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. Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
- CT-4_5NA. 01227 830260

john;anderson74@btopenworld.co1n
Jumble-sale: A jumble sa1e.is- to be
held at. Bridge and Patrixbourne
School on Saturday.November' 15 at
11am.Take jumble to the -school
during the week before __or on the
morning of thesale, or phone 01227
830276 during school hours to
arrange collection.

History Society: The visit to
Bourne House i11'October was fully
subscribed and much enjoyed by"
all who attended. ' ' -

This was ‘a members only meeting
witha donation to the Pilgrims

f Hospice. The next meeting will be
on Tuesday November 11-in the - '

school. hall, Conyngham Lane, at 1
7pm. This is a film presentation
with rare historic films on -

' Canterbury of 1914 and hop

picking in Kent followed, aiteita
break for‘ refreshment, by the film

-"Adventure _in the Hopfields

starring Melvyn Hayes,Antony

- Valentine and Jane Asher. The

whole programme will last for two
hours. Members pay £3 if booked in
advance, £4 at the door and non-

‘ _ members pay £4. All proceeds will-

be donated to -the Weald Hospice. _

FISH Scheme: The -Coffee Pop~ln '
will be held in the village hall on
Wednesday November 12 from 10-
11.1-5am. Anyone requiring a lift -
can phone Ann Medhurst on 01227

,_ 830762. is N

Parish council: The next meeting
will be in the village hall on

"Thursday November 13 at 7 .30pm', 
--after a planningcommittee -

2 L welcome to attend._

meeting at 7. All residents ar

Traidcraft Sale: The sale will-be on


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Saturday November 15 - T"
from10.30am-noon. at 25 The Close,
Union "Road, -Bridge’. There will be
Christmas cards, Fairly traded

_ goods. that make" perfect presents

and you can enjoy free coffee and
cakes while. you browse! ' . ' .

C~hi1dren’s -Society; Repres_entative' _

- in Bridge’ Mrs Kathy Eynon says

the society’s Christmas Cards are

. now on sale at its shop at 6 Palace

Street, Canterbury. For those who
-find it difficult to-get around, she

- has a brochure showingdesigns

andcan be contacted on 830466.
Bridge Scouts: It has become a '

_ tradition for the Scouts todeliver ,

Christmas. mail in Bridge and this
year willbe no exception. They
regret, however, that the price of
stamps has to be ..increased- to 15;)

each to help to raise muchn_eed;ed

funds for equipment.

' The Christmas Collection boistes I
.. and special stamps" will be at the -

following venues from the first-
week of , December; i_;he_..P1ough---and

' Harrow, the White Horse Inn, the . '

Red Lion", Bridgevvay Stores, "Laurie
Wakeham, Butcher -and Nicholas
James, Hairdresser. - -

- Correctly addressed and stamped

mail for Bridge addresses only will

be collected on. Thursdays ' _ _
December 11 and 18 fordelivery. ' ' Pr
-Unfortunately the -Scout Troop is
unable tocollect and deliver after
December 18. ' '

' Reminders: A wine and wisdom

evening in aid of the Patrixbourne -.
and Bridge Parochial (;‘hurch'- ' ,
Council is on Saturday November 8

' in the village hall at 7 for 7.30pm. ' __ .
'¥1There is still some room available. _- -

Tablesof eight can be reserved or"
organisers can help you to join a .
table. Phone P.at.Dunderda1e on - 

"B30668 or Andrea Nicho'lson;'-on
830947. ' ' ' '

A fireworks display and bonfire ,

 organised by the Parents and

Friends Association of the Primary ,
School, will be held on Brewery 
Lane Meadow on Saturday

November 8. Gates‘ open -at_5.30pn1. -

1 Adults £3, children £1.50, family

"ticket £8.. '

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Surgery: Cllr Bill bOakey, city-

’ councillor for the North - - _'
.. Nailbourne Ward will be holding '

his surgery on Saturday November
'15 from 10am-noon in Bekesbourne
Village Hall.’All those living in the
ward who are experiencing -any
problems are invited to attend.

' Owing to the Christmas season

there will no surgery in December.

Church news: The children of St '
Mary the Virgin Church Lower
Hardres, one of the Bridge Group
of Churches, have decided to
produce jars of mincemeat for sale
in aid of the Church Restor_a1;ion .
Fund. Donations of dried fruit, - '
"cooking apples, soft dark-brown -
sugar, beef suet and empty jam
jars would be gratefully received. _ .
They will be -making‘ niincemeat,
producing their own labels and
recipe cards and 'selling_.it at-‘St
Mary’s Family Services, ‘the crib.
service, at a Lower Hardres '
Christmas fair on Saturday -
November 29. Phone 01227 830653.

