Hollingbourne & Hucking March 2021 THIS BECOMES THIS 28th March Church & Village News www.hollingbournepc.co.uk Parish tirectory The Clergy Team Churchwardens Val Lurcock, 1 Tilefields 880694 Christine Jones 688830 Bellringers Nigel Baker (Tower Captain) 07778 691 343 Pam Nash 880309 Borough Councillor Patrik Garten, Kingswood House, Pitt Orad, ME17 3NR 807907 Bourne Musicians Beccy Stroud, 1 Musket Lane 880377 Cardwell Pavilion 07932 164839 Cricket Club Ian Gutteridge 730388 Cubs Jane Newsome 862558 toctor Yeomans Lane : Repeat Prescriptions 630415 / Appointments, etc. 737326 towns Mail Editor 734735 Football Club Mike Bedwell 880353 Garden Society John Ross 737080 Hospitals: Maidstone 729000 Eye, Ear & Mouth Unit 729000 Preston Hall 710161 9am – 5 pm Kent Messenger Correspondent Vacant Maidstone Volunteer Bureau 01622 756662 Meadows Trust Ben Williams 07968.123165 or880584 Neighbourhood Contacts June Pockett [email protected]/07767.367611 Parish Council Chairman Adam Ward [email protected] Vice Chairman Simon Hulme 07808 300 840 Parish Clerk Vickie Smith [email protected] 07856.180003/880526 Pre-School Christine Judges 07864 065753 Police PCSO Ryan Waring 101 Railway Enquiries 0845 748 4950 Reading Group Barbara Lloyd 880282 Dawn Perry 880634 Royal British Legion Derek Davison 880650 School Mrs. Helen Bradley-Wyatt, Headteacher 880270 Scout Group Alan Poulton 843019 Short Mat Bowls Peter Lee 880580 Village Hall Barbara Tremble 880216 Village Shop Julie & Martin Woods 880338 Women’s Institute Barbara Gibbs 880652 Sue Roberts 07867.691393 Hucking WI Sharon Lee 07714.756354 Kate Blacker 07760.905416 Magazine Contributions should be in by the 10 th of the month latest to the Editor : Carole Findlay, 1 Pimpernel Close, Bearsted, Kent ME14 4QQ. 01622.583636 Email: [email protected] Magazine Subscriptions for the year £6.00 were due by 1 st April, 2020. (suspended) Subscriptions are usually collected by Magazine Distributors. For advertising please contact Phil Smith at [email protected] Single Copies 60p available from Woods of Hollingbourne (when available) and in All Saints Church Magazine available on line at Hollingbourne Parish Council website 2 Time March-es On….. March 2021 'Daylight saving time 2021 in the United Kingdom will begin at 01:00 on Sunday 28 th March.' That’s what it said on my computer when I googled ‘when do we put the clocks forward?’ We call it British Summer Time and it’s usually a time when we start thinking ahead to the seasons of spring and summer, maybe planning times away, special outdoor events or just looking forward to warm sunshine. Daylight Saving Time 2020 was on Sunday, 29 March, but it was overshadowed by the news we received days before that would turn our lives upside down. Little did we know that ‘time’ for many would stand still and sadly for many more, it was to be the start of a year when everything would change. From one year ago … Matt Hancock, the health and social care secretary, has claimed that the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK began on 16 March, 2020, when he told the House of Commons that 'unnecessary social contact' should be avoided. Also on 16 March, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a televised statement saying 'now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact', referring to it both as 'advice' and a 'very draconian measure'. It was not until 23 March, 2020 , that Mr Johnson told people they 'must' stay at home and said that 'we will immediately' close some businesses. It meant that we couldn’t plan our time in the ways that we wanted. We thought that in a short time things would get better and they did, for a while, but it didn’t last. One year on, and we’re still governed by restrictions on how we spend our time. But there is hope. Against all the odds, scientists have provided the world with vaccines in record time. We can add to those people, all our health and key workers, who have provided help, support and compassion. Time is the one thing which all of us share. Some of us never seem to have enough of it. We can be obsessed by it. We say things like ‘I haven’t got enough time!’ or ‘Where did the time go?’ We are ruled by time – time for work, recreation, family and ourselves. …/... 