ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
WITHYHAM
ALL SAINTS BLACKHAM
OCTOBER 2013
Dave Spillard
Plastering Contractor
All types of plastering, screeding
and outside finishes undertaken
Greenfields, Five Ash Down,
Nr Uckfield TN22 3AH
Tel: 01825 733335
Mob: 07751404931
www.davespillard.com
M S WILES & SON
Building Contractors, Carpentry and Joinery
Established 30 Years
Domestic and Commercial
Most aspects of building work undertaken
Telephone: 01892 770554
Larksfield, Balls Green,
Mobile: 07818434506
Withyham,
East Sussex TN7 4BX
Website: www.wilesbuild.com
CHAIR CANING, RUSHING,
SEAGRASS WORK
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MIKE PARCELL
1 Oak Cottages, Chuck Hatch,
Hartfield, TN7 4EX
Tel: 01892 770764
Paul & Lesley & the team welcome you to
The Dorset Arms, Withyham
Open every day
Traditional welcoming pub, family & dog friendly, Home cooked food,
Restaurant menu, Bar Snacks, Daily Specials, Locally sourced products,
Specialising in Seafood, Great Sunday Roasts,
Cask Marque Harveys Ales, Extensive Wine List,
Quiz Night last Wednesday every month ~ come along and join the fun
The Dorset Arms, Withyham TN7 4BD 01892 770278
Email [email protected] or [email protected]
Electricity in safe hands
Independent Estate Agents and Mob:07836 256146
Tel:01892 740631
Chartered Surveyors. High quality marketing from your local Agents with a wide coverage of Sussex, Kent and Surrey and London representation. [email protected]
DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL
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Installation, Rewiring & board changes
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Fault finding, Maintenance and Repairs
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Inspection and testing, EICR reports
10 Offices plus London 
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)
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Solar Panel Installations – PV Systems
Please contact our FOREST ROW office 
Prompt, Reliable and Competitive Rates
Sales & Lettings to arrange a market appraisal 01342 824824 www.howardcundey.com John Waller, Underwoodsman Ltd
Living Willow Structures for Schools and Gardens; Baskets and Willow Work;
Woven Hurdles, Trellis and Plant Supports; Continuous Weave Fences &
Border Edging; Tree Surgery & Woodland Advice; Hedgelaying
Green Wood Workshop Courses
Courses in Willow Plant Supports, Basketry, Hurdles, Pole Lathe Wood Turning
and Chair Making, Hedgelaying, Coppicing, Charcoal, Fencing,
Chickens & Bees, Pigs & Cows!
01892 740303, 07788 748618 [email protected],
www.underwoodsman.co.uk
4 Mount Pleasant Cottages, Ticklebelly Lane, Blackham, East Sussex TN3 9UH
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
Established in 1955
Member of the National Federation of Builders
Listed Buildings, Conversions,
Extensions, Maintenance & Repairs,
Plumbing & Heating
W SMITHERS & SONS LTD
Old Mill Yard
Cowden, Kent TN8 7JJ
Telephone Office: 01342 850559
Fax: 01342 850981
Website: www.wsmithersandsons.co.uk
THE PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, WITHYHAM
with ALL SAINTS, BLACKHAM
Priest in Charge:
Interregnum
01892 770241
The Rectory, Withyham, TN7 4BA
Churchwarden:
Mr Peter Griffiths
01825 890872
South Hill House, Sandy Lane, Framfield, TN22 5PX
Churchwarden:
Mr Richard Carden
01342 822491
Cat Street House, Upper Hartfield, TN7 4DP
Verger & Sexton:
Mr John Collins
01892 662389
9 Whitehill Close, Crowborough TN6 1JG
Licensed Reader:
Mrs Elizabeth Parish
01892 864989
6 Lynwood, Groombridge TN3 9LX
Licensed Reader:
Mr Donald Yonge
07872529740
Organist:
Mrs Sue Barber GRSM ARCM DipEd 01892 770978
Deputy Organist: Mr Peter Ellefsen BSc CEng MIEE
01892 653965
Bell Tower Captain: Miss Valerie Cogan
01892 655966
WITHYHAM & BLACKHAM PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Hon. Treasurer:
Mrs Anne Barker,
01892 661393
Hillside, Lye Green, Crowborough TN6 1UU
Asst. Treasurer:
Mrs Pauline Cremer
01892 663469
Pembury, Myrtle Road, Crowborough, TN6 1EY
Hon. Secretary:
Mrs Gilly Halcrow
01892 770607
Backshaws, Cotchford Lane, Upper Hartfield, TN7 4DJ
