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Diary for July July 2012—Editor’s notes All events at the Memorial Hall unless otherwise shown rd Welcome to the web version of Tue 3 Not So Young Club 7.30 pm this post Diamond Jubilee and Wed 4th Quiz in The Harrow 9-11 pm th pre Olympics edition in as Thu 5 Gardeners 8 pm much as there’s a lot in this issue on the Jubilee and Fri 6th Dancing Club 8 pm th nothing about the Olympics! There are so many photos Wed 11 WI 7.30 pm from that weekend—check out the back pages to see Quiz in The Harrow 9-11 pm th Stockbury celebrating the Jubilee weekend. Fri 13 Dancing Club 8 pm I’m sure the Olympics will give us many exciting Tue 17th Not So Young Club 7.30 pm th hours of viewing on TV and for those lucky enough to Wed 18 Parish Council get tickets I hope you have a great Games. in South Green Hall 7.30 pm On the subject of sport, our cricket team is doing well Quiz in The Harrow 9-11pm th this season in the League with a couple of really exciting Fri 20 Dancing Club 8 pm wins under their belts. A much more entertaining option Wed 25th Quiz in The Harrow 9-11 pm th to watching the England football team? Fri 27 Dancing Club 8 pm Sat 28th Cricket Club Quiz 7.30 pm th This month also brings: Mon 30 Boughton Monchelsea Regulars: St Mary Magdelene and South Green Service Nursery 10 am-1 pm dates; Gardeners; Book Club; W.I.; Poet’s Corner; Puzzle Corner St Mary Magdalene Reports from: Draw Results; Ladies night; Diamond Jubilee weekend; Jenny Whittle, County Councillor; Big Church Stockbury Bangs in Stockbury; Cricket; Jubilee Oak Tree appeal The services will be held in Hartlip Features: Mid-Kent Downs Bulletin; Letters church until further notice. Notices & Dates: Church Fun quiz, Path clearing; The services for July are as follows:- Mobile Library, Stockbury Cricket fixtures (July-Aug) & Coaching dates; Community Bus schedule; Notes 1 July - 6.0pm; Sung Communion from the Parish Council (June); Cricket Trivia Quiz 8 July – 6.0pm; Evensong (July); Stockbury Art Gallery (advance notice, Nov.) 15 July – 6.0pm; Sung Communion 22 July – 6.0pm; Evensong; Feast of Mary Magdalene, our Sue Gardner Patron Saint. 29 July – 10.30am; joint benefice service at Newington church. There are a range of services held within the six parish Big Bangs cluster to which Stockbury belongs. Details can be found on By John Cockett the parishes' website – www.thesix.org.uk. or contact The Revd Liz Cox. Stockbury has had an interesting year For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact The Unusual things have been occurring here! Revd Elizabeth Cox - tel. 01795 - 844241 A lady in her garden had slopped her lemonade Penny Stevens The day the army bomb squad blew up a hand PCC secretary grenade After it had been found inside a garden shed Services at South Green Church By an unknown person who we shall just call “Fred”! You are most welcome to join us at our 10 am Sunday service on 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd July. On 29th we shall be The picnic, bonfire and fireworks celebration joining our friends at the Sittingbourne church for a service Joined the spirit of Jubilee across the nation. with Holy Communion. Page Wot? No Oil? and turned the screw in vain as I tried to release the wheel by Sue Gardner from its housing. How was I supposed to know that big I booked onto Ladies night at Tomsett Kent on 13th June screw releases the spare wheel which sits on a shelf with slight trepidation. Despite trying to be an independent underneath the car! I had found the jack a few days ago by woman, what makes a car function is as alien to me as, accident, but because I’d NEVER removed it from its well, an alien! I therefore freely admit that although I am housing I needed a strong pair of hands to help undo the never going to be a petrol-head, spending an evening bolt. After that, changing the wheel was surprisingly easy. talking to mechanics about cars may, just may help me Exhausting, but easy, once I knew how! By the time I’d identify a few bits and pieces that live under my car’s changed it, taken it back off, returned it to its shelf under the bonnet. Who knows, it might also save me getting stranded car and replaced the original, I just wanted to go home and on the A249 causing rush-hour chaos as happened to some lie down in a darkened room with another glass of wine! poor woman that very evening. I would highly recommend that if Dave puts on any more Dave Tomsett and his team were taking a huge risk of these sessions, which he says he might if there’s enough inviting Stockbury ladies along as they didn’t know how interest, whether you are female or male it’s well worth much we already knew, though they may have had a rough going to if you don’t know much about cars. You might guess! As anyone taking the driving test these days knows even receive a Ladies Night pack including information you have to know basic car stuff. However, folk like me about your car and a certificate to say you have attended the who got their licence a while ago might get more interest course, a discount voucher for your next visit to the garage out of counting sheep than wondering what proportion of and a car-washing kit. Now, washing cars I can do but I water goes with what proportion of coolant. Having said might wait until I return from France in my oil-replenished that, I already knew how to fill up my washer bottle and vehicle! can amazingly check my tyre pressures. Other than that, I don’t do anything else to my car other than fill up with fuel Stockbury WI and drive it. Checking my fluid levels usually means I Our meeting in June was really probably need to go home after an evening at the pub! interesting we got to try on lots of Coming straight from work, snacks and drinks were a different hats that Terese Hesldine had welcome sight, although of course I didn’t attend this brought from her shop in Faversham. session for them. However, I wasn’t sure I should be We all had fun finding out partaking in a complimentary glass of wine but I couldn’t which hats suit certain people and which ones definately do resist! Just the one, of course! Besides, if I was to not! Terese brought a long such a wide selection that there demonstrate my expected new-found skills of how to was something for everyone. If anyone gets a chance please change a wheel, I needed all my wits about me! do go along to her shop she is not far from the Sun Public It was quite refreshing to see some men attending. House. Obviously, they felt they needed help too! It gave me We had our delegate who represented us at the WI’s hope! We split into AGM at the Royal Albert Hall. She gave us a lovely report small groups led by on what had happened. The resolution on the need for more one mechanic who midwives was carried and they all participated in a world demonstrated how to record by having the most people to do some knitting in one change a wheel, place. They won’t know for some time yet if they have showed us where broken the record but let’s hope they have. She also went to things should be filled see some of the Strictly Come Dancing stars as they up and why and what performed a 15 minute slot to promote their tour. I bet that they were for. They was really good. then let us loose on We attended the Parish Council Annual Meeting on the one of our own cars to 14th June where we had our display board up for all the practice what we’d villagers to come along to see, to give people an idea of what learned. we do. We also had some home-made cakes for people to As I was off to France in a few days, it was a chance to sample. get my car checked over, so I started with the oil, or should Mr G Jones will be talking at our July meeting about I say I started with no oil. There was not one drop of oil Military Medals. We are all going to be digging around in registering on my new-found dipstick! The mechanic was the lofts to see if we have any interesting medals for him to horrified! I was mortified! I couldn’t believe I’d been look at. driving around with no oil! Despite having my car serviced On the 12th July we will be going to our link WI in 8 months ago, I just assumed my oil would last from one Westwell for a talk on Chocolutions which for us service to the next. “You should check it every week”, he chocoholics will be heaven. said. Really? EVERY week? Well, I will now, along with We will not be having our usual meeting in August as we all the other things that need filling, such as coolant, brake will be going out for our Birthday Meal which we are all fluid and washer fluid (which I had only been filling up looking forward at the Harrow Public House.