Otford, the village in Kent, South East England

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25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Village Fete Committee would like to remind villagers that their plans for the 2004 Fete, on Monday 31st May, are well under way. There is still room for village societies to have a stall and organisations/clubs/societies are being sought to participate in the procession. This year’s theme is ‘Television’ which allows for lots of scope. The procession really gets the day rolling so please contact 01959 525120 if you are interested in taking part. The committee is also considering resurrecting the ‘Tug of War’ so if you have any questions about this, or the Fete in general please contact the above number.
25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 RAIN (Rescued Animals in Need) are holding a coffee shop and sale in the Memorial Hall between 11.00a.m. and 1.00p.m. tomorrow, Friday 26 th March. Good quality, nearly new, clothes, books, and bric-a-brac will be on sale and coffee and refreshments will be available. For further details please contact June Macullen 01959 533364.
25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford PTA Jumble Sale starts 10.00a.m. on Saturday (27th) in the hall of Otford School . Entrance is 30p. for adults, children will be admitted free, and refreshments will be available. For further information ring 01959 522009.
25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Sevenoaks branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild meet at 2.00p.m. this Saturday (27th ) for a talk by Win Bond about her voluntary work within the prison service entitled ‘Fine Cell Work’. For more information please telephone Barbara Savager 01959 523484.
25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Allotment Association have sold all 25 stalls at their Boot Sale to be held during the morning of Saturday 3rd April in the Memorial Hall. The Association will be selling items from their stall so if you have anything you feel could be a ‘good seller,’ which you would like to donate, please ring Eve Wiltshire on 01959 524887. This event is being organised to raise funds for the new shed so do please go along and support it. Light refreshments will be available and the entrance fee is 50p.
25 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Tonight ( Thursday) is Otford Folk Dance Clubs Special Night this month with David Jex calling. Starting at 8.00p.m. in the Otford Parish Church Hall, High Street, Otford admission is £1.50 to include tea, coffee, or squash. If you have not been before your first visit is free and you will be made very welcome. For further details please telephone 01959 522355.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Spring Jumble Sale starting at 10.00a.m. Saturday 27 th March in the hall of Otford School. Entrance is 30p. for adults, children will be admitted free, and refreshments will be available. For further information ring 01959 522009.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Camera signs on the pond, and on the Sevenoaks Road, have been brought to my attention and apparently these are required to indicate the use of random, mobile, speed cameras which will be operational in this area of the village. It is mandatory to display these signs if speed cameras are in use so please be aware that you should abide by the displayed limits to avoid being caught speeding.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Oast WI meet today at 9.30a.m. in the Memorial Hall for a ‘Dabble Session’ making a card with Handesigns. Members are urged to let their imagination run free to create a card with new ideas demonstrated by Linda Grattidge. This will be a ‘hands-on’ session so don’t forget your spectacles and a pair of scissors. Visitors are very welcome, with their first visit being free, and there is also a free crèche for the under 5’s. The Oast WI are also appearing in April edition of the monthly WI Home and Country Magazine as they are featured in their ‘Stars in their WI’s’ because of their young membership and the free creche which is manned by fellow WI’s in the District. Also, in a future edition, there will be an article on the recent filming by Carlton TV for their ‘Tales from the country’ series.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Sevenoaks branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild next meet at 2.00p.m. on Saturday 27th March when Win Bond will be talking about ‘Fine Cell Work’ her voluntary work within the prison service. For more information please telephone Barbara Savager 01959 523484.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Folk Dance Club have a Thursday Night Special on the 25 th March with David Jex calling. The evening starts at 8.00p.m. in the Otford Parish Church Hall, High Street, Otford and admission is £1.50 to include tea, coffee, or squash. If you have not been before your first visit is free and you will be made very welcome. For further details please telephone 01959 522355.
