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Racing for Greyhounds
Front cover: Daisies at Southwood Road Recreation Ground by Rusthall resident Jenni Matthews.
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Rusthall resident Joanna Pring ran the Richmond half-marathon on 2nd June and raised over £1000 for The Greyhound Trust. “I volunteer regularly at the National Greyhound Centre over in Horley and I wanted to raise money for the charity. They take in, look after and eventually home retired racing greyhounds. They are amazing because they have a small, employed sta team but heavily rely on the kindness of volunteers such as me. They do amazing work with the dogs, helping them to transition from being a Kennel based racing hound to a retired and loving family pet, living in a home.” Well done to Joanna for a successful race and your work looking after these lovely dogs.
All ability Community Garden unveiled
The first phase of the All-Ability Community Garden was completed by the Parish Council in February, with help from a grant from the UKSPF Community Fund. Phase two will be completed this summer thanks to a contribution from the Gatwick Airport Community Trust.
Rusthall Parish Council is now inviting less physically able village residents with an interest in gardening to put their names forward to join the All Ability Group by contacting our Allotment Manager, Kevin Watson. Email allotments@rusthallparishcouncil.org.uk or telephone 07983 920716
Membership is just £5 a year. Access to the site is from a dropped kerb and all paths and buildings are DDA compliant for wheelchair access. There is a toilet and hand washing facility on site. The Allotment Garden is purposely designed for people who want to socialise with like-minded people and have fun gardening with a trowel rather than a spade.
Rusthall Parish Councillor Doug Smith, Chairman of the Allotment Committee, thanks local artist and allotment tenant Robert Cobuz for producing this excellent illustration of the new All Ability Community Garden at the Southwood Road allotment site.
local happenings
School fair sunshine
The Friends of Rusthall St Paul’s School held a Spring Fair on a sunny day in May, to gather the community together, and raise money for new play equipment. FORS Chair Hannah Mackintosh alongside Treasurer Bryony Breese, Vice-Chair Claire Harrison Meadows and others in the team put on a fabulous day with a bouncy castle, stalls, games, tombola and a ra e, ice cream, tea, cake, a plant stall and a BBQ. In total £3,500 was raised towards the replacement of much needed playground equipment. Pictured are the hard working BBQ team who kept everyone fed throughout the event.
Rusthall resident receives MBE for her work with refugees
“I’m very lucky, I do love my job,” says Rusthall resident Carly Whyborn, when I meet her to talk about the work that led to her being nominated for an MBE in the New Year Honours list this year.
Carly works for an organisation called Refugees at Home. “We have a really simple concept,” she tells me. “People who have a spare room volunteer to host a refugee. When they are granted status to stay in the UK they have twenty-eight days to find their feet, get a National Insurance number, look for a job, find somewhere to live, get a bank account and a guarantor – it’s daunting to juggle and can feel hostile and bewildering. The hosts who we work with give people who have escaped some terrible experiences a breathing space,” she explains. She tells me about the Words Matter campaign that asks people to pledge to not use dehumanising language when talking about refugees, and her own sincerity and passion for what she does must be apparent to everyone she talks to.
“I’ve been incredibly privileged to work with refugees for twelve years and I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t just trying their best to keep safe. They have skills to o er, and they want to work. By finding hosts the charity takes people who may have been sleeping on the streets and puts them in a warm safe bed,” she explains. “For the guests, it can be their first time meeting British people personally and the hosts introduce them to local life – things like the everyday routine of a cup of tea, or non-uniform day at school, a BBQ or a pantomime, summer fetes – these might not be things that the refugee is familiar with, and the host can o er a kind and friendly guide to navigating British culture.”
The significance of the work Carly has been doing was recognised in the New Year Honours list when she was nominated for an MBE.
“I don’t have the hard job – I’ve never had to claim asylum,” she says about the experience. “When I went to Windsor Castle to receive the award from the King, I took people who have sought asylum with me – it’s their award really. Everyone at the castle asks you what you have done, and they make you feel really special. The King was so well informed about the charity when I spoke to him and asked me about the work we do. It shouldn’t have been me up there really, I’m so proud of working with refugees.” Carly’s neighbour Hazel Duncombe was also having a proud day, telling people that her hat had gone to meet the King! “I was on my way to buy a hat, and when I told Hazel the reason why, she said I could borrow one of hers –I was so grateful to Hazel and her hat collection!”
