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Hawkhurst Gang Bonfire Society is near to achieving its goal to get a road closure to stage its torch lit procession from Highgate to The Moor to precede their annual Bonfire and Fireworks event on Saturday 23rd November.

The flaming torches will light the way,departing at 7:00pm from the top of Highgate Hill, heading for The Moor, where the procession will turn, circumnavigating the grass. After renewing their torches, the Procession will return down Moor Hill, and up towards Highgate turning into the Circus Field where the Bonfire will be lit. Following tradition, the Bonfire will be ignited by the Society Members’ flaming torches, and the evening will finish with a spectacular Firework Display.

HGBS members will be joined on the Procession by members of several visiting Bonfire Societies across East Sussex, and drummers will provide a rhythmic primitive sound-scape to the eerie light of the flaming torches, and the spectacular costumes of the marchers.

HGBS members have been hard at work on several Saturdays preparing the torches for the Procession. These are made from hessian, soaked in paraffin, and securely wrapped on the end of chestnut paling. Meanwhile, members have been working on their road closure application, made to the Borough Council, to Kent Highways and Kent Police, for the road closures and diversions necessary for the procession to take place. In their application, the Bonfire Society has been supported by Hawkhurst Parish Council, whose support has been key to allowing this Community event to take place.

HGBS members have marched in their society “colours” at several firework events in the area this year, and

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are fully insured for marching. For insurance reasons, members of the public are not allowed to march in the Procession, but it will be well worth going along to watch and enjoy the experience. If you do want to march in the procession, why not become a member of the Hawkhurst Gang Bonfire Society? Annual Membership costs £4 for an adult, £2.50 for a child, and would allow you to march in the procession carrying a flaming torch if you wish. (Please note, children under 16 cannot carry a torch). You could also then participate in marching at other Bonfire events at the many other Bonfire events held across East Sussex.

Being a member of the Society would also allow you free entry to the Bonfire and Firework event, where public admission is normally £4-50 for an adult. For membership details, please call Robin Palmer on 753933, or Brian Hurt on 754197. Also, please call Robin or Brian if you would like to help in preparing for this year’s event, or would be willing to marshal at the procession or the event.

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The roads closed for the event will be the A229 at Highgate Hill from the traffic lights southwards, up to, but not including the junction with the Seddlescombe/Hastings road, the B2244. Residential roads will also be closed along the route, and the bottom end of Talbot road will be closed. The roads closure will start at 7:15pm, and roads will re-open by 8:45pm. Advance closure notices will be in place at least a week before, and all houses in all the roads affected by the closure will be leafleted in advance by Society members. A229 traffic will be diverted via Flimwell and Hurst Green.

Colin Williamson

Hawkhurst Primary School at Bedgebury ForestIn the middle of the summer break, during mid-August, thirteen children, aged between eight and eleven, met with Forest School leaders and their helpers to enjoy three exciting days in a specially designated woodland area in Bedgebury Forest. We were very pleased and grateful to the Forestry Commission who had offered the school the setting for this stimulating course which was funded by the Friends of Bedgebury

Rather than concentrating on academic skills each forest school is focused on helping to develop personal, social and emotional skills such as confidence and independence. It also helps improve communication skills and raises self-esteem all within the contexts of such activities as shelter building, fire building and lighting, wood cutting and whittling and much more.

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EditorWith an eye to the delicate economics of producing our Village Magazine I am very pleased that over the last month we have attracted a number of new advertisers and better still we have had positive feedback from several existing advertisers of the effectiveness of their adverts.

At this time of the year Christmas and Winter do not seem to me to be very far away, but this month we especially remember how blessed we are in the UK to be at Peace and able to take part in the Remembrance Service and Parade leading from St laurence church up to the War Memorial, for those who have served for our country in past wars.

Mike Appelbe

Thank you to all of you who sent well wishes after you were informed of my recent hospitalisation, I’m back in full working order now.

Well autumn is certainly with us now after that quite pleasant start to October and of course Christmas is around the corner, a celebration most of us look forward to with great anticipation; children and grown up children alike. This year Hawkhurst celebrates with a Festival on Saturday 7th December between 12.00 and 5.00 pm. There will be a “ Kringle market” in the car park of the Royal Oak, the shops will entertain you, there will be many Charity stalls, “Santa’s” grotto and a horse drawn parade of Father Christmas to set the events off. The village will have its large decorated tree and there will be suitable lighting and smaller trees on the buildings. Please keep this date in mind because the local shops and business will be delighted if some of your budget for this Christmas is spent with them.

On a more serious note we are still appealing for retained Fire Personnel for the Hawkhurst station. There are conditions: for example you must be over 18, live or work in the village and be able to respond within 6 minutes of an alert. Please go along to the station in Ockley Road on a Thursday evening if this appeals to you.

The Weald Rural Action Partnership is again desperate to recruit bus and car drivers. Full training is given, please call 755869 especially if you feel able to work with others in a team and hold a full UK driving licence (for cars) with a C1 category or higher or a licence issued before 1997 (for the bus).

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St. LaurenCe ChurCh CaLendar For novemberAll services at St Laurence Church unless stated otherwise

Fri. 1st All Saints’ Day 09.30 Mothers’ Union Corporate Communion

Sun. 3rd 4th Sunday BeFore advent 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish All Age Communion and BaptismMon. 4th 09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints LodgeTues. 5th 18.30 Holy Communion at All Saints Lodge 19.15 Standing Committee meets at All Saints LodgeWed. 6th Leonard, Hermit, 6th century William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, teacher, 1844 11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeThur. 7th Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 18.30 – 20.00 Youth Group meets at the PavilionFri.8th The Saints and Martyrs of England 09.30 Holy Communion

