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LITTLEBOURNE

Correspondent: N. File, Northorp, -
3 Church Road, Littlebourne,
phone 01227 721318.

PARISH COUNCIL

Environment: At the last meting,
Cllr Theakston said good progress
was being made. A visit had taken
place withethe British Trust for
Conservation Volunteers with
advice on managing the orchard.
They were happy with the
rnethologies being used.

They had chased up the report
from the Stourcountryside Project
and the report was nowin Cllr
Theakston’s hands. There was a

_ £25 per year subscription to the

BTCV that Cllr Theakston thought
worthwhile.

There was also information from

g p the Common Ground organisation:

a pack had been produced on info -
for schools. Someone was coming
from the Environment Agency to
look at the stream/flora. A
committee had been formed-

Memorial hall: Cllr Robbins _
reported that the hall meeting had

. been postponed for a week so there

wouldbe no clash with the shop
public meeting. ' .

Highways: Cllr Giles reported that
the coloured surface requested by
the -parish for the List/Jubilee Road
junction had been_turned down by
the Highways Dept as
inappropriate. The clerk had
written back requesting that any
other planfbe considered.

Members looked at the approach
signs to the village in the photos
shown _by Cllr Giles Were‘ Very
good; a Please Drive Slowly sign
would be attached. Cllr Flannery
requested that clerk arrange
another meeting with the
highways section as_ progress

-seemed to have slowed down on

traffic works. In the meanwhile the

danger spot at The List should be

highlighted in the village .
newsletter. -

Allotments: With regard to the.
allotments, three more had -been
rented, but all therest were too

-- overgrown to be rented. Cllr

Weaver suggested an annual _ '
agreement on clearance would be
helpful. It was agreed that plots
50/51 should be cut down and plot
29/41 ploughed if required; the

. clerk will arrange.

Post: The chairman reported that
the traffic post on the Green was
broken and would be repaired —
one quote had already been

"obtained. £100 had been given

  

towards repair costs.
An additional quote won 13.

 

 

 


(grade 2 building), approved. ’

With regard to the Canterbury -
College, the chairman felt that the

_ traffic committee should put in a
formal objection to the ‘inquiry on. A
traffic congestion grounds. This

_ was agreed, Someone would attend
the public inquiry if possible;

Village shop: The chairman read '
members an account of the latest
position. « ' ,
Other items: The British Legion
would have a cake stallnear the-

‘car park onsaturday, September
30. The Littlebourne Players wish
to deposit £2,000 with the-PC for

. safekeeping, and wish to invest it

in short-term loan forthe village
shop, The chairman will '
investigate further. - '

It was agreed that along with other
representatives, the clerk, should
act as secretary to the Shop
Association.

The chairman asked Cllr Robbins
to speak to Chris Beere on the
0 Recreation Club with regard to the

. ' equipment spread in the open

along the back of the hall and

B alongside the-footpath to the car

park. a

Next: The next parish council
meeting will be on Thursday,
October 19 at 8pm at the memorial -

- hall.

PO and Shop: At last weeks

. meeting, Betty Jeffries thanked

everyone for their support and for

, contributions. She_sai'd,Richard

Bartley of RDA had steered
everyone through uncharted
waters toward the goal, and had
come that -night to bring the
permission to go ahead from
SEEDA which he only received

‘ that morning. _t V

The list of -shareholders and
C bondholders was available for _
inspection. ' ‘C

The directors, unanimously e
elected, are Saliy Bradley, Simon
Green, Betty Jeffries, Chris I
Picknell, Robert Spencer, Peter
Terrill (WHB), Greg Robbins,
Isabel Stephenson.

They will serve for a year, when

' theshareholders ‘will appoint other
(or same) directors for the
following year. -

There has been a meeting with-
architect, Amanda Shoebridge,
computer installer, so that PO
Counters could approve position of
PO Section. The computer team .
would not-«be ready to put them in
till February or March so it was
suggested to hold till shop built. -

' The meeting was told that after
interviews it was decided that Raj
Patel was the most ‘suitable.

