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The Village Magazine of the Chiddingstones www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16937/benefice/ 60 Pence April 2020 USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS Churches Associate Priest Bill MacDougall 01892 870442 Churchwardens (St Mary’s Bob Golds 01892 870429 Chiddingstone Village) Chris Bell 01732 866222 Verger (St Mary’s) Christine Roberts 01892 870437 Churchwardens (St Luke’s Paul Allen 01732 463382 Chiddingstone Causeway) Vacancy Pastoral Assistant Carol Benton 01892 870483 Pastoral Help (Causeway) Helen Barnes 01732 838855 Pastoral Help (Hoath) Jane-Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bell Ringers Stella Wooldridge 01892 870323 Choir Paul Allen 01732 463382 Parochial Parish Administrator Louise Sanders Church Council [email protected] Local Chiddingstone Sports Assoc Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Organisations Chiddingstone Football Club Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Chiddingstone Cricket Club Mark Streatfeild 01892 870851 Stonewall Park Cricket Club Andy Batchelder 07903 830142 Causeway Stoolball Club Rosa Gower 01892 870644 Stonewall Park Stoolball Club Pauline Hodge 01892 524783 Chiddingstones Tennis Club Richard Sinclair 07771 912108 Chiddingstone Real Football Katie Ashworth 07730 331800 Chiddingstone W.I. Alison Savage 01732 700536 Brenda Bishop 01892 870810 Chiddingstone Causeway W.I Carol Benton 01892 870483 Chiddingstone Over 60’s Elizabeth Fleming 01892 870224 Alice Peterkin 01892 870503 Tuesday Group (pre-school) Sam Day 01892 871570 Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service 01732 865353 Chiddingstone Castle 01892 870347 CHAPS Kenton Ward 07881 957800 Bough Beech Res. Assoc. Trust Steen Carndorf 01732 700585 Youth Youth Club Chris Pounds 07725 563636 Organisations Ide Hill Scout Group Lorna Baker 01732 750178 School Head teacher Rachel Streatfeild 01892 870339 Nursery School Leader Jill McCoy 01892 871315 Village Hall Chiddingstone Jane Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bookings Chiddingstone Causeway Elaine Ewer 07597 271974 St. Luke’s Parish Room Diane Heasman 01892 870794 Sevenoaks District Council Councillors James Osborne-Jackson 01732 227000 Sue Coleman 01892 870435 Parish Councils Chiddingstone - Chairman Richard Streatfeild 07973 842139 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Leigh - Chairman Colin Stratton-Brown 01732 832714 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Magazine Editor and ‘’For Sale ads’’ Jenny Chettle 01342 850827 [email protected] Commercial advertising Stuart Notholt [email protected] Advertising copy Robert Hunt [email protected] LEE WITCHELL AGRICULTURAL, PLANT & FORESTRY SERVICES Accident Repairs Mechanical, Servicing, Annual Checks Plant & Machinery & MOT’s Buy – Sell – Hire – Trade Insurance Work For a free estimate or quotation Lake Construction, Restoration Earth Works & Landscaping Please call Nick on 01892 870673 www.charcottgarage.co.uk Steel Framed Buildings Farm Construction Work New Tyehurst Farm Chiddingstone Hoath Kent TN8 7DA Office: 01342 851 138 Mobile: 07831 544721 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.leewitchell.co.uk KEITH BRADFORD Heating and Plumbing ∙Heating Installations ∙Bathroom Specialist ∙Boilers ∙Showers & Wet Rooms ∙Radiators ∙All Aspects of Plumbing ∙Heating Controls ∙NO JOB TOO SMALL 01732 865 517 07786 328 223 [email protected] A6 COOPER’S ROOFING Specialising in all roofing problems New roofs, Flat roofs, Repairs, Guttering, Lead work, facias & Soffits For free no obligation quotes please ring John Cooper on 07968-004462 A7 SR INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES LTD Independent Financial Advisers Chiddingstone Hoath DIRECTOR : STEPHEN RUDGE MA MPHIL DipFA AwPETR MLIBF Investment and Pensions Specialist 01892 871494 [email protected] SR Investment Associates Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority Electricity in safe hands Mob: 07836 256146 Tel: 01892 740631 [email protected]. uk DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL - Installation, Re-wires & board changes - Fault finding, Maintenance and Repairs - Inspection and testing, EICR reports - Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) - Solar Panel Installations – PV Systems - Prompt, Reliable and Competitive Rates A8 A9 MARCH/APRIL 2020 Forthcoming Events Monday 23rd March – Sunday 29th March The ‘Children Lost and Found Exhibition at Jessops Farm Gallery will be closed until a later date Saturday 4th April Penshurst Farmer’s Market is going ahead! see page 16 Blackham Village Market suspended until further notice see page 17 ‘Messiah’ by the Merry Opera Company now cancelled Cowden Film Club at the Memorial Hall now cancelled see page 21 Chiddingstone Sports Association Annual Quiz postponed see page 8 Tuesday 7th to Sunday 19th April ‘Spring Show’ in the Mister Gallery, Edenbridge now postponed Thursday 9th April Seder Supper in St Mary’s is now cancelled see page 4 Good Friday 10th April The Chiddingstone Real Football Match is now cancelled Friday 17th and Saturday 18th April “Happy Campers” at Blackham Village Hall is postponed Tuesday 21st April