Monday November-10 Caring and J '
Sharin'g'Group will meet at ‘Bridge _

Vicarage at 7.30pm for a talk on -
Romania illustrated with slides. A

Tuesday November 11 Holy .
Communion Churchill House,
Bridge, 2.30pm .

Church services: Sunday
November 9 Remembrance Sunday
10am Matins, Chris Maclean, S_t '
Mary’s Church, Patrixbourne;

' 1,0-.50a1i1, Act-of Remembranceat

Bridge War Memorial; 11am Family
Service the Rev J. Thackray St

- Peter’s ‘Church, Bridge." Other .
Churches in the Bridge Group; 8am

BCP Communion Canon A-. Duke _ -
and 10.50am Act of Remembrance
at the War Memorial, 9.30am Holy
Communion the Rev Bretherton, St

. Mary’s Church, Nackington. _
- 10.50am. Act of Remembrance at ..
the War Memorial Mrs M. Clarke,

6pm Evensong Mrs M._ Clark St
Mary the Virgin Lower Hardres.
11am Bridge Methodist Church
service led by the Rev H. — Skinner.
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Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
GT4 SNA. 01227 830260

john.anderson74@btopenworld'.oom _

Bonfire Night: The evening bonfire
and fireworks party organised by
the PFA of Bridge and g
Patrixbourne C.E.P Schooi was an
outstanding success. Held on .-

=’ Saturday on the Church Meadow,

Brewery Lane,it was estimated i
that there were at -1eaet.2,500 . ' -
Spectators. The size of the bonfire
combined with a spectacular
display demonstrated the ,
effectiveness of holding sueh an

roooasionin a controlled

environment. .

Wine and wisdom:"I‘he quiz on
Saturday in the village hall, in aid

of the parish of Patrixbourne with -

Bridge?-araiseod_£275 as Weilraso 


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Nov -(‘V-1». Loch
providing a good evening’s -
entertainment for all those who
attended. The organisers thank all

those who helped with running the _ ‘
- event, as well as those who ' 

participated.

Bridge Pharmacy: Mrs Sara
Preston, the pharmacist who took
over the running of the business
on behalf of the Paydens Group,

earlier in the year from Ian Barry, _ -

thanks all those in the village that
were so helpful and made her feel
so welcome during her time in
Bridge. She and her husband are
returning to their native North

Island of New Zealand, At present . h

it is not known who will replace-
her. . ' - _ . '-

History Society: Twenty—five
members of The History Society of
Bridge and District got-‘off to-a '
good start one Saturday on the .
Nail-bourne Church Trail,_ with a

' tour of Bekesbourne church by
' David Millyard who gave a detailed

explanation ‘of the various features
of the church both inside and
outside. " .

. This3vvas' followed by Patrixbourne —

Church and. a talk by Dr. Andrea - _

Nicholson. She told them of the
history of the unusual -stained
glass brought to Patrixbourne
from Switzerland and Germany.
After her talk they had a wander
around the outside of the church
to see in detail the Norman

' doorway and the mass clocks at

Patrixbourne as there is also at
Barfreston. C ' '

The party had a buffet lunch at the
Red Lion in Bridge and made their
Way .to Bishopsbourne to visit the_
church there. They had not been _
able to find anyone from '

Bishopsbourne who could give

them a tour of the church so David
Gilmore did it himself.

The slightly depleted party then"
returned to Bridge for the final
visit to Bridge Church.The tour
was given by Dr Maurice Raraty
who as a result of his detailed
research into the fabric of the
building was -able to give a full and

_ detailed explaiiation of the-history

of the church.‘ a . "

As a result‘ of these visits the
Society has given a donation to
The Parochial Church Council of

' eachchurch of £25: to thank them.

Forward events: Corning events at
Dridge and Patrixhourne Primary


Forward events: Corning events at

Bridge and _Pa_trixbourn_e Primary '

School:

Jumble sale on Saturday
November 15 at 11am. Please take
jumble to the school_ onthe
morning of the sale or phone 01227
830276 during school hours to
arrange collection.

