2020 NOVEMBER ONLINE

Parish Magazine Parishes of Rolvenden and

Associate Team Priest The Revd Chris Hodgkins 01580 389587 [email protected] mob: 07843220684 Please note Chris' day off is Friday Reader Judy Vinson 01580 241504 [email protected] St Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden Churchwardens Elizabeth Marshall 01580 241529 ea.marshall@btinternet .com Hon. Secretary Ann Paddick 01797 252334 Hon. Treasurer William Barham 01580 240852 Sacristan Elizabeth Marshall 01580 241529 Organist Geoffrey Davison 01580 241685 Bellringers’ Assoc. Captain Linda Smith 01580 241783

St Peter, Newenden Churchwardens Frances Jones 01797 252563 [email protected] Hugh Edmonds 01797 252196 [email protected] Hon. Treasurer Sue Bourne 07879 403424 Sacristan Rhoda Smith 01580 292041 Magazine Administration Judy Vinson 01580 241504 [email protected] Magazine Subscriptions Elizabeth Marshall 01580 241529

Published by Rolvenden P.C.C.

This month's cover: "Early October Morning" - Lin Lodge Minister’s Letter The Minister’s letter this month comes from Rev Lindsay Hammond usually to be found in St Mildred’s . He writes: he sacristy at St. Mildred’s has been a very busy place of late. In order to clear some space last week, I needed to unpack several boxes of Tcandles that had been delivered. As I did so (there were hundreds!), I found myself thinking about all the times these candles are used and why we use them. Every day at St. Mildred’s there are four candles alight, two in places of remembrance of the dead and two by the altars where the reserved sacrament is kept. We take candles to Collective Worship in schools, to remind the children of the presence of God and we take them to funerals to place by the deceased. The funeral order of service explains to the bereaved that, ‘The light of the candle is a symbol, both of hope and of our love, warmth and affection.’ Those of you who follow Night Prayer will be aware that in our ‘set’, candles form an important focus and are usually lit as the worship begins and blown out as it ends. And every day many people come into our churches to light candles and offer their prayers. We are now entering a time of the year when candle light plays an increasing role in all our worship. The days are drawing in and candles can bring warmth and comfort. The Service of Light, Advent wreath and Christingles all centre around the glow of candles and they certainly create a very special atmosphere. But why? Candles bring a sense of the presence of the holy, reminding us that God is with us; they symbolise Christ, who said, ‘I am the light of the world,’ (John 8:12) Light only truly shines in places that are dark – and sometimes that is where we are – perhaps in the depths of grief, or carrying a burden of guilt or having lost our way. But Christ has the love and the hope and the light to guide us through these times and to bring us to a better place. Candles shine as light in the darkness. They are a symbol of hope. There is no knowing what the darkness of this winter will bring, coming at the end of an extraordinary year of uncertainty, isolation and confusion. It may at times be tough to remember that Christ is our light … but when those tough days come, do light a candle and in it see the hope and the light of Christ shining in the darkness. Lindsay Light of the world, our hope is in you; no one is beyond your love, no one is beyond your saving power. Give us grace to recognize you and welcome you as you come to us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1 Harvest Flowers in St Mary's and St Peter's Both churches were made so colourful, warm and welcoming with the beautiful Harvest flowers this year. And it was wonderful to hear worshippers and visitors alike remarking that the sight of them had cheered and uplifted their spirits in these difficult times! A big thank you to all who were able to arrange for our Harvest Festival services. Sylvia and Rosie

Annual Service for the Bereaved This year more than ever there is a need to give some time and space for memories of loved ones lost, time to reflect, time to be still in a safe space. That is what this annual service is about: prayers, music, readings and silence combining to comfort hearts and minds. That is what will be happening on Sunday 29th November at 3:00pm in St Mary’s But, like every other aspect of life, we have to adapt what we have done in previous years to make sure it is Covid-safe. Masks will be worn. There will be hand sanitiser and track and trace. We will sit safely distanced, in bubbles where we can. There will be no singing. The lighting of candles will have to be modified. Regretfully the reading of names will be for those who have died in the last two years only. This all calls for thinking outside the box and that is just what is going on right now, because we know just how helpful this special time in church can be. There will have to be some planning around the seating. It is unlikely that this will become a ticketed event. St Mary’s even with safe distancing should be able to hold everyone if we allocate the space with care. We will need to know how many people are going to come and who we can sit together. Where Rev Chris or I have taken funerals and we have family details, we will be sending invitations. For anyone else who has lost someone significant in the last year and would like to attend, please will you let me know. Judy Vinson 01580 241504 [email protected]

E From the Registers E Funeral September 23rd Geoffrey Blain at Crematorium Interment of Ashes September 23rd Olive Button at St Mary’s

2 Newenden Poppy Appeal 2020 Due to Covid restrictions, the Royal British Legion have reluctantly decided there will be no house to house collections this year. This will be the first time there has not been a team of Newenden collectors since the Appeal was started after WW2. There will however be the usual collection box in The White Hart from the last week-end in October, and you will be able to purchase fabric poppies, as well as 2020 and VE Day poppy pins there. The Remembrance Service in St. Peter's will take place as normal on Sunday 8th November, but without the congregation processing to the memorial, just a simple laying of the wreath. I will have a few little wooden crosses available for those who wish to have them in memory of loved ones, so please let me know if you would like one. Rosie Edmonds

