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November 1999

Letters to the Editor

A copy of Mrs. Jeffrey's letter will be forwarded to Mr. David Monk, our SDC representative.


The bells, the bells...

It is not unusual for letters to the Editor to be controversial, but never before has any letter caused such an outcry as the letter regarding bell ringing. Numerous villagers have stopped me in the street to register their surprise and anger. Reproduced below are a number of letters on the subject. Editor.

From: Ro Edmond, Tower Captain
"The Lyminge Bellringers were concerned to hear that "Anonymous, Lyminge" finds our art to be so offensive.
"Bellringing is a very difficult skill to acquire and needs much patience and determination on the part of both learner and teacher. It is likely to take six months of regular lessons before and individual is safe to ring a bell unaided and that is only the beginning. The purpose of learning this art is to produce a band of ringers capable of ringing to a respectable standard for Sunday services and to mark important events. To achieve this it is necessary to practise and develop individual ringer's talents. The ethos of the Lyminge Ringers, like ringing reams nation wide, is to work towards better striking at all times."
"Lyminge Ringers are well respected throughout the Canterbury District of the Kent Association of Change Ringers. Our district extends from Faversham, to Whitstable, Broadstairs through Deal and Dover, Lyminge and up to Canterbury. In September, Lyminge Ringers were placed second in the district annual striking competition where many bands, from throughout this whole area, entered teams. We were recently to be found ringing the bells of Canterbury Cathedral. Maybe we are not so bad after all.
"On January 1st 2000, it is planned that every tower, nationwide, with ringable bells will be resounding at midday to celebrate the new millennium. Perhaps "Anonymous" would be well advised to investigate Eurotunnel deals on this day."

From: Wendy King
"I do feel sorry for the person who felt they had to write to the Lyminge Newsletter under 'Anonymous', regarding the sound of the Church bells. Has it really taken 22 years to decide whether they like the bells or not? Monday evening is a 'Practise Night', and that is what is done; like all instruments it has to be practised. Not everyone is able to sit at home all day and vegetate, hence the practise being an evening, not an afternoon. The majority of ringers are out working ALL day and are from ALL walks of life. If anything, ringers don't sit around and do nothing during the day.
"Mature - in age or experience? I learnt to ring the bells of Lyminge at the age of 11, which was 27 years ago, five years before this person arrived in the beautiful area. I would therefore class myself as a 'mature ringer'. I have a great deal of experience and unfortunately I am not as young as I used to be!!
"Does 'Anonymous' realise that the oldest bell in the tower dates back to 1631 and was actually cast in Well Field? The sound of the bells has therefore been ringing out through the valley for far longer than they have been resident in the area and I am sure the bells will ring out for many hundreds of years to come. The bells are rung to draw the parishioners to worship; perhaps 'Anonymous' does not attend the church services and therefore is not welcomed by the bells? If the bells became silent, who would ring the new millennium at the Watch Night Service, who would ring the bells for weddings and who would toll the bell for the funeral of a loved one?
"Perhaps the bells are out of tune (or was 'Anonymous' referring to the complicated methods that are rung which have to be learnt by heart?), but a recast and retune quote from the Foundry a good few years ago was way out of reach even then.
"So please 'Anonymous', think again rather than stay ensconced in doors. Get out and get a life. Start a new skilled art and hobby and become one of the 'mature ringers' that you so wish to ring the bells of Lyminge. Mature ringers are not found by magic - they are made. You will be welcomed at all ringing towers throughout the country, even when on holiday. Please don't say you are too old to ring, as I have taught people from the age of 11 to those over retirement age. It takes many hours of dedication, practise and of course, patience from the tutor, to become a 'mature ringer'."

From: Mrs. Jeffery
"I enjoy the bells on Monday evening. I always garden in the summer to listen."