Both he and his wife were
postmastersand had very good
references. They hadhad more '
than 10 years’ experiencein , ,
running a successful PO and shop"
in Hersden.' -

There will be a temporary
diversion of the footpath while .
building is-in progressf

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Correspondmit: John Anderson, 7
Dering Road, Bridge, Cantorlmry,
CT4 5NA, phone 330260.

Boules: The aI'1nua1Co1’I1pe'titio11
organised by the Friends of
Bekesbourneflhurch will beheld
at the Unicorn Inn, Bekesbourne
Hill on Sunday, at noon (please "
note the- change of date). '

Phone the UI1icorn"if' yclu Wish to

_ take part inthe fun, on 830210.

S11pper:A beef pudding supper is 1

to be held by the Roya1British-

Legion branch at the Unicorn, on
Tuesday, October 24. Tickets‘-are £5;

'-ring 721237.


BISHQPSBOURNE

Correspondent: Malcolm Mitchell,’
The Old Cottage, Bishopsbourne,

"CT4 5HT, phone 01227 830645.,

Parish Church: Holy Communion
was celebrated by the Rev John
Tyler at St Mary’s, Bishopsbourne,
on Sunday. There will be no service
at the church this Sunday,
although parishioners are invited
to-attend any of the services being

~ held in other churches Within the

United Benefice.

They are: 9.30am Holy __ i 7 ,
Communion, celebrated by Canon

- John Dilnot, at Womenswold,

parish church, or 11am united

' Vfamily service of harvest -
' thanksgiving, St Johns Church, _

Barham. ' . _
N ew rector: The united benefice’s

I delegates from Bishopsbourne,

Barham Kingston and
Woinenswold met at the Conrad
Hall» on Tuesday evening to discuss
‘arrangements for the induction
and installation of the new Rector,
the Rev Chris Roper. ’

The service is to be held at St
Mary’s,Bishopsbourne; on ‘ ‘
Thursday, December 7. Mr and Mrs
Roper are due to move into the
Rectory at Barham at the
begiriningof October following
their move from Mr Roper’s

present living in Dereharn,

Norfolk.

Diary dates: The vil1age’s harvest
supper is being held on Saturday,
October 14, at 7.30pm in the Conrad
Hall. Anyone wishing to go is,
advised to book early as the event
is usually very popular and the
hall does not have the capacity for
all those who would like to attend.‘
Tickets at £5 (children under 16 at
£3.50) can be had from Sheila

‘Castle (phone 01227831184) or

Phillipa Burniston (01227"s30341).
Proceeds from the event are for" ,
village hall funds.

The parish’s harvest festival
service will be held at St Mary’s
Churcha week earlier, on Sunday,

- October 8, at Ham. _
' ‘A jumble sale will be held in the

Conrad Hall on Saturday,
November 11, from 10am to noon,
admission 20pm, with proceeds
going to hall, funds. Jumble should

\ . be delivered to the hall the

previous day between 7 and 8pm. '

.For further information phone Gill

Applin, on 01227 700693, or Phillipa
Burnsiton, on 01227 830341.

' PARISH COUNCIL

Review: A meeting was held in the

- Conrad Hall last Wednesday, when

the chairman, Cllr Malcolm
Mitchell, welcomed councillors
back after the summer recess.

It had been arranged that a
representative of the city council
would attend to discuss with ,
members the local plan review. But
the clerk, Gerald Wenham, ,
reported that he was unable to
attend and members suggested he
should attend the October meeting,

‘ if he ‘had recovered in time.

Playing field: Progress on the
transfer of the ownership of the
playing field; in future to be known
as Neame’s Meadow, was reported
and in answer to an inquiry; the
city council's legal department is
to be informed that all the treeson
the playing field are subject to a

preservation order.

Planning: Members considered the '
planning application of 
Mansfield and Son for the use of
land for the storage of seasonal


workers’ caravans at their Pettz

. Bottom farm. Citycouncillor «Bill
- Oakey reported that there -had ’

been a meeting with Mr Mansfield,
the city c'ounci1.’s seniorplan-ning

_ officer, parish councillor '1‘-erry
_‘Wi_lmshurst and himself.

