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February 2020 February February 2020 In this issue: • Some superb concerts • Remembering Anne Simmonds • About Anne Boleyn LINK • A new local farm shop • Gardening tips Village magazine of Four Elms, Hever and Markbeech £1 FUNERAL PLANS FROM ALEX JONES Independent Family Funeral Directors One of the few remaining family-owned, truly independent funeral directors in the area Peace of mind for you and your family Specify your wishes in advance Protection against rising funeral costs A range of flexible payment options Arrange the send off you want Alex Jones Funeral Directors 29-31 High Street Edenbridge TN8 5AD £40 M&S vouchers 01732 860047 with every www.alexjonesfuneraldirectors.co.uk plan We also have funeral homes in; Lingfield: 01342 832534 Forest Row: 01342 822399 Oxted: 01883 730383 Vouchers distributed 30 days after your plan is taken out – contact us for full details. Welcome to the February edition We hope you enjoy it. We are pleased to confirm that the plans for a VE Day celebration at Hever Castle on 8 May are progressing well. The Castle is kindly opening its gates that evening so save the date. In Four Elms the building work at Chartwell Barns is coming along and the new cafe hopes to open soon. I hear that they may even be planning to offer evening meals. The coffee and grocery shop at the former garage is also open. I am sorry to report that Ken Seale, former butler to the Astors, has died. We ran an article about him and Mavis in December - they had been married for 73 years. His funeral is at 11.30 on 6 February at the Tunbridge Wells Crematorium. Do come to the film club on 7 February. In a change to the published programme we will be showing the WW2 film “Reach for the Sky” about the heroic pilot Douglas Bader. LINK Joanna Wade Pet of the month This is Aggie, our much loved, slightly yappy Jack Russell, on the beach at Holkham, Norfolk. An excellent, cheery little dog who we were lucky to inherit from our lovely neighbours, after one too many confrontations with her grandmother, almost 6 years ago. She has resisted most of the training we have offered although she has been willing to embrace a love of what modern people call wild swimming. Bridget and Ivan 1 village screen film club Friday 7 February and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her Reach for the Sky along to a community dance class, where she starts finding her feet. A celebrated WW2 film starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and Kenneth More as Douglas Bader, Joanna Lumley star. the heroic pilot who lost his legs but carried on flying. We are showing this The films (all less than two hours in place of Letter to Brezhnev to mark long) start at 8pm and doors open at the VE Day celebrations this year. 7pm for the pre-show meal and bar - with ice cream and popcorn in the Friday 6 March interval. Finding your feet When “Lady” Sandra Abbott Tickets are a suggested donation discovers that her husband of 40 of £3 for the film or £12 to include years is having an affair with her best the meal. You can book with Bridget friend, she seeks refuge in London Harris on [email protected] with her estranged, older sister Bif. or by phoning Joanna on 07958 The two could not be more different 919 631 or buy tickets at the door. – Sandra is a fish out of water next to However please pre-book your meal her outspoken, serial dating, free- by the Wednesday before the show if spirited sibling. But different is just you would like to eat. what Sandra needs at the moment, Hever Rose and Horticultural Society Wednesday 19 February at 8.00pm in Hever Village Hall Talk by Derek March – Story of English Cheeses 2 CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE LITERARY FESTIVAL Pre-register to join us at the fifth Literary Festival from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th May Bank Holiday Weekend. Meet authors such as Joanna Trollope, Michael Morpurgo, Maggie O'Farrell, Peter James, Tom Holland and many more. Browse their books and listen to their insights. Enjoy delicious food and drinks in the castle and grounds. We celebrate VE Day on Friday 8th May with some themed events. Enjoy Lindy Hop dancing, 1940s singing and hear the Last Post. Bring the family to enjoy performances, talks and workshops; on illustration, creative writing, still life drawing, magazine making and poetry. Make an animated film with Press Play Films and your own Farmageddon clay model with the Aardman Animations team. Simply go to www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk/literary_festival/ to pre-register to receive updates on priority booking and get early bird news. You can also become a Friend of the Festival. Spend the day. Spend the weekend. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you over this special weekend. The Year of Japan at Chiddingstone Castle has now officially started. The first few events are on our website, including a drop-in ikebana demonstration (the art of flower arranging), and tours of the Japanese Room. They are official events of the Japan Embassy’s ‘Japan-UK Season of Culture’. Experience Japanese art and traditional practices at one of our events and visit the Castle this Spring to learn more about our rare and fascinating Japanese collection. The Retreat Day on the 1st of February was the first event of the year and was a wonderful collaboration between the Castle and practitioners specialising in Japanese forest bathing, wild yoga, and toyohari acupuncture. Our 2020 season will open with an opportunity to view masters of the Ohara School of Ikebana, England Chapter, preparing a beautiful ikebana display at the Castle on the 5th of April. Please visit our website ‘what’s on’ page for more details. We hope you will join us in celebrating all things Japanese this year! よろしくお願いします Discover a unique and fascinating country house that’s right on your doorstep Exhibition of local history | Accredited Museum collections | Tudor origins Victorian rooms | 35 beautiful acres & fishing lake | Tea Room | Gift & Antique Shop Year round availability for weddings, parties, corporate events, groups & school visits Open 29th March to 28th October, Sundays to Wednesdays and Bank Holidays (excluding Good Friday) 11am – 5pm, last entry 4.15pm For more information about our forthcoming events please visit our website www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AD - 01892 870347 - [email protected] 3 Please pay your subscription NOW Many thanks to all those who have £5 for a hand delivered copy (£18 for postal already paid or who have standing orders/ subscribers). If you no longer want a paper arrangements in place to pay later in the copy you can read the Link online for free at year. If you haven’t, please pay now. hever.org BUT please let us know. Many thanks We had to chase up a lot of subs last year, please don’t wait to be chased again. If you PS We receive a standing order payment aren’t sure what arrangements you have in from HARTT C LRK F HARTT which we place please contact Bridget by phone or can’t match to a subscriber. If it’s you please email, contact and payment details on p. 21. get in touch, many thanks. The annual sub is unchanged at a modest Penshurst Choral Society Conductor: John Hargreaves Presents Faure: Requiem (Op 48) Haydn: Great Organ Mass Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No 2 in C Organist: Charlie Warren Saturday 29 February 2020 at 7.30 pm St John the Baptist Penshurst TN11 8BL Tickets via the website. Some tickets available on the door for cash. Adults £12.50 Children (16 years and under) Free www.penshurstchoralsociety.co.uk/concerts HEVER CASTLE SNOWDROP WALK FROM 8 FEBRUARY 2020 A heavenly carpet of snowdrops will ‘Wendy’s Gold’, a giant Galanthus provide a magical trail for visitors to called ‘Colossus’ which at 9 inches is follow at Hever Castle & Gardens one of the tallest snowdrops you can from 8th February. find and Galanthus ‘Green Brush’ with its unusual green tipped flowers. Around 80,000 snowdrop bulbs have been planted in the Gardens over Award winning garden writer Val the past few years including a mix Bourne will also be giving a talk of single and double snowdrops, entitled The Wonderful World of interspersed with some unusual Galanthophilia on Saturday 8th varieties such as the yellow tipped February at 1pm. 4 5 6 remembering Anne Simmonds of wildlife as her father had taught her so much about Elly Heard delivered a tribute to Anne nature. She frequently carried a at her funeral on 23 December. Here is camera to record what caught her part what she said: eye. Of course she loved walking with her dog. After the demise of a “Anne lived all her life in the South particularly wild English setter she East of England. Born in Crowborough got Oliver, her first springer spaniel, in 1937, an only child, her childhood followed eventually by Ben. Ashdown was marred by the death of her father Forest, Hartfield or the sea shore – all whom she adored. As she grew up she favoured places for walks. The space, stayed at home to help and support her the peace and quiet were very precious mother. Eventually she met and married to her. That was one of the reasons Geoff and in the early 70s they moved why she loved Africa. It was a great into Terry’s Farm in Rectory Lane. disappointment to her that she never did get to Uzbekistan.
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