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Church Service Calendar for November Sunday 1st November, All Saints 9:15am St Peter Newenden 11:00am St Mary Rolvenden Morning Praise (CW) Holy Communion (BCP) 3:00pm St Mary’s Churchyard Campfire (see below) Sunday 8th November, Remembrance Sunday 10:50am St Peter Newenden 10:50am St Mary Rolvenden Remembrance Sunday Service Remembrance Sunday Service Tuesday 10th November 9:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Wednesday 11th November 10:55am St Mary Rolvenden Act of Remembrance Sunday 15th November, Second Sunday before Advent 8:00am St Mary Rolvenden Holy Communion (BCP) 9:15am St Peter Newenden 11:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Matins (BCP) Tuesday 17th November 9:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Sunday 22nd November, Christ the King 9:15 St Peter Newenden 11:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Eucharist (CW) Tuesday 24th November 9:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Sunday 29th November, First Sunday of Advent 9:15am St Peter Newenden 11:00am St Mary Rolvenden Eucharist (CW) Eucharist (CW) 3:00pm St Mary Rolvenden Service for the Bereaved Of Special Note in this month’s services •Campfire will be in the churchyard no matter the weather. The instruction is still ‘Come as you are’ •Remembrance Sunday in Rolvenden will be outside with restricted access to the enclosed area of the War Memorial. Apart from those leading or reading please where a mask and please stay appropriately distanced. Should you decide to stay indoors you might want to watch the events at the Cenotaph which will be rather special, being the 90th anniversary for this ceremony. •Act of Remembrance, this service will be an outside service around the War Memorial. If you are unable to come to our Remembrance Sunday service we would welcome you to this shorter act of remembrance. •Service for the Bereaved – Please see page 2 for more about this service ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

4 From the Vicarage Dear Friends, Whilst recently walking through the churchyard at St Mary’s Rolvenden I noticed that more kerbing around graves, and in some cases chippings on graves, are appearing. Whilst I usually have a relaxed approach to how those who are mourning wish to remember their loved ones, it has now become more of an issue. There is a risk that our contractors may damage their machinery when mowing the churchyards, I would not like to see damage to your memorials, and adding kerbstones, chippings, ornaments and flower pots does not comply with churchyard regulations. These regulations state that ‘No object may be introduced into the churchyard without the written permission of the Minister in accordance with regulations 3, 4 or 5 or of the Commissary General of the Diocese.’ The regulations go on to say that ‘Kerbs, railings or chippings, whether raised or at ground level, are not permitted. The minister may grant permission for the introduction into a churchyard of a container for flowers, artificial flowers may be permitted for a temporary period by the Minister. Rose bushes and other shrubs shall not be planted on individual graves.’ A copy of these regulations can be found in St Mary’s and in St Peter’s, I am happy to give you a copy or alternatively they are available on the diocesan website. If you have added kerbstones or chippings to a loved one’s grave at any time, I am sorry but I must insist that they are removed. Where rose bushes and shrubs have already been planted and are thriving I am not asking you to remove them, but please don’t plant any more. If you have any doubts as to what you can plant please email or phone me. These regulations may change from time to time, and whist we endeavor to keep the church notice boards up to date if you are in any doubt as to what is allowed please contact me. Should you have a grave with a significant area of planting that you no longer wish to tend, the ideal solution is for the ground level to be brought up, if necessary, with some topsoil and turf to be laid. This way the area becomes part of the routine mowing. Bulbs planted near a headstone will not be disturbed by the mowing. Thank you. Chris Reverend Chris Hodgkins

5 Weather in the Layne September 2020 eptember, our former hop picking month in years gone by, is now over and what a dry month it has been. Not until the 23rd did we see any sign of rain, by which Stime any remaining hop picking locally would have been near or at an end, so the weather is kind to us sometimes. Now that we have reached October, we need a little more good weather to get the autumn crops drilled. Farmers will need to get a better harvest next year to make up for the shortfall this year. The months rainfall is light at just 26mm, 1.04inches. The days starting temperatures ranged from 16.8c on the 16th down to 7.1c by the 25th with the daytime highest readings ranging from 28.6c on the 15th to 11.9c on the 26th. Last week, before the weather broke, we drove through to see the annual spectacle of the garden full of dahlias just opposite the old forge. They were a real picture and this year they have even spread across to the other side of the road, planted in pots. Whilst we were driving, we passed a good number of cyclists. It reminded me of the time whilst living at the shop when our grandchildren used to come to stay for a while. Full of energy, they used to get us out in the evening on our bikes and how we used to enjoy this. It was so much better than a car for seeing the countryside and very relaxing (maybe not the uphill part). Every evening for the week that they stayed this was what we had to do. When they had gone home it all felt a bit quiet with just the two of us out on those bikes. When they stayed during the winter months it was not possible to get out at night. My son Andrew had a 6 x 3ft snooker table set up in a bedroom so when my grandson Ashley could see my work was finished for the day he would say to me “shall we go up to the Crucible”. The “Crucible” had first started a few years earlier with me trying to teach Andrew to play but as time went by and he improved it was usually me that took a beating. History then repeated itself with my grandson, with me taking the beatings all over again. Our granddaughter Andrea had no interest in snooker - her request was always “can you make me a camp grandad”. Our preferred method was for me to use one of the metal cages that the goods for the shop were delivered on, fixing a sheet over and round it to make a tent like structure where she could play inside. The next problem was who to play with. I must confess I soon got bored and of course it didn’t help getting work done in the shop. Now, after what to me feels like a very short time, they are grown up and we have great grandchildren, who are also growing up fast. Perhaps the tales of the “Crucible” and the camps will be passed on through the generations. Peter Austen

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Tenterden at War Ed Adams Ed Adams has strong family connections with . Before he married he lived with his parents in the house that had been his Grandmother’s, a house he had visited often as a boy. Today he has a company specialising in heritage and local interest publishing in and Sussex. Here is Ed’s story of his latest book:- had considered writing an account of the Home Front in Tenterden for some time, but the project seemed too great, and the sources too widespread and Idisparate, for it to be anything other than something to be done ‘one day’. Besides, I wasn’t sure I was qualified to do it: what could possibly be said about the Second World War that hadn’t already? Out of my own interest, I copied the odd document when I was researching something else at Maidstone, or Kew, and found myself at a loose end for a few minutes while a document was retrieved for me. But I couldn’t see a time when I would be able to devote several months to pulling everything together. Then, of course, in March this year our plans were overturned, and we all found ourselves with time on our hands. I had everything before me and didn’t need to go anywhere. Lockdown seemed the perfect opportunity to get on with it. So Tenterden at War is a product of Covid-19. It was strange to be writing about the constant, all-pervading threat of invasion or bombardment faced in Kent between 1940 and 1944 when we today are facing a new and