Following discussions on the
original plan, it had been
_suggested that Mr Mansfield
should submit a fresh. application, -
taking in recommended changes
but he had not so fardone so. The

. parish council is to tell the city a

i c01lI1cil_that it felt the original
-application was not acceptable and ’
it was concerned that revised plans —

had not been "submitted to reflect
what [was understood to have been
agreed by all parties.

T The council has offered no 4 ~
objection toa planning application -

‘for the conversion of a barn to a
residential unit at MiddlePett .

a Farm, Pett Bottom Road, of to the

Middle Pett Farm. _
Accounts: The council formulated

a formation of a new vehicle drive at _

I i its reply to the Audit Commission’s

Think Piece, in which various

c options for the-auditing of parish
( council affairs were put forward.

The council suggested various

' _ch_anges,-based-.on-reports from Mr" ,

Wenham and from its own officer
Cllr Colin Baker.

Code of conduct: The chairman _
reported that the National Code of .
Local Government-Conduct would ,,

’ T be replaced by a new code

following the Local Government
Act, 2000. The Kent Association of
Parish Councils had asked for i
,Bish‘ops_bourne’s views on the
matters raised in the discussion"  "
paper issued by the Local - a
Government Association. 7

The council considered the 1.?

sections" of the consultation

. document and agreedits collective 
_ responses; to the 29‘questi0ns

posed.‘ ' _ p «
Complaint: Cllr Oakley reported
onprogress made about a

' . complaint of illegal cardboard and’.

plastic waste on a farm in the _
neighbouring parish of Bridge,
vvhichihad resulted in air pollution.

Following discussions with the

_firm re_sponsible,_it was stated that
' : cardboard would nqlonger-he '

burned andpiastic waste would be

. ' buried; although C_llr_ Oakey T
A considered that the latter was not
. satisfactory as plastic was no

biodegradable. i _ »

Neighbourhood Watch':_l%odr_,1,ey _
Chew reported on progress being

- made to revive a Neighbourhood
_ ,Watch sche_me_for the village. He
 said he had received a Welcome _
.. pack from the police, but nothing

concrete had so far been
established; . - ‘

The council‘ promised its full

a support for Mr Chew, whosaid he
. would keep members informed of

any progress.

Next: The next meeting will be“
held in the Conrad Hall at 7.36pm,
on Wednesday, October 18. . ' 7

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Cerrespenclent: Je.hu.Anrle:r-sen, 7
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury

__ Garde-I1e.rs: Nailheur'ue

' Horticultural S0c_iety’s rauuuail H

Social evening will be held in the
Village hall at 7 .30pm, on Tuesday,
November 28, and net Thursday
28th as? published  the '


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- Inembership card. _ . . .
':..=_It W111 be an’ -Arr-.'1.e'.ricaI1=S11piJer.aI1d
- 'sing—song-:. There will be no charge,"

[but everyone will be-.'e__Xpe_cted_'t0 '

' -take a. plate of-_-food'to s-hgare. 

" Legion: The _Roya1'-BritishLe'gion,.e
._ Littlebourne and District Branch,
 i’s'1ooking' for collectors for the :-

- Poppy Appeal this year. Anyone - '

intereistedd can ring" 72_S5[_)7.__ ,

_ For anyone in Bridge "who" does-not
; ‘_ know about the. branch; its Welfare
-' officer Ron B‘ates.(72027_2)'.woul_d-B _

like to hear. from any eX-_service-

" per's'onfor dependantsdwho feels the"
c_Leg'i_on may. be "able to help th_e1n'."

"If unable to_rea'ch.l\/Ii“ Bates; people
_ can the branch chairman
_- _ Doug Fenn, on 721327.-‘See under s
-lBek_esb_ourne -for the beet pudding
-- supper. ' ' __ 1
a Coffee morning: This event for the
. _ Maben appeal ison Saturday, 10am
to noon, at 7 Windmill Close. -

 Tomorrow (Friday)_ evening‘, 
' c soul3Esinge.r .S1f'Ia'nn' I,-see Parker--i'S“at“

the Red ‘Lion, —B'r_idge.
Church serfices: "On Sunday
services are: 8am, St Petefs

Church, Bridge BCP Communion;
10am, St Ma.1:y’s Church,

. ,-Patr.{i?¢b_QL1..Ffl$, Halt C.9fl.’ifiiI111ion.;e
j  1.1am- Bri-dge.;M'e1:'hodi's-t.CliuI=ch'=*' - 
' ser.v_i'ce, led by Michael Baybutt.

