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_ C.orrespond'ent:' John.Anderson, 

Bering Road", Bridge, Canterbury,

, CT4 5-NA", phone 830260. A
" Mil1en_nium.'_Wal'k: The walk to '
I commemorate the bicentennial of . -
e the birth of Dr CharlesT_il-stonef . ',
_ .Bekei'Will-take place on Saturday.
'-Mike Barker and, the Essentially

Hopsiarm trailer "will be at the l .
villagehall. at .1.45pII_1' to transport -
walkers-to Seatjon. To be sure of a_ -
seat-phone JQan:.Atkins on 8311271.‘ .

' Thewalk begins at 2._30pin_'fron1' '

the bridge over" the Little Stour in _ ._ "
Seaton; Anyone notwishing to ._ _ '
walk the whole route can join" the _.
party at Well Chapel at 3._30pIn. T  - -_
Unveiling ceremony; The heritage. -
boards and footpath map Wil1_be' 3. __
unveiled at .4.30pn1.inthe.pavilion

at Bekesbourne Recreation ._ --
Ground, ‘on S_atlurda_y._ The bar will
-be open froIn.4_pn1 and there will be
other refreshrnents for sale.

_ Neighbourhood Watch: The annual '

meeting will take; place on Monday,
October 16 at -7.'30p_n1,. in the village.
hall. As Malcolm Howells is
standing down, the -watch needs a

-new co-ordinator. The scheme-will

close at the end, of October if no
one comes forward.- a -

Road closure: Kent" County .

i Council-~has'-issued a traffic. order

giving notice‘ that -Bekesbourne
Lane, Canterbury will be closed-to
all vehicles from the junction with
LittlebourneRoad, by'.the golf _
course, for 300 metres" in a . C
so_utherly dir-e'_c'ti_on_._-_ '

The order will come‘ into force on _
Mondtl-Y,.November 6. The closure .-
is to enable a new Water_‘n1a'1n«to’b'e
constructed and the. Work -is ._ l ~

-expectedto take 28 "days. p


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FISH scheme: The" annual meeting
and coffee pop-in will be held in
the village hall on Wednesday, '
October 11, at 10.15am. Allare ..
\ Welcome. -If anyone-would like  - '
transport, phone Ann.Medhu’rst,.
-on 830762." T  ‘

' Council_: The parish council will ‘

'12, at 7.30pm. A11’ parishioners are
Welcome. - ' .

Wine and wisdom: A fun evening
with p1oughn1an’s' supper, isto. be
' held in -thevillage hall at 7 for - '
7 .30pm,. on Saturday, October 14.
Tickets are £5 inclusive; please
_take liquid refreshments and ' .
glasses. Proceeds go to the North
Nailbourne Ward .Conservatives.

Sale: The village playgroup ‘jumble
sale will be held at the village hall,
2pm, 'on_Saturday; entry _fee __2_Op. -

at the Red Lion, Bridge. _ _ '

 BCP"Communior1__is at St.Ma_ry?s '

to church; PatriXbourne;..10aIn___ s v
harvest festival-, St .Peter’s Church,

' Bekesbourne; 6pm Evensorfg,_" St‘ 

_Ma'rsha11._ ' - _ _ _ 
School: Bridge school PFA is " _
holding .-a boot fair/table top:::§a1e-,.
to no_on, et up at 9am, at the 
school. _ _  _ '  __
.. Pitches bought in -advance‘ from-

‘£8. Refreshments will be available

caterers or traders;-*' _ _-   '_

I Correspondent: .lohn-Audie-rson,_ 7 
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury _ 

meet in the Hunter, Room of_'the _  ' . '
village hall, on Thursday, _.Oc_to_ber' 

Church" services: On I

Pete_r’s.'Church,"Bri_dge and;=1:iam C I _'
Bridge -Methodist"? Church, H_'<__')_l-y ~ _ _ .
Communion led by the Re_v‘DaVid _- '

on Saturday, October 14 fro‘1'n'10an:1_'  I‘

school office _are £6 and on’ the day 

    

 

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EKESBOURNE

   
   

—.  C(;;rré§i.pondé11t:-.Juhn Anéltéifson, 7 I

5. :-Déring Road,-. Bridge-_, ,Ca11terbury, " -
 ;,f.‘3T.4 5NA,19h&ne 330260. % g %


Friends: Organisers of the Friends-
of Bekesbourne Church hoot fair
last month thank John Ash for the

use of his field and all whose hard
work raised £250 for funds. . !

