_l\- -'—“""‘u\u ‘\. I" A MAGAZINE FOR THE VILLAGES ALONG THE NAILBOURNE January 1988 25p V 6," If ya /0 I L/“}InurId '/I /V . . ornax Bung}: \ . 1/ 1/ fl <:':::; '1‘: K0 Q (flint Qhnbe C01-‘INS Gents’ Stylist 88 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE Canterbury (0227) 830236 34 High 5*" HOURS OF BUS‘NESS Bridge MON. Appointments only “Am 37“-I373 Tel: TUES. 8.30—5.30p1n LADIES ' TEENAGERS ' CHILDREN Bridge WED. Appoint’samon1y OPEN: MONDAY T0 SATURDAY 330641 Egg?‘ Appjfgngfgfgflfi —<»o:4!r!oo— SAT. 8.00 — 2.00pm BEAUTY SALON 1st Floor Christine Finnis D.R.E., B.A.B.T.A.C. Eiectroiysisi Electrolysis, Aromatherapy, Faciais, Steam Treatments, Eyebrow Shaping, Lash and Brow Tintin ,a:\ggnril<;Liilr:s, \ ADVERTISERS SUPPORT I Pedicures, Waxing, Make-up—- bridal & speoiai occasions. US _ PLEASE SUPPORT Minor Cosmetic Surgery— broken veins, blood spots, skin tags etc. THE ADVERTISERS CANTERBURY 830741 Piumbing o Roof Repairs . Painting 8. Decorating . Glazing . Building H. GOODSELL &. SON LTD. 18 — 19 WATLING STREET, CANTERBURY Tel: 464522 Also at Maidstone & Medway Associate C0mpany—Avery & 00. Engineering (Maidstonei Ltd. - Stee! & Sheet Metal Work Barh am Crematorium Set in twenty acres of beautiful parkland overlooking the Elham Valley Well -appointed Chapel with organ and a wide range of memorials including Book of Remembrance, Memorial Tablets and Roses Our help and advice together with the experience ofover 50 years service to the County are freely available to you. Enquiries: Supt. at Canterbury 83135] C. W. LYONS & SON LTD. ii FUNERAL SERVICE ST. GREGORY'5. TELEPHONE 463508 MILITARY ROAD. CANTERBURY. — DAY AND NIGHT 2 nus VILLAGE SHOP "- °- '’‘““‘E'‘ 26 High Street, Bridge Tel: 830917 PLUMBING Offering you a personal service . . . CENTRAL HEAT'NG & MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR Grocery & Provisions Frozen Foods Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Bread — Cakes lee Cream — Minerals Confectionery etc. Sundnes ‘ 107 STURRY ROAD, CANTERBURY CT1 10A Tel: 451271 Open: Weekdays 8am — 6pm Sundays 9am — 12 Noon ARDPRIORY KENNELS & cmenv Hawkins BEKESBOURNE LANE, CANTERBURY (SANDWICH aoAo END) the Newsagents Telephone: Canterbury 462695 Q The only Kennels in the City of Canterbury 80 HIGH STREET, BRTDGE, 0 Collections and delivery by CANTERBURY’ KENT arrangement Tel: 830679 0 Terms on application 0 Pekingese and King Charles Opening Hours.'«— Fmpples “5Ua"Y for 53"? Monday—Friday: 6.00-tpm, 2.15~5.30pm 0 Both breeds at Stud Saturday: 6.00-tpm, 2.00—5.00pm MRS. G. ALLAN, AFTDPRIORY, S””daV3 7'00'12'00am E’-EKESBOURNE LANE, CANTERBURY llltge fianeienafie She ' - NORTHGATE ®wfi‘CANTERBURY ' (0227) 451188 S & W ASPHALT FLAT ROOFING & FLOORING SPECIALISTS _- '_ 16 UNION ROAD BRIDGE Tel: Office: Canterbury 830266 Evenings: Canterbury 463675 NEEDLEWORK - TAPESTFIY - TOYMAKING - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - BASKETRY -_ MACRAME - DOLL HOUSE MAKING GLASS ENGRAVING . . . and many many others. Sunday Worship in January Bridge Patrixbourne Bekesbourne 3rd: . llam Family Service Sam Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion 6.30pm Evensong 10th: 9.30 The -Eucharist llam Matins Sam Holy Communion (A SB Rite A) 6.3-0pm Evensong 17th: 9.30 Parish Communion Sam Holy Communion llarn Matins (A SB Rite A) 6.30pm Evensong 24th: . r 8am Holy Communion 9am Holy Communion 11am Matins 6.30pm Choral Evensong ' 31st: _ 9.30 The Eucharist 11am Matins ' Sam Holy Communion {A SB Rite A) 6.30pm Evensong 7th _February':' - 11am Family" Service Sam Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion 6.30pm Evensong Bridge Methodist Church at 11am: 3rd, Miss D.R. Rosman, Ph.D 10th, Cov- enant Service, The Revd. Sheila Foreman. 17th, Mrs M.C. Fairhurst, B.Ed. 24th, Miss J. Charlesworth, M.A. 31st, The Revd. Dr. T. Willshaw, M.A. , B.D. Weekdays Celebrations of Holy Communion will be held in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge each Wednesday (BCP) at 9.30am and Friday (ASB Rite A), except the 1st, at 7.30am. Holy Communion at Churchill House is on Wednes- day, 6th at 10.15am. The New Close service is each Wednesday at 2.30pm, and nor1—residents are always welcome to this short informal act of worship‘. For your diary and prayer list lst Naming of Jesus or Circumcision of Christ 3rd Second Sunday after Christmas 6th Epiphany of Our Lord 10th First Sunday after Epiphany Junior Church re—commences at 9.30am in Bridge Village Hall 13th St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367 Fish Scheme Coffee Pop—I11, Bridge Village Hall, 10.15—11.45arn 14th Bridge Parish Council, The Hunter Room, 7.30pm 17th Second Sunday after Epiphany 18th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity until 25th 19th Bekesbourne PCC, School House, 8pm 21st St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr, 304 United Service, Bridge Church, 7.30pm 4 24th Third Sunday after Epiphany 25th Conversion of St. Paul 26th St. Timothy & St. Titus, Companions of St. Paul East Bridge Deanery Synodmeets in Bridge Methodist Church 27th St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407 28th St. Thomas Aquinas, TeacheroftheFaith, 1274 30th Pray for Brian Stonard and Louise Hollingsbee, to marry today at Bridge. 3lst Septuagesima Sunday 9 before Easter Rosemary and Raymond Gilbert would like to thank all who sent Christmas greetings to them and the family. Thank you also for so much love and support on so many occasions. The Reva’ Clive Barlow is our Rural Dean, and in sending his = New Year greetings to us all he offers these perceptive thoughts for I988. Expanding horizons A story is told ofthe late Bishop William Quayle, who on a train journey found himself one of several men discussing various problems. Finally one of his travelling companions, a sales representative of a commercial company, turned to the Bishop, whose identity he did not know, and asked, “What is your line of business? What do you deal in?” To which the Bishop replied: “Horizons”. Last month, the media went to town on the Archbishop of Canterbury; the coming Lambeth Conference; the Church of England in general and Bishops in particular. Bishops have an impossible task in today’s church, as do any who find themselves ‘called into office’ to exercise leadership in an instit- utionweven Rural Deans and Parish Priests seeking to encourage shared ministry in a more democratic church. What is your line of business? What do you deal in? Bishop William Quayle replied, “Horizons”. His commission as a representative of Christ required him to lift peoples’ eyes from the immediate and near to the distant skyline and beckoning goals of God’s Kingdom. He knew what he should be about. Do we? As we enter another year, I trust that in all the parishes of East Bridge Deanery, Christians will endeavour to expand their horizons, putting service before security, partnership before status; be persevering, adaptable, receptive —-—and above all, be faithful to the call of Christian discipleship. During 1988 and beyond, churches and communities in Canterbury Diocese which have the most resources and are well provided for, will be called upon to help and strengthen churches and communities in the places where demands are greater; facilities poorer and very often, labourers few. I trust that in our Deanery Working Groups and SPAN meetings we shall expand our horizons by sharing and caring, giving and receiving, and as we grow together, find that we are building up the body of Christ. Those who have opportunity to watch the Lambeth 1988 video programme will receive a powerful reminder of the different cultures which will be repres- ented by the Bishops of our Anglican Family meeting in Canterbury, and that Christianity is about entering new relationships, overcoming prejudices, reconciling; sharing pain and being part of the healing processes experienced in 5 living out the Gospel. If we can bring this perspective into our individual lives; into our commun- ities and deanery, our horizons will expand, and we shall pray God’s guidance and wisdom ‘not on the basis of what we may have already planned to do (that he may bless our way) but that we may discoverhis way for us joyfully in 1988. Crockfords and all that [X Until last month’s unhappy episode connected with the preface to the latest edition, few people had ever heard of Crockfords, other than maybe as a London gaming house of that name. _ Cr0ckf0rd’s Clerical Dictionary, to give it its proper -title, is essentially just what its name suggests, a dictionary containing professional details of all-the clergy of the Church of England. So, for instance, should you want to know such scintillating information as where your vicar did his training, when and where I was ordained and what I got up to‘ before arrivi-ng in these parishes, Crockfords will oblige-. It will also tell you that I am either _older than you imagined, or not as old as .you thought I was, for nowadays a clergyman’s year of birth is also given. _ Before you all rush off to buy a copy, however, you should know that Crockfords is extremely expensive. It will set you back more than £25 to satisfy your curiosity! Certainly I cannot imagine any of the entrants being able to buy Crockfords, unless they get it by virtue of their office, or from a rich donor, or happen to be that virtually extinct breed, the parson of means. 31¢ 31¢ * To return to the affair of the Preface. I wonder what you thought of it all? I don’t mean, did you agree with what the author wrote, but how did the whole incident strike you? Working under the cloak of anonymity those who write the Crockfords prefaces usually take the opportunity to speak their mind, knowing they personally cannot be held to account for what subsequently appears in print. And they usually do so with valued and constructive judge- ment. Whether this particuiar preface was faithful to those ideals I would not know, since I have not read it, but it is poignantly sad that the man who wrote it should end up taking his life for a reason presumably not wholly discon- nected with it. The writing at issue seems to have overstepped the bounds of acceptable controversy, to an extent where it was certain to raise a few hackles and cause a few hurts. That is in itself a sad situation, but maybe we of his diocese feel particularly sore that our revered and beloved archbishop should be bruised in the course of it. Of course, those in high office are open to criticism, indeed they expect it, and no one is perfect, but when the assailant is clearly someone of note (and that is one thing about these authors we do know) it is especially hard to withstand, and must cause the victims unjustifiable hurt. One thing is certain, those responsible for selecting future anonymous authors will be well advised to tread exceptionally warily. If I were them I think I would be inclined to pass the choice over to someone else! St. Peter’s Church, Bridge appeal In response to justifiable enquiries _Douglas Hill, our Honorary Treasurer, submits the folio wing report on the 1985 Appeal. It is now over two years since the Bridge Church Appeal was launched, designed to raise the necessary funds to meet the cost of specified major repairs to the church fabric. These repairs were completed progressively during 1987. The last of the accounts for the repair work has finally been received from the contractors and has been paid. This action enabled me to claim the balance of the Grant Aid promised, and this too has been recently received. It is, therefore, now possible for me to report on the financial aspects of the appeal, and the funding of the repairs, and this is summarised below. Since the original appeal, we have been faced with additional costly repairs to the bell tower stonework, occasioned no doubt by the rigours of the two recent arctic winters. Although it will necessitate exhausting our Bridge General Reserve Fund, and hearing this in mind, I am pleased to report that our remaining funds should be sufficient—hopefully—to complete all the work above. Unfort- unately, and I must stress this point, there will be little or nothing left in the Bridge Church General Reserve Fund to meet any contingency, which undoubtedly will arise in the future. Summary of Major Repair Works and the Funding thereof Costs .2.‘ included under the Bridge Church Appeal: Treatment of Roof Timbers by Rentokil, and Architects’ Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2933 Exterior Flintwork repairs by Barton Construction Ltd and Architects’ Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2283 Flintwork ‘bulge’ repairs above the West Door by Canterbury Cathedral Stonemasons and Architects’ Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Total work. completed and paid 5866 Estimate of cost of Bell Tower Stonework repair work in hand by Canterbury Cathedral Stonemasons, together with Architects’ Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3425 Total Costs 9291 Funded By Bridge Church Appeal Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4096 General Reserve (Bridge Church) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163 Grants received: Marshal1’s Charity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Historic Churches Preservation Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 Canterbury City Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732 Kent County Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 East Bridge Deanery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 4032 Total Funds , 9291 Made members of Christ Janine (fioralyn Burge, daughter of Christopher and Rosina, was brought all the way from her home in Singapore to be baptized on Saturday, 5th December last in St. Mary's Church, Patrixbourne, where her parents were married. The next day, at the Family Gift Service, these baby girls were‘ christened in St. Peter"s Church, Bridge: Lucy Angela McCann, daughterof Leslie and Angela of 70 Riverside Close, and Annie Louise Berbiers, whose parents are Nicholas and Debra of Yew Tree, Higham Lane. Many thanks . . . to Martin Fry for voluntarily engineering a great clearance of fallen trees on Old Palace Road, Bekesbourne; also to John Young for much time and effort spent in Bridge Churchyard armed with a chainsaw. Thanks also to -those who so willingly assisted both men. 4: >16 >l< from the residents and ‘Friends’ of The New Close to all those who supported so generously the Christmas Coffee Morning on 21st November. The event was a great success socially as well as financially. O_ [_1{_ * * * for the sum of £41, raised at the whist drive in Bekesbourne Village Hall on 10th December towards the funds of the Bridge branch of the Hospital League of Friends. M_ 3_F. * * * to all who made Junior Church truly welcome and gave so generously when some fifty—six adults and children went carol singing on 17th December. They raised £65 -76 for Help The Aged. p,3_ And... The 1987 Bridge & Patrixbourne Christmas Market realized a record £722, and we should like to take this opportunity to thank all those who worked so hard to make it a success. Special thanks are due to the Brownies who _nobly ran the Children’s Toys and Books stall, the" traders of the village and the many other good friends who kindly donated prizes and items for sale. It is only through activities such as this that we continue to be able to pay our way, so we would say thank you to ali our friends for your support over the past year, and ask for your continued support in the future. Stephen Pike, Ch urch warden Bekesbourne too had a very successful Christmas Market, run in conjunction with the Brownies as in recent years. This has the great advantage of bringing in many new faces, both in preparing for the day and in customers on the day. Grateful thanks to all concerned. Money is always a difficulty, and specially with the hurricane roof damage meaning two lots of work to be done on the roof in one year. The Market was a cheerful affair, and so, thank you to the contributors to its success. John purchesej Church warden A diet from the