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Sandgate Issue 52 January 2017 This newsletter is compiled and edited by David Cowell who is totally responsible for content.

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2017

Sandgate Farmers' Market dates Just some of the groups that use the Chichester Hall on a regular basis (contact The Sentinel for details): Tai Chi Dance Pilates Tamalpa Table tennis Short mat bowls See page 21 for all 2017 diary dates

Sandgate Society monthly talks Sandgate Art Group

Rooms to hire in Sandgate

The Secret Drawing Club

Need to hire a hall? There's no need to look any further.

Sandgate has a room to suit your needs.

Chichester Memorial Hall

SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST

Old Fire Station Reading Room

R EG C HARITY NO. 2 8 7 2 8 1

Have you heard about The Reading Room Sandgate?

St Paul's Church Hall Tower Theatre

SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST REG CHARITY NO. 287281

The Library Whether for a party, business meeting, music evening, club meeting or annual general meeting, Sandgate has a room for you with space to accommodate from 10 to 300.

To see if there is one to suit your needs, do email the date (s) and number of attendees to david@davidcowell.net.

The Old Fire Station 51, Sandgate High Street Sandgate, Kent CT20 3AH

The Reading Room In The Old Fire Station Sandgate is a beautiful wood panelled room and is an ideal venue for small functions: Birthday Parties, small meetings, studio lighting & photography sessions, music practice, wakes etc. There is seating for a maximum

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of 30 people and there are folding tables for your use. There is a fully

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equipped kitchen which includes crockery & cutlery settings and a

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combination microwave, tea urn, fridge, coffee machine & kettles.

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Hythe Farmers’ Market takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 10am until 1pm.

In the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe,

Parking is available nearby.

For more information call (01303) 266118 or 268715

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Folkestone Herald 22nd December 2016

This is an extract about Sandgate from S. J. Mackie's A Descriptive and Historical Account of Folkestone and Its Neighbourhood published in 1883.

We will now turn our footsteps in a westwardly direction, and starting from the Lees at Folkestone take the romantic footpath along the edge of the cliff to SANDGATE, of which, however, we shall see nothing until we have turned the projecting point of land by the Martello Tower, when the sudden burst of a lovely landscape takes us by surprise. At the foot of a dark sandhill is seen the long street with its numerous lodging-houses, and in the midst, like a great raised pie, is a round stone castle. The yellow beach extends in an 4

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Sandgate Farmers' Market 7th January, 2017 10:00 to 12:30

Old Hall Farm

Sandgate Bakery

traditionally reared meat & sausages, rare breed lamb & pork and fresh eggs

Smoked French cheese, freshly baked bread, pies and biscuits and smoked salmon and smoked ham

Marsh Produce seasonal local fruit & veg

Fiona's Lovely Things Preserves

CAFE serving teas & coffees

Pauline's hand made toys Great gift ideas

BOOKS New books added at each Market Including win a car competition

Gill Thomson Jewellery Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass

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Old Hall Farm has provided the Sandgate Farmers' Market with high quality, traditionally reared meat, eggs and sausages almost since the beginning and now they are branching out into fruit and vegetables. You'll not find any oranges or bananas on the Marsh Produce stall as they will only sell what can be sourced locally - mainly in Kent but occasionally further afield. Please support this new initiative and help them build a product range that meets your needs.

Old Hall Farm

Marsh Produce seasonal local

Traditionally reared meat & sausages, rare breed lamb & pork

fruit & veg

Pre-order 01797 344430

SPECIALITY BREADS A variety of speciality breads and cakes, gingerbread men, etc. A small artisan bakery based in Sandgate. We only produce bread with no additives all of which is handformed in our cottage kitchen.

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Pauline's hand made toys Great gift ideas BOOKS New hardbacks, many are first editions, added at each Market

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Nice Enough to Eat Flowers, plants and presents for the gardener Wonderful, original gifts for any time of the year

Gill Thomson Jewellery Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass

Including win a car competition

CHAMPAGNE BY THE SEA ALL YEAR ROUND Why wait for New Years or special occasions?

We feel anytime is a good time for champagne!

Bar at the Hythe Imperial

Hythe Imperial Hotel, Princes Parade, Hythe, Kent CT21 6AE

Moet & Chandon, excellence from grape to glass. A seductive palette in every glass.