The bazaar will be held in the
Village hall on Saturday, Noveinher
25 from 10am. The Brownies will 1
be there to make their contribution-
to what is always an enjoyable
mornlng. -

Service: On Sunday, Holy _
Communion at St Peters Church,
Bekesbourne is at lflarn.

Conkers: The annual conkers
competition will be held at the
Unicorn .I]_{-Hit Sunday, at noon. All i
ages are welcome.

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BISHOPSBOURNE

Correspondent: Malcolm Mitchell;

-The Old Cottage, Bishopsbeurne,
. CT-1 5HT, phone 01227 830645.

e Thanksgiving: A wide cross-
__'s-ectien of the c0.mmu_nity was _- _
-"represented at a service-of - "
'thenkS'gi_ViI1g at St Mary the Virgin ' _
. Chnre-h e-n.Frid.ay for Jim Reid, a
.ferrn'erh_gev_erner of i Canterbury . _ ~
e -Pri$e0I1;' Who. lived in The Street.
_ .'i1‘h'e Cong‘-rjega—ti0.n reflected the l
.:'n1an_y._in-ter.e-s.t_s -throughout his
_ __ear_e_eZr_ and "social li-fe, ranging from
- -_"C_anterbury’s-_l__\/IP, 'M'r__J11li_an Brazi'er'
j—. Mr.Reid'-had_be_en[-chairman of _. r
' ' Bridge 'Cens'erva]ti_Ve A'ssoc_iet_i0n' F

to members. -of the" pri's_0n "service, '

' representatives. of Canterbury Golf

Club, of .Wl:1-ich -he was _a 1-0-ng
Standing ‘member, .Canterbury

-_Citizen$_AdVice Bureau —and'-   _
.'Bish0'psb011rne P-aris-h__C-ouncil, of . '
"which" he ‘had b.een_ a: member.

Mr Reid, who was 72 and suffered e

- fr-0-m "dementia, -vanished from his

 '
Vemzer; ' 

" in USk.- '-

home on September '7 and his-ibody i

was discovered three weeks later in 5. 

woods near Stelling Minnie. An : ~ --
i.1'.I.q1-.'Iest has been opened and
E._lI'.]_‘i(J'L1'l“.l'l_(‘!t’1 1;I11L1l N eve-m‘ber 6.

’l‘]'1e l.l.1:-1.I'1 |£Hp;ivi_ng‘ st-:.r°v:i(:e was
eend1.1(:ter:l by the I'm-me-r Rector, t
(L‘lI"lt)l.1 Alan Duke, who .is; new
chaplain to the Bishop in

 

In his e‘ulegy Mr 'I)uke recalled

t|1:—1'L Mr I:{e.i.d, who was born in FiT:l‘e;
.l1ad.'let't.home at the age of 13 to
work on a farm, eventually joining
the Army as E1‘ physical training
instructor before continuing the
Sa1ne'sQ_rt of werk.at'B0rst'al young
offenders’ -inS_tituti'0I1_ in:. Kent and _ .'

   


Aftfer gaining ‘A-levels at Harlech. .

 he served in _.the prison service in .
_- the‘ .Ho;me_Office' and became

ir_1volVed'i_n' -the training of "police _

__ __ dogs". He was then appointed _
- - assistant governor of Eastchurch
"Open Prison, on the --Isle of

A- him. .-

Sheppey, where Mr‘ Duke first met

‘Mr Reid retired in 1988 after eight
' years as g'oVe'r':1or of Canterbury

.- I Prison, becoming involved with ‘the '

7 Citizens Advice Bureau in -
. Canterbury," as Well as pur_sning his _ .
- other interests -in ‘golf and politics.-

- _ the thanks'giVing_service;__

Mr Duke said it was a tribute tothe
affection in which'Mr Reid -was

held that so manypeople attended _ 

A lesson was read- by former‘ -- I
 '_manager of -Can_t.erbi_1ry CAB ..
.'Ju_dith Dimond. The -service, T T

followed by cr'emation_at_Barham_, .

