November 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

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2 IN ELHAM WHAT’S ON 2017 NOVEMBER Mon 6 Elham Parish Council Meeting 7.30pm Elham Village Hall Thurs 9 Elham Circle talk from Headway 2.30pm St Marys Church Hall Sat 11 Opera Supper 7.30pm Elham Village Hall Sun 12 Remembrance Day Parade, St Marys to War Memorial Thurs 16 Sweet Peas talk, Elham Gardening Society 7.30pm Elham Village Hall Fri 17 ‘Deare Heart’, a talk by Derek Boughton , EHS 7.30pm Elham Village Hall Sun 19 Walkers are Welcome 10.15am Market Square Thurs 24 AGM Elham Village Hall Association 7.30 for 8pm Elham Village Hall DECEMBER Sat 2 Acrise Christmas Fayre 10am-2pm Elham Village Hall Sun 3 Christmas Illuminations ‘Switch On’ 6pm The Triangle

Weds 6 Railway Swing Band 7.30pm Elham Village Hall

Sun 17 Christmas Food & Craft Festival 11am-2pm Market Square

The perfect venue for every occasion ELHAM VILLAGE HALL NEWS

ELHAM VILLAGE HALL THE PEGGY PIKE ROOM If you are planning an event and need a venue for an intimate number of people, have you thought about hiring the Peggy Pike Room? It takes on many guises in the year, hosting objet d'art valuations, lecture courses, and small group parties. It can accommodate up to 45 people for celebratory meals, and is available by booking with Maggie Tappenden on 01303 862467/ [email protected]

OPERA SUPPER Situated in the beautiful Elham Valley, our modern village Time is running out to purchase tickets for our wonderful hall offers convenient and flexible facilities. Ideal for small or candle lit Opera Supper on Saturday 11 November at 7.30pm large occasions, from business meetings to wedding parties. in Elham Village Hall. Join us for a two course meal and some opera classics performed by young professional musicians. Approved by Kent County Council as a venue for the Tickets for this one off event are £18.00 from Jan Stanyon 01303 840820/[email protected] solemnisation of civil marriages and the formation of civil partnerships. RAILWAY SWING BAND Back by popular demand the fabulous Railway Swing Band will Take a look at our website - be performing their Christmas programme at Elham Village www.elhamvillagehall.co.uk hall for one night only on Wednesday 6 December at Contact Maggie Tappenden 7.30pm. Come along and get into the Christmas spirit. Tickets are just £10.00 from Jan Stanyon -01303 840820.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Elham Village Hall Association AGM will take place on Friday 24 November, 7.30 for 8pm. Everyone is welcome. ELHAM VILLAGE HALL 120 CLUB Refreshments will be available. If you would like to take part, please contact Martin Turner Lastly, just whet your whistle – we have more events planned (840804 / [email protected] ) for next year including a family games event, a trip around OCTOBER DRAW the Mediterranean wine tasting, our popular quizzes and, 1st Prize (£30) No 21 Sue Winter perhaps, an event which gives a nod to the popular desert 2nd Prize (£18) No 61 Viv Neves island discs programme … 3rd Prize (£12) No 23 Carol Stevens Jan Stanyon

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5 MONTHLY WALKING GROUP

Please join our friendly walking group for a walk around the local area. Everyone is welcome including dogs (able to negotiate or be lifted over stiles). All walks begin at the Elham Village Square at 10.15am unless advertised otherwise.

Walks are approximately two hours at a moderate pace. Our walks are free and we welcome new “Deare Heart…” members to join our expanding group. The next East Kent Letter Writers walks are: 19 November and 17 December of the Seventeenth Century

A talk by Derek Boughton IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES: Elham Valley Walking Festival 2018 will take place on Friday 17 November Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd June. Tell all your friends and let us know if you would like to help with this, or just come 8 pm along and enjoy Elham Village Hall Contact Peter Corkill 01303 840269 [email protected] or Chris Jelly 01303 862933 [email protected] Members - £3.00 Guests welcome - £5.00

News from Elham Primary School

Autumn is here which means it must be time for conkers, pumpkins and Harvest Festival! We were very pleased to be able to have our school Harvest Festival in the Methodist Church this year (we alternate between there and St Mary’s Church). The children shared their thoughts with poems, RAPs and facts linked to our theme of GENEROSITY. Our children and families donated a wonderful selection of items that have been collected by The Rainbow Centre in Folkestone. These items will go to help people who are less fortunate than us and help brighten peoples lives and hopefully bring much needed support and maybe help raise a smile! If you would like to read more about what the Rainbow Centre does please visit their website at http://www.rainbow-centre.org/

