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A111n’sa

man of        
tradition

“THIS is probably going to be
a wand to turn a frog back
into a person.

“Yesterday I made a wand for
turning people into frogs.
Better make the antidote,"_

" said Bridge chairmaker Alun I

Heslop.

Mr Heslop has been working
as afchairmaker for the past
seven-and-a~ha1f~years.

He uses traditional methods

' to turn lumps of coppiced

ash into chairs or goblets or
spoons, or in this case,
rattles. ' r -

At the show he demonstrated -
to people the Various skills -
he "uses. Chairs would haye
taken too long to make, but -
rattles takeabout 45 minutes,
allowing spectators‘ to see the

. finished product.

Mr Heslop chooses all his
own timber from local and
sustainable sources.

The important aspect in his
craft was in -choosing the
right Wood and finding a
reliable forester. The most

difficult things to make are

goblets or long thin whippy

-objects. . '

“You are more likely to deal
with the same forester than
the same forestf’ he said.

He finds the show, the fourth
he had attended, exhausting
and time-consuming, but it

-does sometimes result in new . _

orders for chairs.‘

‘He still regards himself as

learning his craft. -

“If you say I’ve learned
everything you are probably
being a bit conceited.

T “lt’s a technical knowledge

you only get from
experience,” he said _

 

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by increasing the catchment area‘.

to include other villages but also 3"-“1°““°°d later 0“ the receipt °f'

in Bridge was held in the village

1?“ and dfiflared 3 51109955-. ’ » I to include other skills such as - donations from the sales of Work.
There were 144 entries from 66 handicrafts. ‘ our Johfi C01-field and his teamof
artists, all demonstrating a high This event was organised for the workers helped make ita success -
degree of ability." -- - Bridge Village Hall disabled access for the village. ' I

 

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A FLOODING watchdog is
to be set up by the city
council to keep a weather
eye on future problems.

The scrutiny panel of council-
lorsis being formed as a direct
response to flooding problems
across the district over the past
year

The Millennium was recorded’
as being the wettest 12 months a

for more than 100 years. *

It left Chestfield and parts of
the Stour and Nailbourne
under feet of water.

The city centre was also on
red alert after the Stour burst
its banks. -

Thousands of pounds worth
of damage was caused when
homes, garages and gardens
were flooded. T

by Amanda Wills

At a policy committee on
Monday it will be agreed that
the new flooding scrutiny
panel will consist of eight city
councillors — three each from
the Conservative and Liberal
Democrat groups and two from
Labour. *

One of the key roles of the
new panel will be to make sure
that organisations such as the
Environment Agency, and
Southern Water, along with the
county council, parish coun-
cils, the emergency services
and all members of the city
council, work together.

Members will hold investiga-
tions into specific flooding
problems and review the coun-

WEEST YEAR FOR ACENTUR PROMPTS DECISION TO SET UP NEW SCRUTINY GROUP
Watchdog aims    
to stop   flooding  

cil’s policies, strategies, emer-
gency plan and operational
procedures to consider what
changes are needed.

In the meantime, following a
request from Bekesbourne
with Patrixbourne Parish
Council‘ for a- Nailbourne
“ombudsman”, the city’s chief
executive, Colin Carmichael,
has agreed to act as a flood co-
ordinator.

Mr Carmichael will investi-
gate whether effective action
can be taken in the short-term
torelieve flooding to homes in
Patrixbourne, working with
the Environment Agency and
the county council. ‘

Once the scrutiny panel is
formed the chairman of that
will take over the role of flood

co-ordinator.
l

February 8, 2001 11

    

THE flooding in Bridge continues, as this photograph of Brewery Lane shows. The photo
was taken by Audrey Lindsay, of Union Road, Bridge, last week '


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22 February 8, 2001

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  to’

Natural craft
beauty of

OMEGROWN

timber and talent

have combined
for a unique exhibition.
About 30 Kent craftsmen and
women are showing off
products’ they have made from
wood grown in‘ the county.

The exhibition has been

, arranged by a European

Union—funded project co-
ordinated by Kent County
Council. '

The aim is to promote
products made from timber
grown in Kent and the Nord-
Pas de Calais under the EU
Transfrontier programme.

Among those exhibiting are
Alun Heslop, from Bridge, and
Barry Feldman, from Staple.

Items on show are also for
sale and they range from
decorative to functional and
are ideal gifts. All are a tribute
to the skills of their creators
and their raw material.

For under £10, there are garlic
chopping boards, kitchen
utensils, pens, mallets,
hurdles, whistles, brooms,
charcoal, logs, baskets, pea
and bean poles and wooden
mushrooms.

Trugs, chopping boards, bowls,
trellises and mirrors have

‘ price tags of between‘£10 and

£100.
Beautiful wooden rocking

by Mary Louis

horses, a prowling wolf in
walnut, chairs, garden seats,
lamps and panelled screens
can be bought for three figures
or more.