Sun. 10th 3th Sunday BeFore advent Remembrance Sunday 08.00 Holy Communion 09.00 Parish Communion 11.00 Remembrance Sunday Service 13.00 Parish Lunch at Marlborough House SchoolMon. 11th Martin, bishop of Tours, c.397 09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints LodgeTues. 12th 18.30 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeWed. 13th Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836 11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeThurs. 14th Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796 18.30 – 20.00 Youth Group meets at the PavilionFri. 15th 09.30 Holy Communion

Sun. 17th 2nd Sunday BeFore advent 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion 18.00 Monthly Prayer Hour at All Saints LodgeMon. 18th Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringla, Philanthropist, 1231 09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints LodgeTues. 19th Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Mechtild, Beguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280

19.30 Holy Communion at All Saints Lodge 20.00 PCC meets at All Saints LodgeWed. 20th Edmund, king of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeThur. 21st 18.30 – 20.00 Youth Group meets at the PavilionFri. 22nd Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 09.30 Holy Communion

Sun. 24th tHe Sunday next BeFore advent Christ the King 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion Mon. 25th Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century Isaac Watts, hymn writer, 1748 09.30 Parent & Toddler Fun All Saints LodgeTues. 26th 18.30 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeWed. 27th 11.15 Holy Communion at All Saints LodgeThur. 28th 18.30 – 20.00 Youth Group meets at the PavilionFri. 29th 09.30 Holy CommunionSat. 30th Andrew the Apostle 19.30 Cranbrook Symphony Orchestra Concert

methodiSt ServiCeSSunday Services at 10:30 in All Saints lodge.

tuesday Coffee Mornings every week from 10:30 – noon in Dunks Hall.

hawkhurSt baptiSt ChurChToddler Train1-3pm every tuesday. Baby Clinic at the same time but only on 1st and 3rd tuesdays each month.

Who let the Dads out?For male parents and carers with their children 10:30-12:30 on 2nd Saturday each month (bacon butties provided!).

other ChurCheS Sunday ServiCeS

Methodists at 10:30 in All Saints lodgeContact Ken Barnes (753769)

Roman Catholics at 08:30 in St Barnabas ChurchContact Jean Shill (753841)

Baptists at 10.30 in the Baptist ChurchContact Gill Knox (754562)


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support us. The appeal against Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for its decision to turn down the very large application by Wates House builders on Site 64 (off Water Lane behind the primary school) will have taken place by the time you read this, so I will report that in the next edition. The Parish Council is very strongly against the huge development on a green field site and will be represented at the appeal by Wates by professional planning lawyer planner, Clerk to the Council and myself. If you would like to speak at the appeal information is available from TWBC on 01892 526121 or the Parish Office between 10 – midday Monday to Friday 752058.

Fund raising for the new community hall, to be situated at the Moor playing field, is progressing excellently and we will see it built in the near future. Please help with this project if you have suitable skills and again contact me at the Parish Council office.

Well that seems quite enough for this edition; so now you’ve read this far more leaf raking is probably in order!

Keith Brown

Dear friendsNovember is the month when in Church and the community we remember our loved ones who have died. What do we want for those we remember and love? I do not think we have to look too deeply into our hearts to discover the answer: we want those whom we love to be alive and well and with us forever.

But our love is not strong enough to bring that about. those whom we love get sick, and if the sickness is serious enough there is little we can do about it. those whom we love die, and we can do nothing about that. We ourselves get sick and die, and those who love us can do nothing about that. So it would seem that love is not stronger than death.

Well, certainly our love is not stronger than death. But there is Someone whose love is stronger than death, whose love can in fact bring about all that love wants to achieve. that Someone is God the Father who is love. Because he is love, not only does he want all those whom he loves to be alive and well and with him forever - but he can and does bring that about for any and all who are interested in benefitting from his love’s victory.

Who are the fortunate ones who are the beloved of the Father? First of all at the top of the list is Jesus, his Beloved Son (Mt 3:17; 17:5). the Father loved his Son and wanted him to be alive and well and with him forever - so he raised Jesus from the dead and exalted him to his right hand, from where Jesus now intercedes for us.

Now all this is vitally important for us. the life, death and resurrection of Jesus were not undertaken for himself, but as we say in the Creed, all these mighty deeds of God were carried out “for us and for our salvation”. that is, the life, death and resurrection of Jesus were precisely intended to make us the beloved of the Father. Up till then we were estranged from the Father; we needed to be reconciled with him so that the victory of his love could now be effective in our lives. In this way the Father’s victory of love over disaster, destruction, loss and death is now made our victory, in and through the victory Jesus accomplished for us.

And this victory is not something we have to wait for; no, the seeds of that victory of Jesus’ love for us are already working themselves out in our daily lives - through our faith in Jesus, our baptism into his death and resurrection, and especially in our being fed by him in the eucharist (John 6:25-59).

It is tragic, therefore, to see so many people selling their lives so very short, and the lives of their loved ones so very short, by living out those lives as if God did not exist, or if he does exist, as if he makes no difference. Why let death and loss have the final word when it does not have to be that way? Why spend only this life with those whom we love, when love’s eternal victory is made so easily available to us all? And is not love’s victory both now and forever what our hearts are really made for in the first place?

Fr. Rodney


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the advent treeThe beginning of December will mean that Advent is upon us and the Advent giving tree will appear at the back of St. Laurence Church. As usual you are asked to put your gift in the envelope provided and hang it on the tree. This will then be replaced by a star and the proceeds will be sent to Sight Savers International.

This is one of the world’s leading charities combating blindness in developing countries. It works with partner organisations in poor and poorly-served communities to help establish and support permanent activities that prevent and cure blindness, restore sight and provide help for those who will never see. It is one of the founding members of “VISION 2020: the Right to Sight”, an international collaboration of eye care agencies committed to eradicating avoidable blindness by the year 2020.