Child Protection Officer: Mr Donald Yonge
07872529740
ALL SAINTS SUB-COMMITTEE
Hon. Secretary:
Mrs Sue Schooling
01892-740397
Hon. Treasurer:
Mr Tony Heath, OBE
01892-740577
The Oast House, Salehurst, Blackham, TN3 9UB
Withyham Flower Guild Secretary: Mrs Jill Pardey
01892-661882
Blackham:
Mrs Sue Schooling
01892-740397
Withyham Church
Mrs Diana Muckleston
01892-864410
Caretakers:
Diane Pedder
01892-770240
Altar Linen:
Withyham:
Mrs Rosemary Cadogan-Rawlinson
01892 540682
Blackham:
Chichester Cathedral Link Rep:
Mrs Sheila Jones
01892-864117
Website: www.withyhamchurch.org
1.
CHURCH CALENDAR – OCTOBER 2013
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, WITHYHAM
Thursday 3rd
Sunday 6th
Thursday 10th
Sunday 13th
Thursday 17th
Sunday 20th
Thursday 24th
Sunday 27th
Wednesday 30th
10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
10.00 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
10.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
10.00 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Thursday 31st
10.00 a.m.
rd
Sunday 3 November
11.00 a.m.
6.30 p.m.
Morning Service
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Sung Eucharist
Evensong
Morning Service
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
Family Service
Matins
Evensong
Morning Service
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
Matins
Evensong
Morning Service
Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity
Family Eucharist
Matins
Evensong
St Michael’s Choir sings Evensong
in Chichester Cathedral (See Mag)
Morning Service
Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity
Sung Eucharist
Evensong
ALL SAINTS, BLACKHAM
During the interregnum, there will be no Sunday services at All Saints,.
Parish Registers of St Michael and All Angels, Withyham
On 4th August, Sydney Lynd Wordsworth was baptised.
On 18th August Madeleine Hope Cochrane was baptised.
On 21st September Viola Idina Edith Sackville was baptised.
Marriages
On 7th September Timothy Hodges Jackson and Katherine Mary
Louise Winterburn and also Mark Warren Blencoe and Marisa Gina Hathorn
were married.
On 14th September Michael Stone and Susan Barber and also Ben
Greig and Julia Evans were married.
On 21st September John Richard Charles Clark and Elaine Tracy
Lawrence were married.
Baptisms:
2.
(It is obviously not easy for Adrian to forget Withyham and he has sent me three articles on prayer to
fill the space which used to be occupied by his learned and interesting articles “From the Rectory”.
This is the first. The other two could possibly appear in the November and Dec/Jan issues.)
PRAYER AT EVENSONG
O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works
do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both
our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being
defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness;
through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. (BCP The Second Collect of
Evening Prayer)
Evensong on a late summer evening. We are lucky these days to have a
choir to sing the office. After a hymn, the congregation settles to the rhythm of the
Prayer Book. “We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have
followed too much the devices and desires of our sinful hearts... we have left undone
those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we
ought not to have done.”
Later, the Second Collect reminds us that without God’s grace our hearts are
wayward, our deeds fall short: “O God, from whom all holy desires, all good
counsels, and all just works do proceed”. The prayer is ancient, its Latin origin
earlier than the 8th century. Our medieval ancestors in their private devotions used
the Middle English version: “God, of whom ben hooli desiris, right councels and
iust werkis...” (14th century Primer). Parson Richard Graye, my Tudor predecessor,
would have been familiar with the Latin, “Deus, a quo sancta desideria, recta
consilia, et iusta sunt opera..”, but like his generation of clergy he had to switch to
the English of Cranmer’s Prayer Book.
But what of us this evening, as we make those words our own?