We are very lucky that Elham Gardening Society help us keep our garden in beautiful condition. They have been running a weekly club, working alongside our children and parents to grow some wonderful produce. This year we have harvested one massive pumpkin and lots of grapes and apples. We have also had wonderful crops of peas and beans, raspberries and courgettes to name a few! Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far this year! For regular updates check our website- www.elhamprimary.co.uk

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8 On 21 September - a real treat - Russell Bowes gave us a most enjoyable and informative talk on the life and work of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the man who revolutionised the then current ideas about the design of gardens. Many of the great gardens of today bear witness to the work and dedication of this man in the 18th Century. Russell Bowes, as ever, laced his talk with humour and anecdotes which made it all the more memorable.

On 7 October we held our Autumn Coffee Morning and Bulb Sale. This was well attended and was a most successful event. Elham’s gardens should look resplendent in the Spring, judging by the number of bulbs and plants sold that morning. It was a very sociable and enjoyable event.

The speaker on 16 November will be Philip Johnson who will talk about of our favourite flowers - Sweet Peas. Don’t miss it!

Another future date for the diary is the AGM on 14 December to be followed by the Christmas Party.

A group of us met in Café Rouge for a very convivial lunch. We then broke into two groups, some off to see the show Warhorse at the Marlowe and the remainder of us had a guided tour of the Cathedral. It was a glorious sunny day and the stained glass glowed. Our tour guide was an excellent communicator, lots of facts, not too many dates and many stories, some very funny.

Our next meeting is on 9 November in the Church Hall as usual, 2.30pm for a talk from Headway, a charity which supports those who have suffered trauma to the head, strokes etc. We look forward to seeing you all there for tea and gossip. Judith Ridley 840485

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We were entertained at our September meeting at short notice by the Joskin Duo. We had a lovely afternoon singing along to popular music accompanied by Dave and Maggie. The competition was won by Diana Bennett, with Connie Burren 2nd, Mary Usher 3rd and Marilyn Norton 4th. On 22 November Jane and John Buss will present ‘Growing up in the Forties’. We meet at Rhodes Minnis Village Hall at 2.30pm and visitors are more than welcome (first visit free!). For further details please contact 01303 862913

Join us for an amusing and entertaining, if poignant, evening of Alan Bennett writing on 30th November, 1st and 2nd December. There will be two Talking Head monologues and a short play. Tickets are £8 each and are available from Laing Bennett in Lyminge and online at lymingedramaticsociety.co.uk. The seating will be cabaret style and we actively encourage you to bring your own food and drink plus cutlery, plates, glasses etc. There will be two intervals to allow you plenty of time to eat your supper. Tickets go on sale on Saturday 4th November.

On 15th November we have another play in the pub, courtesy of The Coach and Horses Lyminge. Barbara Harris will be leading the reading of Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett. Come along, have a drink and join in with this reading. It starts at 7.30pm. 18th November is the 90th birthday of our much loved Life President, Joy Bartley, who has given many years of devoted service to the Society. We will, as a Society, be marking this occasion and wish her a wonderful time celebrating her momentous birthday.

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10 Elham Village Hall Association Limited Registered Company Number 00498797 Registered Charity Number 1024757 Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Elham Village Hall Association will be held on Thursday 24th November. Join us for a glass of wine in the Peggy Pike Room of Elham Village Hall from 7.30pm. To be followed by the meeting at 8.00pm.

Agenda 1. To receive apologies for absence. 2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 1st December 2016. 3. Matters arising therefrom. 4. To receive the President's report. 5. To receive the Treasurer's report and approve the audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st August 2017. 6. Appointment of auditors. 7. Election of Members of the Council. 8. Any other business.

Notes: Mr G Newman (President), Mr M Ridley (Vice-President) and Mr A Rossi (Secretary and Treasurer) retire in accordance with article 34 of the Constitution. Mr G Newman offers himself for election as President, Mr M Ridley offers himself for election as Vice President and Mr A Rossi offers himself for election as Treasurer and Secretary.