We look forward to seeing the tree covered in stars!Alison Jones

Food bankseach year, worldwide, billions of pounds of food go to waste, while at the same time over 850 million people do not have enough to eat. Food banks acquire donated food, much of which would otherwise be wasted, and make it available to those in need. In the UK many of these are established by Christian Churches.

the Akeomai trust (established by the four Hawkhurst churches) has begun investigating Food banks to see how it might work if there was one based in Hawkhurst. the nearest one to here is in Hastings. One of the Akeomai trustees made a recent visit. they can distribute 30-60 food parcels a day, totalling half a ton of food. there are needy people in Hastings, some on benefits and people below the poverty line.

Accommodation is needed for a welcoming area for a chat, where a cup of tea or snack can be provided and prayers can be offered to those who request it. Referrals can be made to professional bodies for those who need it, but people who arrive have usually received a food voucher from one of these. Only those with a valid voucher are entitled to receive food.

Collection of food takes place at grocery stores, churches, from farmers and other approved places. Goods are received at pre-arranged places and times. the Co-op and Jempsons are looking into how they could support a local Food bank. tesco also has a commitment to Food banks.

Distribution is for needy people who are in crisis. typically a third of the recipients are children. Vouchers are provided by appointed agencies including GPs, Social Services, District Nurses and Debt Collectors. All Vouchers are numbered and carry fraud protection mechanisms.

In Hawkhurst, the Hawkhurst Baptists and St. Barnabas Roman Catholic churches already have taken donated food from Hawkhurst to a food bank in tunbridge Wells. Phil Staddon for the Methodists believes it is really important to investigate this further and knows of comparable examples in Paddock Wood and Southborough. Father Rodney for St laurence is not so far directly supporting any local food banks, and encourages Akeomai to finish investigating any evidence of a proven need in Hawkhurst.

So is there a need in hawkhurst? UNleSS PeOPle tell tHe AUtHORItIeS, NOtHING WIll HAPPeNPlease give us some feedback to the editor, using e-mail address or telephone number on Page 22.

On behalf of The Akeomai Trust


→hawkhurSt u3a arriveSOur Third Age follows the First Age of childhood dependence and the Second Age of employment and parental responsibility.

The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement isa unique and exciting organisation which provides life-enhancing and life-changing opportunities. Retired and semi-retired people come together and learn together, not for qualifications but for its own reward: the sheer joy of discovery! The U3A movement is supported by its national organisation, the Third Age Trust.

Anyone may join the U3A; no qualifications are required or given, and there is no age limit. We are all volunteers, and we support our Members in forming Interest Groups in a diverse range of subjects from the history of art, mahjong, genealogy, gardening, wine appreciation, needlework and languages – there will be something to interest everyone.

Now we can all share our educational, creative and leisure experiences with other like-minded people in the Hawkhurst. On 3 October Hawkhurst U3A held its Inaugural Meeting. The Royal British Legion was crowded .....

........and with lots of potential Interest Groups available to join.

There are now 120 members and lots of enquiries coming in every day. The chosen Interest Groups are setting up. The web-site is www.Hawkhurstu3a.org.uk if you want to make contact or find out how to join. Or you can phone John, the membership secretary, on 01580 753535.

At Hawkhurst U3A, beside the Interest Groups, we also have a full programme of other events.

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british Legion hall in hawkhurstbob ogley will be speaking on

“the Spirit of invicta”

On the first Thursday of each month meetings are held when we invite speakers on a varied range of subjects, deal with any U3A business and share Interest Group information over a cup of coffee.

There will also be a series of outings, which can last just a few hours or a whole day, including Blue Badge tours, theatre trips, concerts, exhibitions and visits to historic buildings.

Of equal importance is the social side of Hawkhurst U3A. Coffee and cake mornings and pub lunches will become regular events, and gatherings such as a Winter Quiz or Summer Garden Party are planned.

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hiLLSidethis home has been running for many years, specialising in housing and caring for people with learning difficulties. Some of the residents previously lived in Babies Castle next door. It is certainly a great shame but the home is no longer viable and has to close with the remaining residents therefore being forced to move out of the village. Closure is on 29th November.

the current owners plan to use the site for residential housing, either new build houses or a conversion of the existing building into flats.

hawkhurSt ‘babieS’ CaStLethe application for a 90-bed care home has been resubmitted with slight modifications. If successful, the applicants plan to employ 100 full time staff so this would be a major new employer in the village.

bowLeS Lodgethere has been a further delay for the submission of a planning application for the Bowles lodge site due to the government agency allocating the cash wanting a further reduction in cost.

there are 5 sites involved and the reduction is of the order of £5 million over the 5 sites. KCC is currently investigating and assessing how this can be achieved.

It is anticipated that there will be a public consultation but as yet there is no firm date.

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tongswood - walled gardenWe are very proud at The Walled Nursery to have just been given brown tourist signs. We feel that our walled kitchen garden is very worthy of these signs as the estate our nursery is situated in, once known as Tongswood, has a rich history dating back to 1273. We thought we would share some of this history with you all. If anyone has any information they feel we should know about our garden, maybe photographs or memories of Tongswood, we would love to hear about them. As there is so much history, we will split this up over three separate articles.

From knights to clothiers and smugglers to Sheriffs, things have not always been as peaceful at the Walled Nursery as they are today. However, the first 600 years were a time of flourishing growth for the land then known as ‘Tongs’.

The Walled Nursery and neighbouring St Ronan’s School once combined to create the Estate known as


Tongswood. The first record of ‘Tongs’ was found in the Kent Hundred Rolls: ‘Simon held land in Kent in 1273 - Simon de Tonge’. However, it was the birth of the English Cloth Trade in the 14th Century that really put Tongs on the map. A Flemish Clothier by the name of Dunk was invited over to England to share his skills and he settled in Kent. It was the early generations of the Dunk family who built the first house on what became known as Tongswood.

Tongswood passed through generations of Dunks, who expanded from cloth to ironworking until, under the watch of Sir Thomas Dunk Kt., the Estate grew to around 1200 acres. Sir Thomas (Sheriff of London, 1711) was a great entrepreneur and highly respected man, given the Freedom of the City of London. He was also a great benefactor and when he died in 1718 he left six almshouses, a school and a school master’s house to the village of Hawkhurst.