3 SERVICES 2020/21 (YEAR B) MARCH 2021 SERVICES AT ALL SAINTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 7th March Lent 3 14 th March Mothering Sunday 21 st March Lent 5 - Passion Sunday 28 th March Palm Sunday 11.00 am Eucharist The Church will still be open for Private Prayer between 10.00 am and 2 pm on Wednesday and Sunday. Revd. Mark Pavey will be conducting a service online at 10.00 am each Sunday. The following links are the links for Mark Pavey's services - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4KnCwLrj4ACApkv_UEyXvg or if you are on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/northdownschurches/ Further information will be posted when arrangements become clearer. When time is taken out of our hands we can be lost and we may have reason to count the cost of what we’ve missed out on in this past year. This month, we lose an hour – just one hour. Think of those who have lost so much more and start thinking ahead to our country and world being rid of this terrible virus. How will we then spend our time when things are more ‘normal'? Perhaps it will be time to consider God and put him first in our lives? To put our trust more fully in God and believe and trust in God who has so much time for us. Then it’s time to act. Lent is a time of preparation for Easter. The time was right for God to send His Son, Jesus, into our world, to die on the cross, to rise from the death, and to be alive for us now. This month of March is about time – time to Consider, Believe and Act! “Trust in the Lord with all your heart” Proverbs 3 v 5 GRAHAM BIBBY. TEAM MISSIONER, NORTH tOWNS TEAM. 4 EtITOR’S NOTES The beacon of hope flickers. I have noted the ‘Lockdown Dates’ in the Village Diary (in case you do not already have them noted in your own calendar) when life is expected to return to some form of ‘normality’. 8th March, 12 th April, 17 th May, 21 st June – and freedom. However, we are encouraged to act as if Covid lurks round every corner and take the necessary precautions. Other notable dates are Mothering Sunday on 14 th March - sadly the church is unable to hold its usual service owing to Lockdown; Census Day on 21 st March – when we are all asked to fill in our Census forms as to where we spend that night; Marie Curie Day of Reflection on 23 rd March ; British Summer Time begins on 28 th March – clocks forward one hour (one hour less sleep); and, finally, the church has permission to hold a Palm Sunday service on 28 th March at 11.00 am (10.00 am the day-before-time). Everyone is welcome, but please contact one of the Churchwardens if you wish to attend as numbers have to be limited. We note that Christopher Rudyard is leaving the village to live with his family. We wish him well for the future and thank him for all his contributions to the village. A tribute to him in the magazine. Various changes have occurred with village businesses – please note the article and we wish everyone well for the future. The churchyard has been made a Kent Wildlife Site. The article (filched from the Parish Council website) contains details of the items of special interest. I’m not sure I would recognise all (or any) of these, but maybe this is a challenge for the school. My ‘go-to’ sources of jokes, cartoons and information (Parish Pump and the Association of Church Editors) have a suggestion for our readers. Contributions are sought on ‘Three things I want to do when restrictions are lifted’. I would be delighted if I receive a deluge of suggestions (suitable for a family magazine) for the forthcoming editions. There is no deadline for these. Any other contributions from the village organisations (hopefully with some dates on when they might be able to restart their activities) are more than welcome. The days are getting longer, the weather (sometimes) milder – although we have not forgotten the March ‘Beast from the East’ – and spring is in the air. New life is stepping forward and giving a sense of hope. Have a Happy March. CAROLE FINtLAY Email: [email protected] 5 Local Wildlife Site Excitingly All Saints Church graveyard in Hollingbourne has been named a Kent Wildlife Site but the Kent Wildlife Trust. Already in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that surrounds most of the village the main interest of the site is the saxicolous lichen flora, with over 80 species present on the varied surfaces throughout the churchyard. 20 bryophyte species have also been recorded here, including three species of Orthotrichum and large quantities of silky wall feather-moss Homalothe- cium sericeum which thrive on the lime gravestones and churchyard walls. A number of wall ferns are present, including polypody Polypodium vulgare and wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria which adds further interest to the site. The semi-improved neutral grassland is largely closely mown and species poor, with occasional ribwort plantain Plantago laceolata, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, yarrow Achillea millefolium Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare was recorded within the less intensively mown areas.