From: Derek Smith
"I was appalled and angered by the letter concerning the bellringing practise on Monday evenings from 'Anonymous, Lyminge'. How sad that anyone should feel it necessary to launch such and attack on one of the groups which help to make our village special. So few people are willing to give up their time voluntarily to ensure things such as the Lyminge Association, Historical Society, our churches, sports clubs, the Dramatic Society and the Scouts and Guides continue to function. Without them Lyminge would certainly not be Kent's "Best Village".
"Most annoying was the arrogant and offensive line about the bellringers having nothing better to do in the afternoons. I am not myself a ringer, but I do know that the majority of them are fully employed earning a living by day; they give their spare time to maintain a tradition which goes back hundreds of years. I suspect that 'Anonymous' and his or her so-called friends enjoy life in Lyminge without contributing to it.
"Still, it's not all bad news, 'Anonymous', fortunately it's pitch dark and cold by 7.30pm in the evening now, so you can sit indoors with the windows shut and moan about what's on the television. You are a killjoy and should be ashamed of yourself. No wonder you did not have the courage to put your name to your letter."

From: Roger Hargreaves
"Some might regard "Anonymous" as a miserable, small-minded misfit deserving only contempt. "No wonder he doesn't want to put his name to it", my wife remarked.
"And yet he (or she) has a point, you know; and his case against noise pollution is a strong one. But does it go far enough? Pass the church any Sunday morning and you will hear people singing - bawling their heads off, to music, on what is supposed to be a day of rest. Nearby there are shouting footballers, and a referee's whistle that can be heard five fields away. The racket produced daily in the School playground beggars belief. And in the Coach and Horses not a minute goes by without the din of people talking, calling greetings, clattering dominoes, bursting into loud laughter - so much so that I complained recently, but received a most unhelpful response.
"In the Spring it will be even worse - rooks, lambs, lawnmowers, cuckoos, it'll be bedlam. Perhaps the best thing we can do for "Anonymous" is to start a collection to help him move somewhere, well away from the sound of people uplifting themselves and pleasing others. Antarctica, maybe. I'll put the first five quid in myself."

From: Katie Guy
"Thank you to you and your colleagues for the long hours of work and dedication given in the interests of our village. Please will you include my contribution to the subject of the letter concerning bell-ringing? I was saddened and also quite piqued by the opinion expressed therein.
"To acquire expertise in any subject necessitates learning and practising. A couple of hour weekly given to this traditional practise is surely not excessive to listen to. I believe it is quite a difficult art to manage and I, for one, do congratulate the people who are willing to give time and energy to the continued skill of campanology.
"Please may we practise tolerance, reserving criticism for the perpetrators of the real "hurt" practised on the underprivileged of our world!"

From: Sandra Timms
"I am not a campanologist. I do live near the church and I was amazed at the ill-informed intolerance of the writer on the subject of the Lyminge Bellringers. The Bellringers are unable to practise in the afternoons, as suggested, because the adults are all in full time employment and the youngsters are at school. A profile of the captain will convey that she is a hardworking nurse who is required to take on academic study, a housewife and mother of three. She has supported our school, church and many other organisations in the village over the years and, like her ringing colleagues, does not quite fall into the category - quote- "Individuals who have little or nothing to do during the day".
"My daughter (now 21 years) was taught to 'ring' from the age of 12 years by the patient and dedicated Band at Lyminge Church, who also arranged many enjoyable social occasions. We should be grateful that there are still people willing to give up their valuable time to teach the young and so enhance our community.
"No doubt "Anonymous" will not object to the bells that herald the new Millennium? There can be no high standards without practise. I hope I speak for the majority in saying that I am stunned by this attack on those who give a most welcome voluntary service to our village."

From: D. Bain
"Dear Mr. Anonymous you complain about the church bells on Monday evenings. The young people who practise playing the bells are working all day and give up their own time to do it. Twenty years ago you came to live in our village and as far as I am aware, the church was already there. As with most churches the bells are part of village life. I am not a new resident - only lived here for fifty years and not far from the church. We've all seen many changes to our village life. Please don't change it any more. What can be nicer than to hear the bells ringing for weddings, christenings and other occasions? More power to the bellringers' elbows I say."

From: John Moore
"It seems odd to choose to live within range of our Parish Church and then complain about its bells!"

From: Peggy Banks
"The letter from "Anonymous, Lyminge" complaining about the church bells fills me with anger. The bells are part of our village life and most of us enjoy their cheerful sound. As for a "valid response" to this argument, I can only repeat the old saying, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen", so if you can't stand the bells, get out of the village!"

