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Hospices of Hope invite you to join them for a Saturday Night Fever Disco in the Memorial Hall from 7pm on Saturday October 2. Boogie away to tunes from the 70’s and 80’s for £10 per adult, children admitted free. Take your own beverages as light refreshments will be provided. Tickets from the Tea Room/Gift Shop in the High Street or contact Wendy Gilbert 01959 525110.
You are also invited to visit their new well stocked second hand bookshop which contains good quality paperbacks and hardbacks, a children’s corner and themed displays. Pop in and browse at your leisure whilst enjoying a scrumptious cream tea.

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PARISH COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
The September edition of the newsletter is now on-line. Read all about: Report from OPC Environment Committee, Otford & District Historical Society 60th Anniversary Celebration Lecture, Otford Evening WI Boot Sale, Top UK Folk Duo to play in Otford, Council Worker of the Year, Police Contact Numbers, 1940 Remembered, Congratulations Bethany, Guiding -Help Required, Twinning, Otford Village Fete – 2010, Otford Allotment Association, Otford Gardeners' Society, Otford & District Historical Society, Litter, Otford Oast WI, Otford Afternoon WI, Otford Evening WI, Sevenoaks Embroiderers’ Guild, Darent Valley Choir, Yoga Class, Picture of the Month, Hospices of Hope, Brighter Futures, Knole DFAS, Hospice in The Weald Event, India Bike Ride 3-12 November 2011, Citizens Advice Bureau Surgery, Register to Vote, Otford Methodist Church - Alpha Course 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.

NEWS ITEM SUBMITTED
Come and see Artists at Work!
Make a note in your diary of Tuesday, 2nd November when the Otford Art Club welcomes you to an Open Morning between 10.30am and 12noon at the Otford Methodist Church Hall.
You can enjoy watching members doing their varied art work and also see some of their completed pieces which will be on display.

VILLAGE REPORT - KAY DRAKE 522727
Hospices of Hope invite you to join them for a Saturday Night Fever Disco in the Memorial Hall from 7pm on Saturday October 2. Boogie away to tunes from the 70’s and 80’s for £10 per adult, children admitted free. Take your own beverages as light refreshments will be provided. Tickets from the Tea Room/Gift Shop in the High Street or contact Wendy Gilbert 01959 525110.
You are also invited to visit their new well stocked second hand bookshop which contains good quality paperbacks and hardbacks, a children’s corner and themed displays. Pop in and browse at your leisure whilst enjoying a scrumptious cream tea.

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Help raise money for charity by supporting the Macmillan Cancer Coffee morning being held between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday in the Club Room of the Memorial Hall (note change of venue), opposite the Bull PH. Stalls will include homemade cakes, pies, jam and plants and there will be a tombola and refreshments.  Entrance costs 50p and further details are available from Jean Leverett 01959 523404.

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Otford & District Wine Club hope all members had an enjoyable summer and are looking forward to the Winter programme. The next meeting will be on Wednesday September 29 in the Memorial Hall for "Otford Island Discs" which is the Wine Club's version of the popular radio program "Desert Island Discs". Two castaways have chosen their favourite discs and will talk about their lives and why they have selected their discs. Otford Island Discs does not conform exactly to the format of the radio program so you might be in for some surprises along the way! As usual the evening begins at 8pm, cheese and biscuits will be provided, but take your own beverages. Further details from the Secretary 01732 761359.

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1940 Remembered, a community production, is being performed in the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday September 18. It will commemorate the year 1940, not the whole war, and will feature songs known in 1940. Songs and music familiar to the times will create the mood and atmosphere. Admission £5 by programme only ordered in advance from the Box Office 01959 522709.

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Otford Methodist Church Alpha Course. Want to find out more about life, faith and God? To seek answers why not join their daytime ALPHA course starting Monday September 27 at 12.30pm with a sandwich lunch provided. For more information call Brian Pawlett 01959 522196 or Kate Baxter 01959 523687.

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A Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee morning is being held between 10am and 12 noon on September 18 in the Church Hall, opposite the Bull PH. Stalls will include homemade cakes, pies, jam and plants and there will be a tombola and refreshments. Entrance costs 50p and further details are available from Jean Leverett 01959 523404.

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Hardelot, between Boulogne and Le Touquet, is offering the opportunity of a visit on Friday September 17, traveling out by car to walk around the town, walk along the beach and return through the forest, visit a World War 2 exhibition, eat at a local restaurant/cafe, play petanque, or simply lie on the beach. Contact Otford Parish Council Office for further details.

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Bowls Club are holding their Open Day on Sunday 26th September 10am until 3pm. Why not come along and have a free try at bowls. All welcome.

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Otford Evening WI heard all about "Life in the Workhouse" during the 19th century from Helen Allinson at their recent meeting. She described a life of meager wages, ill health and the end of parish relief meant that going to live in the workhouse (or union as it was known) was an ever present dread to agricultural workers and their families in Kent.

On September 9 Kenneth Tappenden will be recounting the "Perils of a Toastmaster" and you are welcome to go along and join them in the Memorial Hall from 7.30pm.

Saturday October 2 is the date of their annual Boot Fair which gives you enough time to make that big effort to have a clear out and dispose of unwanted items. A stall costs only £8 so ring 01959 525468 to reserve one. For the bargain hunters the doors will open at 9.30am, admission is 50p, children free, and there will coffee, tea and delicious home-made cakes on sale.

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Otford Methodist Church - Alpha Course. Want to find our more about life, faith and God? To seek answers why not join our daytime ALPHA course starting Monday September 27th at 12.30pm – Sandwich Lunch Provided. For more information please call Brian Pawlett on 01959 522196 or Kate Baxter on 01959 523687