Mr D Martin and Ms M Alexander retire in accordance with the same article and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

All members of the Association are entitled to attend the meeting and to vote personally.

Nominations for election to the Council are welcome and Nomination Forms may be obtained from Mr A Rossi, Tel. 01303 840606 or [email protected].

Any Member of the Association may inspect the accounts for the financial year 2016/2017 by prior arrangement with Mr A Rossi.

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12 You may have seen reports in the response we have saved money by redesigning media that KCC faces an services, putting more services online, by overspend this financial year of outsourcing where this makes sense and by selling £18m, that we need to save £65m our services to third parties (our energy subsidiary next financial year and that the Laser is an example of this). situation is grim. We have saved around £600m since 2010 which is First the ‘overspend’. This is a forecast of where we one of the largest savings made anywhere in the expect to be at the end of the financial year on 31 public sector and, on the whole, we have done so March 2019 and mostly comes about because there is without impacting our universal services. higher demand for social care than expected. KCC However, the next two years look particularly has a ‘demand led’ budget which means that if there challenging and our budget consultation is asking are people eligible for our services we must provide people which services matter most to them, to them. Another example of a demand led service help us decide what we stop or reduce when provided by KCC is the bus pass used by pensioners further savings are made. We are also proposing a where there is no limit on how often it can be used council tax increase of just under 4%. Please go to and KCC must pay for every fare. www.kent.gov.uk and search for ‘budget’.

We have managed to stay within budget for the last On a more optimistic note, KCC has made a bid 17 years and there are measures being taken to for around £290m to the Government’s Housing tighten expenditure to make sure we do again this Infrastructure Fund for Otterpool Park Garden year but there’s no doubt it gets harder every year. Town. If we win this funding it will be used to build This is because we have a combination of increased the schools, roads, medical facilities etc, which will demand for services as there are increasing numbers speed up the building of homes at Otterpool Park. of frail elderly needing support, our government grant Once the houses are sold the grant funding can is reducing as part of the economies made to reduce then be repaid and used on other projects in Kent. the national deficit and our costs are rising – inflation, If we win it would be a major boost to our local rises in the national living wage (many of the people economy. delivering social care are paid this) and energy costs Susan Carey, Member for Elham Valley, Kent are some of the most significant cost pressures. In County Council

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MONTHLY UPDATE

GOVERNANCE - Clive Stanyon – Chairman

Councillor Vacancies We are still in need of some new councillors to fill vacant positions, so please do give it your consideration. Please feel free to call me to discuss or, even better, come to our next meeting, on 6th November, at 19:30, in the village hall, to get a taste of how we work.

PLANNING - Clive Stanyon – Chairman

Planning Committee Our having just the one parish council meeting per month sometimes makes it difficult for us to respond to planning applications, in particular when these are received just after a parish council meeting, with the deadline for a response being before the date of our next parish council meeting. We have, therefore, set up a planning committee, and this committee will meet mid-month, each month, only when there are late planning applications to consider. These committee meetings will be open to the public and a notice for any such meeting will be posted on our notice board.

COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT – Clive Stanyon – Chairman

Churchyard Trees I am pleased to report that some churchyard trees have been trimmed of dead wood. Thanks to Councillor Geoff Clements, and the clerk, for arranging this.

Connect and Care in the Community By the time that you read this newsletter, an event aimed at helping older people in our community will have taken place, at the village hall, on 23rd October. This will have been run as a partnership between Age UK, Elham combined churches and the parish council and will have provided information about services and facilities available. Many stall holders were invited, and information will have been given out and discussions had. Free lunches will have been provided to those that requested them and there will have been a taster t’ai chi session for everybody to join in. It is certainly my intention to have a go. I hope that the parish council will be able to get involved in further community events in the future.

Defibrillator The parish council has resolved to have the defibrillator installed in the telephone box, in advance of doing the maintenance work, as we still do not have a quote for the maintenance work that we feel we can accept. Perhaps we could have a community project to do the maintenance, so that we can all be proud of the end result. I will give that some thought.

Fairfield Planters I am pleased to say that the new planters are now in place and have been planted up by local residents, led by Chrissie Upson. Another good partnership!

Remembrance Day Parade A reminder that Remembrance Sunday is on 12th November. Our clerk, Cathy Skinner, is working hard on preparations. There will, of course, be disruption to traffic immediately before, and during, the service at the war memorial, so please plan ahead with that in mind. Of course, it will be lovely to see lots of you there, as usual.

