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29 JAN	GARDENERS' SOCIETY The January 2004 edition of the Gardeners' Society Newsletter is now on-line with recent news and an update on forthcoming events, including the Cheese and Wine / Indoor Bulb Show, Quiz Evening, Flower Arrangement demonstration and the Spring Show.
29 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Joy Watts, the fitness instructor from Otford, would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone to attend one of her Exercise to Music classes held at 7.00p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Dunton Green Primary School and on Thursdays at 10.00a.m. in Farningham Village Hall. This is an opportunity to keep in shape with a series of exercises designed to enable even couch potatoes to participate. The classes are small and friendly and each participant can decide on how strenuously they exercise. If you are interested please just turn up and join in.
29 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Saturday 7th February at 7.30p.m. The Bartholomew Wind Band, led by Mrs Jean Kelsy, will perform in St. Bartholomew’s Church. This annual concert, given by youngsters aged from 8 years upwards, will include flutes, clarinets and all wind instruments and if you missed them at the Church Fete this is your opportunity to go along and listen.
29 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Village Fete will be held on Monday 31st May. The fun begins at about 1.00p.m, with the procession arriving at the main arena, and the theme this year is ‘Television’. The organisers are asking as many people/groups/organisations as possible to participate in the procession as the numbers were down last year. If you are interested in participating in the procession, taking a village or commercial stall, providing an attraction or helping out in advance, or on the day, please contact Mark Stevens 01959 523881 or Andrew Hicks 01959 525120. Please make a note in your diary as this is always a fun day out and this year should prove no exception.
29 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Allotment Association is holding a Boot Fair between 9.30-12.30a.m. on Saturday 3rd April in the Memorial Hall. This is your first opportunity of the year to have a good clear out of your loft, cellar, shed and garage and to recycle any unwanted Christmas Gifts. Stalls can be booked in advance from 01959 524887.
29 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 ‘A Parsons Tale’, a comedy devised and performed by Christopher Owen, as part of the Applause programme, takes place at 7.30p.m. on Thursday 4th March in the Memorial Hall. This promises to be a lively evening and received an excellent review in ‘The Stage’. Tickets can be obtained by calling into the Parish Office Monday to Friday 8.30-12.30 or by telephoning 01959 524808.
22 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Joy would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone to attend one of her Exercise to Music classes held at 7.00p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Dunton Green Primary School and on Thursdays at 10.00a.m. in Farningham Village Hall. This is an opportunity to keep in shape with a series of exercises designed to enable even couch potatoes to participate. The classes are small and friendly and each participant can decide on how strenuously they exercise. If you are interested please just turn up and join in.
22 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Allotments Association will be celebrating their jubilee year on Saturday 6th March in the Memorial Hall. They will also be issuing a special newsletter to mark this event but for the 6th March a pleasant evening is being planned to enable members to meet some of their neighbouring plotholders and exchange views with them on allotment gardening over a glass of wine and a few nibbles.
22 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 ‘Bartholomew’ Concert, the young people’s Wind Band led by Mrs Jean Kelsy, will perform their annual concert at 7.30p.m. Sunday 7th February in St. Bartholomew’s Church and you are cordially invited to go along and listen.
22 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Runners are being sought by Hospice of Hope Romania, based in the High Street, for this year’s London Marathon. The charity provides hospice care for terminally ill people and is asking anyone who has already secured a place in the April 18th event to ’Run for Romania’. Every pound raised in the UK will pay for 20 times the medical care in Romania so if you would like to support this local charity please call James on 01959 525110.
22 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Free on a Thursday night? If so then Otford Folk Dance Club would like to welcome you to their regular meeting in the Church Hall at 8.00p.m. Admission and membership is only £1.50 and your first visit is free. The last Thursday of each month is usually supported by visiting callers or musicians and you would be very welcome at any time. For further details ring Morris on 01959 522355.
