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For All Your Digital Needs
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� Commercial & IRS Installations
� Tune in Your New TV, Video
� Hidden Dish, Chimneys, Gardens etc.
� European Satellite Installation and Services� TV Aerial and Satellite Installation Specialists
� Sky Digital Service Work
� Upgrades to Improve Signal Strength
� Over 15 years’ Experience
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� Sky Magic Eye Systems� FM / DAB Radio Aerials
L o n d o n & S o u t h e a s t L t d
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Have you been told you can’t have SKY?Now call your local SKY expert
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D & S PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES24 hour Emergency call out
Fully insured Free quota onsAll plumbing work undertaken
No job too small No call out chargewww.dandsplumbingservices.co.uk
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PUBLISHED JUNE 2013 ESTABLISHED 1993 ISSUE 237
Delivered by hand each month to Seal, Kemsing, Otford, Shoreham, Seal Chart, Noahs Ark, Underriver, Godden Green, Ightham, Fawke Common, Plaxtol, Borough Green, Wrotham.
YOUR FREE MAGAZINE BRINGING YOU LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Published by Highland Printers • Unit 1, Church Farm, Church Street, • Seal • Kent TN15 0AT • Tel: 01732 762131 • Fax: 01732 763501Mobile: 07850 806771 • Editor & Publisher: Julian Gilchrist • email: [email protected]
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Sunday Roast is a true feast at The Bull in Wrotham. Perfect for Fathers’ Day or a Sunday lunch with the family. Served from 12 noon until 8pm. Children are welcome!
Always 4 options of roast (beef, pork, lamb and chicken). Locally sourced quality meat from H&J Glovers and Harvel House Farm.
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SEVENOAKS - 30TH JULY 2013 (Temporary Road Closure – Bitchett Green Road, Seal, Sevenoaks – from 30th July 2013It will be necessary to close Bitchett Green Road, Seal, Sevenoaks from 30th July 2013 for up to 1 day. The road will be closed from Pond Lane to Stone Street Road. There will be no access for through traffic at this location.The alternative route is via west along Stone Street Road, then South along Pond Lane. The closure is to enable replacement of damaged verge markers and the works are to be carried out by Enterprise working with Kent County Council.
SEAL OVER 60’sThe Over 60’s meeting was held on May 11th in Seal Village Hall starting at 2.30pm. Several members were off sick so all best wishes go to them hoping they will soon be in good health again. We then welcomed new members. A clipboard went round for names for the July outing to Eastbourne. Our speaker was unable to come so we had a Quiz, made us use our brain and caused much laughter. The representatives of the Lions Club came and gave out containers for medical information and next of kin etc. To be put in and then kept in fridge for Medico to find in an emergency. Tea & Raffle followed. Next meeting June 8th will be on Birds by Ray Harbour. B.Arnold
BIG BATTLEFIELD BIKE RIDE 2013 for HELP FOR HEROES
By the time you are reading this I am probably already pedalling my way back to blighty. I'm cycling along with 2 of my friends; our very own hero fund raiser Maggie Fox and another newbie like myself, Jane McFarlane.On the 27th May I travelled with over 300 like-minded fundraisers from London to Paris by Eurostar. We are cycling back to London via some of the WWI and WWII battlefields in the Somme, arriving back in London 2nd June. Amongst our riders there are several veterans from Afghanistan as well as serial H4H fundraisers. I’m trying to raise over £4000.00 so please do check out my charity page and donate. http://www.bmycharity.com/carolinenimmo2013 Upon my return I will show some photos and give you a full feedback of what I hope to be a wonderful experience.