Elham C of E Primary School On 6th October, I was delighted to be shown around our school, for the first time, by the chairman of governors, Trevor Gasson, and the headteacher, Dan File. What a lovely school it is too, with some great space for the children, who, I must say, were very well behaved. The school has a bit of a problem with storage space, and is hoping to be able to raise funds for an extension, for which it already has planning permission. It would be good, I think, to organise some sort of event in which the school and the wider community can join together. Between us, we will give this some thought.

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HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION - Jon Worrall – Lead Councillor

Elham North and South Traffic Management We are still waiting to meet with a KCC Highways representative to discuss costings to extend the 30 mph zone to include Fairfield, Park Lane, and the eastern end of Exted Lane, to extend the 30 mph zone towards Lyminge, and to provide a footpath from the main road round the bend leading into Park Lane.

Traffic Mirrors Landowner permissions have now been obtained to install traffic mirrors opposite the Park Lane junction with the main road and on the bank opposite the exit from Cherry Gardens. Some insurance issues need to be resolved before the project proceeds.

The Square /Pound Lane A bollard between the lamppost and railings on Pound Lane at the end of the passage has now been installed by KCC Highways. Painting double yellow lines round the bend from The Square into Pound Lane will be discussed by Shepway District Council at the next meeting of their Joint Transportation Board in November.

Interactive Speed Sign This has now been moved to its third location where it will stay for two months before moving back to the junction of the main road and Old Road. Data from the device has been downloaded and reveals that the majority of excessive speeds have occurred on this northbound section, particularly late at night and early in the morning.

Street Name Signs A list of signs which need to be replaced has been submitted to Shepway District Council, and a response is awaited.

RECREATION - Clive Stanyon – Chairman

The Gore The Recreation Grounds Group, which includes Councillor Brian Swan, is still in active communication with the trustees of The Gore, with a view to negotiating a lease on this land. Naturally, these communications may take a while before there is anything substantial to report.

ANNUAL CONKER BASH RESULTS

Once again it was a great event and the Village Hall makes a superb venue, providing a safe space for the children to play between bouts. Competitors ranged from the age of 3 to considerably more and all ages seemed to be having a great time. Girls 7 and under winner was Phoebe and 8 – 11 was Ria. There was a tie in the boys 7 and under with Joe and Dexter sharing the honour. Toby won for the older boys. As usual, the 12 and over categories for both ladies and men were closely and fiercely fought with Lydia and Pete winning their respective classes. The grand final bash-off was won by Pete for the honour of the conker necklace.

Huge thanks to everyone who helped to make it such a success.

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18 CHURCH MATTERS

Dear Friends, We are now in Advent, that ‘space’ before Christmas like ‘pregnancy’ before the ‘birth’ and the ‘lull’ before the storm. It is nearly coming up for me living here for two years, as I was reminded by Sue a Grandma, whose Grandson William, was one of the first babies I baptised in Denton church. I sat next to her during the wonderful Harvest Supper in the Jackdaw Pub where more than a 100 of us locals, farmers and friends gathered to celebrate Harvest. ‘What a fabulous Night!’ Alison our proficient and hardworking administrator, ever since she has started working for us, has been waiting for a ‘lull’ but it seems to never come. But, Elham and Selsted School can now enjoy a ‘lull’ as they have done magnificently by both attaining a ‘Good Ofsted.’ This does not just happen! It is through a great deal of hard work from the staff, governors, parents and all those that help at the school to make them the amazing communities that they are! Dear God Thank you for the life of all humans and living things. Thank you for all the food and joy we have. Please have faith in the bad people who believe in the bad spirits! They can change! Help us to love and care for others. Believe in you. Trustworthy, faithful Mothers do not forget the Fathers. Please keep hold of the starvers. (A prayer from one of our children in year 6) Enjoy the ‘lull’ of Advent! Services for NOVEMBER St Mary’s 5th 8am Eucharist BCP 3pm Evensong & Remembrance of our Loved ones departed 12th 8am Eucharist BCP 10.45am Village Service Remembrance 18th 11.30-12.30 Benefice Diocesan Day of Prayer – ‘Just an Hour of Prayer’ 19th 8am Eucharist BCP 9.30am Sung Eucharist 26th 8am Eucharist BCP 11am Elham Valley Group Service in Canterbury Cathedral Methodist Church: Services at 9.30 a.m. unless stated 5th Mr Ralph Bradshaw 12th 10.50am Rev. Derek Hancock – at the war memorial 19th 10.15am Elham Valley Service at Rhodes Minnis 26th Local arrangement service ************************ We have an exciting new hymn book in St Mary’s – Ancient & Modern-Hymns & Songs for refreshing worship. This is a brand-new edition of the world’s well-known hymn book, which now offers the broadest ever range of traditional hymns with the best from today’s hymn/song writers. We would like to encourage members of the village and congregation to donate a hymn book at a cost of £15 per book. Your name and any dedication will be inscribed in your book. Please fill in the form which you will find at the back of the church and return with money to Pat/Geoff Webb or one of the churchwardens.

