be able to fill the coach (I sincerely hope we can).
If we have 49 people by that date, then I will secure the coach and the deposits
will then become non-refundable and the balance will be due 2 weeks prior to travel.
In the unlikely event of the coach being unfilled, we will travel independently,
but I will need to know definite numbers in order that our meals can be catered for
by our hosts.
If you would like to become more involved in the Twinning Association, or
offer any advice on how we could raise money, please join us at the next meeting
on Thursday 21 February at 7.30 pm in the Royal British Legion. New blood
always welcome.
Minster Matters
March 2013
MC PAVING
Driveway Specialists
17
Head
Office
Head Office
01227131
2653627
320
0800
or
or
01227
07788 265320
440 196
44 Herne Bay Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 2LP
Offering only the finest drive and pathway products, we are dedicated to making your
driveway dream a reality. With MC Paving, Driveway Specialists your design possibilities
are virtually limitless. All of our staff have many
years of experience to ensure the highest standard
of improvement to your property. We make sure
that the ground is properly prepared to ensure a
long lasting and flawless finish. We use high
quality materials which are durable and attractive.
3P/7
www.mcpavinganddriveway.co.uk
www.mcpavinganddriveway.co.uk
0800
131440
3627
or 01227
01227
265320
07788
196 or
265
320
email:[email protected]
[email protected]
email:
Term time fees
only
Safe and Structured
environment
Daily choice of menu, fresh fruits and salads
Taster sessions now available
We offer breakfast club, after-school club,
holiday clubs and open days
with the same passionate manager - Anita
We offer a fantastic setting and environment where your child’s
needs are met with age appropriate activities and resources
from 4 to 11 years with a fantastic and dedicated team of staff.
We also offer a walking bus to and from school, outdoor
activities team games and picnics, fun visitors to the setting and
a holiday club where the children are never bored just tired
from all of our activities and day trips out of the village.
Prospectus and Fliers available from
Minster C of E Primary School Reception,
or for further information please contact
ANITA on 07950 448595
Qualified, caring and
dedicated staff
EYFS Area –
age 4-11
STREETWISE Out of School Club & Holiday Club. Church Street. Minster. CT12 4BX
OFSTED Registered – EY245572
Inspection report available
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AN ENGLISH COUNTRY LANE.
How very beautiful is an English country lane.
Where birds all sing their enchanting refrains.
Wispy, wistful Wisteria, cottage walls grace,
Periwinkle clambers along the hedgerows,
showing me its delicate face.
Alkanet grows tall, with flowers of deepest blue,
and Celandine’s starry flowers of gold,
bloom prettily for me too.
I see everything very naturally growing
in its own domain,
I am in awe, once more, at the wonder of springtime,
in an English country lane.
Yvonne Chapman
MINSTER OPEN GARDENS
15th – 16th June
This year we are holding our 15th Open Gardens
and will be back on our usual weekend.
We already have many gardens
but are always looking for more!
If you are considering entering your garden
then please contact
Rev’d Bob Coles: Thanet 821250
March 2013
CHRISTIANS TOGETHER IN MINSTER
LENT COURSE 2013
Reflecting on the Gospel of St John Chapter 17
12th March at the Abbey
7.15 Compline
7.30 Meeting in St Benedict’s until 8.30
Tuesday 19th March
7.15 Evensong in St Mary the Virgin
A wonderful opportunity to share the Gospel
and unite in Christ.
All are Welcome. Hot drinks will be served.
CHRISTIANS TOGETHER
IN MINSTER AND DISTRICT
Good Friday, 29th March
There will be a silent procession starting from Minster
Abbey gates at 9.45am, continuing to the Bakery where we
will gather to sing hymns.
You would be welcome to join in a service that follows
in the Salvation Army from 10.30am – 11.30am.
All are welcome to join us in this act of witness on this
Holy Day.
