The Sentinel

the

Sentinel

Sandgate

LocalMatters

December 2019

This magazine is compiled and edited by David Cowell who is totally responsible for content.

If you do not wish to receive these magazines please email UNSUBSCRIBE to him at david@thesentinel.org.uk

for information about all the activities at the Hall go to: www.chichesterhall.co.uk

To advertise in all three of The Sentinels with circa 3000 targetted readers and growing please email me: david@thesentinel.org.uk

for a rate card.

Seasonal greetings from the editor, advertisers and contributors.

Have a great time.

Complimentary mulled wine and chocolates at the Sandgate Farmers Market on Saturday, 21st December

The Sandgate Market has four types of stallholder: 1. Local produce: meat, veg, bread, cakes, jams, pies etc

Sandgate Farmers Market

2. Local made: jewellery, soft toys, furnishings etc

3. Local enterprise: local residents running a business but selling products not necessarily produced locally but that you might just like to buy for yourself or as gifts 4. Local causes: worthy causes that we support and hope you will too

Local made

Local produce

New Marsh Produce

Local honey

Guest baker

Fire & Roast

Eco Food Wrap

Gill Thompson Jewellery Local enterprise Anji's Interiors

The Independent Baker

Old Hall Farm

Saffron Rose Flowers

Pauline's hand made toys

Local made

Rod's battery driven lit Christmas trees

Hilary Rosenz handmade cards

New Catherine Jordan Cakes

It's a Florrie Thing

District Councillors' Surgery Meet your District Councillor

CAFE Elham Valley Soaps and Candles

coffee, tea and friends

Support your local Farmers' Markets in 2019

& 23rd

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No job too small Please call to discuss your needs WOW

Hythe Farmers Market

Design-led gifts and interiors 76 High Street Hythe Kent CT21 5AL

Takes place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 10am to 1pm.

In the Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Hythe.

Parking is available nearby.

For more information call Eric Chauvel Market Manager 0781 7521312 eric@thefrenchdelicatessen.co.uk

01303 265340 www.facebook.com/ wowhythe 4

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SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST

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Have you heard about The Reading Room Sandgate?

SANDGATE HERITAGE TRUST REG CHARITY NO. 287281 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

01303 772873

equipped kitchen which includes crockery & cutlery settings and a

Mobile

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

07778773500

E-mail:

Please note there is NO WHEELCHAIR ACCESS. For more information please visit our newly designed website:

theoldfirestation369@gmail.com

Website www.theoldfirestationsandgate.co.uk

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www.theoldfirestationsandgate.co.uk Or ring Mike Chalk 01303 772873 or Zoe Varian 01303 248114

Just some of the groups that use the Chichester Hall on a regular basis (contact The Sentinel for details): Tai Chi Yoga Pilates Tamalpa Table tennis Short mat bowls Sandgate Society monthly talks

Rooms to hire in Sandgate

Sandgate Art Group

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

Sandgate has a room to suit your needs.

Chichester Memorial Hall Old Fire Station Reading Room St Paul's Church Hall Tower Theatre 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@thesentinel.org.uk.

We'll do the rest.

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Since going to print we are delighted to welcome The Secret Drawing Club in the evening on Monday, 6th January and 3rd February. 7pm to 9pm 10

Since going to print we are delighted to welcome The Secret Drawing Club in the evening on Monday, 2nd March and 6th April. 7pm to 9pm 11

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Support local events

Support local events

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Support local events

To advertise in three The Sentinels with circa 2300 targetted readers and growing please email me at:

The editor of The Sentinel is also responsible for sending Hythe, Newington and Sandgate related event information to the Folkestone Herald. If you have an event you wish to publicise it is needed by Tuesday at 17:00. The information should appear in the edition two weeks later although it is not gauranteed.

david@thesentinel.org.uk

for a rate card.

Thank you.

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"I wish I'd known about F:ND a while ago. It cost me ÂŁ140 to get a specialist to open my car for me. I found the car key two weeks later" Michael W, Wimborne The answer's at: https://www.the-find-online.com

Support local events

SANDGATE CREATIVE WRITING GROUP We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at Sandgate Library from 1000-1200. There is a 'theme' for each month, but this is not compulsory and you are welcome to write a short story on any subject.

Poetry welcome too!

For more details please contact 07443 896422.

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Folkestone and Hythe Cats Protection operates a Lost and Found service for anyone who's cat has gone missing, or if a stray cat has been found.

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Over 55? this blog site might just be for you

From the cutting-edge London design agency Here Design - writer and poet Philip Cowell, and award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand, author of The Herbarium, this playful, original, beautifully designed book brings to life the punctuation marks we use every day, including: The dashing dash So-called "quotation marks" The colon: and on and on.

Kindle edition The shouty exclamation! ÂŁ9.99 Hardback The three dots of... ÂŁ12.50 (Not forgetting the brackets) Great gift And even more

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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.

I am delighted to inform you that three electronic editions of The Sentinel are now published. We now produce a Sandgate, Hythe and a Newington version each month.

If you would like to receive a copy of any please email me at:

david@thesentinel.org.uk and put the name of the version you require ie The Sentinel Hythe or The Sentinel Sandgate/Hythe etc in the subject line.

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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; email: david@thesentinel.org.uk