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28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Primary School is holding its Summer Fete on Saturday July 7 from 12 noon to 3pm. This is always an immensely popular event with lots of excellent stalls and attractions. There will be dancing displays, football matches, a tug-of-war, inflatable assault course, mega slide and bouncy castle for entertainment and the tea room, BBQ, beer tent, strawberries and cream will be too tempting to miss. Entrance is 60p for adults, children free. Go along and join in the fun! If you need further information please contact Rachel Phillips on 01959 523006.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 St. Bartholomew's Fair on Saturday June 16 was a success, despite the weather, with over 1300 people attending. With rain clouds gathering at 9am the bold decision was made to continue in the beautiful grounds of Castle House, rather than decamp to the memorial halls, and it stayed reasonably fine for the set up, didn’t rain for the opening, but at 2.30 the heavens opened and everyone ran for cover. The good news was that stalls and sideshows in the marquees did a roaring trade whilst those on the lawns lost out. However with a wonderful turnout for this traditional annual fair the organisers would like to thank their loyal supporters and everyone associated with the event. There was lots of initiative and goodwill shown throughout the day and fingers are firmly crossed for a fine day next year.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Evening WI invite you to meet a real live llama at their next meeting on Thursday July 12 when Tina O’Driscoll talks about Camelids, 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall. Visitors and new members warmly welcome or ring 01959 522981 for further details.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Folk Dance Club meets at 8pm tonight (Thursday) in the Church Hall to dance to the Footnotes with Eddie calling. You are invited to go along, entrance just £1.50 to include refreshments, or ring Peter George 01959 522105 for more information.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Gardeners' Society has their Rose and Summer Show on Saturday in the Memorial Hall starting at 2.15pm. Roses, summer flowers and vegetables will be on display alongside various competitions including photography, flower arrangements, cookery and junior classes. Teas, homemade cakes, plants and homemade preserves will all be on sale with refreshments available until 4pm. For further details ring Janet Finney 01959 523760 or visit gardeners@otford.net.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Methodist Church is the venue for First Steps the club for Mums, Dads and other carers with babies and pre-school children on alternate Wednesdays during school term between 9.30 and 11.30am. Jointly run by St Bartholomew’s and Otford Methodist churches it provides activities including bible based stories for the children. Their Open Day is on Wednesday July 4 after which there is one more meeting, on July 19, before the summer holidays, recommencing on September 5th. More details from Hazel Terry 01959 523047.
28 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Sevenoaks Embroiderers’ Guild meet in the Memorial Hall on Saturday June 30th at 10.00am to work on U.F.O’s and at 2pm for a talk by Kathleen Laurel Sage entitled ‘Machine Embroidery & Stumpwork’. Further details from Jane Barratt 01732 833588.
23 JUN	NEWS ITEM SUBMITTED - OTFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL Otford Primary School is holding its Summer Fete on Saturday 7th July from 12 noon to 3pm. This is always an immensely popular event with lots of excellent stalls and attractions. There will be dancing displays, football matches, a tug-of-war, inflatable assault course, mega slide and bouncy castle for entertainment and the tea room, BBQ, beer tent, strawberries and cream will be too tempting to miss. Entrance is 60p for adults, children free. Come along and join in the fun! If you need further information please contact Rachel Phillips on 01959 523006.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Evening WI’s cake and plant stall at the Otford Village Fete was a success and made over £400, despite the wet weather, with members agreeing to give 50% back to the Fete committee. At their June meeting members sat spellbound as Anne Chance, the speaker, described how she progressed from panic and terror through to delight and euphoria when she qualified as a “Petticoat Pilot” and afterwards she sold and autographed copies of her book. Meet a real live llama at next meeting on July 12 when Tina O’Driscoll talks about Camelids. Details from 01959 522981.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Folk Dance Club meet at 8pm on Thursday June 28 in Otford Church Hall to dance to the Footnotes with Eddie calling. The range of dances include Folk, Square and Barn dances of English, American, Scottish and Irish origin. The club meet every Thursday between 8 and 10p.m. and it costs just £1.50 per evening, including refreshments. Visitors and new members welcome, ring Peter George 01959 522105 for details.