Diary for October

Page

October 2015

Regulars: St Mary Magdalene Service dates; W.I. note; Poet’s Corner; Gardeners; NSY Club;

Reports/Articles: Crime Report

Notices & Dates: Deadline dates 2015; Community Bus schedule; Library; Book Club; Maidstone SO concerts ; etc.

STOCKBURY CHURCH MONTHLY

DRAW RESULTS

1st Carol Waters

2nd Hugo Clarke

3rd Lin Cox

Stockbury Parish Council

Rather urgent !

We are looking for somebody who, for an agreed annual fee, would be prepared to mow the village green and undertake some litter picking duties around the village. If you are interested, please contact :-

Dave Tomsett on 07798 633636

Diary for October All events at the Memorial Hall unless otherwise shown

Thur 1st Gardeners 8.00‐10.00pm

Fri 2nd Dancing Club 8.00‐10.30 pm

Sat 3rd Church Fun Quiz 7.30‐10.30pm

Tues 6th Bowls 2.00‐4.00pm

NSCY 7.30‐9.30pm

Wed 7th Pilates 9.30‐10.30am

Thur 8th Bowls 7.30‐9.30pm

Fri 9th Dancing Club 8.00‐10.30 pm

Sun 11th Dog Club ‐ Field 10.00‐11.00 am


Wed 14th Pilates 9.30‐10.30am

WI 7.30‐9.30pm





NSCY 7.30‐9.30pm

Wed 21st Pilates 9.30‐10.30am

Craft and Chatter 1.00‐3.00pm

Parish Council Meeting 7.00‐9.30pm

Thur 22nd Bowls 7.30‐9.30pm

Fri 23rd Dancing Club 8.00‐10.30 pm


Tue 27th Bowls 2.00‐4.00pm



‘Trust the experts’?

Now the year is slipping into October Is the Indian Summer really over?

The ‘experts’ are giving us a warning ‘Its our fault we are into global warming’

But who previously caused the pressure and heat To turn tropical plants to coal right under our feet?

John Cockett

Proposal for a Letters Column

Several villagers have expressed an interest in having a letters column. Please send in your views about any-thing to do with the parish.

We’ll publish them subject to our usual considerations and procedures. The Editor reserves the right to publish or shorten articles letters and notices. All contributions must have a genuine name and contact number or email.

Views expressed by contributors are those of the author and not those of the Editor or Parish Council. To contact the editor: Email: [email protected]

Next deadline : 23rd October November 20th

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St. Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury The services in October are as follows: 4th October - 6pm Sung Communion and HARVEST FESTIVAL 11th October - 6pm Evensong 18th October - 6pm Sung Communion 25th October - 6pm Evensong Details of the range of services held within the benefice of the six parishes, to which Stockbury belongs, can also be found on the parishes' website - www.thesix.org.uk or contact The Reverend Elizabeth Cox. For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact the Reverend Elizabeth Cox - 01795 844241. St Augustine’s RC Church

Deanwood Drive, Rainham Mass times are Saturday 10 am and 6 pm, Sunday 9.30 am and 11 am and week days 9.15 am every day .

St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury

FUN QUIZ

Saturday

3rd October 2015

Stockbury Village Hall

7.30pm start

£5.50 per person

includes nibbles (bring own drinks)

Teams of 6 - 8 per table

To book a table

Contact Brenda Mace 01622 884746

Ed—these events need your support so please make up a team and come along

STOCKBURY CRICKET CLUB

NEEDS MORE PLAYERS! ALL AGES AND STANDARDS WELCOMED

Call Tom Bulbrook 07780 440 526

See us on facebook

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St. Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury The services in October are as follows: 4th October - 6pm Sung Communion and HARVEST FESTIVAL 11th October - 6pm Evensong 18th October - 6pm Sung Communion 25th October - 6pm Evensong Details of the range of services held within the benefice of the six parishes, to which Stockbury belongs, can also be found on the parishes' website - www.thesix.org.uk or contact The Reverend Elizabeth Cox. For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact the Reverend Elizabeth Cox - 01795 844241. St Augustine’s RC Church

Deanwood Drive, Rainham Mass times are Saturday 10 am and 6 pm, Sunday 9.30 am and 11 am and week days 9.15 am every day .