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Visitors very welcome.For further information contact Phil Barlass - 01732 883505 orDee Samways - 0779 900 2129
Kemsing Heritage Centre Association
On Friday 7th June David Williams will be giving a talk on "Oldbury Hillfort and its trackways" at 7.30pm in St Edith Hall. All welcome. Members free Visitors £2.50On Sunday 23rd June there will be a "Reptile and Orchid Walk ". Meet at the village car park at 2.00pm Cost £2.00, children free. The Centre is open on Monday afternoons from 2.00pm - 4.30pm and on the first Saturday in the month from 10am -12noon
KEMSING COMMUNITY CHOIRThe choir (after an intense period of preparation!), will be giving it’s long awaited first performance this year on Saturday 22nd June 2013 at 7pm in St. Mary’s Church, Kemsing. No tickets required and free admission with a retiring collection in aid of Church funds. Paid for interval refreshments will be provided by the Church fund raising team. Come and join us for an evening of entertainment with songs from the shows and some audience participation. Don’t miss it!Saturday June 29th
The Sackville Singerspresent a concert of Gilbert and Sullivan's
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SEAL BOOK - Th e history of a parishCopies of this book by Jean Fox, David Williams and Peter Mountfi eld are still available from Highland Printing.01732 762131. Priced at £16.00 each
Invite you to come and try out our Bowls Centre. - What’s on off er?A free bowls session to get you interested in playing bowls and joining in the many social events that are held throughout the year. And if the bowling bug gets you a further month of free bowling……………Coaching sessions are also held usually on a Sunday morning. Age is not a barrier all ages is welcome. Youth groups are more than welcomed. Telephone the centre on 01732 451889 to arrange your
session.We are looking forward to seeing you.http://www.sevenoaksindoorbowls.co.uk
"St Lawrence Cricket Club”whose picturesque ground is in Bitchet Green, would welcome new members for the coming season. Th e Club plays in the Kent County Village League. Whatever your age or ability, please contact Club Membership secretary Richard Smith 01732 764078 or e-mail [email protected] or Club captain Tom Cobb on 01959 525428
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The next lecture is on 20th June 2013 at 1.45pm - "Pavilions of Pleasure"Steven Desmond explores the design of summer houses and other buildings in Georgian landscape gardens.For details and/or information about membership, please contact Yvonne Stewart on 01732 457852 or email [email protected]
PLAXTOL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP MAY 2013 MEETINGInstead of the anticipated talk on Eltham Palace, our speaker Mr. D.H.Williams gave a talk on Old London. The wide ranging talk covered the period from the Roman occupation to the Great Fire of London with many illustrations and several points of interest. He brought with him two helmets from his collection of armour, one called a morion that would have rendered the wearer completely deaf and almost blind on the battlefi eld. At our AGM, Rosemary Foster stepped down as chairman and Haydn Puleston Jones was elected to succeed her. Rosemary was warmly thanked for being an outstanding Chairman for the last 14 years. Under her leadership, the History Group carried out a remarkable number of major projects, including transcribing and publishing all the available Plaxtol Censuses and historic Parish Registers and researching and publishing several booklets on village history – Rosemary’s previous experience in publishing was particularly invaluable in this context. She leaves the Group in very good shape, with high membership and attendance at meetings and healthy fi nances. Rosemary will be very much missed as Chairman, but we are
delighted that she has agreed to stay on as a Committee member. Her encouragement and enthusiasm for projects, combined with her natural charm and good humour, have greatly contributed to the success of the History Group. V.DussekOur next meeting after the summer break will be on Tuesday10th September at 8pm when Tony Singleton will talk on The Wealden Cloth Industry.
JULY 2013Sun 7 Holy Communion (BCP) 8:00 am All-age Family Service with Baptisms 9:45 amEVERY WEEKTuesdays Morning Prayer 8:30 am
All ages are warmly welcomed to our services.
For additional information:Vicar: Revd. Carol Kitchener 01732 761766Reader: Gretel Wakeham 01732 761534Church wardens: Ron Drury 01732 810214
St Peter’s Church,Fen Pond Road, IghthamRegular Church Services at St Peter’s Ightham:
BCP Holy Communion: 8.00 am (1st & 3rd Sun.)
Parish Communion: 10.00 am (except 1st Sun.)
Family Communion: 10.00 am (on 1st Sun.)
Evensong: 6.00 pm (each Sun.)
Holy Communion: 10.00 am (each Wed.)
SUNDAY SCHOOL meets at 10.00am on Sundays in the church room. (Jeremy Barker 781054)
A WARM WELCOME is extended to everyone at all services. The church has wheelchair and pram access, and a Loop System to assist those with hearing aids. There are modern lavatory facilities.
