Lenham Focus | October ’16

October 2016

Support Danielle & Katie Piper Foundation

Return of Derek’s Focus on Nature

Tom Fry Greatly missed

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OCTOBER

Editorial We would like to welcome a new

We also have the welcome return of

member of the team this month.

the Focus on Nature articles from

Jane has very kindly volunteered to

Derek Budge. We thank him for his

help and we wish her good luck. We

regular articles and hope there are

are always looking for more help and

many more to come.

support so if you think you can offer some assistance in any form please

Just a reminder that we are always

do get in contact.

looking for regular or one off articles from in and around the village.

Following the support Danielle

We particularly want to hear from

Brach received from the Katie Piper

children and young adults if they

Foundation she is planning on doing

have any ideas for items to include in

a 12,000ft skydive this month. Please

the Focus.

support her and see her article on how to donate. We wish her luck.

By James Collett

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Clubs & Societies

Happy gardening

Lenham Gardening Society

Lenham Heritage

Our August speaker gave the members

August was the ‘holiday month’ for

a very interesting talk on the many

Lenham Heritage there was no meeting.

different types of flowers that are

So often when I write I think “What can I

coloured blue. She gave us many tips

tell them this time “?

on looking after them, pruning, best

Something always seems to appear out of

locations in the garden and types of soil.

nowhere.

Almost 50 members went on our August

The evening before I wrote this I went

outing to Great Comp, a small house

for a visit to a local vineyard with the

but set among some great gardens. The

Grafty Green Garden Group. The soil

weather was very kind to us and we all

near Headcorn is bland Wealden clay, not

enjoyed wandering around the grounds.

much in it at all and that is maybe why

There were plenty of shady spots to sit

people say “there is no ancient history in

and take a breather before moving on

the Weald”.

to discover another hidden gem. We

But what has that got to do with

finished the outing with a cream tea

Lenham?..... loads!

which was enjoyed by all. This was

One of our members’ farms is near

our final trip for this year, look out for

Headcorn, close to this vineyard.

suggestions for 2017 at the AGM.

He has found Bronze Age items, Iron Age

Our next meeting will be on 20th October

and Roman ….but no Anglo Saxon. That

when we welcome back Sue Scrivens who

mirrors the myth, as very little Anglo

will be talking about ‘Herbs for every

Saxon has been found in the Weald. But

Use’.

all finds are under deep Weald clay.

Just a reminder that our AGM and

A few years ago Kent Archaeological

Cheese and Wine evening will be on 17th

Society launched a Conference

November. Tickets will be available at the

in Lenham called “Peopling Past

October meeting, price to be confirmed

landscapes”. Several groups got inspired

but likely to be the same as last year.

not least Grafty Green and they have

Keith Chair LGS

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written two excellent books about that

goes, because a hide was cut into a thong

parish. KAS idea was to link groups

and surrounded that parish, then land

across the County and see how parishes

given to Hengist. I am suggesting now

linked up. That idea sadly seemed to

that the link between Tong and Great

flop; Faversham for instance was not

Tong is far longer and far older. (Tong

interested in us “over the hill”, the

castle is supposedly “medieval” but there

Downs seemed a barrier. But in the

are several large sarsen stones lingering

past the perceived ‘barrier’ was not so

as if it had far older beginnings.) Beyond

pronounced. Oysters and contraband

Tong was Doggerland now thought to be

(mostly wool and wine) kept the traffic

peopled in the Palaeolithic, this flint I

lines open, the hollow lanes of Sussex

found is Palaeolthic. Those people likely

and Kent are extremely ancient (before

walked and walked connecting their clans

Saxons). Yesterday gave circumstantial

and the routes became fixed. Travelled

proof of that.

by Neolithic peoples…. through to Saxon

In the Weald clay at the base of a vine,

times and finally tarmacked by us.