A top priced item at £4,045, is
Once Upon A Time, an
oversize throne chair by Mr
Heslop, of Creative Sense.

Silver birch, chestnut, ash,
cherry, sycamore, willow, burr
elm, cedar, oak, walnut, beech,
hornbeam and hazel are all
used for the sculptures and
other items on show.

Many of the craftsmen and
women are available for

1 commissions.

Cllr Mike Harrison, chairman
of KCC’s environmental 1
management board, launched
the exhibition.

He said: “This is an excellent
project because it is raising
awareness of the full range of
high-quality products being
made with Kentish timber",

“It is also supporting the
many small-scale businesses,
often justone person, which
are successfully operating and
contributing to Kent ‘s rural
economy.”

The exhibition and sale are at
the National Trust visitor
centre, Langdon Cliffs, Dover,
and are open daily from 11am
to 4pm until the end of the
month.

, CRAFTSMAN: Alun Heslop from Bridge

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i7“ilTa“§és join
Ofightfor    
0    aQti0n  

- ‘o‘6i3’:ii1r*v11iagesit[are:3 oiningi ' 0'
' -forces -to form an action plan

 

  

aimed -at preventing future dis-
asters. ’

Many homeowners and business ’

.es along the Nailbourne valleys and
beside _the Little Stour are still

- pumping out and mopping up as

.water levels refuse to fall.‘ T
Parish _councils, disillusioned

. H. with how the authorities have dealt
. with the problem, are banding
together to create a united pressure -

group. -

At a meeting at Littlebourne vil- -

lage hall chaired by county council-
lor Martin Vye representatives from

_ seven parish councils produceda ‘
c ' joint plan of action.

'0 ‘Cllr V-ye said‘: ‘‘It was an opportu-

' nity for flood victims to share their

experiences, assess the damage and

,-p’;forrnulate’- a strategy to try to

ensure it doesn"t happen again.

i . “Weare treating this matter with

some urgency because it is not an

. issue that can be ducked. .

“By working together we hope to

_ bring pressure to bear in the right

areas and with the authorities
responsible.” e
But he isfurious that the county
council has not backed flood
defences with the full funding

. requested‘ by the Environment

tn

 by Grryesrren  t

Agency. lnst_ead of a 22 per cent ‘
increase asked for by the agency,'f
the county council Voted for a 12 per 9

cent rise. _ - 1

Cllr Vye said: “I have calculated
that the full 22 per cent increase
would have cost Kent householders
just another 15p a month but raised
an extra £900,000 and levered a fur-
ther £1 million out of the
Government.

“Another 15p a month on the aver-
age council tax bill is a. derisory
amount‘ to us all and the county
councils decision is indefensible.”

Each parish council will produce
an action plan for its area, report-
ing on-river and culvert‘ blockages
as well as silt and obstructions. T

They include Barham, Kingston,
Bishopsbourne, Patrixbourne,
'Bekesbourne, Wickhambreaux and
Littlebourne. 0 _

Littlebourne parish councillor
lVlick_Giles has already produced a
report on-the situation in his vil-
lage which may well serve as a"
model for other Villages.

Malcolm Mitchell, chairman of

   

Bishopsbourne parish council said:

“By working together we can apply
far more pressure than we are able
to as individual parishes.”

Flooding omission gaffe

THE chairman of a Kent County
Council committee has been
criticised for not knowing parts of

’ Canterbury were flooded during

last October’s heavy rain.

 County Cllr Anne Darlow, who

represents Herne Bay West, said
she was surprised to find that

neither Herne Bay nor Canterbury
had been mentioned in a social
-services committee -report on
outstanding flood issues.

“ll brought the matter to the notice

0 of the committee’s chairman, Cllr

Keith Ferrin, and he admitted he
was not aware there had been a

“flood problem in either area,’?_ she _

_ ‘said. '

_ Cllr Darlow said it was clear that i

neither officers, nor Cllr Ferrin,
were aware of the horrendous

flooding homes in the area had
suffered in the past six months.

“I feel it is a disgrace these areas
have not been included in the
report and if the chairman and .
officerwere not aware of the-
situation before, they certainly are
now.” . . - -

; our Darlowadmitted Cllr Ferrin

had apologised for the omission. “I

have now asked officers to rectify

the mistake,” she added.

our Ferrin said Cllr Darlow’s
criticism was justified. “There was

_ clearly an oversight,” he added.


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orce setup o  

5' shoulder responsibility
- flood defence.

setting up "a task «force to
tackle flooding- from the

_ swollen Nailbourne. a

At an emergency meetingon

. Saturday, most agreed that the
~_ key to combating future flood-
-1 ing lay in preparation.