8 intangible threat, against which the only attack is defence. My fear that there was nothing new to say was quickly relieved. Each document revealed something that had either been forgotten in the intervening years or had not been widely known at the time. I saw how certain people in the area had embraced the fascism movement, leading to a rally at the Town Hall with William Joyce, the future traitor known as ‘Lord Haw-Haw’. There were terrible stories of loss, sometimes with the bitterest irony: of the four civilians who died in Tenterden, three had been evacuated there from . I found accounts of people who deserved to be remembered but for whatever reason, weren’t, and hopefully can now be commemorated. And there were always life-affirming acts of courage and kindness, sacrifice, and humour. I am privileged to have been able to tell this story. If it is well-received, I intend to write similar volumes on Rolvenden and all the surrounding villages. Each, I am sure, will have similar tales waiting to be uncovered.

Tenterden at War is available to order at www.canterley.co.uk/tenterden-at-war It is published on 26th November, priced at £10, and orders taken before that date will receive free UK delivery.

TO WHET YOUR APPETITE: AN EXTRACT FROM 1942 It was reported in the press that on Monday 24th August Dover had had its 2,000th alert – a figure which included both enemy aircraft and warnings of incoming shells. A correspondent (unnamed but probably Lieutenant-Colonel Cosens) then wrote in pointing out that Tenterden’s figure on the same day stood at 2,054 – consisting only of air raid warnings – and it therefore had a better claim to being ‘the highest in the country.’ As it was abundantly clear that Tenterden had not suffered the attacks that Dover had, questions were raised as to why the alarm was sounded so often. A councillor referred to the siren’s ‘continued wailings’ which ‘were having a disquieting effect,’ and asked whether it was being over-zealously sounded for minor alerts which posed no immediate threat? Since the Civil Defence Authority controlled the manner of the alerts, and they were unsurprisingly inflexible to the convenience of residents, nothing was changed. The people of Tenterden would simply have to put up with the siren, and of course, complacency set in. People no longer rushed to the shelters as they had done previously. This was surely playing with fire. Apathy, too, was creeping into the civil defence associations, and 1942 saw at least six Tenterden men refuse to take up their duties as fire-watchers. A few reasons were given, from already doing a fair stint in the Home Guard to having just reached retirement age (neither of which were valid excuses), but

9 mostly these individuals offered no mitigation, knowing that prosecution was unrealistic and not likely to be pursued. In this they were correct, and they suffered no punishment except the scorning of their peers. Their duties were more than covered by 229 Tenterden women who enrolled in October, when it was made compulsory for both sexes, but they were given more flexibility: a further 364 women were granted exemption due to their domestic circumstances. The inclusion of women was not appreciated everywhere, however. The leader of the fire-watching group attached to the Ashford Road Council School resigned in protest at having to share the duty with females, though it was unclear whether this action was done of his own accord, or at the insistence of his wife.

Cook’s Corner Ginger and Apple Puddings Serves 6 Ingredients: 150g softened butter & extra for greasing 175g soft dark brown sugar 3 medium eggs beaten 150g self-raising flour 3 pieces stem ginger in syrup 2 small eating apples Heat oven to 180c/gas 4 Butter 6 x 200ml pudding basins/moulds & line base with a disk of baking parchment Cut 6 squares of tinfoil about 15x15 cm & butter one side Method: Beat 150g sugar with the butter until pale & fluffy Gradually add the eggs, then the flour. Strain the ginger keeping 3 Tbls syrup, finely chop the ginger Peel, core & dice 1 apple, mix into the cake mixture with the ginger Cut top & bottom of the other apple & cut into 6 rounds. Sprinkle the remaining sugar onto a plate & dip the apple slices in coating thickly. Put a slice into the base of each mould. Divide the mixture between the moulds & level Cover tightly with the foil & bake for30-35 minutes or until risen & spongy to the touch Leave to rest for 2-3 minutes before turning out. Drizzle with the ginger syrup & serve with cream, creme fraiche, ice cream, whichever you would like! Lavinia

10 Moving forward with the New Village Hall s Hannibal in the A Team said ‘I love it when a plan comes together’ and that is how the Newenden Trust are feeling right now as we look back at A the way this project has developed and is finally coming to fruition. You may remember how some years ago the then Parish Council surveyed the village about what we should do about the very ancient, crumbling and dangerous old hall. Overwhelmingly the village wanted to retain a hall for its community use. The cost of refurbishing and making safe the old hall was prohibitive as we had no funds and trying to raise the substantial amount required was not feasible. We then put to the village several choices that had been brought together by a small group of interested people who explored the various options Plans of different builds were drawn up and at a Township Meeting the various options were put to a vote. Almost all voted for the new build and siting it next to the cricket pavilion on the Selmes Trust field. Again the village was consulted on the design of the building and once decided the Village Hall Trustees went to work to procure the wishes of the village. The old hall was sold and the new build begun. The builders are local and have been working hard to secure a viable and functioning hall hopefully, weather permitting and with no further Covid-19 restrictions, ready by Christmas. It is an exciting prospect and will make the many hours of negotiations, fund raising and meetings behind the scenes, ironing out the inevitable difficulties in achieving such a project, worthwhile. The Trustees are David Richardson (Chair) Hugh Edmonds (Treasurer) Ellen Hannavy-Cousen ( Secretary) Richard Gould and Alan Seal. Should anyone wish to ask any questions or indeed donate to the project please contact the secretary on 07861705638 or [email protected] Ellen Hannavy-Cousen