FAMILIES are particularly welcome. For children who are unable to settle in church, books and toys are available in the ground-floor tower room from which the service can still be followed through our modern sound system. A creche facility is also available.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, OTFORD
Vicar: Revd. Richard Worssam 01959 523185Church Offi ce: 01959 523185 or at [email protected] Open weekday mornings 10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.Website: www.stbartholomews.co.ukFirst Steps: For parents and carers of pre-school children. 9.30-11.30am on alternate Wednesdays during term time. Contact: Najen Harris, 01959 522813 or Hazel Terry, 01959 523047 for details.Young People: Sunday Club (Sundays at 10.00 a.m.) Juniors (3-7s) - Middles (8-11s) - Seniors (12-14) YPF every Sunday in Church Centre, 6.30 pm - see website for detailsSunday in Month 8am 10.00am 6.30pmFIRST Common Worship Church Family Evensong Holy Communion Worship SECOND Common Worship Holy Communion No Holy Communion Evening ServiceTHIRD Common Worship Morning Worship Evensong Holy Communion FOURTH Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion No Holy Communion Evening ServiceFIFTH Common Worship Morning Worship No Holy Communion Evening Service
Vicar: Revd. Anne Le Bas 01732 762955 [email protected] Website www.sealpeterandpaul.comWorship during June 20132nd 10 am Holy Communion 6.30 pm “Open Space” Compline 9th 10 am Holy Communion 6.30 pm Evensong (said with hymns)16th 10 am All Age Worship and Baptism 11.15am Cake, produce, craft and plant sale in Church 6.30 pm Breathing Space Holy Communion23rd 10 am All Age Communion 6.30 pm Evensong (said with hymns)30th THE FEAST OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL 10 am Patronal Festival Holy Communion 4 pm Strawberry tea in the vicarage garden (£5 adults, £2.50 children) 6.30pm Evensong (said with hymns)Every Week: Weds at 10am Holy Communion (BCP) Th e church is normally open during the day – please drop in to enjoy the peace and quiet! Children are welcome at all services. Sunday School usually meets on 1st & 2nd Sundays in term time, and there are other activities on off er during the month also. Please ask for details. Th e choir rehearses on Wednesdays in term time (7pm Juniors, 7.30pm Adults)
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS30 Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1XT
Vicar: The Reverend Mark Griffin - 01732 452462Assistant Curate: The Reverend Anne Bourne
- 07512 734224Churchwardens: Timothy Pearce - 01732 465110 Michael Curry - 01732 455569Parish Office: Ruth Morris - 01732 743045 (10am-2pm weekdays)Church Website: www.stlukes-sevenoaks.org.ukSunday Worship: 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.15am Parish Eucharist (1st Sunday in the month Family Service) 6.30pm Compline - as announcedJunior Church meets in St Luke’s Hall at 10.15am and joins the regular congregation later in the service. A Crèche provides for babies and toddlers in the Parish Room. Thursdays: 11am Holy Communion, followed by coffeeMorning Prayer is normally said daily in church at 9.15am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.Other Activities at St Luke’s:Mondays: Tiny Ones Together Service for babies and toddlers at 10.15am in the Parish Room in term time. There are small toys to enjoy as well as a story, prayers and a sing-along. Refreshments are served.Tuesdays: Julian Group meets in Church at 2pm on Tuesdays - Christian Meditation according to Julian of Norwich.Wednesdays: Lunchtime Recitals at 12.30pm for 30 minutes - admission free – tea and coffee served – bring your own sandwiches Thursdays – last in the month – St Luke’s Fellowship meets at 2.00pm in the Parish Room. Further details from the Parish Office – 01732 743045 or the website.
Th e Parish Offi ce (in the Church Hall) is open 10-12 Mondays, 10-5 Th ursdays. Messages can be left on the answerphone at other times (01732 761351).SERVICES IN JUNEEVERY SUNDAY8.00am Communion in Traditional Language - 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd.8.00am Matins - 30th9.15am Sung Communion (followed by coff ee) - 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd.10.00am Combined Holy Communion - 30th10.30am All Age Worship - 2nd10.30am Morning Service (coff ee served beforehand) - 9th, 16th & 23rd.6.30pm BCP Evensong (2nd, 16th & 23rd) in Church Songs of Praise (9th) in the Church Hall Evening Praise (23rd) in the Church HallFamiliesFamilies are welcome at all services; the 10.30 service is an all-age service on the fi rst Sunday each month; other Sundays we have children’s groups. We have books and soft toys at the back of church for younger children.
