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Sandgate July 2019

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

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This is the new Pilates' timetable and it will start Monday 2nd September, check out a couple of new venues and a few changes to classes and times. Any questions give Julie a call on 07825109670

Sandgate Farmers' Market Saturday, 6th July, 2019 10:00 to 12:30

Old Hall Farm

Sandgate Bakery

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

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

Marsh Produce seasonal local

Guest pâtisserie

fruit & veg

Pauline's hand made toys Great gift ideas

Elham Valley Soaps

Handmade soap and candles

Gill Thomson Jewellery Handmade jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls and Venetian glass plus Asyoulike Design cards

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Including win a car competition

will be serving teas & coffees.

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Sandgate Bakery

Marsh Produce seasonal local

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

fruit & veg

Pauline's

Guest pâtisserie

hand made toys great gift ideas

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

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Elham Valley Soaps

District Councillors' Surgery

Handmade soap and candles

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Meet your District Councillor

Old Hall Farm

Including win a car competition

Traditionally reared meat & sausages, rare breed lamb & pork Pre-order 01797 344430

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Support your local Farmers' Markets in 2019

At each Sandgate Farmers' Market until further notice, we are reintroducing the ÂŁ10 raffle prize. All you have to do is attend the Market and enter your name and email address on the sheet provided by 11:30am. The draw will take place at midday and one lucky winner will get a voucher for Ne ÂŁ10 which they can spend at any of w the stalls or cafe either at the Market at which it is won or any Market in the future.

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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 until 1pm.

In the Methodist Church Hall,

01303 265340

Chapel Street, Hythe,

www.facebook.com/ wowhythe

Parking is available nearby.

For more information call (01303) 266118 or 268715 5

JeST a minute... the cartoon humour of John Sinclair-Thomas

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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

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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

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

Boot Fairs, The Green Hythe 2019 7"' July

1st Hythe Scout Group

21st July

Rotary Club of Hythe

28th July

Friends of Folkestone, Dover and Hythe Samaritans

11th August

Hythe Twinning Association

18th August

Mayor's Charity Fu nd

1st September Music & Arts for the Community - Shepway Voices Gates open 7am.

Cars: £10; Vans £15.

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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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Local produce Oil

To commission a painting by talented Sandgate residing artist Malcolm Ritchie costs less than you think and provides a valued, timeless and unique gift. Malcolm has been painting and drawing for most of his life and works in all mediums and subjects.

My subjects, he says, inspire me. You're just a click away from looking at some more of his work and arranging an informal chat about what's on your mind.

You'll find me here #MalcolmRitchie

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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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Even more at the The Tower Theatre

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Scouts perform St George and the Dragon in the Chichester Hall

Scouts outside the Chichester Hall

My thanks to Rob Swinyard for sending me these photographs taken of the Sandgate Scouts in the 1960s.

Scouts perform St George and the Dragon in the Chichester Hall

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Did you know you can pre-order from the Sandgate Farmers' Market food stall holders and collect at the next Market?

Stallholder

Produce

Sandgate Bakery

Bread

Old Hall Farm

email and/or telephone number sales@thesandgatebakery.com

01303 246569 marshproduceltd@yahoo.co.uk

Meat/eggs/pies

07479 626754 marshproduceltd@yahoo.co.uk

Marsh Produce Fruit and veg

07479 626754

Catherine Jordan Cakes

Cakes

Saffron Rose Flowers

Special flowers for your special days

text: 07528458444 email: jordan991@btinternet.com

info@saffronroseflowers.com 07767 083381

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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Da ou ry fo s ry te dia r

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Folklore Festival

An All Day Conference

Saturday 13th July 10:30 - 4:30 In the Church Speakers are: David de Verny - Unicorns Dr Geoff Doel - The Hooden Horse of Kent Jeremy Harte - The Green Man Martin Newcome - Myths and Folklore of Trees Tea / Coffee & Buffet Luncheon ÂŁ20

Tickets in advance Greta Raja 01303 488091, Mel Wrigley 01303237146, Cynthia Weeks 01303 262572, Joy Millar 07842 426751. Di Fox 01303 277199

Raffle

In association with The Sauniere Society Friends of St Nicholas Church Newington CT18 8AX Restoring and maintaining this historic building and its grounds Charity Number 1122652

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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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As is customary when we go away, I would like to share our experience at a wonderful holiday home in the La Creuse area of central France. Located in a small hamlet called Gioux, Honeysuckle Cottage is well presented, comfortably furnished and nicely decorated accommodation for two.

The cottage has its own garden with outside and undercover seating for meals, recliners and a circular swimming pool. If your ideal holiday is to escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life and relax in beautiful rural surroundings then this could well suit you. The host, Amanda, lives in the house situated next to the cottage and, although she is around should you need anything, she is not intrusive. We took advantage of a meal cooked by our host on the first evening and a delight it certainly was. A pate starter followed by a lamb casserole all washed down with a fine bordeaux; strongly recommended. From our cottage door we saw two red squirrels, jays and woodpeckers. I would have no hesitation in recommending this property which is indeed a magical place.

They are on Facebook.

To break our return journey we over nighted at the Chateau de la Ruche which, with its hosts Rebecca and Tim Jones, features in the Dick Strawbridge Channel 4 television series Escape to the Chateau DIY. In the Pays de la Loire region of France just north of Le Mans outside the small town of TiellĂŠ and just a four hour drive from Calais, le Ruche is everything you could wish for and more. The rooms have been tastefully refurbished and the attention to details is admirable. The grounds provide a wonderland of natural delight around which you can freely wander. We did opt for the optional, very reasonably priced, meal and it was amazing. A honey roasted tomato tartine started the evening followed by pan fried salmon, French cheeses and a cherry clafoutis all washed down with a carafe of the house red. As you sit outside and enjoy an aperitif you often see Rebecca, a self taught but very accomplished chef, go to the small herb garden outside the kitchen to select an ingredient or garnish for the meal you are about to eat. All the ingredients are either home grown or sourced locally and can't you tell.

They are on Facebook and their web site is at: https://chateaudelaruche.com We will return; what more can you say than that?

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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