11 Newenden End of Season Cricket Report Played: 17 Won: 13 Tied: 1 Lost : 3 Horsmonden and Newenden Sixes - Won both

he season that very nearly never was ends up being one to remember. After the delayed start, we finally hosted our first game on Friday, July T10th. Since then we have squeezed in seventeen games across all formats as well as two sixes tournaments for good measure. We have had some memorable days down at the NCG this summer. Who could forget the last ball victory against Northiam or Jonesy's Nitros taking home the inaugural Newenden Sixes title against the odds. We had a cracker of a Chairman's game and a fun, if slightly one sided, renewal of Trev's Big Bash, our annual fundraiser for Cancer Research. It has been a wonderful season, with over 34 players gracing our hallowed turf. Stand out performances must be the three centurions, Mike Bellhouse and Jim Piper both new additions to the honours boards, and Ben Browning notching up another ton in a cracking last game of the season against Langton Green. With the ball, Tom Carr returned the best figures for the season with 6- 16 against . The batting and bowling caps were tight affairs, with Jasper Piper and Ben Browning sharing the blue cap, after they both scored 362 runs, much to Jasper's dismay as Ben scored 117 in the last game.I must add that Jasper also scored 170 runs in the three T20 games we played, and those runs don't count towards the cap. The bowling cap was won by Finn Piper, who took an impressive 15 wickets, with Garry Smith and Ben Browning following him home with 11 a piece. We saw a lot more youngsters turn out for us this season, with the Hall boys, Will Durtnell, Harry Gutteridge and the Taggart brothers all playing their part.

12 The future of the club looks in safe hands. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our groundsman, Guy Rummery, who once again has gone up and beyond the call of duty, to prepare over 20 tracks for us this year, a quite remarkable feat. Every visiting team comments on what a wonderful ground we have, and that is down to the tireless work that Guy puts in and for that we are all eternally grateful. We are excited about the return of the league next season so we can get back to climbing up the divisions. We also intend to get our new junior division up and running, watch this space. In the meantime, we will turn our focus to our new Newenden Nomads hockey club, which started off with a 9-0 win in our first league game on Saturday. Hope you all enjoy the next few months. Stay Safe Phil Morris, Captain

Life Saving Legacy from Taylor Wimpy Rolvenden Parish Council Chairman, Denise Curtain, is seen here holding a parting gift from the developers of Halden Field, Taylor Wimpey. What’s in the box? Something with an amazing potential, should it ever have to be used. It is the company’s practice to donate any on-site defibrillators to the local community on completion of a project. Jason Stokes, Sales and Marketing Director at Taylor Parting shock Wimpey South East, said: “It is so important to us that we give something back to the communities in which we are building. We are so pleased to have donated the Halden Field defibrillator to Rolvenden Parish Council and to hear it has been placed within the village for residents to have access to.” We know that such pieces of kit can be very effective. It is good to know we have an additional one in the parish. It is to be sited outside the Bull, so thank you Corinna, Jordan and Ross. And thank you Taylor Wimpy!

13 Newenden Arts & Crafts

An occasional series by Anthony Dawson With Caroline Anderson

he painter, Caroline Anderson, known in the village by her married T name, Anderson-Jones, has had a very unusual life and career. She and her husband, Michael, spent an evening with us in our garden in early September and gave us some insights into their lives. Moving from Edinburgh aged three, and brought up locally, Caroline began her education at Little Stream School, Cranbrook, which was then the girls’ part of Dulwich Prep. After Ledsham Court School in Hastings, Caroline spent a year in Paris, studying Art and history of Art, and learning to paint in French gouache, an opaque, water-based paint which can be applied like oils with a pallet knife. On her return, she completed a two-year foundation course at Hastings College of Art. After a family holiday on Sark, in the Channel Islands, she applied for work to a carriage company and stayed there for a few years, painting and driving a horse and cart, the only method of transport allowed on the island. Caroline became friends with the famous Dame of Sark (who ruled over the island as “the last bastion of feudalism” from 1927-1974). Caroline wrote to the Dame to ask permission to paint her beautiful dovecote and a letter came back, inviting her to Sunday tea at 3.30. The Dame then took a personal interest in Caroline and her work, inviting her to tea most Sundays and buying her paintings. At this time, there was just one motorised vehicle on the island - the Dame’s motorised wheelchair.

14 During her time on Sark, Caroline became interested in jewellery and enamelling, so on her return to , she enrolled on the four year fine art course at Sir John Cass College of Art (now known as the School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University). Here Caroline met her future husband, Michael, who was a part time student of gemmology. She was awarded her City and Guilds Medal with distinction for enamelling and became a jewellery designer in Hatton Garden. Marriage and the arrival of their first child meant the end of that career and instead, Caroline turned her mind to teaching, obtaining her Cert. Ed. from West Kent College. She was a part time teacher at schools including for fifteen years, instructing her students in how to design and create their own jewellery. Meanwhile her interest in the relationship between art and psychology had grown and she qualified as a creative arts psychotherapist in 1997, specialising in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. For 23 years, Caroline has divided her professional life between therapy and art, helping others to recover from trauma, and expressing herself through painting in acrylics and watercolours. For forty years she has followed the Buddhist path. Her current themes are concerned with the relationship between the Buddhist belief in birth - death - rebirth, and the psychological traumas of life such as the impact of living away from one’s birth culture. Water, the universal connecting force, is depicted in the majority of her work. Caroline’s exhibition schedule has been decimated by the pandemic. The first one scheduled for December 5th 11am -4pm at the Horse and Cart Peasmarsh, will be an exhibition and sale of paintings calendars and cards in support of the RNLI. That is to be followed by an exhibition the Artwrite Gallery, Rye, 10 - 17 December 2020, and her solo exhibition at the Artifact Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA, from 7 - 26 July 2021. She will return to the Red Door Gallery in Rye from 18-31 August 2021. That is the plan. Caroline lives in hopes that they will happen. Caroline’s web site is www.carolineandersonart.co.uk where you can find more information about exhibitions, and her email address is [email protected] and her website is: http://craftybasketry.website/ Anthony Dawson

15 Pre School Report his month the children at Pre School have been making pumpkins to decorate Halloween windows. TWe hope that the whole community will enjoy spotting pumpkins around the village this year as a safe alternative to the usual trick or treating. We hope others will have felt creative and joined in the fun by displaying a decorative pumpkin (real or otherwise) in a visible window. Some of our favourite activities at the moment include: homemade play dough; painting; climbing on our climbing frames (indoors and outside); singing; puzzles; building with blocks and role play with our friends. We do currently have spaces available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds if you or anybody you know is interested. You can find us on Facebook @rolvendenpreschool or phone us on 07729718181.

