Bogus callers It seems we have some bogus callers in the area. One pre-tends to be from a wa-ter company, the other turns up with a copy of the Parish News, claiming to have been sent by the Vicar. If you've had a visit from either of these peo-ple, please could you let our PCSO, Sue Radcliffe, know (tel: 0777 222 6190). Please check on your neighbours and don't forget that a genuine caller will not mind you checking with their head office (get the num-ber from the phone book, not a number they give you). A History of Bridge The Bridge and District History Society have produced a 36 page booklet covering many aspects of Bridge history, with pictures - and specifically mentions many individual houses in the village. This booklet is available from the Post Office, or Mervyn Gulvin’s office at just £3.50. Art in Bridge To contact the Council Please write, telephone or email the Parish Clerk: Christobel Seath Bridgeford House, Brewery Lane, Bridge, CT4 5LF 01227 831085 email: clerk@bridgevillage.org.uk Bridge Parish Councillors Ann Edmonds Chairman, Affordable Housing Footpaths, Parish Forum 01227 830795 ann@bridgevillage.org.uk John Hill Vice-Chairman, Rural Area Member Panel Planning, Affordable Housing 01227 830215 johnh@bridgevillage.org.uk Colin Beesty Recreation Ground, Mill Centre, BVST 07989 495202 colin@bridgevillage.org.uk Barbara Beinder Village Hall, Recreation Ground, Bridge School 01227 830514 barbara@bridgevillage.org.uk John Corfield Recreation Ground, ACRK, Newsletter 01227 830976 johnc@bridgevillage.org.uk Mark Esdale Affordable Housing, Village Hall Youth Group, Police Forum, 01227 832740 mark@bridgevillage.org.uk Mervyn Gulvin Recreation Ground, Mill Centre, BVST Allotment Association, Nailbourne Group 01227 830881 mervyn@bridgevillage.org.uk Selwyn Lewis Planning, Trees, Police Forum 01227 830186 selwyn@bridgevillage.org.uk Terry Wilmshurst Planning, KAPC 01227 830310 terry@bridgevillage.org.uk BRIDGE Parish Council Caring for the village Spring 2008 Newsletter Bridge High Street looking towards Dover Included in this issue:- Youth Shelter arrives Welcome pack Litter pickers Speedwatch Wild flower project Youth group vacancies Annual Parish meeting Thursday 15th May 2008 at 7.30 pm This year’s exhibition:- 4th & 5th October 2008 www.artinbridge.org.uk Bridge village web site Visit the web site for village news, information, agendas & minutes of Council and Planning meetings www.bridgevillage.org.uk Next Parish Council meeting 7.15 pm Planning Committee 7.30 pm Full Council Thursday 10th April 2008 Bridge Village Hall - all welcome Speedwatch Do you want to help monitor speeding motorists in the village? If so, please contact Mark Esdale (tel: 01227 832740) and volunteer mph to be trained to use Speedwatch. For further information contact Mark or go to www.kent.gov.uk and search for ‘speedwatch’. Wildflower Project Did you see the spring bulbs in flower on the Recreation Ground? All thanks to the working group and their planting efforts last year. Look out for the shrubs and trees they also planted. Daffodils on the Recreation Ground in March Youth Shelter arrives Thanks to funds from the PC and KCC, the pieces arrive on the R e c r e a t i o n Ground and ‘hey-presto’ Bridge has its own Youth Shelter. We hope the young people of the village will use it on a regular basis and take care of it. pack The Parish Council have a Welcome pack con-taining information about the village especially for new residents. If you know of new residents please let the Clerk know and a pack will be delivered to them. Volunteer litter pickers A small team of six volunteers, have been clearing litter in the village for the past few months. We hope that you have noticed the difference. There are several areas where litter or fly tipping continues. The worst of these is at the local re-cycling point. Techni-cally it is not within the village of Bridge, but, apart from Serco, we seem to be the only oth-ers that are keeping the area clear. We could make use of additional volunteers so that we can more regularly clear some of these problem areas. If there is any one else who would like to help, please contact Selwyn Lewis (tel: 01227 830186). Youth Group Vacancies Bridge Youth Group has vacancies for new members aged between 10 and 16 years. Meetings are held in the Village Hall between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. The sessions are run by Canterbury City Council Youth workers who have a varied programme each session. For more information please see the village website on www.bridgevillage.org.uk or contact David Edmonds (tel: 01227 830795) or Pam Dobson (tel: 01227 832369).