St Mary Magdalene Church, Stockbury

FUN QUIZ

Saturday

3rd October 2015

Stockbury Village Hall

7.30pm start

£5.50 per person

includes nibbles (bring own drinks)

Teams of 6 - 8 per table

To book a table

Contact Brenda Mace 01622 884746

Ed—these events need your support so please make up a team and come along

STOCKBURY CRICKET CLUB

NEEDS MORE PLAYERS! ALL AGES AND STANDARDS WELCOMED

Call Tom Bulbrook 07780 440 526

See us on facebook

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Telephone: 01795 842546 or 07973 282818

Email: [email protected]

Roy wishes you a warm and hearty welcome to The Harrow, a 200 year old public house. I hope you enjoy your meal, if you do then please tell others, if you don’t then please tell us!

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Tues –Sat 11.00 am – 11.00 pm

Sunday 12.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Please look out for our specials Board - For events.

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Stockbury gardeners October 2015

This month, as promised, I have a few notes about preserving produce from the garden to enable you to enjoy the season’s production long into the next year. I do not pretend to be a competitor to the much revered Women’s Institute with detailed recipes. So if, like me the garden at this time of year throws at you all manner of fine delights here are some tips!

Fruit and vegetables can be frozen; some will require blanching others carefully drying before freezing. Things that I find easy to freeze are blackberries, cauliflower, and tomatoes which are cooked first, ready to be put into any dish as a sauce, runner beans, French beans, sliced carrots, are all very simple to freeze. Surplus courgettes, green tomatoes, onions, virtually anything can be made into chutney and recipes can be obtained from the WI books which are readily available. Most ripe tomatoes can be dried by cutting in half and placing in a warm oven until dry, and then they can be preserved in oil. If you are lucky enough to have surplus figs then they can also be dried.

A few years ago we had the privilege to renovate and look after a National Trust garden. One of the amusing things that we found happening on open days for visitors was to view from an upstairs window the removal of seed heads and “fingernail cuttings” by the occasional visitor.

Some of the, shall I say, more mature visitors were able in milliseconds to remove a botanical sample and secrete it into a handbag to be propagated later at their home. This did no real damage and it was rather sweet to know that our produce was eventually being displayed in other gardens!

In the middle of September the gardeners visited Wisley by coach. We were treated to a fine display of all things great about the British garden, including specially trained fruit trees, temperate greenhouses with bananas growing inside, a vast flower show, stands selling garden plants and special tools. There was even a section of ground where, new to market, seeds were trialled. It was proposed that we have regular visits to other gardens, as we all had a great time. At the next meeting we will be deciding when and where the next trips will take place. The next meeting on the 1stOctober is our Autumn show and AGM, the flowers and vegetable exhibits will be staged from 7-8 pm followed by the AGM . I happen to know that two of the largest leeks grown in Kent this year will be on display, so really worth a visit to join up if you are not yet a member.

Things to do this month.

Harvest vegetables and pick fruit including late plums apples and pears

Plant out spring cabbage and brassica plants for April harvest

Plant garlic broad beans and early harvest onion sets Tidy greenhouse after picking unripe tomatoes for

chutney Lime soil to adjust ph Grease band fruit trees Start to plan next years sowing regime and browse

through seed catalogues If you wish to plant fruit trees it is best to plant in

the autumn rather than spring Spray off weeds with roundup or use black weed

suppressant material.

Finally it was proposed that we have a new class entered in to the summer show schedule for next year that is “a plant or flower, grown from seed or cutting planted af-ter 13th September 2015” !!

Chris Spree

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is,

I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.

~Robert Bridges, "Testament of Beauty"

Book club review.

Behind the beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum’ By Katherine Boo

Annawadi is the slum on the edge of the Mumbai airport, between the luxury hotels and construction sites. The book tells of life in the slums from different families. It is written from K.Boo’s experiences of going into the slum with an interpreter; it is not fiction. There are some graphic descriptions of what life is like. People are not kind to one another. Corruption is on all levels.

