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Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday mornings 9am to 12.15pm in the Village Hall and Monday and Wednesday afternoons until 3pm. Lunch Club available each day to 1.30pm Do come and see us. To arrange a visit please contact: Mrs Ann Roberts-Cleeve 01342 850403 Manager: Miss Fiona Baxter 07826011880 Welcome to our first edition of The Link. We hope you enjoy it. November marks the centenary of the amusement to the parish in September. end of the First World War and also of Our aim is to include a wide range of women getting the vote for the first time. content whilst very much respecting the Hever parish played a full part and this Link’s traditions. Wendy will regularly month’s content reflects that - have a contribute to the “News from the Pews” look at the exhibitions in the churches column and will also be writing the or come to the concert on 10 November editorial from time to time. if you can. All the performers are local and much of the material has a local Meanwhile please do let us know if connection. you have events you would like us to publicise or ideas you would like us to There is also much else going on in print. We are open to all suggestions. November and up to Christmas: the fireworks at Hever, the film show at Finally, we are grateful to Ana and Daryl the golf club and the Christmas fair..... Roxburgh for all their hard work over their read on for more. We hope you will like five years. our new colour centrepiece and enjoy a sample of the fantastic scarecrows Bridget Harris, Paul Houlton, which brought so much surprise and Joanna Wade

1 A warm welcome for the new Link editorial News from the pews team. They look forward to hearing your Remembrance can never just be a time for feedback on this, their first edition. Our out- looking backwards, it is also a time for looking going editorial team deserves an enormous forwards and thinking about the world of vote of thanks. Ana and Daryl Roxburgh today. We must all learn lessons from the past have done a fantastic job these last 6 years and be committed to putting what we learn or so. In that time, the Link has changed and into practice today. Remembrance presents developed in many ways, and we have much an opportunity to remember the price paid by for which to thank them. The readership those who died in war, and to pray for peace has grown steadily, the finances are sound, and reconciliation in our increasingly fragile and our readers have enjoyed both regular world. contributions and a rich variety of special

Locally, much effort has been made to mark articles. In thanking them on behalf of all the centenary of the end of WWI, and I would readers, I hope they enjoy the new things for like to thank everyone who has contributed which they will now have time – and we look something extra to this year’s commemoration. forward to reading their contributions from time to time! Inevitably, there is added poignancy to Wendy Izod our Remembrance this year, and I invite all Priest in Charge to join the act of Remembrance on 11th November, and to pause in silence at the Hever news from the pews 11th hour. This year, our main Benefice Congratulations to John and Laura who were service of Remembrance will take place at married on Friday 5th October in St Peter’s on St Peter’s, Hever. Please join us at the War a gloriously sunny day. John is a fairly new bell Memorial 10:45am for the traditional service of ringer - his first public performance was at his Remembrance, followed by hymns, readings own wedding! - and inspired by him Laura is and prayers in church. At the same time now starting to learn too. We were delighted there will be a short service around the War to welcome them to bell practice whilst on Memorial at Four Elms. Through our services their honeymoon and grateful for the delicious of remembrance, we thank God for the peace wedding cake which they shared with us. that is his will. The tower is always pleased to welcome The Archbishop has commended this prayer anyone who is interested in learning to ring. to us all at this important time – We practice for an hour every Thursday at Lord, strengthen our hearts, hands, and minds, 8pm with a drink and chips in the Henry VIII to work together for peace; to see you in one afterwards! Jane Rosam, Tower Captain and another, and to seek your kingdom above all Church Warden 07766 763124. things; that your will may be seen to be done, and your Kingdom come, through Jesus We will be printing News from Four Elms and Christ, the Lord of lords and King of kings. Markbeech pews in December and January. Amen.

United benefice of Hever, Four Elms & Markbeech Rev. Wendy Izod (01342) 850738, [email protected]

Benefice website: Threespires. wordpress. com Community website: www.hever.org 2 Remembrance Sunday Do come to the Remembrance Sunday commemorations at St Peter’s Hever and St Paul’s Four Elms on Sunday 11 November, round the war memorials, at 10.45am. The war dead will be remembered followed by a minute’s silence at 11am.

A service follows on at Hever and all are welcome.

