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THE LYMINGE NEWSLETTER

December 2000

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The Lyminge Association

Where has the year gone! But what a wonderful year! Lyminge certainly knows how to celebrate - there was something for everyone this year. It is difficult to pull out highlights, because inevitably they will be from a personal slant - but I will anyway! I thought the Millennium Eve celebrations were magical and it was great to see so many people during the procession. It was such a shame that the weather was so misty we could not see our Millennium Beacon. The weather was a complete contrast - a warm, balmy evening, when we processed around the village to see the Dramatic Society's Promenade Plays; with every emotion drawn from the audience; it was a unique occasion. The village hall resounded with laughter, music and song at the variety show in the autumn (what would we do without Mike Chisnell - a first-class Master of Ceremonies!).

……and we still haven't finished!…… Liz Coleman (Chairman, Millennium Committee)

By now, every child between the ages of 2½ and 11, who lives in the Parish, should have received an invitation for either of the above events, which are being organised by the Lyminge Millennium Committee as part of the programme of Millennium celebrations this year. If your child does not attend any of the playgroups or the school in the Parish and would like to come, please could you contact Liz Coleman (863197) as soon as possible.

During Advent we are holding meditations in preparation for Christmas in Stanford and Lyminge. On Tuesday 5^th and 12^th December Rev. Gill Mack will be holding meditations in Stanford at 8.00pm. If you are interested, please ring for the venue on either 268523 or 862432. On Wednesday 6^th, 13^th and 20^th, Roger Davenport will be holding meditations at Lanfranc in Lyminge at 3.00pm. On Tuesday 7^th, 14^th and 21^st December, Rev. Peter Ashman will be holding meditations in the Parish Church, Lyminge at 8.00pm.

Christmas Morning, St. Mary and St. Ethelburga Church - Toys and Joy at 10.30am (no communion)

A short service for families and children of any age to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ - bring a favourite toy or present and be prepared to tell us about it and show how it works - with carols in between.

New Year's Eve (the real start of the New Millennium!)

 

1. "2001, A Church Odyssey". Lyminge Churches Together invite all friends to join them in the School Hall at 11.00am for a service led by Rev. Peter Ashman and Terry Preston.
   
   
2. We plan to bury a time capsule in land adjacent to the Lyminge Car Park, near to the Library. Everyone is welcome to join us at 8.30pm to witness this and then to process (with lanterns - get them out of the loft again!) to the Village Hall Car Park, where our Millennium Beacon will be lit again and there will be a short burst of fireworks to mark the end of the year. The celebration will be finished by about 9.30pm, so it will be ideal for all ages. Please look out for posters giving further details, or ring Liz Coleman on 863197.

    

Rector: Rev Peter Ashman tel no: 862432

Sun 3^rd Dec 8.00am Holy Communion
10.30am WOW – World of Worship
4.00pm Tea-evensong
Thur 7^th Dec 9.30pm Holy Communion BCP
Sun 10^th Dec 10.30am Holy Communion
Thur 14^th Dec 9.30am Holy Communion BCP

Sunday 17^th December
10.30am Holy Communion
6.30pm Benefice Carol Service

Mon 18^th Dec 7.30pm A special service with Bishop Stephen to license the assistant Clergy, Readers and Ministry Leadership team – All Welcome.

Thur 21^st Dec 9.30am Holy Communion BCP

Christmas Eve
Sun 24^th Dec 3.00pm Blessing of Crib Service
11.30pm Midnight Mass

Christmas Day
Mon 25^th Dec 8.00am Holy Communion BCP
10.30am ‘Toys and Joys’
Thur 28^th Dec 9.30am Holy Communion BCP

Sun 31^st Dec 10.30am ‘2001 Church Odyssey’
A service of Christian Celebration for the New Year.

Sun 10^th Dec 11.00am Holy Communion BCP
Sun 17^th Dec 3.30pm Crib Service
Sun 24^th Dec 11.00am Holy Communion
Sun 31^st Dec 6.30pm Special Communion for New Years Eve

2^nd December, 2.00pm - 4.00pm in the church. All children are welcome (adults too!) to our afternoon workshops, held on the Saturday proceeding the first Sunday of the month. There will be a mixture of modern worship, drama and craft activities. This month's workshop theme is, "Preparing for Christmas". For more information, contact Vanessa Ashman at the Rectory on 862432.

Sun 3 Dec 11.00am, Holy Communion led by Rev. Colin Telfer.

Sun 24 Dec No morning service

7.00pm Come and sing your favourite carols by candlelight - followed by coffee and mince pies.