From: Honor Hunt-Cooke
"I could not believe my eyes when I read in the October newsletter an anonymous letter about our Lyminge bellringers. What a rude and insulting letter! I am not a bellringer, but do, personally, know a few of them. Far from having "little or nothing to do during the day", they are fully employed hardworking members of our society. I find the sound of the bells delightful in our village and am thankful that we still have bells to be rung - many churches rely on tape recordings these days. As for "out of rhythm and tune", obviously "Anonymous" is a musical expert and perhaps ought to offer his/her services to the bellringers. I would like to say thank you very much to all of those who give up their precious spate time to ring the bells for weddings, all the services and so on and I am especially looking forward to hearing your ring in the Millennium!"

From: The Regulars of the Coach and Horses (submitted by Sarah and Andy House)
"Dear Anonymous, may we reply to your letter concerning "our community"? As regulars of the local village pub, barely 100 yards from the "out-of-rhythm and tune" bellringing", we conducted a straw poll of a great many villagers and found that not one agreed with what we believe to be a complete lack of community spirit and quite offensive remarks, suggesting that the bellringers are immature and unemployed when they are nothing of the sort. We are of the opinion that there is nothing nicer than throwing open one's windows on a Sunday morning and listening to the beautiful village tradition of campanology. So there may be a few stray notes on a Monday evening, but nobody gets to be as good as our village ringers without practise. The bells have been here since 1631 - need we say more?

From: Janet Turner
"What niggardly sentiments were expressed in last month's newsletter concerning bell ringing! The young bellringers are to be admired for giving freely of their time to learn a skill practised for hundreds of years. Surely an occasional mistake is forgivable? All skills have to be learned. The letter writer him or herself had to learn to read, write and grumble (but not seemingly how to sign a letter). Many of the senior ringers work full or part time, which is why they have to give up an evening to practise and pass on their campanology expertise to the young people. It would seem, however, that "Anonymous" has time to spare on a Monday evening and is well versed in the art of bellringing. Would he/she perhaps be prepared to pop along to the bell tower on a Monday evening and help out? Surely a more satisfying occupation than grousing?

From: A.W. Minter
"How strange! After living in the Lyminge area for 22 years, only now does 'Anon' complain of the Monday night bell-ringing practise. Is it the practise in general, or being out-of-rhythm and tune in particular of which 'Anon' complains? Bellringing is an art and takes a great deal of practise to become proficient. It may be the changes the ringers use that 'Anon' considers to be out-of-rhythm and tune. It is said, 'If you can't beat them, join them' - so how about it 'Anon'? Have a go and see what it's all about. 'Live and let live' is a good old motto to live by, so good luck to the bellringers of Lyminge".
"P.S. If people can't sign their names to their letters they should not expect to have them published."

and finally, from Noel Tatt
"It is so sad that at least three letters to the editor published in recent editions of the Lyminge Newsletter were signed "anonymous", or some similar pseudonym. While we may all well agree with the sentiments expressed, a very critical letter written by someone who does not have the courage to sign it surely not worthy of attention.
"Bitterness and misunderstanding are so easily engendered by the printed word and difficult to erase, yet so frequently a situation can be put right or at least appreciated by a few quiet words in the right quarter. This is not that we should never have our say, never express our opinion, but when we do so we should be prepared to stand up and be counted.
"Could not your excellent Newsletter encourage this course of action before publication in future?"

 