3 The parish in the Great War – a personal journey of discovery Whenever I sat in beautiful Four Elms Church documents which survived the floods I kept seeing the name “General Sir Henry in 1958 and 68) records, for example Crichton Sclater” on the wall. I had never “Oddman” Henry Perham “taken out of the heard of him but I wondered whether he had mud on the Somme” suffering from bronchial a connection to World War 1. And did he! pneumonia”. I don’t know if he survived, I Through him I came to realise what a strong think he did. bond our area has with the Great War. One plaque in Hever church makes me General Sclater lived at Holmwood and especially sad when I think of him so far from was given a full military funeral at Four Elms home. Edward Divall died a prisoner of war church in 1923. He was a right hand man of in April 1916 aged 26 after being captured Kitchener, whom he had served in the Boer by the Ottoman Turks after the fall of Kut- War. Unfortunately these old school generals El-Amara, 100 miles south of Baghdad. The failed to grasp the realities of modern siege lasted for five months and 30,000 warfare and were arguably responsible for British and Indian troops died in defending the carnage at the start of the war. His wife, the garrison. The 13,000 who were captured Dame Edith, has a less controversial story were marched to a prison camp in Aleppo tirelessly working as she did running nursing and many, including Edward, died along the homes for the wounded and consequently way. His name is on the Basra memorial in being made a Dame in her own right. the desert.

And she is not the Details of all the more than 40 fallen of only Dame in the Hever and Four Elms can be found on Parish. Meriel Talbot the website www.kentfallen.com and they from Markbeech are remembered on the war memorials. was the first director In fact more have been found as research of the women’s land continues. We remember them especially, army, an important but I also think about the men who were new force set up to badly wounded, the families left behind who rescue Britain from could no longer pay the rent (the Astors had impending famine. a big problem about what to do with the She had a notable families left behind in tied cottages) - and public career and was made a Dame for her of course the less glorious victims of the war work. 1918 flu epidemic which killed more people globally than the war itself. Meanwhile, in Hever, Lord Astor’s Eldest son John Jacob lost a leg at the battle of There is so much to learn and write about Cambrai and was awarded the Legion and I know I have just scratched the surface, d’Honneur. When he inherited he worked to but I hope you will find this and also the create jobs at the Castle for ex-servicemen. exhibitions and concert interesting. A good number of castle staff had gone to war and the payroll (one of the few Joanna Wade

4 Ankles at dawn - suffrage and work

When researching the role of women in 1918 But then in 1914 came war and a sudden I realised that there was one uniting theme - need for women to take over the jobs of ankles. A woman’s ankles had been holding men. Vera Brittain, who had made it to her back for years because a respectable Oxford, left university to become a nurse and woman should never, ever show them .... our own Dame Meriel Talbot was appointed by the government to be the first director of Edwardian women wore long skirts. This the newly formed Women’s land army. Its severely curtailed activity and created a lot objective was to help Britain grow more food of work for their servants - in the days when given the drastic cuts in American wheat and even middle class households had at least New Zealand lamb supplies. one maid. Hems got dirty as the streets were muddy so skirts constantly needed to The land army did not become effective be cleaned. It is no exaggeration to say that until the end of the war and probably made the sartorial demands of middle and upper little difference agriculturally but a by- class women made servants indispensable product was the liberation of women from and entrenched the pre war structure of the constraints of long skirts with their new society. uniform of twill breeches and gaiters. At last they were physically free to take on a wide Their ankles also held women back in the range of tasks outside the home - and their legal profession - the press speculated that maids were free to join up too. One, Annie a judge would have his head turned by the Edwards, approached the wife of the village sight of a pretty ankle and so it just wasn’t priest for a reference only to be told “Do you safe, or fair on male lawyers to let a woman know what it involves? You’ll be dressed as practice. a man, and I object to that - it’s a disgrace to show your ankles!” Vera Brittain, famous for her book ”Testament of Youth” wrote that: Dame Meriel herself does not seem to “At bridge drives and other forms of social have been much of a feminist (unlike her diversion Mrs. Pankhurst and her “screaming neighbour Lucy Streatfeild, the first female sisterhood” formed suitable subjects for that factory inspector) and was much occupied vocal variety of witch-burning in which tea- with advising that women should continue to parties so very often indulge. behave decorously even when dressed as a I remember being taken to those tea-parties, man in smock and breeches but nonetheless my feet clad in the stout low-heeled walking she was a living example of a new “career shoes of pre-war scholastic convention and woman”. my youthful ankles decorously concealed by the tight folds of a skirt just twice the By the end the war, women over 28 had length of the one I wear now. I listened to the vote and the first women solicitors were the sweeping indictments of “those awful allowed to practice (although it took another suffragettes” - in a critical silence, which 91 years for Lady Hale to be appointed as became more silent and more critical as the first female judge in the Supreme Court) the time approached for a battle royal with ...... and hemlines went up! The famous a recalcitrant family for permission to go to flappers of the 1920s had it all before them. college.” Joanna Wade