The executor of Sir Thomas’ will, William Richards, inherited the Estate in 1733 on condition he change his name to Dunk. This condition passed down to future heirs and when his daughter Anne inherited the Estate, she therefore became Anne Dunk.

In 1741, Anne married the Hon. George Montagu (2nd Earl of Halifax), bringing with her the princely sum of £110,000. Montagu, in keeping with the condition of the will, changed his name to Montagu-Dunk. Anne sadly passed away at the tender age of 28 in 1753.George conveyed Tongs to be leased to Mr. Jeremiah Curteis of Rye for 1000 years at the yearly rate of sixpence. Curteis was rumoured to be one of the leaders of the Hawkhurst Gang – the notorious smugglers terrorising southeastEngland at the time. Curteis, in turn, then conveyed his interest to William Jenkin (d.1784).

From this point until 1841, Tongswood passed through numerous families, but was already becoming noted for her beauty. In 1839, a sale advertisement for a section of the Estate described a farmhouse with outbuildings as a ‘complete ferme ornée’. Ferme Ornée Gardens were inspired by the Romantic Movement and sought to emulate Arcadia, a pastoral paradise, combining working farms harmoniously with the beauty of nature.

The first glasshouses were built by Foster and Pearson Limited of Nottingham during the mid to late 1800’s. There are no records of the exact year that they were built, but research suggests it may have been around 1870. In 1865 a tea broker named William Cotterill bought the main house and surrounding land for £8,750. From this time until 1874, Cotterill carried out extensive work on the house and gardens on a scale not seen before, so it is most likely during this period that the glasshouses were built.

The Estate continued changing hands quite rapidly until 1903 when it was bought by Mr C E Gunther. It was a new century and things were about to change for Tongswood.

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What powers do Parish Councils have with respect to planning applications?Parish Councils are notified by the relevant local Planning Authority (either tunbridge Wells Borough Council or the County Council) of all planning applications. In this Parish all such applications are considered by the full Council and therefore advertise these applications in its agenda before the monthly meeting and hold its meetings in public. Anyone may attend these meetings, and have an opportunity to express views about any application. Views expressed by the Council must be taken into account by the Planning Authority before a decision is made. the final decision is made by the Planning Authority, not the Parish Council. Results are published by the Parish Council and are a standing item on the Council’s agenda. The advantages of these procedures are:

• the development may be of particular significance locally and the views of the Parish Council would be a helpful indication of local reactions.

• It gives residents the opportunity to be aware of what development may be undertaken in their area.

• the Parish Council, with its local knowledge, can alert the local Planning Authority to things which may not be readily apparent in the application. local people may have important relevant evidence not in the application.

• Interested residents learn about development proposals.

• It allows residents to inspect paper plans locally at the Parish Office.

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travel reportI certainly hope that you are not having as much bad luck with the buses as I seem to have encountered recently. I was waiting for the Stagecoach No. 349 to Hastings for about 40 minutes. Finally it appeared en route to The Moor and I estimated a return within a few minutes. It did return, but raced by with a sign reading `Not in service`. Could the driver not have stopped and told us when or IF the last bus would be running? I wrote to Stagecoach and told them how desperately we need interactive signs on a two hourly route, for just such occurrences but, so far, no response.

My next problem was an effort I made to go to Silverhill on the 304/5 to visit the ASDA, but that didn`t work either! The entire Stagecoach system was in turmoil because of the road works beyond Hawkhurst, starting early September. For the first few days there was an excellent shuttle bus from The Moor into the village and back. However, the repairs ran longer than the designated time and the shuttle was not available. Luckily I heard the drivers talking about the fact that the buses would terminate at The Moor so I had to make a quick decision to go to Hastings and get the No. 349 back to my car in Hawkhurst – so I didn`t make it to ASDA on that trip. However, I tried again last Saturday and caught the 304/5 to the store by Silverhill (St.Leonards-on-Sea) and had 40 minutes before the return bus - a very friendly route where most people seem to know one another.

After two aborted tries, one realises that, as a bus passenger, you really need to be flexible, be a good walker and have an alternate plan. I even carry a mobile `phone, although it is a 1999 model, it fits the bill!

I managed to speak with Greg Clarke when he was in Hawkhurst recently. The survey asked for your biggest problems and I, naturally, listed transport. I told him that it would be a great advantage if the Arriva No. 5 made a circular route, as suggested by many passengers and Parish councils. He said that he would see if he could have a word with the powers that be. I explained that my most regular route into Tenterden is to drive to Northiam and catch the steam train. Although he agreed that it was a lovely way to travel, he was flabbergasted that there was not a regular through bus from either Hawkhurst or Sandhurst to Tenterden. Speaking of steam trains – I rode on the celebrated extension from Robertsbridge – what a wonderful accomplishment by dedicated workers.

Just a reminder that the Sunday/Holiday Stagecoach No. 349 only runs until Oct.6 (included). I hope that lots of people have taken advantage of this service to show that we really appreciate it.

Greetings from Gillian Davis – your travel reporter

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Remembrance prayerO God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those whose names we will never know. Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world, and grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm. As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life and hope, now and for ever.Amen.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.John 14:27

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Pause for thoughtAs many of us may know, Seamus Heaney, the greatest Irish poet since W.B. Yeats, passed away in Dublin Friday morning, 30th August, at the age of 74. His funeral mass took place in Dublin, on 2nd September. later that day he was buried in his native County Derry, beside his brother Christopher, whose memory he immortalised in one of his most beloved poems, Midterm Break. like the arrival of news of any death, Seamus’ death was greeted with shock and then, of course, profound sadness. the sense of sadness is not just particular to Ireland.

the Irish times offered the following reflection on Heaney: “Great poets speak for themselves but they also create the voices through which something beyond themselves finds articulation. What Heaney articulated, above all, was the way in which – in the words of his friend Brian Friel – confusion need not be an ignoble condition. Heaney told us that, though we are indeed fated to uncertainty, it need not necessarily be a locked room in which we play out the same scenarios of doom over and over again. Uncertainty may simply be the human

condition. Heaney humanised uncertainty, made ambiguity rich with possibilities. As he put it in the beautifully homely metaphor of terminus:“Two buckets were easier to carry than one. I grew up in between.”