DURING THE WEEKalso see the weekly news sheetWednesdays 9.30am Holy CommunionMon-Sat 5.00 pm Evening Prayer
Otford Methodist Church
on the High Street near the libraryWe welcome you to our Worship and Activities
Sunday10.30am Worship Coffee to follow
Also Junior Church & Creche6.30pm Evening Worship
There are a range of services to suit everyone: Family Service Holy Communion
Praise Service Wholeness & HealingOur Choir & Worship Band are regularly involved
Activities for all agesFirst Steps (parents & pre-school children)
Please check specific detailsWe are a happy welcoming Church worshipping God together and seeking to share His love with others
Please ring for more detailsMinister: Rev. Kath Pawlett 01959 522196
www.otfordmethodistchurch.org.uk
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The Social CircleThough the weather forecast was not promising, nevertheless we spent a pleasant afternoon in the Japanese Garden of Jack Wheeler in the sunshine.After a long spell with everything dormant acers, pines, small rhodedendrons, primroses, wood anenomes and various features gave us many interesting views of the garden. Both Jack and his wife, Doris, made us very welcome and served tea and biscuits for us on their patio to round off a very enjoyable visit.Our next planned garden visit is to Great Comp at St Mary's Platt on June 12th. For more information please email [email protected]
SOUTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS7-23 June 2013 Open Studios will be here next month, so look out for the free guide, with the familiar paint tube logo, at libraries, book shops, council offices, some schools and local village venues; in addition there will be hand outs on individual days at places like the Station and the Stag.Local artists in Seal will be showing a variety of arts and crafts from furniture making to jewellery to printmaking & painting. In Zambra Way you will find Debbie Farquharson and in Church Farm Anna Linley and Jennifer Kent. At the Etching Studio, Chart Farm, Seal Chart, there will be Lawrence Jenkins, Alison Brown, Heather Haythornthwaite, Mike Lancaster, Anita McEwen and Colin Obray; further down the yard Tim Constable and Pat Savage are in units 6 & 7, and in unit 8 Hazel McNair & Carol Chin. Check the guide for individual opening times. We look forward to seeing you!
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SHIPBOURNE FARMERS MARKET : JUNE
With the recent drawn out cold winter and spring finally behind us this should be the month when everything really starts to grow. With sun up at 4 am and setting at 10pm growers and producers are at full stretch and the fruits of their labours is now be in glorious evidence at the market. So make sure you make the most of all this wonderful bounty and fill your basket with the very best the county has to offer! For growers one of the biggest indicators of our late spring was the delayed start to the asparagus season. Asparagus is now in full spate but the season will be shorter than normal so don’t miss out on one of the joys of our climate – sweet tender spears of asparagus picked and cooked the very same day. Try it traditionally steamed with melted butter or if the weather gives us some warm June days, griddle the spears on the barbecue brushed with olive oil until tender then scattered with shavings of a sharp hard cheese such as Lord of the Hundreds. Other veg to look out for are crisp radishes, spring onions, spinach, and of course NEW POTATOES. And if the weather is right there may be early cucumbers, runner beans and courgettes, alongside all kinds of salad leaves now in season. It’s also the ideal time to plant out ‘ready to plant’ herbs and summer bedding plants. The long days and the warmth also herald the start of the great English soft fruit season with STRAWBERRIES in abundance. Try some of the finer flavoured varieties rather than the more robust berries grown to withstand the rigours of the supermarket supply chain that may not have the same flavour. Ditto the finest local CHERRIES (Kentish cherries are justifiably world famous), gooseberries and, just possibly, the earliest raspberries. A favourite way to serve raspberries, cherries and strawberries is to crush them slightly, sprinkle with a little Kentish cherry brandy or Italian vin santo and sugar then leave to macerate for an hour. Serve spooned over vanilla ice cream. (see the recipe below for amounts) Annabelle’s SPRING LAMB will be available towards the end of the month and a boned out shoulder or leg is perfect on the barbecue or simply roasted and served with baby new potatoes and minted broad beans and peas. On the fish front it’s really has to be mackerel – bought silvery fresh from the market and