I absentmindedly picked up a flint ….it

Most modern Lenhamites are interested

looked interesting. Flints are rare in the

in modern history and find it difficult

Weald. When I got home I examined it

thinking back to times beyond the last

more carefully. It has a flat very polished

300 years ….one has to multiply by 100

top (often termed a striking platform)

to 30,000 years ago. It is likely areas

so shiny it verifies the case…it had been

conceals evidence of habitation through

struck and used as a tool. A very rough

the ages. There is so much still to find, for

tool but fits the hand and on the point is

those who are interested!

a sharp groove. Made me think of recent

This particular “tong” (tongue of land)

film of monkeys cracking nuts. Was this

varies in width and roads meander a

tool used to crack cob nuts? Platts Heath

little but the direction is clearly NE

gets its name from the flat plats where

SW. Features /names along it and

they grew cob nuts. Close to this vineyard

roads bordering it start on the Swale

is Great Tong Farm. Tong Field is where

near Chekes court , Tong , Wood street,

Harrietsham school is now and what is

Rawlings street, Pond Bottom, Frinsted,

NE, at the head of this “line”, but Tong

Hogbarn, Tong field, Fairborne valley, Pye

Mill, castle, and pond in the Parish of

Corner, Jubilee Corner, Little Tong, Great

Tong. THAT got its name, so the story

Tong and on to Dray Corner and the

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River Beult. If it is wide near Doddington

Flint drawings .

then Dully Hill has connection to Dully in Tong parish. There are many more of

Photograph of the Palaeolith from near

these parallel sections of land bordered

Headcorn.

by lanes ‌.its probably the ancient system

Lesley Feakes 8502745

of division in Kent predating parishes etc.

Royal British Legion Women’s Section This month we meet in the Community Centre at 2.30 pm on the 27th. This is our Annual General Meeting so please come along to make your views known. At the present time the future is still unsure but we will continue to the end of September 2017.

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Young At Heart 60+

Len Valley Community Hub Club

I have to apologise for there being no club news in September. Unfortunately

Hi everyone I am sorry that there was no

my computer gave up the ghost. One of

club news in September. My computer

my sons has come to my rescue and got it

gave up on me so unable to send

going again but it looks as if I shall have to

information to magazines.

buy a new one.

We are meeting on Thursday 06/10/16 at the social club 2.00-4.00pm. We have

We are meeting on Thursday 20/10/16 at

Alan and Hilary coming to show us how to

the Community Centre 2.00-4.00pm. We

make cards. Hope you can all make it.

were due to have Bon Marche but they

I think everyone enjoyed our August

are sorry they are unable to come. We will

entertainer Charlie Hewish the Magician.

be doing something else but I am afraid

He was fabulous. For a young man of 13

you are going to have to wait. It will be a

he was cool calm and collected. He has a

surprise for everyone.

bright future.

Our thanks to all the girls in the kitchen the drivers who pick some of you up and

A big thank you to all who help without

take you home again the fellows who set

them we would be unable to run the club.

out the tables and chairs and all those in

John, Martin, Fred, Jenny, Zoe and Nina

between.

Hope to see on 20/10/16.

Jenny,Fred, Olive, Sue, Jacky, Kath, Jackie, Ann, Martin and Nina

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Fundraising For The Katie Piper Foundation

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long time to come, I have decided to start giving something back to the Foundation.

I will be doing a 12,000ft freefall skydive at Headcorn airfield in

y name is Danielle

October (provisionally booked for

Branch, my mum is Jan

Sunday 16th) and have already placed

Clark, married to Gez

collection boxes in Lenham village

Clark, Lenham’s Town Crier. Last

to help me raise as much as possible

New Year’s Eve we were awoken in our

for the Katie Piper Foundation. If

motorhome by a fire which seriously

you can help either by donating or

injured me, and less seriously injured

by publicising my campaign, you

Mum and Gez. They were in hospital

can find more information at www.

for nearly 4 weeks, I was in for over

beingmecampaign.com/stories/

3 months. I suffered 85% burns and

danielle-branch, or make a donation at

currently I am having to wear a plastic

www.justgiving.com/danielle-branch.

face mask and compression garments to assist the natural healing process.

There will be more fundraising events

Since being discharged from hospital

in the future, details will follow, so

I have received help and support

watch this space!

from the Katie Piper Foundation, and although I will need treatment for a

Thank you in advance, Danielle.