By those who knew him, Heaney was described as a most humble and, actually, self-effacing character. He remained always a gentleman of the land, of rural Ireland — the “ground” which always remained the keeper of his memory and the soil which birthed rethinking of who and what we are and a subsequent transformation in how we respond to each other.

His poems too, in their consideration of the positive possibilities of uncertainty, are styled with a generative humility. But perhaps Heaney’s insistence and commitment to the work of the interior life is something we recognise and know to be both a work of humility and a work of urgency. In his poems, he closes the chasm that is often understood to separate the real world from the world of the imagination, or the spiritual world. As Christians, we recognise what Heaney is illuminating in his poetry, that indeed the real world and the spiritual not only exist, but, more importantly, they are dynamically interrelated within one another — denying any desire of convenience to regulate one as nothing but “other” or “not of my world.” Our very prayers and commitment to justice bridges these two worlds into a comprehensive togetherness.

Heaney’s poems not only give us hope, they also radically change our sense of solidarity. to be part of the “human chain,” to quote the title of Heaney’s later collection of poems, is not about a particular human chain of connectivity with those we simply agree with and love. No, this chain, of which we are all part of, is styled on the banquet invitation of the luke gospel: “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.”

the words of Seamus Heaney, to quote his friend Paul Muldoon, gathered all of us up in his arms. His words reimagined places of safety and grounds of assurance in times fraught with violence and economic insecurity. His person taught us something about being human. When asked in an interview a couple of years ago, what words would best serve as an epitaph for his gravestone, Heaney initially resisted a response. However, his routine generosity with words moved him to offer these

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simply words which capture that which we always recognised to be most true in him: “Wherever that man went, he went gratefully”

Fr. Rodney

dennis bussDennis, now at the age of 91, has a lifetime of stories to recall and it seems he has a very sharp memory for detail. He agreed to talk to the magazine about his wartime experience in the Japanese POW Camps in Java and Sumatra, here are some of his anecdotes.

It is worth remembering that Dennis is a talented engineer and these skills were critical to his survival during the war. He was described by a friend as a cunning artisan.

He has lived in Hawkhurst for 90 years. Worked in motor engineering at Jesse Norris’ garage Davis. He also worked on electronic component manufacture for a company Eirie in Tunbridge Wells.

Joining the Royal Air Force with a wish to become a Flight Engineer working on Stirling Bombers. Instead he was selected to go on an instructor’s course, but he

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refused because he wanted to get involved in the war – the instructors said, “You must be a bloody fool”. He was sent to Cornwall for training, and was glad to get away from the boredom of life.

Finally posted to Singapore, soon occupied by the Japanese, managing eventually to escape to Java. They found a sampan (a flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat) where they hid up. Then rescued on the Empire Star, an Australian meat refrigeration ship, setting off at night to get to the ship but in great danger because the landmines could only be seen clearly in daylight. The ship was dive-bombed by the Japanese and 15 nurses on the ship were killed.

In Java the plan was to help assemble Hurricanes the parts sent over in crates from the UK. This was the start of his capture, held in a Prison camp in Malanq Jungle in Eastern Java for a year. Here you lived on your wits, suffering from poor food and clothing. Although the Japanese majors were reasonably sympathetic he particularly remembers some sadistic Korean guards. Humour played an important part of maintaining morale in the camps. The accommodation was basic using huts of Atap made from coconut fibres.

A particularly memorable task was to build a secret road through the jungle to improve the Japs’ access between their airfields and oil reserves. Local natives were doing the building by hand which seemed ridiculous to Dennis. Noticing there was an old

Austrian steam roller which had broken down, he reported it and with plenty of cheek offered to fix it, on condition that if he made it go he could drive it. This was agreed. Because it takes two to drive it, it was agreed that he could have his Irish friend Paddy on board as well. Typically he fixedthe machine with limited materialsmaking a successful repair.

Steamrollers are designed to workon coal so he grumbled that just running on locally sourced wood the machines couldn’t produce enough heat to run. Major Noneka turned up with some palm oil nuts, but these caused the fire bars to burn out. As ever cunning Dennis was able to use the nuts to make soap and also some cooking oil. Later they were drafted to go to a dump and steal some coal. This was successful but later turned out that they had been drafted to steal coal from one of the Japs’ own Naval stores! Later the Japs found a couple more steamrollers to fix and so it went on.

After the war Paddy, who was a Rayleigh bicycles designer, their chief engineer in Nottingham, made contact with this same Japanese major and contacted him in Japan. He was able to negotiate a contract for him to supply materials for Rayleigh in the UK.

Charabancs of girls from the Philippines used to arrive, for the Japanese lads ‘away from home’. It was alright for some!

In the camps washing facilities were primitive, using a local stream and not much else. The Japs built a wash-house and even allowed the prisoners to use it after them. They found a way of improving on this and built a water purifying system filtering the water through pebbles and then charcoal. They also designed and made a system to heat the water to bathe in – sometimes even being allowed to bathe with the Jap guards!

We had a resident rat-catcher in the camp called Dyte, he had a background of work in fairgrounds and was a crack-shot with a catapult. They made this of rubber strips from old car tyres. If we saw a rat


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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Hawkhurst Parish Council as the Parish Council Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer. This is an interesting and varied post supporting an active, community focused Parish Council. The successful applicant will be required to provide professional support and guidance in respect of all aspects of the Council’s work including acting as the Council’s Responsible Financial Officer. The role will commence in early 2014 and will be for a minimum of 20 hours a week and to include some evening meetings.