Parish Council Meeting see page 8 Wednesday 22nd April MAGAZINE COPY BY 12 NOON PLEASE! see page 4 Tuesday 28th April Annual Parish Council Meeting see page 7 Thursday 30th April Chiddingstone Village Hall Annual General Meeting see page 16 A VIRTUAL SERVICE ‘We experimented with a ‘virtual’ service for Mothering Sunday on 22nd March. You can watch this service and any future ones on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD4UozgMz-u7FDZy0y0rS9g 1 FROM THE RECTORY We are living in unprecedented times, both nationally and internationally. We have not been forced to respond to government directives about restricted movement, access to social and leisure activities on such a scale since WWII. The coronavirus has robbed us of much of the control that we had over our choices and freedoms in many areas of life. In such a short time, our lives have changed, our plans are being frustrated, and fears have been fuelled. It’s a difficult time. During this month of April, we will be celebrating Easter. 2000 years ago, that first Easter must have felt confusing for the disciples and followers of Jesus. In the course of only a week, the crowds in Jerusalem had gone from praising and welcoming Jesus, tearing down palms from trees and throwing down their cloaks to create a carpet for the donkey that Jesus was riding on, to pleading with the governor of the Roman occupation to crucify him. Jesus’s followers were living through unprecedented times. They watched their leader and friend die in anguish, watched as he was buried in a cave, experienced an earthquake, and then, to their surprise, encountered him following his resurrection. As a result, their lives were changed. The message of Easter is hope – the hope that God can transform the least promising of circumstances into something that will be a blessing to many. With the coronavirus, we have been told to maintain our social distance from others and protect those who are vulnerable in the community. Yet the paradox is that we also want to care for those who are isolated or needing support. I continue to be impressed by the level of care and compassion shown to one another in the Chiddingstones and surrounding villages. Volunteers have offered to be available to do shopping and deliver it, and to collect prescriptions among other acts of service for others in the community. This is the good news – people working together to care for each other. If you need someone to talk to, or want to be remembered in prayer, please contact me on 01892 870442 or email: [email protected] and do read Sue Coleman’s article later on in the magazine. The message of Easter remains the same today, hope - that God can bring something good out of frustration, suffering and discouragement. May God bless you and those whom you love this Easter. The Archbishops have instructed us that all public worship is suspended until further notice and our churches are now closed. God bless, Bill 2 A LETTER FROM OUR PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Dear All, In light of the government guidance around non-essential contact, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that public worship is suspended. This means that all Sunday Services are cancelled until further notice and our churches are now closed. Facebook and the website We will endeavour to keep sharing with you online. If you have a Facebook account, please come and ‘like’ our page on Facebook for the latest news: https://www.facebook.com/St-Lukes-Chiddingstone-Causeway-St-Marys- Chiddingstone-654997188658429/. In addition, I will add any news and updates to the website (which now has a new look!): https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16936/benefice/ (The old www.chiddingstonechurches.org.uk address should also take you to the same page but if you have visited the ‘old’ site before, the old pages may be stored in your cache so if, when you visit the site, it still looks like the old site, try this link instead: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16936/benefice/) Helping the vulnerable and those who are self-isolating Cllr Sue Coleman is coordinating a group of volunteers willing to help the vulnerable should they be quarantined without friends or family to help them. Please see Sue’s message on page 5 in the magazine. We’d also like to reach those who don’t receive the magazine. Please pass on to any neighbours that are self-isolating or are social distancing that help is available if they need it: they should call Sue Coleman in the first instance on 01892 870435 or email her: [email protected] Sue will then put them in touch with one of the volunteers. Chris Bell, meanwhile, is putting together a list of those who might appreciate a friendly telephone call either daily or every other day. She is also after volunteers for this so please contact Chris (01732 866222 or [email protected]) if you are able to help or if you know of anyone who would appreciate a telephone call. I should also draw your attention to a SCAM which Kent Police have warned against. The warning reads as follows: “It has been brought to our attention that Kent Police have had reports of a SCAM regarding contact from the council to assist with home shopping.