Bible Reading Fellowship S by Nigel Allan An increasing number of people devote much attention to their diet and that of their family. Health programmes on TV and radio and articles in newspapers and elsewhere have persuaded people to look at their eating habits with the result of usually finding them inadequate to healthy living. By taking more trouble to select what they will eat, they can improve the. quality of their lives, reduce avoidable illness and so enjoy good health. The extra trouble spent in judicious shopping and careful preparation is amply rewarded with a soundness of body which is reflected in work and other activities. While it goes without saying that bodily health is of utmost importance, we Christians know that without spiritual health we are incomplete and unable to face the rough and tumble of life with a positiveness and confidence derived from a wholesome spiritual diet. The Bible Reading Fellowship endeavours to provide such a diet judiciously selected from Holy Scripture and carefully prepared by experts. Each day the reader can set aside just a short time to follow a course of selected Bible readings, with helpful notes to explain what is being read. Working through all parts of the Bible, well known and less familiar, you can share in the insights of fellow—Christians and grow with them into deeper understanding and a more firmly—rooted faith. As you feed your mind with knowledge and understanding, and bring your heart to God in prayer, you will become stronger and healthier. The Bible Reading Fellowship provides three series of notes to balance your diet of Bible reading. A ‘DA YLIGH T’ This course will give you, in one booklet, Bible readings and a devotional commentary. Each day’s reading is printed --out, with an explanation and suitable prayers. ‘GUIDELINES’ —specifies longer readings for which you require to use your own Bible. Its commentary is more thoughtful, with devotional points being summarised separately. Readings can be used as convenient within each week. ‘COMPASS’ For younger people—-a series of hand—outs where puzzles, cartoons and picture stories hold the interest. (It uses the Alternative Service Book readings for Sundays.) All these titles are published three times a year and cost £4-05 each per annum. They can be obtained from me, Nigel Nlan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane (Tel: 462695). A display of BRF literature is on show now at the back of Bridge Church. A strong, healthy Christian is the best advertisement for our faith in the world today. Fitness for Faith is fitness for life! Children’s Sequence Dancing Classes will commence in Bridge Village Hall on Wednesday, 13th January from 4 to 5pm. At £1 per class, children will be trained for exams with the International Dance Teachers Association. 13 On The Nail Subscribers to our very successful and highly popular magazine will be pleased to hear that On The Nail will continue in 1988 to be offered for a mere 25p per copy, which at an annual subscription of just £3 is, we believe, real value for money. In thanking existing subscribers for their support we hope to be able to count on their continued patronage. if you are able to pay your whole year’s subscription at one go it would be much appreciated, although we quite understand this would be difficult for some. If this is your first encounter with On The Nail we hope you are enjoying it and finding it both interesting and informative. Regular orders can be placed with Mrs Jane Millyard, School House, School Lane (Tel: 830256) if you live in Bekesbourne, and Mr R. Beckett, 3 Riverside Cottages (T el: 830658) for Patrixbourne residents. If you live in Bridge please contact the magazine distributor for your road, whose name and address is on the list just inside St. Peter’s Church door. C/Z Bridge Guides success On 4th December Lucinda Spencer was awarded the Baden Powell Trefoil by former District Commissioner, Mrs Judy Wiltshier. This is the highest award a Guide can receive, and Lucinda is the second Bridge Guide to gain the Trefoil this year. Work for the badge included a project on the History of Guiding, Service to the Community, new homecraft skills, a new hobby and learning about Guiding in two other countries. Lucinda cut a celebration trefoil cake, made and decorated by her mother, who attended the ceremony with relatives and Lucinda’s former Brownie Guider. M_ 5_F_ (Ed: Bravo Lucinda! Congratulations from us all!) New Guides District Commissioner With effect from this month Mrs Margaret Field (Maggie to most of us) will be taking over as District Commissioner for the Canterbury Rural area of the Girl Guides Association. Maggie replaces Mrs Judy Wiltshier, who has been our Commissioner for the past ten years, and who will become the new Division Commissioner for the Canterbury area, incorporating girls from the Rural, City and Blean districts. Maggie joined 1st Bridge Guides initially as a unit helper and has steadily taken on more responsibilities ever since. She has been a tremendous help in organizing badge testers for the wide range of interests covered by our Guides and has helped with much of the ‘official’ side of Guiding. Even the rigours of camp life have not dimmed Maggie’s enthusiasm. Since September she has been completely organizing Bridge Guides in my absence, allowing me to adjust to first—tirne motherhood. I would like to thank Maggie for all her past help with the company. I know that the Guides and Brownies join me in wishing her every success in those future activities which the new position entails. Good luck! Teresa 14 Nailbourne Protection Society The Nailbourne Protection Society was formed some years ago to keep a watchful eye on the environment around the Nailbourne Valley. The Society has been instrumental in stopping various disastrous’ local plans such as the threatened Pop music festival in Charlton Park and m-any - planning. applications which were considered by the community to be solely in the. interests of the entrepreneurs involved. The society continues to be very conscious of the potential hazards which could slip through planning committ4' ees whose members might not be fully aware of the long—term outcome of such plans or the wish of communities in this part of Kent to preserve their peace and the beauty of their villages and surroundings. This is a properly constituted society with many members and there will be an AGM on 25th January at The Barn, Kingston at 8pm, to which everyone will be welcome. ‘In the meantime, we send out a special cry for assistance, as our hard— working Hon Secretary for the past seven years has found it necessary to resign and the society is in urgent need of a secretary. If anyone would care to assist in this much needed and continual monitoring of our shrinking green heritage, please contact the undersigned chairman of the society on (0227) 830242. Pleasan ce Kirk Bridge Lady Chapel The new curtains behind the Lady Chapel altar are in place and arousing very favourable comment. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Ailsa William- son, Alicia Pentin and their helpers who have done a first class job, not forgetting the many others who contributed towardsthe cost. A judicious adjustment to the lighting by Peter Lawrencehas further enhamced what was previously quite a gloomy corner and given us a chapel worthy of its dedic- ation. The Press—Kentish Gazette May I remind everyone in the villages of Bridge and Patrixbourne that _if they have any articles they wish to be publicised in the paper, could they send it by post or hand it in to my house by Sunday evening before the Friday of public- ation? I am reminded o_f the story of when MacMillan became Prime Minister in 1957. His appointment took second place on the front page of his local paper in Sussex to a report of a Brighton and Hove Albion football match. He used to keep the cutting on his desk at No 10, as he said, to prevent himself from indulging the impulse towards self—importance. Although we may not have budding prime ministers in this village, do not be afraid of handing in an article which may be of great interest to those both Within and outside your own club or society. John Williamson, Kentish Gazette Correspondent for Bridge and Patrixboume; Beechmount, Conygham Lane, Bridge (Tel: 830399) 15 PARISH PUMP Parish Council News Bridge Parish Council At the Parish Council meeting on the 10th December, representatives from the Bridge Village Sports Trust were present. Mr John Knight reported that the new sports pavilion was only four working days away from roof level and would be completed by the date promised to the Cricket Club, and the Treasurer of the Trust, Mr John Edgington, gave a full financial report, including grants and loans expected or appiied for. Cllr Mrs Margaret Jones suggested that they also apply for assistance to Television South who, she said, had indicated that they welcomed such applications. On the question of byeiaws which the City Council were preparing to control fouling by dogs in public open spaces, the Parish Council decided to inform the City Council that they would favour a byelaw involving a total ban of dogs from the Rec- reation Ground, particularly as it was used primarily for organised sports and children playing, and there were alternat- ive areas available nearby for exercising dogs. The Cierk reported that grant aid was expected through the City Council for clearance work and replanting of trees on the Recreation Ground after the damage caused by the storms in October. Streets and Footways The Parish Council noted with regret that their request for Union Road to be made ‘one way’ from its junction with the High Street to its junction with Dering Road, had been turned down by the County Council after consultation with the Police. Planning The Council had no observ- ations to make on applications for an additional bedroom, home for the elderly, 30 Western Avenue, a garage extension to The Plat, Beech Hill, or in principle to an application for a single storey rear extens- ion to the bungalow at 5 Western Avenue, although they would point out to the City Council that the proposed extension would restrict light to the adjoining property. The Council were strongly opposed to an application for a large development on land at Kingston adjacent to the A2 to provide services and other facilities. Cllr David Heap had repres_ented the Parish Council at a Parish Meeting held in Kingston recently to discuss the action to be taken by them. The Clerk was instruct- ed at this stage to write letters of objection to the scheme to the City Council Technic- al Director, The Chairman of their Plan- ning Committee as well as to the local MP, Julian Brazier and local District and County Councillors. Regarding the carrying out of a viliage appraisal for Bridge in view of the Kent Structure Plan proposals, an initial meeting with interested parties had been arranged for 16th December. The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Thursday, 14th January at 7.30pm in what is now a nice and cosy Hunter Room, thanks to the newly install- ed central heating system. K. A. Walder, Clerk ‘Fish’ Scheme news <>< With the coming of winter demands on the WRVS clothing store of warm clothing for children and the elderly have become very heavy. Our knitters are keeping up a good supply of children’s clothing. At present the store is very short of men’s jerseys and cardigans. If you have any surplus clothes in good condition they will be put to good use for local people in need. Clot-hes or wool can be taken to the WRVS c_entre in the Castle Street Car Park or we can arrange to collect them from you. The shopping evening arranged by the Canterbury Volunteer Bureau made an enjoyable evening outing for a party of our senior citizens who don’t often get in to" Canterbury to shop. They sendtheir thanks to the Volunteer Bureau and the VOl11I1'[6€1"-d1'lV€I'S. A $ * * The next Coffee Pop—In will be on Wednesday, 13th January in Bridge Village Hall from 10.15 to 11.45am. Everyone is welcome to come and join US! Joan Warren, 830233 St. Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne The cleaningrota for January is as follows ‘(date is that of the Sunday): 3rd, Mrs Russell. 10th, Mrs Grey. 17th, Mrs Beckett. 24th, Mrs Smith. Mrs Ash will. attend to the flowers as necessary during the month. Vicar: The Revd. Raymond Gilbert, A.K.C., The Vicarage, 23 High Street, Bridge CT4 5] Z (830250) PATRIXBOURN E WITH BRIDGE Church wardens.‘ Mr. J .J . Williamson, Beechmount, Conyngham Lane, Bridge CT4 SJ X (830399) Mr. S.R._Pike, 12 High Street, Bridge CT4 SJY (830708) Hon. Secretary: Mr. L.W. Sanford, 11 Windmill Close, Bridge CT4 5LY (830411) Hon. Treasurer.‘ Mr. D.R. Hill, Red Deer, Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830426) Organist (Bridge): _ , , Organist (Parrixbaurnejs Mrs. G. Allan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury CT3 4AD (462695) Tirne& Talents: Mr. A. Jackson, Cosby, Higham Lane, Bridge CT4 5AY (830489) Verger (Bria'ge).' Mr. J . Hopkins, Old Station Cottage, Bishopsbourne CT4 5] D (830660) BEKESBOURNE Church wardens: Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 51-ID (830937) Mr. N.H. Cruse, 9 Meadow Close, Herne Bay CT6 6NN (361335) Hon Secretary: Mr. J . Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D. Millyard, School House, School Lane, Bekesbourne CT4 5ER (830256) Organist: Mr. S.H. Grey, 63 High Street, Bridge CT4 SLA (830522) Captain of the Bells.‘ Mr. David Farbrace, 3 Downside, .Adisham Road, Bekesbourne CT4 5 HA (830659) Magazine Advertising.‘ Mr. H.P.M. 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Sunday Worship in February Bridge Patrixbourne Bekesbourne 7th: llam Family Service Sam Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion 6.30pm Evensong 14th: 9.30 The Eucharist llam Matins Sam Holy Communion (ASB Rite A) (Revd. C. Verity) 6.30pm Evensong 21st: 9.30 Parish Communion 8am Holy Communion llam Matins (ASB Rite A) 6.30pm Evensong 28th: 8am Holy Communion 9am Holy Communion llam Matins 6.30pm Choral Evensong 6th March: 11am Family Service 8am Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion 6.30pm Evensong Bridge Methodist Church at 11am: 7th, Mr E.R. O’Mahony. 14th, Mr A.P. Barwick, B.Sc. 21st, Holy Communion, The Revd. Sheila Foreman. 28th, Mr H. Sheehan. Weekdays Celebrations of Holy Communion are held in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge each Wednesday (BCP) at 9.30am and Friday (A SB Rite A) at 7.30am. Holy Communion at Churchill House is on Wednesday, 4th at 10.15am. The New Close service is each Wednesday at 2.30pm, and non-residents are always welcome to this short informal act of worship. For your diary and prayer list 2nd Presentation of Christ in the Temple Patrixbourne with Bridge PCC meets this evening. 4th Prayers for Health & Healing, The Vicarage, 7pm 6th Pray for HM the Queen on the anniversary of her Accession. 7th Sexagesima 8th Sunday before Easter 10th Coffee Pop-In, Bridge Village Hall, 10.15 — 11.45am 14th Quinquagesima 7th Sunday before Easter 15th League of Friends AGM, The Hunter Room, Bridge Village Hall, 7.30pm Bridge with Patrixbourne WI, Bridge Village Hall, 7.30pm 16th Pray for the Deanery Clergy who meet this morning at Ash 17th Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent 18th Prayers for Health & Healing, The Vicarage, 7pm 20th Lady Chapel Fabric Jumble Sale, Bridge Village Hall, 10.30am 21 st First Sunday in Lent 23rd St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c155 28th Second Sunday in Lent Christian Stewards This coming Spring the parish of Patrixbourne with Bridge will be carrying out a renewal of its Christian Stewardship: Bekesbourne has decided not to participate on this occasion. Spearheading our renewal as Chairman of the Stewardship Committee will be Canon Frank Bull, a former vicar of Kent!