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Correspondent: J Anderson, 7-

Dering Road, Bridge, Canterbury,

CT4 5NA. 01227 830260
john.anderson74@btopenworld
.com. ' - '

League of Friends: The Nailbourne
Group of the League of Friends
of Canterbury Hospital held a
successful lunch at Lower Hardres
Village Hall on Wednesday and
raised £600 towards a portable‘

_ blood pressure monitor for the
Cancer Care Department, for
whom Dr Stuart Coltart came _
and explained its usage. Elizabeth
Stewart thanks all who supported
the event., _

Christian Aid: During Christian
Aid Week May 15-21, collectors
will be calling for those little red
envelopes.

Important international meetings
this year will give the government
an opportunity to take the lead
for trade justice. The meeting of
the world’s richest eight nations
returns to the UK in July and the
UK government wants the agenda
to address poverty in Africa. From
July to September the UK holds
the presidency ‘of the EU and in
1 December there is the ministerial

meeting of the World Trade
Organisation.

This Christian Aid Week you will ‘

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have the opportunity to vote for
trade justice ‘on the voting card
that wfll be delivered in a red
envelope. _

If you are a taxpayer and fill in the
declaration on the envelope, your
gift is worth 28 per cent more to
Christian Aid. If everyone does
this it will raise at least an extra

   
       

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My 21 in the schooéfifirountls
lrorn.11.a0am-2pm. a fan '
dross 9.-rade is at noon and other
attrac ion are a lucky dl .i‘aoe
Fainting. tombola, with t 9 sale of

o , books and brie-a-brac. There
11 also be a barbecue and draw

Fish news‘: Thi neishhourly help -
group's only fund raising event
will be on Saturday May 21 in the
village hall from 10am. There will
be a raffle, a bric-a-brac stall, plants
and home- made cakes. All are
welcome, if only for a few minutes.

Church news: The church has lost
some of its help with cleaning.
Anyone who could spare a couple
of hours once a month, to go on a
rota, is asked to phone 01227 831678.

Health and Healing Group: The

next meeting will be on Thursday
May 5 at 7pm at 7 Windmill Close.
Phone Kath Pierce on 01227 830844
with requests for help following
sickness, bereavement, depression
or any other situation. You are sure
of a welcome and praying together
can be rewarding and comforting.

Church Diary: Saturday May '7,
7pm organ recital, Bekesbourne
Church, for details contact Mrs
Jane Millyard 01227 831029

Monday May 9, 7.30pm Caring and
Sharing Group, 20 Riverside Close,
Bridge. T 1 ,

Tuesday May 10, 3pm Holy
Communion, Churchill House,
Bridge; Spin After Eights Group, 58
Western Avenue, Bridge.

Wednesday May 11 7pm onwards,
Ears and Beers, Plough and .
Harrow, Bridge. . . '

Church services: Thursday, May
5 Ascension Day 7pm. Holy
Communion, the Rev P Filmer
and the ‘Rev H Hentschel, St Peters
Church, Bridge.
Sunday May 8 Easter 7, 10am
Matins, Chris Maclean, St Mary's,
Patrixbourne; 11am Family
Service, Tony Washington, St
Peters, Bridge.

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9.30am Holy Communion, Mr
Filmer, St Mary’s, Nackington;
6pm Evensong, Mr Filmer, St Mary
The Virgin Lower Hardres; 11am
Bridge Methodist Church, the Rev
Barbara I-leather.  .

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Correspondent: J Anderson, 7

. Bering Road, Bridge. Canterbury,

CT4 5NA_.'or.227 830260

_ 'john.anderson74@btopenwo'rld

.com . .
Party: A Victory Celebration Party

. is planned for July 1_0 in- the

village__ha]l as a Second World War
commemoration day,  flom
2-5pm. Plans include a comedy
magician, local soprano and _
keyboard musician, with a raffle -
and afternoon tea. Entrance £4.50
by lucky number ticket from Barry
Whiting phone 01227 -830506 or at
the door. Dress code is red, white
_ and blue. Profits will go to the
anniversary appeal by the Royal
British Legion. -
Neighbourhood Watch: The Bridge

South West Neighbourhood Watch
newsletter has been re-introduced
under the auspices" of Graham _
Moore, at Riverdale House’, 82 High
St Bridge e-mail graham@river '
dale.plus.coIn If anyone has any
comments or suggestions by which
the newsletter may be ‘improved,
please get intouch. Thanks go

to Selwyn Lewis for his hard

work ‘organizing the newsletter
previously. '

The new Kent County Councillor
for the district is__Cllr Michael '
N orthey who will be available to B

I '. discussany problems" concerning

the county council. Matters
concerning Canterbury City
Council will still be dealt with
by your local City Cllr, John
Anderson.