21 JAN	PARISH COUNCIL - NEWSLETTER The January edition of the newsletter is now on-line, with advance news of changes to the train schedule, forthcoming theatrical events from Applause and the Otford Players, plus all the latest from various village clubs and societies.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Sevenoaks Branch of The Embroiders’ Guild are holding their next meeting on Saturday 31st January at 2.00p.m. in the Memorial Hall when Gail Lawther (embroiderer and quilter) will be giving a talk entitled ‘Inspirations from History’. This promises to be an interesting afternoon for members and visitors alike and you are invited to go along or ring Barbara Savager 01959 523484 for further details.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 St. Bartholomew's‘Parcels of love’ has an earlier deadline than usual, Saturday 7th February. For the past 5 years after Christmas shoe boxes full of goodies have been sent to refugees in Yugoslavia and last year the total reached 81. The need is still great and each parcel of love is much appreciated by the recipients. You are asked to fill the boxes with specific items making sure that all the goods are new and that food items, if possible, are within their sell-by date for six months. A full box comprises 14 items but if this is rather more than you can manage any contribution of a few items would be just as welcome. A list of items can be obtained from Sally Woestmann 01959 523392 and full boxes can be left at the back of the church or with Sally.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Crime Prevention Advice Centre, Otford Memorial Hall, 10.30a.m. to 3.30p.m. Saturday 17th January. A selection of crime prevention devices will be available, some distributed free, some at reduced cost, and information will be given to help you secure your house against burglars, post code your property, secure your garage/shed and avoid bogus callers. You can also have the windows of your car etched for £5.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 The Parish Council advise that residents response to the Village Design Statement questionnaire has been very slow with only around 10% replying so far. What is built in Otford for many years to come may be influenced, or determined, by the people who replied to this questionnaire and the government is keen that all parishes should express their views on other aspects of what they would like to happen in their community in the future. A larger and more general survey is likely to be held later this year, but this must involve more people than the VDS, and will cover all the other aspects of our community (civil) life. If you have views on what should happen in Otford please be prepared to give them.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 ‘Industrial Otford’ is the title of Ed Thompson’s fascinating talk to the Historical Society’s January meeting at 8.00p.m. in the Memorial Hall Wednesday 21st January. This promises to be a very enlightening evening with Ed sharing over 100 old photographs covering many aspects of Otford’s industrial past. Entrance is free to members, visitors £1 per meeting, to include a glass of fruit juice. Please arrive on the night or phone Ed on 01732 834771 for details.
15 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford and District Wine Club’s next event is a Wine Tasting on Wednesday 28th January in the Memorial Hall at 8.00p.m. Cheese and biscuits will be provided and entrance is free to members with visitors being charged a small fee. For further details ring 01732 761359.
8 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Historical Society’s January meeting at 8.00p.m. in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday 21st will be hearing all about ‘Industrial Otford’ from local historian, and enthusiast Ed Thompson. Ed is well known locally for his love of Otford and his extensive library of old photographs of the area and he will be sharing over 100, not seen before, covering many different aspects of Otford’s industrial history, with his audience. Entrance is free to members with visitors paying just £1 per meeting to include a glass of fruit juice. Many residents will be completely unaware that Otford has an industrial past so Ed’s talk and photographs will provide a really fascinating insight into our village. Please arrive on the night or phone Ed on 01732 834771 for details.
8 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Society’s petition objecting to Oranges mobile phone mast application to be sighted at Park Farm will be presented to the SDC at their Development Control Meeting on Thursday 8th January by Leon Baker, Otford’s District Councillor. Oranges application is due for consideration at this meeting and the petition against this proposal so far contains 111 signatures.
8 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Folk Dance Club invite you to make a new year resolution to join them at their regular Thursday Night meetings in the Church Hall which run from 8.00p.m., and mostly finish at 10.00p.m. Admission and membership is £1.50 and includes tea/coffee and biscuits and your first visit is free. The dancing is usually called by Eddie and Morris but on the last Thursday in the month they are supported by visiting callers or musicians and occasionally hold bigger dances both in Otford and Sevenoaks. New members are welcomed at any time and all dances are walked through first, and called, with enjoyment taking first place over skill. You don’t have to make a regular commitment just go along and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of the Otford Club or call Morris on 01959 522355 for more details or visit the clubs website at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otfordfdc2.
8 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford and District Wine Club are pleased to report that their Christmas Dinner Dance on 13th December was a great success. Seventy-six people attended and an excellent Christmas Dinner, supplied by Catercraft of Otford, was enjoyed and they danced the evening away to live music. The Club’s next event is a Wine Tasting on Wednesday 28th January in the Memorial Hall at 8.00p.m. As usual cheese and biscuits will be provided and it is free to members with visitors being charged a small fee. For further details contact their Secretary on 01732 761359.
1 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Wednesday 7th January is the date of the next Police Surgery at the Parish Council Offices when PC Jackie Allen will be joined by Lorraine Chapman from West Kent Housing. If you have any concerns then please go along between 10.00a.m. and 12.00 noon.
1 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Crime Prevention Advice Centre is being held in the Memorial Hall between 10.30a.m. and 3.30p.m. Saturday 17th January and a selection of crime prevention devices will be available to purchase. Some of these devices will be distributed free and some can be purchased at a reduced cost. Among the items covered will be how to secure your house against burglars, how to post code your property, secure your garage and shed, avoid bogus callers and have your car windows etched.
1 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Citizens Advice Bureau will have an adviser available between 10.00a.m. and 12.00 noon at the Parish Council Offices on the first Tuesday of each month. The next surgery will be on Thursday 6th January.
1 JAN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 First Thursday club for parents/carers and toddlers meet at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Otford, between 10.00a.m. and 11.30a.m. and their next meeting is Thursday 8th January. You are invited to go along, have a drink and a chat, while the children play.
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