Around 120 people met in the

 Methodist Chapel to discuss
I What could be done to minimise
; disaster in future;

_'Ward city councillor Martini
Vye, who co‘-chaired the meet-
ing,,said afterwards: “What was

apparent was a keen desire" to
__ see a co-ordinated effort along j
% the Nailbourne; = ~ -

“People want one group to
for

“We decided to form an action

"group made" up of those resi-
-dents most affected by the

floods, the parish council and
myself. The group will co-
ordinate a number‘ of preventa-
tive measures discussed at the

' meeting.”

Short-term targets include

_ contacting the county _ council
about clearing debris from

under bridges and from cul-
verts.

_ In time the group would also

look into possibility of digging

figh  flo01ng

WVILLAGERS in Barham are

 _sy Chis Pragnelli i

 

5 Another major area of con-

cern raised at the meeting was ' '

the fact that the Enviromnent

‘Agency shuns responsibility of‘

the_ Nailbourne . beyond
. Bishopsbourne. . a
“People seemed  quite_

-annoyed that once the river
runs through Barham and into -
-. the Elham Valley beyond, no

one agency seems-responsible,”

= said Cllr Vye.

“We will be asking MP Julian
Brazier to agitate in Parliament

on our behalf to see if ,-these

rules ~ca'n’t be changed.” 

A third target was to keep vil-

- lagers informed of flood risks.
' The "action group proposed to

set up an information hotline
so that Villagers could be. in

constant communication at _

times of flood risks. 
Linda Davies, chairman f the

Barham Parish C-ouncil, was

positive about the achieve-

ments of the meeting. -
-“We had a fantastic -turn out-

Which shows the level of con-
cern about the flooding,” she
said. . - 
“Ultimately we would like to
see a whole chain of co-ordiria-
tion groups established along
the Nailbourne.” ‘ - '

out the riverbed itself.

  


Sewage S
runs into
homes 

FED-UP: Littlebourne
resident Ken Shaw

HOMES in Littlebourne have
been flooded with sewage after
emergency pumps repeatedly
broke down.

Villagers have protested to
Southern Water. T

Those ~liyi11g:~1'.n 
Street have faced a continual
threat of flooding from the
Stour since December.

Emergency pumps have to
contain the floodwaters that

 

  

have risen through drains but _

Nargate Street resident Ken
Shaw said the pumps,
installed last October, have
proved unreliable.

Mr Shaw, who owns a car-
repair Workshop on the street,

* says that despite sandbags he

and others were powerless to

stop sewage overflowing from_

drains and household toilets.

“Since December 8 they’Ve
been breaking down two or
three times a day. We get
sewage coming into the hous-
es,” he said.

Also affected are Geoff and
Betty Welch, who have a grade
two listed cottage.

_ “We’ve had floodwater mixed
with sewageup to four inches

T in the house.

“The carpets are ruined and
we lost the electricity. We’re
worried about diseases,” said
Mrs Welch.

The faulty pump was taken
away on Tuesday but its
replacement subsequently
broke down - yesterday
(Wednesday) morning.

Southern Water say» flooding

caused by the Stour is not its‘
responsibility, and that the .
drains in the area cannot cope —

with the Volume of floodwater.
A spokesperson said: ,“The
pumps have to be mobile to be

of any use, but sometimes we 3

have problems with them.
We’Ve got a crew looking at

- them at the moment.

‘g‘These' are emergency mea-
sures and we sympathise with

’ those affected but we’re doing

all we can.” a _
Residents affected by flood-
ing inside homes should con-
tact the Southern Water
emergency floodline on 0845
2780845 for information or to
request a ‘cleanup crew.

I/ff}-/Iain ,.....—\a


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'.'«:

YES MINISTER: Elliot Morley MP, left, in flooded Barham,
with Viv Pritchard of Canterbury City Council ~

Minister with clout

I REFER to your comment national government funds. I

column (February 15) " We hope his visit will have

“Deserved better”. Your t- -
dismissive and unkind reference ggfgigdhgr figeaigogélfpfilfihjs

Elli 1 M - ‘ t ' . . .
amstztrsezto issgiahshe  as  or 
significant fact that he is the. Suspect that’ ulmi‘-at91Y’ egtra

government fundlng to reheve

government -minister with . .

specific responsibility for flood fl9°dmg problems In the future
defenc'e_ _ _ W111 be at least as much
practical use as sympathy from

He may" not have the high public a major national figure

profile of, say, Prince Charles,

' but as the person who has - V- Pritchard, -Head 01’

control over flood defence Transportation and
funding, he"is in a good. position _ Engineering, Canterbury City
to influence the allocation of . Council. -- -


ACHIEVEMENT OF NOTE: Peter Giles has gained a
a ._..doctorate in the male high voice 9A/ 7253E/01

High point of career

INGER l3eter,Giles has gained .a doctorate

  

of involvement in the subject.