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Lenham Garden Show

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I don’t know how the Judges decide which is best but we are very grateful to them.

onsidering the weather we

A show like this takes an awful lot of

have had over the previous

organising so a big thank you must go

months I think that the

to Alf Smith and his team for all their

Gardeners of Lenham Valley did us

hard work. Likewise our advertisers

proud at the Lenham garden Show

and supporters, but most importantly

held on 27th August.

the exhibitors and visitors - thank you.

We had almost the same number of entries as last year and what a show

See you next year

it turned out to be. The flowers and plants made a wonderful show with

Keith

plenty of colour.

Chair LGS

There were plenty of cakes and jams.

Missing Birds

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Where have the swifts and house martins around the church gone?

There are no sparrows, starlings or wagtails gleaning crumbs in the

as anyone else noticed the

square, only the ubiquitous jackdaws

dearth of bird life in and

on the roof tops seem to be left.

around Lenham square?

I have been visiting Lenham square on

I wonder what other villagers make of

most days during the last twenty years

this.

and have always enjoyed watching the bird life going about their business.

Micky Bowes.

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The Catholic Church of The Good Shepherd

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purchased by the Catholic Church in Maidstone and in 1977 became part of the newly formed parish of St Peter’s Bearsted and Good Shepherd, Harrietsham.

he church, which is tucked

A brief history of the church from

away in Rectory Lane, was

its construction to 2016 has been

built in 1881 as a Mission

published and copies can be obtained

Church for workers constructing

from Peter Brown, Harrietsham

the section of railway line between

History Society or Ian Fraser at Good

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was part of the Parish of St John the

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the cost of printing is requested.

In 1970 the Good Shepherd was

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09/08/2016 14:34

Lenham Cricket Club Saturday League

A

vs Rodmersham 121 Aug 6th Higham & Mockbegger (H) – Lost – H&M 142 9 (D Gardner 5-25) vs Lenham 136 (P Humphries 54)

good season in the Kent

Augt 13th Holborough Anchorians

Regional Cricket 1B Central

2nd XI (A) – won – Holborough 90 (T

League, ending mid table

Curtis 5-23) vs Lenham 91-7

with 8 wins, 6 losses and 4 games being abandoned. For our league we

Aug 27th Stonehouse (H) – Won

ended the season with the two highest

– Lenham 187 (P Humphries 58 A

ranked batsmen (well done Pete

Longley 76) vs Stonehouse 93 (D

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Gardner 7-33)

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Sept 3rd Lordswood 3rd XI (A) – Lost

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– Lenham 153 vs Lordswood 158 (S

his bowling. Well done Lenham.

Lucas 83)

July 9th Bapchild 3rd XI (H) - Lost

Lenham Cricket Club Sunday

- Lenham 209 vs Bapchild 212 (P

Friendlies

Gilbert 96)

July 10th. Sissinghurst (A) – Lost –

July 16th Rainham 3rd XI (A) – Won

Sissinghurst 214 vs Lenham 131

– Rainham 121 vs Lenham 122-2 (T Curtis 50)

July 17th East Sutton (H) – Won – Lenham (260 A Longley 71, K Obbard

July 23rd Minister (Sheppey) 3rd XI

& T Curtis 56) vs E Sutton 193

(H) – Won – Lenham 213 vs Minster 126

July 31st Murston (A) – Lost- Lenham 120 vs Murston 125 (T miller 79)

July 30th Rodmersham 2nd XI (A) – Won – Lenham 245 (P Humphries 83)

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Aug 1st Newington (A) – Lost –

Aug 14th Rainham (A) – Lost –

Lenham 215 (P Humphries 112 A

Lenham 162 vs Rainham 163 (J ward

Longley 55) vs Newington 216 ( J

102)

Perry 91) Aug 21st. Priory (H) – Won – Lenham Aug 7th Priory (H) – Won – Lenham

187 (K Obbard 62) vs Priory 171

206 ( N Rutledge 56, T Curtis 106) vs

Aug 28th Detling (A) – won- Detling

Priory 173

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Lenham Primary School PTFA are proud to be taking part in

“PHIL THE BAG” Textile Recycling What Happens?