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I am researching the history of Tynwald House in Hillside Street Hythe and would be most grateful if you could pass on anything you may know about the property. It is now a residential home for the elderly but has been a private dwelling in the past with owners such as Admiral Hall-Thomson and Charles Dynely Twopeny who was Mayor of Hythe between 1919-1922. Thank you. david@davidcowell.net

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elegant semi-circle past Dymchurch wall, to the lighthouse at Dengeness, inclosing a vast blue bay, fringed in its entire length by the white crests of foaming waves, and, with the sunny haze that hangs like a veil over the wooded districts of Hythe and Lympe, contrasts strangely with the harsh features of the Camp at Shorncliff.

A castle existed here prior to the reign of Richard II, and Hasted quotes a writ of that king to the captain of Sandgate Castle, directing him to admit. his kinsman, Henry of Lancaster, with his family and horses, to tarry there for six weeks. The one now on the shore was built at the same period (AD 1539) as the similarly shaped castles at Sandown, Deal, and Walmer, by Henry VIII; but underwent much alteration during the last war. Tradition asserts that queen Elizabeth rested here in 1588, and the bed on which she is said to have slept was some years since exhibited as a curiosity.

The first castle stood probably on the cliff, and was demolished by the inroads of the sea, or the numerous landslips that are incessantly occurring hereabouts, for the name of “ Castle hole,� which is still given to the valley behind, would seem to indicate the vicinity of the ancient site.

The village is of very modern origin. A shipwright in the last century established a building yard at this place, and with the small group of houses erected for his men the hamlet of Sandgate began. Its progress, however, dates chiefly from the formation of the camp in 1794 on the heights behind it, where, under the brave but continued on page 16

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Never a crossword Across 1 It engages a ratchet wheel 5 Dog irritant 9 Say "That's nothing!" e.g.

14 "Rebel Yell" rocker Billy 15 Collect, as rewards 16 One of the James Bond portrayers 17 Two things you don't have to refrigerate 20 Place for professional sporting events 21 Chinese restaurant flowers 22 Ladies of the house in Mexico 25 Museum feature 26 Knot in a tree, e.g.

28 Didn't sell or lend out 32 Title for a French gentleman 37 Nest high off the ground 38 Three things you don't have to refrigerate 41 Respond to, as an opportunity 42 Eager enthusiasm 43 It can make the grade 44 Vandalized an auto, in a way 46 Prickly seed case (Var.) 47 Loner 53 Part of a road 58 Major blood carrier 59 Two things you don't have to refrigerate 62 Word with "Mongolia" or "limits" 63 Raze (with "down") 64 Accept a challenge 65 Wear away gradually 66 Terrier type 67 Place to find a shovel Down 1 Greek gyro breads 2 More than admire 3 Battle-of-the-sexes team 4 Large, grassy plain 5 To's counterpart 6 Stan the superhero creator 7 Major direction 8 Come out of nowhere?

9 With brains

10 Chanel of perfume 11 Ahs complements 12 On the house 13 Admit, country-style (with "up") 18 Thick, black, gooey substance 19 Member of the British nobility 23 Celebrates birthday after birthday 24 Give the brush-off to 27 Splendid display 28 Space letters 29 Lake linked to the Hudson River 30 Cropped photographs?

31 Expendables on a golf course 32 What a drawbridge might cover 33 How many times "in a lifetime"?

34 Minor criticisms 35 Pollution component 36 It's quaint and roomy 37 Do a bit of math 39 "As ___" (letter closing) 40 Assistant coach, e.g.

44 African antelope with distinctive horns 45 Is in the skyscraper business 46 Blow that horn!

48 Its job is to run for you clues continue and answers on page 16

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crossword solution

clues continued 49 Leapers in a Christmas song 50 Ill-fated husband of Bathsheba 51 Cubic liter 52 ___ up (relented) 53 It's around a foot 54 3,600 ticks 55 Bismarck the "Iron Chancellor" 56 Pre-owned, to a dealer 57 Do more than just smell 60 ___ of Fundy 61 Center of the "Elba" palindrome

unfortunate Sir John Moore, very many of those regiments were trained and organized that afterwards won such laurels in the Peninsular war. The frequent reviews of the troops by the duke of York and other noble personages, and the gay and interesting scenes inseparable from a camp, attracted the attendance of our sight-seeking countrymen and their families, while the natural desire to visit their military friends, added numerous relatives to the long train of visitors, whose requirements rapidly increased the dimensions of this much admired wateringplace.

At various times since the peace, different portions of the Camp have been successively demolished, until, indeed, nothing but a simple pile of brick barracks and a small intrenched fort remained. The ground is now once more the scene of martial activity and preparation; wooden huts, capable of housing ten thousand troops, have been erected, and the sturdy regiments of the Foreign Legion are continued on page 19

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Did you know that...