cooked the same day to enjoy at its very best. Try it the traditional way for the month – grilled and served with a tart gooseberry sauce. Also good this month are lobster, plaice, sardines and clams. Aim to plan a wonderfully labour free picnic if your visit to the market coincides with a sunny weekend. Fill your basket with one of Jo’s pâtés or Scotch egg, add a loaf of Rusbridge’s bread baked that day, Wendy’s chutney, a bag of Gary’s cherries and maybe a punnet of strawberries and you are all set. Marinated summer fruit with vanilla ice cream(This recipe is taken from The Busy Mum’s Vegetarian Cookbook by Mary Gwynne published by Simon & Schuster £20)Basically summer berries soaked in booze. An instant completely marvelous way to finish a summer supper outside in the garden. You are using fortified wines here so it should not be consumed by small children or drivers – you have been warned! Try Pedro Jimenez sherry, which is supremely dark, rich and fragrant, or locally made Cherry Brandy from Kent. Serves 4Prepare 5 minutes plus 2 – 3 hours marinating• 50g (2oz) caster sugar• 650g (1½ lb) mixed summer berries; strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and cherries• 6 - 8 tbsp Pedro Jimenez sherry, cherry brandy or Vin Santo• good quality vanilla ice cream• homemade hazelnut and lemon biscotti (recipe in book)1. Wash and prepare the fruit. Halve the strawberries if large and stone the cherries if using. Crush lightly with the back of a spoon. Place in a large bowl and sprinkle with the sugar. Pour over the sherry, cover and leave to chill for 2 -3 hours. 2. To serve spoon the fruit into glass dishes and top with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle some of the fruit and sherry juices over the ice cream and serve with biscotti.For more local food stories, market news and recipe ideas visit Mary Gwynne’s blog at www.trufflehound.wordpress.com. Mary will be doing a cookery demonstration on preparing an easy summer picnic with recipes taken from her two Busy Mum’s Cookbooks at the Wealden Times MidSummer Fair on the 7th June in Rolvenden, Kent. For details go to http://www.wealdentimes.co.uk/events/midsummer/2013/index.asp
SOUTH EAST OPEN STUDIOSAnna Linley & Jennifer Kent
07715 310251Anna will be showing her Silver Jewellery
and Jennifer her DrawingsYou can fi nd them at Unit 2, Church
Farm, Church Street, Seal, TN15 0AT on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th June
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Blues at the Anchor! There is nothing quite like live music to lift the mood and bring people together...so come and join us - always a warm welcome!Wednesday 5 June 9pm - Willie & The Bandits, West Country edgy, updated blues with this brilliant band (they recently toured with Deep Purple)Wednesday 12 June 9pm - Steelyard Blues - with a strong female vocalist and funky blues bandWednesday 19 June 9pm - The Little Devils trio, gutsy, rocky blues with female vocalist likened to Dana FuchsSaturday 22 June 3 - 5pm - A special afternoon of blues with Steve Morrison and Alan Glen (ex-Yardbirds) playing their sublime blues to celebrate the beginning of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival.All free at the Blues with Bottle Club, The Anchor, London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 1AS (01732 454898)And a special event this month - this will be the final Blues with Bottle Club at this venue:Wednesday 26 June 8pm - Doug Revell Memorial Benefit Concert presents The Spikedrivers, with Ben Tyzack, Constance Redgrave and Maurice McElroy. This is one of the most innovative and exciting blues bands around, with a very special sound. With influences from West Coast US, deep south US and Ireland.. http://www.spikedrivers.co.uk/ Dorton House, RLSB, Wildernesse Avenue, Seal, Sevenoaks TN15 0EB, tickets £10 from box office 01732 450175 or http://www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk/ or £12 on door. Proceeds to Royal London Society for Blind People. This event is part of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival.
