' Corresqpondent: John Anderson, 7 d

Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury T
cr-4 5NA. —~ , . 
FISH scherne:"The coffee pop-in
will be on Wednesday, June 18, in

_ the village hall from 10 to 11.15arn. %

All are welcome- T

T Lunch: A charity lunch is to be ..

held by the Nailbourne group of
the League -of - Friends of T

T Canterbury Hospitals on Thursday, a

1-

June 14, “at 12.30pm, in the

e , Canterbury Hospitals, on
. a Thursday, June 14, at l2.3Up1_11in

the John Baker White Memorial

T  Hall, Lower Hardres.

Proceeds will go towards the h

a purchase of a pulse oxymeter to be

used in Dr Andy Johnson’s chest

a _ clinic. T-We-course lunchs with
T -wine or soft drinks are.£1U. For

tickets contact 01227 830204 or
830762, e '~ =, as a

Council: The p._ari_s'hcouI1cil W111 ,  5
. meet in the Hunter Room of the
_village hall on Thursday, June 1-4 at

.7.30pm. All parishioners are.
‘welcome. '

Flooding: The Ihient County T _

Council Flood Scrutinyrcornrnittee. ,

led by the leader of the KCC. Cllr

Sandy-Lockhart, Cllr Sarah Hohler '

(chairmaen of Strategic Planning)... ,
and Cllr Mike Harrison, ' "T  , 


S accompanied by city Cllr Bill

Oakey and the Bridge Parish

I Council chairman, Cllr John «

'v.::; 

Anderson, toured the Nailhcurne
village affected by the recent T
floods.

They wanted to see vvhataction
can be taken -in the immediate J
future, to alleviate any emergency
should it occur again this year,
plus any long-termsolutions to

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B‘ T
Na1lbourne’s course.

I Poll: For the Parliamentary and

ECG elections today (Thursday) the
polling station in Bridge is at the
tillage hall and for Patrixbourne
rmidm the Beksehonrne Village
Hal]. —

Gig: Tomorrow (Flriday) evening
Little Rcick guitar and-vocal duo is
at the White Horse, Bridge.

Concert: On Saturday, at 7.30pm, , _,

Lees Court Singers will be at _St
Pet-er’s Church, Bridge. Tickets on
the door, £5, include refreshment.

Services: On Sunday, 10am Matins
with Dr A. Nicholson is at St -

Mary’s Church, Patrixbourne; and S

11am family service, -the Rev Paul
Filmer, and 6pmEvensong, the Rev
P. Filmer and Mr I. Taylor, at St
Peter’s Church Bridge. _' '

Other Churches in the Bridge
group: 8am, BCP Communion, the
Rev Paul Filmer, _St Peter’s Church
Bekesbourne; 9.30am, Communion,
the Rev'Paul Filmer, St Mary’s T

-Church, Nackington; 11amBridge .

Methodist Church, Communion,
the Rev Mauriceweatherup.

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Correslziendentz John Anderson, 7

- Dering-Road, Bridge, Cante1'lmry

CT-4 5NA.- i

Cycle ride: On Sun‘dey, cyclists
from the Plough e_nd-Harrow are
taking part in the London to _
Brighton cycle ride.‘The'.ride is for
the benefit of t11e_Bri_tish_ Heart
Foundation and the riders £:1I"E_‘

- reisingksponsorship.

- To avoid- Plough and Harrow-
_ customers being besieged with
sponsorship forms theyhave -

decided to haveone, central, _
sponsorshipforxn in the p11b_._If you.

" _1irou1d1ike.to b_e"inc11_1'ded please" - -

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  OVNDA

3 I From previous.-p_a'ge. _ _
' yask-for the -form from behind the
_ 1-‘ b_ar, or ring 830455.

. '_ WI: At the birthday meeting in the
 village hall on Tuesday, .at 7.30pm,
a talk will b_e given by Avril Austin
on Monet’s Garden‘. The _ I -
competition will be any garden -
- __ photograph. . -_ e t . I
 Members are asked to take a plate

--i -of-food and a glass.  ' 1 .

Gardeners: At the meeting of the--_ '

_ Nailbourne Horticultural Socijety, .