- worth who since retirement has taken up residence in Riverside Close. Over the next month or so Canon Bull will be using this column to remind us of the theory behind Christian Stewardship, preparatory to urging us to turn theory into practice this May. His first article draws our attention to the notion of ‘Christian Stewards ’. ‘Steward’ is not a word which I come across often, nor frequently use. When I lived in the Midlands I knew both the ‘steward’ of the local Conservative Association and the ‘steward’ of our Working Men’s Club: and I’ve come across stewards on trains, ships or aeroplanes; and on one rare occasion come into Contact with the steward of a large estate. I looked the word up in my New Testament and could only find it used on fourteen occasions, and each time with the thought of house management. Perhaps the most thought-provoking usage of ‘steward’ is to be found in Peter’s first general letter where he writes: ‘Whatever gift each of you may have received, use it in service to one another, like good stewards dispensing the grace of God in its varied forms’. That was written centuries ago, but it seems to me that it is just as applicable to those of us who call ourselves Christ- ians or Christ’s followers today. We are stewards of God’s earthly ‘estate’ and responsible to him for ‘house management’; and that must include not only the local Christian commuinity where we live, but also the world—wide community of which we are all part. This is how I see stewardship in a Christian setting, and why I have to take it seriously when my local church (as it does here in Bridge and Patrixbourne) says: “We practise it!” If you practise anything, it is essential that at times you should examine just how you are matching up to your aims. In the same way that I need to ask myself sometimes, “How am I making out as a father, or husband, or in my job?” so we need also to take stock and ask, “How am I making out in my responsibility to God and his Church?’ ’ For example, how supportive am I in ensuring that I make it quite clear that I stand four square with all those who say, “We believe in God”,iand that it is of the utmost importance to share that faith. How supportive also, am I in making such talents as God has given me, available to him and to his Church? These are the sort of questions our Church Council is asking us to think about this year. This is the way I understand stewardship in a Christian context —assessing (or re-assessing) my responsibility to God, his world, and his Church. It is one way in which I thank God for placing me here, for his immense love for me, and for the faith he has given me. Does this make sense to you . Christin gle SerVice—A HAPPY OCCASION What a delightful afternoon we had on Christmas Eve when a large congregat- ion of parents and children gathered in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge for a Christ- 5 ingle Service, conducted by the Vicar. Envelopes of money, produced by the children for The Children ’s Society, were presented and the service reached its climax when, most carefully carrying a lighted Christingle, the children gathered at the crib for the blessing and prayers. * * * Six days afterwards the annual Christingle Service took place in the cathedral. This is always a very big occasion indeed, with the cathedral nave invariably full to overflowing. Picture the scene, if you can, then realise that the lesson at this service~—a fine but difficult passage from 1 John 4—was read by our own Katie Pike, who is all of eight-years old. Reports, from other than her parents, tell us that she read superbly, and in congratulating Katie we want her to know how proud we are of her and to thank her for what she did for Bridge that afternoon. Junior Church’s Nativity Play, held this time in the Village Hall, was as good as ever, and even made the local paper. A collection taken at it produced £31 - 87, which will go to a charity for the blind. Bridge Guides camp fire competition Not to be outdone by those even younger than themselves, Bridge Guides have again come up trumps, as the folio wing, written by three of them, reports: On Thursday, 14th January we all met at Longport Hall for a District Camp Fire Singing Competition. There were three companies taking part; 1st Little- bourne, lst Sturry and us. We performed third. We sat in a horseshoe around a home—made camp fire and sang nine songs. At the end the three judges comm- ented on how happy we looked and how so many of us put so much effort into the singing, which gained us first place. This means that on 25th January we go through to the Division heat and then perhaps to the County heat. We thor- oughly enjoyed our evening out and are looking forward to the next opportun- ity to share with others the fun of Guiding. On The Nail The announcement that the price of On The Nail is to be pegged at 25p in 1988 gives me a chance to say how much I enjoy its arrival each month with news of the villages along the Nailbourne. Perhaps one of the secrets of its success is that it really lives up to its claim to be a magazine for the three villages. By including news of general interest it shows the church’s concern for all aspects of community life. In some intangible way people can stamp their personalities on publications and houses. You feel immediately that they are warm and welcoming. On The Nail is a friendly magazine and leaves the happy impression of the parishes it serves. A word of thanks is due to the printer, too. In a sloppy age when even the more dignified dailies can be bedeviled by literals* you’re hard put to find a misprint in On The Nail. ]{_B_ *A literal would be ‘Grauniad’ for ‘Guardian’ !— Your printer. 6 On The Nail Noticeboard A Jumble Sale will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday, 20th February at 10.30am to raise money for the fabric of the Lady Chapel in Bridge Church. Anyone who has jumble to contribute please bring to the hall at 9am on the day of the sale or contact Ailsa Williamson or Alicia Pentin if help with collection is needed. Please note the event is being held in the morning, which is earlier than most jumble sales. Your help and support will be very much appreciated. A _ P_ * * * The annual general meeting of the Bridge branch of the League of Friends of Canterbury Hospitals will be held in the Hunter Room of the Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday, 15th February- All welcome. [14, S_ F_ * it * The first meeting of the year of The Senior Citizens Club will be on Tuesday, .1 st March at 2.30pm in Bridge Village Hall. New members will be made very welcome. Enquiries to the leader, Mrs. Knight, tel 830584. 0_ [_]{_ * * * The Women’s Institute meets on the third Tuesday of each month in Bridge Village Hall at 7.30pm. Our next meeting is on 16th February, when Mr. Arnold Bosworth will speak on ‘My Country Life’. Please come along and join our friendly gathering. Visitors are always welcome. D_ King * =|= * I would like to appeal to anyone in the village who has any photos taken of the gale damage on 16th October 1987 to pass them on to me for the benefit of the village archives. The areas especially required are around St. Peter’s Church, Highland Court and Bifrons. john Wggggamson, Beechmoum, Conyngham Lane, Bridge, tel 830399 Departed this life We record the death on Christmas Day age the age of eighty-three of Mrs. Irene Esther Price of The Cottage, Station Approach, Bekesbourne. The vicar conducted a cremation. service at Barham on 7th January. On New Year’s Day Mrs. Jane Batchelor, formerly of the Plough and Harrow, Bridge died at the early age of forty—f"ive. A funeral service in Bridge Church on 15th January was followed by cremation at Barham. Her ashes were subsequently interred in her son’s grave in Bridge Churchyard. Bridge Church Bookstall My appeal for shelves to house the books in Bridge Church resulted in a very serviceable bookcase being donated by Mr. Howard Crouch, a former member of Bridge Methodist Church until his move to Kingston. Bill Rose gave it a lick of paint and it has been in situ at the back of St. Peter’s Church for several weeks, though still with the previous rather sad collection of books. Now, thanks to a generous donation from a parishioner and organised by my wife, Rosemary with help from Mrs. Enid Wintle, the church has the basis of a very attractive library of books, all of them available to be taken away, and well worthy of anyone’s time to read. All we-ask is that when you borrow a book you fill in the relevant details in the exercise book provided, and sign it in when you bring the book back. Our intention is steadily to build up the church library, to which end we would be grateful for donations with which to buy new books. We would prefer the money so that we can choose books suitable to our needs, though if you possess a book or books that you are willing to part with, that are in reasonable condition and which you think might be acceptable, do please Contact me. The gate of The Year When King George VI quoted the first few lines of the following poem in a Christmas Day broadcast, he not only made them justifiably famous but also set off a chain of enquiry as to the source of the words and whether there were any more. As" you can see, there certainly are and we print the whole of M.L. Haskin ’s beautiful writing for your lasting enjoyment and, hopefully, spiritual edification. And I said to the Man who stood at The Gate of The Year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And He replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God; that shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.” So I went forth and, finding the Hand of God, trod safely into the night; and He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East. So, heart, be still. What need our little lives, our human lives, to know if God hath comprehension? In all the dizzy strife of things, both high and low, God hideth His intention. God knows and His Will is best, The stretch of years which wind ahead so dim to our imperfect vision are clear to God; ours fears are premature; in Him all time hath full provision. Then rest until God moves to lift the veil from our impatient eyes; when as the sweeter features of life’s stern face we hail, fair beyond all surmise, God’s Thought around His creatures our minds shall fill. And I said: “What is the Hand of God and how-can I reach unto it in the darkness?” He who was with me at first made no answer. The night folded itself around me and the sky was wide and solitary. Then He said: “The Kingdom of God is within you”. At these words I wondered, for they were familiar to my ears but strange to my understanding. And He continued: “God is not apart from His Kingdom, neither is Hand separated from His Being; in the giving of Man for his fellows, the Hand of God closes upon the hand of man—ancl—'the Way of their feet is one. This is the beginning of that adventure in which darkness and light are unimportant’ ’ . Also, these words sounded through the darkness '. . . “It is a little and vain thing to seek safety for your own feet and peace for your own heart. _ There are others who walk through this same night”. Then my ears were opened to the sound of many voices. I had thought myself apart, but know now that I was one of a great multitude. And, as I listened, there came to me a new understanding. “My darkness is as light in the depth of their shadow”. I cried: “What can I do?” “Walk with them”, He replied. “He who enters into the shadow of another’s pain is nearer to the Mind of God; and nearer the morning, than he who broods on the darkness of his own night”. M.L. Haskins The Martyrdom of Polycarp The 23rd of this month is the feast of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna who suffered martyrdom at the Roman festival of Caesar in AD 155. Thefollo wing extracts from an account of it are reproduced both to show to what lengths the early Christians were prepared to go for the faith, but also as an example of writings of the time. In these words we savour the strength of our ancestors’ faith, especially in times of great testing. The second century source is ‘Martyrium Polycarpi ‘, a letter from the Church of Smyrna. All the crowd (in the stadium) astonished at the noble conduct of the God- beloved and God-fearing race‘ of Christians, cried out, ‘Away with the atheists*; let search be made for Polycarp.’ ' Now, as he was entering the stadium, there came to Polycarp a voice from heaven,‘Be strong, Polycarp, and play the man.’ And no one saw the speaker, but the voice was heard by those of our people who were there. Thereupon he was led forth, and great was the uproar of themthat heard that Polycarp ‘had been seized. Accordingly -he was led before the Proconsul, who asked him if he was the man himself. _And when he confessed the Proconsultried to persuade *An epithet commonly applied to Christians because they refused to worship heathen idols and had no images or shrines of their own. ‘E3 him, saying, ‘Have respect to thine age,’ and so forth, according to their cust- omary form; “Swear by the genius (oath) of Caesar,’ ‘Repent,’ ‘Say, “Away with the athesists! ” ’ Then Polycarp looked with a severe countenance on the mob of lawless heathen in the stadium, and he waved his hand at them, and looking up to heaven he groaned and said, ‘Away with the atheists’. But the Proconsul urged him and said, ‘Swear, and I will release thee; curse the Christ.’ And Polycarp said, ‘Eighty and six years have I served him, and he hath done me no wrong; how then can I blaspheme my king who saved me?’ As he spake these words and many more, he was filled with courage and joy; and his countenance was full of grace, so that not only did it fall not in dismay at what was being said to him, but on the contrary the Proconsul was ast- onished, and sent his herald to proclaim thrice in the midst of the stadium, ‘Polycarp hath confessed himself to be a Christian’. When this was proclaimed by the herald the whole multitude of Gentiles and Jews who dwelt in Smyrna cried out with ungovernable rage and in a loud voice, ‘This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, the destroyer of our gods, that teacheth many not to sacrifice nor worship’. They kept shouting this, asking Philip, the Asiarch {chief priest of Asia and president of the games) to loose a lion at Polycarp. But he said that it was not lawful for him, since he had finished the sports. Then they decided to shout with one accord that he should be burned alive. And now things happened with such speed, in less time than it takes to tell; for the mob straitway (sic) brought together timber and faggots from the workshops and baths, the Jews giving themselves zealously to the work, as they were like to do . . . They were about to nail him to the stake, when he said, ‘Let me be as I am. He that granted me to endure the fire will grant me also to remain at the pyre unmoved, without being secured with nails’. When he had finished his prayer the firemen lighted the fire. And a great flame flashed forth: and we, to whom it was given to see, beheld a marvel . . . The fire took the shape of a vault, like a ship’s sail bellying in the wind, and it made awall round the rna.rtyr’s body; and there was the body in the midst, like a loaf being baked or like gold or silver being tried in the furnace . . . So at length the lawless ones, seeing that his body could not be consumed by fire, bade an executioner approach him to drive in a dagger. And when he had done this there came out [a dove and] abundance of blood so that it quenched the fire, and all the multitude marvelled at the great difference between the unbelievers and the elect . . . Terry Waite The media attention on the anniversary of Terry Waite’s disappearance did all of us a great service, for we had got so used to his continued absence that we had begun to forget about him. Obviously we can do very little in a practical way to help find him or secure his release, but it was unforgivable simply to dismiss him from our minds. If we believe there is any power in prayer at all, the least we could do was keep praying for him. Hopefully, within the church at least we can include him and other host»- ages regularly in our intercessions, and if anyone begins to tire of hearing his name mentioned time after time, then shame on them. To focus our prayers, the Julian Shrine at Norwich has written a prayer, copies of which are available on cards at the back of the churches. 