'.was'a1s-o.att'endedjby Mr _Reid’s _ _
widow,-D'or_a, andfamily mei'nbe_I's'.._' -3
- _lA' c_ol1eoti_on -was~.taker'1 to be shared I
_  between. the Alzheimefs R_ese'arch_'- 3"

I Trus-t. and St Marys "Church.

Furtherdonations_.inrM'r R_e'i'd_’s-_ I - 

memory may be sent to the _
A1zhei_mer’s Research Trust, G.J.
Livanos -House, G-ranham Road,
Cambridge CB2 SLQ, or to the-
-treasurer, St Mary’-s‘ Parochial

_ Church Council, Mrs Pat Austin, .943 -
The Street, Kingston": ' --

. Harvest festival; St Marifs Chiiroh ’

_'.was'beautifi'i1l'y decorated-with_'_' ' '
. flowers and produce for-‘the harvest.

festival. serviee onsunday, led

-."'-'_ur1ited beneficerministr-y team '_-_

'member_s"M.ary Ambrose, who gave-

'__ the‘ address, and Pat Austin.-'

Lessons were read byMa1co1m' - '
Mitcheliand Sheila Castle and

' "after the service-perishable goods. _ 

were gi\"Ien- to the Simon 3_ "

., Community at Sole Street nor1-  '-

‘ perishable gifts were "to" besent to

the needy.abr‘oad.. ' ' _ i

_ Tonight a’ large congregation is '
' expected for .a'--united ser_Vice_'of
— Com-pline for the benefice, ‘which-

-includes Barham, "Kingston and -

» Womenswold. The service, to be led__

-by the ministry team, is at 7.45pm
KW Dc)‘. %|_._‘2_“-f"‘_' -2 000


.. 8.30pm, ‘

’I‘h_isS'unday there will be -  r y _
Communion at Bishopsbourne at

' "Sam, conducted‘ by the Rev John-

Tyler. Otherwise, parishioners"rnay
attend‘ any of the fol1_ojWi_ng-  _  

p services" 'in- other churches within ,'

the benefice: 9.él5a1__n-, united service
a_t Barham Methodist "Chapel; _ “
10.3Qa1n,mo_'r-ning WOi'.Sh'ip at _  _
Woinenswolcl, _ conducted.-by the ‘  
ministry. team," iiamfamily, S _ :2 i,

- ‘Eucharist at"St-Giles?s-,:Ki1igstoh, »'

celebrated by the Rev. Alan Le ;' .- -

'Gr'ys,. princ'ipa1 of the South East

Institute. of Theological Ed_uc'atipn;

-or 6pr_niEvensoi1g--at St J ohn’s,

Ba'rh'aIn',' condu_cted by the '3 .  

C m_inistry'_tea_n1;' '- _ _' -

Council :-I Bishopsb ourne’s'-‘monthly
parish council meeting will _b.e_Ihel't:1

- in the--Coiirad Hall at 7.-30pm‘-on _ 

Wednesday, when a progress _
report will be given on the , - 

' negotiations i:-ot1_"-ansfer ownership

of the recreation ground « to be ‘- *

"known as NeaIne"s_ Meadow 5 . 
, The Street,-. from Richard Nea_rr1__'_eto

the _p'ari's-h zcounc-il.~ l

-As-usi_ial_there-willbe the. i _
-_oppo'rtuni'ty for members-of_th__e - -

public to raise problems at the _ U -
st-art of the meeting; ' ' - - 

Planning" inquiry: A p_ublic__.i:n-quiry

will be held" on Tuesday at'The_  j;