Salvation -Army carol concert;
Monday December 1.at_7.30p_m. -

~- Enjoy a-evening singing'carols

with the Salvation Army _
Band.Tickets'a'vai1able at the

- school office £1.50; ph__o1__1e 01-227 "

830276. . ' . _ _ _
Invitation to all senior citizens to
an afternoon of entertainment on
-Tuesday 16th December 1-6 from
1.30—3pm. Refreshments will be
served; phone Mrs Andrews on
01227 830276

-Jumble sale_: A sale in aid of the
Village Playgroup will be held in
thevillage hall’ on Saturday
November 15 from 2—4p1n. Entrance

_ fee 20p, children free. Any jumble '
or unwanted items can be’ taken to '

the hall thatmorning from 10- -

'- noon."

German: _-Lively" conversation _
classesto polish up your German,"
basic knowledge" expected, are on
Thursday lunchtimes from noon— .

' _1.30pm- and Thursdayevenings 7.30

to 9 at the-Plough and Harrow,

- Bridge. Join anytime call Gertie on

o1227 832594. 0, 0 .

Church news: Bridge and
Patrixbourne churches have

' received a letter from the

Canterbury O'pen_Cent're for
homeless people requesting
support for their seasonal appeal.
Last month the Harvest gifts were _

sent to them. --

 

As Christmas ap'proaches_their_
requir_'eme'nts ‘change, they ._.
specifically. ask for toiletrie‘s_ -
including disposable razors, -soap,

   


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. shampoo, toothbrushes, -toothpaste.

and Warm "clothing including-
socks. During the monthleading *
up to Christmas the? Willbe C

" : iaccepting gifts tofbe taken tothe _g
, iCanter_bury Open Centre. _ _ J %
Please give generously, gifts do not .
. _need=to be wrapped. Phone;._
 Laurence Dunderdale on[)1227 

r I 830668 or Andrea’,-iNicholso'n on

~ 830947. ' ‘ _- r . ~g_%_

~ Traidcraft sale Saturday‘ November

15 10.30am-noon, 25 The C1os_,e, ; r

. Union Road, Bridge, .with__: ‘

Christmas cards, Fairlyo-ade.d .-

C goods that make perfect preslents

and enjoy freecoffee and cakes a L _
while you browse.  i C C ,_ _ C
Diary: Caring and Sharing Group r
meets Monday November 17 at C

B 7.30pm; venueto be announced. a

; Holy Communion", Saxon Lodge, .

_ Bridgej. T1_1es.day November 18, A ; s
' 2'.3U];)n1.. T - '

Church services: Sunday
November 16 Pentecost 23-. 10am

a Holy Communion, Canon Gordon
L Manley. St.Peter’s Church Bridge.‘ '

No_ gservficethis Sunday at L
S-t.Mary’s . a
Church Patrixbourne. Other

Churches in the Bridge Group;
8am BCP Communion the

Rev J.Shorrook St Marys Church
Naokington. loam Holy
-Communion Canon Humphriss St
Peter’s Church B~ei<:esbourne.-10a1n
Family Service Mrs, M. Clarke St

- Mary the Virgin Church, Lower _

Hardres. 11am‘ Bridge Methodist

" Church Service led by Mrs M. i _ .

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Daring Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
CT-4 5m. 01227 330250

john.a'a lcr_s_on74@btopenworld.con'1

, Bridgs Choir: Sing carolsat.St 

Eeter"s Bridge on Sunday, _

-_ I)ece1_i1ber—21 and more

particularly, join in the Bridge‘-' '

"Choir, which will be specially-
_ augmented as usual for the service:

As in previous years, the choir‘ will
be supporting the congregational

. singing, and adding another _

dimension to —-the familiar
Christmas Readings with a varied,
but not unfamiliar selection of - '
s_hort carols of their own. They are
looking for all voices, soprano, alto,
tenor and baritone -from all_age_ _
groups and hope to Welcome back
many old friends,'as Well _as '
gaining new en-_thusiasts._ -- 2

.' '_SOII._1e_. experiehce -and/ or ab_i1ity._t0
' read music is necessary for the

har1_no'ny parts, but not _vital for-
the top line".  ' -

' Rehearsals will be kept-to a

minimum butjfor that reason it is

- crucial that most people can make

both the main rehearsals as well as
the Sunday. Rehearsals will almost
certainly be in Bridge Church as
follows: Friday December 12
8.30pm, Wednesday December 1'? 7-
8.30pm, Sunday December 21 4-
5.30pm. .