THE SPORTSMAN
123 Sandwich Road, Cliffsend
01843 852547
3P/
LIVE MUSIC
1st March @ 9.00pm
Larry
Birchington Groups
Church House, Kent Gardens
Wednesday 9.30am
(Opening 12th September)
Kearns Hall, Grenham Bay Avenue,
Minnis Bay
Wednesdays 5.30pm & 7.30pm
Tel: Jo 07793 032 134
But not forgetting our first year
celebrating
ST PATRICK’S DAY
17th March
At ‘The Sportsman’ you can be sure of
a real IRISH welcome
IRISH BREAKFAST
10.00am to 11.30am
Sunday Roast 12.00noon till 2.00pm
Irish Music @ 3.00pm
Home Cooked Food
Take Away Available
Function Room available for all parties
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March 2013
The White Stag
Monkton 01843 823 760
Village Pub and Restaurant
PROBABLY THE BEST CARVERY IN THANET
Children - Half Price
NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR
MOTHERS DAY 10TH MARCH
ST PATRICKS DAY
SUNDAY 17TH MARCH
EASTER SUNDAY 31ST MARCH
CHECK BOARDS FOR FORTHCOMING
EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
30th March - Easter Saturday Evening
Disco Tones - Dance Dance Dance
31st March - Easter Sunday Evening
The Very Talented - Oasis Tone
a wide variety of songs from pop to jazz
FUNCTION ROOM FOR HIRE OPENING ON TO
GARDEN - SELF CATERING OR PUB CATERING
FIELD FOR HIRE FOR VENUE OR EVENTS
2L/1
Morton’s Fork
RESTAURANT AND BAR
Station Road, Minster
01843 823 000
www.mortonsfork.co.uk
MOTHERING SUNDAY
10th MARCH
From 12 o/clock
SUNDAY ROAST
One Two or Three Courses
Choice of FOUR Meats
Minster Day Nursery
and Out Of School Club
CALLING ALL PARENTS/CARERS LOOKING FOR CHILDCARE
AZIGA VALUATION &
AUCTION EVENING
FRIDAY 1st MARCH
from 7.30pm
Tickets now only £5 per person
which includes a valuation
available from Mortons Fork or
Aziga Events on 822143
15hrs FREE per week during term time for 3 and 4yr olds
Warm and Friendly Environment
OFSTED Registered
Fully Qualified Staff
Open 7.30am - 6.00pm
Before and After School Care
Ages 6 months - 11 years
Quality Care and Safety Provided
Age Appropriate Rooms
Breakfast, 2 course HOT Lunch and HOT Tea Provided
Morning and Afternoon Healthy Snacks
FREE for TWO places available
To Find Out More And Book Your Place
01843 821 482
Molineux Road, Minster, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 4PS
[email protected]
Registered Charity 1110919
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March 2013
Tothill Street, Minster
01843 820 250
An ideal location for
CONFERENCES
with good
BUSINESS FACILITIES
Holiday Inn Express, Ramsgate
As always we have offers of preferential rates to readers of Minster Matters
providing they mention this advertisement at time of making booking
TIGER’S TIP
Mushroom Slicer
Use an egg slicer
to slice mushrooms
for soups and sauces
AMBER’S ADVICE
The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow
(Hindu Proverb)
The Ironing Fairy
Fed up of watching your ironing
pile grow???
Then let “The Ironing Fairy”
make it disappear!!!!
Local Minster Lady
Smoke free home
Contact Jane on 01843 822 696 or 07740 240 317
£7.50 per. hour
1L/
Councillor Mike Roberts
your
Conservative
Councillor
Peking & Cantonese Cuisine
Interior & Exterior Home
Improvements and Repairs
& Take Away
Also
Hedge Cutting , Gardening ,
Fencing , Patios
1L/7
Chinese Restaurant
2 Monkton Road, Minster
01843 822 371
Free estimates. No job too small.
Local, Reliable and Friendly.
Fully Insured.
Ring Trevor on:
01843 822 541
07765 907480
for the
Thanet Villages Ward
Tel: 01843 851 726
e-mail: [email protected]
For all the jobs you don’t have
time to do !