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Chevening School Fair in the gardens of Chevening House, by kind
permission of the Board of TrusteesA date for your diary! On Sunday 7th July the Chevening School Fair will be held in the gardens of Chevening House from 2.00pm until 5.00pm.The Gardens will once again fill with local families and friends coming together to enjoy a fun and affordable day out whilst raising money for Chevening Primary School and is run by the Chevening Parent Teacher Association At this year’s summer fair there will be a selection of stalls celebrating local trades and associations. There will be a good mix of classic summer fete activities like the coconut shy and hook-a-duck. This is a family event with plenty of attractions for all the family including children's rides and lots of refreshments.We are pleased to announce there will be a dog show this year run by the Labrador rescue. Please come along and register your dog between 2pm - 3pm and the dog show will start promptly at 3.30pm. Please note dogs must be kept on a lead whilst in the grounds.Tickets are available on the gate and car parking is free.£2, Concessions 50p - pay on entry
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It will be necessary to close Honeypot Lane, Kemsing, Sevenoaks from 12th July 2013 for up to 5 days. The road will be closed at the junction of Noahs Ark and Watery Lane. There will be no access for through traffic at this location.The alternative route is via Watery Lane, Heaverham Road, Noahs Ark. The closure is to enable safe access/loading of vehicles required to replace the Kemsing Station footbridge and the works are to be carried out by Bam Nuttall Ltd.
To all dog owners.......My dog pilgrim was seriously hurt when involved in a fight with several dogs, walking in Seal Recreation Ground. It was not clear which dog was at fault. As a result it has made my poor dog extremely nervous and now runs off.If you put a yellow ribbon on your dog it tells other dog owners that the dog needs space when out. It may be a number of reasons: Pup in Training, Very Nervous, Old and Grumpy. Recovering from an Operation, Blind or deaf, In season or just unwell.If you see a dog with a yellow ribbon please give them space. This will go a long way to keeping your dog happy and not to feel intimidated resulting maybe in a fight.We are all responsible dog owners and responsible for their behaviour. Some dogs are naturally aggressiveand some are nervous and just want to be left alone. This is why this scheme is so important to every dog owner. For more information please contact www.yellowdoguk.co.uk
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Introducing The Pog BlogI’ve been writing here for a while now, about my cycling escapades and (when the weather has been bad / I’ve been lazy) about my cat. Unbelievably though, I’ve run out of things to say about both. Instead, Julian, the lovely publisher here, has said that I can take random extracts from my blog each month and hopefully entertain you that way.There is nothing I find more annoying though, than reading someone’s blog and knowing nothing about them, so to give you a little context, I live with Norman, my cat, in a teeny tiny house I refer to as Pog Towers. In the week I work in London doing things I won’t bore you with, and at the weekends I (very occasionally) cycle, sew and do the usual family and friends things. Whatever I do, elements of daftness seem to follow me. It’s that sort of thing I’ll be posting here. And if you want to read more you can find my blog at: http://thepogblog.wordpress.com/I often post a ‘Lessons of the Week’. These are things that have happened to me that others may learn from (like the fact that matching one Mini Egg for one grape as your dinner does not make a balanced diet. It’s just a recipe for feeling a bit sick) or can just laugh at. Like this one:It can be quite amusing when the man from Orange calls you up with ‘amazing offers’ and you decide to play along. This one went something like:Him: How many of you are there in your house?Me: Me and Norman.Him: Does Norman have a mobile?
Me: No, he doesn’t.Him: Well we could offer Norman a really good deal on a handset due to your custom.Me: You could?Him: Yes we could offer him <I can’t remember the details>.Me: I don’t think Norman really wants a mobile thank you.Him: He won’t get a better deal anywhere else.Me: I’m sure he won’t. It’s just he’s missing the required opposable thumbs to make full use of the offer.Him: Sorry?Me: Norman is my cat.Him: (wistfully) We could earn a lot of money if we could teach cats to use
mobiles.Credit where credit is due. That was quite a good response.So there you go. Try it next time you get a random call – it’s certainly better than my usual ‘thanks but no thanks’! Helen
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ANNOUNCEMENTS UNDERRIVER VILLAGE HALLCosy village hall standing in its own grounds. Stage area, separate small meeting room. Large and well equipped fi tted kitchen. Seated catering capacity for a maximum of 80 persons. Ideal for most events. For further information please call: 01732 833930 or email: [email protected]
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SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB meets every Th ursday in Seal Village Hall at 1.30pm - 4.30pm & 6.00pm - 9.30pm.New members welcome - No experience required
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Beavers and Cubs - SEAL VillageBeavers age 6 – 8 Ring Nicky Harvey 01732 457118 Cubs age 8 – 10 or 07919075470
PILATES CLASSESAT UNDERRIVER VILLAGE HALL on Monday Evening 7.30pm & 8.30pm and Tuesday mornings at 9.30am. For more information please call Zoe on 01732 771747 / 07950 494335
Sevenoaks Outdoor Bowling Club @ Hollybush CloseCome and try this simple yet fascinating game for free. Bowls provided, just wear fl at soled shoes. All ages welcome.Phone Brian 01959 522969 or Jill 01732 454677 for details.