Some of our comments :- too awful to read / shock at the corruption depressing eye opener / disjointed made us think about not going to India similarities with the pictures currently on the television from Syria

This book was not the light hearted read to drift off to sleep with. The average score was 5.5.

Our new book is ‘The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters’

Bev Martin

Ed - It’s good that your bringing a very poignant subject to light.

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Stockbury gardeners October 2015

This month, as promised, I have a few notes about preserving produce from the garden to enable you to enjoy the season’s production long into the next year. I do not pretend to be a competitor to the much revered Women’s Institute with detailed recipes. So if, like me the garden at this time of year throws at you all manner of fine delights here are some tips!

Fruit and vegetables can be frozen; some will require blanching others carefully drying before freezing. Things that I find easy to freeze are blackberries, cauliflower, and tomatoes which are cooked first, ready to be put into any dish as a sauce, runner beans, French beans, sliced carrots, are all very simple to freeze. Surplus courgettes, green tomatoes, onions, virtually anything can be made into chutney and recipes can be obtained from the WI books which are readily available. Most ripe tomatoes can be dried by cutting in half and placing in a warm oven until dry, and then they can be preserved in oil. If you are lucky enough to have surplus figs then they can also be dried.

A few years ago we had the privilege to renovate and look after a National Trust garden. One of the amusing things that we found happening on open days for visitors was to view from an upstairs window the removal of seed heads and “fingernail cuttings” by the occasional visitor.

Some of the, shall I say, more mature visitors were able in milliseconds to remove a botanical sample and secrete it into a handbag to be propagated later at their home. This did no real damage and it was rather sweet to know that our produce was eventually being displayed in other gardens!

In the middle of September the gardeners visited Wisley by coach. We were treated to a fine display of all things great about the British garden, including specially trained fruit trees, temperate greenhouses with bananas growing inside, a vast flower show, stands selling garden plants and special tools. There was even a section of ground where, new to market, seeds were trialled. It was proposed that we have regular visits to other gardens, as we all had a great time. At the next meeting we will be deciding when and where the next trips will take place. The next meeting on the 1stOctober is our Autumn show and AGM, the flowers and vegetable exhibits will be staged from 7-8 pm followed by the AGM . I happen to know that two of the largest leeks grown in Kent this year will be on display, so really worth a visit to join up if you are not yet a member.

Things to do this month.

Harvest vegetables and pick fruit including late plums apples and pears

Plant out spring cabbage and brassica plants for April harvest

Plant garlic broad beans and early harvest onion sets Tidy greenhouse after picking unripe tomatoes for

chutney Lime soil to adjust ph Grease band fruit trees Start to plan next years sowing regime and browse

through seed catalogues If you wish to plant fruit trees it is best to plant in

the autumn rather than spring Spray off weeds with roundup or use black weed

suppressant material.

Finally it was proposed that we have a new class entered in to the summer show schedule for next year that is “a plant or flower, grown from seed or cutting planted af-ter 13th September 2015” !!

Chris Spree

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is,

I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.

~Robert Bridges, "Testament of Beauty"

Book club review.

Behind the beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum’ By Katherine Boo

Annawadi is the slum on the edge of the Mumbai airport, between the luxury hotels and construction sites. The book tells of life in the slums from different families. It is written from K.Boo’s experiences of going into the slum with an interpreter; it is not fiction. There are some graphic descriptions of what life is like. People are not kind to one another. Corruption is on all levels.

Some of our comments :- too awful to read / shock at the corruption depressing eye opener / disjointed made us think about not going to India similarities with the pictures currently on the television from Syria

This book was not the light hearted read to drift off to sleep with. The average score was 5.5.

Our new book is ‘The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters’

Bev Martin

Ed - It’s good that your bringing a very poignant subject to light.