Guildhall, Westgate; Canterbury-_ £11:
10am into an appeal by Miss.;K,-__-* _
Hort, of the Bourne Par}: Riding
Establishnient, Bishopsbou’rne_,"
agairist an enforcement notice _,
issued by Canterbury council-.i'n? '-
connection with the use of the =s_it_e.
of a caravan which-t_he council  4-
says has no -planning consent. The
city council has the -support-of the
parish council. ' . ' . V __
Diary dates: The v-i11age’s-ha_r-vest '
supper is being held‘ on Saturday at
7.30pr_n in-the Conrad Hall. A few '
places are still available; Tickets at
£5 (chil'dren'under 16 £350) canjhe
had from Sheila Castle _('pho'ne'_  .

01227 831184) or Phillipa Burniston

(01227 830341). Proceeds.fro'r_h the_ 
event are for village hall funds.-' i_

A jumble sale-vvill be held"ir1_ the "L '

   
     

 

Conrad-H-all on Saturday,
--NoVembe‘r'v1.1,~ -‘10arn%11oon,,- 

_admi=ssior1 "2013, with proceeds

_to 'ha11'fun't:1s. Jumb1e__sh0'L11d be ' 

delivered to the hall the previous "‘. 
evening, 7-Spin. For iinfkorrnatio-11  '_
phone Gill Applinon 01227 700693 .

or Phillip Bur-niston on 83034:]. _


 

- C(irrespendent_:- Jehn Anderson, '2' -_
' 7 -‘Bering Road, Bridge, Canterbury, _ '

CT4 5_NA,"ph0ne _83_0260_._ _

Appeal: The __Ge0rge Maben Appeal" -
coffee morning raised £5.82‘ in 1:'_wQ- . _
hours; -The final -"total. sent to 'J_i1l,_ __ '
hlS'1’f1{Jth€I', was £737. . '

Kath Pierce, the -organiser, l:l1a1’1l<:s_.

2 _all the helpers and these who - ._ '
_sup__p0rted the.event fer-_i;his_ 3 _ 
 worthwhile Cause. She also asks ‘for 

 all to remember "the little boy in  ‘ll
- their prayers. He is to be operated _

-en in _lVIe1bs_-u'rne H0_s_pital'e1'1

Nevember 24.

_ Health For All: The Bridge .
' Surgery charity snpperting health .


 

I and educatiorial projects in one of

the poorest parts of India, is

2 2holding a wine and vvisdoIn' ~ 2 22
-eve2I1iI1g at 7 .30pmn2ext Friday, in-
-- Lower Hardres Village Hall. For

details phone Sue or Sharon on 2

2 _. 01227 720522. 2 2

Playgroup: The jumble sale in the

2 village hall last Saturday raised 2.

about £200 for group funds. The

-forgaI1isers2'thank al12w_ho__he1ped2 2 no

and supported. _ _  2

Boots: Bridge School PFA boot 2
fair/tabletop. sale is on Saturday
from loarn-noon. 22 S 2

Inn: The White Horselnn  closed ?

2 ~ for refurbishment and hopes to re-7 -

i open early in November. 2
“ WI: The WI will-rneet on‘Tuesday

"at 27.30prn2i'n the village hall, The

' subject for the evening will be 9- _
_' Tesco 2- Home Shopping and the 2

2 competition will be for five‘

2 hornernade b'isc1.2iits2.~

‘Church news: The benefice harvest"

lunch W3.S' held at Bridge-School 2 2 2 -

last S121_nday,2 when efiparishioners 2
]O1I1e2d 1n what has become a _ 22
successful .annual social ooeas1on.2

The -organisers thank all who 5 '
contributed to and supported the

S  event. As a b.onus'thte Traidsraf 2
stall raised £123.22 2 2 22 2

Services on Sunday -are: 10arn',' 22

i2ha2rvest festival, St -Peter’s, Bridge; 2
- 11am Methodist ehuro]:12.s2ervic2e led
- by Beryl Skin2ner.V S - 2

Den. -I-=3_'_'""£"':c:ég-;p.'§:.?i K5‘