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Correspondent: Jill Thomas, '-  C
C0bha1neCeurt, Bekesbeurne GT4‘
SET, phone 0122? 332573, e-mail
s.tl1emas@whieh;11et.

Church: Pat Kusel will lead Family
_Service at 1{}aJ:u on SuI1d%ay.- -

Winners: .111 the July draw for -
Bekesbeuruee 100 C1ub,\.D. Lewther
won £15; I). Grew £25; and Zau -
Clifford £50: ' ~ - ' " -
Cricket: On Sunday, St Lawrence.
and Highland Court Under-115 play
Street End at 9.45am. Bekesbeume
p1aj,7"I‘i1Iuaz1steI1e away a1_:2pI11. .5


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The Old Gotta-ge,_Bis_hopsbourne' '
«_ _C'I‘4 51-IT, phone 01227830645, e-
mail 2mitche1l_s@s_upanet.-com

will be celebratedat St Mary the
‘Virgin Church on Sunday at __
-9.30am. -  - -- - '
Parishioners unable to attend are.
invited to any of the following 1
services being held on Sunday in
* the Barham Downs united i

is part: -  _. __
_8aIn, Holy Communion, St John

service," St Gi1es’s, Kingston; 6pm,
evening prayer, St :-John the ' '
Baptist, _-B_arhaIn.. There is also

- morning worship at 9.45am at
.Ba_rha1:n Methodist "Church.

.Meeting: F0l1ow'ir'fg“”oi‘1”i'fr6iii"ifIié'
_Barham Downs benefice
conference at Canterbury Christ.
Church University College
reoently, a special meeting of the
 Mary’s Parochial Church

' Council will be held in the church
on-Sunday following‘ the 9.30am r
Communion service. '

the revised pattern of services
throughout the benefice, which

was one of the Inanj/"topics
discussed at the conference; .

It is hoped that all members of the
PCC will attend to give their Views
on -whether the "times of services
should be changed or remain as
they are at present. - _

Confirmation‘: Because so many

 
 

" -Co‘I_'respont'ie'nt:A 'Mal'coim 1\'/Iitcheli, '

Parish- church: "Holy Communion _

Vbenefice, of which Bishopsbourne 

the Baptist, Barharn; 11a1rn,-family.

Main topic for discussion wil_1_be I -

want to be confirmed, several from

Bishopsbourne, the‘East Bridge
Deanery Confirrnation service,

scheduled for Bridge parish church

on September 12; has been
transferred to Canterbury
Cathedral. - '

There arenearly  candidates, _ 
some of Whom willalso -be

' baptised." The choirs from churches ' -

around the deanery wifljoin to '
sing at the service, at which

Confirmation will be carried out by

the Bishopin Canterbury, the Rt
I s Rev sStePh<%I1,,Venn:9r»

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' urging all churchgoers to. attend" _

and support the candidates-. ' :
Daily prayers: The rectoris _ . . I

_ drawing up a complete list of the'.. .
congregations in the Ba-rham '

Downs united benefiee. When __ -
complete, it will be used during

I 7 morning prayers each w_'ieekd_ay' so _'
' that congregati'on's can'p1fay for  '

‘them.’

' T_he‘l_is'-t willrun-aIphabetical1y'_ 5 s 

" ' with five or six families being . '

included each d-ay.-.-'

’ Anyone who -has particular needs

or requests for prayer is invi.te_d.,to
speak to‘ the parish clergy for
inclusion. Mr Roper can be 5-

, contacted on 01227331340, the .7 0 0
_ . curat_e_,__--- Lindsay Llewellyn on:  3 -
-012274-54704, _ Mary Ambrose -on,‘

- 01227; 830856” and "Liza-ie Hopthrow  .'

0171.-01227 830070.  _ -

- Weather;-:._ Rainfall in the area -

during June was vtfell below the
seasonal average. Local weather '

' . recorder Charles Fagg reports rain -

fe_1lio'r'_1 only 10 days during the

month, giving 'on1y"26Inm in total, "

which, he says,‘ was less than half __

_ -the average of 57mm for June.

Sponsored ride: The. four churches.

' _-.ni'aki_ng up the Barham Downs

united benefice are calling for

:vo1'1':ur1te_er cyclists...They are needed 

' to take part in the Friends of Kent
 Churches sponsored ride on _'

. . Saturday," _September -8,_from loam '
ft0L6fem.,  -. _

" Participants (whether cyclists or
..wa1kers) are sponsored for each

church they Visit in that -time span,

half the money going to the ' - '

.‘ Friends and half to -the church -on ' '

whose behalf the rider or'wa.lkVer is .
. taking part. Forms-will be '- '

available. shortly.

- P-ar-i-sh-= ma'ga-zine: ‘Copy--for the   I

September "edition of ‘the parish _ I

. magazine for Bis-hopsbourne and

‘ ‘Kingston should be with the editor,
Carol Arter, 6 -Greenacre, Ki-ngst-on '
(phone 01227830068) by Wednesday,

August 1.5;", .


Dancing: Conviviality was

expected in The Street, outside the
Mermaid Inn last night" _ . '
(xwednesday)-A wlIen=?t:1*Ie'-‘Dea'd.»- Horses

Morris team was to en.tert;ai'n with -

traditional songs and dances.
Working party: The- parish council
is hoping to organise a ‘village
working party to tackle the C '
clearance of undergrowth along
the Nailbourxne river bed over the
weekend of August 25 and 36. _
The ob3‘ective_is-to rid the _ I _ .
watercourse of growth that could .
impede-. the free flow of .the river
and so avoid a repetition of last
winterfs flooding if there is "heavy
rainfall in the autumn. .