' - es, of Filmer Road, Bridge, has been awarded a
PhD in published works at Middlesex University. ' '

_ He is a trained artist, professional musician, writer of

fiction and non-fiction and a teacher. But he is best e
known for his Work on the counter-tenor voice. '1
The doctorate is a research degree associated with his

four books on. the subject —- the only full-"length works
on the history and technique of the male high -voice.,_

Also assessed were his articles, lecture's,.'recordings,T' _ E 

CD5, notes, broadcasts and hisown singing in this I ,
country and abroad. He also_ had to write an analytical
theses and undergo interrogation by .three'examiners._
Mr Giles started his career -as a boy cherister: While at
art ‘college he began training privately in London as a
counter-tenor and an organist. A graduate art, '
qualification led to exhibiting and teaching-.,..i " E

His singing careeriintensifie-d and he "was =a«:leay.-ele'rk at 

Ely, Lichfield and finally at Canterbury. He leftjthis ;
post in 1994 after 27 years, 16 of them as senior 1313’ E
clerk. \ -  V

Mr Giles, who is choirmaster and organisttat B'.id_ge s 2
Church, is also musical   V

director of the choral group
Canzonet. He is kept busy

- with Vocai research and

writing, including a
published novel and two _
more in the wings, singing
with the much-travelled male
trio Canterbury Clerkes and
has toured North America
and Europe.

His diploma in White’s
Technique has expanded his

. teaching, both for singing.
l and speech.

in the male high voice after half-a-lifetime’


 
 

. LFRED Minter
still remembers
his first day at
Bishopsbourne School in
the 1920s. ‘

“I was a bit frightened,” he
said,‘ “but as I remember, I
settled quite well.’’ 9

Mr- Minter, 84, of Nailbourne
Court, Lyminge, started at
the school in April,I1924,
having moved around east
Kent in -his first few years as
his fatherelchanged jobs.

  

Nicholas at Wade, Thanet, at

. the age of five,—but two years

later the family moved to
Bishopsbourne, where they
stayed for 15 years. A

These old photographs were
uncovered when his niece
was clearing out his sister’s
effects,

Amazingly one, taken in
1890, showed his father, who

is seventh from the left of

the row of children seated on
the school Wall.

When Mr Minter started at
the school in 1924, he and his
younger brother did not
know a soul. “It was a bit
traumatic,” he recalled.

The school’s headmistress
was Miss Castle, who was
able to keep children of
varying ages under control

He began his schooling at rslt“?  shtesaid

by Jeremy Dunning T

in one room. “She was a very
good teacher,” he said-. “She
was a very strong influence
with all the children.”

He soon ‘settled into village
and school life and
remembered the antics of
one of his former classmates,
Chris Clements. '
“He was a «terribly clumsy
chap. We always used to call

. him Ellie because he would

get his foot hooked in a

 

M5: lCleme:ntsV’ ijrsligiéili R33,
married Mr Minter’s sister,
Phyllis, in 1940.

he second photo, from _
I 1924, shows the happy .
days at school. Mr

Minter is in the third row,
third from the right and next
to his brother, Norman, next
to whom is the redoubtable
Miss Castle. Mr Minter
remembers most of the A
people in the photo. .
In the back row, from the
left, are John Cooper, J ohn’s
sister, Albert Knight, Betty. V
Lane and Chris Clements.

Pictured in the third row are

-Robert Gardiner, Vernon

Spaul, Marjorie Cox, Kathy
Francis, Marjorie Austin and
Daisy Gardiner, as well as
Alfred and his=brother.

 

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cool life spans
    enerations  

In the second row are Minnie

Austin, a girl whose name he '

has forgotten, Rosie ,
Gardiner, Phyllis Minterjand
Jackie Birchett.

In the front, sitting down are
Arthur and Ron Clements
and someone else. _

The third photo was taken
on Empire Day in 1926.

Mr Minter remembered that

T after-assernbly on Empire 1 3,

Day the children would
parade in the school
playground led by the two
oldest boys carrying Union

   

They would also sing Land of
Hope and Glory and other
patriotic songs in the
playground.

Miss Cast1e’s sister, whom
pupils referred to as Little
Miss Castle because of her
diminutive height, played
the piano. Mr Minter and
Chris Clements are ‘pictured
holding the flags and both
have medals. ’

Among the names
remembered are Vernon
Spaul, Kathy Francis,
Marjorie Austin, Phyllis
Honey, Dorothy Miller,

Norman Minter, Nora Honey, A

Marj orie. Cox, Phyllis Minter,
Renie Hammond, Minnie 1
Austin, Margaret Webb, ,
Arthur Clements, Humphrey »

Brownand Ron Clements. jg 

PATRIOTIC DAY: The school celebrates Empire Day
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