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Gardeners' are holding their Rose and Summer Show at 2.15pm on Saturday June 30 in the Memorial Hall. As well as the flowers on show there will be photographs, flower arrangements, and cakes. There is an art competition which is open to all under 16's with the title 'Vive la France' and entries should be no more than A4 size. Teas and homemade cakes plants and homemade preserves will be on sale. Further details from 01959 523760 gardeners@otford.net.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Society's Garden Party is on Saturday between 6pm and 8pm at 62A Well Road, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Richard McDowall. Tickets £5 available from the Secretary 01959 523140 email carolgriffiths@waitrose.com.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Methodist Church are holding a BBQ and Balloon Race on Sunday June 24 as the conclusion of their fortnight of celebration. The events will start at 4pm and conclude by 6.30pm including an informal Songs of Praise. They look forward to welcoming all of their visitors from the previous fortnight to this final event.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 First Steps has returned to the new halls at Otford Methodist Church on alternate Wednesdays during school term between 9.30 and 11.30am. A warm, friendly, welcome is given to Mums, Dads and other carers with babies and pre-school children and activities include bible based stories for the children. This is jointly run by St. Bart’s and Otford Methodist churches and they invite you to their Open Day on Wednesday July 4 after which there is one more meeting, on July 19, before the summer holidays, recommencing on September 5th. More details from Hazel Terry 01959 523047.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Nine gardens in The Drive, Sevenoaks are open this Sunday between 1pm and 6pm to raise funds for the Rockdale Appeal. Refreshments and plants will be available. Tickets Adults £6 (£7 on the day); Seniors £5, under 12’s free from Rockdale 01732 458762 appeal@rockdale.org.uk.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Oast WI meet at 9.30a.m. today in the Memorial Hall to hear Joan Egan talk about her 20th century collection of clothes, bags and other items. A crèche is provided for the under 5’s. Barbara Craig 01732 454693.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Vote for Graham Webb, who has been short-listed by the Lawn Tennis Association for the Junior Volunteer of the Year Award 2007, by logging onto the LTA website www.lta.org.uk. Graham is a great example to other young players and has devoted much of his spare time over the past years to Otford tennis club and Kent tennis. www.OtfordTennis.org.uk.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford and District Wine Club's annual BBQ is at Sidehill, Pilgrims Way, Kemsing at 12.30pm this Sunday. Take along glasses, cutlery and chairs. Members free, guests £5 each, ring 01732 761359 to reserve your place. Park in Kemsing car park or near St. Mary’s Church and walk up the track between the church and recreation ground to the back garden.
21 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 South East Open Studios continue with Joan and Wendy Peck at The Studio, High Street Otford open 10am to 5pm until Saturday and 1pm to 5pm on Sunday. Joan’s pictures of Kentish and Continental landscapes, and still life, are in traditional and abstract style in acrylic and mixed media and Wendy paints in watercolours and oils and has an interest in the natural environment and nature. Commissions welcome. Hazel McNair of Montrose, 39 Park Hill Road, 01959 522659 is also participating and you can visit her on Friday/Saturday 22/23 between 10am and 7pm and Sunday 24th between 10a.m. and 5pm. Jamaica is the source for much of her work - people, places and feelings.
19 JUN	NEWS ITEM SUBMITTED - PRESS RELEASE St. Michael's School is engaging parents and safeguarding pupils with Call Parents, an automatic parent notification system from Truancy Call Ltd. The service enables staff at the school to send messages on school closures, upcoming events and school trips to parents via text message. (The system can also send messages via e-mail and automated phone calls). Chris Young, Bursar at St. Michael's School, comments: "Installing Call Parents has allowed us to send quick text messages to parents at the click of a mouse. We wanted a method of getting in contact with parents effectively and Call Parents has gone beyond our expectations."
18 JUN	PARISH COUNCIL - JUNE NEWSLETTER The June edition of the newsletter is now on-line. Read all about: Otford Fete, St Bartholomew’s Church Fair, Country Garden Fair, Sevenoaks Festival, South East Open Studios, Visit to Précigné, Otford Society Garden Party, Police Surgery, Methodist Church New Hall Celebration 9th to 24th June, LTA – Young Volunteer of the year Award, Petanque in Otford Club, Gardeners’ Society Rose & Summer Show, Peter Pan, Otford WI's, Allotment Association, Village Design Statement, Embroiderers’ Guild, Shoreham Festival of Music 22nd – 24th June, An Evening with Chris Tarrant, Wednesday Afternoons Women’s Fellowship, Knole DFAS, Picture of the Month, Sevenoaks DFAS, Wine Club, Rockdale Appeal and Planning matters. You can contact the Parish Council at The School House, 21 High Street Tel: 01959 524808, e-mail parishcouncil@otford.net with office hours 08:30 - 12:30 Mon to Fri.