HIRE BOROUGH GREEN VILLAGE HALLBooking Secretary: Margaret Vick 01732 884101
KEMSING PAVILION SQUASH COURTTh e Pavilion Squash Court is available for hire. Tokens to operate the court lights are available from Richlands Stores in Dynes Road and Best One Supermarket, West End, Kemsing. Th e cost of tokens is £6 for 45 minutes play. Court bookings can be made on the booking sheets inside the Pavilion. Full changing and shower facilities. For further information contact pavilion on 762865
MUSIC SESSIONS FOR THE UNDER 5’sSKIPS Pre-School (Adjacent Ightham Primary School in Oldbury Lane) invite you to join our under 5’s Pipsqueaks music sessions every Wednesday term time between 9.15-11am. Bookings taken on a fi rst come fi rst served basis. For further information and to book a place please contact Sue on 01732 882869
PILATES CLASSESFriendly, relaxed classes in Sevenoaks. Beginners welcome.
KEMSING SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUBShort Mat bowls is played at the Sir Mark Collet PavilionTuesday 2-5.00pm Wednesday 7-10.00pm Th ursday 2 - 4.00pmCome and join us - all ages there's no limit! You will be very welcome. We would especially like to see new members on a Wednesday evening. For information telephone Ros Hitchings 01959 523635 (or simply come along.)
St LAWRENCE VILLAGE HALLChurch Road, Stone Street Village. - Attractive, well maintained traditional village hall, with well equipped kitchen, central heating and parking, Facilities for the disabled. Reasonable rates. Please call 01732 761282. See website: www.stlvh.org.uk
BABY & TODDLER MUSIC CLASSES WITH MUSICAL BUMPS Friendly, fun and educational classes at local venues in St Mary's Platt and Sevenoaks. Enjoy gentle music making with your baby, and lively fun sessions with your toddler.Call 01732 882779 or see www.musicalbumps.com for more information.
Fun Salsa 123 - Learn to Salsa danceBeginners welcome. No partner needed. Meet new friends. Monday nights from 8pm in Dunton Green Village Hall email: [email protected] tel: 01732 742291 THE SEVENOAKS ARCHERY CLUB
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01732 762266 email: [email protected] BADMINTON CLUBEvery Friday 8pm - 10pm. 4 Courts. Friendly, sociable and matches. No Beginners. Feather Shuttles. Th e New School at Westheath. [email protected] www.sevenoaksbadminton.co.uk
SEVENOAKS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Are you looking for new friends and something different? We are a club for the more mature amongst us. Our activities consist of Ten Pin Bowling at Tunbridge Wells once a week, canasta which we play on a regular basis, Whist Drives, Scrabble - a couple of sessions per month, Darts, Dining Out and Theatre visits. If you are interested in anything and haven't played for a long time we can refresh or teach you. There are also monthly Rambles. We are a very lively group and are still looking for new members. Why don't you come along to one of our meetings on the fi rst Thursday of every month at 7.30pm at the Community Centre, Otford Road. If you are interested call Angela Heron on 01732 351529 or Mo Haslam on 01732 761903
SEAL TIDDLERSCome and join us every Thursday during school term times 9.30am - 11.30am Seal Church Hall, Church Road, Seal. We are a local group catering for children aged 0-4 years, together with their carers - Mums, Dads, Childminders, Nannies, Grandparents etc., We provide an exciting range of activities and refreshments, tea, coffee and squash. We are a friendly group who are always welcoming to new members. The cost £1.50 per carer each week. For more information contact: Kelly Bridle on 07891 801444 or Helen Davies on 07814 717636.