You will arrange and attend all Council meetings; provide procedural, administrative and legal advice; prepare minutes, provide Councillors with adequate information to enable informed decisions to be made; implement Council decisions; keep the Council’s accounts up to date; and provide a welcoming point of contact for the general public.

It is essential that the successful candidate has good interpersonal skills who can communicate easily and clearly with Council members, parishioners, Local Authorities and other agencies, etc.

We therefore need someone with excellent administrative and numeracy skills and you will need to be computer literate with the ability to use email, spreadsheets and other office software.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with NALC standard employment contract and will depend on experience.

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we’d call out for Dyte and nine out of ten times he would kill the rat, in flight, in a single shot. He saw a couple of pigeons once and by lining up his shot had no trouble in knocking the head of the first bird and then the head of the second bird as well. He would kill sparrows, which were plentiful, as food was scarce putting them on a spike over a fire to roast eating the whole bird including the bones - useful for vitamins. “My mate Ken Jones, an architect who had built high-rise flats in the UK, even slaughtered a cat to eat”.

One young chap Smith ‘Smudger’ was bitten by a rat, went into convulsions and died. He was unceremoniously wrapped in sacking and placed in a bamboo coffin. They buried him but unfortunately just as the monsoons were coming: so Smudger started to rise up and float! “We had to put our military boots down on him to keep him in his grave”.

A sabotage was planned for an airfield originally owned by the Dutch air force. They were to repair the runway using pebbles collected from a nearby stream; so secretly mixed in handfuls of papyrus seeds amongst the wet pebbles (knowing they would grow up making the airfield inoperable!). Other sabotage successes ensured that not a single plane was successful in using it.

Our final POW experience was two years in Sumatra. Finally we came home on a Dutch liner (name sounds like ‘Tiggleburg’) as the Japs were forced to reduce their empire, coming back through the Suez Canal. A war reporter Douglas Haughton was on board, his brother was a cameraman (I am sitting in the photo on page 13). Next day after this photo was taken I got Malaria, Beri-beri and Pelagra (vitamin B3 deficiency). Douglas became Lord Haughton, Minister of Pensions!

Thank you Dennis for your patience in giving me a taste of your war and I hope I haven’t got too many things wrong.

Mike Appelbe


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What’s happening locallyhawkhurSt viLLage SoCiety

7th November Buffet lunch at the British legion 1-1:30pm followed by a talk by the transport Accessibility Group on their improvements to public transport in the area. £6 per head. Please book your place on 01580 752387 before 24th October

the 2014 Village Calendars, featuring old views of Hawkhurst, are available from: BP Service Station, Colonnade Produce, the Green Shop, Hospice in the Weald Shop, Merriments Gardens, the Moor Post Office & Spar, WRAP. Buy now while stocks last!

Village Walks thursday, starting at 2:00pm7th November NO WAlK - BUFFet lUNCH & tAlK - see above.14th November meet at *St laurence Church, the Moor21st November meet at Budgens car park entrance28th November meet at *St laurence Church, the Moor*for these walks, (hopefully) cars or mini-bus provided

hawkhurSt market SaLethe next thursday sale is in Dunks Hall at 09:30 on 21st November in aid of Help for Heroes and the Poppy Appeal.

hoSpiCe in the weaLdCoffee Morning and Sale, 2nd November 9:30 - 12:00 at British legion Hall.

motherS’ unionRegistered Charity No.250124

Friday 1st November9.30am Mothers’ Union Corporate Communion atSt laurence Church. everyone welcome to attend.

tuesday 12th Novemberevening Meeting at All Saints’ lodge. topic of discussion “the Seeds we Sow”. All welcome.

Sunday 20th November 18.00 Monthly Prayer Hour at All Saints lodge.

thurs 28th November Cathedral Prayer time at 12 noon, St Gabriel’s Chapellasting approximately 30 minutes. All welcome.

LaCe groupthis small friendly group who meet at St laurence Church every Monday morning

between 10-12 would like to extend an invitation to anyone who is interested to see what they are making and perhaps then take up this fascinating craft. Pauline Thorn

hawkhurSt harmonieSBritish legion Hall every Wednesday morning 10:15 – 12:00 for over 50s to meet up socially to sing.

methodiStS7th November Wesley Guild meets in Dunks Hall at 7.30pm21st November Wesley Guild meets in Dunks Hall at 7.30pm for a talk about the Kenward trust.28th November at 3.00pm the Monthly Afternoon Fellowship meets at little Cowden Farm, the Moor

highgate hawkhurSt wi13th November - meets at Copt Hall, Copthall Avenue at 7.30pm; speaker Mr laton Frewen, ‘Grace Darling/Wreck of Mary Stanford’. Visitors welcome. For more information please phone 753018.

hawkhurSt hiStory SoCietyIn the Winter months, we meet at the Royal British legion Hall. 7 for 7 30pm. For more information tel. Sylvia Golding 01580 752334. everyone welcome

upComing ConCertS30th November St. laurence church, the Moor - Cranbrook Symphony Orchestra see poster onpage 13.

St. Dunstan’s church, Cranbrook. Cranbrook Choral, conducted by Jeffrey Gray: Saturday 23rd November, Vivaldi Gloria, and works by Vaughan Williams, Britten and tallis; Saturday 21st December.

14th December St. laurence church, the Moor -Wealden Consort see poster on page 18.

LittLe ChiCkS -New children’s clothes,toys and accessories

Sheila Wilson and her family, who have lived in Hawkhurst for several years, have just opened this new shop with clothes for the new-born to 12 years old.

She simply saw a need in the village. Come in and welcome her to the shop, located opposite Peter Buswell’s at the junction between Cranbrook Road and Ockley Road.


→ Continued form p.2 ably assisted by Vicky, Jacques and George; the latter two volunteers are graduates of Hadlow College.

the participants were joined on the last afternoon by their families so that they could share newly learnt skills and enjoy cooking marshmallows over the fire together.