During November Lyminge Library The display of family history during November will be a guide of methods and research into tracing ancestry and will include examples of parish registers and census returns. Highlighted will be ongoing research into a local family's history. Tuesday 2 November Lyminge Historical Society Members invited to attend the A.G.M. followed by a talk by Joan Catford entitled, "Nine Lives", to be held at the Methodist Hall at 7.45pm. Cost to visitors £1.00. Friday 5 - Sunday 7 November The East Kent Hospice Project Floral Exhibition at the Grand, Folkestone Tuesday 9 November Lyminge W.I. Our next meeting will be the Annual Meeting, starting at 2.15pm. The Competition is a fairy doll for a Christmas tree. Saturday 13 November Age Concern, Elham Rural We will be holding our annual Christmas Fair between 10am and 12 noon, at Everist Court, Station Road. There will be various stalls, including Christmas goodies, home made cakes, bric-a-brac, wools, books and small gifts. We will also be serving tea/coffee and mince pies. Avoid the Christmas rush and shop early at Age Concern! Tuesday 16 November Etchinghill W.I. The next time we meet in Etchinghill Village Hall, starting at 2.30pm will be our Annual Meeting. The Competition is for a calendar for the year 2000. Tuesday 16 November Etchinghill Residents' Association The Annual General Meeting will take place at 8.00pm in Etchinghill Village Hall. The Committee urges residents to attend and be part of the processes to improve "our lot" and our village. Provisional Agenda items are: M20 Road Noise. Move by Frogholt Residents' Association to begin a campaign to change the M20 road surface in our immediate area. Traffic calming. Phase 2 of the Etchinghill Traffic Calming project. Millennium Migration of the Beachborough Toad Colony. An update on the project. As you are aware, the Association has been more active in the past year and as a consequence we have incurred greater expenses. As this trend will continue we need to finance administrative and other costs. The Committee therefore asks all Etchinghill residents to contribute and help your Association to help you. It has always been tradition for each household to contribute £1.00. If you are attending the AGM, then please bring the subscription with you. If not, please deliver to Dave Huggins, Treasurer, 1 The Orchids, Canterbury Road. Thank you. The Committee looks forward to meeting long standing and new residents of Etchinghill.

Wednesday 17 November Rhodes Minnis Circle At our next meeting there will be a demonstration of sweet making. The competition is "A dainty cup and saucer". Our Christmas party will be held on Wednesday 8 December. Friday 19 November Conservative Association Quiz Night at Lyminge Village Hall. 7.30pm for 8.00pm. Teams of 8, £5.00 per person inc. supper. Booking essential for catering purposes. Players to bring drinks, knife, fork, plate and glass. Telephone Gill Monk on 863803 for tickets and information. Saturday 20 November Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary Reg. Charity no. 262245 Christmas Fair At the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, 10.00am - 1.00pm Stalls - Cakes -Plants - Presents - Owls! Saturday 20 November The East Kent Hospice Project Christmas Fair at the United Reformed Church Hall, Radnor Park. 10.00am - 12 noon. Saturday 27 November Lyminge Bowls Club CHRISTMAS BAZAAR In the Bowls Club Pavilion from 10.00am to 12.00pm. Large tombola, cakes/pies, home-made sweets, Christmas goods, books, bric-a-brac, toys. Refreshments available Entrance 30p includes a raffle ticket. Saturday 27 November Etchinghill Village Hall Management WINE & WISDOM. From 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Buffet and wine. Tickets £5.00 from the Treasurer on 863223. Come and enjoy an evening of fun, food and company in aid of Village Hall funds. Saturday 4 December Rhodes Minnis Village Hall The Quiz Evening will start at 7.30pm. The cost will be £3.00 per head and bring your own food, drink and glass. You can either make up your own table of six, or come along and be teamed at random. Bookings must be made by Saturday 27 November to M. Atthow, on 862616. Sunday 5 December Christmas Concert in aid of Lyminge Pre-School Playgroup String quartet music for young children. Spot the tune from a medley of Christmas carols and nursery rhymes. Music from "The Snowman" and "The Nutcracker". The Praga Ensemble. At St. Ethelburga's Church, Lyminge. £1.50 children, £4.00 adults. £3.00 OAP's. For details, ring Kathy Butcher on 863250. Tuesday 7 December Lyminge Historical Society Members and visitors are most welcome to attend a talk by Martin Easdown on "A Tour Around Britain's Pleasure Piers" to be held at the Methodist Hall at 7.45pm. Cost to visitors £1.00.

Rhodes Minnis Village Hall
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.

Rates                                      Session Times
Sunday- Friday £11.00 per session          am session 8.30am - 12.30pm
               £27.50 per day              pm session 1.30pm - 5.30pm
Saturday       £16.50 am/pm session        evenings   6.00pm - 11.45pm
               £22.00 evening session
               £44.00 full day

A warm welcome to any who wish to share our family worship each Sunday at 11.00am!

Friday 26 November: Quiz Evening at the Rainbow Centre. For details contact Mary Blanch on 862201. Our thanks to all who contributed to the street collection on October 16th, which raised £68.33 in Lyminge).

Tuesday 9 November: Churches Together Meeting. 8.00pm at Lanfranc.