14 Cadetcare Associates Cadetcare is a home care project managed by Cadet Advisory Services Ltd. The organisation’s main aim is to provide preventative and supportive home care for the elderly in the community, thereby enabling them to maintain their independence for as long as possible in their own homes. Sheila Moat, who is the Co-ordinator for Cadetcare Associates in this area, says that most of her clients are referred to them by KCC Social Services, but they are happy to serve those who choose to go to CA direct. Cadet Associates provides a high standard of service approved by KCC by trained people and eligible clients will pay no more than the present KCC charges. Many clients are referred from the Home Help Managers and CA works in the closest possible liaison with KCC, Social Services and the Cant- erbury and Thanet Health Authority. Kent Family Conciliation Service Under the presidency of the Bishop of Rochester the Kent Family Concili- ation Service exists to provide help for any whose family life has broken up or is about to do so. Individuals or organisations who would like to know more about the service KFCS provides can contact the Secretary, Alan Goodman, of 40 The Street, Kingston, Kent CT4 6JE. BBC Radio Kent Lent Course, 1988 Under the umbrella title Who on earth are you?, this year’s Radio Kent Lent Course takes place on five consecutive Thursday evenings, starting on 25th February. The format is somewhat different this year, in that the broadcast part of the evening lasts only from 8 to 9pm and there is no ’phone—in, so having listened to the broadcast groups will be left to discuss the evening’s topic for as long as they wish. The various themes and guest speakers are as follows: 25th Feb, ‘I’m being framed’ (Lord Longford): 3rd March, ‘The Generation Game’ (Michele Guiness): 10th March, ‘Inside out’ (Adrian Plass): 17th March, ‘Little and Large’ (Max Peberdy): 24th March, ‘Be seeing you’ (a studio panel). It is hoped to have ecumenical groups meeting in Bridge, as in previous years, and anyone who would like to join one of them is invited to contact Mrs Kath Pierce, 7 Windmill Close (tel: 830844) as soon as possible. The Archbishop’s C.E. Secondary School Admission at 11 + , September 1988 The Archbishop’s School, Canterbury, is the only voluntary aided Church of England School for secondary age children in East Kent, and caters for children of all abilities from 11 to 18, offering an education with a distinctly Christian ethos. The main criterion for entry is commitment to Christian worship and education on the part of the parents and children. Application forms may be obtained from the Vicar, who will be pleased to supply an assessment form relating to your commitment to Christian worship required in connection with the application. Completed applications should be received at The Arch- bishop’s School, by Wednesday, 27th April. 15 PARISH PUMP Parish Council News Bridge Parish Council The Parish Council’s first meeting of the New Year was on Thursday 14th January. Cllr. Mrs. Billie Anderson had again looked at the trees in the Recreation Ground and following her report, it was decided to order replacements for the four trees lost in the storm in October, includ- ing the two left as stumps which were now to be removed completely as it was felt that even if they did shoot again, their shape would not be acceptable. The Council accepted with thanks the offer from Mr. P. Davies of a mature oak tree which Mr. Davies was to be requested to plant in the far corner by the school grounds. Although the Chairman, Cllr. John Hill felt that there was a need for further tree planting in the Recreation Ground, it was decided to reconsider this later in the year when all the work follow- ing the storm damage had been compl- eted. it was decided to ask Kent County Council to roll the ground when condit— ions were suitable in the Spring. Village Appraisal Cllr. Mervyn Gulv- in stated that the initial meeting held just before Christmas had been successful with enough people willing to take on almost all of the various aspects of the appraisal. He added that work on a questionnaire to be circulated to all households in the village was well in hand. Streets and Footways The Parish Council had no objection to the four new houses in Union Road being named ‘Mount Charles Walk’. The Clerk was to write to Corralls asking them to arrange for reinstatement of the grass verge in Pett ‘Hill below its junction with Union Road which had been badly cut up by a tanker delivering oil to the depot. 16 I Hall. Village Hall Cllr. Gulvin reported that a schedule of usage had been worked out for the main hall and the central heating programmed accordingly. The Clerk was to obtain a quotation for a new notice- board on the wall outside the hall for which financial assistance might be avail- able through Kent Voluntary Service Council. Planning The appeal against the City Council’s decision to refuse planning per- mission for the erection of a bungalow and integral garage on land adjoining Filmer Cottage, Filmer Road had been dismissed by the Secretary of State for the Environment. Planning permission had been granted by the City Council both for an additional bedroom at the residential home for the elderly, 30 Western Avenue and for a garage extension at ‘The Plat’, Beech Hill. The Council had no observat- ions to make on either amended plans rel- ating to proposals at River House, 67 High Street or amended plans related to the erection of nine two—bedroom houses at John Knight & Sons Builders Yard, High Street. The Council were to raise no objection to the transfer of the Justices On-Licence at Bridge Place Country Club from Mr. P.R. Malkin to Mr. Malkin and Mr. J.B. Gunn. The Clerk was to write to the Manager of British Telecom about the filthy condit— ion of the kiosk outside the Post Office and the fact that it was repeatedly only able to be used for Emergency 999 calls. The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Thursday, 11th February at 7.30pm in the Hunter Room of the Village K./1. Walder, Clerk ‘Fish’ News Q-< Luncheon Club members and their guests celebrated with Christmas dinner on 21st December. As usual, the catering staff at The New Close provided a delicious meal and their hard work, combined with that of our volunteers, made it a happy and memorable occasion. Once again the children of the Archbishop’s School made up magnificent food parcels, which they delivered to local elderly and housebound people. In addition the senior boys, under the supervision of Mr. Richard Whatley, their Senior Master, cut and delivered loads of wood from the churchyard. These kind deeds were much appreciated. Don’t forget that if you are ill are have a sick child you cannot leave, we can find a volunteer to collect prescriptions or do shopping for you. Although most of our work is concerned with our elderly residents we are prepared to help any member of the community in an emergency. The next Coffee Pop-In will be on Wednesday, 10th February in Bridge Village Hall from 10.15 to 11.45am. Joan Warren, 330233 Vicar: The Revd. Raymond Gilbert, A.l(.C., The Vicarage, 23 High Street, Bridge CT4 5.12 (830250) PATRIXBOURNE WITH BRIDGE Church wardens: Mr. J .J . Williamson, Beechmount, Conyngham Lane, Bridge CT4 SJX (830399) Mr. S.R. Pike, 12 High Street, Bridge CT4 5] Y (830708) Hon. Secretary: Mr. L.W. Sanford, ll Windmill Close, Bridge CT4 5LY (83041!) Hon. Treasurer.‘ Mr. D.R. Hill, Red Deer, Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830426) Organist (Bridge): I _ _ Organist (Patrixbournejs Mrs. C-. Allan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury CT 3 4AD (462695) Timed’: Talents.‘ Mr. A. Jackson, Cosby, I-Iigham Lane, Bridge CT4 SAY (830489) Verger (Bria'ge).' Mr. J. Hopkins, Old Station Cottage, Bishopsbourne CT4 SJ D (830660) BEKESBOURNE Church wardens: Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Mr. N.H. Cruse, 9 Meadow Close, Herne Bay CT6 6NN (361335) Hon Secretary: Mr. J . Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D. Millyard, School House, School Lane, Bekesbourne CT4 SER (830256) Organist.’ Mr. S.l-I. Grey, 63 High Street, Bridge CT4 SLA (830522) Captain of the Bells.‘ Mr. David Farbrace, 3 Downside, Adisham Road, Bekesbourne CT4 SHA (830659) Magazine Advertising: Mr. H.P.M. Lawrence, Tullymore, 7'2 Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830472) Magazine Editor: The Vicar, who is responsible for unsigned articles. Would Secretaries of Organisations and others with items for On The Nail please send them to the Editor by the 15th of the month preceding publication. J.B. Gardener Craftsman for all Garden Maintenance 20 Conyngham Lane - Bridge - Canterbury 830506 N.C.H. EVENINGS C. & G. HORT 17 Established 1786 ABBOTT BROS. DAIRIES For LOCAL TUBERCULIN TESTED and CHANNEL ISLAND MILK BOTTLED IN CANTEFIBURYK9 MODERN DAIRY inspection Invited NEW DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY Tei: 762280 MRS. G. GOODMAN CHEMIST THE POST OFFICE 16 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE STOCKISTS OF YARDLEY, RIMMEL PRODUCTS, TOILETRIES, SCHOLLS FOOT PRODUCTS Etc FILMS, developing and printing =i=>l<>I< HOURS OF OPENING M ONDA Y—FRIDA Y: 9am—1 2-5. 30pm SA TURDA Y: 9—12.30pm Telephone: CANTERBURY 830201 E POWELL DUFFRYN FUELS LTD Domestic, Industrial and Agricultural’ Oils, Oil Terminal, Union Road, Bndge Tel: Canterbury (0227) 830221 Solid Fuel 10 Orange Street, Canterbury Tel: Canterbury (0227) 465345 FREE FUEL ADVISORY SERVICE Insurance Brokers and Investment Advisers WELLINGTON HOUSE ST STEPHENS ROAD CANTERBURY CT2 THT Canterbury 763344 Dressmakin g by Margaret Boughton Day, Evening and Bridal Wear ~k also Soft Furnishings Phone: Canterbury (0227) 830805 P.W. DENTAL LABORATORIES 35 0A TEN HILL, CANTERBURY, KENT on 3HZ Denture repairs while you wait 18 S. JAR VIS PRIVATE CAR HIRE Q Friendly village service '1‘ based 3” B”d9e' LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE . Reasonable rates London Dail — No Item too Small 0 Air and seaport runs Y O No trip ‘too small Tel: 0227-72114] 50 The Street _ _ 0304-813218 Ash 4Q Bridge Down, Bridge Nr Canterbury Phone. Canterbury (0227) 830343 Kent 3. R. LAVER R. C. sxmnson Lo & So 21 Tunstall Road, 14 Windmill Close, Canterbury (Tel: 68558) Bridge (Tel: 830648) For A Division of A & J Purchese Limited The Wincheap Press us Byre House, Cow Lane, Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3RW. for a Cash-and-Carry quick inexpensive service: phone 61508 FAMILY BUTCHER B. VVELCH BRIDGE - Tel: Bridge 830220 PRIME LOCAL ENGLISH MEAT - HOME-MADE SAUSAGES FRESH POULTRY - COOKED MEATS MEAT FOR FREEZERS 19 FREE ESTIMATES FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL 8: INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS REWIRES - NEW INSTALLATIONS - LIGHTING STORAGE HEATERS - SHOWERS - WATER HEATERS, Etc 99 The .EImricnI Conlm(rors' Assnriarion MORGAN-RIDGE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TEL: (0227) 831096 5 THE OLD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, HIGH STREET, BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT CT4 5JT Telephone: Canterbury 830551 BAQBAQANNE Ladies Hair Fashions 45 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE. near CANTERBURY ,:.n Willow Brook —-§_. :..— _ 17th Century Restaurant with Tfaditional English Teas HIGH smear, BRIDGE NR. CANTERBURY. TEL: 331113 IBEFFHHB Chartered Surveyors 1 CANTERBURY- LONDON THE LETTING AGENTS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS Established since 1921 76 CASTLE STREET CANTERBURY CT1 20D Tel‘: (0227) 6526819 Telex: 965041 Primed I7)’ A & J PU1’CI19S€ Limited. Cow Lane, Wincheap [ndusmal Estate, Canterbury. Kent (‘Tl 3RW — Tel: (H503 *>Wv.'.m 5 *1 gr / I am. r... ;\ ., \ ‘ Lodge\ ‘” _-\ _ ¢« Pa rsonag Farm , / if, , I I‘ ' 3' r’ ~ //Bifron's ark % ' (3 V, P~ ‘_‘|.!I~.DV'fl 1 -n - 5 u : I. , V. . 01/1... - V '4; W‘; ugfi . . /"1; : .. A 65 ‘ Patrixbofirne , r z fr z r \V(/ :_, \ um L, A 1 / ,/ ff, \\ * March 1988 A MAGAZINE FOR THE VILLAGES ALONG THE NAILBOURNE 25p L_rIcI Bridge Parish Council At the meeting of the Parish Council on Thursday, 11th February when all memb- ers of the Council were present, Councill- ors were pleased to note that as a result of action taken after the last meeting, the telephone kiosk by the Post Office had - been thoroughly cleaned and restored to working order. Recreation Ground Following a rep- ort by Cllr. Mervyn Gulvin who had attended the last meeting of the Bridge Village Sports Trust, the Council were satisfied that the new sports pavilion would progress to completion and agreed unanimously to make a grant of £1,000 to the Sports Trust towards the building costs. Councillors were to plant nine horse chestnuts which the Chairman, Cllr. John Hill had obtained, in those areas of the Recreation Ground requiring further tree planting. The Council had no objection to a pitch of suitable size being marked out for an under—l2’s side which Bridge Junior Football club intended to run next season, provided that the approval of the Cricket club was obtained. Streets and Footways Although gen- erally the recent road sweeping in the vill- age had been satisfactory, the Clerk was to ask the Kent County Council if advance notice could be given in future so that areas, particularly the High Street, where there were a lot of parked cars could be coned for a short period to enable the sweeping to be carried out effectively. Regarding the flooding in the village resulting from the very wet weather and the rise in level of the Nailbourne, the Council were to write to Southern Water expressing their concern and supporting County Councillor Mr L. Shirley’s requ- est to the Authority for urgent action to be taken to survey the stream and deepen its bed. Village Appraisal Cllr. Gulvin report- ed that preparation work on the appraisal was well under way by members of the Sub-Committee and that the response to the recently distributed questionnaire appeared good. It was intended that disc- ussion of the findings of the Sub-Comm- 16 ittee would form a major part of the Annual Parish Meeting which was to be held this year on Friday, 22nd April. In view of the work being done by volunteers already on the Village Appraisal, it was decided not to enter the ‘Best Kept Village’ Competition this year. Planning The Council had been repr- esented by Cllr. Edwards at a site meeting held recently by the City Council in conn- ection with the proposed erection of nine two-bedroom houses at John Knight & Sons Builders Yard (CA/87/1438/BRI). The Council had objected to an application to enclose the side garden at 12 Bridge Down mainly because it was incompatible with the open plan design of the estate (CA/88/0072/BRI). Planning permission had been granted by the City Council for the reconstruction of an exist- ing building to form a two-bedroom dwelling, the erection of a five—bedroom dwelling and a garage for four cars at River House, 67 High Street (CA/ 87/ 1207 /BRI) and for the erection of a conservat- ory/aviary at the rear of 49 High Street (CA/L/87/0186/BRI and CA/ 387/ 1483/ BRI). Parish Noticeboard The Council thanked Cllr. Ken Greenaway for his work on refurbishing the Parish Notice- board which was now back in place in the High Street in front of Presto. Cllr. Greenaway was to represent the Council at the Kent Village Halls Confer- ence in March and had agreed to accept the Council’s nomination again for the coming year to the Kent Village Halls Committee. Cllr. Gulvin was to represent the Council at a Kent Association of Par- ish Councils Area Committee Meeting being held in connection with the prepar- ation of a Canterbury Rural Plan whilst Cllr. Edwards was to attend the next meeting of the Police Advisory Committee on 16th February. The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Thursday, 10th March at the usual time of 7.30pm in the Hunter Room Ofthfi Village Hall K.A. Walder, Clerk Easter church decoration Bekesboume i _* _. All available flower ladies are asked to turn up at Bekesbourne Church on Easter Eve, 2nd April at 10.30am. Donations for lilies will be gratefully received. Please let Christine Ash, Parsonage Farm have your donation, and accept our thanks in advance. Bridge Lilies for Easter will be £1 - 60 this year. If anyone would like to give one, would they give their money to me, Mrs Roger Hunter, 24 High Street or to Mrs Elsie Apps, 34 High Street. Decorating for Easter will take place on Saturday, 2nd April at 9.45am. Any offers of help or flowers will be most welcome. _I_ H_ Vicar: The Revd. Raymond Gilbert, A.K.C., The Vicarage, 23 High Street, Bridge CT4 5J Z (830250) PATRIXBOURNE WITH BRIDGE Church wardens.