THE LYMINGE NEWSLETTER For the communities of LYMINGE, ETCHINGHILL, RHODES MINNIS and POSTLING Produced by THE LYMINGE ASSOCIATION June 2019 www.lyminge.org.uk including GARDEN the safari The Lyminge Midsummer Festival kicks off on 13th June and runs until 30th June. It has been months in the planning and involved many, many people from our community. On Page 4 and 5 of this newsletter is an extensive programme designed to meet all manner of different tastes and interests, all happening at all sorts of times throughout the day and evening, in all manner of different venues. So please take some time to read what is on and we look forward to a real community happening!! Finally, if you have any bunting or flags to place across your property over this period and create a holiday atmosphere, that would be great. See you at the Lyminge Midsummer Festival !! LYMINGE METHODIST CHURCH Visitors are very welcome to join us at our weekly service at 11am and invited to share fellowship afterwards with a cup of coffee/tea. 2nd June - Rev. Kevin Taylor (incl. Holy Communion) 9th June - 10.15am Valley Service with Mr Richard Blackwell 16th June - Mr. Ralph Bradshaw 23rd June - Mrs Joy Brumwell 30th June - Local arrangement RHODES MINNIS CHURCH This small Chapel in beautiful countryside holds a weekly Sunday Service normally at 9.30am followed by coffee and biscuits. A warm welcome is extended to any visitors. 2nd June - Rev. Kevin Taylor (incl. Holy Communion) 9th June - NO service at Rhodes Minnis but a Valley service at Lyminge at 10.15am 16th June - Mr. Terry Preston 23rd June - Mrs. Joy Brumwell 30th June - Local Arrangement POSTLING CHURCH SERVICES 2nd June 9.30am Family Communion 9th June No service 16th June 8.00am Holy Communion 23rd June No service 30th June 8.30am Breakfast service CHRISTIANS IN LYMINGE 15th June: Market in the Tayne Centre. 20th June: Canterbury Brass Band 7.30pm in the Parish Church 22nd & 23rd June: Flower Festival in the Methodist Church Art Exhibition in the Tayne Centre 22nd & 23rd June: Cream Teas & Church Tower Tours in the Parish Church Every Monday afternoon “Knit and Natter” in the Methodist Church. For other services please see this page Lyminge Newsletter Terms & Conditions: Copy deadline for next edition - 18 June 2019 Please email your copy in to the editor ([email protected]). Your payment must be received before your article or advert can appear in the Newsletter. Please leave your payment along with your name, organisation, telephone number and copy of your ad in a sealed envelope at the Lyminge Library. Business adverts cost £9.50 per month or £95.00 per year. Personal and charity adverts and articles from £3 per month, or £30.00 per year. The annual rate offers 12 entries for the price of 10. Please make cheques payable to ‘The Lyminge Association’. If you do not have email, a typed paper-copy may be left with the payment at the Library. Lyminge Association accepts no liability for the accuracy of the advertisements or subsequent actions arising in conjunction with advertisers in the newsletter. Further details from Peter Barnes (editor) on 01303 863737 Editor: [email protected] 2 Tel: 01303 863737 The Jubilee Centre, Everist Court Station Road, Lyminge, CT18 8HQ Tel: 01303 269602 Our centres have been busy in the last month with trips to garden centres, a host of entertainment coming in and preparations for our new 'men in shed' programme being launched. We are also very pleased to announce that our Dementia daybreak group has now extended from 3 days a week to five. Providing day care for those with all forms of dementia. Please do get in touch on 01303 269602 or email on [email protected] I look forward to hearing from you! GARDEN SAFARI 2019 - 22nd and 23rd JUNE Passports from Snippers and Clippers Lyminge Friends - June 2019 Our May talk from Ian Porter was excellent. Ian told us of several Famous Murders 1811-1911 and managed to make it entertaining and chilling at the same time. Also, in May, we went to the Dover Marina Hotel for Tea in their Waterfront Café followed by a walk around Samphire Hoe. On 5th June, our speaker will be Bob Preedy with the Story of Pirate Radio followed by lunch at the Abbots Fireside, Elham. On 19th June we are going to Margate for a look around - taking in Tate Modern and fish and chips. On July 3rd, we are having a return visit from Colin Coe to show us some more of his excellent films, this time on Garden Visits. Please note that the programmed Garden Party is cancelled. Meetings are 10.30am - 12.30pm in the Rigden Room of the Tayne Centre. Entry for 2019 is £3.00 which includes light refreshments. We are a friendly social group & welcome new members so just drop into one of our meetings, or, if you’d like