PARISH COUNCIL --

T Vacancy: As" no election was called

‘-to. the parisheclerk. _ -

the Vac_a_ncy on the parish council
‘is to b.e _fi_lled. by c_o—opt_i_on. Any _ B _
resident living in Bridge or-within
t.hree"miles of the _paris,h.boundar§
Wishing tobe con_sid'e're‘d for -the i_
position of parish councillor -
should send a-1et.ter,o.f -application

Applicants sh_'o.uld give brief

details about themselves and ' ' "

ensure the letter reaches the__ clerk‘

'1 at 50 Riverside‘-Close; Bri-dge, _

' Canterbury;Kent-CT4_5TN,by l J
_'Octo‘oer-13.  -_ I _  _'

' 'Street.furniture_; The benches, - "'

-which were recently vandalised;

' - have "now been repaired and re- _
_ sited, one "at Green Courtand the _
- -other at the junction of Bridge Hill
a and Beech Hill. __ . _' i  .-
' Councillors vvere pleased to accept

'- r: B-purchase ' '

  
 

an offer from Mrs Ea,des,.f£o

memory or "her parents who magi"
in Ford Close-. It -is hoped-to place

 the‘bench-in the openarea -_ ,  ' ‘

nriinnaht th Fnr-fl (“.In_¢:{2


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Illoodin-_g:  a resnltfof recent . .»~
flooding in the village, the city-

_ the_'drainage'-with aview; to_ _

- improving the situation during T -
heavy rainfall-. All gullies have '
been cleaned out; pipes "repaired in-

- near Meadow Close is to be _

. rep-aired shortly.
' The parish council hasbeentold

that the. drains can now cope with

._ normal-storm conditions, However,

-- abiel _is‘.to be made by the city
council to install additional

year.

.. of the playground has now been --
__ undertaken by-'RoSPA, which " 

_ to be‘-ingood repair. Some . '

which-the_pa'rish council will _ '
-follow up. ' ' p '
Flpra1'c'omp_etition': This year’s -

' winner of the floral competition"
for--c'omrriercial_pr'ern-ises was the
"Plough and Harrow- publiohouse. s

Melanie at the'Plough_ and Harrow
and to -all the other commercial
prerniseswhich provided such '
excellent displays during the 
summer. ' ‘ ' -'

a resident to donate" bulbsto be .

_ planted in the grassed area atthe .
junction of 'Bridge'Hill_and Beech
'_'Hill. ‘a 4  -_ -'
Millenniumfes-tivalz The 

Millennium, was another "- _._ a_ .

. "successful -event. Both the flower
_ festival in th-echurch and ‘the _ .

_ history display-held‘ in the village
hall were well suppo'rt_.e_d.( - ' ' '
Councillors expressed their thanks

i ' t.o all who had worked so hard to '

"success. Z = __ v

' Planning applications: The
following applications had been
received and commented’ on; :

—_ External alterations to 24-High '

      "<°:= $2-?=?~l“"i Jivfaiol

councilwas requested to-look at T *

. the High Street and an outlet pipe .r  '- -'-

drainage in Town. Hill and the High. I
; Street, during the next financial; 

Playground: The annual inspection-

foundthe equipment- and surfacing-

_ recommendations have been made .

Co'ngratulat'ion's go to Chrisand - T ‘ I

Bulb planting: The parish council _
was pleased to accept an offer from -

September festival to éelebratexthe I

makepthe weeke'nd'___a resounding _ _ -

_Str.e'et._— no--objection; two single". . - 
storey side extensions to. 51' Union _


 

Correspondent: I John Anderson, '7

'De'rin'g Road, Bridge-, Canterbury

c'r4 5NA.= C

Tea: An afternoon tea in aid o_f'tl1_e
Macmillan Fund-is to be held -_at
2.30pm tomorrow (Friday) in.
Mansfield C_o_urt,___Riverside ‘Close,
Bridge. For details phone Glynnis ~
Austin on--831654. ._ ~. ' . ‘ ‘ ,  _. _
Fair: The table boot fair held.-by

the Nailbourne group..League of . -
Friends of- Canterbury Hospitals
raised £294 towards the cost ._of _a_