‘ Mr. J .J . Williamson, Beechmount, Conyngham Lane, Bridge CT4 SIX (830399) Mr. S.R. Pike, 12 High Street, Bridge CT4 5JY (830708) Hon. Secretary: Mr. L.W. Sanford, 11 Windmill Close, Bridge CT4 SLY (830411) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D.R. Hill, Red Deer, Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830426) Organist (Bria’ge).' _ Organist (Patrixbourne): Mrs. G. Allan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury CT3 4AD (462695) Fme& Talents.‘ Mr. A. Jackson, Cosby, Higham Lane, Bridge CT4 SAY (830489) Verger (Bridge): Mr. J. Hopkins, Old Station Cottage, Bishopsbourne CT 4 SJ D (830660) BEKESBOURNE Churchwardens: Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Mr. N.H. Cruse, 9 Meadow Close, Herne Bay CT6 6NN (361335) Hon Secretary.‘ Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 5HD (830937) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D. Millyard, School House, School Lane, Bekesbourne CT4 SER (830256) Organist.‘ Mr. S.H. Grey, 63 High Street, Bridge CT4 SLA (830522) _ Captain of the Bells: Mr. David Farbrace, 3 Downside, Adisham Road, Bekesbourne CT4 SHA (830659) Magazine Advertising." Mr. H.P.M. Lawrence, Tullymore, 72 Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830472) Magazine Editor.‘ The Vicar, who is responsible for unsigned articles. Would Secretaries of Organisations and others with items for On The Naii please send them to the Editor by the 15th of the month preceding publication. J.B. Gardener Craftsman for all Garden Maintenance 20 Conyngham Lane - Bridge - Canterbury 830506 N.C.H._ EVENINGS C. & G. HORT 17 Established 1786 ABBOTT BROS. DAIRIES For LOCAL TUBERCULIN TESTED and CHANNEL ISLAND MILK BOTTLED IN CANTERBURY‘S MODERN DAIRY inspection Invited NEW DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY Tel: 762280 MRS. G. GOODMAN CHEMIST THE POST OFFICE 16 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE STOCKISTS OF YARDLEY, RIMMEL PRODUCTS, TOILETRIES, SCHOLLS FOOT PRODUCTS Etc FILMS, developing and printing >i< >i< >I< HOURS OF OPENING M ONDA Y——FRIDA Y: 9am~I 2—5. 30pm SA TURDA Y: 9-12. 30pm Telephone: CANTERBURY 830201 POWELL DUFFRYN FUELS LTD Domestic, Industrial and Agricultural’ Oils, Oil Terminal, Union Road, Bndge Tel: Canterbury (0227) 830221 Solid Fuel 10 Orange Street, Canterbury Tel: Canterbury (0227) 465345 FREE FUEL ADVISORY SERVICE may? I! James I # Watson 11% Insurance Brokers and Investment Advisers WELLINGTON HOUSE ST STEPHENS ROAD CANTERBURY CT2 7HT Canterbury 763344 Day, Evening and Bridal Wear Dressmaking by Margaret B0 ugh ton iv also Saft Furnishings Phone: Canterbury (0227) 830805 P.W. DENTAL LABORATORIES 35 GA TEN HILL, CANTERBURY, KENT cr1 3HZ Denture repairs while you wait 18 S. JAR VIS PRIVATE CAR HIRE C Friendly village service 1‘ based at B"d9e' LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE C Reasonable rates , . Air and Seaport runs London Daily ———— No Item too Small O No trip too email Tel: 0227-721141 50 The Street 40 Bridge Down, Bridge 0304813218 ‘fifihcamerbury Phone: Canterbury (0227) 830343 Kent s. R. LAVER R.C. SMITHSON L. & S. 21 Tunstall Road, 14 Windmill Close, Canterbury (Tel: 68558) Bridge (Tel: 830648) F0?” _ The _Wincheap Press A Division ofA & J Purchese Limited Byre House, Cow Lane, Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3RWI *“try us for a Cash-and-Carry quick inexpensive service: phone 61508 FAMILY BUTCHER B. VVELCH BRIDGE - Tel: Bridge 830220 PRIME LOCAL ENGLISH MEAT - HOME-MADE -SAUSAGES FRESH POULTRY - COOKED MEATS MEAT FOR FREEZERS 19 FREE ESTIMATES FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL 81 INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS REWIRES - NEW INSTALLATIONS - LIGHTING STORAGE HEATERS - SHOWERS - WATER HEATERS, Etc Q9 MORGAN-RIDGE _ ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Conrmreorsk'jII"xIs‘c:'r1iarion TEL: (0227) 831096 .IiEflWl'Il£"lDR THE OLD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, HIGH STREET, BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT CT4 5JT Telephone: Canterbury 830551 AEQEAEDQANNE Ladies Hair Fashions 45 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE, near CANTERBURY ‘ Willow Brook 17th Century Restaurant with 'I}'ad1't1'ona1 English Teas ==":'« 1, T; V —_ HIGH STREET, BRIDGE ' T ' NR. CANTERBURY. TEL: 331113 THE LETTING AGENTS ‘ B E n AND PROPERTY MANAGERS Established since 1921 Chartered SUFVGVOFS 76 CASTLE STREET { CANTERBURY - LQNDQN CANTERBURY CT12QD Tel: (0227) 6526819 Telex: 965041 Primed by A & J Rurchese Limited, Cow Lane, Wincheap Industrial Estate, Canterbury, Kent CTI 3RW — Tel: 61508 ‘ ‘>‘“*‘\i‘« ES \ r“.»;& /as/oés ‘ ,1 £151; ///,z Bekegbou _>’_,-“'/»' I . I » Q _. i‘ I / I ‘ I 1 # :3 1- ' ,' trfxbo "rn A MAGAZINE FOR THE VILLAGES ALONG THE NAILBOURNE April 1988 25p LFDCKEI Ground Q Qllut Qhntnz C0L1N’S Gents’ Stylist 88 HIGH STREET, BRIDGE _ HOURS OF BUSINESS Canterbury (0227) 830236 34,§‘1.gh 5"“ _ rldge MON. Appomtments only HA”? STYUSTS Tel: TUES. 8.30-w5.30pm LADIES ' TEENAGERS ' CHILDREN Bridge WED. Appoint’samon1y _ 830641 THUR. 8. 30 - 5.30pm OPEN. MONDAY TO SATURDAY FRID. Appomtmentsonly —°<=>e=‘.=~»~w SAT. 8.00 — 2.00pm BEAUTY SALON 1st Floor Christine Finnis D.Fl.E., B.A.B.T.A.C. Electrolysist Electrolysis, Aromatherapy, Facials, Steam Treatments, Eyebrow Shaping, L%:i.r.t:.2r%l“.::23? ADVERTISERS SUPPORT Make-up— bridal & special occasions. US _ PLEASE SUPPORT Minor Cosmetic Surgery—-- broken veins, blood spots, skin tags etc. THE ADVERTISERS CANTERBURY 830741 Plumbing - Roof Repairs . Painting 8. Decorating . Glazing . Building H. GOODSELL & SON LTD. 18 — 19 WATLING STREET, CANTERBURY Tel: 464522 Also at Maidstone & Medway Associate Company—Avery 8. C0. Engineering {Maidstonel Ltd. — Steel 8. Sheet Metal Work Barh am Crematorium Set in twenty acres of beautiful parkland overlooking the Elham Valley Well appointed Chapel with organ and a wide range of memorials including Book of Remembrance, Memorial Tablets and Roses Our help and advice together with the experience of over 50 years service to the County are freely available to you. Enquiries.‘ Supt. at Canterbury 83135] C. W. LYONS & SON LTD. T FUNERAL SERVICE Ti ST. GREGORY'S. TELEPHONE 463508 MILITARY ROAD, CANTERBURY. -— DAY AND NIGHT nus VILLAGE snap "- °- '’‘““‘E“ 26 High Street, Bridge Tel: 830917 PLUMBING Offering you a personal service . . _ CENTRAL HEATING Grocery 81 Provisions 8' MAINTENANCE Frozen Foods Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Bread _ Cakes Ice Cream V Minerals Confectionery etc. Sundnes CONTRACTOR ‘ 107 STURRY ROAD, CANTERBURY CT1 1DA Tel: 451271 Open: Weekdays 8am A Eipm Sundays 9am — 12 Noon ARDPRIORY KENNELS & cmenv Hawkins BEKESBOURNE LANE. CANTERBURY (SANDW!CH ROAD END} the NeWSagentS Telephone: Canterbury 462695 0 The only Kennels in the City of Canterbury 80 HIGH STREET, BFNDGE, 0 Collections and delivery by CANTERBURY’ KENT arrangement Tel: O Terms on application 0 Pekingese and King Charles Opening Hours.‘- Puppies Usually for 3819 Monday~—Friday: 6.00-fpm, 2.15-5.30pm 0 Both breeds at Stud Saturday: 6.00—lpm. 2.00—5.00pm MRS. G. ALLAN, ARDPFHORY, S“”daV3 7'00'12'00am BEKESBOURNE LANE, CANTERBURY Sllli-ge Baeieeafie §5h@}3 S & W " _ TX NORTHGATE FLAT ROOFiNG&FLOOR|NG PE I‘ - S °"‘L‘~"T9'eyg-31;;-1;e1":"r‘”: (0227) 451188 16 UNION ROAD We supply the “Bits & Bobs” for. . . BRIDGE NEEDLEWORK - TAPESTRY- TOYMAKING - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - BASKETRY - Tel: Office: Canterbury 830266 MACRAME - DOLL HOUSE MAKING Evenings; Canterbury 453575 GLASS ENGRAVING . . . and many many others. Sunday Worship in April Bridge Patrixbourne Bekesbourne 3rd (EASTER DAY): llam Family Eucharist 9.30 Holy Communion Sam Holy Communion 6.30pm Festal Evensong With Hymns llam Matins & Holy Communion R d W. 0 10th:. ( ev wen) 9.30 The Eucharist llam Matins 8am Holy Communion (ASB Rite A) (Revd C. Verity) (Canon F. Bull) (Revd W. Owen) 6.30pm Evensong (Canon F. Bull) 17th: 9.30 Parish Communion 8am Holy Communion llam Matins (ASB Rite A) 4pm Holy Baptism 6.30pm Evensong 24th: 8am Holy Communion 9am Holy-Communion llam Matins 6.30pm Choral Evensong 1st May: llam Family Service Sam Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion with Stewardship Commissioning 6.30pm Evensong Junior Church regularly meets on all but the first Sunday of every month at 9.30am in Bridge Village Hall. On the third Sunday the children go on to join the adults at the Parish Communion, and should be collected from the church. Parents will, of course, be very welcome to attend the 9.30 service and so be there when Junior Church arrives. Bridge Methodist Church at 11am: 3rd, Holy Communion, The Revd Sheila Foreman. 10th, Mr E.R. O’Mahony. 17th, Dr Maureen Rosman. 24th, Local Preacheris Sunday, Mr H. Hurford. Weekdays Celebrations of Holy Communion will be held in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge each Wednesday (BCP) at 9.30am and Friday (ASB Rite A). Holy Communion at Churchill House is on Wednesday, 6th at 10.15am. The New Close service is each Wednesday at 2.30pm, and non—residents are always welcome to this short informal act of worship. For your diary and prayer list Good Friday, 1st April: 11am Music & Readings on the Cross (Bekesbourne) 2 - 3pm The Last Hour A meditation conducted by Mr Norman Wareham, Licensed Reader (Bridge) 4 EASTER DA Y, 3rd April: 8am Holy Communion (Bekesbourne) (The Vicar) 9.30am Sung Communion (Patrixbourne) (The Vicar) llam Parish Eucharist (Bridge) (The Vicar) 11am Matins and Holy Communion (Bekesbourne) (Revd W. Owen) 6.30pm Festal Evensong (Bridge) (The Vicar) 4th Monday in Easter Week 5th Tuesday in Easter Week 6th Wednesday in Easter Week 7th Thursday in Easter Week Prayers for Health and Healing, 7pm 8th Friday in Easter Week 9th Saturday in Easter Week Nailbourne Ladies Group Jumble Sale, Bridge Village Hall, 2pm Bridge Folk Dance Group Barn Dance, Bridge Village Hall, 8pm 10th First Sunday after Easter 12th Nailbourne Horticultural Society Show, Bridge Village Hall, 7.15pm Patrixbourne with Bridge Annual Parochial Church Meeting, Bridge Methodist Church , 7. 30pm 13th Coffee Pop-In, Bridge Village Hall, 10.15-11.45am 14th Deanery Healing Service, St. Peter’s Church, Bridge, 7.30pm Bridge Parish Council Meeting, The Hunter Room, 7.30pm 17th Second Sunday after Easter 19th Pray for the clergy of East Bridge Deanery who meet this morning at Littlebourne Vicarage. Bridge with Patrixbourne Women’s Institute, Village Hall, 7.30pm 20th Fish Scheme AGM, Bridge Methodist Church, Patrixbourne Road, 8pm 21st St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, I109 Prayers for Health and Healing, The Vicarage, 7pm 23rd St. George, Patron Saint of England, Martyr, 4th cent. Pray for David Upton and Caroline Ritson, also Andrew Bate and Elizabeth Round who marry today at Patrixbourne and Bridge Churches respectively. Deanery Songs of Praise, Ash Parish Church, 7pm 24th Third Sunday after Easter 25th St. Mark the Evangelist 29th St Catherine of Siena, Mystic, I380 The Vicar is taking an Easter break from Monday, 4th to Monday, 11th April inclusive. During that time Canon Frank Bull (830440) is kindly making himself available if the services of a priest are urgently required. But please only call upon him in cases of emergency that cannot wait until the Vicar ’s return. STEWARDSHIP RENEWAL In his final article leading up to Patrixbourne with Bridge ’s Christian Steward- ship Renewal Canon Frank Bull, Stewardship Committee Chairman faces up to the of—quoted challenge They ’re always after your money.’ Who are “they”? The government for one,. charities for another: and so one could go on! But writing in a church magazine means one must not forget THE CHURCH. And as this is my last article about our Christian Stewardship Renewal Campaign I’m certain everyone will expect me to talk about money! I won’t disappoint you! Indeed, why should I not write about money? It is only a means of exchange, but none of us can get on without it! Jesus may not have handled money himself, but his small band of followers "certainly had ‘a common purse’ to which the crowds he attracted made -contributions, and out of which they paid their ‘living expenses’. A lot has happened since those early days and the outward appearance of the Christian Church has developed and changed across the centuries, but it still needs money to pay ‘living expenses’. Across the years churches, like charities have attracted endowments of one sort or another (and most valuable they are) but never sufficient to pay all expenses, keep pace with inflation and allow for venturing into new areas for extending God’s kingdom. T So what are we doing in a Christian Stewardship Campaign? We are not holding out ‘the begging bowl’! We are saying, let us who call ourselves Christians face up to the question, ‘How grateful am I for our Church and the faith it stands for?’ Having answered that then we must surely face up to the further question, ‘How much am I able and willing to give on a regular basis that the Church and its work can go on?’ We don’t have to answer that quest- ion to anyone but God: it is between our conscience and his love! Something which every Christian Stewardship Campaign must aim to do is provide simple answers to questions which people ask. For example, ‘How can I decide what my givingshould be?’ or ‘How much have we got to find to keep our church going for another year?’ or ‘How much do we need if we are to extend the work?’ We hope to provide guidance in simple and easily understood terms, but we want everyone who is approached to be sure of this, no one from the Church will suggest to you what you ought to give. What we decide is our decision and reached between us and God. Joys and Sorrows The baptism of James Adam, son of Vera and Derek Newington took place in Derek’s home village of Bekesbourne on 28th February. The next Sunday, 6th March there were three baptisms at Bridge’s Family Service—Charles Edward, baby son of Harry and Susan Bullard, 28 Riverside Close, and David Lewis and Mary Clare, children of Christine and John Sladden, Cowhouse Cottage, Bekesbourne. Both David and Clare belong to Junior Church and attend Bridge School. On 5th March Susan Horne, 40 Western Avenue married Mark Richardson from Whitstable in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge. We wish them every happiness! The funeral of John Dennis Jubb, ‘Kilburn’, Station Road, Bekesbourne took place in St. Peter’s Church on Friday, 18th March. Conducted by the Vicar, it was followed by cremation at Barham crematorium. 