Christmas Day 11.00am Family Worship led by Mary Blanch

For Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals, please contact the Minister, the Rev. Colin Telfer tel: 278525.

Every Monday afternoon, 2.30pm -3.30pm Women's Fellowship takes place in the Methodist Church Parlour.

Hall/rooms available for hire through Christina Guyett on 863049.

The Lyminge Handbell Ringers can now confirm that thanks to the continuing interest in our appeal for donations we are now within reach of our target figure of £3500. This means that our bells will be completely refurbished. Rehearsals for the Christmas season began on the 12^th of November and bookings are being taken for the festive season. We shall ring at the Crib service and the Midnight service and outside Haxtons on the 23^rd of December. Should you have a special occasion or gathering, at which the sound of traditional handbells would be welcome, please give us a call as soon as possible and we will do our best to come along. A minimum donation of £40 would be appreciated for our attendance. Evenings and weekends only. Call Liz McNaughton (863983) or Ro Edmond (863201).

Christmas and New Year Opening Times
A list of opening times for the local shops and services over Christmas and the New Year is now available online. Just Click here.

HELP!!! I forgot which kind soul said they'd deliver to Mayfield Road! If it was you, please ring the Editor on 863197 (thank you to the Ashman family in the meantime!!).

Note to all Society Secretaries - please let the Editor have any function dates already planned for the year 2001. A brief list of them will be published in the next Newsletter - hopefully this will be useful so that other clubs and societies do not book functions which clash with yours.

You are warmly invited to the Day Centre, Everist Court, for coffee and mince pies (for a small charge) between 10.30am and 12 noon. Jason's Fashions will be at the Centre with a wide selection of ladies' clothes.

Have you got your tickets yet for "The Wind in the Willows"? Tickets are selling fast, so purchase them now before it is too late. The production is at Lyminge Village Hall. Performances start at 7.45pm and there is a matinée on the Saturday afternoon, starting at 4.0pm. Tickets are priced £5.00 for adults and £2.50 for children and there are a limited number of seats available free of charge to Senior Citizens for Tuesday 5 December, which must be collected at the Box Office beforehand. This humorous Alan Bennett play will appeal to adults and children alike. The Box Office is at G.W. Finn and Sons, Estate Agents, Lyminge.

December's talk is "The Railway War in Kent (rivalry of SER and LCDR)", by Dr. Frank Andrews, to be held at the Methodist Church Hall at 7.35pm. Visitors are always most welcome at a cost of £1.00. For details, telephone Bob Gay on 862574.

Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road, Folkestone. 10.00am - 12 noon.

Starting at 7.00pm
£1.00 adults, 50p child. Refreshments included.
Raffle.

Crafts, mulled wine, mince pies, Father Christmas, Grand Draw for luxury hamper.

Residents of Etchinghill, please join us for some Christmas cheer at 8.00pm at the Etchinghill Village Hall. Free mulled wine and mince pies and Christmas cheer. If you have any memories of the village, or memorabilia of Etchinghill in days gone by, do bring them along and meet everyone and see how the village has changed over the years. Please ensure that any memorabilia that you bring is clearly labelled with your name. Everyone will be warmly welcomed. We look forward to meeting you all.

A Coffee Morning will be held at The Old Hospital, The Row, Elham from 10.30am to 12 midday (by kind permission of Mrs. D. Middlemiss).

Telephone: 862622

Our popular Christmas celebration with the Lord Whisky Donkeys will be held at the Lord Whisky Centre at 2.00pm. Lyminge Bell Ringers. Animal Blessing and Carol Service, with the Rev. Peter Ashman. Nativity Scene with donkeys, Curiosity and Patience. Followed by wine and mince pies. Collection for the animals. Please come and join us.

Saturday 16 December from 6.30pm
Haydn "Sunrise" Quartet
Borodin String Quartet No. 2
Respighi "The Sunset"
For voice and string quartet

Children's Christmas Concert
String quartet music for young children, with a singer and narrator.
PRAGA ENSEMBLE
Tickets at the door:
£4.50 Adults/£3.00 OAPs/£1.50 Children
for more details call Kathy Butcher on 863250

Lion Santa and his helpers will be visiting Elham and Lyminge on Thursday 21 December and Saturday 23 December respectively. Elham's end start is 5.30pm and Lyminge High Street from 4.30pm. The Lions will be collecting throughout the villages in December. The money we raise will be used to bring a little happiness into the lives of those on their own, or who are less fortunate than ourselves this Christmas. Last year we raised over £2600 and were able to provide hampers, fuel vouchers, tins of sweets and biscuits and electricity stamps and cards for many local people. If you would like to help, or need any information, contact Richard Cowling on 840544.