Ailnvillagers will be advised of the ~

- working party-but the chairman of‘
the parish c'ou'noil, Malcolm '
Mitchell‘, The Old Cottage, The
"Street (telephone. 01227 830645, e—__
mail 2mitchells@supanet.coIn)
would-' welcome the names of those
-willing to ‘takepart in advance.

The stretch of Nailbourne ‘ i

involved is thatbehind -the Conrad _

Halland. the Neame Meadow’.

recreation ground, both of -which

are heavilyovergrown with grass,
- brambles and other shrubs. '

Watch out: Neighbourhood watch .

is advising everyone to be on-their
guard against someone offering to -

' perform tree surgery at their '

premises. Watch says residents are
being‘ targeted by the driver of -a

white van who claims to bee ‘tree I
surgeon and are urged to ‘treat him

with suspicion, ,-

lnforrnation about the van and its
driver should be sentto PC Paul '
Cheeseman, of Canterbury-Police

' intelligence unit on 01227 762085.

Neighbourhood Watch is also -
. warning builders against leaving
their vans un_lockec1'following a

. spate of thefts of tools.througho1-_1t' :

the Canterbury area, _i-ncluding
Bishopsbourne. .. 

_ Police say they are seekiriga young. I

- man, with short dark brown hair
and a dark 'l‘—shirt, who was
spotted peering into thepback
windows of several vans -before
breaking into _a Ford Escort van. ' -

Police-ad-vise that tools should be
. “ removed from vans-whenever
possible or keptin fixed steel

containers. Vehicles should also be _

- fitted with burglar» alarms.

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’Cerrespenden1::.: John Anderson; 
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury
QT4 5NA. “

Summer show: The Nailbeurne
Horticultural Society Show was -_
held in the Bridge Primary School
Hall. Althijugh the number of

entries were down, like most shows .-

this. year owing 1:0 the inelemer-1t_ _
weather ;1~a 31;,-winter .and-..sprin‘g,r the


I . . Pat Kusel, St Peter’s Church,-

 fre advertise 1_'ingfl'0122*7: 7681.
T T "judges=re1narked on the high
T standard of the exhibits. ‘

_ The President John Anderson"

f thanked the new Show secretary ' T
Joan Stingemore, chairman Roger
Austin, and ali the members -of the

T committee fortheir hard-work,T.in
making the event such as success; -

The winners Werefljlan Kolloff .

_ with The Champion Cottage
Gardener Cup most points in _ T
sections 1-22 Vegetables, Tankard "
winnericlass 22 ;_VegetahIes,'Blee
Cup most points‘ overall in flowers
and vegetables‘. Liz Oakey Silver‘
Rose T_rophyT-mostjpoints in ciasses ,
23-27 Flowers. Sarah Louise
Prestige‘ Cup most points in classes

/I j 38-42 Floral Art and thesilver

. Plate'Prettiest Smali Garden. Jean . .
Qakey Hawkins Cup Best Novice
Exhibit. Joyce Hopkins Fremlins
Challenge Cup Most points in T

T classes 43-46 Cookery.

Jean Foster Silver Salver most
points in class 51 Handicrafts. Jane
_ Shorrock Silver Rose Bowl most
Picturesque Gard_e_n.. Every entrants
receiveda prize. The judges. Were‘:
John Laurie, vegetables and
flowers. Jill Snasheli, floral art. . _
g T Diane Ridsdale, cookery. Pat Pratt,
i handicraft and Chiidrerfs. Boger '
Austin, gardens. Unusualiy every
one of the 147 exhibits received T
some award. A A _ .
WI: The rain Washed out the July 
garden. meeting, but members who
braved the elements in the evening-
enjoyed a sooia1_ineeting'in the

. village hall with the refreshments
intended for theafternoon. There
-will be a coffee morning, bring and L
buy stall on Wednesday, August 15, T-
at" 26 Western Avenue, Bridge from
10.30am to noon to which everyone
will he made welcome. A ' A ' '

T g FISHtscheme: Coffee pop-in"-will be
held in the Bridge Village Hall on
Wednesday, August 8, 10 to ' g

_ 11.1_5an1. . T‘ . T
Church neW's:'1t__is withregret that ' '

g the resignation of Dr Peter'Giies as
the Director of Music at _St_ Peter’s -

i . Church, Bridge has been 7

' announced. In the time that he .has
spent here, the standard of music

- has been greatly enhanced and he _ T
will be sadly missed-. Everyone
wishes himwell-in his future A
appointment, and all the other
projects with which he is involved. ,

  

(i‘etnmnnion;'Rev Paul Filmer, St  T A
Mary’s;TChurch, Patrixbourne. . A '
10am_ Holy Communion, Rev John
Shorrock, St Peters Church,

Bridge. Other churches the __M
Bridge group: 10am Fa_n1ily'service_,-_ A

     

C, Bekesbourne. 10am Holy ' _
' Communion, Rev Paul Filmer, St"
Mary the Vif§iI1,; Lower I-Ia1".dres..;i
Bridge Methodist Church, Ham ‘T
, service led by Mr" P. Burt. o

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