5 Markbeech Christmas Cowden Memorial Hall Bazaar 2018 Christmas Fayre Sunday 18th November Lots of stalls • gourmet food • pies • preserves • cakes • handicrafts 12-3pm • gifts and toys • Swedish mulled wine • tombola • raffle • keys in the box In aid of HALL funds and CANCER CHARITY Enjoy a delicious lunch Book a TABLE in advance £10 each (children’s menu available) We are looking for BRIC a BRAC, RAFFLE PRIZES Saturday 17th November and items for CHRISTMAS HAMPER 12 noon to 3.00pm at Markbeech Village Hall Any donation • in aid of Holy Trinity Church, Markbeech • will be gratefully received. www3spires.org.uk We will be at the Hall Car Park to receive any donations on Sunday 4th November 1100--1200 Sunday 11th November 2.00--3.00pm To arrange collection call Sue:- 07929 337 556 Beat:- 01342 850239

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Commando Series returns to Hever Castle for the weekend of 10th and 11th November 2018.

The 6km obstacle challenge gives ‘recruits’ of all ages (minimum 8 years) and abilities the chance to experience the mud, sweat and pain of Commando training at one of the most authentic obstacle courses in the country manned by actual Royal Marine Commando instructors and endorsed by national charity partner, The Royal Marines Charity. Use promotional code LINK20 when entering online and you will get 20% off the price of entry. See www. commandoseries.co.uk

Benefice monthly rainfall in millimeters

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67 50 22.5 9 59.5 71 74

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2017 73 53 19.5 10 60.5 67 70 37 42 36 56.5

2018 79 36 81 65.5 79 0 36 63 32

Markbeech

2017 73 50 26 6 63 72 76 41 43.5 34.5 55

2018 83 40 82 77.25 70.05 1.5 51 68.5 33

7 World War 1 Exhibitions The Link villages are busy planning railway stations and schools, were all events to mark the end of the Great someone’s son, husband or father. This War. These exhibitions are some of project is a brilliant reminder of the lives them…. that were sacrificed for their countries, and the loss that was felt then, in places There But Not There which are familiar to us all today. It is a In 2014 had a brilliant idea for great way to keep their stories alive.” commemorating their war dead. Visitors Victoria Wallace, Director General to the church walked in to find silent of the Commonwealth War Graves silhouettes sitting in the pews of the Commission church, each named for a fallen soldier. The “There but not there” project has We Will Remember Them now been rolled out nationally under Exhibition at the Eden Valley Museum, the leadership of Penshurst’s Martin 72 High Street, Edenbridge Barraud. The exhibition: Armistice, Peace, “The poppies at the Tower of London Remembrance runs until 30 June 2019 captured the start of the national WWI and records the war and its end in the commemoration –There But Not There villages of the valley in words, pictures will be the abiding concluding image.” and artefacts. Do not miss it! Patron of There But Not There, General the Lord Dannatt GCB, CBE, MC, DL. The museum is full of local interest including the Chiddingstone Hoard of Ten silhouettes have come to Hever to gold coins recently discovered and now mark our war dead, thanks to funding on show. It also has a massive archive of from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund local information. It is well worth a visit Trust. Six have come to Markbeech and if you can spare some time they are as well. The fund makes awards to always looking for volunteers to help to communities to enable them to come keep it open. For more information see together to remember and to think the website www.evmt.org.uk about the Armed Forces Community today. The concert on 10 November will Eden Valley Museum In The Villages hopefully be an opportunity to do just Thanks to funding from the Hever Parish that. Trust the exhibition panels relevant to Four Elms, Hever and Markbeech are “Each one of the hundreds of thousands on show in the three churches, together of white headstones in Commonwealth with some moving excerpts from the War Graves Commission cemeteries Castle payroll recording the fates of around the world reflect a gap left in a some of the staff. Hever and Four Elms community or family somewhere else in churches are open daily and Markbeech the world. Those names that we pass on Sundays just before and after daily, on local war memorials, or on services (see page 22 for times). rolls of honour on the walls of churches,