Music will be available ingadvcance
and for private_ study. d p g g 2 i
If you are-ayailablfe to join intell
Hilary ~Wh_iti_ng'a's soon" as-possible
on 01227: 830506. -As" Bill Rose is '

' goi1'_1g"t'o--bein Australia this

Christmas, Martin Miles can assess

' - the balance and-viability of the

programme. Phone "him directly on

C 701227 787994.

 

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Gardeners: The Nailbourne
Horticultural Society is holding a
Cheese-for Christmas Evening,
with a presentationby Say Cheese
2 of Lewes, with-a tasting and an
opportunity to buy, on Tuesday

. December 2 at 7.30pm in the village

a are welcome.

hall. Thiswill be followedby
festive refreshments and a
Christmas "raffle. For tickets in
advance at £2.50, or help with
transport phone -Ann on 01227
830795. Members and non-members

Click 4: Last Tuesday the '10-Week '
evening computer course for adult '
beginners was Inarkedwith .a small
celebrations at the Bridge and 
Patrixbourne Primary School at'_ p
the end of the last session. This
was in appreciation for all the
patient hard work and overtime
put in by the scl1oo1’s computer
expert Rob Sleight, assisted by
Nicky Turner." Those of the 15
pupils, including your
correspondent, also thank the
Headmistress Mrs Anna Newton
and all those who made the course
possible. We will all go awayfrom
the class of 2003 if not exactly
computer whiz-kids, but knowirig
enough to find our way around, it
in itself an accomplishment. '
Further courses may well be
considered for the future. ’

Church diary: Monday, November
24, Caring -and Sharing Group '
meets, _8 Green Court, Bridge,

7 .30pm. The "Rev Paul Filmer is still
off sick residents are pleased to
hear that his health is improving.
Please remember him in your
prayers. T a

Church services: Sunday, '
November 23, Pentecost 23,88.-II1 _
BCP Communion the Rev J. Packer,

* Mrs M. Clarke and 6pm Evensong,

Mrs M. Clarke, St Pete'r’s Church,
Bridge; loam Holy Communion, '
the Rev Bretherton; 5pm Family ,
Service, Martin Leggatt, St Mary’s.
Church, Patrixbourne-. Other '
Churches _in the Bridge Group: 
9.30am Holy Communion ‘and
Baptism Canon R. Diss. No
services at St Mary the Virgin
Church, Lower-Hardres or St
Peter’s Bekesbourne. 11am B-ridge

. Methodist Church service led by
-3..-t_he.Rev G-. Baugh. ,  . . 

PARISH COUNCIL: At th.e.n:1"eeting

*-on Thursday, N ov'ernber' 135,-‘tha11ks—.'

N 9 vs-,3-@""f~ 29¢:


', No’-V. '2, 0”‘ 242.03
were expressed to everyone that
has made a donation towards the

Christmas trees in the High Street T
_ this year. The trees are due to be
' erectedon Saturday December 6.

Budget 2004/5: The council has
agreed-to ask the City Council for a
Concurrent Functions funding
grant of £8,264 for 2004/5 ‘and has ,
agreed to set the precept at £10,258.
Anyone interestedin havinga copy
of this budget should contact the
cler '. ‘

‘Notice of proposed work to. trees in
a conservation area for which a
tree preservation order has been
served: April Cottage, 1 Meadow
C1ose;,__re-pollard sycamore trees,
hawthorn and ash trees on
boundary ‘of property and Bourne
Lodge to previouscuttingtpoints, M
Comments required by November
27. 23a Union Road, remove large
limb of walnut tree over .
neighbour-‘s building and-to lift low
growth all round. Remove dead
wood, tidy growth of group of
conifers, -remove upright limb of
apple tree and-prune, reduce-1.
willow by 50 per cent and reshape.

The council will meet next at 7pm-
on Decemberll. Members of the
public can address the council
between 7 and 7.15pm.

The following planning
applications have been received
and are under consideration:
CA/03/01427/BRI Coppice, Bridge
Hill, "two storey side/front
extension; CA/03/01496/BRI The
Dell, Bridge Hill, single storey rear
extension. .

The followingapplications have

been notified as being granted:

CA/03/01247/BRI 26, Conyngham.
Lane, roll up garage; . _
CA/O3/01301/BRI 34 Conyngham
Lane, two storey front and single _
storey rear/side extension;  . t
CA/03/01297/BRI 26a High-_ Street,
two storey rear extension to
provide retail and storage space.