Items that get donated to our Textile Recycling will raise money towards more lovely resources for the school.

The textiles collected will be distributed to people in developing countries which not only benefit them, but also save our environment from further landfill.

What should you do with your unwanted textiles?

Please bring the items you wish to recycle to the Textile Recycling Bank located at the rear of our school car park, making yourself known at the school office as you pass.

Our opening hours are 8am until 4pm Monday to Friday, during term time.

Alternatively, please telephone or text 07889 562931 to arrange for your donations to be collected from a Lenham address.

We accept: all types of adult and children’s clothing, hats, shoes (in pairs), belts, handbags, household textiles including sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers, curtains and towels.

Unfortunately we are unable to accept: blankets, duvets, pillows, sleeping bags, carpet, tent canvas and wet items.

This recycling opportunity is open to all members of our local community, so please share this information with your family friends and neighbours.

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Christian Message

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hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. “And when you pray, do not be like the

umility is very different to

hypocrites, for they love to pray standing

false piety. We can all think of

in the synagogues and on the street

politicians or celebrities who

corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell

are a little too pleased with their success

you, they have received their reward

or feel the need to promote themselves.

in full. But when you pray, go into your

There will even be people closer to home,

room, close the door and pray to your

at work or amongst personal friends, who

Father, who is unseen. Then your Father,

are quick to let us know about either their

who sees what is done in secret, will

own achievements or what they do for

reward you.

others.

So let us leave the empty vessels and True humility is:

clanging gongs to screech out their tuneless songs. But let us instead, be filled

not feeling good, or boasting about, good

with the Holy Spirit and tread forward

works and giving;

with discretion and grace, quietly going

not minding when we have to support

about God’s business without seeking

others at detriment to ourselves;

popularity or reward, but with love

realising how little we know and the

towards all we meet along the way.

continuing need to learn more; not feeling happy at others’ misfortune but wanting the best for them, and it most certainly does not require others to know about our actions. In Matthew chapter 6, verses 3-6 we are told that our rewards will be in heaven: But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right

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St Mary’s Church Flowers and Brass cleaning

October 9

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October 22 and 29

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Harvest Festival

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meat. Wonderful when slow cooked & accompanied by the fruit & vegetables that are in season.

Falling into two categories. The first

he nights are getting longer,

is “feathered game” or “game birds”,

the leaves are turning orange.

including grouse, pheasant, partridge,

The late vegetable harvests

quail, snipe, wild duck, woodcock and

are in season, the orchards are laden

wood pigeon. The second is “furred

and wild game is now available. It

game”, including hare, rabbit, venison

must be Autumn! For all you foodies

and ‘wild’ boar.

out there, there is an abundance of wonderful meat, fruit & vegetables to

Cooking Game is quite simple and

enjoy at the moment. The question is

shouldn’t be left to the “master chefs”.

where to start?

The only thing to remember is that because the meat is so lean, there is no fat to keep it moist. Basting or

It’s Game Season!

covering whilst slow cooking will help!

Game is full of flavour and leaner

Try to keep your game pink & always

than most meats. Autumn is the

rest for a few minutes before carving.

best time to enjoy fresh, wild-reared

Try Game Pie for cold, overcast days

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or celebrate the last few days of

balanced. Remember that you can

summer with a venison carpaccio. If

always add more vinegar or sugar,

you fancy trying something different,

but you can’t remove any.

try Venison with chocolate & fig or

•

Don’t obsess when measuring

Guinea fowl with beetroot, ginger &

fresh fruit and vegetables. You can

thyme.

vary from the recipe’s specified amount by a full cup without

It’s also time to pickle & jam a little!

affecting the outcome. Just try to

Pickles, chutneys, & jams are a great

cut all fruit and vegetables to the

way to enjoy wonderful fruit and

same relative size and cover them

vegetables and make them stay around

evenly with the pickling liquid.

for longer. Fruit and vegetables are so

•

Do get creative! This is a great

cheap and at their best now, it makes a

opportunity to play with a

lot of sense to bulk buy.

variety of herb, spice, and flavour combinations. Blend together a

Making pickles is a surprisingly easy

few favourites to create your own

thing to do. With a little vinegar,

recipes. Just keep in mind that

salt, sugar, and select spices, you can

herbs like celery seed, turmeric,

transform aging vegetables into a

and garlic pack a heavy punch, so

savoury stand-alone snack or zesty

use them carefully.

ingredient to revive a tired recipe.