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Full time Students with a student card £5

Season tickets (5 tickets) are £45, £85 or £105

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CRIME REPORT

Financial Fraud Action UK (FFAUK) are warning we should be even more alert for suspicious phone calls, texts and emails from fraudsters claiming to be from their bank, the police or utility or telecoms companies. The scam communications often claim that there has been fraud on a customer’s account and try to panic peo-ple into acting quickly to safeguard funds. The fraudster will then persuade their victim into divulging personal or financial information, or even into transferring money di-rectly into a so-called ‘safe account’. All consumers are reminded that banks or the police will never contact you asking for your online banking pass-word or for you to transfer money to a new account for fraud reasons. Katy Worobec, Director of Financial Fraud Action UK, said: “It’s vital that everyone is alert. Remember a crimi-nal may already have some information about you, so do not take that as confirmation that their message is au-thentic. “Be very wary if you get any call, text or email out of the blue, even if they state there has been fraud on your ac-count. If you receive such a call do not give out any infor-mation if you are at all suspicious and instead contact your bank on a number that you know, waiting five min-utes before you make the call.” How to protect yourself • Your bank or the police will never call you to ask for your 4 digit PIN or your online banking password, or for you to transfer money to a new account for “fraud rea-sons”. • If you feel something is suspicious or feel vulnerable, hang up, wait five minutes to clear the line, or where pos-sible use a different phone line, then call your bank or card issuer on their advertised number to report the fraud. Never disclose your: • Four digit card PIN to anyone, including the bank or po-lice. • Your password or online banking codes. • Personal details unless you are sure who you are talk-ing to. For further information please visit the FFAUK website. Please note that Action Fraud is not responsible for the content of external websites.

To report a fraud and receive a police crime reference number, call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or use our online fraud reporting tool.' Recently, it was reported in the Maidstone area of a call from someone supposedly being from 'Microsoft'. It was a strange call, as the person had been experiencing prob-lems with their computer, which lead then to believe that the call was linked. Luckily, no personal information was given out and the person took their computer to a reputa-ble company.

Please be wary of any calls that you are not expect-ing regarding problems with your computers, as this is a growing way of criminals gaining important data from unsuspecting people. There have also been reports of emails/texts that claim to be from HMRC stating that you are entitled to tax refunds and to click on a link. Please be wary of opening links within this type of message, they often open unsafe sites

and can result in your computer receiving viruses and leave them open to hackers. If you do receive this type of email and it is possible you are owed a tax refund, contact the HMRC directly. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/paid-too-much-or-too-little-tax-heres-what-to-do. Tony Kerr 01795 844077 [email protected]

STOCKBURY WI

Although we do not have a meeting in August we have been very busy. We displayed a scarecrow from recycled materials, named Emmaline Pankhurst, at the WI Centenary Celebrations at Lullingstone Castle. Thanks to Wendy’s skill and several members providing materials Emmaline looked very good.

We visited Westwell, our link WI and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. The speaker’s talk was entitled “Fashion and Ration” which gave a glimpse of the 2nd World War clothing and rationing austerity and how people made do and mend during the war years and after. The speaker was dressed for the occasion in a simple 1940s day dress and displayed many items of clothing and showed us how to change an article of clothing into something else. Not a thing was wasted! Most entertaining. Thank you to Rod Gibson for being the driver of the Mini Bus.

The meal out at Tudor Rose in August was well attended and the food was delicious.

September meeting was about “Life inside” by Mr John Mills, who had spent most of his working life, first as a prison officer and then into different branches of work within the prisons. No he wasn’t an “inmate” but someone who worked inside the prisons. It was a very interesting talk and Mr Mills was bombarded with many questions from the members at the end

The District WI’s 100 years Celebration held at Stockbury on Tuesday 15th September was enjoyed by 80 WI members from the North Downs District. A special tea was served and Wendy Keast, North Downs WI Adviser was invited along with Mary Clarke. who we were delighted to see once again. Thank you to Rod Gibson and Mick Bingham for setting out tables and chairs ; it was much appreciated.