The following revised planning
application has been received:
CA/03/01073 16 Union Road, first
floor extension, replacement of flat

roof with pitched. and replacement .

conservatory to rear
The parish c'ounci1’s planning

committee will meet next at 6.45pm .

on December 11 in the village hall. '
All parishioners are invited to
attend. -

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The Old Cottage, , B_ishopsbourn'e,
CT4 saw a r

PARISH COUNCIL: Several
villagers attended the monthly

' meeting in the Conrad Hall on

- Wednesday, November 19,- to _
express oonoern about a planning
application for change of use of .-
part-‘of Charlton Park to allow"
par.ti_es, conferences and other

 aotivit-ies ;to.b_e held there__, _ _ __ _
 i-P#arl{'oWI1_er ramrsiloubby s   i

 'out1ineti--lfiier_:.-pla_I'1's-  said '

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that she was concerned that she
should pursue some sort of

. commercial activities in order to
keep the mansion going, although
she said she had gone off the idea _
of _ civil weddings. She said she did
not envisage “any big events”,
although she was committed to
holding the Canterbury Cricket
Week ball at Charlton Park.II'1
addition to pilates classes and a

clinic which already take place; -she’ i

wanted to attract lectures, .
concerts, smaller conferences and.
parties for such family occasions
as birthdays and anniversaries.

Mrs Lorna Kenyon, who lives - _
beside the private drive leading to
the mansion, said that she and her
husband would be most affected as
every car going to or from the
house would have to pass their
home. She feared they would suffer
“light, noise and car pollution.”

Residents of The Street, Eric
Gaskill and Ian Burniston also
voiced thier concerns about
increased traffic passing through -.
the main village street. .

Mrs Tl‘-wigg said she did not want to '

make anybody’s.life a misery in the
village and would ‘move the drive
further away from the‘Kenyons’
home, or perhaps put in more
passing bays in Rose Lane.

City Councillor for the area Bill
Oakey said the question of access
and traffic would be the big
plamiing issue; When parish _
‘council members came to discuss
the application, they too expressed
. concerns about the increase in

traffic, although they were not =
against the application for change
of use. ' . - C

A one-way system involving Rose ' '

Land and Frog Lane was one idea.
_But Cllr Rodneychew said he
would vehemently oppose any
scheme which would allow the
speed of traffic using the narrow
Rose Lane to increase. .

Councillors decided‘ the would not
oppose the change of use _ - .
application but uld ask the City
Council to take a-careful look at
the traffic aspect and to restrict the
change of use to the applicant and
not to any subsequent owner.

-ma_t_tm_"s_Was
the ongoing question of the’ alleged
illegal tipping of waste material at
Mill House, Woodgate, the City '

Council having ordered the owner
to remove the material from the
site.


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City Council--planning officer ,DaVic'-

' Sime had written to tell the council

that in his view the __bre_ach_of -
planning control-had been
remedied and that a significant
portion of the material had.._been a
removed, As a result-it'.l1a‘d‘b'een
decided that no further action
would be taken. However, the - _
parish council is still unhappy
with the situation, feeling that the
spoil has not been removed from
the site but merely redistributed in
order to provide a level field out of
the hillside. ' - '

Council chairman Colin Baker
said: “If this is how planning and
enforcement goes, you might as
well not have any.” - .-

Cllr Oakey said he was very _.
concerned about the whole issue of
enforcement and planning and

. agreed that he would take the _

matter further.

He also reported that the Section of
106 Town and Country Planning
Act 1990 agreement over the

-storage of seasonal workers’

caravans in Pett Bottom had at last
been signed. He said that when the
agreement was being negotiated _
two and a half years ago it was
agreed that the yard would be
screened by fast growing conifers.
The owner, Mr Mansfield, now said
that landscaping will be completed
by the end of the year and a barn
would be put up to replace the
present asbestos one which would
house tractors locked -away ' '
overnight. '

Permission had been granted for
new stables at Bourne Park Stud in
June, 2002, subject to theexisting

haystore and stable block being

demolished‘. That work has still not
been done and C111‘ Nick Rooke said
he understood the ownerwould be
instructing land agents to erisure
the demolition took’p1ac'e. The
council will keep the matter under
review . -

The clerk, Gerald Wenham,- I

4 reported that _t_he'City Council had
7 given consent -for the erection of a
- stable blockand tackroom at The -»

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Paddock, The Street, subject to

four conditions. The parish council _

had ofiered no objection to the _ '
plan. -

The council is pressing ahead with
a housing needs survey to 1
determine whether or not the

village wanted it to pursue the

possible provision of affordable
housing in the village. A .
questionnaire is being prepared

‘and it is hoped that it would be

officially launched at the February
meeting of the cou_ncil, two which
the Kent Rural Communities

' _ ,_ Council housing enabler Jennifer

Shaw would be invited to explain
the process to 

The council approved its budget for

2-2004[05 and agreed to raise a

precept of £2,555, an increaseof
about three per cent. The council
will also submit a bid for
concurrent function revenue grant
of £1,705.