‘Church  E  

Aid Week.‘ _
Monday May 16, -Caring and B

Sharing Group, 58 Western Avenue, __

Bridge 7.30pm. , _
Tuesday May 17, Holy Communion,
Saxon Lodge, Bridge 3pm;

' AfterEights Group, Fairview, _

Bekesbourne Lane, Bekesbonrne

i'8pm.

Friday May 20, Bridge Group visit
to Marburg, Germany.

Church services: Sunday May 15,

Pentecost, 10am Holy Communion,
Canon G Manley, St Pet_er’s
Church, Bridge; 6pm Prayer and
Praise, the Rev P Filmer St Marys,
Patrixhourne .

Other churches in the Bridge‘

_ Group: Sam BCP Communion, Mr
Filmer at St Mary’s, Nackington;
10am Family Service, Mrs M.
Clarke, St Mary the Virgin, Lower

'Hardres;.10an_r Holy Communion,
Mr Filmer, St Peter’s, Bekesbourne; '
11am Bridge Methodist. Church,
Holy Communion, the Rev 1).
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Correspondent: J Anderson, .7 »
Dering Road-, Bridge, Canterbury,
CT4 5NA. 01227. 830260 .
j'ohn.anderson74@btop'enworld.
com ‘ , . _ -

Fish news: This neighbourly help
schemes next Coffee .Pop In will
be on Wednesday June 8 from
10-11.15am. All are welcome. If you
need a lift phone Ann Medhurst on
01227 830762. . ' '

Spring fair: The Woodpeckers _ _
Nursery spring fair is on Saturday '

' May 21, in the school grounds from
11.30-2pm. All are welcome.

Church services: Sunday May -

22 Trinity 1, 10am Benefice

. Communion, the Rev P Filmer,
St Peter’s Church, Bridge; 11am
Bridge Methodist Churchservice

_ led bythe Rev-Barbara Heather. ,

 

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PARISH COUNCIL: When the counc_il_ ’
met in the village hall on Thursday _.

May 12, Cllr John" Hill was elected"
chairman and Cllr A‘nn_Edmonds .

1 was elected vice-chairman. ._

Planning: The following were
appointed tothe planning

committee, Cllrs Beinder, Edmonds '

~ and Lewis.

The representatives to outside -.
bodies remain the same as last
year with the exception that Cllr
Esdale has replaced Cllr Dobson
on the Village Hall Management
Committee. Cllr Dobson has been _
I appointed as council representative
on the Art in_ Bridge committee.
There were no changes in the
appointments as representatives to
sub-committees. '

Affordable Housing: Following '
on from her talk to the annual
parish meeting, Jennifer Shaw

of Action with Communities in
Rural Kent addressed the council
and circulated a draft local needs

1 housing survey. It was agreed that

the survey would be delivered to
every household in the village in
early July. The survey is designed to
assess the needfor new. affordable
local housing in Bridge.

Notice board: A new board has been .

erected on Bridge Down’ and will be
used by the council in addition to
the board outside the White Horse.

I ' Clerk’s phone: The phone line has

now been installed in the parish
clerk’s office andthe old number,

i . 01227 831085,'has been retained.. -

-Bridge‘_Hi]l: Additional data;


p , __Thursdayj_lyIaylEi, 2005, (KG) 35 B

supplied by the Highways
Department recording the speeds

of cars entering and leaving the
village shovved little difference in»
speeds. It was agreed to seek the
advice of the Highways Department
as to ‘what measures can now be

taken to reduce the speed -of traffic T

in both directions. ' .
Flood Map: It wasagreed to- ask the

Enviromnent Agency to provide a
‘ ‘copy of its flood map for the whole

of the village so that parishioners
could be informed if their

properties are designated as being ~ A

in an areaof flood risk.

Parking: There have been several
complaints about vehicles parking

_ on the double yellow lines by the

cash point in thel-ligh Street and
of delivery vans and private cars -
parking on the pavement and/or

on double yellow lines outside
Bridgeway Stores. In addition, large

lorries continue to get lost in the ' ‘ -

village attempting to find the depot
for A Gomez Ltd. in Coldharbour
Lane.» Itvvas decided to Write to _
the owner of Bridgeway Stores to

_. explore _pos_sible solutions to the .

parking problems there.- A letter
would be sent to Gomez Ltd -to ask

it once again-to ensure that drivers -
- are given clear directions to_ its

depot and also to request that the _
company erects better-signager on '
the route to the depot.