8 Village screen film club at Hever Castle Golf Club The 2018/19 film season begins in mature alike. It features the voices of Hugh November. The films will now be shown Grant and Bonneville with Ben Whishaw as on the ground floor so no more stairs! that bear.

Our films will be: The films (all less than two hours long) start Friday 16 November at 8pm and doors open at 7pm for the Best in show pre-show meal and bar - with A very well received 2001 comedy directed ice cream and popcorn in the interval. by Christopher Guest: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and Tickets are a suggested donation of £5 for the heady scent of competition is in the the film or £13 to include the meal. You can air as hundreds of eager contestants from book with Bridget Harris on 01732 700986 across America prepare to take part in or [email protected] or buy tickets what is undoubtedly one of the greatest at the door. However PLEASE pre-book events of their lives – the Mayflower Dog your meal by the Wednesday morning Show. The canine contestants and their before the show if you would like to eat. owners are as wondrously diverse as the country that has bred them. MEMORIES OF HOP- Friday 18 January Breathe PICKING IN THE EDEN Starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield VALLEY IN KENT this uplifting film is based on the true The Eden Valley Museum in story of a newly married couple and their Edenbridge, Kent is hosting a hop- struggles to overcome adversity after he picking exhibition in 2019 and would contracts polio. be very pleased to hear from any Friday 15 February readers who have memories to share The Post about travelling down to Kent to pick Second only to the Watergate scandal was hops in any of the villages of the the discovery of the Pentagon papers. Set Eden Valley including Edenbridge, in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of Chiddingstone, Cowden, Crockham attempts by journalists at The Washington Hill, Toys Hill, Four Elms and Post to publish classified documents Penshurst. Please call the museum on regarding the 30-year involvement of the 01732 868102 and leave your name United States government in the Vietnam and contact details, or email curator@ War. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. evmt.org.uk putting Hop-picking memories as the subject of your email. Friday 15 March Alternatively write to Eden Valley Paddington 2 This film needs no introduction really. It Museum, Church House, 72 High scores 100% on one film review website Street, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5AR. and is loved by the immature and the

9 Hever Parish Council by Charlotte Cole, parish clerk

What is a Parish Council and what does it do? District councils are responsible for local services A parish council is an English civil local authority including housing, local planning and refuse and the first tier of local government. There are collection. 9,000 parish and town councils in . The County Council is responsible for strategic Hever Parish Council (Four Elms, Hever and services such as highways, pathways, education, Markbeech) is made up of 10 Councillors who libraries, social services, strategic planning and live locally. They are voted into their posts by the refuse disposal. Landowners are responsible electorate of the Parish, or co-opted, to form a for maintaining Public Rights of Way that pass Council which endeavours to make decisions in through their land. the interests of the local community. Councillors are not paid but volunteer their time to serve our All Parish Council meetings are open to the public. villages. They are led by the Council’s Chair and advised by a Clerk who is there to see that business is The role of Clerk is to ensure that the Council as conducted within the law a whole conducts its business properly and to provide independent, objective and professional You are always welcome to attend meetings – the advice and support. The Clerk is employed (part next one is Wednesday 21st November 7.30pm time) and can be contacted on [email protected] Four Elms village hall.

Parish Council meetings are open to the public Next month more about what the PC does for you! and the ‘minutes’ which record the business and decisions can be found on the Council’s website. You can also read them on Facebook, www. hever.org or on the 4 noticeboards.

The Parish Council receives a ‘Precept’ (a calculation of money) from Council which SDC collects as part of your Council Tax and then transfers it to the parish / town council. With this money the Parish Council pays for many of the facilities that we enjoy as a community and for which it has responsibility. It may also choose to support local community groups / schemes with grants, so please apply if you are working with a good cause!