- ‘in the Methodist" Church, ' _ -_
Patrixbourne Road, Bridge on ' ..
Thursday, June'21 at 7 .30pm, _a talk .
will be given by Lou Round on _ T '
Textile Art. n ”

This is an ideal ‘opportunity to get . _
ideas for entries in the handcraft
- section?-of the summer show. I .
' ' Memb_ers.and visitors willbe
. _welcon’1ed., _ " ' -  ' 
Fair: _Bridge School_ PFA’s _event is
on the front playground (or inside .
g ' if it rains) on Friday, June 22 from _ '
 1 1.30 to 3.30pm. _ '

Donations of bottles," toys, class -
books, stationery would bevery
welcome. If collection is required
ring either 832084 or 831027. All
funds raised will go to the school,

 and all are welcome to join.-in the
fun. - -

School news: All groups will be
going on summer outings, ranging
from "visitors to thecoastto a week
in Weston-Super-Mare for the year
sixes. - e- -

- The school has gained two awards,’
The -school Achievement Award is
- an award to schools that have
achieved a high standard compared
' with other similar schools.
 Secondly, anassessor came to,
 interview several of the teachers .
' - and was delighted with what he
saw and heard. ' 

Consequently on the last day of
. _term the school was officially
informed"that it had been awarded _
Z Investor in Peoplestatus. _'
-   _'I‘l1is is a. Worrying time for all
 parents who -have children starting
. . s_ch_o_o1 in September as to whether
 5 they have a place at their local
’:' " -«school-. All the local children. who -_ _
. [applied for a place have been : -
accepted. T -

 


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In total- I-51.chi1dren'wi11s'tart-in

 September although some will be

part time until Christmas.

The new building isstill ahead of
schedule. Mr Hills, the site

. manager has taken groups of six - ' l
- pupils at a time around the
building site and explained what is -

happening.

The roof isalmost on and- theynew  - _

building is going to look
impressive. -- T

Library: The meme library is in

' _' available as a free service to _
anyone living or working in the-

area. Places and times of. the visits

I‘ ' are Bridge, Green Court each

Thursday from 4 to 5pm;
Patrixbourne, St Marys Road, _ '
alternate Tuesd.ays (June 26 to July

 ._'.10), 9.30 to 9.-50am. The van carries

about 2,500 ‘items. . -
Gigi Tomorrow (Friday) evening

.Rosi'e’s Durnplings offer "Celtic _and
.t-raditional Inusicat the White

Horse".

-Ca-r boot fair: On Saturday, June 30 '

at 9am on the recreation ground
(entrance via ‘school in Conyngham

-Lane) there is‘ a chance to sell

unwanted items.

Book -yourrpitch in advance for £5
by phoning Pat Dunderdale 01227
830668, or Andrea Nicholson
830947. , -

- The event is in aid of Patrixbourne

with Bridge PCC, a member of the
Bridge groupof parishes.

' Church news: Trio campaign for

planned giving operates in the
parish of Patrixbourne with »
Bridge. If you-"are ‘reconsidering.
your giving and Wish to join. the _

' new gift aid scheme, come to the

cheese and wine in‘Bridge Church
tomorrow (Friday) at 6.30pm and
hear all about it. '

Thebenefice barbecue .is on __

Saturday, June 23, at 5.30pm, .at
Riverside Cottage, Patrixhourne, 7
tickets- £5 adults, family ticket £12.
Last date for ticketsis Thursday,
June 21,_available from Pat '
Dunderdale 830668, or Andrea _
Nicholson 830947. Bring your own
cutlery, glasses, plates and drink.

Services’ on Sunday: 10am _
Communion with the Rev Gordon

' Manley at St Peter’s Church, -

Bridge. Other churches in the

"Bridge group: 8am BCP_‘ '_

Communion, the Rev Paul Filmer,

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__ 1UElII1fEl_1I1_i_1§? __se'rviee, Mrs M. Cark,

St Mary ‘the. ViI‘giII~,-__ Lewer Hardres;

' 103111 Communion, -Mr Filmer, St

Pete_I"-{=3 'Bekesbeurne;.. Bridge
Methedist Church, lélam service
led by M1‘ M.._Bayhutt (and Tuesday,
June 19 at 7_.3D];_11‘I1 church

-. anniversary evening led by the Rev
' Maurice Weatherup)-J. '

 


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Correspondent: John Anderson, 7
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury
CT4\5NA. - _
Lunch: A lunch held by the"
Nailbourne Group of the League of
Friends of Canterbury Hospitals;
raised £700 to purchasea pulse

. _ oximeter for the chest clinic.- The

organisers thank all who .
supported this enjoyable event;

Primary school: There was an
error in last week’s repor_t, which
should have stated. that there
would be an intake of 51 new
pupils and not 151 as was reported.