Our next meeting on Wednesday 14th October is a talk about “Life & Times of Edith Cavell” by Melanie Gibson-Barton. You would be most welcome to join us that evening. Meeting starts at 7.30pm at Stockbury Village Hall. B Mace

Ed—all sounds really interesting—I’ll have to come along— well done for being so active - Edith Cavell is a special Saint of mine. Of course you’ve got to admire Emmaline Pankhurst too.

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CRIME REPORT

Financial Fraud Action UK (FFAUK) are warning we should be even more alert for suspicious phone calls, texts and emails from fraudsters claiming to be from their bank, the police or utility or telecoms companies. The scam communications often claim that there has been fraud on a customer’s account and try to panic peo-ple into acting quickly to safeguard funds. The fraudster will then persuade their victim into divulging personal or financial information, or even into transferring money di-rectly into a so-called ‘safe account’. All consumers are reminded that banks or the police will never contact you asking for your online banking pass-word or for you to transfer money to a new account for fraud reasons. Katy Worobec, Director of Financial Fraud Action UK, said: “It’s vital that everyone is alert. Remember a crimi-nal may already have some information about you, so do not take that as confirmation that their message is au-thentic. “Be very wary if you get any call, text or email out of the blue, even if they state there has been fraud on your ac-count. If you receive such a call do not give out any infor-mation if you are at all suspicious and instead contact your bank on a number that you know, waiting five min-utes before you make the call.” How to protect yourself • Your bank or the police will never call you to ask for your 4 digit PIN or your online banking password, or for you to transfer money to a new account for “fraud rea-sons”. • If you feel something is suspicious or feel vulnerable, hang up, wait five minutes to clear the line, or where pos-sible use a different phone line, then call your bank or card issuer on their advertised number to report the fraud. Never disclose your: • Four digit card PIN to anyone, including the bank or po-lice. • Your password or online banking codes. • Personal details unless you are sure who you are talk-ing to. For further information please visit the FFAUK website. Please note that Action Fraud is not responsible for the content of external websites.

To report a fraud and receive a police crime reference number, call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or use our online fraud reporting tool.' Recently, it was reported in the Maidstone area of a call from someone supposedly being from 'Microsoft'. It was a strange call, as the person had been experiencing prob-lems with their computer, which lead then to believe that the call was linked. Luckily, no personal information was given out and the person took their computer to a reputa-ble company.

Please be wary of any calls that you are not expect-ing regarding problems with your computers, as this is a growing way of criminals gaining important data from unsuspecting people. There have also been reports of emails/texts that claim to be from HMRC stating that you are entitled to tax refunds and to click on a link. Please be wary of opening links within this type of message, they often open unsafe sites

and can result in your computer receiving viruses and leave them open to hackers. If you do receive this type of email and it is possible you are owed a tax refund, contact the HMRC directly. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/paid-too-much-or-too-little-tax-heres-what-to-do. Tony Kerr 01795 844077 [email protected]

STOCKBURY WI

Although we do not have a meeting in August we have been very busy. We displayed a scarecrow from recycled materials, named Emmaline Pankhurst, at the WI Centenary Celebrations at Lullingstone Castle. Thanks to Wendy’s skill and several members providing materials Emmaline looked very good.

We visited Westwell, our link WI and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. The speaker’s talk was entitled “Fashion and Ration” which gave a glimpse of the 2nd World War clothing and rationing austerity and how people made do and mend during the war years and after. The speaker was dressed for the occasion in a simple 1940s day dress and displayed many items of clothing and showed us how to change an article of clothing into something else. Not a thing was wasted! Most entertaining. Thank you to Rod Gibson for being the driver of the Mini Bus.

The meal out at Tudor Rose in August was well attended and the food was delicious.

September meeting was about “Life inside” by Mr John Mills, who had spent most of his working life, first as a prison officer and then into different branches of work within the prisons. No he wasn’t an “inmate” but someone who worked inside the prisons. It was a very interesting talk and Mr Mills was bombarded with many questions from the members at the end

The District WI’s 100 years Celebration held at Stockbury on Tuesday 15th September was enjoyed by 80 WI members from the North Downs District. A special tea was served and Wendy Keast, North Downs WI Adviser was invited along with Mary Clarke. who we were delighted to see once again. Thank you to Rod Gibson and Mick Bingham for setting out tables and chairs ; it was much appreciated.