•

Don’t be hasty! Most recipes are best left to mature for about 3

•

Don’t take shortcuts. The jar

months before eating.

and lid sterilization process, boiling water timing, and amount

Check out our new cookbook page on

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Do consider both sweet and salty when making recipes. If you add more vinegar to the liquid mixture, increase the sugar proportionally to keep the flavour

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Focus on Nature

‘Stinking Willy’.

A Warm Welcome

that belief was replaced in due course by

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In early times it was believed that fairies rode on stems of Ragwort as a protection against the rain and somewhat later, unpleasant images of witches riding on

ere at Grovelands, visitors can

the stems for the same reason. Cinnabar

always be assured of a warm

moths can often be seen fluttering around

and friendly welcome. Such

the flowers, laying eggs from which

was the case during August when on our

emerge zebra striped caterpillars which

central, ornamental pool could be seen

soon strip the leaves back to the stem.

the very unexpected sight of a redhshank,

Nearby can be found Ragwort, one of

showing off its orange-red legs and

my favourite wild plants ... Scarlett

prominent white wing patches. Normally

Pimpernel… Angelis arvensis L.,

these wading birds can be seen feeding

commonly known as ‘Clock’, or ‘Poor

on river estuary mud, before moving on

Man’s Weatherglass’, because in bright

to some salt marshes, where they often

conditions, the flowers open about 8.00

congregate in flocks of several hundreds.

am and close at 3.00 pm, or earlier if the

So this one seemed to be well off course

sun goes in. The blooms are a beautiful

but still so welcome during its stay of

vermillion red colour and in earlier years

some 5 days.

it was believed that if you held a stem, it

On the short walk between Grovelands

would relieve symptoms of toothache and

and our local Medical Centre, I pass

inflammation of the kidneys, and liver,

several areas of grassland, evidently

along with the problems of melancholy,

kept free from any selective weed killer

hence the common names of ‘Shepherd’s

treatment, because there can be seen a

Joy’ and ‘Laughter Bringer’.

rich selection of wild flowers. The most dominant and striking are numerous

Another delightful feature of Ragwort

specimens of Ragwort … Senecio jacobaea

is the seed capsule, which splits after

L., displaying their brilliant sunshine

ripening, hanging backwards like a

yellow blooms. Its leaves have an

crested skull cap to release all its seeds.

unpleasant smell if crushed, hence local

D J Budge

names such as ‘Stinking Nanny’ and

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LenARA

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also open to non-members and the local community.

On Tuesdays we run Short Mat Bowls from 1.45pm for a couple of hours which

ver the summer LenARA has

costs only £2 and includes a nice cup of

welcomed some more new

tea. This is not at all competitive, just a

members into what is now a

bit of fun.

very popular and active club.

On Wednesday mornings we have just

We have a monthly meeting on the fourth

arranged a Zumba Gold class (especially

Wednesday of every month where we

for the over 55s) in the Community

gather to listen to a variety of speakers

Centre which is proving very popular.

giving talks including – “A Kick up the

The cost for each session is only £3 and is

Seventy’s”, Trials and Tribulations of a

from 9.15am to 10.15am.

Public Speaker, The Tales of a Man who

Also on a Wednesday we hold Line

Talks a Lot, The Victoria Palace Theatre

Dancing sessions from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.

and Songs and Stories of the First World

These sessions cost £4.50 and are also

War.

open to non-members.

We have been on holiday to Leicester to

So if you want to remain active and have

learn all about Richard III and visited the

a bit of fun for only a very small cost

National Arboretum Memorial whilst

you would be very welcome to join us.

there.