With the end of Key Stage 2 SATs

' completed. Some pupils spent the

week before half ‘term in Weston-
Super~Mare. They visited Bath,
Bristol, Cheddar and Wookey Hole
carrying out activities which 1

(covered work across the

curriculum.

Children in reception visited
Tyland Barn and years 3 / 4 spent a
full day in Canterbury visiting the
Canterbury Tales and the Big Dig.
The school has sponsored a square
at the digand children were shown
the artefacts recovered so far in the
area.

Years 1 and 2 spent a day in
Folkestone. . '

The school was visited by the
Puppeteers Company, who '
performed a Medley for Strings.
Following the excellent 0
performance the audience was
shown how some of the puppets
were made and operated. '

in Children in Year 1 and 2 took pert

in an African "Music Day. They
listened to drums and learned
songs and dances from Ghana.
During the day they also made
their own instruments, made bead
necklaces and painted pictures.

Football and.High Five teams took
part in a tournament organised as
part of Barham school fete.'The .
school’s own fair will be held
tomorrow (Friday) from 1.30 to
3.‘-30pm at the school; all welcome. -

Gig: Tomorrow evening, Mike
Lettley Magenta (lively

1 mainstream jazz) is at the White

Horse, Bridge.

Church services: On Sunday, at
Sam BCP Communion with the Rev
P; Filmer is at St Peter’s Church,
Bridge; 10am, Communion, the Rev
P. Filmer,- at St Marys Church,
Patrixbourne.

Other churches in the Bridge
group: 9.30am, Communion, the
Rev B. Diss, St Mary’s Church,
Nackington; 16pm, Evensong Mrs M.
Clarke, St Mary’s, Lower Hardres;
Bridge Methodist Church, 11am
service led _by the Rev Donald '
Lllggi. . - . -

PARISH COUNCIL

Newsletter: C1lr_Dobson provided
councillors with proofs of the first
newsletter which is to be
circulated in the near future to all
households in Bridge. It was *

-A agreed by thecouncil with some

minor amendments. The chairman
thanked Cllr Dobsonfor the work
she had done in producing the
newsletter. '

Neighbourhood Watch: Clr -
Corfield provided -the names of the
coordinators in Bridge who are
Frank Sochachi (Bridge East),
Selwyn Lewis (Bridge West) and
Ann Clewer (Bridge Down). He also
reported that the scheme was now
fully_operational and had. already
dealt with several reports.

Cllr Corfield advised that PC

Bradshaw Could supply Bridge = —_ "_
with 10 new Neighbourhood Watch '

signs at a cost of £10 per sign and '
it was unanimously-agreed that ' .
the council would pay for these.

Art exhibition: Cllr Corfieid —
reported-that anart exhibitionis _
to be held on October 20, with

' profits going to the disabled access

fund for the village hall.
Entries to the exhibition will be

' open to people living or Working in

Bridge. A leaflet" is currently being
produced and it was agreed that
this -would be distributed at the .

_ same time as the newsletter.

Alterations to village hall: Cllr
Gulvin provided councillors with
copies of the proposed plans for _
the disabled access to the village
hall and it was agreed that the

parish council as owner would

make the plarining application to

- the city council; '

Applications received: The
following planning applications
have been ‘received and are being
considered:

Single-storey rear extension
repla_cing existing conservatory at
90 High Street, Bridge; relocation
of walk-in freezer torear of bakery

. ' at 96 High Street,’ Bridge;

demolition of redundant chimney

_ to rear of 69 High. Street, Bridge;

replacement conservatory, garage,

store and rebuild 1.8 metre high

boundary wall at Riverdale-House,
High Street, Bridge;

slab reinstatement to basement
floor at 67 High Street, Bridge;
conversion of three agricultural
buildings to four dwellings and
erection of garage/store (revised
scheme) and erection of two B
additional dwellings at Renville
Farm, Renville, Bridge.

Planning applications granted:
The following planning -
applications, have been notified as
gran-ted: Erection of boundary
walls to front of 21 The Close,

Union Road, Bridge; internal '

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36 June 21. 2001   ‘

OUNDAB OUT 

alterations at The Plough &'
Harrow, 86 High Street, Bridge;
Replacement single-storey

.eXte1isio11 to rear of 5 Ford ‘Close, '

Bridge.

-_ Notice of -intention: '.I‘-he following-In '
'- notice of intention has_- been

received and will not have a tree

"preservation order served by;
- ' - -Canterbury -eo-unoil:_fe1l one . _ _
' leylandi and reduce leylandi at .

