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Issue 238 The Association Newsletter October 2019 Tudeley/Capel New Town Our Community Warden The Bell News Tel 851748 & Malling (TMBC) Plan- Games room Function ning & Transportation Meeting * room hire for parties, band Wednesday 2 October 7.30pm practice etc. Free for GG TMBC Council Offices, Gibson Drive, * residents Kings Hill Live music! Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council Wott the Hoople & Bad Company will be discussing their recommenda- Sat 12 October 8pm tions to cabinet this Wednesday even- Promises to be a fantastic night of ing regarding the Tunbridge Wells entertainment Draft Local Plan, which contains pro- posals to develop 4000 new homes in Bernie’s Big Quiz Tudeley and Capel as well as a further Monday 14 Oct 7.45pm 4000 houses in Paddock Wood. If (not 7 Oct) these proposals are approved it will All welcome. £3 Entry fee lead to the loss of over 1000 acres of Cash prize picturesque Green Belt countryside My name is Sandra Edmonds and I Vinyl Night! that we all enjoy in Golden Green. have the privilege of being your KCC Sat 16 November Large parts of the developments will Community Warden. I am based in Dig out your vintage 45s—bring your occur on the Medway Flood Plain. Click but also cover old records to be played! for maps & TMBC’s key matters report. and Golden Green. Every Saturday Please join local residents who will be We work with residents to promote Free juke box attending this meeting on 2 Oct. safer communities—we work with Red Tooth Poker We must let our councillors victims of scams, link in closely with Tuesdays 7.30pm know that we want our country- the Police and our community Free to enter and play support officers, visit and support the * * * side saved from this devastation. elderly, lonely and isolated and gener- Facebook/BellInnGoldenGreen New Town Plans: ally have a visible presence for added reassurance to all residents. How to Have Your Say I pop in to the Tuesday coffee morn- Friday 4 Oct 10-11.30am ing in GG when other duties allow. I Mission Hall, Golden Green am happy to meet and discuss any (Also Wed 3 Oct 4.30-8pm Mascalls, concerns or issues residents have (but Paddock Wood) I don’t deal with parking issues, which Come and see the plans for Tudeley need to be referred to enforcement New Town and find out how to have officers or via 101). your say! If these proposals proceed, Photo by Pat Pelmore the entrance to the new town will be Please feel free to stop me and chat when I’m out and about or call me on This cute little albino squirrel has been at the top of Hartlake Road accessed amusing Hartlake Road residents with by a new roundabout and further road 07969 584183 or email [email protected]. its antics. Albinos are quite unusual, extensions. There are also plans for a and are supposed to bring luck. At Sandra Edmonds new school on Tudeley Rd opposite least it’ll be camouflaged in the snow! Somerhill, that will also impact traffic. KCC Community Warden Share this with information with your Macmillan Coffee Morning friends and family as we need to take Last month’s Coffee Morning was a action to protect our villages. great success, raising over £400 for the The deadline for comments to Tun- charity. Thanks to all the bakers who bridge Wells Borough Council is produced a mouth-watering spread Friday 1 November. (left), as well as the helpers and cus- More information at savecapel.com tomers. And Star Baker goes to Linda Alan Chilvers Daker who organised it so well!

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The Golden Green Association Committee Chair Alec Pelmore 850739 Secretary Howard Rogers 850329 Treasurer Gabrielle Lear 851252 Hall Bookings Rob & Ros Seall 850664 Newsletter Anne Waddingham 850048 Committee John Allen; Chris & Rosemary Blackburn; Ed Bright; Chris & Sue Cadell; Jeannette Charnock, Nick Collins; Linda & Ian Daker; Andrew & Judith Deckers; Stan Ellis; Stan Evans; John & Lynn Fuller; Graham Hargrave Smith; Pete Hilborn; Julian Hill; Jo Ivell; David Lear; Michael Nobes; Mary Norris; Terry Parris; Jane Rogers; Pat Simmons; Lee Stanley; Sean Waddingham; Nick & Ali Williams Walker