Instinctively, we know, that our desires this day have been less than holy and our
intentions, though not entirely dishonourable, have not been pure. As for our works:
have they been just? Well, perhaps – if you can dignify cooking lunch or mowing
the lawn in such lofty terms. However, that is just what St Benedict would have us
do: sanctify the commonplace. The Prayer Book is redolent of his spirituality. And
it is what George Herbert meant in his hymn we sang earlier: “Teach me, my God
and King, in all things thee to see; and what I do in anything, to do it as for thee.”
“Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give.” Jesus told
his disciples on the eve of his arrest, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” The world’s peace is a truce, a
cessation. Christ’s peace is different. He also said, “I came not to send peace, but a
sword.” Old Simeon knew this when he told Mary that a sword would pierce her
soul. “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.” In our congregation this
Sunday evening there is not a man or woman who has not felt that sword. May they
be defended from the fear that kills? May they find their rest and quietness in
Christ.
Adrian Leak.
This article first appeared in the Church Times (www.churchtimes.co.uk).
3.
Churchwardens Notes - October 2013.
The Gerini Paintings, (Episode 283): I had hoped, - hope springing eternal
etc. – to be able to announce the triumphal arrival of the remaining money in our
bank account. However, the saga continues. Various people have given various
reasons for the non-arrival, the problem being, none of the reasons are the same.
Anne Barker and I continue to plug away. Sotheby's continue to apologise and a
bank somewhere continues to earn interest on our money!
The Interregnum: Two applicants have been interviewed, one chosen and
he has accepted. That, I am afraid, is all I am allowed to say. Various checks now
have to be carried out and the successful applicant has to arrange his departure from
whence he will come. Sorry to be so cryptic, but procedure has to be followed.
The Quinquennial: The report was discussed at the last PCC meeting. The
list of items needing fairly urgent attention is long, but some of the items are minor.
A sub-group will prioritise, (horrible word, I know, but succinct), the list and
prepare a schedule of works for consideration for the next PCC meeting.
Chichester: The choir will be singing at Evensong, on the 30th October.
This is an event for which they practice long and hard. I know the trip to Chichester
is a bit of a journey, but Chichester is a lovely town and there is a coach going (see
Magazine). I urge you to attend if at all possible. The music, singing and setting is
superb.
Magazine Distribution: We would welcome a volunteer to organise the
distribution of the Parish Magazine. It is only a couple of hours a month and it
would ensure that the task of running the various church activities does not
continually fall on the shoulders of the normal suspects.
Peter Griffiths & Richard Carden.
?? CHRISTMAS QUIZ NIGHT ??
At the KINGS' HALL WITHYHAM.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6th AT 8.00 p.m.
Two-course supper with choice of hot and cold dishes and a mouthwatering array of puddings.
CASH BAR
GRAND RAFFLE
Prize for the winning Team.
TICKETS £8 per person.
Call Sue or Bryan on 01892 652515 or e-mail [email protected]
Hurry! Places get booked up very quickly for this event.
4.
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL EVENTS.
CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS. Last date for pre-orders is 10th October.
TALKING TEXTILES - A series of lectures by LouLou Morris MFA, Artist
in Residence, Chichester Cathedral – all in The Vicars' Hall at The Cathedral
from 11-00 - 1200; ticket price: £4.
TEXTILES AS PROTEST, PROTECTION AND PROPAGANDA.
From mythology to WWII; an illustrated narrative of the power of textile.
Tuesday October 22nd.
TEXTILES IN FUNERAL RITUAL & REMEMBRANCE.
Mementos and memorials, at home and abroad, with the common 'thread' of
textiles. Tuesday November 12th.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT luncheon talks are on 17th October, 26th November
and 11th December
BOOK AT BREAKFAST DISCUSSIONS are on 22nd and 24th October based
on The Lion's World - A journey into the Heart of Narnia by Rowan Williams.
AN OCCASIONAL LECTURE – Peace-building and Bach - a presentation in
words and music by the Revd Donald Reeves MBE - is on 12th October at
6.30pm following Choral Evensong at 5.30pm.
CHRISTMAS FAIR is on 6th December in the Vicars' Hall.
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS LUNCH PARTY is on 12th December.