Donation: The council agreed to
donate £100 to the parochial church
council to‘ the production costs of
the village magazine Qn the Nail.

Blooms: It was agreed to continue
with the Bridge in Bloom ‘

; competition this year._ -

Work to trees: The council had ‘no-

'objection to proposed work- to trees -

at Ivy House, 14 High Street, Bridge,

, ‘ but objects to the proposed felling _
' of two-yew trees on the boundary

with I-ligham Lane at Red Deer,
Bridge Down. The next meeting
will be on June 9 at 7.30pm in the
Vi113_se'ha1l-_ - r to

At its meeillg the same evening

the planning committee agreed-
that it had no objection to the _
following planning application,
CA/05/_0015lt3[BRI, C_edars, Highaln
Lane, erection of ' dwelling (renewal

' of application).

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The committee has writtenito. 

 Canterbury City Council obj ecting __ .' ‘

" to the revised plans for the

following: CA[05'/00362/BRI, south ' ' I

east of Arehways, Conyngham
Lane, erection of two detached -

dwellings and associated garaging _ I I

(resubmission).

- "The following. applications have .
been-notified as granted: CA/05/ _
00280/BRI Bridge and _PatriXbourne_

'CofE School, Conyngham Lane, - . '
stationing of temporary "single . 
storey building; (,_3A]O5/00306/BRI,

' 34 Western Avenue, first floor
extension to sid_e; CA[05/00322/BRI,
The Shires,-O1_d Renville Farm, -
-erection of shed-in rear garden;
The next planning committee

‘meeting will be on June 9"a't 7.159111 I

in the village hall".
. _ Royal British Legion: Twelve

membersattended the May meeting . I

' --at the Recreation Club Littlebourne
- with Doug Fenn in the-chair. After
- . observing the Exhortation and '
5 Silence," the chairman-presented

- Hugh Wheeler, J ini Mount and Bill _ _.

-- _ Bagvvell with Veteran’s'Badges.'
' It was agreed that John Bennett
' become a new member and .he was
- welcomed; The meeting heard that
the Branch Standard has been
awarded a place at the Festival of
Remembrance at the Royal Albert
_ Hall in November. The annual '

trip to Etaples  take -pla_ce- _on 
Sunday June 19, _co_n_t_act_._a branch
officer for details. At the June -
meeting, a short-tall; will be given '

by Geoff Welchon the Work of _the . -fl -- .

St John Ambulance Brigade.-The
._ _ next two monthly. meetings will
, be on Tuesdays, June 14 and July-

12, both at the Recreation Club, '

_ Littlebourne-at 8pm. ' ' '

Church News: Monday May 23-, ' '-

Caring and Sharing-Group,--32___ _

. Riverside Close, Bridge 7.30pm. _
T-uesday_May 24 Holy Communion,‘

' Highfield House, Bekesbourne, -
2.30pm; After Eights Group-58,
Western Avenue, Bridge, 8pn1._ '

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Correspondent: J Anderson, 7 _
Derlng Road, Bridge, Canterbury,
GT4 ENA. 01227 830260
john.enderson7-=1@btopenwor1d.
com ~

Nailbourne Horticultural Society:
Phil Andrews has invited the
Society to View his cactus collection
at The Purlins Meadow Close,
Bridge on Thursday, June 9. We
will meet there at 7pm prompt.
If anyone requires help with


transport would they_please contact

Kathy. Walder on‘ 01227 830057 I

. [evenings]. Mr and Mrs- Andrews
have also kindly agreed to offer
us refreshments afterwards. The
weather is usually kind to us on our
evening visits and we look forward

' to a pleasant sun1mer’s evening S
outing. P‘

I should also like to remind
members that the Summer Show,
which is to be held this year on
Saturday, July 23 at.Bridge School-,
is fast approaching. If you have t
not already got a show schedule,
these are available from any of the
committee members. We had a very
encouraging turnout at last ye_ar"s
show and hope that we can make
this year’s even better.

Boot Sale to be held on Sunday

at the New Close Car Park

in Conyngharn Lane Bridge
commencing at 9am so stall: holders
will need to arrive by 8.30am to

set up. Pitches are £6 booked in.

. advance or £10 on the day. Please
ring Cheryl or Karen on 01227
780070 to book or for further
information. _

NGS Gardens Open for Charity:
The Garden open at Lindisfarne
Bekesbourne Road Bridge Nr
Canterbury from 2-6pm. Plants for
sale. Admission £2 [no children]

Church services: Sunday. Trinity 1

10am St Peter’s Church Bridge
Benefice Communion Rev E Filmer

11am Bridge Methodist Church

Service led by Rev Barbara Heather on