Please just come along to the Community Centre or you can always give me a ring

Our days out have included a lovely trip

and I will be happy to help.

to The Savill Gardens in Windsor with a

Please have a look at our website – http://

cream tea on the boat trip up the Thames,

lenara.org.uk There you will see details

the Houses of Parliament and Covent

of all our activities and if you would like

Garden, The Shard with a ride on the

to join us please contact our Membership

Cable Car and Borough Market, Racing

Secretary (we do have a short waiting list

at Lingfield and Guys and Dolls at the

at the moment).

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

We continue to run various activities at

Chris Godden, LenARA Secretary – 01622

Lenham Community Centre which are

858658

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Church Services Everyone is always welcome to any of our

Sunday 16th October

services or events.

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service 9.30am Harrietsham: Morning Worship

Sunday 2nd October

9.30am Boughton Malherbe: Holy

9.30 am Lenham: Breakfast service

Communion

9.30 am Boughton Malherbe: Holy

11.00am Ulcombe: Harvest Service

Communion (Prayer Book)

11.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

11.00 am Ulcombe: Family Worship 11.00 am Lenham: Holy Communion

Wednesday 19th October

3.30 pm Harrietsham: GIFT family

10.30am Holy Communion:

worship: Harvest Service

Chippendayle Lodge

Saturday 29th October Wednesday 5th October

8.00am Dog & Bear, Lenham: Men’s

9.30 am Lenham: Holy Communion

breakfast 4.00pm Lenham Church: Messy Church Messy Light Party

Sunday 9th October 8.00am Lenham: Holy Communion

Sunday 25th September

(Prayer Book)

10.00am Harrietsham: Joint Len Valley

9.30am Lenham: Breakfast Service

Churches Celebration Service

9.30am Harrietsham: Holy Communion 11.00am Ulcombe: Holy Communion 11.00am Lenham: Morning Worship 3.30pm Boughton Malherbe: Harvest Service

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A New day! Sunday 27 November from 1pm with Father Christmas and his Elves at Philip Jarvis Estate Agent. Have a photo taken by iWill Photo.

On stage (Thank you Lenham Storage): The fantastic Kyla Wight, Rochester Singers and The Holigans. Switch on by Constance Lamb (From Only Fools and Horses).

Thanks to The Red Lion, Dog & Bear Hotel, Bow Window Café and Hospital Radio exhibition unit providing music and surprises throughout the event. Fun & frolics with Winnie the Pooh, sweet stall, covered bouncy castles, candy floss, hot drinks, doughnuts and children’s roundabout, test your strength, pop guns, flashing lights and loads more, so come on down and enjoy yourself. Announcement of winner of ‘Best Window’ competition (Cup and £20 prize from Bow Window Café, winner of the ‘Best lit house in Lenham’ and raffle draw about 4pm. Thanks to David Flisher & his new team for putting the lights up too!

All subject to change without notice.

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FREE NHS FLU VACCINATION

Saxon Warrior Pharmacy LENHAM Private Travel Clinic Following the launch of our very popular seasonal flu vaccination service last year at Saxon Warrior Pharmacy, we are delighted to announce that the service will be available again to all eligible patients regardless of the postal address.

Once again, there is no need to make an appointment and our pharmacy is open throughout the day on weekdays as well as on Saturday mornings.

We have had an overwhelming response and received some very positive feedback last year. The pharmacy delivered one of the highest numbers of flu vaccinations in the country for the NHS.

This is a free service under the NHS for those who are eligible on age or medical grounds. Any other member of the public wishing to be vaccinated on a private basis can do so usually by turning up at the Pharmacy.

A private vaccination service for travel has been running very well at the pharmacy; this includes yellow fever and any other essential vaccines. Most vaccines are held in stock so short notice and same-day travel and other vaccinations are available subject to appointments. There is no need for a GP prescription for any of these or indeed for all anti-malarials.

We also offer Meningitis B, Chickenpox and all other vaccines as well as a number of private blood tests.