It’s clear that Carly, who has also worked with survivors of genocide, would be dedicated to the work she does with or without recognition. “It makes sense to me – it works with people’s compassion,” she says. “People are all the same and we all need people to show us the ropes when we arrive somewhere new – when I moved to Rusthall it seemed very di erent to where I had lived before, but I met other people in the community and that helped me settle in. That’s why I love it – I work with people who are very ordinary, but they have had something terrible happen to them. The hosts are incredible. Most of them do it for nothing. If any of us had to flee our country because we were in danger, we would want there to be people to help us – and the hosts we work with are the people who put that hope into action.”
You can find out more about Refugees at Home at www.refugeesathome.org
Jayne Sharratt
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Digging into Rusthall’s distant past
As many of you will have seen, we have recently carried out a major excavation of the old pond on Rusthall common, close to the junction of Rusthall Road with Langton Road. The site itself is of significant archaeological interest with evidence of human activity going back many thousands of years. The removal of several tons of dumped road scalping’s was arranged by ranger Dan and funded by the Freehold Tenants Association and carried out by Mick, a very skilled digger driver. This has exposed much of the previously covered rock outcrops and provides a stunning view that probably hasn’t been seen for a very long time.
From an archaeological context the removal of the majority of the back-fill has revealed both stunning and complex quarrying activity within the area of the pond itself. A recent visit from medieval stone specialist, Paul South, provided a more robust analyses of the stonework. His initial feedback included suggestions of Tudor period cutting styles on the outer edges of the pond area amongst broader medieval activity. However, it was his observations of features within the pond that were clearly produced by ‘pounding stones’ and that are almost certainly prehistoric in date. Previous research had already produced overwhelming evidence for the extraction and processing of seams of Orthoquartzite – a highly cemented quartz sandstone suitable for producing primitive stone tools. Dating for much of the material has pointed to both Neolithic and Bronze Age phases, perhaps stretching back over 6,000 years! Many of the best examples can now be found on display at Rusthall library.
It has now been generally agreed that much of the stonework in and around the pond is in fact ‘structural’ in design and execution. With clear evidence for the management of water, from probable long gone spring sources, harnessing the water would seem quite deliberate. Whilst the true function of the pond feature remains speculative a few theories are now developing. There would seem little doubt that the site has seen multiple uses though both landscape and anecdotal historical evidence may well also suggest a significant religious context. The presence of a long-forgotten church or chapel has been mooted since excavations began in 2017. With evidence for several old springs in the area, the link between water and religious
activity is well documented in history. Further evidence for a timber structure leading down into the pond, possibly a series of walkways and steps, was identified in 2017. This has been interpreted as representing structural elements of a possible full emersion baptismal ‘pool’ or other form of water based ritual activity. As such it likely dates to a broadly medieval period. However, a circular depression at the centre of the pond o ers the most tantalizing evidence of early activity on-site. The remains of a possible stone pounded shaft may represent the cutting of a prehistoric well. As such it would seem likely that a small settlement may well have once been established on Rusthall Common several thousands of years ago. With a collection of dozens of imported flint lithics and hundreds of locally produced stone tools, as well as a few examples of Bronze Age pottery, there is little doubt people have lived at Rusthall for a very long time.
The work continues to be undertaken by local volunteer group West Kent Community Diggers (WKCD) working in partnership with The Commons Conservators and the Friends of the Commons. We are currently on-site on Mondays and are always keen to have new volunteers so feel free to get involved by contacting Nigel Stapple at wkdarchaeology@gmail.com or speaking to Chris Gurr if you bump into him in Rusthall High Street!
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Back to nature on Rusthall Commons
I am so excited to share with you information about the wonderful activities we are delivering on Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Common this summer, funded by the Friends of the Commons. Nature Makers and the Friends both feel strongly that the best way to encourage children to take responsibility for their surroundings is to inspire a connection with and love of nature. Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Commons, all these activities are free.
We have two Earth School events planned for 26th July 11-2 and 19th August 11-2, and a magical Woodland Wander planned for 1 November. Our first event was a Woodland Wander on Friday 31 May. We had a wonderful afternoon exploring Happy Valley and retelling the folk tale that inspired Shakespeare to write King Lear! All events can be booked via www.nature-makers.co.uk/tunbridge-wells-tonbridge Ruth Gray
Rusthall Club darts team top the board
This year Rusthall Club’s darts team won the premier local darts league by one point. The top of the table ended with the scores as follows: Rusthall Club 167 points, Tonbridge Constitutional Club B 166 points, and the George and Dragon A 165 points. Team member Andy Cotton got in touch to tell us, “The league we play in is called the Kent and Sussex Hospital Fund Darts League and was founded in 1988. It has helped raise well over £100,000 for the local hospital trust. The men’s league is held on Monday nights, and we have just won the top division of the three leagues, containing a total of 28 teams. The Rusthall club team has six players, father and son Adrian and Brian Bristow, captain Dan Yardley, Paul Roser, Andy Cotton and Carl Wilson. Carl ended up with both the highest checkout of the season of 160 and hit the most 180’s, with an impressive total of 16.”