IGHTHAM VILLAGE HALL, Sevenoaks Road, Ightham TN15 9HATh is large modern hall has disabled access, a large car park and a committee room. It has a Badminton Court, Stage, Gas Heating, Modern Kitchen with Fridge and Oven. Block bookings by negotiation. Special rates for Childrens Parties, Suitable for Weddings, Parties, Aerobics and Fund Raising for Charities. To hire this hall telephone 01732 780283 m: 07715 327885 email: [email protected]: [email protected]
Hola Amigos Spanish Club invites all Spanish speaking children to join. Sessions take place in Seal Primary School, Seal every Saturday from 10.00am to 11.30 am. For more information see SpanishinSevenoaks.blogger.co.uk or contact us on [email protected]'
OTFORD BRIDGE CLUB : WE HAVE MOVEDTh e Club has now moved its Friday Evening Duplicate Bridge Sessions to new premises at the Sir Mark Collett Pavilion, Heaverham Road, Kemsing. Visitors or new members are always welcome. If you are interested to come along to the Club, or wish to learn to play Bridge, please ring Jim Garlinge on 01892 870260.
MONTY PARKIN - Monty Parkin, local artist and a whole lot more….. Th ere is a wonderful display of items produced by Monty at Dynes Road, Post Offi ce in Kemsing. Th ere are Pictures, framed and unframed, Post Cards, Greeting Cards, Books and of course the 2013 Calendar. All for sale at very reasonable prices. Profi ts will go to the Monty Parkin Memorial Trust
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In the last edition of the Advertiser, we looked at the visit to Sevenoaks by the famousPre-Raphaelite painters Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Hol-man Hunt. There was a sequel to all this Sevenoaks activity at the end of the decade. We have already seen that Sir John Millais (as he became later) knew all about his friends‘ trip to Sevenoaks, although it is not clear whether he too visited them there at the time. But in 1863, after he had married Ruskin‘s former wife Effie Grey, Millais wanted a proper setting for his painting ‘St Agnes Eve‘ for which - says the old Tate catalogue - ‘Effie modelled the heroine Madeline, who undresses in the moonlight, watched secretly by her lover Porphyro‘. They stayed together in Sevenoaks throughout that December at ‘a wayside hostelry’. As Lord Sackville confirms in his recent book ‘Inheritance‘, this scene was painted in the King‘s Bedroom at Knole, then ‘a large house tenanted only by a caretaker’, as Millais’ daughter later described it. Here again the weather took its toll. She goes on, ‘a death-like stillness pervaded the apartment. - a silence that might be felt at the midnight hour when the moonlight was streaming in through the window and no fire was burning on the hearth. And yet that was the time when the picture must be painted - that and a few hours later - otherwise the exact direction of the moonbeams falling on the figure could not be caught. No wonder, then, that my father, though by no means a nervous man, was sensible of a high state of tension while sitting at his work for three nights in succession among such weird and comfortless surroundings. My mother, for it was she who sat for the figure, was similarly affected, while her discomfort during those weary hours may readily be imagined. Think of the slender garments in which the figure is draped, the bodice unlaced, the room unheated; and this in the depth of winter! No wonder that she was accustomed to speak of it afterwards as the severest task she ever undertook’. But the picture was a great suc-cess, and later found its way into the Royal Collection, although it has had to be rescued from the Tate reserve for this exhibition.Other echoes of the PRB trip to Knole Park also followed as late as 1881, when Rossetti’s sister Christina (poet and painter herself) came back to Sevenoaks. As our earlier article in the December 2012 Advertiser explained, she wanted a house where her sick brother could come to convalesce in the country. After looking at several, in-cluding one she liked, now identified as The Grey House in Church Street, Seal, next door to the vicarage, she wrote to her brother on 22 July 1881: ‘Knole Park is not open to visitors in carriages, only to pedestrians - but one may drive through Wildernesse Park, and pretty it is … and there is a quiet, pretty village named Seal. I wonder whether you recollect any of this?’ and she then sent him details of the house. But alas Rossetti did not like the idea of living next door to the vicar and never returned to Seal.
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