to talk to one of us first, please call 863500. Rhodes Minnis Circle Unfortunately the speaker was unable to come to our meeting in April. Instead we had an impromptu quiz which filled the time and gave us something to think and laugh about. The competition was won by Marilyn Norton with Connie Burren and Paula Peers joint 2nd and Fran Davis 4th. On 26th June we welcome back Jane Buss who is going to tell us about 'Life in the 50s'. We meet at Rhodes Minnis Village Hall at 2.30pm and visitors are always welcome. For further details please contact Marion on 862913 Editor: [email protected] 3 Tel: 01303 863737 Programme for Lyminge Midsummer Festival 13-30th June 2019 Thursday 13th June i. Dressing The Well, Well Road, Lyminge - Lyminge Rainbows and Brownies 6.30pm; judging 7pm Friday 14th June i. Beer Festival - Coach & Horses; see P 13 ii. Lyminge Dramatic Society "Summer Holiday Fun" - Lyminge Village Hall, 7.30pm Tickets Laing Bennett £8 Saturday 15th June i. Lyminge School Fayre - PFA - 11am – 2pm Tayne Field ii. Exhibition of 'Holiday Snaps' - Lyminge Library iii. Beer Festival - Coach & Horses; see P 13 . iv Pétanque - Etchinghill Village Hall, 11.30am with 12noon start £5 per couple v. Lyminge Dramatic Society "Summer Holiday Fun" - Lyminge Village Hall, 7.30pm Tickets Laing Bennett £8 The Lyminge Association is proud to present An Evening of Holiday Fun A Summer Musical Cocktail poetry, prose and song Music from the shows, LYMINGE VILLAGE HALL popular music and light classics with Friday 14th & Saturday 15th June 2019 Hythe Town Concert Band at 7.30pm (doors open from 7.00pm) at Lyminge Village Hall 6 Cabaret style on Friday - bring your own nibbles Theatre style on Saturday on Sunday 16th June 2019 Bar both nights at 2.00pm Tickets £8 each available from: Laing Bennett - Estate Agents of Lyminge - 01303 863393 and online at lymingedramaticsociety.co.uk [A donation will be made to the Good Child Nursery School in the Gambia from any profit made by this event] RAFFLE REFRESHMENTS Sunday 16th June i. "A Summer Musical Cocktail” Hythe Town Concert Band -Lyminge Village Hall, 2pm Tickets Laing Bennett £6. ii. Choral Evensong - Lyminge Parish Church, 6pm iii. Beer Festival - Coach & Horses; see P 13 Monday 17th June i. Lyminge Larks - Methodist Church, 10.30am Tuesday 18th June i. Reminiscence Group - AgeUK, 11am-12noon ii. Craft Group - AgeUK, 1.30pm-2.30pm iii. Film: “Summer Holiday” - Lyminge Parish Church, 7pm Wednesday 19th June i. Singing together with Lyminge Primary School - AgeUK, 10.45am ii. Craft Fair - Coach & Horses, 3-7pm .If you are a crafter and interested in a table (no charge) please contact Hester 07858795758 Editor: [email protected] 4 Tel: 01303 863737 Programme for Lyminge Midsummer Festival 13-30th June 2019 Thursday 20th June i. Knit and Natter - AgeUK, 1.30pm-2.30pm ii. City of Canterbury Brass Band - Lyminge Parish Church, 7.30pm, Retiring Collection Friday 21st June i. Flower Festival - Methodist Church, 10am-4pm Saturday 22nd June i. AgeUK Cafe - Open 9.30am-2pm ii. Lyminge Larks - Lyminge Parish Church, 1-2pm iii. Garden Safari - Passports available from Snippers and Clippers and Tayne Centre Cost £4. iv. Art Exhibition - Tayne Centre, 11am-4pm v. Flower Festival - Methodist Church, 10-4pm vi. Cream Teas/Church Tower Tours - Lyminge Parish Church. 10am vii. Barn Dance - Lyminge Village Hall, see below Family Fun Day and Picnic ! Sunday 23rd June i. Garden Safari - Passports available from Snippers and Clippers and Tayne Centre £4. ii. Art Exhibition - Tayne Centre, 12noon-4pm iii. Flower Festival - Methodist Church, Service 11am-12noon followed by refreshments iv. Cream Teas/Church Tower Tours - Pathways to the Past: Lyminge Parish Church, 2pm Exploring the Legacy of Ethelburga Monday 24th June Visit the Parish Church to see an i. Flower Festival - Methodist Church, exhibition about the project planned 10am-4pm to excavate the early Anglo-Saxon church in the churchyard. The Saturday 29th June exhibition is accessible every day i. Family Funday and Picnic Day - except during church services. Jubilee Field, 1pm - 1st Lyminge Scout Group The visit by the Anglo-Saxon re- Sunday 30th June enactment group Øst Centingas i. Øst Centingas Viking Re-enactment on 29-30 June is sponsored by the Group - Tayne Field. 10am - 4pm project and is to celebrate the start of the archaeological dig. Editor: [email protected] 5 Tel: 01303 863737 Letters to the Editor...... ........ I have read with surprise the “Questionnaire” concerning restricting parking outside Lyminge Food and Wine, attached to the Lyminge Newsletter. The village has only recently regained a Post Office, thanks to the support of the staff and owners of the one remaining newsagent and grocery shop.