A La Carte Menu Available
Buffet Menu - Eat As Much As You Can £13.95
Delivery Service
£1.20 Delivery Charge on Every Order
Minimum Order £10.00 within 3 mile radius
OPENING HOURS
2P/6
Sunday 12noon - 2.00pm
5.00pm - 11.00pm
Monday - Wednesday 5.00pm - 11.00pm
Thursday - Saturday 12noon - 2.00pm
5.00pm - 11.30pm
1P/12
Minster Matters
March 2013
Church News
and Service Times
St. Mary the Virgin, Minster
Rev. Bob Coles, 821250
Sunday Services in MARCH
3rd March
9.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am: Family Praise
6.30pm: Evensong
10th March
9.00am: No Service this week
10.00am: Mothering Sunday Service
17th March
9.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am: Morning Worship
24th March
9.00am: Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am: Holy Communion (CW)
31st March Easter Day
9.00am: No Service
10.00am: Holy Communion
Mid-week Services at St Mary’s
Wednesdays at 10.30am
St Mary Magdalene, Monkton
Sunday Services in MARCH
3rd March
10.15am: Holy Communion (CW)
10th March
10.15am: Mothering Sunday Service
17th March
10.15am: Holy Communion
with the Methodists
24th March
10.15am: Holy Communion (CW)
31st March Easter Day
10.15: Holy Communion (CW)
Announcement :
Canon Bob Coles has announced that
he will be retiring at the end of April
after 17 years at Minster.
His last service here will be at
11am on Sunday 21st April
Funerals
31st January : Norma Lees (65)
(Norma Bowditch when she lived here)
at Thanet Crematorium
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The Catholic Parish of
Ramsgate and Minster
Tothill Street, Minster
Reverend Marcus Holden
592071
[email protected]
www.ramsgateandminster.com
Parish Office
Saints Ethelbert & Gertrude Church
72 Hereson Road
Ramsgate CT11 7DS
Catholic Mass each Wednesday and
Holyday of Obligation at 12.00noon in the
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Minster
and each Sunday at 10.00am in Minster
Abbey
For other Catholic Services please see the
Minster Abbey entry below
Minster Abbey
www.minsterabbeynuns.org
The Abbey Chapel is open for
prayer throughout the day
Lauds: 8.30am
Mass 9.00am, Sunday 10.00am
Mid day prayer 12.10pm
Vespers 6.00pm
Compline 7.50pm
(followed by Silent Prayer)
All our visitors, not only Christians but
people of all faiths and spiritual tradition,
all who ‘truly seek God’
(rule of St. Benedict)
are warmly welcomed to join us in prayer,
in our beautiful monastic chapel.
Services during Holy week
Maundy Thursday 28th March:
9.30am: Holy Communion (CW)
at St Nicholas-at-Wade
10.30am: Holy Communion(BCP)
at Minster
7.30pm: Holy Communion(CW)
at Minster
Good Friday 29th March
9.45am: “Walk of Witness”
starting at the Abbey Gates
12.00noon: “At the Cross”
at St Nicholas-at-Wade
12.00noon: “Good Friday Devotion”
at Monkton
2.00pm: “The Passion at the Cross”
at Minster
What’s on:
Monday
Bumps & Babies 9.30am
Friendship Club 2.15pm
Tuesday
Parent & Toddlers 9.30am
Messy Church 3.30pm
(first Tuesday of month)
Wednesday
Keep Fit 10.15am
Home League 2.00pm
Thursday
Prayer Group 9.15am
(70 Monkton Road)
Sunday
10.00am Family Worship
(Including Kids Church 11am)
6.00pm Evening Worship
For further details contact:
Captains Bryn & Lyn Hargreaves
01843 822308 or 825178
Easter Celebrations
Visit of Officer Cadets from
The Salvation Army
William Booth College
Maundy Thursday 28th March
7.00pm Passover Seder
Good Friday 29th March
United Walk of Witness
followed by Open Air Service
and 11.00am Morning Worship
Easter Saturday 30th March
10am -12noon Children’s Activities
(watch the noticeboards ! !)
Easter Sunday 31st March
10.30am Family Celebration
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO
COME AND JOIN WITH US
A Christian Church and a
Registered Charity
No 214779 & in Scotland
SC009359
Tothill Street, Minster
Tuesday 5th March
3.30pm – 5.45pm
Come along as a family and enjoy
time together doing crafts, worship
and share a meal together.
Donations appreciated
for cost of meal.