Some favourite activities were:-‘Playing games like 1, 2, 3 where are you.’ Connor‘Camouflaging ourselves with leaves, ferns and branches then jumping out to scare the visiting adults!’ Hayden‘Making fires and cooking sausages on a stick.’ Grace‘Cutting branches and whittling wands.’ lucy‘ Baking marshmallows and squashing them to eat on a biscuit.’ Harry‘Constructing bows and arrows to take home.’ Jack ‘Making and eating the cinnamon rolls filled with goodies like chocolate buttons and raisins.’ Ryan ‘Watching a fish being filleted and smoking it in the shelter we built.’ Jack

Mrs Nash, Senior Leader & Forest School volunteer

Some of the children captured thegames carried out in Bedgebury Forrest in

these paintings



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pop – geoff pynegarGeoffrey Newby Pynegar was born in 1924 in Bromley, and had one younger brother Keith. He went to The Grange School in Beckenham and then onto Dulwich College Prep where he stayed until he was 17. We don’t know a great deal about his early childhood but from a diary that we found when he was 14 , in 1938, it would appear that much of his spare time was spent in the cinema – he loved films and continued to do so right through his life, his favourite being Errol Flynn films and more latterly ‘Crocodile Dundee’ which he thought was really funny!

On leaving school, he enlisted into the Royal Air Force and was sent to Rhodesia in S Africa where he learned to fly Spitfires – these were his all time favourite aeroplane, but unfortunately, soon after he learned to fly, it was decided that there were enough pilots so his regiment were sent down the mines. This didn’t go down terribly well with him as he didn’t like getting dirty and, being tall, he was forever bumping his head.When he was demobbed, he came back to Beckenham and started work at the National Westminster Bank; he then worked in London at the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, in foreign exchange and in 1950, aged 25, he met Anne at a dance, his words being “she’ll do for a fortnight!” They started courting and married the following year on 31 March 1951.

Exactly one year later, Tub (Neil) was born, but they continued to have an active social life and every Friday night it would be Kids Night, when Keith, friend Ron and another friend would come over to play cards. One story that was often regaled upon was the night when Ron (Uncle Ronnie to us!) asked if there was any drink (alcohol) to be had, and my mother said the only thing they had in was some cooking sherry, the bottle was brought out and, although a bit rough, it was duly consumed that night, with a few sore heads the following morning!

Four and a half years later, Sam was born, and four and a half years after that Warren and I. He was a man of routine!! And went to work with starched collar and brolly in hand, walking every bit of four miles each way to the railway station each day.

Pop was quite sporty and took up fencing and was also a keen tennis player whilst living in Beckenham. Every Sunday he would go to his brother’s house to play snooker – in fact he was very lucky not to lose his driving licence since every week a couple of large

glasses of whisky were raised.

Holidays were ‘interesting’ and Pop would sit on the beach with his check jacket on and knotted handkerchief on his head. Foreign holidays didn’t really happen then but they enjoyed a number of these as we started to do our own thing. He had a twinkle in his eye and was always fond of the ladies - this never really stopped. He was a man of principles and not particularly strict with us, leaving Ma to dish up any punishments, deemed necessary!

He took early retirement at 50 from HSBC and went onto work for Bank Melli, an Iranian Bank in London until he was 65.

Ma and Pop continued to live in Beckenham until 1993 when they moved down with us to Hawkhurst. Grandchildren came into their lives just before they moved, with a total of four – Chris, Jack, Kerianne and Tash, and later 2 Great Grandchildren, Bethany and Alissa.

He loved life down here, playing snooker at the British Legion on a Monday morning, driving the ladies to the Friendship Club and generally pottering around the village and to Cranbrook. He found it particularly tough when he was no longer able to drive.

At the end of the day, Pop was very blessed – he had a good, long and healthy life, a wonderful marriage of 62 years to a woman he absolutely adored and a loving family – what more could anyone wish for?

Lucy Thirkell


Recipes

Wood & SonSButchers and Graziers

Established 80 years

The Moor ❖ Hawkhurst

Telephone: 01580 753238

“November’s sky is chill and drear November’s leaf is red and sear”

Sir Walter Scott

The beginning of the month is an exciting time for young families with Halloween and Guy

Fawkes, so here are two easy recipes for one of those evenings - the pudding can be frozen and taken out about an hour before serving. The cauliflower cheese can be kept warm during the festivities.

Cauliflower Cheese(recipe for 4 but increase for extra numbers) 1 cauliflower (in equal sized florets) 40g butter 3/4 pt milk 50g inexpensive grated cheese 40g plain flour 1 tbsp Mustard Pepper and herb of choice 40g fresh breadcrumbs

Cook the cauliflower in boiling water for about 10 minutes until tender then drain and place the florets in a shallow buttered oven-proof dish; heat the oven to 200ºC (gas mark 6) Melt the butter in a saucepan, add flour and cook briefly stirring until smooth; gradually add the milk.

Take off the heat and mix in the mustard, Worcestershire sauce and half the cheese. Season with salt and pepper then pour over the cauliflower and top with the remaining cheese mixed with the Breadcrumbs.

Place the cauliflower cheese dish in the oven and cook until golden-brown.

Autumn PuddingAn Autumnal version of Summer Pudding which is a great way of making the most of Autumnal fruit.

400g (14oz) English pears (such as Conference), peeled and cut into quarters300g(10oz) cooking apples (such as Bramleys), peeled and cut into quarters500g(17oz) ripe plums, halved, stone removed450g(1lb) fresh blackberries200g(7oz) caster sugar15g(½oz) buttersunflower oil, for greasing10 thick slices white bread, crusts removedServe with a drizzle of double cream

Place the fruit, sugar and butter into a saucepan and cook on a medium heat for 15 minutes, or until softened. (Don’t stir too often as the fruit will become mushy).

Remove the pan from the heat and pour the contents into a colander set over a large bowl. Leave to stand for 8-10 minutes, stirring once or twice, so as much juice as possible is released by the fruit. You should end up with around 600ml(20fl oz).