The School aims to raise sufficient funds to build a new block to house Early Years children and a new, larger staff room. At the same time improve-ments to the internal plan of the school are hoped to be made which will create a computer suite and enlarge the library.

Through various grants, the funds have been found for the new-build, so the fund-raising is now concentrating on the internal work. The Parents and Friends have committed to raising £20,000 and other sources are being sought to raise the further £21,000 which is required. The Parish Council have been approached to ask whether these funds could be found by a raise in the precept on the rates. We hope you have all had the opportunity to see the display in Lyminge Library which shows the proposed plans.

SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! Due to increasing demands on the leaders time this term, we have had to close the Club meetings for the rest of term. Both Cheryl and Gill are involved with "Wind in the Willows" and we would have had to close early because the Hall is to be used for other events. We were glad to see many new faces as well as our regular members and do hope that you will return in January. We will put the date in the next Newsletter, so watch this space and in the meantime we hope you all enjoy "Wind in the Willows" and have a good Christmas.

Boy's mountain bike. Suite 8-9 year old. Good condition, blue Universal. Less than ½ price. £45 ono.
Boy's mountain bike. Suit 6-7 year old. Good condition, one year old. Less than ½ price £55 ono.
Halford's bike carrier. Holds three bikes. Excellent condition. £15.
Dining room table and 8 sturdy spindle-back chairs in light oak wood veneer. 4 straight back and 4 carvers with carving decoration on back rest. Very large table with double pedestal extending to seat up to 12 people. £350.
3 piece suite. Solid pine frame made at Thoroughly Wood. Foam cushions covered in French blue fabric. £400.
24 piece dinner set + large serving plate, 2 jugs, sugar bowl, and few extras. Plain cream with pink rim from Habitat. Dishwasher safe. £20.
Fondue set. Boxed. Black cast iron. Used once. £10.
Edwardian Chest of Drawers. Solid Mahogany with ornate inlay. £150 ono.
Pine CD Rack. Holds 60 CD's £10.
Pine full-length mirror £15.
Wilson Squash Racket. £10
Duplo. Large plastic crate full of mainly plain bricks. £20 ono.
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Train Set. Grey plastic track. Diecast engines no's 1-10 + several other engines. £20.
Bar Billiard Table. Old, but fully equipped, FREE to a good home!

Please note that the Centre will be closed on the following days:

Monday 25 December

Age Concern Elham Rural would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Shirley and Den Beeching of 20 Greenbanks would like to say a big "Thank You" to everyone for the kindness and help after Shirley's accident. Hoping to see you all soon. Shirley, Den and little Georgie.

Matsui. Mini hifi system with CD player, tape and radio with remote control. £30.00. Telephone 863356.

We have our main hall and two club rooms available during mid week afternoons, as well as some free evenings in the club rooms. Let us arrange it for you.

Ring Mike Foxon on 862073.

We have a selection of Friday nights and weekends available. Please call us with your ideas and find out our rates.

Ring Joy Bartley on 862538.

LYMINGE VILLAGE HALL - built for us all to use.

A safe and welcoming place for your child to play, learn and make friends, supervised by trained and experienced staff. The Playgroup aims to help children make a smooth transition to school. Sessions are 9.00am - 1.00pm, term-time weekdays at Lyminge Village Hall. The extra hour is optional for those parents who wish their children to stay with us - children should bring a packed lunch. The cost of the extended session is £7.00 per morning and the cost of the standard session is £5.50 (four-year olds receive Government funding to cover the cost).

Children can start at 2½ years old. The Playgroup has to meet standards set by KCC Social Services and OFSTED, and is a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance. More information from Lynn Hussey on 862831.

We meet every Tuesday during school term time at the Methodist Church Hall, Church Road, Lyminge. Come along any time between 9.30am and 11.30am.

ALL BABIES, TODDLERS AND CARERS WELCOME FOR PLAY AND COFFEE

£1.20 a session (1^st session free)

Throughout December, the exhibition will be by Nicki Clarke, who has not shown her work in Lyminge before.

"I do hope the youths who felt it appropriate and necessary to throw flour into the porches of residents' homes, over their front-doors, flowers, drives, and cars on Halloween night, feel completely elated and satisfied on their destructive achievements. I am sure they are unaware of the difficulty in removing solidified flour from the car trims, window rubbers, below the grill of the bonnet and molecules left in a black soft-top roof.

"It appears parents of those youths have no idea of the distress and suffering their children are causing local residents when they allow them out on Halloween. I do hope when these children own their own homes and cars, they too will not appreciate such stupid pranks."