GG Women’s Institute What’s On in Golden Green? More info: by Iris Wilson Local people will know of Ightham Mission Hall hire: Rob & Ros Seall 1 Bell Cotts 01732 850664 [email protected] Mote, the lovely medieval manor house Mondays Pilates Hall 10–11am 771747 in the Kentish Weald right on our door- Tuesdays Coffee Morning 850768 step. Parts of the building date from Hall 10am 1330 and, although it started life as a Tuesdays FABS Fitness for Older Adults Hall 12-30-1.30pm 07941 345001 modest ‘great hall’ plus several other Tuesdays Colin’s Art Group Hall 8-10pm 464187 domestic buildings, it has been added 1st Sat month Suzanne’s Scrapbooking Hall 9.15am-4pm 770906 to over the centuries. ‘Mote’ could refer OCTOBER & NOVEMBER to the moat that surrounds it, said Pat Mortlock, who was welcomed back to Fri 4 Oct Tudeley New Town exhibition Hall 10-11.30am tell us about its history. Sat 12 Oct Live Music! Wott the Hoople Bell 8pm 851748 The manor has changed hands several Mon 14 Oct Bernie’s Big Quiz (date change) Bell 7.45pm 220811 times in its long life, the first owner Mon 21 Oct Bingo! Hall 8pm 850768 being Isolde Inge (1330–1360). Sir Thomas Cawne, the next owner, was Wed 16 Oct WI meeting Hall 7.45pm 850812 responsible for the layout seen today; Tue 5 Nov Book Club Bell 8pm 850329 he died in 1374 and is buried in the Mon 11 Nov Bernie’s Big Quiz Bell 7.45pm 220811 parish church at Ightham, as are many Sat 16 Nov Vinyl Night @ The Bell Bell 851748 of the previous owners, some of whom have very grand tombs. The last own- Parish Council Contacts We Remember Them Parish Office Tel: 851878 er, American Charles Henry Robinson In October 1919, a special dinner wel- Email: [email protected] left the property to the National Trust comed home GG men who had served Open Tue & Thu 9.30am–12 noon when he died in 1985. their country in WWI. Many surnames live Website hadlowpc.co.uk on in the hamlet today—is your ancestor The Trust realised a massive conserva- Golden Green Councillors: one of them? Perhaps consider for a mo- Nick Collins: 850968 tion project was needed. They were ment the brave man who once lived in [email protected] meticulous about the work to be done your house 100 years ago & their families. to preserve the building. The conserva- Ed Bright: 850590 J Allcom—11 Victoria Road [email protected] tion took 15 years and cost £10 million, Mr Bromley-—address not given 40% of which was grant-aided funding AJ Evans—Hartlake Cottages Bulky refuse lorry & WEEE collection: Victoria Rd cul-de-sac 19 October from English Heritage and the rest A, C & T Giles—Kelchers Lane 9.15–10.15am from public appeal. It was completed in G Hemsley—address not given WJ Homewood—Gammons Land Next council meeting: 14 October 7.30pm 2004. Pat mentioned that during the Frank Jenner—Tithe Ward Mission Hall, Golden Green conservation, a staircase was revealed L Jenner—Bell Cottages Next Borough Councillors’ Surgery: and beneath one of the treads a pair of FK Jennings—Three Elm Lane 16 Nov, 10–11.30am St Mary’s Church shoes was found (rather worse for E Joy—5 Albert Cottages Hospital Car Service wear after nearly 700 years!), the su- ES Martin—Kelchers Lane If you need transport to a hospital or Allan Paris—3 Albert Cottages perstition being that by hiding the medical appointment, please contact Mike J Parker—8 Bell Cottages Harvey on 01732 852564 or email shoes, one warded off evil spirits. E Pope—address not given [email protected] With several outings in the pipeline we J Simmons—Kelchers Lane H Simmons—Titheward House are having a busy time and at our next Deadline for next issue: 23 October J Singer—Kelchers Lane meeting on Wed 16 October, we antici- S Singer—Pear Tree Cottage Email [email protected] or hand in pate a very interesting talk about the T Smith—4 Victoria Road items to Anne Waddingham, Crown Jewels by former Crown Jewel- W Waghorn—3 Victoria Rd 13 Sherenden Park (850048). Subscrib- ler David V Thomas. A & W Warnett—Victoria Rd ers’ names and addresses and, where J Wells—address not given relevant, email addresses are held only All are welcome, the visitors’ charge W Wenham—Kelchers Lane for the purpose of distributing the news- being £4, which includes refreshments. The work of the Royal British Legion goes letters. To sign up for the email edition The Mission Hall doors open at 7.30pm on to support the veterans of more recent or paper version, or to stop receiving for a 7.45pm start. conflicts, and ex-service men and women. them, contact Anne (details above) or For further information about GG WI, Poppy Appeal collections start at the Alec (850739). end of October and we’re looking for help- please contact our President Please tell us if you have a new neigh- ers to assist in GG & Hadlow. Please call bour so we can update our list. Rosemary Blackburn on 850812. Sean (850048; [email protected]).

© Anne Waddingham 2019