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March 2013
Events / Sports
PILATES AT MINSTER PAVILION
Want to join Minster Brownies ??
Tuesday Evening 19th February
(1 hour taster session)
6.15pm to 7.15pm and 7.30 to 8.30pm.
£7 per session.
Followed by new 6 week course beginning 5th March.
£36 for the 6 week course or £7 per session.
Class size limited to 12 people.
For more information or to book your place,
please call Vikki on 07971 162859
or email [email protected]
We have spaces available
We meet on a Monday from 5.30pm – 7.00pm
at the Salvation Army, Tothill Street, Minster
Girls aged 7-10 years
Please contact Sharon (Brown Owl)
on 01843 834457 or 07891 263 900
We wear a uniform, have fun, play games,
make things and have days out !!!
CLIFFSEND FUN CLUB
Mother and Toddler Group
CANTERBURY CHORAL SOCIETY
Canterbury Cathedral
Saturday 27th April, 7.30pm
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
R Strauss Tod und Verklärung
Tickets available from the Marlowe Box Office
01227 787787 or [email protected]
www.canterburychoral.co.uk
Mondays 10.00am-12.00noon (term time only)
Come along with your little ones and join in with singing,
craft and play, in a safe environment for your children.
£2.50 per family
includes adult refreshments and toddler food.
Ages birth - 5 years
Mummies, Daddies, Grandparents, Carers all welcome
Contact Kirsten on 01843 826365
MINSTER A.W. SPORTS PITCH
Now taking bookings - Office hrs 9am-12noon Mon-Fri
Hire times and prices from 1st April 2012
Monday-Friday
Saturday & Sunday
09:00hrs to 12:00hrs (Off-Peak)
09:00hrs to 21:00hrs
15:00hrs to 21:00hrs
Price Structure
* Full Pitch : £34/hour
Off-Peak Full Pitch : £23hour
Half Pitch : £23/hour (1 five a side pitch)
* A 10% discount will be given to Minster clubs and residents
booking the ‘Full Pitch’ option only.
To book this facility please contact Kyla Lamb, at the
Parish Office, 4A Monkton Rd, Minster CT12 4EA
t: 821339 f: 825869 e: [email protected]
MINSTER VILLAGE HALL BOWLS GROUP
Short Mat Bowls Sessions for March
Mark Padfield and Stuart Lamb
would like to invite you to enter a 4 Person Team
Mark and Stuart are running the London Marathon on the 21st of
April and have committed to raising £5000 for Children with Cancer.
The charity is close to their hearts and is a wonderful cause.
There will be prizes on the Night
And a fun Quiz with some surprises
£6.00 per person - Buffet included
Issy Wissy lets get Quizzy ! (That’s Paddy’s Line)
Come along to one of our sessions on a Tuesday or Sunday
evening. We are an extremely friendly group and will lend you
bowls to get you started. It’s well worth trying !!
Sundays
Tuesdays/Wednesdays
3rd
6pm to 9pm
5th
7pm to 10pm
10th
6pm to 9pm
Wed 13th
7pm to 10pm
17th
6pm to 9pm
19th
7pm to 10pm
24th
6pm to 9pm
26th
7pm to 10pm
31st
6pm to 9pm
Phoenix Cup 17th March
start 6.00pm
Pay as you play - no membership fees
The Friendly Bowls Club
Contact: 821447
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March 2013
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What’s On…
11 Tothill Street, Minster
Advance Notice!