Following an inspection by the

‘Royal Society for the Prevention of I

Accidents; Wicksteed Leisure, who
provided the new ,children’s play
equipment, has agreed to put right
deficiencies, including fitting a
new crawler tunnel to replace the
existing one which did not_ properly
fit. The council will continue to
pursue the possibility of updating
safety precautions on the old slide
and providing a safety surface
beneath it. A decision will be made
when costs are known. ' -

The vice-chairman, Malcolm
Mitchell, reported on a meeting of
the Little Stour and Naiibourne
River Management Group he had
attended and said there was a
delay in the Environment
Department taking over
responsibility for the Nailbourne.

He reported that ground water
level were low following the tong,
dry, summer, and were about the.
same as at this time in 1999. The
river management group is asking
all member parish councils for a
£25 a year subscription to help with
administration costs. -

The committee was hoping to hear
the results of Southern Water’s
su.I:vey of the main Nailbourne
Valley sewer in the New Year.

Cllr Chew reported on the annual .
meeting of the Kent Association of
Parish Councils and on a City
Council street monitors meeting.
The chairman is to attend a
meeting of the Parish
Remuneration Panel at the
Guildhall, Canterbury, at 4pm on
December 11.

The council had already indicated
that it would be paying attendance
allowances to members but it was
not understood that such
allowances as travelling and
subsistence expenses ‘could not he .
paid to members without authority_
from the remuneration panel, .

The litter bin which vanished from

the Neame Meadow playing field -

has stiil not been found, despite an
appeal to villagers. The council
will ask the city council about a
replacement. -

A poplar hedge in Pett Bottom was
said by Clir Chew to be in need of «
cutting back. -The matter willbe '
‘taken up with Kent Highways.

A “friendly word” is to be had with I

the owners of cars whopark them
on the pavement in Station Hill, '
causing pedestrians to have to
walk in the road around them.

- . There will be‘ no meeting of the

council in Decembergthe next will
be on Wednesday, January 21, at

7 _.3_0pm. ' ,_ _ _ '
_Parish_church; '_I_-‘he "Eucharist was
celebrated at St Mary the Virgin-
Church on Sunday, November 23.

On Sunday,7Novem_ber 30, there
will be no service at St Mary’s. The
only service to be held in the .
Barham Downs-runitedheinefice, of
which Bishopsbourne is a member,
will be joint benefice-Eucharist at
St John the‘Bap_ti'st_Church,
Barham, at,1_0an_1.' There will also
be morni.ngvv_orship at Barham
Methodist Chapel at the same ti-me.

A Christmas bazaar in aid of - _
church funds will -be held in the
Conrad Hail on Saturday,
November 29, from 10am to noon.
This will provide an opportunity
for Christmas present buying, with
stalls including cakes and produce,
gifts, bran tub, coffee and mince
pies. C ‘ .
A special choir is being created to
lead the worship at the benefice
carol service on Monday, December
22, at St Margaret of Antioch
Church, Womenswoid. Anyone
interested in joining the choir is
invited to attend rehearsals, being
held in St Giles’s Church, -
Kingston, at 11.15am on Sundays,
December 14 and December 21.

The parish has a new church
administrator, Brian Davis, who
will be assisting the Rector the Rev
David Roper, with his parish and
deanery duties.

For more details on any ‘of the
above or any other church matter --
contact the Rector at'The Recotry,
Barham, phone 01227 831340 or the
reader, Miss Mary Ambrose on
01227 830856. ‘ _ .

Wine and wisdom: Tickets are
available at £3 each for the wine
and wisdom evening at the Conrad
Hall on Saturday, December 6.
Contestants are invited by the hall
trustees to make up tables of eight.

T The quiz will take the format of

the popular Who Wants to be a,
Millionaire? teievision show,
offering those taking part for
options for the answer. Quizgoers
are asked to take their own wine
and food, although mince pies and

nibbles will be available.

Tickets can be obtained from

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