6 Deanery Healing Service Healing formed an integral part of the early Church’s ministry. Over the sub- sequent centuries it faded from the scene, but is now re-emerging. Churches country—wide are re—discovering this forgotten aspect of their ministry, which properly exercised, in a gentle and unclemonstrative way, is bringing health and peace to sick and sound alike. In this diocese the Canterbury Council for Health and Healing is making an important contribution to the revival, offering guidance and support to an increasing number of parishes, who want to see the healing ministry back to its ancient prominence in their life. In a literally rural deanery like ours individual parish ventures in this area may encounter a limited response, often because it is unfamiliar and seen as catering only to a minority interest. So it may be helpful to revive the healing ministry here on a deanery rather than parish basis. Conscious of a growing concern in East Bridge Deanery about the Church and healing, and since we are a deanery that happily functions as such, a modest start was made with a Healing Service in Nonington Church last autumn. Despite a dark, stormy night and the minimum of publicity, those who came were most appreciative and asked that further services be held. There will therefore be another Deanery Healing Service, this time in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge on Thursday, 14th April at 7.30pm.The service (not a eucharist) will include the ministry of the laying-on—of-hands for all who wish to receive it. An address will be given by Dr Derek Hall, a retired General Practitioner, who is the Co—ordinator of the Canterbury Council for Health and Healing. The Church’s healing ministry is not a substitute for the recognised medical services, nor does it engage in flamboyant behaviour or make excessive claims. It is concerned essentially with whole person healing and seeks to bring health to the personality, even in cases where symptoms persist. ‘Health’ comes from the same root as ‘salvation’ and is thus what Christ came to bring. The Church, as Christ’s body, must be involved! PARISH PRAYERS for health and healing are offered twice monthly on the first and third Thursdays at 7pm. It is important to understand this is not an exclusive gathering but is open for all to participate and add their own prayer intentions. We meet in the Vicarage for up to half an hour each time, and apart from direct intercession, include a reading to focus our attention. In addition to prayers for the sick and suffering the group is methodically praying round the village for all residents house by house, taking part of a street each time. This way everyone, whatever their state of health, is held up to God in prayer; we believe this to be an important aspect of a parish prayer group. On The Nail Noticeboard Charities Jumble Sale The Nailbourne Ladies Group is holding a Jumble Sale in Bridge Village Hall on Saturday, 9th _Apr1l at 2 o’clock in aid of the NSPCC and other charities. For collection of Jumble please ring 830960 or 830204, or the Village Hall will be open from 10am to 12 noon on the day of the sale. EA_ 7 Barn Dance Bridge Folk Dance Group is holding a Barn Dance in the Village Hall on Saturday, 9th April at 8pm. The caller will be Alf Matthews and admission is £2, which includes refreshments. Proceeds in aid of East Kent Badger Group for the protection of badgers. D_ Whittaker Women’s Institute At the meeting on 15th March Mr G. Wickham demonstrated how to plant up hanging baskets for the summer. He illustrated his talk with many amusing details, including how to wear one’s apron for ‘potting up’. Three ladies tied for first place in the competition for the best house plants: there are obviously many experts in this field in Bridge. The next meeting on 19th April at 7.30pm is our 69th Birthday Party, when we hope to arrange a fish and chip supper. D. King, Correspondent Antiques Fair Mr J. Wellard is holding an Antiques Fair and Auction in Bridge Village Hall on Friday and Saturday, 29th and 30th Aprii. This will be on similar lines to the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow except that items for sale will be auctioned in aid of local charities, including the Village Hall and the Royal British Legion. More details later. D_ Cartwright Children’s Society Week 1988 From door to door to children Last year, the Church of England Children’s Society helped care for more children, young people and their families than ever before; 11,000 in a record 107 projects throughout England and Wales. Every year, inflation increases the costs of caring, and opening new projects puts greater strain on the Society’s resources. During Children’s Society Week, April 10th — 16th, every home in this parish will be getting a small blue envelope from The Children’s Society. Please consider this envelope carefully and think about those 11,000 young people; young people under pressure from poverty, unemployment, mental or physical handicap, homelessness or the lack of a family. If you place a gift in your envelope, you will be sharing in bringing hope to young people who feel unwanted and overwhelmed. You will be showing that there are people who care. During Children’s Society Week, volunteers throughout England and Wales will be delivering envelopes to as many home as possible and collecting them later. Here in Bridge, we have a team of volunteers raring to go; but their efforts will be wasted if the envelopes are not returned. The Children’s Society needs a gift in every envelope. Let's make sure that even more people than ever before make a generous donation towards the work of the Society. Please pray for our collectors and all the people they will visit in our parish. A ,1 n Medh “mt, organ 1'59, 8 EASTER S UNDA Y A translation from some lines of a medieval poet, an Irish scholar at Liége. Last night did Christ the Sun rise from the dark, The mystic harvest of the fields of God, And now the little wandering tribes of bees Are brawling in the scarlet flowers abroad. The winds are soft with birdsong; all night long Darkling the nightingale her descant told, And now inside Church doors the happy folk The Alleluia chant a hundredfold. 0 Father of thy folk, be thine by right The Easter joy, the threshold of the light. SEDULIUS SCOTTUS (flourished 848-74), Helen Waddell’s translation (Medieval Latin Lyrics) Hail and farewell! Sharon, Gerald, Thomas, Matthew and William Sperling would like to thank all of their friends and Bridge Down neighbours for the six happy years they have spent in Bridge. They are moving to Meopham and W1Sl'l everyone a Happy Easter! All the Sperlings New Autumn Fayre 12th November Historians among our readers may know for exactly how many years Bridge and Patrixbourne have been holding a Christmas Market in the Village Hall. It must be quite a few: I’ve known nine such events. No matter, when churchwarden Stephen Pike recently got together a working party to prepare well in advance for 1988, they unanimously decided that it was time for a change. The group’s deliberations, ratified by a subsequ- ent PCC meeting, resulted in a whole new approach, producing a fresh title, date and venue. In fact there is to be what we are calling The New Autumn Fayre, and it will be held on 12th November and in the school. We realise it is a long way off——indeed there is a joint Summer Fete first, on 18th June —-but the extra notice is to enable stallholders to prepare and assemble stock in good time.One example is the Handicraft Stall, which is not something that can be put on at a minute’s notice. In respect of that particular stall Gill Harvey is already making a start, as will be seen from the following: I am hoping to form a group of helpers to prepare items for sale on the handicraft stall at the New Autumn Fayre. If you can help in any way we are having a get-together on Thursday,2I st April at 2.30pm at 6 Bridgeford Way. If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to help please contact me on 830494. Unused materials, wool, etc. would be most welcome. 13 County Campfire Singing Competition Having won the District and Division heats of the Campfire Singing Compet- tion, Bridge Guides represented the Canterbury Division in the final on Saturday, 5th March. We were given seven set songs, three of which we had to learn from scratch and two were our own choice. Ten companies entered the final from all over East Kent and we came second with 82070 and some very favourable comments. The competition has been great fun but quite hard work, and may I thank the parents of the guides for their encouragement and 3111313011 M. S.F. League of Friends The Bridge branch of the hospital League of Friends held its AGM on Monday, 15th February. The Chairman, Mr George Stewart, reported a succ- essful year’s fund raising totalling £1200, which had bought three syringe drivers, a child’s bed and mattress, lockers and large print books for the hospital. The Chairman and Committee were elected to remain unchanged for the next year. The Chairman reported that the Hospital Fair would undergo a change this year. It would be held on Saturday, 16th July in the Out-patients Car Park of the _Kent and Canterbury Hospital and not at the cricket ground as in previous years. M_ S_}:_ Deanery Songs of Praise C ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, ASH r‘ " ’ ‘ ’ ‘ I I ' I I I I I A new deanery event that is sure to be repeated gets off the ground on Saturday, 23rd April. At 7 o’clock that evening choirs and congregations from all over the deanery will assemble in the church at Ash to sing Songs of Praise, a service of hymns and readings with an organ intermission. Fourteen hymns have been chosen, all thoroughly well known and very popular. Some are relatively new hymns, some old, but all, as might be imagined, hymns of praise. When it is all over refreshments will be served in the church—and right welcome they are sure to be, considering all the singing involved. Donations of refreshments are requested. Why not give it a try! The New Close service I am most grateful for the response to an earlier appeal for helpers at the weekly Wednesday afternoon service I take for the residents at The New Close. That doesn’t mean we have reached saturation point: we can always do with further help, if you are free and willing. A few weeks ago, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of The New Close the unsatisfactory hymnbook situation at this service was resolved, so that instead of having to use battered copies of English Hymnal (an excellent hymnbook in many ways, but totally unsuited to The New Close situation) we are able to give the residents large print editions of the book we use in the churches. The difference this has made to their participation is quite remark- able. Thank you so much, Friends! 14 PARISH PUMP Parish Council News Bridge Parish Council At a meeting of the Parish Council on Thursday, 10th March, members heard first of all that, following the flooding, Southern Water were to undertake a survey of the Nailbourne to establish whether improvement works were feasible whilst continuing in the meantime with their regular channel maintenance. They were also informed that Kent County Council had been working on the drain in Brewery Lane where they had replaced some lengths of drain piping. Recreation Ground The Chairman, Cllr. John Hill, thanked those members who had helped with the planting of the horse chestnuts on 21st February. The Clerk was to make arrangements for delivery and planting of a further four trees, ordered through the City Council to replace those damaged in the storm and for which grant aid was available from the Countryside Commission. Arrangements were being made for the ground to be rolled, or harrowed, whichever was deemed more suitable by the County Council. Streets and Footways Although the dental practice had indicated their willing- ness to repair the railings adjacent to their practice, it was decided initially to ask the County Council, as Highway Authority, to repair them as it was understood they had done so in the past and the railings constituted a danger, particularly to young children.The Clerk was to ask the City Council to investigate the lighting programme for the lamps in the High Street as there appeared to be no street lamps alight after midnight for the stretch between Meadow Close. and Western Avenue. Trees in Your Village Competition The Council decided it worthwhile to enter the competition again this year since the - expert judges would be able to offer 15 invaluable advice especially after the damage caused by last October’s storm. Annual Parish Meeting It was decided to postpone the Annual Parish Meeting until Friday, 20th May to allow more time for the preparation of the Village Appraisal material which was to be presented at the Meeting for discussion and consultation. Cllr. Mervyn Gulvin stated that the drafts were now being prepared by the members of the Sub- Committee. He stated that he had been disappointed, with only an approximate 30% response to the questionnaire. Planning The Council had no observ- ations to make on applications for a renewal of outline permission for a single storey dwelling on land adjoining 23 Union Road or for an outline application for a single storey two—bedroom dwelling at Bournes Corner, Bekesbourne Road. The Council did however object to an application for a change of use to ‘Care Home for the Elderly (10 residents) at East Bridge Country Guest House, Bridge Hill and to amended plans for the demol- ition of an outbuilding at the Plough and Harrow Public House. Planning perm- ission had been granted for a single storey rear extension to 5 Western Avenue and for the erection of nine terraced two- bedroom houses at John Knight & Sons Builders Yard, High Street. Regarding the extension at 30 Western Avenue over- hanging the pavement in Saxon Road, a licence to overhang the highway had been sought from -and subsequently granted by the Highways Department of the County Council. Parish Rate The rate levy for the parish for the coming year was 1~7p The next meeting of the Council will be on Thursday, 14th April at 7.30pm in the Hunter Room of the Village Hall. K .A. Walder, Clerk Nailbourne Horticultural Society The Wine and cheese served at the ‘Gardeners’ Forum’ may have been responsible for the good attendance at Bishopsbourne on the evening of Wednesday, 9th March. A panel of three members of the Society, Mrs Pat Davidson, Roger Austin and Fred Atkins, answered a variety of questions put to them from the floor, which made for an enjoyable and informative even- mg. The next date on the Society’s calendar is the Spring Show to be held in Bridge Village Hall on Tuesday, 12th April. The hall will be open from 6pm to allow competitors to stage their exhibits and judging will take place at 7.15pm. Refreshments will be provided. Anyone requiring Show Schedules should contact either Kathy Walder (830057) or Pat Davidson (830340). This year there is a new trophy to be won for the ‘Best Pot Plant in Show’. On Thursday, 28th April in Bishopsbourne Village Hall at 8.00pm, the Society will be holding a Plant and Produce (including cakes) Bring and Buy Sale in conjunction with the AGM. There will be plenty of Spring plant barg- ains to be had that evening. K_ W_ Fish News <>< Annual General Meeting The Fish Scheme AGM will be held on Wednesday, 20th April at 8pm in Bridge Methodist Church, Patrixbourne Road. This is an open meeting and all residents of the four villages are invited to join us to discuss the running of the scheme and to make suggestions for improvements. Blossom Tour Our annual Blossom Tour has been arranged for Wednesday, 4th May. The coach will leave the bottom of Western Avenue (opposite Green Court) at 2.15pm returning about 5.30pm. We shall be stopping at Chilham Fruit Farm for cream tea and to visit the farm shop. The inclusive charge will be £2~75. Priority will be given to pensioners living alone. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to join us. Fresh Volunteers A group of our younger volunteers, under the leadership of Mrs Rosy Green and Mrs Ann Medhurst, has taken over the running of the monthly Coffee Pop-In. This is a very welcome development as we are anxious to spread the responsibility for our scheme throughout the community to ensure continuity. Many of our original volunteers were well over retirement age when we started the scheme in l980—they are now feeling the need to hand over some of their tasks to younger people. The next Coffee Pop-In will be on Wednesday, 13th April in Bridge Village Hall from 10.15 to 11.45am. Joan Warren, 33023 3 St. Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne April Cleaning and Flo wer-arranging On 9th April Mrs Hogben has accepted responsibility for church cleaning and Mrs Smith for arranging the flowers. Mrs Clifford will cover both jobs for 16th, 23rd and 30th April. 16 World Education and Development Group (East Kent) The World Education and Development Group, an org- anisation which grew out of a suggestion made at a meeting of local Peace, Justice Development Groups in the Spring of 1986, has recently opened its Centre above the Oxfam Shop in St. Peter’s Street, Canterbury. Its aim is to help everyone understand problems in world development, i.e. education in the widest sense. ‘—' We have available a wide range of leaflets, booklets, teachers’ packs, games etc. plus information on relevant local groups and their activities. We can also give help with school projects. As well as premises provided by Oxfam, we receive funding from Christian Aid. Do COME AND VISIT US! Contributed Vicar: The Revd. Raymond Gilbert, A.K.C., The Vicarage, 23 High Street, Bridge CT4 SJZ (830250) PATRIXBOURNE WITH BRIDGE Church wardens.’ Mr. J .J . Wiiliamson, Beechmount, Conyngham Lane, Bridge CT4 5JX (830399) Mr. S.R. Pike, 12 High Street, Bridge CT4 SJY (830708) Hon. Secretary.‘ Mr. L.W. Sanford, ll Windmill Close, Bridge CT4 SLY (830411) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D.R. Hill, Red Deer, Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830426) Organist (Bridge): f _ Organist (Patrixbournej: Mrs. G. Allan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury CT 3 4AD (462695) Tirne& Talents: Mr. A. Jackson, Cosby, Higham Lane, Bridge CT4 SAY (830489) Verger (Bria'ge).' Mr. J. Hopkins, Old Station Cottage, Bishopsbourne CT4 SJ D (830660) BEKESBOURNE Church wardens.‘ Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Mr. N.I-I. Cruse, 9 Meadow Close, Herne Bay CT6 6NN (361335) Hon Secretary: Mr. J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 5HD (830937) Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D. Millyard, School House, School Lane, Bekesbourne CT4 SER (830256) Organist." Mr. SH. Grey, 63 High Street, Bridge CT4 SLA (830522) Captain of the Bells: Mr. David Farbrace, 3 Downside, .Adisham Road, Bekesbourne CT4 SHA (830659) Magazine Advertising.‘ Mr. I-l.P.M. Lawrence, Tullymore, 72 Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 5BA (830472) Magazine Editor: The Vicar, who is responsible for unsigned articles. Would Secretaries of Organisations and others with items for On The Nail please send them to the Editor by the 15th of the month preceding publication. J.B. Gardener Craftsman for all Garden Maintenance 20 Conyngham Lane - Bridge - Canterbury 830506 N.C.H. EVENINGS C. 8: G. HORT 17 Established 1786 ABBOTT BROS. 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ALISTS (0227) 451188 16 UNION ROAD BRIDGE Tel: Office: Canterbury 830266 Evenings: Canterbury 463675 We supply the “Bits & Bobs” for. . . NEEDLEWORK - TAPESTRY - TOYMAKING - CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - BASKETRY - MACRAME - DOLL House MAKING ' GLASS ENGRAVING . . . and many many others. Sunday Worship in May Bridge Patrixbourne Bekesbourne 1st May: llam Family Service 8am Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion with Stewardship Commissioning 6.30pm Evensong 8th: 9.30 The Eucharist llam Matins 8am Holy Communion (ASB Rite A) 3.30pm Holy Baptism 6.30pm Evensong 15th: 9.30 Parish Communion 8am Holy Communion llam Matins (ASB Rite A) 6.30pm Evensong 22nd WHITSUNDAY 11am Stewardship 11am Matins Thanksgiving Eucharist (Revd W. Owen) 6.30pm Choral Evensong 29th: 9.30 The Eucharist 11am Matins 8am Holy Communion (ASB Rite A) 6.30pm Evensong 5th June: 11am Family Service 8am Holy Communion 9.30 Parish Communion 6.30pm Evensong Patrixbourne with Bridge ’s Stewardship Renewal spans most of this month. It commences with a special Commissioning at the Family Service on 1st, and concludes with a Thanksgiving Eucharist on the morning of lrlfliitsunday, commencing at 11am. The latter will be the only service in either church that morning. We ask for a big turn-out on both those occasions, and of course, for lots of support in prayer and in person during the renewal campaign. Junior Church regularly meets on all but the first Sunday of every month at 9.30am in Bridge Village Hall. On the third Sunday the children go on to join the adults at the Parish Communion, and should be collected from the church. Parents will, of course, be very welcome to attend the 9.30 service and so be there when Junior Church arrives. Bridge Methodist Church at 11am: 1st, Mrs M C Fairhurst, B.Ed. 8th, Holy Communion, The Revd Sheila Foreman. 15th, The Revd Dr. Mervyn T Will- shaw, M.A.,B.D. 22nd, Church Anniversary, Miss J Charlesworth, M.A. 29th, Miss E A H Tresidder, Ph.D. Weekdays Celebrations of Holy Communion will be held in St. Peter’s Church, Bridge each Wednesday (BCP) at 9.30am and Friday (ASB Rite A ) at 7.30am. Holy Communion at Churchill House is on Wednesday, 4th at 4 10.15am. The New Close service is each Wednesday at 2.30pm, and non— residents are always welcome to this short informal act of worship. For your diary and prayer list 1st St. Philip and St. James, Apostles The Ilam Family Service at Bridge will include the commissioning of stewardship visitors and effectively launches the Stewardship Renewal. 2nd St. Athanasius, Teacher, Bishop of Antioch, 3 73 4th Stewardship Renewal Meeting, Bridge Methodist Church, 7.30 to 9pm 5th Bridge Methodists’ Coffee Morning, Patrixbourne Road, 10am Prayers for Health and Healing, The Vicarage, 7pm Stewardship Renewal Meeting, Bridge Methodist Church, 7.30 to 9pm Bridge Folk Dance Group, Village Hall, 8pm 6th Stewardship Renewal Meeting, Bridge Methodist Church, 7.30 to 9pm 8th Fifth Sunday after Easter Rogation Sunday 9th Bekesbourne Village Hall Committee AGM, 8pn1—all welcome llth Fish Scheme Coffee Pop—In, Bridge Village Hall, 10.15 — 11.45am 12th ASCENSION DAY The Eucharist, St. Peter’s Church, Bridge, 7 .30prn 14th St. Matthias the Apostle i5th Sunday after Ascension Day 16th Christian Aid Week until 21st 19th St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 Prayers for Health and Healing, The Vicarage, 7pm Bridge Folk Dance Group, Village Hall, 8pm 20th Bridge Annual Parish Meeting, Village Hall, 7.30pm 22nd WHITSUNDAY also called PEN TECOS T The closing act of worship of Patrbcbourne with Bridge Parish Steward- ship Renewal will be the only service this morning in the parish, and is at 11am in St. Peter ’s Church. In thanksgiving for the renewal and in prayer for the future we hope a large congregation will join us this Whit- sunday at the Lord ’s table for this important Festival Eucharist. 1 lam Matins will be held as usual at Bekesbourne, which is not involved in stewardship renewal. 24th John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 179], 1788 Bridge Methodist Church Open Day, 10am - 1 pm, 2 — 6pm Evensong Anniversary Service, 7.30pm Pray for East Bridge Deanery Synod which meets this evening at Elm- stone. 25th Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarro w, 735 Bekesbourne PCC meets this evening. 26th St. Augustine, first/lrchbishop of Canterbury, 605 28th Bekesbourne Sport and Social Club Barn Dance, Village Hall, 7.30pm 29th Trinity Sunday 3 1 st Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth Thanks be to God! The word ‘stewardship’ is being bandied about just now in church circles in 5 both Patrixbourne and Bridge, and Canon Frank Bull has already written several informative articles in On The Nail to explain why. As you will see in the CALENDAR and DIARY columns above, the first of this month sees our thinking about stewardship put into practice and we hope a large number of parishioners are going to share the experience. At the opening service we shall be commissioning the gallant band of visit- ors who eventually will do the rounds to help individual families crystalize their thinking about Christian Stewardship and how they might respond to it. Your support and encouragement at the Family Service on 1st May will be of inestimable value to them, and we hope you will be there to give it. Then you may also have seen in the DIARY there are three open meetings on successive evenings the very next week. We don’t expect you to attend more than one because they will, in any case, be identical. But knowing how full diaries get, and because we do want the pleasure of your company, we are offering three evenings for you to choose from. The meetings are in the Methodist Church, Patrixbourne Road on Wednesday, 4th, Thursday, 5th and Friday, 6th May and each one will last from 7.30 to 9pm. We hope to have a video presentation and will give you plenty of time to ply us with questions and hopefully clear up any problems you may have about Christian Steward- ship. It will be a relaxed and convivial evening, a chance to talk together and enjoy a few refreshments. The Renewal Campaign reaches its conclusion on Whitsunday——-one of the Chi1rch’s major festivals-—when we shall gather in St. Peter’s Church for an llam Eucharist. The title ‘eucharist’ means ‘thanksgiving’, and this one will certainly live up to its name for by then we should have much to be thankful for. But that is precisely why the parish decided eight years ago to adopt the principle of Christian Stewardship, and has run on those lines ever since. It is an admission that we have so much in life to be thankful for, and that we owe it all to God. Our stewardship enables us to ally our thanksgiving in a tangible way with our faith. So we offer back to God tokens of his bounty, and one of the_best ways of doing that is by putting those tokens at the local church’s disposal. Through stewardship we can say thank you to God for his gifts in life of ability and property, coupled with the time in which to employ them, by offering tokens of them to his church. The added spin-off is that in return the church, both people and buildings, is maintained and enhanced, so can do the work for which God created it. This idea is no longer new to many readers, but even if it is old hat please support your local church as it tries to live true to its message of salvation through Christ Jesus, and as it works to provide an outlet for this devotion to God which is his due and for which he set us on this earth. Bekesbourne, too, joins in Stewardship Although we are not having a formal programme of Christian Stewardeship in the parish, certainly the activities of our neighbouring parish will not go unmarked. On one Sunday in the month there will be a display at the west end of the church about the principles of Stewardship, and an appeal will go out to all worshippers in the parish to see what they can do to help support the Church both in the building and the people of Bekesbourne. _;_ p_ 6 Roger Bennett Hunter 1910 - 1988 Doctor Roger Hunter was born the 16th May 1910 and died the 21st March 1988 after more than fifty years of devoted marriage and fatherhood, and nigh on fifty years in Bridge. His practice as a physician was short- ened by grave illness in December 1965, when he was snatched back from death by the skills of his colleagues ' and the care of his wife, for all of which he often ' voiced his thanks. Yet the years of retirement which followed were ones in which the variety of his talents ; and interests enriched alike his own life and thought 3 and all those who had the good fortune of his friend ship. He was educated at Coleraine Academy, where his - own father was Headmaster, founding himself on the Latin and Greek classics which he pursued for his first year of study at Trinity College, Dublin; then turning to medicine, to the gain of successive generations in our villages since he first came here in 1939. He was first briefly in practice in Sheerness, but more important was the job as a ‘locum’ in Guernsey where he met and married Joyce on that May Day of 1937 when they entered the ‘united way’ which is lovingly mentioned in his poetry, and from which he had so much strength and support. With Joyce and all his family we united and prayed at his funeral, and still unite in prayer and sympathy, as in pride of memory. So much for mere chronology/—what matters is the man we loved. Words such as ‘respect’, ‘affection’ and ‘trnst’——al1 of which his friends and patients held him in—are inadequate for feelings which mirror his own qualities. The calm devotion which he brought to his vocation inspired all these feelings, touching people’s lives when they most needed reassurance. But there, as in all his social contacts, was a wrily amused compassion for human frai1ty—gently mocking within, but never hurting. A careful watcher might see the diagnosis of pretension or humbug being quietly reached, and the corrective quietly administered without the ‘patient’ even knowing it. There were, if one pauses to analyse, a number of factors persisting throughout his practice and for the last two decades and more since formal ‘retirement’ , though even in these he did not wholly cease from medical work. ‘Love of mankind’ may be the short answer, based on faith, and breadth of scholarship and understanding. He was familiar with a number of languages, classical and modern, and had a wide scope of reading and interests—whether it were music, the flora he studied and loved, or the works of rnan—made art he appreciated so much- coins, silver, porcelain or paintings: in short, all that showed the hand of the Creator or those skills with which He had endowed His creatures, in nature, art, or those sorts which Roger joyed in watching and following. All this is reflected in his poetry. Its economy hides a richness of knowledge and, above all, be1ief—a recognition that the ‘. . . wind of God blows all things clear’ , as he wrote. But the words bear a little dissection, to disclose the scholar’s memory of the Greek pneuma . . . wind, or rather Spirit, which served for him to ‘. . . mythologise the commonplace’ using his own words again. Every line is a 7 minute cameo of engraved Faith. Each poem reflects a sensitivity to God, to beauty, to history. Any effort to analyse further would be impudence, for the words he wrote speak for themselves in terms of loving understanding of humanity and of rooted trust in God. Roger himself would be the first to writhe at, and instantly disclaim, words of praise. So we need go no further than the words of the Fifteenth Psalm which triumphantly opened his Funeral, and which provide a succinct check- list of his noble qualities: those things, which he did in his life, give the firm confidence that ‘he shall never fall’, and--~to use his own verse once more- that he will be ‘united with Infinity’. There is already a physical memorial in the Hunter Room of the Village Hall, to which he contributed so generously. But with a final paraphrase from his own writings, this memorial is a physical ‘real’ that may be crushed in time, yet ‘. . . the ideal form remains’ in the hearts of his family and all whom his life and work have touched. G_R_ Christian Aid Week 16th - 21st May “The poor haven’t a share in the world!” This is the theme for the 1988 Christian Aid Week and it is a theme for thought. In some ways the statement is clearly true, and yet Christian Ar'd’s overseas experience is of work shared, ideas shared, meagre rations shared, hopes shared and joys shared. This readiness to share among the poorest communities in all parts of the world should make us all think—and act. Please read the leaflet which will be delivered with the Christian Aid env- elope and notice that it speaks of sharing as ‘giving a part of what we have, rather than a bit of the surplus we don’t need’. Let our response to this week for Christian Aid show we are ready to accept a shared responsibility for the needs of others. Muriel packer HONOUR YOUR PARTNER! Bridge Folk Dance Group No experience or partners are needed to join the above on the first and third Thursdays of each month, so please join us in the Village Hall on the 5th and 19th May at 8 