Saturday 13th April
Quiz and Fizz
Have fun
and test your knowledge
THE MOTHERS’ UNION
FELLOWSHIP GROUP
Friday 1st March
2.00pm
St Mary’s Church
Women’s World Day of Prayer
Speaker Cptn Lyn Hargreaves
All welcome to join us
Thursday 13th March
2.00pm
Fellowship Group Meeting
St Mary’s Church
Thank you to everyone who
supported us on ‘Pancake Day’
£75 was raised for
the Church Fabric Fund
MINSTER & MONKTON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
Royal British Legion Club
Augustine Road
Come and join us
for a game of Bingo
EVERY WED. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
ALL MEMBERS
& Bona-fide guests welcome
Phone Pat - 822622 or
Maureen - 823434
Minster & Monkton
Royal British Legion
Women’s Section
NEXT MEETING
Monday 11th March
7.30pm
Make an Egg Cosy
for Sales Table
Raffle prizes needed
for all meetings
For further information
please contact
Miriam Smith on 822589
MINSTER
CHANGE RINGERS
St Mary’s Church
MINSTER-IN-THANET WI
NEXT MEETING
TUESDAY 12th MARCH
7.30pm
Speaker Martin Newcombe
talks entitled ‘Food for Free’ and
‘Herbs that Heal’
Coffee and Chat
Thursday 21st March
10.00am to 12.00noon
Games Evening
Wednesday 27th March
7.30pm
CLIFTONVILLE FARMERS MKT
Last Sunday of each Month
Oval Lawns, Eastern Esplanade
for further info contact
June Chadband
226033
[email protected]
Ringing Practice on
Fridays 19:30 to 21:00 ‘til end of March
find us on the web at:
http://bell-tower.co.uk/minster/
and for further information email:
[email protected]
Audrey’s and Shirley’s
Charity Dance
Saturday 6th April
Country and Western Evening
Live Music
£6.00 per person - tickets from
Audrey .. 821792
or Shirley .. 822015
In aid of Surgery 24hr Blood Pressure Monitor
NEXT MEETING
WEDNESDAY 20th MARCH
VILLAGE HALL
7.30pm
Speaker Malcolm Withnall
on
“Modern Vegetable Production
Methods”
Points Competition A Stem of a Winter Shrub
PSYCHIC FAYRE
Sunday 3rd March
10.00am ‘til 4.00pm
Village Hall, Minster
Lots of stalls
including Tombola for Cats in Crisis
Lots of readings available at £8
Aromatherapy & Reflexology
Tea Bar open all day
for light refreshments
All profits to non-Government aided
Animal Sanctuaries
Entrance £1 - children Free
Come early to book your readings
and come back for it later
WE NEED YOU
SO MAKE SURE YOU COME!!
Details from Kay on 01843 297 665
MINSTER HEALTHY WALK
meets at Minster School on
Thursday mornings (term time only)
at 9.00am for a 9.15am start
The walk is suitable for all ages
and is a gentle pace
as well as buggy friendly
It lasts between 45 minutes to an hour,
afterwards we have refreshments
at Minster Library
SANDWICH FARMERS’ MKT
Last Saturday of each Month
Guildhall, Cattle Market
Further information from
Melanie Clarkson 01304 617 197
[email protected]
If you are interested in joining
our walk please contact
Michelle Mannering
01843 841082
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March 2013
SIR ROGER GALE MP
Roger holds regular advice surgeries.
For appointments and advice on
urgent problems:
Ring: 01843 848588 (a.m. from l0.00)
Fax: 01843 844856 (24-hour)
Page: 07623 978479 (24-hour)
Web: www.rogergale.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Write: HOUSE OF COMMONS,
London, SW1A 0AA
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ESTABLISHED1P/8
Est 1980
MINSTER BOWLS CLUB
VILLAGE GLASS
Tel: 824082 or 825475
Would like to welcome new members,
Beginners, Learners or Players
Open all 12 months of the year,
from 10.00am daily onwards
SUMMER
Roll ups, Club games, Local Friendly games
League Matches and Club Competitions
WINTER
Short Mat bowling, Club games, Friendly games,
Club competitions, East Kent SM League
WINDOWS
DOORS
CONSERVATORIES
etc
Free Quotations
Tel 01843 821147
including
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Kitchens, Bathrooms, Laminate floors, Flatpacks assembled, Ceilings
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3P/10
March 2013
Editors this month
Hannah Prentis
and
Ebony O’Reilly
Minster Matters
25
Fish!
Have you ever seen fish because if you haven’t here are some
pictures of them. You can have some sort of fish as pets, others
live in the sea and sea life centres!
By Jess
E-Safety
Being sensible on the computer is important when you are
playing on any websites.
Don’t give out your personal information etc.,
● Password
● Address,
Dogs Trust
● Phone number!!
In dogs trust they never put a healthy dog down. No matter big
By Hannah and Ebony
or small, dogs trust are here to help.