Dearnley, B_ek_es_h-our-ne Road; .
B'r_idge.- I ' -

 

showing, some of the clothing _

worn hy.The Caged Lady i'.n"tin:1e's _
gone by. Members are reminded to
bring agreed fooditems. ' '

Last month Stevellungay
explained the resolnti'ons'for
discussion, one regarding the .
provision of school nurses and the
second the recognised traini'ng'of
staff earing for the elderly. '

"There was a birthday-‘posy for..  ‘-- I

Marjorie Pnrkess; and the _
competition winners were.as - _.
follows. Flower‘ of the month-i‘-1 ' .
Miriam Hobden, 2 Gladys Bennett,


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Correspondent: Malcolm Mitchell,
The Old Cottage," Bishopsbourne
CT4 5HT, phone 01227 830645, e-
mail 2mitchel1s@supanet.co1n

Village hall: A jumble sale for hall
funds will be held in the Conrad
Hall, on Saturday, from 10am to :2
noon, admission 20p._

Items of jumble can be delivered. to
the hall tomorrow (Friday)
between 7_ and 8pm. 2

   

. For further information please

contact hall trustees Sheila. Castle, ‘
phone 01227 831184, or Phillipa
Burniston, phone 01227. 830341. ,

Mrs Castle, chairman of the
trustees, who reported a profit of-
£360-plus on the recent wine and
wisdom evening, said she was
hoping for a good response in '
donationsto the sale and a big
attendance from villagers.

Collections: A house-to-house -
collection for Help the Aged
realised £65, for which organiser
Malcolm Mitchell thanks all who ,
contributed. '

A house—to-house .collection for the.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
raised almost £70, for which
organisers Mike and Jean Talbot
thank everyone. ' ' .

A collection is being‘ held this wee
for Barnardo’s and organiser Jan
I-Iutton would be grateful for
donations in the envelopes she is
delivering. . " _ - ,
Church: Communion will b_e '
celebrated at_'St Mary the Virgin.-
Church, on Sunday, at 9.80am..-

Parishioners unable to attend are
invited to the following services a_t
other churches within the Barharn
Downs united benefice: Sam, 1
Communion, St John the Baptist
Church, Barlo_a_m;.1.1am, family
service, St Giles’s Church, _ .
Kingston; 6pm, evening prayer, St

. John the Baptist, Barham.

Con'ference:_The'Reotor, the Rev
David Roper, reminds parishioners
of the Barham Downs loenefice
conference, which involves all four
parishes, Bishopsbourne, Barham, _
Kingston and Womenswold, and
which will be held on Saturday, -i
_July 21, at Christ Church
University College, "Canterbury.

Everyone on the church electoral
rolls of all four parishes has been-

"invited. . .

Mr Roper says: “This will be an ‘.

. 2 important aI1d_.enj oyable day when ‘

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we will have an opportunity to
shape the future of our benefice
and set the agenda for our

’ churches to tenable u-sfto grow in .. d

strength“ and in number We cannot
look to the past glories of a church
which no longer exists, but face up
to what it means to be the church-
in the 21st Century’?

The conference is entitled A 21st
Centurygadventure and will ,
examine, among other things, One
beneiice, or four parishes?
streamlining administration, — t
0 (publicity, other uses of church
buildings, minibus transpor“t,? plus
, What parishioners want from the

church, the types and frequency of 0

0 services and 1neet'1ng the needs of
those _unable to attend church,

Cost of the conference is‘ £7.50 _
(including lunch, under 16s free)
and reservations can be made with
, Mr Roper atthe Rect'ory, The

Street, Barhain, CT4 BPA, phone
0122.7 83'1340,_ii10bi1e 0771 3204660 or_
email david.roper@clara.co.uk

‘ Dumping: Villagers are-’ asked to be %

alert to irresponsibledurnping of .
% waste niaterial in the village.

The parish council has had to ask

0 -the city council to remove an

‘mattress abandoned in Bourne
, Park, a refrigerator dumped in _
i Frog‘ Laneand a pile of 'builder’s ,

refuse hurled into the picturesque 

picnic site at‘ Bridge Hill,
%overlool:ing.BO11II1..f.3.,E§1f1§.: :  3

Anyone seein_g any such tipipinguiiisi i J.

asked to contact the parish council
0 chairman, Malcolm lVIitchell,on

01227 830645 as soon as possible

after witnessing the event, taking

note of the vehicle number if
 possible;