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Sandgate May 2020

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

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Funding Available The Hythe Institute Fund considers applications for funding from local organisations including schools, scouts and guide groups, sports clubs and the trustees of local halls and facilities; who may require funds for maintenance or improvements.

The recipients must be in the Hythe parish (including Hythe, Seabrook, Saltwood, Palmarsh, Lympne and Newingreen).

To apply for funding go to www.hytheinstitutefund.org.uk or e-mail us on hytheinstitutefund@gmail.com or call us on 01303 278888.

Trustees meet to review applications every four months. The cut off dates to receive applications are: • 10 January • 30 April • 30 September

Support your local Farmers' Markets in 2020

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‘LOAF TO GO’ TAKEAWAY FOOD SERVICE LOCATED AT THE HYTHE & SALTWOOD SAILING CLUB 48 MARINE PARADE, HYTHE CT21 6AW OPEN MONDAY – SUNDAY COLLECTION 10AM – 3PM / DELIVERY 10AM – 7PM (£2.50)

SALADS • ROASTED MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLES, FETA, COUSCOUS & MISO DRESSING £7.50 • CHILLI ORANGE CHICKEN, BROCOLLI, BASIL & GREEN GODDESS DRESSING £8.50 • RARE BEEF FILLET, BLUE CHEESE & WALNUT DRESSING £8.50

HEAT AT HOME DISHES • CHICKEN WINGS (X6 PER PORTION) CHOOSE FROM AMERICAN BBQ (SWEET), CAROLINA BBQ (MUSTARD), SMOKEY CHIPOTLE OR ‘HOT HOT HOT’ £8.50 • PULLED CHILLI BRISKET BEANS WITH CREAMY HORSERADISH MASH £8.50 • SPICY THAI GREEN CHICKEN CURRY WITH GREEN BEANS, SUGAR SNAPS & RICE £9.50 • CREAMY BEEF & MUSHROOM STROGANOFF WITH BASMATI RICE £9.50 • MOROCCAN FISH STEW WITH CHICKPEAS & CORIANDER RICE £9.50 • PRAWN, VEGETABLE & RICE STIR FRY (HONEY GARLIC/SMOKEY CHIPOTLE/TERIYAKI) £11.50

TO PLACE YOUR ORDER PLEASE EMAIL kate.loaf@hotmail.com ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 7PM FOR COLLECTION/DELIVERY THE FOLLOWING DAY PLEASE CHECK OUR INTSTAGRAM (@loaf_sandagte)AND FACEBOOK (LOAF to GO) CHANGES AND UPDATES

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‘MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED’ As well as cooking delicious dishes for you to enjoy at home, we’re also cooking meals to give to NHS staff at the William Harvey Hospital and to local vulnerable people in need during this challenging time. These meals are free to those that need them and are funded by donations. If you're able to donate at all, please do by using the PayPal link below, so that we can help as many people as possible. https://www.paypal.me/loaftogo

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Local help during Covid19 pandemic No one should feel as though they are alone during this challenging time. Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh are pulling together and your community is here to help to: • • • • •

Provide food for those not able to get or prepare it themselves Assist with the collection and delivery of food orders Collect and deliver medical supplies Walk dogs Offer someone to talk to for advice and reassurance

Assistance is not limited to the above - we will try and assist our vulnerable residents in any way we can.

Anyone who cannot go out (whether self-isolating, immobile or unwell) and who does not have support networks (friends, family, neighbours) to do this for them should contact the Community Hub in their area.

There are three Community Hubs serving our area. They are run by volunteers and supported by Folkestone & Hythe District staff and resources.

Our thanks to Age UK for taking the lead for Hythe, Lympne, Saltwood, Postling, Sellindge, Lyminge, Elmsted and points between Email covid-19@ageukhl.org.uk Call 01303 269602 Every day 9am – 4pm Our thanks to Three Hills Sports Centre, Citizens Advice Bureau and Kent Coast Volunteering for taking the lead with Folkestone, Hawkinge, Densole, Swingfield, Acrise, Elham and points between Email covid-19@3hsp.co.uk Call 01303 316186 Every day 9am – 4pm 8

Our thanks to the Romney Marsh Day Centre for taking the lead for Romney Marsh Email covid-19@rmdc.org.uk~Call 01797 208590 Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm There is also a general helpline for COVID-19 matters Email covid-19@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk Call 01303 761 116 Every day9am to 5pm every day There is also information on the District Council website at folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/coronavirus There is also a helpline set up by Kent County Council that covers the whole of Kent and is available 24/7 at 03000 41 92 92 or www.kent.gov.uk/KentTogether It doesn’t matter which number you choose to make contact as your County and District Council are working closely together with the NHS, emergency services and the Community Hubs to ensure people get the support they need, when they need it.

You can volunteer to help if you are not one of the at risk group who should be self-isolating (although anyone can volunteer to make phone calls).

There’s more information available at www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/ community-hub Council Services: Council offices are closed to personal callers but most staff are still working and contactable on the usual email and telephone numbers.

Formal council meetings are cancelled but much work is still continuing by email and tele/video conferencing. You can also still contact your local councillor by phone or email (see the council website).

The kerbside waste and recycling services are running as normal.

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The Household Waste Recycling Centres are closed (their staff are helping with the kerbside collections).

Libraries are closed but you can still borrow e-books and emagazines.

We have given priority in our services to supporting the most vulnerable and our staff are coping with a reduction in numbers because of sickness and the need for some to self-isolate. At this exceptional time, please make allowances and be patient when you contact us for ‘normal’ business.

We thank all those helping our community during the pandemic and ask you all to continue to take care of yourselves and each other.

District Councillors Susan Carey and Jenny Hollingsbee Information updated 02 April 2020

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Help us to save Prospect Cottage

We are delighted to announce an exciting partnership between Art Fund, Creative Folkestone and Tate to save and preserve Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, the home and garden of visionary filmmaker, artist and activist, Derek Jarman.

Prospect Cottage continues to be a site of pilgrimage for people from all over the world who come to be inspired by its stark beauty and by Jarman’s legacy. Without this public appeal, Prospect Cottage is at risk of being sold privately, its contents dispersed, and artistic legacy lost.

With your help a total of ÂŁ3.5m needs to be raised by 31 March 2020 to help purchase Prospect Cottage, which will enable continued free public access to the cottage's internationally celebrated garden, the launch of an artist residency programme, and a programme of guided visits within the cottage itself.

Major grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, the Linbury Trust, and private donations have already taken the campaign half-way towards its target. Art Fund is now calling on the public to make donations of all sizes to raise the funds still needed.

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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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.

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All now available in paperback and on Kindle Set in Folkestone in the heady days of the late 60s.

They say if you can remember it, you weren't there!

Two plays. One an imaginary meeting between Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan in a Fitzrovia pub. The other is Caitlin Thomas reminiscing after the untimely death of her husband.

This is the tale of Hana, a young girl who moves from where she was born in London, to the Kent coast. They discover a wonderful area called Prince's Parade which is full of amazing animals, has a beautiful canal and is right next to the sea too! By buying this book you will be helping to protect it. All profits from it will be donated to the Save Prince's Parade campaign which aims to halt plans to develop the area into a housing estate.

This walk through the history of Sandgate to the present day was first performed at the Chichester Hall a decade ago on Wednesday, 9th June. It is now available on Kindle or in paperback.

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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.

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! £9.99 Hardback The three dots of... £12.50 (Not forgetting the brackets) Great gift And even more

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.

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

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