Do you want to help? Become a member, you can join an event
Humpback Whales
Humpback whales are known well for their singing and their or find another way to get involved .These lovely dogs are real
beautiful noises. Humpbacks are the only whales that can sing. characters but the one thing they need more than anything is a
The songs travel miles through the ocean to communicate and best friend like me or you. They feel the best way to buy a dog is
attract other whales. These sequences of moans, howls, cries to rehome them. Each year they rehome around 16,000 there
and other noises are quite complex and continue for hours on are 18 rehoming centres nationwide. No healthy dog will ever
end. Scientists are studying these sounds to decipher their be destroyed with this team on the lookout.
meanings. It is most likely that humpbacks sing to communicate
Primark
with other whales. One whale was recorded singing for twentyPrimark
is
a
great
place
for
clothes and accessories shopping.
two hours.
The
products
they
sell
are
all
at low prices, but perfect quality.
By Olivier Ringrose
Things you can buy are:
● Makeup
New Year’s Resolution
● Hand gel/hand cream (it’s amazing)
Do you remember me saying about New Year resolutions
● Clothes
because I have done mine already I have got my ‘pen licence
● Shoes
yay!’. A pen licence is where you get to write in pen at all
● Sweets
lessons, but maths, never maths!!!!!
● Hair products
By Jessica Fright
● Onesies - pyjamas
For all great prizes!
Oreos
Local Primarks are in Margate, Westwood Cross and Ramsgate.
Oreos are really nice because of the really nice creamy centre!
By Annabelle, Emily W, Emily S, Grace
They are really addictive; I always twist it, lick it and dunk it!!
Emily.S said; they go really well with milk! Grace likes them
Valentines Day!
because they are chocolaty and just delicious!
On Valentines Day you send cards and gifts to your boy friend,
I recommend this and you should definitely try them.
or girl friend or secret admirer. Our friend Hannah received a
By Emily W
card from Ethan saying Happy Valentines Day and saying
love?????and then xxx.
Dog with a blog!
I wonder what you got? Happy Valentines Day Peeps!!!
Dog with a blog is a new TV program, for kids on Disney
By Grace, Emily S and Emily W
channel. It’s about a dog who can talk and he is clever and has
a blog on the Internet. The characters are Mum, Dad, Tyler,
Avery, Chloe and Stan the dog. The dog is very smart so he
wanted be like a real human and then he drove a car and
crashed into a tree! Stan the dog is really cool and I totally
recommend it!
By Emily W and Grace
Keep calm and carry on…
Wisewood dance!
Keep calm and go shopping…
At street dance you can get into exams and its really cool!
Keep calm and cuddle up…
th
Keep calm and drink tea…
On February 4 Miss Hannah taught us a new dance.
We have learnt a dance already that is called Scream and Shout Keep calm and watch tv…
Keep calm and spend more…
by Will.I.am and Britney Spears.
Keep calm and sleep…
I go with my best friend Beatrice (Bee)! it’s so cool!
You can get a uniform and that includes: joggers a t-shirt and a Keep calm and buy stuff…
Keep calm and read a book…
hoodie!
Keep calm and buy shoes…
The teachers are Miss Hannah and Miss Liv!
By Anabelle Fleming
By Stacie and Bee!
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March 2013
COASTAL & VILLAGE RENTAL
SPECIALIST
(Est 1935)
MOT Preparation and Presentation
Servicing all makes of vehicle
Tyres, Batteries, Exhausts
Air Con - servicing and repairs
Free local delivery and collection
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*Free Advice Pack Available
*Dedicated Letting Agent
*Properties Needed in Your Area
*Flexible Services Available
*Strict Tenant Criteria
*Est 1991
Offices Located at:
73A High St, Minster CT12 4AB
26 The Square, Birchington, CT7 9AB
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Carpet & Window
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Interior/Exterior Painting
Drive & Patio Cleaning
Flat Pack Assembly
Loft Ladders Fitted
Fencing/Gates ~ Lawns Cut
Sheds & Greenhouse Erected
or Repaired
General Repairs&Maintenance
I offer a regular and reliable
window cleaning service
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Please call me for a
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