For your diary: Wednesday 22 December - Carols by Candlelight.

Hall/rooms available for hire through Christina Guyett, telephone: 863049.


Age Concern - Volunteers Needed

We are still looking for volunteers to help out in the Day Centre, in particular to serve drinks (teas etc.) between 10.30am and 11.30am on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Do please come along, you will be warmly welcomed! Please ring Sheila Woods or Beverley Knight at the Day Centre, Everist Court on 862364.


For Sale

Two white oak pews available from Lyminge Methodist Church. Donations welcome. Contact Mike Clark on 862013 (evenings).


Flu Jabs

Having an annual flu jab is extremely important if you fall into any of the high risk groups which include all over 75's and those with chronic lung disease (incl. asthma), chronic heart disease, chronic kidney failure, diabetes, people taking steroid tablets or receiving chemotherapy for cancer and people living in nursing and residential homes or long stay facilities. If you are in one of these categories and your local practice has not contacted you yet, give them a ring to seek advice and arrange an appointment if appropriate.


Etchinghill Village Hall

The hall is available for hire at very reasonable rates. A small, cosy hall, ideal for private parties, club meetings etc. 'Phone the Booking Clerk on 862172. Several groups meet in the Hall and welcome new members - Scottish Country Dancing - Toddlers Group - Women's Institute. Ask for more details.


Vouchers for School

Everyone seems to do vouchers for schools now! Lyminge Primary School will be very grateful if our friends would also save them for us. They can be given to any child to bring into school or left in the Newsletter box in Lyminge Library. Vouchers include 50p book vouchers from Ottakers when you spend more than£10.00 on books; free school trips and activities from Safeway/Daily Mail (offer ends 14.11.99.); "Box Tops for Education" from Nestlé (offer ends 30.03.00.); computer software vouchers from Times/Sunday Times/W.H. Smith (offer ends January 2000) and tokens from McVities/Mirror/Sunday Mirror/People/Sunday Mail (offer ends 20.06.99.). Many thanks.


On Sale at the Library

A fashionable new range of spectacles by Ready Spex. The designer look for less than £8.00!


Attention all Bridge Players

Are you a keen Bridge Player? If so, we want to hear from you. We are completing a list of all the active players in the area in order to keep them up to date with forthcoming drives and ensure that dates are not duplicated. If you would like to be included on the list, please sent your name, address and telephone number to Mrs. V. Sparling, c/o/ The Old Mill Office Services, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, CT18 8JW, or tel. 863803 or email Bridge@gillym.globalnet.co.uk


Family History

Lesley Pinkett of East Devon is tracing her family tree. Her great, great grand-parents came from Lyminge. They were called Seldom and Frances Bailey. Their daughter, Isabel Harriet Bailey married Ernest Albert File (also known as "Curly File" since he was completely bald!) from Elham and Lesley's granny was one of their 8 children. If anyone can help Lesley add information to her family tree please contact her by email on lesley@workshop.swinternet.co.uk If you do not have access to email ring Liz Coleman on 863197.


The Elham Millennium Festival
Prose and Poetry Competition

A reminder that entrants MUST obtain a copy of the entrance conditions from either Lyminge Post Office or the Library. If the strict conditions are not observed the entry becomes invalid. The prize giving is on Sunday 25 June at 3.00pm at Elham Village Hall.


Lyminge Babies and Toddlers

We meet every Tuesday during school term time at the Methodist Church Hall, Church Road, Lyminge. Come along any time between 9.00am and 11.30am.
ALL BABIES, TODDLERS AND CARERS WELCOME FOR PLAY AND COFFEE
£1.20 a session (1st session free)


Lyminge Pre-School Playgroup

What will your pre-school child be doing over the next few weeks? Will they be stuck indoors on rainy days, unable to play on their bikes? Will you run out of things to occupy them? Will they get playdough stuck all over the carpet, paint in all the wrong places? Why not let the staff at Lyminge Pre-School Playgroup take the strain? They'll help your child learn through play.