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20 Church Events Knit, Knot, Net Next year marks the centenary of the end of the First World War. As part of the events marking this we are hoping to drape a sea of poppies from the top of the church tower, so we need your help.

KNIT - If you can knit or crochet then please make us some poppies. There will be a box in St Mary’s church to put finished poppies. There will also be a pattern for an easy knit pattern in church should you need one. Please leave a tail of wool near the centre for us to attach them to the netting.

KNOT – nearer the time we will be asking for volunteers to help knot the poppies to the netting

NET – we will need to buy the netting (heavy duty) and some wool so if you are unable to help in any other way perhaps you would like to make a small donation towards the cost. Please give this to anyone from the church, drop in to Willows, Cock Lane or put it in the chest in church in a sealed envelope marked POPPIES.

Diocesan Day of Prayer - Saturday 18th November 11.30am - 12.30pm

A diocesan intergenerational event will take place at St Mary of Charity, Faversham, which will be the central focus for the satellite prayer events throughout the Diocese. Bishop Trevor hopes that everyone across the Diocese will be praying at the same time from 11.30am-12.30pm. He will be encouraging those that wish (and are able) to fast from lunchtime on Friday 17 November to lunchtime on Saturday 18 November. ‘Fast’ can mean not only food, but social media, work etc. As part of this, do please join us for JUST AN HOUR OF PRAYER 11.30 – 12.30. 18th November in St. Mary’s Church, Elham

If you are deeply troubled by anything in your own life, the life and future of our country and the pain and suffering of the world, then bring those concerns and we will share and bring them before God in prayer. THEY MAY BE HIS CONCERNS AS WELL and those of many other people, which will be the focus of this Canterbury Diocese Day of Prayer, acting together as the body of Christ. ‘Positive action we can all be part of’

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Village Carol Service Sunday December 10th 3.00pm at St Mary’s. We would like as many as possible to join the choir for this event. If you would like to help have a word with Anthony our organist or one of the choir – just a few practices before at 5.00pm on a Thursday. Come and swell the numbers!

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Pet Portraits By Amelia Johnson The Museum, Countryside and Craft Centre is open every weekend and Bank Holiday until 19 In Oil, Acrylic or Pencil. November. The next event is the Email: Christmas Fayre 11,12, 18, 19 November. [email protected] For other events planned see www.elhamvalleylinetrust.org, or Www.facebook.com.elhamvalleylinetrustofficial or 01303 273014 Text: 07582606433 Regular activity: Art and Nature Club on 1st Saturday of each month For a personal quote.

In aid of the ELHAM SPORTS CLUB LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND Welcomes New Members (Registered Charity 283483) Park House Animal Sanctuary, Tennis members can either book and play, or join the Stelling Minnis, Kent CT4 6AN Tel: 01303 862622 friendly club sessions Email: [email protected] www.lordwhisky.co.uk  Tennis coaching available with David Whitehouse Lyminge Autumn Bazaar Lyminge Village Hall, Woodlands Road CT18 8EW CONTACT INFORMATION Saturday 11th November, 10am -1pm Chairman Mike Ridley Christmas Cards & Gifts ~ Tombola ~ Refreshments [email protected] Lots of Stalls ~ Kent Jams & Honey ~ Grand Prize Draw Membership Gerry Anthea Barnes School of Dancing [email protected] Tables available, £10 each – ring 01303 862622 to book Treasurer Clive Stanyon [email protected] Join us for a special Adult Fun Tennis Tournament: Christmas event at Lord Whisky Rick: [email protected] Tennis Coaching: on Saturday 23rd December David: [email protected] with the Capralama Reindeers Badminton: John: [email protected] Crib scene and carols with the Rev Ann Oakley Further details to follow CLUB SESSIONS ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The Lord Whisky Tea Rooms Mondays 18.30pm Rhodes Minnis CT4 6XY Gerry: [email protected] Open daily from 10am-4pm Tuesdays 09.30am Delicious freshly prepared breakfasts, lunches & snacks Rick Sunday Roast - booking advisable [email protected] Also open Friday evenings from 6pm-9pm for Fish & Chips For more information, ring 01303 862349