Well done to the team – it’s great to hear of such a local success story. Anyone interested in playing darts can phone Rusthall Club on 01892 539996 or pop in on a Monday evening, when there is normally always a team playing. The club has three dart boards set up for practice, so it is great to enjoy a friendly game, whatever your ability or age.
Refugee history behind Perou shop sign
Alterations to the former dry cleaners on the High Street, have revealed the interesting name of an earlier occupant: Butcher and Poulterer: J. H. Perou.
Perou is a French name and John Henry Perou’s seven times great grandfather, was a Huguenot. Pierre Perou (1636-1710) came from La Rochelle, France. The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628) had marked the height of the French Civil War between Louis XIII’s Catholic army led by Cardinal Richelieu and the Protestant Huguenots supported by the Dutch (Alexander Dumas’s The Three Musketeers novel is based on these events.
The Huguenots were mostly silk weavers. After the siege many fled France creating new settlements all over Europe, in Africa and in the USA. In England they came to the East End and for six generations the Perous practised silk weaving. Then in the mid19th century the extended Perou family switched to the pub trade and generations of Perous including the women, were landlords in over fifteen di erent pubs in the East End.
London’s worst peacetime disaster occurred on third September 1878 when the Princess Alice paddle steamer sank in the Thames returning from a moonlight trip to Rosherville Pleasure Gardens, Gravesend. It was struck by the coal ship SS Bywell Castle and sank in four minutes claiming over 600 lives. Most occupants were socialising below deck so stood no chance of escape and to make matters worse over 75 million gallons of raw sewage had just been released into the Thames at the same spot.
Bodies were washed up on both banks of the Thames, among them Dizney Perry Perou (1822-1878) John Henry’s great grandfather and landlord of the Rising Sun in Mile End. Although Dizney’s son Richard Perry Perou followed in the licensed victualler’s footsteps, his son John (1895-1943) trained as a butcher and left London. By 1939 John Henry has been trained as butcher by his father and they are both working in Perou’s butchers in Southend on Sea.
By the 1960s John Henry Perou was in Rusthall with his wife and Dennis Penfold recalled, in an earlier article in Rusthall Life, seeing Mr. Perou in the shop late into the night making sausages. John Henry Perou finally retired to the south coast with his wife. He died in Worthing in 1997.
Rusthall - Activities and Clubs
Thank you to Lisa Coghlan for compiling this comprehensive and useful list of things to do in the village. Activities in PURPLE are suitable for children, and activities in GREEN are suitable for seniors. If you think anything has been missed you can contact Lisa at lisatoes@yahoo.co.uk
Parish Council
News from
New Clerk
We are delighted to welcome Claire Reed as our new Clerk and Responsible Financial O cer. Claire previously served as the Clerk at Goudhurst for five years. Prior to this Claire was a teacher and has been a publican! She is married with three sons and a dog. Her hobbies include going to the gym and dressmaking. Claire has a wealth of experience and has already hit the ground running.
We extend our thanks to our outgoing Clerk Alison Stevens who has moved on to join KALC (Kent Association of Local Councils) as Deputy CEO. Alison was with us for two years and we are very grateful to her for all she achieved.
Hanging Baskets
With the summer sunshine finally making an appearance, I hope you will have noticed the pretty hanging baskets that have been put up along the High Street. Our thanks go to Gordon Brown for putting them up and for his ongoing care and attention of them during the (hopefully) warm summer months.
Annual Meeting of the Parish Council
This year’s Annual Meeting was held on May 13th at the Rackli Centre. Cllr Liz Ellicott stood down as Chairman following a threeyear tenure. Cllr Paul Gripper was elected as the new Chair. Cllr Mark O’Callaghan was once again voted in as Vice Chair for the forthcoming year.
Our thanks to Cllr Liz Ellicott who has been very pro-active during her three years, supporting and fighting for issues to benefit the local community.