Made with Love – Recipes from Childhood The ingredients are gathered, and we are working on the mix. Meanwhile if you are planning your Christmas Present list, you might like to make a mental note: Coming soon, interesting fun cookbook suitable for wide age range and reasonable at £5. Check the December Parish Magazine for further details. Lavinia and Judy

16 Ride and Stride 2020 Report for Rolvenden This year we had four energetic people who have raised over £1,500 for Friends of Kent Churches on 12th September. A good proportion of this sum will come back to St Mary’s. n Chris Hickmott-Arnold travelled from St Michael’s to Rolvenden via five the chapels and churches in Tenterden making his total seven. n William Barham visited all 14 historic churches on the Marsh cycling over a 48 mile route. He reports that the marsh was lovely and sunny, luckily with little wind. Sadly though, despite the gorgeous autumn day with lots of contented sheep, hedgerows full of berries and grand views across the fields, there were few riders about. He saw almost more tractors than bikes, working to turn the recently harvested land. Most of the churches were locked shut with no sign of life. This was sad and in great contrast to the usually happy bike-ride days. Ivychurch was the exception with several riders about whilst Dymchurch and Burmarsh were both open. n Our star rider was Geoffrey Davidson who raised over £1,000 making 14 stops. He rode for the three churches where he plays the organs: Rolvenden, Benenden and Tenterden. His route took him from Rolvenden to Wittersham, Stone, Appledore, Ebony and St Michael’s, before returning through Tenterden where he notched up all six churches and chapels! n And finally our runner, Nick Sermon who writes of his participation. September brings the wonderful prospect of seeing the changing leaves and our beautiful countryside preparing for winter. As an avid runner, this is a privilege I enjoy! So the opportunity to visit churches in the local area is an added benefit that I get to enjoy annually every September. This year my route was slightly shorter than previous years due to a training injury however still a challenging seven point five miles. I left the village via the Benenden road to take the wonderful Sandhurst lane. After two miles I turned right to take the challenging Standen Street to enter . A brief stop outside the Chapel,(see picture above), then came the challenging hill behind Benenden Church. I paused outside the church to just listen to the wildlife and then it was the final section of my journey back to the village back down the Benenden Road. This concluded my trip this year and the opportunity to support our wonderful church. Congratulation to our riders. We are extremely grateful to them and to all who so kindly sponsored them.

17 Learning to love reading y name is Florence Drumez, and I run a small local business as an Independent Usborne MOrganiser called “Budding Book Lovers”. I always loved reading and have a passion to share books and help children become book lovers! I chose my trading name "Budding Book Lovers", to emphasize the importance of nurturing a love of reading with good books from early years. “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reading for pleasure can benefit a child’s education, social and cognitive development, their wellbeing, and their mental health. Reading exercises the brain, improves vocabulary, language skills and concentration, develops imagination, creativity and empathy. Reading stories with children has benefits for grown-ups too! Reading can relax the body and help reduce stress. The special time you spend reading with a child promotes bonding and helps to build your relationship. “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” J.K.Rowling Finding the right book for a child can be tough, especially for reluctant readers. As an Independent Usborne Organiser, I can provide a personalised service and recommendations that are specific to the ages, needs and interests. Finding a book a child loves, is particularly rewarding! I also have special offers that you can’t find elsewhere. “A book is a gift you can open again and again.” G. Keillor Usborne have a huge catalogue : more than 2,500 titles, with new releases every month.

18 Choosing my favourite ones is difficult, but my best gift ideas include: n That’s not my.books (6 months +), n Peep inside and wind up books (3+), n Magic Painting books (5+), n See Inside books with flaps to lift (5+), n Book & jigsaw sets (30, 100, 200, 300 pieces), n Graphic novels, n 100 things to know about...(8+). Usborne have a large fiction range for children over 9, and Young Adults – for young and not so young adults!- as well as a mental health collection: n Looking after your mental health (11+), n The unworry book (9+), n The unhurry book (8+) Gift vouchers are also available if you prefer to let the children choose the books! “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” H.W.Beecher Another aspect I love about my job is to work in educational settings - nurseries, preschools, primary and secondary schools – to organise Usborne events to encourage a love of reading, get free books for the school, and as I organise the event and provide everything, there is no organisational work from the school staff. These events can be virtual or held at school, and tailored to the school requirements. My first school event was held at my children’s school, Rolvenden Primary in March 2018, for World Book Day. The school library received over £2,000 worth of free books from Usborne! It is such a pleasure to be able to support schools with these opportunities. “A house without books is like a room without windows.” H.Mann How to order from Budding Book Lovers? n Contact me and get free local delivery n Order via my website, delivery to you or any UK address. You can find me: n Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenBooksByFlo n Website : https://org.usbornebooksathome.co.uk/buddingbooklovers n Email : [email protected] n Mobile : 07 517 180 287 Florence