o’clock, with our caller Mf Matthews. For further details ring either 830285 or 830652. J_ H_ Bekesbourne Sport and Social Club Bekesbourne Sport and Social Club are holding a Barn Dance in the Village Hall on Saturday, 28th May from 7.30 to 11pm, with caller Edna May. There will be a licensed bar and admission tickets are £1-50. New members are welcome to the club, where we now play short mat bowls. For information and dance tickets please contact I Gater (830237) or J Hopkins (830652). J_ H_ After the event Ist Bekesbourne Brownies wish to thank all parents and friends who supported the Brownies Tupperware Evening. £75 was raised for the Brownie funds. Thanks also to Mrs Margaret Phillips, the Tupperware demonstrator Continued on page 13 8 and to Mrs Sue Diplock for collecting and delivering the Tupperware. Bekesbourne Brownies hold their meetings on a Tuesday in the Village Hall from 5.45 to 7pm, for girls between 7 and 10 years of age. Anyone interested should contact either Phyl Denne (830675 - evenings) or Jill Gillanders (830894) p_D_ Bridge Methodists We are holding our annual Coffee Morning and Sale on Thursday, 5th May from 10.30am to 12 noon. Proceeds will, as is our custom, be shared with a deserving charity. We will be glad of your support! * II! * 4 Bridge Methodists celebrate the 94th anniversary of their church on 22nd and 24th May. To mark this special occasion, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of John Wesley’s conversion, the church will have an Open Day. There will be an exhibition of events in the life of the Wesley family, including extracts from his Journal and memorabilia of his ministry in the Anglican and Methodist Churches. A warm invitation is extended to all to come and see what a tremendous impact the Wesley family had on the whole world. The church will be open from 10am to 1pm, and 2 to 6pm. The week—night service on 24th, conducted by the Revd Sheila Foreman, follows at 7.30pm. D0 Come! Pat Grant, Church Steward Nailbourne Horticultural Society The Village Hall in Bridge looked most spring—like on Tuesday, 12th April on the occasion of the Horticultural Society’s Annual Spring Show. Despite unaccustomed warm weather during March, which had brought on the bulbs earlier than in the previous three years, there was still a ‘Host of Golden Daff- odils’ in evidence, with plenty of entries of a good standard. Mr Graham Talbot was presented with a voucher for the Kent Garden Centre for gaining most points in the show. He also received the cup for the ‘Best Bloom in the Show’, while Mrs May Greenaway won the newly—instit— uted cup for ‘Best Post Plant in the Show’. K_A_ W_ Bridge Tennis Club The storm—damaged surround netting has been completely renewed in time for the new season. The opening tournament starts promptly at 2pm on Saturday, 30th April, and new members are cordially invited to turn out and join it. Club sessions will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6.30pm, and on Saturdays from 2pm. Junior coaching sessions will start on Tuesday, 10th May and applicants should approach Joan Hill, Renville Oast, Bridge (830215). Dermot Stewart Nailboume Ladies Group's Jumble Sale held on 9th April was most successful. Donations from the proceeds have been made to the NSPCC, Bridge Church Library Fund and Sandy Gall’s Limbs for Children Appeal. E.A. 13 Gifts to St. Peter’s, Bridge We acknowledge with gratitude the generous donation made by the Nailbourne Ladies Group towards books for the church library. It was most kind of them to include us in their Jumble Sale proceeds, a gesture we apprec- iate, and it will enable us to add to the existing books. The library is being used, I am happy to say, and books are available to be borrowed during church opening hours, which means most of every day. 1|! 3k SI A choirrnan of many years standing (and sitting, if it comes to that), Tim Hoare has presented a complete set of seat cushions for the back rows of the choir stalls, for which we are all (tenors and basses particularly) most grateful. Those of us who aren’t tenors or basses and who therefore won’t sit on the cushions, can take it from those who are that they are a distinct asset. Very many thanks Tim! * 3|! it The Paschal or Easter Candle that made its first appearance this Easter has been much admired. The standard candlestick was specially made for us by the Bishopsbourne Forge, who also made the aumbry light, and has been given by Mrs D Davis in memory of her late husband, Malcolm. A Paschal Candle has a symbolism all its own, and bears witness to the risen Christ, whose resurrection from the dead brought new light to drive away the darkness of sin and death. The emblem traced on the candle has the A (Alpha) and (2 (Omega), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, above and below the cross, and within the arms of the cross the digits of the current year. This all represents Christ, the same yesterday, today and for ever, who on the cross brought redemption to us his people. Surmounting all this is, of course, the flame, the light of Christ, ‘who by death trampled down death’ and rose victoriously to newness of life, thus paving the way for our deliver- ance. Since Easter lasts until Ascension Day the Paschal Candle is the first to be lit and the last to be extinguished at all services during that period. This is a most pleasing acquisition and we thank Mrs Davis very much for providing the candlestick: it is a worthy memorial to a much loved husband and father. Parish Pump Part of the Annual Parish Meeting, which is to be held on Friday, 20th May at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, will be devoted to discussion of the investigations of the Village Appraisal Sub-Committee and of the information collated from the Village Appraisal Questionnaire which was circulated earlier in the year to all households in the parish. Do come along to the meeting and participate in this discussion, which could have a bearing on the future of your village. K .A. Walder, Clerk St. Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne Cleaning and Flower Rota: 7th May Mrs Gillanders, 14th Mrs Mount, 21st Mrs Purchese, 28th Mrs Farbrace. 14 PARISH PUMP Parish Council News Bridge Parish Council In the absence of the Chairman of the Parish Council, Cllr John Hill, the Vice- Chairman Cllr Tim Hoare chaired the meeting of the Council on Thursday, 14th April. Recreation Ground Members were pleased to note that the roof was now being put on the new sports pavilion, but were concerned at the amount of builder’s rubbish surrounding the site, and the Clerk was to ask that the area be cleared of unnecessary materials and rubbish so that the gang mower could cut the grass before it got too long. The Council noted that the County Council’s cost for weed- spraying the perimeter of the Ground was £20 and that for the two cuts requested, again of the perimeter, the charge was £16 per cut, whilst the cost of harrowing the mound would be £50.The four trees to replace those lost in the storm last October had been planted towards the end of March under the Manpower Serv- ices Council scheme at no charge to the Parish. Cllr Mrs Billie Anderson agreed to inspect them and remove any suckers appearing. The Clerk had already asked the City Council for another litterbin to replace the one which had disappeared from its position by the bridge into the Recreation Ground. Streets and Footways The Clerk was to ask the County Council to repair the pavement outside the Village Hall which was uneven and causingproblems, partic- ularly for the elderly who use the hall.The Clerk was also to report to the City Council two of the street lamps on Bridge Hill, one of which was damaged and the other alight both day and night. Village Hall Cllr Mervyn Gulvin rep- orted that the work to box in the central heating controls, to connect the extractor fans in the kitchen and to make good around the fireplace in the hall had now 15 been completed, but that a small leak discovered during the work around the outside of one of the extractor fans had still to be attended to. Cllr l\/ks Ann King drew attention to the need for redecorat- ion of the walls which would likely necess- itate complete replastering. Cllr Gulvin was to look into alternative methods to conventional plaster, whilst the Clerk was to find out about the availability of grants to help with the cost of such work. Lottery Fund The Council agreed to support an application from the Tennis Club to the City Council’s Lottery Fund for £250 towards the cost of new netting for the courts. Village Appraisal Mr Vernon David had taken over as Chairman of the Village Appraisal Sub—Committee which was on target to produce its findings at the Annual parish Meeting on 20th May. Planning There were no objections to an outline application for a dwelling on land adjacent to ‘The Plat’, Beech Hill or for an application for an extension to ‘Forge Cottage’, 51 High Street. The City Council had granted permission for a house with paddock and garage plus seven garages on site to North and North- West of ‘The Close’, Union Road and for the renewal of permission for the erection of a bungalow on land adjoing 23 Union Road but had refused permission for the erection of a boundary fence to enclose the side garden at 12 Bridge Down. The Clerk was to write to the owner of the ‘fish and chips’ van welcoming him and the service he was providing to the village and requesting him to make every effort to ensure that there was no resulting litter problem for the village. The next meeting of the Parish Council, when officers are elected for the coming year, will be held in the Hunter Room of the Village Hall at 7.30pm on Thursday 12th May‘ K.A. Walder, Clerk Fish News ©< Our annual Coffee Morning and Bring & Buy Sale will be held in Bridge Village Hall on Saturday, 4th June from 10.30am to 12 noon. This is our only fund- raising event and finances our work in caring for elderly residents and others who need our help in our four villages. With the present cutting back of stat- utory services our help will be needed more than ever. Please come and give us your support. There will be stalls for cakes, groceries, gifts, plants and ‘white elephant’, in addition to a raffle. Orchard Tour As-in previous years we have been invited to take a party of retired people for a car tour through the Highland Court orchards. In order to see the blossom at its peak we are unable to fix a date until the last minute but it will probably be during the second week in May. If you would like to come or can drive for us please let me know. Blossom Tour The coach leaves the bottom of Western Avenue (opposite Green Court) at 2.15pm on Wednesday, 4th May. If you have not booked and would like to join us, your name can be put on a waiting list to fill any last- minute cancellations. The next Coffee Pop-In is on Wednesday, llth May in Bridge Village Hall from 10.15 to 11.45am. Joan Warren’ 830233 The Treasurer’s Report Following our usual custom we reproduce for a wider readership the annual report Douglas Hill, Honorary Treasurer made at the Patrixbourne with Bridge Annual Church Meeting on 12th April. It is only right that all who look to St. Mary’s or St. Peter ’s Church at some time or other should see for themselves how well they manage their financial affairs. We are fortunate to have such a skilled and highly professional treasurer. In my annual report of April 1987, it was indicated that we should be able to just meet our total revenue commitments in 1987. This was on the assumption that all sources of income and levels of expenditure continued at the then current levels. What happened in the event was indeed very encouraging, for with the highest revenue surplus of £1,157 we have ever experienced, we have been able to increase our General Reserve by £1,100 to meet existing and planned structural repair costs. At the same time, we have also been able to transfer the sum of £57, albeit small, to the Lady Chapel Refurbishment Fund, in recognition of the splendid work of the ladies devoted to this project, who are in fact carrying out the task from funds raised by their own efforts. The surplus of £1,157 compared with the ‘break even’ forecast can be explained to have arisen in general over five revenue headings: Planned Giving Following appeals made during the year to church members for new or updated coven- ants to arrest the decline of covenant income, due to both covenants falling out and to the effect of the reduction of tax reclaimable from all covenants (resulting from the lowering of the standard rate of taxation) the response from certain church members showed their concern. The net effect of fifteen new and updated covenants against six terminated covenants, has resulted in a gain of £168 compared with the forecast, or £187 compared with this heading for 1986. Church Collections, including Wall Boxes These showed an increase of £3 30 against the forecast, or £286 against the total for 1986. Summer Fete and Christmas Market Against a forecast of £1,400 for these two events, the total surpluses of £1,701 showed a 16 better than forecast figure of £310. Under this heading it is interesting to note that the figure for 1987 of £1,701 is £214 greater than for 1986. A truly superb result for such happy occasions, and I may add, rewarding for the efforts of the many helpers and for those who came along to support us. Salaries and Wages Expenditure against forecast under this heading showed a saving of £119 mainly due to the vacancy of an organist at Bridge for a considerable part of the year. Repairs and Maintenance Compared with the forecast of £550 actual expenditure of £259 showed a saving _of £291. This arose from certain planned maintenance, of a day to day nature, not having been completed, and this, of course, will be remedied in 1988. [MAJOR CHURCH REPAIRS-—BRIDGE CHURCH 1987 proved to be quite an active year in this context, during which the repairs planned and associated with the Bridge Church Appeal came into fruition. All the repair work envisaged under the appeal was completed and paid for, and it is heartening to report that we have sufficient funds remaining to meet the heavy cost (estimated) of some £3,425 for stonework repairs to the bell—tower currently being dealt with. This latter repair work has arisen since the appeal in 1985. Vicar: The Revd Raymond Gilbert, A.K.C., The Vicarage, 23 High Street, Bridge CT4 5J Z (830250) PATRIXBOURNE WITH BRIDGE Churchwardens: Mr J .J . Williamson, Beechmount, Conyngham Lane, Bridge CT4 SJX (830399) Mr S.R. Pike, 12 High Street, Bridge CT4 SJY (830708) Hon Secretary: Mr R.C. Whatley, 54 Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830512) Hon Treasurer: Mr D.R. Hill, Red Deer, Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830426) Organist (Bridge): Organist (Patrixbournej: Mrs G. Allan, Ardpriory, Bekesbourne Lane, Canterbury CT3 4AD (462695) Verger (Bridge): Mr J. Hopkins, Old Station Cottage, Bishopsboume CT4 SJ D (830660) BEKESBOURNE Churchwardens: Mr J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesboume CT4 SHD (830937) Mr N.H. Cruse, 9 Meadow Close, Herne Bay CT6 6NN (361335) Hon Secretary: Mr J. Purchese, Mill Cottage, Bekesbourne CT4 SHD (830937) Hon Treasurer: Mr D. Millyard, School House, School Lane, Bekesbourne CT4 SER (830256) Organist.’ Mr S.l-1. Grey, 63 High Street, Bridge CT4 SLA (830522) Captain of the Bells: Mr D. Farbrace, 3 Downside, Adisham Road, Bekesbourne CT4 SHA (830659) Magazine Advertising.‘ Mr H.P.M. Lawrence, Tullymore, 72 Bridge Down, Bridge CT4 SBA (830472) Magazine Editor: The Vicar, who is responsible for unsigned articles. Would Secretaries of Organisations and others with items for On The Nail please send them to the Editor by the 15th of the month preceding publication. J.B. Gardener Craftsman for all Garden Maintenance 20 Conyngham Lane - Bridge - Canterbury 830506 N.C.H. EVENINGS C. & G. HORT 17 Established 1786 For LOCAL TUBEFICULIN TESTED and CHANNEL ISLAND MILK ABBOTT BROS. 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