• Weekday morning sessions during term-time in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
• Dedicated and fully trained staff
• Members of the Pre-school Learning Alliance
• Excellent equipment, includes bikes, cars, tractors
• Opportunity for your child to mix freely with children of a similar age
• Activities include singing, games, role play, construction, painting and drawing

The weeks are carefully arranged so that the children stay interested in what's going on. Basis skills are taught to help children make a smooth transition to primary school. Sessions are on term-time weekdays 9.00-12.00, at Lyminge Village Hall and cost £4.00. Four year olds receive Government funding to cover the cost of their sessions. The Playgroup is inspected by OFSTED and Social Services. If you would like to know more, call Lynn Hussey, Playgroup Leader on 862831, or come to a session to see for yourself.

INGATHERING 1999. Church members would like to say a big "Thank You" once again for the generosity of Lyminge, Etchinghill and Elham residents during our annual Spring Ingathering collection. Together with the residents of Folkestone and surrounding district, our members collected £1224.53. The total amount collected by the whole of South England Conference amounted to £3000,082.86. The money each year is to aid the most deprived and unfortunate people in our world, including the United Kingdom. Thank you again. We worship each week on the Lord's Sabbath. You would always be welcome to join us on this very special day. Sabbath Bible School study is at 10.00am. Divine Service is at 11.15am.


Lyminge W.I.

At our meeting on 12 October our Speaker was Mrs. Wright on floral Christmas decorations. The compet-ition for a Harvest photo was Mrs. Payne, with Mrs. Norton second. The winning photo went through to the group competition.


Sibton Park Cricket Club

We have had our most successful season for many years, the 1st XI winning the "Godden Cup" and coming second in the League. The 2nd XI and the Colts section both had most enjoyable and satisfactory seasons. We should like to thank everyone who has helped in their many different ways. New members are always welcome, both playing and social. Anyone interested, please contact Geoff Kirk on 862366. The Pavilion is available for hiring for parties, receptions etc. Please contact Bob Culpepper-Williams on 863170 for details.

The October 100 Club winners were: P.Woods - £25.00, T.C. Robertson - £10.00 and F. White - £5.00.


Etchinghill W.I.

Etchinghill W.I. held their 77th birthday at the October meeting. Members from other W.I.'s in the Nailbourne Group were invited and enjoyed a splendid tea with us. Our oldest member, Mrs. Audrey Kirk, cut the birthday cake, made by Mrs. Cross.


Lyminge Senior Citizens

Mr. Godden once again gave us a pleasant afternoon, showing slides of the Canadian Rockies. Thirty members and friends enjoyed an evening drive to Dungeness, where we enjoyed a fish and chip supper. The drive home was most pleasant, seeing the lighthouse floodlit and the lights of the power station.


Lyminge Primary School Football

Three matches have been played so far this term of a full winter's fixture list. In our fist game of 11-a-side, we were beaten 5-3 away at Morehall. We had greater success away at bridge, when a year 3/4 team won 2-1 and a 5/6 team ran out 3-2 winners in two 7-a-side games. The next game away is at Powell school in Dover.

Pruning is best done in spring and summer. When it's done at this time of the year it results in increased vigour at a time when most plants need to rest. Just remove dead or diseased parts of the plant, reduce the height to prevent wind damage and then leave well alone.

Check under outdoor pots and in the borders for white slug eggs and destroy them to help reduce problems for next year.

Start to stock the bird table, not forgetting the water, and re-stock regularly until the spring.

To prevent frost from getting into the cold frame, cover the lid with bubble plastic. When using a gas or paraffin heater in the greenhouse, keep the vent open a little.


Bridge Farm Nursery (Ann and Geoff Baldock)

Telephone: 863625

Winter pansies, foliage basket plants, foxgloves (apricot or white), primroses, polyanthus. Huge selection of hardy perennials. Shrubs of various sizes. Fresh cut flowers always available, together with our new season's dried flowers.