19 he Covid Lockdown measures are creating extreme financial hardship for lots of individuals and families – many of whom have, up to now, had T reliable wages and been financially secure. When regular income comes to an abrupt halt and meagre savings run out, some are able to borrow from friends or family – but many have no option but to take a loan. Choosing the right type of credit in a cash-crises situation is vital. Grabbing the first “easy-cash” offer can end up costing far more than advertised. Taking on unaffordable debt can result in spiralling over-indebtedness and quicky become highly damaging to both financial and mental wellbeing. Despite some notable bankruptcies, the number of companies providing High-Cost Credit continues to grow. Many are failing to do proper affordability checks and, even worse, are actively marketing to vulnerable people on low incomes or benefits who can least afford their rates and charges. Kent Savers is the local Credit Union for people in Kent and is keen to raise awareness of the risks of taking high-cost credit from Payday Lenders, Doorstep “home” Loans such as Provident, and Rent-To-Buy shops. Some people on low incomes or with poor credit histories take loans from expensive “quick money” lenders, without realising there are other more affordable options available. Kent Savers Credit Union is a not-for-profit community lender offering responsible, affordable loans including to people on low incomes, benefits or with low credit scores. Small loans from Kent Savers are FAR CHEAPER than payday and doorstep loans, and they never apply hidden charges or penalties. If you live or work in Kent you’re eligible to join and borrow from Kent Savers. Loans provided cover a huge range of purchases, including: n Replacement Boilers, Fridge or Cookers n Rent Deposits or Rent in Advance n Legal fees for Divorce or Immigration n Car Maintenance, Repairs or Insurance n Furniture, Baby Equipment, School Uniforms n Vet or Dentist Bills n t’s easy to apply for a loan online, and you don’t need to be a member to make an application. n You can also set up a savings account – perhaps to save for Christmas, or a holiday or as a “sleep-easy fund” in case of future cash-flow emergencies. Kent Savers is covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and payments can be made by Direct Debit, Standing Order, Internet Banking, Cheque, through the Pay Point scheme at the Post Office and selected newsagents, or our Mobile App. See KENTSAVERS.co.uk or call 0333 321 9050 (Mon – Fri 9.30am to 3pm) for a friendly chat about how Kent Savers can help.

20 Short Crime Report on protecting homes from burglars Detective Chief Inspector Lopa McDermott of the Chief Constable’s Crime Squad said: ‘One of the silver linings of more people being at home during the pandemic has been a reduction in the number of burglaries recorded, but the numbers are starting to creep back up. Burglary is a terrible crime that can have a hugely detrimental effect on victims, and we at use every tool at our disposal to identify those responsible and bring them to justice. We encourage everyone else to play their part and take personal responsibility for ensuring their homes are as secure as possible.’ Here are some useful tips to help protect your home from burglars: n Close and lock all your doors and windows, even if you’re only going out for a few minutes; n Make sure any valuables are out of sight; n Keep handbags away from the letterbox or cat flap and hide all keys including car keys, as a thief could hook keys or valuables through even a small opening; n Never leave car documents or ID in obvious places such as kitchens or hallways; n In the evening, shut the curtains and leave some lights on when leaving the home; n If you are out all day, then it is advisable to use a timer device to automatically turn lights and a radio on at night. Visit www.kent.police.uk for further crime prevention advice.

21 A Care Bear Christmas ‘Merry Christmas!’… Those words are easy to say even if, deep down, we know we won’t have one. With those words we paint the picture of a perfect ‘Dickensian’ Christmas, a warm house, a Christmas tree covered with ROLVENDEN lights and decorations, fascinating COMMUNITY presents stacked underneath and CARE BEAR Christmas Stockings hung up by the SANTA fireplace. The reality is that for some a perfect Christmas is unlikely, especially this year. This is why the Care Bear helpers are putting on their Christmas jumpers, elf ears and Santa hats to ensure that we can spread some Christmas cheer to all. To do this we need your help. We will wrap presents but please will buy them? These are the presents we need: Board games for families to play: Cluedo, Ludo, Monopoly or similar. For Teenagers: Tesco’s vouchers £5 or £10 denomination, no more than £10 please. For Primary School age children Arts sets, Jewellery making, play doh sets. Preschool children: push along cars and trains, Peppa Pig toys We are asking for new toys and games, nothing second hand no matter how well loved. And no guns, knives or war themed toys. Items can either be given to Rev Chris after a service or taken to Rolvenden Vicarage.

Thank you.

Rolvenden Meeting Point - a message from the CARM Team: We are working hard to restore CARM’s Rolvenden Meeting Point safely. We will announce our reopening here so please look out for announcements, and call us on 01233 758122 to register an interest in attending. Local lifts to and from Meeting Point may be possible upon our return. Borrowing books from the KCC Mobile Library If you are a signed up member you will know you can select up to 6 books or audiobooks in a week in advance and when they're ready collect them from the mobile library, Select & Collect. If you are not yet a user of the service, you can find out how to join at the bottom of the page. The loan period is for 6 weeks on all items issued through Select & Collect. Select your books To select your books online: 1. log in and check our online library catalogue to see the availability of our books. You have two choices of Library to browse: Ashford Mobile Library or Ashford main library. 2. note down the author and title of the books 3. complete our online form with your request 4. You may make a more general request for an author or particular genres rather which means there is a greater chance that the team can find you books. If you prefer, call us on 03000 41 31 31 to speak to a member of staff. Collecting your books The mobile library visits Rolvenden every 4 weeks on a Tuesday: High Street between 11:30am and Noon Monypenny between 12:10 and 12:55pm Our next scheduled visit will be December 1st. And in future the dates will be published in the blue pages of the magazine. To make the process as Covid safe as possible everyone is asked: • Not arrive in advance of the library coming • Maintain social distancing when queueing • Wait until the staff member has stepped away and called your name before collecting your items on the lift platform • Check the items are labelled as yours and walk away when confirmed. Books being returned must be in a bag, preferably the one they were originally collected in. You can return your books to: • Your mobile library • Any library with drop boxes or return bins outside, which Tenterden has. When returning your books please do not approach the mobile library until you are called. You must place the bag on the lift once and step away. If you are collecting books as well as returning them, you must collect the new books before placing the returning items on the lift. The member of staff will then place the bag in quarantine for 72 hours. Become a library member We are unable to accept new members at the mobile library. However, you can become a library member online, or collect an application form from one of our mobile libraries to complete and post back to us. The link for everything is https://kent.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME

Ewe and Lamb Rolvenden Layne Take Away Menus available Wednesdays to Saturdays. Menu on Facebook page The Ewe and Lamb Food available from 12:00 to 8:00pm Wed to Sat and Sunday Roast 12:00 to 3:00pm. Phone your order, if leaving on the answerphone remember to leave your number. Telephone: 01580 241837

The Star Rolvenden Take Away menu on website www.starrolvenden.co.uk Food served in our polystyrene boxes for hot food, (or you can bring your own sterile plate or container) Order and payment taken over the phone: Telephone: 01580 241369

Lime Wharf Café (the other side of Newenden bridge) Take Away menu available daily. Please order and pay by phone in advance. Opening times: 8.30am to 4:00pm. The menu may change frequently. Please check website beforecalling and do let us know of any food allergies. website www.limewharfcafe.co.uk for menu Phone for orders: Telephone: 01797 253838

White Hart Newenden Takeaway available 7 days a week: Mon-Sat 12-3pm, 6pm-9pm Sun 12-7pm. Menus available in the pub or on the food page of our website www.thewhitehartnewenden.co.uk Orders can be placed on: 01797 252166 Waste Collection Dates for November Monday Food Waste Household Recycling Garden Refuse green bin Recycling grey bin (or clear brown bin (or black sack) sack) (or white sack)

02 Nov yes yes no yes

09 Nov yes no yes no

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n Yellow sacks, where supplied, will be collected weekly n Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, put out alongside your Grey Bin (or black sack) in clear plastic bag, but not light bulbs, see below. Textiles, Clothes and Shoes, put out alongside your Green Bin (or clear sack) in clear plastic bag n Further information: Anything to do with recycling and waste disposal: On-line, see ABC website: www.ashford.gov.uk/waste By telephoning ABC on Tel 01233 330646

NEWENDEN PARISH COUNCIL ROLVENDEN PARISH COUNCIL www.newenden.org/organisations.php www.rolvendenparishcouncil.org.uk Twitter feed @NewendenPC using Parish Clerk: Mr Peter Settlefield hashtag #Newenden Wealden House, Grand Parade, Parish Clerk: Mr John Leeves. Littlestone TN28 3NQ 3, Ben Hall Mill Place, Ben Hall Mill Road email: [email protected] Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5EE The next meeting of the Parish telephone: 01892 513899 Council will be held on Tuesday e-mail: [email protected] 17th November at 7:30pm. Meetings are normally held on a Please check the website for full Tuesday, at 7.30pm, six times a year. information and the venue. The next meeting is to be held on Members of the public have a Tuesday 10th November at 7:30pm statutory right to attend as observers, Please check the website for full subject for the time being to any information and the venue Covid-19 restrictions. At the discretion of the Parish Council Chair people may be invited to speak. The Not-Often-Seen Rolvenden Station

ramatic photographs of one of the South East's favourite steam railways feature in a recently published book where images of our historic steam Drailway have been captured by a vintage camera. The photographs in 'Steel-Oil-Steam' vividly depict the world and work of the engineers, fitters and volunteers whose efforts behind the scenes at the Kent & East Sussex Railway's locomotive department at Rolvenden, keep the locomotives running. It goes behind the scenes and into the workshops, and shows the people who keep everything working, as volunteers and employees, engineers and fitters, cleaners, steam-raisers, firemen and drivers. Tom Evans and Terry Hulf took the photos between 2016 and 2020, using a giant 15x12” camera made in 1886 and originally used by two Victorian photographers to take pictures of locomotives made at the Beyer Peacock works in Manchester. Terry is an independent photographer, painter, video artist and musician who specialises in long-term projects with a strong sense of people and place. Photographs by Tom are in museums and public collections including the V&A and National Portrait Gallery. Railway Chairman Simon Marsh said: “One of the aims of the Kent and East Sussex Railway is to recreate the living past. It is wonderful to have these pictures of what we do and the people who do it. It's even more wonderful that they are taken on a camera which is older than most of our locomotives, and which was used to take engineering photographs at the height of the railway age. We pride ourselves in keeping old skills and equipment alive, and so do the photographers. A perfect collaboration.” Prints of photos from the book will be on sale in the Railway Gift Shop. The 84-page soft-cover book is priced at £24 and is also available on-line

22 Rolvenden and Newenden Village News Published by St Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden PCC We are looking for a volunteer to join the magazine production team to take charge of advertising in the magazine The team: n Glyn Roberts – graphic designer and setter of the magazine n Trevor Lodge – Issuer of invoices, manages cover photos and gives technical support to the production of the magazine n Ann Cole – Finance Team – informs Trevor of payments received n Judy Vinson – Editor n New Person – majoring on advertising The annual cycle for advertisements: n December/January – Trevor prepares and issues invoices to existing advertisers n February - Advertisers who are not renewing let New Person know n February/March – New Person matches available space to new advertisers, copy designs agreed and passed to Glyn for setting, details passed to Trevor for invoicing, proofs checked and passed to advertisers for approval n April – Reports from Ann of payments received identifies non- payers for expediting by New Person n June/July – New Person continues expediting payment and may, following consultation with PCC/ Treasurer, remove an advert from the magazine if there is a new advertiser who will take over the space. n October/November – New Person undertakes a review of advertising rates, exploring possible technical changes with Glyn and Trevor and checking rates with similar publications in neighbouring villages. Produces revised rates, if appropriate, and agrees changes with PCC n Throughout the year New Person will answer inquiries from potential advertisers and keep a list of who wants what.