The Parish and Town councils in the county are often viewed as the part of government closest to the people. They are the only local government tier that represents residents at parish level. Similarly they advise the County and District authorities on the views of residents, and especially priorities for local investment.

10 Scarecrows everywhere

Over 60 scarecrows took part in the Hever Residents Association’s first scarecrow competition and the winners of the vote were Susanne, Holly and Torin Cahill for ‘Doug and Phil’. Jane Higgs won the Committee prize with ‘Nature Lover’. Many congratulations to everyone. Here are photographs of most of the scarecrows. HRA Chair John Adkins is keeping us guessing about next year. All he will say is “We will let you know!”

Nature Lover

Doug and Phil

11 12 13 14 Parish lunch Thursday 8 November Hever church is hosting a parish lunch in Hever Village Hall on Thursday 8 November, 12 for 12.30 pm. This will be a regular fixture so watch this space!

All are very welcome to come along to enjoy a simple lunch and good company. There is such a thing as a free lunch and this is it (unless you’d like to make a donation!!)

The 10th Hever Castle Triathlon took place on 22/23 September. Six Junior triathletes competed hard in the thousand triathletes, runners and World’s largest junior event of its kind as swimmers battled with the elements in 1,500 children aged 8-15 years old took 14 different race distances. The weekend part in various distances. festival was about more than sport and featured the Royal Navy Parachute Display Over 100 people from the TN8 postcodes team landing with a special anniversary took part. Locally-based organiser Brian flag and an illuminated night swim Adcock and his team told the Link that accompanied by jazz musicians. he had worked hard to keep disruption to locals to a minimum. Sporting events included: Triathlons – The Gauntlet; Half Iron We know of no significant problems Distance, Olympic, Sprint-Plus, Super- but if you experienced any please do • Sprint, Starter Tri and three different let Charlotte Cole, Parish Clerk, clerk@ junior races; hever.org, know so that she can feed Castle Runs – Half Marathon and 10k them back. run; • Castle Swims – 1 mile, 5k and 2.5k • swims 15 schooltime and identifies constructive next steps towards improvement and reflective and news from Hever independent thinking. They are enjoying Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman’s new book celebrating the poppy’s history. The darker and misty mornings are The children have produced poppy art to a reminder that winter is around the honour the past. corner… Our children had a whizz-popping Our year 3 children learned about the time celebrating Roald Dahl Day and rock and roll era including the history classrooms were transformed to host and dancing and showcased their new Dahl-inspired activities. We encouraged dancing skills to parents in the playground. them all to enter a poetry competition Their performance of Rock Around to win a golden ticket to the Roald Dahl the Clock and Jailhouse Rock was museum. enormously enjoyed.

Year 6 has been busy: Year 2 had a special visitor and morphed it held its first debating club. into television journalists to find out more Parents were invited to come to the about a ‘shady’ character: The Dark. • presentations and we were all very They used questions and statements and impressed. focussed on their punctuation to interview The children are preparing for their their visitor. For their Harvest celebration trip to Seville and looking forward to they created a play focussed on giving and • experiencing this captivating city that thankfulness. They worked collaboratively conjures images of fanning senoritas, to create their own harvest masterpiece. flamenco and sunny afternoons, helping to create enthusiastic learners Year 1 have been creating poetry based on and to develop positive attitudes to the poem The Jellyfish by Michael Rosen language learning and can now explain personification, They recently ‘endured’ a realistic day metaphor and simile brilliantly. They have of Victorian lessons, dressed up in also been showcasing their sporting • Victorian clothes with their classroom talents and are forming mini hockey arranged in the old way in traditional teams. Who knows, maybe we will find rows! Lessons included handwriting the new Sean Kerly or Maddie Hinch in the using blackboard and chalk, class?! arithmetic and parlour games with their super-strict teachers constantly Reception class have been very engaged reminding them that CHILDREN in their learning by joining in retelling SHOULD BE SEEN, NOT HEARD! the story of The Little Red Hen. They received a letter from The Little Red Hen Year 4 and 5 have enjoyed marking herself who asked if they could help her the work of their peers and are using go shopping, so they were busy writing the strategy called ‘2 stars and a wish’. shopping lists for her. Acorn class have This promotes positive engagement loved using conker clamps - they look

16 much like a cep mushroom, and are made a travel brochure for a real-life travel of wood with a wooden screw that holds company. The travel brochure will be the conker in place for the child to safely used by genuine clients wishing to book a drill into it (great for fine motor skills!). holiday.