Whiteways Nursery

Bruce and Shirley Pascoe, Stowting, Ashford. TN25 6BS

Telephone/fax: 862259

* Bonsai and Accessories * Alpines * Conifers *
* Bedding/Patio Plants * Perennials * Shrubs *

Open from Easter to the end of October
Tuesday - Friday 1.00pm- 6.00pm
November - Easter weekends only 10.00am - 5.00pm
Open all day on Bank Holidays

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One Off Cleaning Services For a good one-off blitz around the house. Cleaning inside windows and surrounding paint work, work surfaces, cupboards or furniture. Vacuum the carpets wall to wall. Make 'that' room clean and tidy. Or just clean the oven. All cleaning materials supplied by me to make your home sparkle. Telephone Sue Chitty on 862617 (evenings). Do you suspect that you pay too much tax? Richards & Co. Chartered Accountants We offer professional, friendly assistance. Telephone Tim Richards on 862022 or call in at the office (over the old National Westminster Bank, Canterbury Road) for a free initial chat. Stylerite by Jan Your family hairdresser. For appointments please 'phone 01227 831419. Sewing machines repaired in your own home Expert on Bernina, Singer, Necchi, Pfaff, Jones & Brother, Riccar, Frister & Rossman, New Home etc. We call on you. No call-out charge. Telephone: 01303 245320 or.07771 865112 Jackson Plumbing and Heating Gas ACOP Approved. No job too small. Special rates for OAP's Telephone: Home/evening 270691 or day time 0778 8486391. Lyminge Airport Taxi service A quality taxi service serving airports, London etc. Call Peter Chamberlain on 863226 or 07050 650279 Clive Adsett Mobile Car Mechanic For most petrol models General Servicing Engine Tuning Mechanical Repairs M.O.T.'s arranged, car collected and returned M.O.T. work All at competitive rates. Telephone: 863400 Neil Hartup - Mender Have you broken a favourite tool, household items or a child's toy? I can mend things for which there is no recognised repairer. Call me on 863096, or at "Homefield", Cuckoo Lane, Postling. C. & M.E. Blanch Lyminge Post Office Telephone: 862201 CHRISTMAS - Last day for posting: * airmail items - 6th December * to Europe - 13th December * Second class - 18th December * First class - 21st December Large stock of jigsaw puzzles and books for adults and children. Friendship books in stock. To avoid disappointment please order special book requests as soon as possible. Good selection of boxed chocolates. Stocking fillers, Millennium tea towels. Winter Holidays Foreign currency and competitive insurance, including ski cover. E111. T. Southern and Son Solid fuel merchants/Calorgas stockists. Prompt attention from family-run business. Competitive prices. Telephone for details on 862397. Lyminge Fencing Manufacturers of top quality *Fencing panels and matching gates * * Close board panels and gates * * Trellis panels * Rose arches * etc. Telephone: 01303 862685 or 0860 568945 Honeysuckle Cottages, High Street. Emery and Mullett - Builders All aspects of building, decorating, plumbing and electrical work undertaken. No job too small. Free estimates. Special rates for OAP's. Telephone 863249. Direct line to proprietor: 07971 202790. Jackson Plumbing and Heating Gas ACOP Approved. No job too small. Special rates for OAP's Telephone: Home/evening 270691 or day time 0778 8486391. Radiator Cabinets Direct RCD is your specialist supplier of beautiful Jali made-to-measure radiator cabinets. * See a sample at home before deciding * Free measuring and quoting * Quality and service at factory prices For a brochure or advice, telephone 863803 (out of hours 863221). Mayfield Stores, Grocers and Video Club Telephone: 862435 Open Monday-Saturday 7.30am - 6.00pm. Sunday 9.00am - 1.00pm FREE DELIVERIES Good selection of children's cartoons at 50p per night. New videos during November include: "Plunkett and McClain", "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", "The Waterboy", "Nottinghill". Try our videos for a cheap night in - top titles only £2.50 per night - other titles £1.00. CALL IN AND SEE US SOME TIME The Old Mill Office Services We offer an extensive range of services from the odd photocopy to full office support. * Word processing, spreadsheets, databases * Fax & e-mail bureau, web surfing, 1-to-1 computer training * Book keeping, telephone answering * Colour scanning and copying * Artwork, binding, laminating * Mailshots No job too small - give us a call on 862393 or e-mail: gillym@globalnet.co.uk G.W. Finn and Sons Telephone: 862246 Fax: 863437 Email: GWFinnL@netcomuk.co.uk We are specialists in the sale of Country and Village properties with offices at Lyminge, Sandwich and Fordwich. All properties registered with G.W. FINN & SONS are marketed from all three branches with colour particulars of sale. Should you be thinking of moving home and welcome professional marketing advice from experienced, qualified staff, then please contact us. Alan J. Boughton Small Works Builder All aspects of building work undertaken 40 years experience Telephone: 862075

