Correspondent: J Anderson, 7
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
CT4 5NA. 01227 830260 ‘

john.anderson74@btopenworld.com

Bridge in Bloom: Judging of the
baskets and tubs by Margaret
Jones, Kathy Walder and Ann
Edmonds,‘ took place at the end of
July. They congratulate
parishioners on the high standard
of the many beautiful exhibits.

Results were: Large businesses,
joint 1 th the Plough and Harrow
and the White Horse Inn; smaller
businesses, 1 Harrow Cottage bed
and breakfast; private households,
1 33 High Street, 2 56 Riverside
Close, joint 3 22 The Close and
Coppice, Bridge Hill. First prize
wiimers will be notified of the
presentation date in due course.

Concert: Concerts are held
biannually for the Friends of
Higham Park and the latest was
another great success and
subscribed. Held in the lavish
surroundings of the restored
mansion, on Friday and Saturday
last week, Cameo Opera presented ‘
‘a programme of Memorable
Moments of Opera and Song.
Singers were Judith Buckle, Clair
Williamson, Michael Mucklestone
and Matthew Craven, accompanied

_ « by pianist Peter Bailey.

This talented Kent group are well
known locally and are doing a
variety of performances in the -next
three months both at the Marlowe
Theatre, Canterbury and the
Theatre Royal, Margate. Being a
beautiful summer’s evening the
audience were able to enjoy their
refreshments during the interval,
on the surrounding lawns with the
superb views over the Nailbourne
Aalley. ' .

Cameo Opera’s next appearance at
Higham Park will be on Friday and
Saturday December 10 and 11 with-
a programme of Something for
Christmas.

All tickets are now sold ‘for these

‘ — _iTeven.ings:;but_there is a Wait;11ig]is_t‘ - ;
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WI: Bridge and Patrixbourne

V ‘ branch August meeting is by

tradition a garden» meeting and will
be held on Tuesday August 17 at
2.30pm at 8 Bridgedown by ‘
permission of Mrs Pat Hulyer. In
the event of rain, the meeting will
take place at the usual time of
7.30pm in the village hall. On
Tuesday September 31 at the same
time and venue, Peter Clarke will
be giving a talk on the Bronze Age
Boat of Dover. The competition for
this month will be an article
beginning with the letter H.

Garden party: The Smallest
Garden Party in the World will be
held by permission of Christine
Hoare at 25 The Close on Saturday
August 21 from 12.30-2pm and 5.30-
7pm. Proceeds to the Royal
National Institute for Deaf People
(Roper House Garden Fund) and
The Jubilee Sailing Trust. Tickets
at £3.50 each from 01227 832447 or
01227 830313.

Church services: Sunday August -
15, Trinity 10, 10am Holy
Communion, Canon G. Manley, St.
Peters Church, Bridge; 6pm Prayer
and Praise, the Rev P. Filmer, St
Mary’s Church, Patrixbourne.
Other churches in the Bridge
Group: Sam BCP Communion, Mr
Filmer, St Mary’s Church,
Nackington; 10am Holy
Communion, Mr Filmer, St Peter’s
Church, Bekesbourne; 10am Family
Service, Mrs. M. Clarke, St Mary
the Virgin Church, Lower—Hardres;
11am Bridge Methodist Church
service led by the Rev David

Marshall. * .

There will also bea Traidcraft stall. C


 

"orrespondent: J Anderson, 7
Jering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
3T4 5NA. 01227 830260

. ‘ohn.anderson74@btopenworld.com

folk in the Barn: The next event

f will be held in the Canterbury

aiathedral International Study
, Sentre on Thursday September 2.
)o0rs -open at 7pm, the concert

7 T gtarting at 8pm.

Phree Generations of West
Country Songwriters" is a unique

_'- -Eombination of artists touring

~ together for the first time. Despite

' Tfiheir diverse“ backgrounds all three

share a love of songwriting and
“performing and a deep affinity for

.'their West Country roots. '

-Steve Knightley is a prolific and
[highly respected songwriter, singer
andpa virtuosomulti- .
instrumentalist; Seth'Lakeman is a
1- ta1ente‘d fiddler; guitarist and 7
singer who has just released his
second; solo album; Jenna is only
16, butfhas been playing piano and

' ‘ writing songs for six years. She has

  
 
 

a startlingly mature Voice and in
her songs she captures the rugged
‘beauty’ of her native North
evonshire coastline‘

ickets at £10 or £8 cons are

 

. available from Debs Earl on 01227.

831493 Or 0779 97 9 0738.

Street Wi-se: Maurice Smith has
agreed to continue as Street ‘
Monitor on the behalf of the parish
council, reporting matters to it,

SERCO direct, and the City Council"

; for action.