January (in Latin, Ianuarius) is named after the Latin word for door (ianua) since January is the door to the year. The month is conventionally thought of as being named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology, but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month.

Traditionally, the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months totaling 304 days, winter being considered a month-less period.

Around 713 BC, the semimythical successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and February, so that the calendar covered a standard lunar year (354 days).

Although March was originally the first month in the old Roman calendar, January became the first month of the calendar year either under Numa or under the Decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers differ). In contrast, each specific calendar year was identified by the names of the two consuls, who entered office on May 1 or March 15 until 153 BC, from when they entered office on January 1.

Various Christian feast dates were used for the New Year in Europe during the Middle Ages, including March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation) and December 25.

However, medieval calendars were still displayed in the Roman fashion with twelve columns from January to December. Beginning in the 16th century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of the New Year once again.

According to Theodor Mommsen,1 January became the first day of the year in 600 AUC of the Roman calendar (153 BC), due to disasters in the Lusitanian War. A Lusitanian chief called Punicus invaded the Roman territory, defeated two Roman governors, and killed their troops. The Romans resolved to send a consul to Hispania, and in order to accelerate the dispatch of aid, "they even made the new consuls enter into office two months and a half before the legal time" (March 15).

New Year's Day. A fresh start.

A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery.

Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

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New season programme of films 7th February 2017

2nd May 2017

Pride

The Salt of the Earth

7th March 2017

6th June 2017

Raise the Red Lantern 4th April 2017

Tangerines 4th July 2017

Timbuktu

O Brother Where Art Thou

Where The Tin Tabernacle, Portland Road, Hythe, CT 21 6FL. Parking in council car parks (including at Aldi) is free after 6 pm, and there are often spaces alongside the canal. Full disabled access.

When 7.30 on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July. Doors open 7.00.

Entry

Email: hythecommunitycinema@gmail.com

ÂŁ5 on the door, or ÂŁ3 for Hythe Cinema Card holders.

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Phone: 01303 264914 or 01303 237227

marched and drilled and exercised on one of the most peaceful looking spots it is possible to conceive. The Queen made an inspection of the first division of these soldiers on the 9th of August (1855). A royal visit is always a notable event, and when nearly three hundred years have elapsed since such an occurrence took place, the brightness of the red-letter day is proportionally increased. The visit of her most gracious majesty queen Victoria must then be faithfully chronicled. For some days previously, Fame, ever busy, had whispered, and the coming event cast its shadow before. Still no one knew when or how the queen would come: some said it would be in her yacht, others, that the railway would have the honour of bringing her. Reports conflicting and innumerable were rife: first it was said that she would land at Sandgate; then at Folkestone; then, that the railway authorities had erected a temporary station at Westenhanger; then she would not come hither at all: that she would go to Dover and the troops were to march to the castle; and it was only on the day previously to her arrival that it was certain she would come by rail to Folkestone. The town council of that loyal town mustered instanter, and as quickly dispersed.

When the grey morning broke, and the glittering rays of the sun sparkled over the sleepy world, gigantic skeletons of poles and planks stood in the liighways, busy hands were dressing them in leaves and banners, and drowsy eyes just awake from 19

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Art and Craft Market

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Shop Local. www.sandgatebusiness.org.uk

Sandgate Library is open Monday to Saturday 9:30am - 1:00pm (closed Wednesday) For more information call 01303 248563 (mornings only) Sandgate Library, James Morris Court, Sandgate High St. CT20 3RR

dreaming were rubbed with lazy hands, as the half'-finished gaities of a triumphul arch were first reflected on their retinas. Even now it was uncertain whether the upper or lower station would be selected; so the whole town must be decorated that their sovereign should not miss a Folkestone welcome. At nine o’clock however it was positively known that the queen would arrive at the latter ; immediately a, triurnphal trophy was erected on the Sandgate Road; the Pavillion, Harbour House, Railway Station, and all the offices, were hung with colours: steamers, ships, and boats were all dressed, and from every stancheon round the Port floated a banner.

A great crowd awaited to give their welcome; and soon after twelve o’clock the royal cortége arrived, the one gun on the pier uttered its twenty-one complimentary bangs with remarkable enthusiasm, and the mayor, surrounded by the clergy and the local authorities, presented a loyal address and received a courteous answer. The queen entered her carriage, drawn by four horses, and drove slowly off amidst the shouts of the populace; a score or so of gentlemen, in the dark grey uniform of the Kent 21

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I, Daniel Blake Thu 26 Jan at 19:30 Daniel Blake has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie's only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn't know, some 300 miles away.

Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man's land, caught on

1h 40m/Cert 15

the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of 'striver and skiver' in modern day Britain.

Directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2016. “blunt, dignified and brutally moving” The Guardian “an immediate classic” The Times Rifle Corps, rode in order as her guard, and a long train of carriages, with the mayor, the recorder, the member for the borough, the magistrates and council, followed in the rear. The scene, as the procession poured out of the town, was highly picturesque. On the sides of the lofty cliffs, in themselves always beautiful, the children of the various schools were marshalled in rows and made the rocks ring with their shrill voices, while gay groups of spectators decorated the banks. At Sandgate also there were flags, arches, and mottoes, the houses were decorated, and a dirty hovel at the corner of the road leading to the Camp was curiously quilted over with a patchwork of handkerchiefs. The day was grey and cloudy, but fine, and the dark green valley of Shorncliffe, leading down to the sea, looked perfection. On the plain were thousands of spectators on foot and in carriages. The Swiss Legion had been brought from Dover, and, with the Germans stationed on the spot, formed a body of about four thousand men arranged in a great square, with the steep heights of the North Downs like a vast green curtain in the background. All the huts were dressed with evergreens, and a canopy had been erected on the south side. After the troops had marched past, the queen inspected the huts and the kitchen, and partook of an excellent lunch provided at the officers’ command, by Mr. Breach of the Pavillion; after which she left the ground and departed from the Harbour Station at three o’clock, amidst the applause of the inhabitants assembled on the quays. The people from the Camp trudged back to their homes, whitened with the dust of the returning carriages; the Swiss soldiers danced, sang, and cheered as the sturdy engine 22

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hissed away with them to their barracks ; and the men, women, and children, that had come from Dover and other places on the line to see the sight, scrambled and clambered after the vacant seats in the trains as they successively entered the Folkestone station. The duke of Cambridge, the lord Hardinge, and other notables, rode through that town and interested the inquisitive; and as nothing in England can go off without a dinner, the inhabitants dined together in the evening, to vent in kindly speeches and compliments their satisfaction with their day’s proceedings, both personal and public. Thus ended this memorable Thursday.

The colours were presented to the first division of the Foreign Legion on the 22nd of August by the duke of Cambridge and the princess Mary, and the soldiers were regaled by Raikes Currie, Esq., in the beautiful park at Sandlands, with roast beef, plum pudding, and strong beer. Sandlands lies about two miles from Hythe, and is the seat of W. Deedes, Esq., one of the county members. From the undulating and wooded nature of the ground, the scenes of festivity, and the highly picturesque incidents in the sham fight that took place after the dinner, made the entertainment a most enchanting affair for the numerous spectators that were admitted, without any reserve, into the park.

Beside the castle and the camp, there are in Sandgate no objects worthy of particular notice. A plain brick chapel, capable of containing two hundred persons, was erected by the late earl of Darnley, and consecrated by the archbishop of Canterbury on the 28th of May, 1822. It is not endowed, and the minister derives his principal income from the subscriptions of his congregation. The Wesleyans have also a small chapel here, and a literary society has been formed during the post year, and the many interesting lectures that have been given have been well attended.

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

FOLKESTONE QUAKERS MEET IN SANDGATE We gather at

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH HALL st

on the 1 , 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month at 10.30am Anyone is welcome to join us.

A Quaker Meeting for Worship is very simple and may be just what you need. It is a coming together in silence in which we ponder the deep issues of life without the constraints of pre-fixed beliefs. Anyone can share a heartfelt thought in the meeting. We don’t answer it or discuss it - we just receive it. In some meetings no-one speaks at all. The meeting ends with handshake and chat over coffee or tea.

We also hold house discussion groups and monthly social coffee chats.

Quakers have always been prepared to speak out on social issues and act on their convictions, resulting in the practical and social action that we have been known for over the years. www.eastkentquakers.org.uk

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If you have any photographs of the area either current or past do send them to me by email and I will feature them in future editions.

If you just have prints do drop them round to Clyme House (see below) and I will scan.

If you would like to submit an article or letter please email it to me.

I will print almost anything as long as it’s not libellous, racist or unkind.

Name must be supplied but can be withheld if requested.

Please put your articles etc in plain text or Word and images should be in .jpg, .tiff or .png.

My contact details are: Address: Clyme House, Hillside Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DJ Mobile: 07771 796 446 Landline: 020 3239 5828 (via Skype) email: david@davidcowell.net