The pharmacy would welcome and appreciate readers’ comments and views about current services and potential ones in the future to improve health and well-being. Contact us in person or via our website www.saxonwarriorpharmacy.com

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The Late Tom Fry

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Legion.

His great love was sport, however.

He was a keen snooker player, for

om Fry, who died on Sunday,

which he won many awards, and was

28 August, is a great loss for

a lifelong Arsenal football fan. His

Lenham. Tom was originally

forte was bowls however, for which he

from Harrietsham but had lived in

also won many trophies. Ian Morton, a

Lenham since the 1960s, first in

close friend, pays tribute to him:

Robins Avenue and more recently in

‘The members of Lenham Bowling

Old School Close with his sister Sylvia

Club are saddened to learn of the

who died in 2008.

passing of Tom. Tom had been a very popular and respected member for

Until his retirement in 1996, Tom,

more than thirty years and had served

who never married, was caretaker at

the club in various capacities such as

Swadelands School. He was president

Secretary, Vice Captain and Captain

of the Lenham Working Men’s Club

for four years. He also devoted much

(now the Social Club) from 2009

of his free time for a number of years

to 2013 and was also a member of

to act as Assistant and subsequently

the local branch of the Royal British

Head Greenkeeper. These roles

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require the sacrifice of many leisure

and in later years on his mobility

hours and devotion to providing a

scooter. We’ll miss him greatly.

playing surface that over the years has been of a high standard.’

Text by Jim Myers

For many of us, Tom was a familiar figure out walking with his dog, Daisy,

The Royal British Legion

T

After the service, the Lenham Branch is arranging a lunch at the Dog and Bear; meeting at 1.00 for 1.30. the cost of the meal will be £16. If you

he annual Service of

would like to join us, please contact

Remembrance will be held in

Mike Gurr, 01622 858478, Bill Peter

St Mary’s Church Lenham on

850520 or Barry Wood 850702.

Sunday 13 November starting at 10.15

The street collections for the annual

a.m. The service will be led by the

Poppy Appeal will be held Saturdays

archdeacon, The Venerable Stephan

29 October and 5 November.

Taylor. There will follow a short Act of Remembrance at the parish cemetery.

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Ode to Lenham Twixt Len and Stour the river runs; Beneath the hamlet built for sons Of Kentish men in bygone years, For warriors to rest their spears.

From Chalky Downs to clay-bound Weald The fertile fields give hearty yield, To feed our folk and make the day For those who pass on Pilgrims Way. The turnpike on the Dover road, The ‘Dog and Bear’ to rest your load.

Lenham medieval square Held markets and a local fair.

This wins the ‘English Village’ prize; Historic, calm serenity.

Can this survive in ‘trebled’ size?

Or lose its true identity!

Peter Bailey June 2016

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Prize Crossword

Across clues

Down clues

1 & 21d. Building dedicated to St. Martin in Hastings.

(6,5) 5. The second brightest star in the constellation of Gemini. (6) 8. A small type of tangerine. (7) 9. Computer networking devices. (7) 11. Concerning microbes. (15) 12. A wind instrument. (4) 13. Excessive self-interest. (10) 17. Golf tournament held at Augusta. (3,7) 18. A type of plant known to exist 300 million years ago. (4) 20. In a position less fortunate when compared with others. (2,1,12) 23. More stout. (7) 24. Denies the existence of. (7) 25. A type of shellfish associated with Whitstable. (6) 26. To make less. (6)

2. Vegetable, Globe or Jerusalem. (9) 3. An artificial hairpiece. (6) 4. Something that gets rid of an unwanted pest. (9) 5. Something that is sung at Christmas. (5) 6. Most self-satisfied. (8) 7. Type of acid used in the manufacture of soap. (5) 8. Get someone to do some of your work for you. (11) 10. Tailed amphibians of the order Caudata. (11) 14. Someone who goes on holiday in a wheeled vehicle, (alternative spelling). (9) 15. Not supple. (9) 16. A person who does not believe in war or violence of any kind. (8) 21. See 1ac. (5) 22. A stand on which to dry clothes. (5)

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