Lastly, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF Class 2 (years 1 and 2) are writing letters OUR 11+ STUDENTS!!! Our students to Nasa as part of ‘5,4,3,2,1….BLAST have consistently worked hard and the OFF!’. In this ‘out of this world’ experience, results have been excellent. the children are exploring design within Joanna Stratton the exciting context of space travel. The children are inventing rockets for NASA news from 4Elms accompanied with a persuasive, scientific Term 1 is already drawing to a close letter detailing their ideas. It is rocket at Four Elms Primary School as we science for Class 2! approach half term. But what a busy term it has been! Harvest festival Just before half term, we will be holding our annual harvest festival at St. Paul’s Church. Putting learning in a real life context Class Three will lead the celebration this Following our update last time on the new year with the rest of the school joining in learning experiences, each class has been with the singing. All children are asked putting into practice the new approach to decorate a box and fill it with harvest which focuses on putting learning in a real- goodies which are donated to the life context. Edenbridge Food Bank and the elderly of Four Elms. Boxes will be judged by the Class 4 (years 5 and 6) held a Macmillan School Council and prizes awarded during Coffee Afternoon to support their learning the weekly celebration assembly. experience entitled ‘Cake Tastes Better Together’ where they sold homemade Sports news cakes and our Rights Respecting Team Finally, our football team has kicked off the organised fun games to play. The children season with their first match against Leigh learnt maths in a real life context, looking Primary. at profit and loss, direct proportion, percentages and consolidating addition The cross country team is up and running and subtraction, to help them raise the after the summer break and is so popular maximum funds for this important charity. it has doubled in size and now has two parent coaches. Their first race was hosted by The Schools at Somerhill and the team Class 3 (years 3 and 4) are creating travel got off to a roaring start with a silver medal brochures as part of ‘Are we there yet?’ and top 20 places from 7 of the children. where they are being taught locational The team are now in training for the next knowledge from around the world, utilising big race: the Kent Junior Schools Cross experience gained from places they Country Championships 2018 at the Kent have visited on holiday. The children are Showground, Detling. developing their writing skills to create Nicole Holt 17 Business directory to add your company email the Editors. Just £25 per annum

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20 Country and gardening

Exciting times lie ahead: there is a Mistletoe is a different host-dependent lot going on in November, not least plant, believed to be a miraculous the preparations for Christmas, “parasite” that would not kill its host. particularly our Christmas Fair! Mistletoe does not kill because it takes water from the tree host but The garden is quiet, so are the trees, still produces its own carbohydrate sleeping naked. Harvest is also gone from photosynthesis, and that is why and yet your garden may still have its foliage is evergreen; thus the host brassicas standing proud; swiss chard survives. is colourful, slightly sweet, versatile and can be harvested all year round, Traditionally mistletoe was one of the as long as it hasn’t decided to sprout most popular plants to bring inside and set seed. If this happens keep as a Christmas decoration, a tradition breaking the main stalk, otherwise it possibly originating in Celtic pagan will be game over. beliefs, from thousands of years ago. Druids used to climb a sacred oak that In November if colour fails to come “miraculously” would keep bringing to your garden, in Hever it will not fail forth green leaves even during winter. to reach the sky. The dark nights will The collected leaves would brew a be illuminated with fireworks, which is drink, drunk to bring prosperity and always very exciting. But once all that fertility in the belief that bringing is done and all excitement has past, greenery indoors, would protect family no doubt the reality of winter will set in and livestock, during the difficult winter and our minds will turn to the last big months. The mistletoe tradition is far event of 2018 – Christmas! older than the Greek empire. So, there we are! Decorations will surely get started in November. Christmas decorations When our November celebrations and are all about bringing nature inside commemorations come to an end, our homes. In times gone by, the our gardening jobs can wait, and our “greenery” would be found in those eyes will turn to Christmas: the Hever plants that keep their leaves through Christmas Fair, shopping to be done, winter-time, such as mistletoe. cards to send, decorations to put Mistletoe is a hemi-parasitic plant; one up. Modern decorations may have reason to regard it as mysterious and changed, but we still aim to express magical. It would appear that the tree our hope and happiness in this blessed was still producing green leaves when season. it should be without any - the belief of the “sacred oak” – although very Love to you and yours, Ana Claudia. rarely does oak play host to mistletoe.