"digital camera for the _hospital’s

oncology department‘ i_n._aid of
cancer care. ' . . '- '

WI: The coffee morning was ‘well. ' "

attended and raised £78 .for WI. _
-funds.'_Ho_stess was Mavis "Parsons. ' _'

 the last nieeting, farmer John 

Palmer talked about the Herita-ge
Centre ._at Parsonage Farm, ' '
accompanied by slides. The _ _ .
limerick competition on the media
was won by Pamela Elgar.

The next meeting will be a_t the

village‘ hall on Tuesday, October 17, .
_ at 7 .30pm, when the subject will be

Tesco home shopping. The '
coInpetition'.wi1l_be for five home-
n:1ade_b_'1scuits.' -

;Jumb1]e sale: The sale in aid of the ,
village p1__aygroup.will be held in

the village hall ‘on Saturday,
‘October '7, at 2pm, entryfree. For
collection‘ of jumble contact‘ ' ‘ 

' Joanne Watt on 832343.

Gig: On Friday evening, October 6,.
Mac’s Diner rhythm and blues will
be at the Red Lion Inn. -

Church news: The benefice -harvest
festival lunch will beheld at‘ I  ' "
Bridge school hall on Sunday,
October 8, at 12.30pm.. Tickets are
£3 _or £8 for a family, from Pat
Dunderdale on 830668 or Andrea
Nicholson on 830947.‘ _ '


VBEKESBU

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Cflrrefipondent: John Anfleflrsun, 7

Dering Road_.,_ Bridge, Canterbury
CT4 SNA, phone 0122-’? 830260.

   

"Millennium walk: The Millennium


' It is an easy walk which takes-

‘ seat with Joan Atkins.(831127).

"Millennium toast to the parishwill

.Boules_ competition: Despite stiff
: competition and a close final, the

won by-novices Nick and Rachel

‘ attended the September parish

_ couneil’s views on the Canterbury

.-amount and speed of traffic using

. and councillors stressed that__
- action on thiswas a top priority.

. would be willing to take over -

a verbal submission to_the
-— C-anterbu-ry-Geilegepublieinquiry —a '
_ with Bridge Parish Council‘.

' Station: Cllr Howells_ reported a .

_ and install CCTV.

walk and unveiling of the heritage
boards and footpath map will take
place on_ Saturday, October 7. The
walk is from the bridge over the
Little Stour at Seaton to the
pavilion inBekes_bourne
Recreation Ground.

about an hour and .a half.

Transport leaves Bekesbourne C
Village Hall at 1.45pm. Anyone..._ _ . _ 
requiring" transport should book''.a ‘%

The walk starts at 2.30pm. There
will be a refreshment stop at Well
Chapel at 3.30pm where the walk
can be joined. Walkers are a -
expected at the Sports Pavilion at
about 4pm. _ 7 C ;
The bar willhe open‘ and there will i

be hot dogs for sale." The ceremony
to unveil theboards and map and a

take place at 4_.30pm. S

annual boules competition was

from Sandwich. Olive and Cheryl
Barker whohosted the event to-
raise. funds for the Friends of
Bekeshourne Church. '

PARISH COUNCIL

Views: John Watler, principal
planner with the city council,

councilmeeting to seek the

district local plan review. 3 '
He said he was aware of the parish
council’s- concern about the S

Station Road;'Bekesbourne Lane

Aerodrome memorialzu It was
agreed that the parish council

ownership of the aerodrome
memorial from Mnrston Ltd and to
arrange for the names of the
squadrons which flew from the
aerodrome to he added to the —
wording on the memorial.

College: It was agreed that the
parish council would make a joint

successful meeting with the
station manager from Connex.
There were plans to replace the
damaged gates, re-surface the
platforms, refurbish the shelters

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Footpaths: The clerk was asked to ”
speak again to the public rights of
way officer about the condition of

I several parish footpaths.

Speed .cam‘eras:. Following a letter
from Jack Gater, the clerk was
asked to investigate the feasibility
of using council cash to install
speed cameras in Station Road.