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HAWKINGE AND ELHAM VALLEY PRACTICE Surgery Times Appointments are available for the day on which you Sterry’s of Hythe telephone. We also offer pre-bookable appointments. Appointments ______can be made by telephoning either Elham or Hawkinge. You are welcome to attend at either of the locations. “Caring for those you care for” Telephone lines are open from 08.00 to 18.30. If you require a home visit, please ‘phone before 10.00am Independent Funeral Director

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27 ELHAM VILLAGE HALL PERSONNEL WHO’S WHO ELHAM PARISH COUNCIL President: Gerry Newman [email protected] Vice President: Mike Ridley www.elhampc.kentparishes.gov.uk

Secretary and Treasurer: Tony Rossi Clerk Cathy Skinner 01304 830200 Registered Office: Brogdale, High St, Elham, CT4 6TB Members: Chairman Clive Stanyon 01303 840820 EDITORS AND ADVERTISING Stuart Peall 07956 110887 Laura Benson 01303 840682 Ken Percival 01303 840872 [email protected] Vice Chair Geoff Clements 01303 840255 The Well House, St Marys Rd, CT4 6TH Jon Worrall 01303 840622 Brian Swan 01303 840006 Ros Humphreys 01303 840941 SHEPWAY DISTRICT COUNCILLORS [email protected] Stuart Peall 07956 110887 Oxenden Cottage, The Row, CT4 6UN David Godfrey 07584 304301 Phillip Martin 07968 406702 Distribution: KENT COUNTY COUNCILLOR Pauline and Barry Flanagan 01303 840007 Susan Carey 01303 670561

th MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Newsletter copy required by 9am on the 15 of Damian Collins 01303 253524 the month to the Editor by email, post or by hand to the Elham Village Hall bag (no cash WHAT’S WHERE payments) at the King’s Arms by 5pm. DOCTORS Opinions expressed in this Newsletter are not The Elham Surgery, Old Road 01303 840213 necessarily those of the Elham Village Hall Association. The Hawkinge Health Centre 0300 042 5555 Whilst every care is taken in gathering and presenting 74 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge the information, no responsibility is accepted for any HOSPITALS errors or omissions nor consequential loss or liability. William Harvey, Ashford 01233 633331 Kent & Canterbury, Canterbury 01227 766877 Elham Website: www.visitelham.co.uk PHARMACY EVHA Website: wwwelhamvillagehall.co.uk 21 Station Road, Lyminge 01303 862425 SCHOOL Advertising rates Elham CE Primary School 01303 840325 Vicarage Lane Rate per issue Size Price LIBRARY Mobile Library fortnightly in Elham outside Rose & Crown - Fridays at 12.35-13.05 1/ Per month 8 page 7.50 VETERINARY Bourne Vets, Bekesbourne 01227 832322 1 /4 page 15.00 Manor Vets, Folkestone 01303 273203 Hawkinge Vets, Hawkinge 01303 764190 1 /2 page 30.00 ELHAM SPORTS CLUB 01303 840485 ELHAM CHURCHES www.elhamchurches.com 1 page 60.00 St Mary The Virgin, Church of England Vicar: Jane Weeks 01303 840219 1 Annual /8 page 50.00 Wardens: Peter Swain and 01303 840408 Graham Ernest-Jones 01303 840645 1 /4 page 100.00 Methodist Church, High Street Minister: Rev Kevin Taylor 01303 261500 1 Front page /8 page 70.00 ELHAM VILLAGE HALL 01303 840128 TAXI SERVICE 01303 840974 1 /4 page 140.00 07515 797591 COUNCIL COMMUNITY 1 Inside back page /8 page 60.00 WARDEN 07977 982185

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