15 JUN	OTFORD' SOCIETY The June Newsletter is now online, with an update from Jeff Lee on campaigning for better road safety in the village and latest news from many aspects of the Society in village life. If you are interested in being a Liaison Officer for either: The Butts, Part of Greenhill Road, Pilgrim’s Way West, Warham Road & the Upper High Street and The Green, then please contact Vincent Tilley, Membership Secretary Tel: 01959 522491. If you are not a member yet (over 1,100 in Otford), please consider joining the Otford Society, contact otfordsociety@otford.net.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Society's Garden Party will be held on Saturday June 23 between 6pm and 8pm at 62A Well Road, Otford, by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Richard McDowall. Tickets cost £5 and are available from the Secretary 01959 523140 email carolgriffiths@waitrose.com.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Methodist Church’s celebration fortnight continues with an Art Sale and Exhibition on Saturday June 16th at 9.30a.m. There will be no charge for admission and refreshments will be available. A wide variety of work from local artists will be on display. They is also a Miniatures Exhibition today (14th) between 10am and 4 pm, entrance adults £1.50 to include refreshments, children 5p. The exhibition will include models of shops and houses in various scales plus needlework and dolls and is mounted by members of several clubs in the district.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Open Gardens in The Drive, Sevenoaks is on Sunday June 24th raising funds for the Rockdale Appeal. Visit nine beautiful and interesting gardens between 1pm and 6pm. There will be refreshments, plant sales and some activities for children. Tickets Adults £6 (£7 on the day); Seniors £5, under 12’s free. Contact Rockdale on 01732 458762 or email appeal@rockdale.org.uk.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Oast WI meet at 9.30a.m. in the Memorial Hall on Thursday June 21st to hear a fascinating talk by Joan Egan about 20th century collecting about her collection of clothes, bags and other items. Visitors and new members welcome - a crèche is provided for the under 5’s. For further information contact Barbara Craig 01732 454693.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Vote for Graham Webb is Otford Tennis Club’s request this week as he has been short-listed by the Lawn Tennis Association for the Junior Volunteer of the Year Award 2007. You have two weeks to cast your votes online via the LTA website www.lta.org.uk, please do this now. Graham has been helping Otford Tennis Club since 2001 when he was 12 years old and, despite a serious leg injury, has continued with his coaching helping with after-school clubs and holiday courses. He also helps at West Heath Performance Centre. Earlier this year he qualified as a UKCC Level 1 tennis coach and he is also helping to train other youngsters to become Tennis Leaders. He is a great example to other young players and has devoted much of his spare time over the past years to Kent tennis. www.OtfordTennis.org.uk.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford and District Wine Club are holding their annual BBQ at Sidehill, Pilgrims Way, Kemsing at 12.30pm on Sunday June 24th and are looking for volunteers to help make salads. On offer will be sausages, lamburgers, chicken, baked potatoes and salads, followed by strawberries and cream accompanied by a glass of wine. Please take along glasses, cutlery and chairs. For your entertainment there will be a raffle and 4 games with prizes for the winners. Members free, guests £5 each, ring 01732 761359 to reserve your place. Please park in Kemsing village car park or near St. Mary’s Church as Sidehill is reached by going up a track between the church and recreation ground to the back garden - the front of the house is in Pilgrims Way.
14 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Mother and daughter Joan and Wendy Peck are participating in this year’s South East Open Studios until Sunday 24th June at The Studio, 20 High Street, as is Hazel McNair of Montrose, 39 Park Hill Road, 01959 522659. The Studio is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday’s 1pm to 5pm, and you can visit Hazel on Friday/Saturday 15/16 and 22/23 between 10am and 7pm and Sunday 17th, Monday 18th and Sunday 24th between 10a.m. and 5pm.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Afternoon WI provided a 'scratch' team for the Kent West County Bowls competition which was held at the Sevenoaks Bowls Centre on April 14th and to their surprise and delight they came 2nd out of an entry of 18 teams. They thoroughly enjoyed the day and could have gone on to the finals, but as it was only two days afterwards, they couldn't manage it and who knows what glory they could have come away with. Watch out for notices of their next meeting on the June12 when they hope to welcome new members. For further information please contact Barbara Hine, 01959 525468 barbara.hine@otford.net.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Allotments Association would like to thank everyone who braved the elements at the Village Fete, supported their plant stand, and their fun new game –the Human Fruit Machine. Plots are going like hot cakes at the moment so if you would like to have a look around, or join the short waiting list, do please contact Pauline Garfield 01959 525075 pauline.garfield@otford.net.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 On Saturday June 9 from 9am local historian Monty Parkin will be signing copies of his new book about life on the North Downs above Otford, 'On East Hill' at the Darent Valley Book Fair, held in Otford Memorial Hall.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Tennis – Otford Lawn Tennis Club is holding its Open Evening on Tuesday June 12 6.30 – 9.30pm. Come to have a game, or just to look around and meet some people. It's a friendly village club, which welcomes players of all standards - no need to worry if you haven't played for a long time or think you're not very good. There's also an extensive coaching programme and active junior section. The club is at the recreation ground beyond the allotments. For more information see www.OtfordTennis.org.uk or ring Stan on 01732-459360.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 There will be a miniatures day at Otford Methodist Church Hall on June 14 from 10am until 4 pm. Entrance includes refreshments and will cost £1.50 for adults and 50p for children. The exhibition will include models of shops and houses in various scales plus needlework and dolls and is mounted by members of several clubs in the district. It will be well worth visiting.
7 JUN	VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727 Otford Methodist Church are holding a fortnight of events to mark the completion of their new hall complex with the celebrations starting on Sunday June 10 with tea being served at 4pm followed by a celebration service at 5pm. Everyone is invited to join in and have a look around the new facilities. From June 11-15 the hall will be open each day from 10.00 to noon for coffee and cakes and also from June 18-22 between 7.30 to 9.30pm. They are also holding a Fashion Show in the new hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday June 12 when a range of leading ex-chain store clothes for women and children will be shown. Please contact Helen Harris for tickets (£4 for adults including a free drink, children admitted free) 01959 525159.
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