At the same meeting the Parish Council was also able to confirm its eligibility for the General Power of Competence which means it now has the power to do anything an individual can do (provided it is not prohibited by other legislation) and it also signed up to the National Association of Local Councils Civility and Respect Pledge which ultimately aims to improve standards in Public Life.
General Election 4th July 2024
Please remember that you will need to bring a form of photo ID when you come to a Polling Station to cast your vote. Acceptable forms of ID include a passport, a driving licence or an older person’s bus pass. Do not worry if your photo ID is out of date, it will still be accepted. If you don’t have any of these you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, or for any further information regarding the Election please visit:https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/
Dates for the diary
a. Full Council Meeting 15th July 2024
b. Full Council Meeting 9th September 2024
c. Environment Committee meeting 16th September 2024
d. Allotment Committee meeting 23rd September 2024
For more details about the Parish Council and the many Clubs and Associations in the village please have a look on our website at https://www.rusthallparishcouncil.org.uk
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Friends Together, a bereavement support charity founded by Abbey Funerals, have recently set up a new group based in Rusthall. The group o ers peer support for those who are bereaved, on the last Friday of the month from 1pm to 2.30pm at the United Reformed Church in Manor Road, Rusthall. All are welcome. Please do visit the website www.friendstogetherbs.org or call 01892 487144, for more details.
local happenings
Rusthall’s KMJ winning customer service
KMJ Property has been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to its clients by winning a Best in Postcode Award from The ESTAS –the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.
The award has been achieved via customer reviews submitted to the ESTAS review platform which is exclusively for real estate professionals. The reviews have been completed at the end of the moving experience. ESTAS monitors and verifies service ratings over a 12-month period giving a highly accurate overview of the standard of service that’s been delivered to customers.
As a Postcode winner KMJ Property has been shortlisted to win a prestigious county, regional or national trophy at the famous ESTAS Awards which take place on 18th October. The awards will be presented by the UK’s favourite property expert Phil Spencer in front of 1,200 of the UK’s top property professionals.
Phil Spencer said “The ESTAS Awards are based on real feedback, from real clients experiencing real service so they provide genuine proof of the service levels that an agent is delivering to clients. To win a Best in Postcode Award is a great achievement and something every agency should be extremely proud of. It’s a direct reflection of the amazing e orts of sta to deliver exceptional service to clients in their local communities.”
“We are very proud to be shortlisted,” says Suzanne Johnson of KMJ Property. “We take our levels of customer service very seriously because we know clients have a choice. Hopefully we can go one step further and win at The ESTAS Awards in October.”
Communities come together to call for safer Langton Road
On Saturday 4th May, there was a protest organised by Rusthall resident Lisa Coghlan, to call for a reduction of the speed limit on the A264 Langton Road from 40mph to 30mph.
Those attending included Rusthall Parish Chair Liz Ellicott, Speldhurst Parish Chair Paul Curry, Rusthall Parish Councillor Paul Gripper, Rusthall and Speldhurst Borough Councillors Matthew Sankey, Jayne Sharratt, and Alex Britcher-Allan, Culverden Borough Councillors, and MP Greg Clark; together with local residents they showed the cross-community and cross-party support for this speed reducing measure that aims to make the road safer to cross for residents who want to access the Happy Valley side of the Common from Rusthall and Langton Green.
Missing were any representatives of Kent County Council, who are the Highways Authority who would need to approve the proposed measure. So far Kent County Council have said that they do not feel a speed reduction is appropriate, however it is clear that the community strongly disagrees.
There has been a campaign for a pedestrian crossing on the A264 for more than a decade, originally driven by the hard work of John Barber. The crossing is needed so that pedestrians can get across the road safely, to access the church, the bus stop, and the paths over the Common around Happy Valley. It is especially needed for children, the elderly, and anyone with limited mobility. When KCC said that the cost of a crossing would be expensive, the plan changed to reducing the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph. This would make crossing the road safer in itself but might also be a stepping stone towards achieving a crossing, because it isn’t possible to have a pedestrian crossing on 40mph roads.
Local residents have joined forces with Rusthall Parish Council, Speldhurst Parish Council, the Conservators of the Common, Rusthall Church Youth Council, Tunbridge Wells Borough Councillors, and our local MP because it is felt so strongly that a busy road should not divide the Commons in this way, and that the Commons should be open to all who want to enjoy them.