Now is the time to book display space in the Library for 2001.
'Phone Janet or Susan on 862180.

Are you looking for a hall in which to hold practice sessions, private party/function or meeting? Rhodes Minnis Village Hall has the capacity to take parties of up to 100 and has kitchen facilities if required at no extra cost.

A £25.00 returnable deposit is payable in advance. Electricity will be charged at 10p per unit. Regular hirers will be given a special reduced rate. For further details contact Mick or Dorothy Athow (booking secretaries) on 862616

We have done it again! An extra £354 in the box collection, which was partly achieved by the sum of £201 being collected in Etchinghill. Many thanks to Mrs. Hogarth, Mrs. Peel, Mrs, Holt and Mr. Huggins who responded to my plea for collectors.

A big "Thank You" to all the collectors who braved the most atrocious weather conditions to achieve in the last ten years, the highest box collection of £2,196. Also to the business community and the schools for their contributions. The total amount donated amounts to £3,000, which includes box collections, donations, the Church collection, wreaths and the Branch donation. In addition, the proceeds from the Summer lunch and tombola stall held at the Elham Flower Festival have already been sent to the Legion's Poppy Appeal.

As John and I are leaving the Valley, this is my last year as Poppy Appeal organiser. I am pleased to advise that Mrs. Helen Lipton, assisted by Mrs. Dorothy Edgeley, have agreed to co-ordinated the Appeal in future.

On behalf of the Elham Valley Branch, thank you very much for your magnificent support.

Finally, on a personal note, I wish to thank everyone for their co-operation and friendship over the years and for making my task easier.

Yours sincerely, Pat Neumark, Hon. Poppy Organiser.

£636.47 was raised at the coffee morning held at Mill Close, Canterbury Road - a wonderful result! Thanks to all who supported us, and especially to Elvina and Roger for lending us their home for the morning. Marion Hoare, telephone 862913.

Thank you to everybody in Lyminge and the surrounding areas for supporting our Christmas Fair - our best for several years. We are very pleased to have raised £656.00.

Our Speaker this month was Mr. Fereday from Elham, who gave a talk on getting the best results from our cameras. He also showed some of his own excellent slides. We have also arranged a full Christmas dinner for 28 members in December at the New Inn, Etchinghill. D. Bain.

November 100 Club Winners:
G. Hambrook - £25.00, M. Haley - £10.00,
S. Fernandes - £5.00.

The Association held its AGM on Friday 10^th November at Etchinghill Village Hall. A new Committee was elected with Wendy Preston standing as Chairman, Barbara Collins-Newing, as Secretary, and Judith Lansdell, as Treasurer. The retiring Committee was thanked for their support and hard work. Three new members were also co-opted onto the new Committee.

A review of the past year's events was held with a great deal of interest being shown in the Toad Watch that had been organised during February and March, the Barbecue during the summer and a number of events in conjunction with the Millennium Committee. The meeting was very well supported by local residents, who raised a number of issues concerning the village, namely the Lyminge School rate precept, tree, planting, speeding within the village, planning applications for a Motor Cycle Training School, vandalism and safety risks in the Meriden Park area, which are being explored. It was hoped to organise a number of social events within the area to enable new residents to feel welcome in the community. A "Thank You" was extended to all that made donations to the Association.

The annual subscription of £1.00 per household is now due, and anyone wishing to pay this should contact Judith Lansdell on 862498. Anyone wishing to raise any local issues at the next Committee meeting should contact Barbara Collins-Newing on 862873.

With the gardens so wet it is best to keep off them, so very little outside work to do! There are many excellent gifts and books now in stock in shops and garden centres for gardening friends and relations. Solve some of your Christmas present problems by looking out for them. Also, now is the time to drop heavy hints to the same friends and relations if a particular gardening gift is what you yearn for. Enjoy the festive season.

K.L. Guyett
Property and Garden Maintenance Services
NO JOB TOO SMALL
* Building * Carpentry * Painting * Decorating *
* Gardening *
For free estimates 'phone Ken on 863049
or 0850 600359

Bridge Farm Nursery, Lyminge
Telephone 863625
Fresh cut flowers for Christmas bouquets,
table arrangements, pots of bulbs, etc.
Please order early

Bridge Farm Nursery
GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING SERVICE
Weeding, planting, mowing, strimming, hedge trimming,
digging, patios, pergolas etc.
Telephone: 863625.

North Lyminge Mowers
Mowers, shears and hedge trimmers serviced, sharpened and set. October to April 20001. Collection in the village FREE. 'Phone 862442.