Our next meeting on Wednesday 14th October is a talk about “Life & Times of Edith Cavell” by Melanie Gibson-Barton. You would be most welcome to join us that evening. Meeting starts at 7.30pm at Stockbury Village Hall. B Mace

Ed—all sounds really interesting—I’ll have to come along— well done for being so active - Edith Cavell is a special Saint of mine. Of course you’ve got to admire Emmaline Pankhurst too.

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Community Bus

Weekly Schedule

Mondays – Sittingbourne

Tuesdays – Maidstone incl. Lockmeadow Market

Thursdays – Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre (Savacentre)

Pick ups from 9.30 am close to where you live

Call 07551-454702 to book your seat

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Saturday Freighter Service/Stockbury Village Hall

The next collection date is to be arranged

For more information : http://www.maidstone.gov.uk

and search for Saturday Freighter Service Dates

Mobile Library

The mobile library stops at the front of

Stockbury Village Hall every Thursday

between 10.00 and 10.20 am

USEFUL CONTACT INFORMATION Cricket Club—Tom Bulbrook 07780 440526 [email protected] Church Matters—St Mary Magdelene Revd Liz Cox 01795 435184

[email protected] Community Bus—Booking line 07551 454702 Dancing Club— Brian Crisp 01634 231886

Dog Club— Mick Bingham 01795 842480 Electricity Problems 0800 7838866 Environment Agency—Incident hotline 0800 807060 Fly Tipping & Waste Collection Including bulky items 01622 602162 Gardeners—Lex Sargent 01795 842741

[email protected] Golf Society—Jeff Hall 01795 843296 Hall Bookings—Sue Porter 01795 843715 Maidstone BC Councillor Daphne Parvin 01622 202357 07967 224839 MB Farms stores and Post Office 01795 842401 Neighbourhood Watch— Local co-ordinator—Tony Kerr 01795 844077 Not So Young Club—Shirley Moss 01795 842 691 Kent Messenger correspondent Claire Adams 01795 841140 [email protected] Parish Council - Sherrie Babington 01634 867173 Pétanque Club—Mick Bingham 01795 842480 Photographic Club—Tim Arnold 01795 843049 [email protected] Stockbury Observer Editor 07944811668

Brendan Ferrill—[email protected] WI Brenda Mace 01622 884 746 Police – Emergency only 999 Non-emergency 101 & ALL General enquiries Police Community Support Officer for Stockbury PCSO Tom Maybank 07989 179767 [email protected] Crimestoppers (confidential) 0800 555111

Public Footpaths & bridleway (problems with) [email protected] 03000 41 71 71 Roads, potholes etc (manned 24 hours) 03000 41 81 81 www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/report-a-problem RSPCA 0300 1234999 Short Mat Bowls—Tony Russell 01795 842738 or Angela Russell 01795 842738 South East Water emergency 0333 000 0365 South East Water Leak line 0333 000 3330 Potholes

www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/report-a-problem

Stockbury Parish Council Minutes

The minutes for our parish council meeting will be ap-proved at the following meeting and will then be published on www.stockbury.org.uk within 5 days of the meeting at

which they were approved

S.O.S. ! Stockbury and Hartlip Minibus

The minibus continues to run 3 times each week to local shop-ping centres and is a well used and essential part of the life of

our villages. BUT

we urgently require more volunteer drivers to ensure its successful continuation. The requirements are :

Anyone with a full driving licence between the ages of 25-70, prepared to drive for 2 or 3 mornings each month The mornings you drive are determined by you. Full training will be given. If you could spare a couple of hours 2/3 times each month it would be much appreciated. Please call . . . .

Fiona Moody 07551 454702

PLAYING FIELD WOODEN SEATS.. If you would care to contribute to a replacement seat as a memorial to a loved one, or for any other reason please contact

Mick Bingham 01795 842 480

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Diary for October