1000 signatures needed for petition
The campaign group Rusthall Unites for Safer Roads has started a petition to Kent County Council – it needs 1000 signatures to force KCC to engage.
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Since a successful first meeting, the Rusthall Green Cafe has developed into a thriving Greener Rusthall group, full of ideas to make our village more sustainable. Their strong belief is that everyone can do something to help save the planet, and in the process, save money. If you would like to join them you can get in touch with Paul Froome on froome.paul@ gmail.com or look out for their leaflet.
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Pure Magic instead of chlorine bleach - it’s not harmful, kills germs, destroys limescale and smells fresh.
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Rusthall Guide Group etc. Daphne Pilcher 01892 521691
Rusthall Village Association
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Allotments
Parish Clerk
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Manor Road Pre-School 07972 739852
St Paul’s Church Parish Office 01892 521447
Rusthall United Reformed Church Church Secretary – Mary Nolze 01892 536727
Rusthall and Tunbridge Wells Commons Ranger Daniel Colborne 07860 750597
The Molyneux Almshouses info@molyneux-almshouses.co.uk 07504 839548
Rusthall Football Club Jockey Farm 07897427522
Rusthall St Paul’s School 01892 520582 office@rusthall-cep.kent.sch.uk
Rusthall Scout Group Beavers, cubs and scouts rusthallscoutgroupwaitinglist@yahoo.co.uk Rusthall Medical Centre 01892 515142
Out of hours medical service 111 Emergency Services 999 Samaritans 116 123
Commons Conservators 01892 554250
Police (Non-emergency) 101
Rusthall Cinema Club Eugene Gardner eugene@Rusthallcinema.club
Rusthall Lunch Club Mrs Ros Rodwell 01892 618538
Harmony Children’s Centre 03000 418059 tunbridgewellscc@kent.gov.uk
Sunnyside Pre-school 07534 810779
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News from Rusthall St Paul’s Parish Church
Warm greetings to you all. Although we’ve been told that the average temperature for this time of year is a few degrees lower, we have enjoyed periods of amazing sunshine and, of course, rain – which I like to refer to as ‘showers of blessing’. The plants have loved it and flourished accordingly, providing food and habitat for other species. For the past few years, we have adopted Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ campaign and it has been really nice to see a variety of wildflowers in our churchyards, including orchids. I know some people have complained that they are unable to see the graves of their loved ones, but I would crave your indulgence on this. It is very likely that by the time you read this piece, we would have mowed the churchyards. We wanted to ensure that the bees and other
From the Editor –activities for all in Rusthall
Welcome to the July edition of Rusthall Life. With longer days, better weather and school holidays, many people find themselves looking for things to do at this time of year.
insects and pollinators derived as much benefit as possible from the wildflowers. Interestingly, some people complained last year, stating that we mowed the new churchyard (on Nellington Road) while the flowers were still in bloom – and this was in mid-June. I know that we can’t please or appease everyone, but we are trying to do our bit for the environment. Once we have the bees at the Parish Churchyard, it will be crucial that we do the mowing as late as possible as a way of providing more food source for the bees.
Writing about the bees, we are hoping to get the hives up and running in the next few weeks – and, before long, the Youth Council will be in a position to start producing honey. We are all eagerly looking forward to that. Rev Ronnie
Lunch Club open to new members
Earlier this year I started talking to Lisa Coghlan, Chair of the Bonfire and Fete Committee and all-round community hero, about putting together a comprehensive list of everything there is to do locally, and luckily for us she put the fantastic double page spread in the centre of this issue together for us. There is just so much to do in this village; it makes me really proud. Over the years I have been editor it’s been rewarding to feature many of the groups and activities that take place in the village. I hope the September issue will feature Billy and the Boxing Club, the Summer Fete and the opening of the All Abilities Happy Valley path. I am always happy to hear from readers on any topic you think other Rusthall residents might want to know about. My contact details are on the front cover. I wish you a wonderful Summer.
Jayne Sharratt Editor
I really enjoyed a recent visit to Rusthall Lunch Club, which meets every Thursday in Rusthall St Paul’s Church Centre Hall on the High Street close to the Pharmacy.
Members were just finishing a delicious roast beef dinner, and were looking forward to a homemade pudding. Every week there is a two course lunch cooked by their chef and served with the help of a brilliant team of volunteers. The cost is £6 per person, and lifts are available. Everyone is very friendly and welcoming, and they would love to be joined by some new members who want to have lunch in some good company! More details are available from Ros Rodwell on 01892 618538.