21 Services in November 2018 Services rota

Day Date Time Church Service Sidesmen All Saints 04 Nov 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Liz Kaberry 11.00 Hever Matins Pat Evemy & Jan Tolfree Remem- 11 Nov 10.45 Hever Service of Anne Simmonds & brance Remembrance Ana Roxburgh Sunday 10.45 Four Elms Short Service of Christina & John Hodson Remembrance 2nd before 18 Nov 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Ann Bellamy Advent 11.00 Hever Parish Communion Elly Heard & Robin Rouse 16.00 Four Elms Evening Prayer Richard Bennett Christ the 25 Nov 09.15 Hever Parish Communion Lisa & Will Cowell King 11.00 Four Elms Parish Communion Mary & John Proctor with Inspire Club Advent 02 Dec 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Ricky Calvocoressi Sunday 11.00 Four Elms Parish Communion 16.00 Hever Evensong Pat Evemy & Andrew Izod

Date Lectionary readings November 2018

OT Psalm NT Gospel Sunday 02 Nov Lamentations 3 23 1 Peter 1: John 5: 19-25 All Souls 17-26, 31-33 3-9 04 Nov Isiah 25: 6-9 24:1-6 Revelation John 11:32-44 All Saints 21: 1-6a 11 Nov Isiah 9: 1-6 40:14-17 James 3: Matthew 5: Remembrance 13-18 14-end Sunday 18 Nov Daniel 12: 1-3 162 Hebrews Mark 13:1-8 2nd Sunday 10:11-25 before Advent 25 Nov Daniel 7: 9,10 & 13,14 93 Revelation 1: John 18: 33-37 Christ the King 4b-8 2 Dec Jeremiah 33: 14-16 25:1-9 1 Thess Luke 21:25-36 Advent 1 3:9-end

22 Readers Intercessions Chalice Fiona Irens & Roger Hopkins Nick Irens Nick Irens Robin Rouse & Andrew Izod Andrew Izod & Daryl Roxburgh Elly Heard Jane Rosam

Christina & John Hodson

Janey Cooper & Nicki Talbot Ann Bellamy Liz Kaberry

Anne Simmonds & Robin Rouse Marion Purrl Cynthia Mead Gill Lambert & Leslie Griggs Jane Rosam & Will Cowell Ana Roxburgh Elly Heard

Mary Proctor & Gill Lambert Marion Purrl Cynthia Mead

Vasile & Flora Nedelcu Nick Irens Vasile Nedelcu

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From the register Weddings Sat September 1st Crowther & Daniels, Hever Sat September 8th Gray & Twinam, Four Elms Fri October 5th Nelson & Prior, Hever

Baptisms 9th September – Four Elms - Ellie Smith 30th September—Hever - David Kluszczynski

23 November events

3 November Fireworks, Henry VIII car park, Hever 7.30pm 3 November Royal British Legion recital Holy Trinity Parish Church, Forest Row 2pm 8 November Parish lunch, Hever Village Hall 12 noon for 12.30pm 9 November Markbeech Cabaret Evening, MB Village Hall 7.30pm 10 November 1918 Concert, St Peter’s Hever 7pm 16 November Film club “Best in Show”, Hever Castle Golf Club 8pm 17 November Markbeech Bazaar MB Village Hall 12-3pm 17 November Armistice Concert, St Paul’s church, Rusthall 7.30pm 18 November Cowden Memorial Hall Christmas Fayre 12-3pm 21 November Parish Council meeting FE Village Hall 7.30pm 22 November, Hever Christmas fair, Guthrie Pavilion, Hever Castle 10.30 – 3.30pm 24 November, Chiddingstone Castle Christmas fair 28 November, Hever Horticultural Society AGM, Hever Village Hall 8pm 15 December, Hever Village Carols, St Peter’s Hever 5pm 21 December, Nine Lessons and Carols, St Peter’s followed by the Carol Supper

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