Browns Bank Buildings, Elham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6TD Telephone: 840422 Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents * Regional specialists in the sale of village and country property throughout East Kent * A progressive and proactive company, we operate 7days a week * We have been established over 30 years and as Chartered Surveyors, high standards of professionalism and ethics are assured. N.P.C. Domestic Services Qualified domestic appliance and electrical engineer Service and repair of all domestic appliances including: Washing machines, tumble dryers, cookers and vacuum cleaners. Small electrical work and household maintenance including extra telephone points. Many other tasks undertaken. For a prompt and friendly service and no local call out charge, telephone Neil Collard on 248887. 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 Sabre Conservatories, Windows and Doors We manufacture beautiful double-glazed PVC-u units in our own factory to exacting standards. We can also boast of being only one of five companies in the UK manufacturing the fantastic slim-line Marshall Tufflex system Vertical Sliding Sash Window, which caries a severe weather rating. So, if you have old box sash style windows and believe PVC-u would look out of place, think again! Maintenance free, sealed units, spring loaded balances, slim-line appearance and decorative 'horns' make our Vertical Slider one of the best on the market. Remember, we are suppliers to the trade both in the UK and Europe - they know a good window when they see one! For a no obligation quote, call 862393 or email us at SabreWindows@gillym.globalnet.co.uk Beaver Builders Extensions - Conversions Roofing - Decorating Carpentry - Patios/Driveways Telephone: Jon Daughters on 863371 Mobile: 0402 009127. 24 hour emergency. Free quotes. Haxtons Ltd., Estate Agents The Estate Offices, 8 Station Road, Lyminge Telephone: 863393, Facsimile: 863580 http://www.propertyworld.co.uk/haxtons We specialise in town and country properties. For a friendly and efficient service please contact us. We are now open 7 days a week. We offer competitive commission rates, Internet advertising, and we advertise in the local newspapers in colour. We also produce full colour details. This firm is a member of the Local Independent Network of Estate Agents. Pest Aside Controlling Pests and Vermin Quick removal of those uninvited guests! Confidential service to control fleas, wasps, rodents and moles. Competitive rates for a first class service. Contact Peter Hawkins Telephone: 01233 500654. HTL Systems Computer Specialists for all your computing needs Upgrades Repairs, Monitors, Modems, DVD, Memory, Hard disks, Sound cards, Graphics cards. Custom built and New PC's at very competitive prices. We also offer Configuration and Technical support. Open 7 days a week. For more information Tel: 862939 or 894558 E-mail: Info@htlsystem.co.uk Website: www.htlsystems.co.uk PICTURE NEED FRAMING? Ring John Clayton on 840461 Wide selection of frames and mounts. 10% off for 1st time customers. QUALITY WINDOW CLEANING AT REASONABLE PRICES CALL CLIVE ON 01304 840448 Foundation Carpets With over 300 carpets to choose from 30 Vinyls, 7 types of wood flooring and Hundreds of rugs, we are sure we can help you. For a free no obligation estimate, call Mike or Sue on 862186 or visit our Aladdin's Cave at 2 Station Road, Lyminge. For the DIY enthusiast, 9mm laminate flooring and accessories with free advice. We thank you for your continued support. www.foundation-flooring.com J.C.K. Renovations The Complete Building and Plastering Service Rising and penetrating damp treatment Timber rot and beetle attack External rendering Plastering Int./ext. texture coatings Concreting Roofing Dry walling Decorating Carpentry Property maintenance Telephone: 273837 or mobile 0378 118066. Lyminge Heating Plumbing - Heating - Building Works - Maintenance Work - Kitchens - Bathrooms - Extensions. From minor repairs to major alterations. Contact Dennis Huntley on 862343 or Chris Small on 862935 CORGI registered. Qualified Tradesmen. K. & M. Lewsey Ltd. Plumbing and Heating Engineers Established 1969 Registered Plumber. Gas ACOP Approved Engineers Telephone: 264535 Daytime Monday to Friday manned office. M.J. Athow - Est. 1965 BUILDER & DECORATOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE Member of the Federation of Small Businesses Qualified and Insured. Free estimates 24 hour emergency service Telephone 862616 Mobile 0976 306665