Pour the fruit juice back into the saucepan, bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside to cool for 20-30 minutes.

Lightly oil a 1.5 litre(2 pt) pudding basin and line with Clingfilm, leaving plenty overhanging the edge. Cut a slice of bread using a round cutter and dip it quickly into the fruit juice. Place in the base of the pudding basin.

Cut the other bread slices in half and dip one at a time into the juice. Arrange in slightly overlapping vertical pieces around the inside of the basin, making sure they are soaked in juice without being soggy.Once all the sides of the basin are lined with bread, pour half of the remaining fruit juice over the drained fruit and stir very lightly until it looks plump and glossy. Spoon the mixture into the pudding basin.

Dip the remaining slices of bread in the fruit juice and place over the top of the pudding, trimming the bread where necessary to give a neat finish. Reserve any remaining fruit juice in a small bowl.

Place the pudding onto a dinner plate. Cover the top of the pudding with the cling film, place a plate on top (make sure it fits inside the basin) and weigh down with a couple of tins. Chill in the fridge overnight.

When ready to serve, remove the weights and plate and open the Clingfilm. Place a serving plate on top of the pudding and invert. Remove the basin and peel off the Clingfilm. Brush any gaps where white bread is showing with the reserved fruit juice.

Bon Viveur


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ChriStmaS iS Coming……Are you thinking of buying a computer or camera, as a Christmas present for that someone special? Are you confused by the choice of computers or in despair by the complexity of digital cameras? Help is at hand! Here at WRAP we have two very experienced specialists, who can help you to decide what is best for you. They can demonstrate what is available and answer all your questions.

Our experts will be at WRAP on Wednesday 6th November, “Which Digital Camera?” in the morning from 10.00 – 12.30 and “Which Computer?” from 14.00 – 16.30, in the afternoon. There will be a general overview of what is available, cameras and computers to see and use and any questions you may have will be answered in a language you can understand!

The cost will be £15 per session but it will be money well spent as it could prevent you making a costly mistake! Early booking is recommended as places are limited.

If you are interested in these Courses and would like to know more, please visit us at WRAP, Grovemills, Cranbrook Road, Hawkhurst, ring us on 01580 755869 or email any enquiries to [email protected]

harvest Festival 2013A very active Harvest Festival was held at St Laurence Church on Sunday 6th October. I am pleased that 18 children from Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School attended the service with their parents and some grandparents. The staff and Governors were also represented.

The service was a happy celebration to thank God for His gifts to us. Children from Cubs, Beavers, Brownies, Scouts and our school played a major part in the service.

We hope to participate again at the next Family Service at St Laurence, to be held at 10am on 3rd November.

E. Hatcher, Head Teacher

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HawkHurst Cross-road JunCtionThe problem is widely recognised of the limited capacity of this junction for Hawkhurst residents and for through-traffic. One option that is currently being investigated with the Parish Council is to replace the current signal operation with two mini roundabouts. This work is very much at the conceptual stage but will be progressed to establish whether the proposal can be physically accommodated at the junction and whether it would yield greater highway capacity than the current operation.

Transport & Environment, Kent County Council


hawkhurSt pariSh CounCiLChairman: Keith Brown, Linnet House, Cranbrook Road TN18 4AX (754253) [email protected]

Parish Clerk: Andrew McTrusty, Office at The Moor TN18 4NT (752058) [email protected]

Website: www.visithawkhurst.org.uk

Buildings CommitteeChairBrian Fitzpatrick 753498 [email protected]

John Billingham 754253 [email protected] Davies 752895 [email protected] Newman 752057 [email protected] Weeden 753458 [email protected]

Land CommitteeChairColin Williamson 752370 [email protected]

Mike Appelbe 752367 [email protected] Brinsley 752242 [email protected] Dartnell 752172 [email protected] Hunt 753041 [email protected] Jones 752729 [email protected]

hawkhurSt viLLage SoCietyPeter Emberson (Chairman) 753010

magaZine ContaCt detaiLSEditor: Mike Appelbe, Barretts Green Farmhouse TN18 4DP (752367) [email protected]

Accounts: Mrs Julia Newman, Hawkhurst Village Magazine, Dragons, Moor Hill TN18 4QB (752057)[email protected]

Illustrator: Emma FaulknerLayout: Kate Chitham (291597)

Chairman of Parish Council: Keith Brown, Linnet House, Cranbrook Road TN18 4AX (754253) [email protected]

If you have any articles, photographs, information about forthcoming village events or issues you would like to raise please send them to the Editor. We cannot guarantee they will be published but we will do our best to include them.

Disclaimer: The views expressed by contributors to the magazine are not necessarily the views of the editor.

the pariSh ChurCh oF St. LaurenCe hawkhurSt Vicar: Fr. Rodney Dreyer, M.Phil. A.K.C. Obl. O.S.BThe Vicarage, Moor Hill (office 753397, home 754459)e-mail: [email protected]

Church website: www.stlaurence.co.uk

Secretary: Alison Mitham, All Saints Lodge, Rye Road, Hawkhurst TN18 4ET 753397

Churchwardens: Irene Poole 753515 Stephen Ringer 879710

Hon. Treasurer: Alison Parsons 753240 Organist & Choirmaster: Andrew Davis 752954Parents & Toddlers: Peggy Stone 755569Children’s Church: Felicity Robinson 752102Youth Group: Alison Jones 755705

other ChurCheSMethodists - Contact Ken Barnes 753769

Roman Catholics -Contact Jean Shill 753841

Baptists -Contact Gill Knox 754562

akeomai projeCt(hawkhurSt CounCiL oF ChurCheS):Chairman of the Trustees: Stan Acland, 12 Oaklands Rd (753325)

hawkhurSt ChurCh oF engLandprimary SChooL:Liz Hatcher Head Teacher (753254)

hawkhurSt pre-SChooLSarah Waugh, Manager (754226)

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