The team communicates mainly by email and New Person would be using Microsoft, PDF and common image programs. There would be some telephoning. Interested, want to know more? Please call Judy on 01580 241504

23 Meet Jack Davidson Chairman of Rolvenden Village Hall

Rolvenden residents are pleased to know you have stepped up to the job of Chair of the Village Hall Committee. Those who are dance enthusiasts will know something about you but others will need an introduction. How long have you lived in Rolvenden and what brought you here? I have lived in Rolvenden for 4 years. I have always wanted to live in a village that had a definite village community feel to it. And for me Rolvenden scores high on community. Has dance always been your passion? Before ten, life was football and judo. But whenever my mum took me to pick up my sisters from their ballroom classes the teacher would invite me to join. One day she bribed me with the offer of £20 if I came once to try it out. My other passion was computer games and £20 would buy the must-have latest game. I did one class, bought my computer game and found I had fallen in love with dance. My footie mates thought it was a bit odd until the day when I did a display dance at a local fete and they saw that I had the pick of some very pretty girls. From dance I went on to performing arts in general. By the time I was 19 I started teaching performing arts and dance at many Kent schools. Theatre is still part of my life. I directed the TODS production of Chicago earlier this year and we have held Zoomed auditions for the next planned production, Cats, which is on hold at the moment. How else do you spend your time? Computer games are still there and these days I enjoy cooking. I am the cook in our house and Cathy, my wife, is the baker. You have been hiring the hall for your dance classes for some time. Can you tell us about those? Dancing as a pastime really took off in 2003 with Strictly. I was doing classes by 2013 and found Rolvenden Village Hall in 2014. It is a perfect venue. And there

24 is something about my classes, I guess my enthusiasm is infectious. I have a theory that anyone can learn to dance at any age. I have students from 19 to 90 all dancing together. We have weekly classes, monthly socials and go away for dance weekends. Lockdown arrived and we had to stop. Cathy and I cleared the living room and streamed videos online just to keep people moving. We got lots of grateful messages and clocked up 1500 views. You were the first hall user to come back after lockdown. What were the particular challenges? We did a lot of research around being as safe as possible: everyone is pre- booked and pre-paid, separate entrance and exit, windows open for maximum ventilation, people come in individually when called wearing masks, temperatures are checked and track and trace details taken, hands sanitised, all the things you’d expect. It takes 45 minutes to prepare the hall with socially distanced boxes marked out on the floor. Each box is 2.2m x 3.3m with gangways running between. If you come with a partner you are in a box. If you come alone you have your own box facing someone of the opposite sex in their box who is your distanced partner. Masks are removed for dancing. Rolvenden hall can take 16 boxes and we are permitted 15 students plus 2 teachers. Turning to your new role as Chair, was it an easy decision to volunteer? I have always understood that community life runs on the generosity of volunteers and I knew when I opted for village-living a time would come when I had to ‘step up and do my duty’. When I realised the hall chairmanship was falling vacant, I thought ‘OK, this could be the one”. And Cathy is of a similar mind. She is the new hall secretary. What do you see as the main challenges facing the Hall in the next year? The first job has got to be getting all our regular users back. Whether it’s classes, the Thursday market or local groups and societies, we need to build up people’s confidence, help them with the details of being Covid-compliant. Behind the scenes there will be the management of the building and the finances. The boiler gets frequent mention. We have a good team. The Hall is both a social asset for the Village and a potential venue for commercially run classes and business events. How do you see balancing those two aspects? Realistically our commercial hirers are the major source of our income for running the hall. It is worth noting that a high proportion of the hirers are offering classes that contribute to the health and well-being of their participants and so are a social asset for the community. But I do want to encourage community use as well. And of course the Hall will continue to support the Pre School in every way it can. I see both the Hall and Pre School very much as key components of community life. Ed note: Interview conducted Saturday 10th October – just in case by the time you are reading this anything has changed.

25 26 We shall remember them Marking Remembrance Sunday this year is calling for a lot of thinking outside of the box. But here is a little bit of human ingenuity to the rescue. Time and again since the Pandemic struck we have had examples of small innovative ideas that have become significant for a lot of people. And suddenly the idea is out there in the street, ‘let’s put pictures of poppies in our windows’. It is a small but highly visible gesture and the Mag is doing its bit to make it easy for readers to get going. On the other side of this page you will find a poppy outline for colouring. If you are online, print the page. If you are reading a paper copy, cut it out. And get colouring

27 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Parish magazine essential information: To submit articles and supporting photographs: J By email to [email protected] J In hard copy to Ann Cole at 6 Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne. Type written is preferable but clear handwritten articles are fine too. Photos for the cover, portrait format please: J Should be emailed as a jpeg in colour or monochrome to Trevor Lodge on [email protected]. THE DEADLINE FOR THE DOUBLE ISSUE- DECEMBER 2020/ JANUARY 2021 IS 5.00PM WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER Subject to there being no change in the Covid-19 ---risk management arrangements J Rolvenden Distributors will be able to collect magazines from St Mary’s between 8:30 to 10:30am on Saturday 28th November. J Newenden Magazines will be available in St Peter’s on Sunday 29th November. The online version will be available from 1st December, accessed via the Parish Council websites for Newenden and Rolvenden Parish Councils, for which arrangement we are most grateful. Judy - Mag Admin - 01580 241504 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

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36 37 38 Bodiam Boating Station & LIME WHARF CAFÉ n Enjoy a river cruise to Bodiam Castle NT or Rye n Treat yourself to breakfast, lunch or Cream Tea in our restaurant n New Early Bird Cruise including breakfast on board n Enclosed Children’s Play Area n Hire a Kayak, Canoe or Rowing Boat n Camping n Cruise & Dine Packages to include lunch or afternoon tea n Private Hire Available Enquiries: Bodiam Boating Station, Station Road, Northiam TN31 6FE t: 01797 253838 e: [email protected] www.bodiamboatingstation.co.uk www.limewharfcafe.co.uk

39 BUILDER & DECORATOR Gordon Hickman 01580 240809 53 High St., Rolvenden. Good class interior or exterior decorating. General building repairs and alterations

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