 . "It would be a great help if in

addition to his own -observations,
residents would inform him when
they see matters that need
attention under the following
headings: dumped rubbish, fen_ces
hedges andywalls, fly posting,
graffiti, litter, pavements, potholes
(over 2m depth), litter bins, street

7 flfurniture, street lights, trees and
’ . fiverges _and vandalism.

éCo'ntact him on’

5.?molesmith@tiscali.co.uk‘Phone V

101227 831075 or drop a note through
his door at 18 The Close, Union

V ’ Road. He would make a further

plea for all of us. to pick up litter,
particularly that near our own

I 2 property. He hopes that this

request will not go unheeded.

 Twinning: The Elham Valley ’

7 Twinning Association are holding
f an informal Boules and Barbecue

3 Buffet at the top end of the yalley
: at The Unicorn, Bekesbourne on

‘ Saturday August 28 starting at

noon. This is an opportunity for
3 members and non-members to get

' Q together for a chat over afrierldly

‘ game of boules or just catch up
with friends old and new.

To give ideas of numbers for

catering and for more details phone
' Tony or Kathy Walder on 01227
i 830057(evenings).

Health for All: Health for All, the *
registered charity of the Bridge ,
Health Centre supporting one of
the poorest areas of Indiain and
around the Bihar region, has just
published its fifth annual report for
2004. In it Dr Mark Jones reports on
the advances that have been made


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in continuing to consolidate the
Work of providing "self-help groups
and nurse clinics to the area and
providing some food to avoid mal-
nutrition among the children. B .
Close ties are now being made with
the Mahatma Gandi Institute of
Medical Sciences, initially a small
community hospital and now
grown to become a Centre of
Excellence for community C
medicine in India. The report also
contains a narration from Sue
Blacker who visited the village of
Kanjar and with reference tosome
of the schools and supporters
locally. The group is grateful for all
donations. Many supporters give
regularly by standing order which
is particularly helpful with the
ongoing running costs. The group '
is able to re-claim tax on all
personal donations made by the
taxpayers and completion of a .
simple declaration enables it to add
a further 28p to each £1 donated

For further details or copies of the
report contact Sue Blacker or
Sharon-Ashmore at the Bridge C
Health Centre phone 01227 832901.

Church services: Sunday August 22
Trinity 11. Barn BOP Communion,
the Rev P. Filmer," St Peter’s
Church, Bridge; 10am Extended
Holy_Con1u1union, St Mary's
Church Patrixbourne. Other
service in the Bridge Group, 9.30am
Holy Communion, St Mary’s
Church, Nackington; 11am Bridge
Methodist_Church service led by
Mr.J.Ellis.


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Corresondentl: J Anderson", 7 ,
Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,

 

_ -CT4 5NA. 0_1_22-7 830_26(_]—.

john.anderson74@btopenworld.com

Church: The two new chl1dren’s
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 resumngin September..'The Works '

now happens at the Village hall '

: . fr.om'9.45-11.15am every fourth

Sunday in the month and .

i organisers are delighted to see so

many children. They built towers — p
out of cardboard boxes, made clay

. statues and decorated gingerbread

men, made stone animals and lion
masks. They have puppets, have ,
heard exciting stories, played
games and learned action songs.
There’s room for a few more
children who are welcometo give it
a try. The next session will be on
September 26.. Sessions have been
. free so far, but from September

they will be asking for a '
"contribution of 50p per child or £1
per family to cover the cost of art
materials. '

The Upper Room has also been a
success. It meets in the upstairs

room of the Plough and Harrow,
thanks to Chris and Melonie

. , Maclean, but there is not room for

many more! Theymeet at 9.15am
on the first Sunday in. the month,
next session on September 5.They
. try to fit in a craft activity, story,

memory verse, song and games
before joining the adults in church
for communion. None of this would
of happened without the brilliant
family services that are already
established the Rev Paul Filmefs
work in the school. Thanks also go‘
to the team of leaders who have
been helping. Ruth Washington
thanks villagers for all their
prayers and support, If you have
any enquiries phone her on 012.27
831155. —

Thursday September 2, 7.30pm
Health and Healing Group, 7 .
Windmill Close, Bridge; 7pm Adult '
Confirmation Group, The Vicarage.

Garden Party: The Smallest

Garden Party in the World, held

last Saturday at the home of r _
Christine Hoare in the Close, Union '
Road, was an outstanding success.
The total raised from botht-he
morning and evening sessions was _
£250 for the Traidcraft Stall-and a - _. _
further £300 to be divided‘ between
the two charities selectedthis year,
The Royal National Institute for
Deaf People (the Roper House
Garden Fund) and the Jubilee
-Sailing ’I‘rust, whose r_epresent-ative

. ' announced that any figure donated


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would be matched by an
anonymous donor. Christine
thanks all who helped with and
supported the event.