18 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 There is still time to book tickets for the Otford and District Wine Clubs Spring Buffet Supper to be held at 8.00p.m. on Wednesday 31 st March in the Memorial Hall. There will be music for dancing and a cabaret. Tickets from 01732 761359 and 01959 523676. Please book now as numbers are required for catering purposes at least one week prior to the event.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Players production 'Tons of Money' opens Thursday, 11th March in the Memorial Hall at 8.00p.m. Tickets costs £4 Thursday and £5 for Friday and Saturday performances. This is a comedy farce and promises to be very entertaining. Box Office 01959 525468.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 If you were not at the Memorial Hall last Thursday night then you missed an evening of sheer delight when Christopher Owen performed 'A Parson's Tale' which he also devised. From the moment he arrived until he left us he had the audience in the palm of his hand not only listening to his tale but also participating in his songs. This was an Applause production and their next show will be Fantasia in May.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Historical Society have achieved a coup in persuading Dr. Paul Cullen, a young, enthusiastic, scholar in Anglo Saxon to give a talk entitled 'Place Names of West Kent '. Dr. Cullen is to be the Editor of the forthcoming 6 volume set of Kent Place Names to be published by the English Place Names Society. Entry to the meeting is free to members, £1 to visitors, and starts at 8.00p.m. in the Memorial Hall. If you would like further details please call 01959 522384.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 The Otford School PTA are holding their Spring Jumble Sale between 10.00a.m and 11.30 a.m. in the School Hall on Saturday 27 th March. Entrance is 30p. for adults, children will be admitted free, and refreshments will be available. If you would like to donate any items or require further information please call 01959 522009.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Carlton TV were in the village last week to film the 3 Otford WI's for their series 'Tales from the Country '. They approached the WI's in Otford to feature in the programme as it is unusual for a village to be able to support 3 Institutes. Starting at 8.30a.m. the crew followed various individual members of Otford Oast WI while they were maintaining part of the village green. They were interviewed about having younger women members, and providing a free creche at their meetings which is unusual. Filming coincided with Otford Afternoon WI's 85 th birthday party so the afternoon was spent in the Memorial Hall enjoying the celebrations and Otford Evening WI entertained everyone with some of their members in the choir. The series, originally called ' Carlton Country,' will be broadcast sometime between the end of March and June and details will appear in this column as soon as they are available.
11 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford and District Wine Club cordially invite you to a Spring Buffet Supper to be held at 8.00p.m. on Wednesday 31 st March in the Memorial Hall. The buffet will consist of eggs, prawns, cold meats, fresh poached salmon, salads and hot potatoes, followed by a variety of desserts. Tickets cost members £10, visitors £12, including wine, but please bring your own glasses. There will be music for dancing and a cabaret. Tickets from 01732 761359 and 01959 523676. Please book early as numbers are required for catering purposes at least one week prior to the event.
10 MAR	PARISH COUNCIL - NEWSLETTER The March edition of the newsletter is now on-line, with details of proposed Traffic Calming actions, support for through trains for School Travel, the Otford Primary Draw(!), latest Planning Applications and more news from many village clubs and societies. Make a diary note for the Annual Parish Meeting on Monday, 22nd March ar 7:30pm in the Memorial Hall. This is your chance to ask questions about what is happening in the village, so please attend if you can.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Sevenoaks National Childbirth Trust are holding a ' Nearly New Sale' of babies and children's clothes, toys, nursery equipment and maternity wear at Sevenoaks Community Centre, Cramptons Road, from10.00a.m. on Saturday 3rd April. Entry is a £1 donation to the NCT, and refreshments will be available. If you are interested in buying or selling telephone 01732 746003, 884643 or 451988.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Gardeners' Society Spring Show takes place in the Memorial Hall between 2.15p.m. and 4.30p.m. on Saturday 20 th March and will feature spring bulbs and flowers, flower arrangements, cookery, photographic and junior classes. Entrance 50p. with under 16's admitted free.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 A Parsons Tale is at 7.30p.m. tonight (4th March) in the Memorial Hall. Tickets £5 adults, £4 concessions and £3 children. This comedy is part of the Applause programme and is devised and performed by Christopher Owen.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Folk Dance Club meets every Thursday at 8.00p.m. in the Parish Church Hall. Admission and membership is £1.50 and your first visit is free. New Members are welcome at any time and all dances are walked through first, and then called, with enjoyment taking first place over skill. This friendly group will make you very welcome and no regular commitment is required. More details from 01959 522355.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 St. Bartholomew's are holding a fund raising preview of the latest spring fashions at 10.00a.m. on Friday 19th March in the Memorial Hall. Country Style are offering affordable quality clothes for all occasions with items on the reduced rails from only £5. Homemade cakes and preserves will also be on sale. Admission £1 including a coffee, or tea, and biscuits.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Allotments Association are holding a fund raising Boot Fair in the Memorial Hall from 9.30a.m. to 12.30p.m. Saturday 3rd April and there is still time to rent a table. The cost is £7 per table and full details can be obtained from Eve Wiltshire 01959 524887 evenings and weekends only.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Spring Social and Buffet Supper is being organised by Otford and District wine club on Wednesday 31st March. There will be music, and a cabaret, and tickets cost members £10 and visitors £12, including wine. Tickets are available from the Secretary 01732 761359
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Players present Alan Ayckbourn's adaptation of the play 'Tons of Money' by Will Evans and Valentine at 8.00p.m. on March 11th , 12th and 13th in the Memorial Hall. This is a comedy/farce and was the first of the famous Aldwych farces with mistaken identities and 'things not what they seem' abounding. Tickets cost £4 Thursday and £5 Friday and Saturday from the Box Office 01959 525468.
4 MAR	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Ellenor's charity are seeking volunteers who would be prepared to donate 3 hours of their time per week to help in their very popular Antique and Tea Shop in the High Street. If you would like to help please telephone Gill Saunderson on 01959 524322 for details.
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