Accident: Just after 11pm last .
Saturday night, an accident
involving three vehicles occurred
on Bridge Hill between the Bourne
Park_Road turning and the junction.
- of Patrixbourne Road. Two people
had to-be released by the Fire and
Rescue service and one of the cars
wasa write—off but there were no
serious injuries. Fifteenfeet of the
flint stone wall of St. Peter’s

. Churchyard was destroyed and the

‘flagpole knocked down. All this
' took place within the 30mph limit.

The incident emphasizes the need
for motorists to t_ake extra care in
this area until" the Highways
Department can complete the _
traffic calming work on the south
side of the village.

Canterbury Orchestra: Musical
director John Myhill is planning
exciting programmes for four or.
five public concerts each year. The
next will be on November 20 with
works by Prokofiev, Borodin and
Mahler. Rehearsals are on Friday
evenings during term—time in .
Canterbury.

He has vacancies for all string and
brass players (except cellos), and-

_ occasional vacancies in allsections.
Players should be about grade 6 to7
or above. There are no formal
auditions }_3‘_~.1l£§E1.1.1.31‘ commitment,
is "expected. 'Sti‘Ide'rits,' 14' or over,

interested phone Nicky Pound on %
01304 812755 or Barbara Armstrong
on 01227 738243.

School library: The Bridge and
Patrixbourne School library is
being opened up for preschool
children to share with the pupils. 

listen to stories, browse -through
books, take part in activities or
borrow a book to take home.
Starting on September 7 it will be
open during term time on Tuesday
and Friday afternoons from 1.45-
3.15. Children are welcome to
attend for part or all‘ the sessions

Oxenham look forward to seeing
you. ‘

Services: Sunday September 29, J
Trinity 12, one Benefice service for
the whole of the Bridge Group of
Parishes, 10am Benefice Holy J
Communion, the Rev P. Filmer, St.
Mary the Virgin Church, Lower

. Hardres; 11am Bridge Methodist _

Church service led by Miss J. Hall.

4 _m_ -_ .. ‘._.._.. .....u_.u_'.u._ A an-z\rn=rnH~_  |"d"(""|»q

enjoy free membership. If you are . -'

Toddlers are "welcome to visit and . s '

but anadult‘ must.-accompany:them {ii
at all times. Sarah Moore and Di.   


  

Correndnt: N File, Northorp, 3 '
Church Road, Littlebourne A _
Whist: The monthly vvhist drive at
Ellen Court, N-argate Street, had”
Mrs B. Clapton as MC. T '

Winners. were Mrs K. Ridgwell’, Mrs
M. Fenn, Mrs H. Terry, Mrs E. Wigg,
R. Freelove, Mrs .J_. Hopkins, Mrs.-J. /-
Needhamand Mrs E. Hayward.-

Rafflewinners were Mrs. .0. ' ,
Quested, J._Knight, E. Dockrell, R."
Hopkins and Mrs J. Dockrell. -

e The next whistdrive at Ellen

, Court, will be on Monday‘ A
September 13 at 7.15pm, one week .
earlier than usual; t - .

Chapel refurbi_sh_ment: The Chapel
in Nargate Street is undergoing
refurbishment with grants, ' .
including one from the Department
for the Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs. This will lead to new _
T family activities in October. a
Anti—by_pass group: The Stop the A
Littlebourne Bypass group is '
seeking support. It opposes the
parish council’s support for:a
bypass, claiming that a bypass
would “wipe out a large. swathe of
irreplaceable attractive , _ .
countryside” and be detrimental to 
local businesses. They advocate a
weight restriction on the A257 .
bridge, traffic lights at the A257, _
Nargate Street and rB’ekesbourne.-
Lane junction, speed cameras and a
pinch point" on -The Hill. Further
information on the campaign can -
be obtained by phoning
07759661699. '* -
Art project: The _children’s
workshops -at the Barn have
pr0du_ced some excellent work and .
Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Jutish
' poles have been produced. ._
Workshops ‘continue on Saturday
afternoons -until Heritage weekend . i
on September 11 and 12. Work will
include creating _a hopapicking pole.

Photographs or items of ‘interest
that‘ could be copied are being —
sought. Photographs canbe lent,
with a name and address for
. return, by posting in the post box
on the back of Tudor Cottage or at
the worshops at The Barn. _ f

Barn Produce: The second

,‘ Littlebourne Barn produce show '

- will be held on Monday August 30
from 10.30am to -3.30pm. Produce
willbe -auctioned at Spin. There
will be jam, honey and art and craft. ’
stalls, Admission isifree and ;
schedules are obtainable from Tony 5
Blofield on 01227 721918, Jackie
Payne i721716,.Mike Burns-Starks
721467, John Pollard 728216 and S
from the -King William and Anchor i

public houses. i

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