CAROL SERVICES are on 21st. 22nd and 23rd December.
FRIENDS' FESTIVE LUNCH is on 10th January - tickets on a first-come, firstserved basis.
The full diary of Autumn events is on the noticeboard and I can provide
more information, booking details etc. if required.
Sheila Jones 864117.
5.
YOUNG CHURCH
6.
CHOIR EVENSONG AT CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
On Wednesday 30th October at 5.30 p.m. the Choir of St Michael and All
Angels will be singing Evensong at Chichester Cathedral.
A coach has been booked to take the choir to Chichester on that day. The
provisional price is £16 per head, so if we can get 28 paying passengers we shall
break even. There is a list at the back of the Church.
Departure will be 11.15 a.m. from Waitrose Crowborough and 11.30
a.m.at the Dorset Arms, leaving the Cathedral at 6.30 p.m. for the return journey.
WITHYHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY October 2013
By the time you read this we will have had our Autumn Show, I am hoping
that it will be as successful as last year and that we had a nice day for it. Our next
event will be the AGM which will be starting at 7pm on Friday the 1st November we
are much earlier this year, we will also be holding a gardeners question time as it
was very popular a couple of years ago. Our panel will consist of three local
gardeners who have a great deal of experience between them and I am sure they will
be able to answer any questions that you throw at them. However, before this we
will have the serious stuff of the AGM and as many of you know we are still
requiring a Chairperson and Treasurer also our committee has decreased recently so
we are hoping that a few members will come forward to join us. There is not an
awful lot of work involved and any help would be greatly appreciated, talk to one of
the committee and they would I’m sure be able to give you any information on the
subject.
Our trip to Sissinghurst Castle was lovely and we could not have asked for a
better day. It was warm and bright and everyone enjoyed the experience.
Gardening Tips for this month are: 1. Revitalise your borders by lifting and
dividing perennials, get rid of plants that no longer work for you, improve the soil
by digging out perennial weeds such as bindweed. Dig over and add well-rotted
manure, position and replant your favourite plants and finally, add some spring
bulbs and some new plants with extra colour. 2. In the veg garden, clear out peas
and beans as they will succumb to disease, peas to powdery mildew and beans
runner and French to rust. Prepare for frosts by having some protection such as
cloches, newspapers or horticultural fleece. Harvest onions and use the ones which
have produced new green shoots are no good for storing and should be used straight
away. 3. Cover ponds with netting to keep the autumn leaves out, bring in ceramic
pots to stop frost damage, sand down decking and treat with preservative. 4. Clean
all bird tables and containers ready for the winter, check for hedgehogs as they will
be on the lookout for a really nice place to lay their heads for the winter.
It’s a very busy time of the year but I hope you can join us for our AGM
which is also a social evening where our members can get together and chat, so I
look forward to seeing you soon.
Val Edwards (Secretary) 01892 661940
7.
ABSA
Sportsground
Fireworks
Party
Sun 3rd Nov
From 5 pm
Until Late
Pay at Gate
Fireworks
at 6.30 pm
Bar
Hot Food
IT'S (nearly) PANTO SEASON!!!!
OPEN AUDITIONS 8.00 P.M. on
THURSDAY OCTOBER 3RD.
AT THE KINGS' HALL WITHYHAM
We are doing Dick Whittington this year. (Oh Yes we are!)
Planned performance dates 3rd and 4th January 2014
We' plan to start rehearsals in mid-October.
So if you want to join in the fun come along to the audition.
Put a note in your diary and please come along
We need cast, singers, musicians,
scenery artists, back stage helpers etc. etc.
(In fact we need all the help we can get!)
For more info please get in touch with Sue Williams.
E-Mail; [email protected]
Telephone: 01892 652515.
8.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH Eugene Delacroix 1798 - 1863
Delacroix once said “The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in
nothing”. His style emphasised colour and movement rather that precise outline. He was
the foremost painter of the Romantic Movement in France. This period in art centred
around personal expression such as Liberty, ending slavery and supporting democratic
changes.
His father Charles Delacroix was a Foreign Minister but there were rumours that
he was the illegitimate child of a French diplomat called Talleyrand. He was orphaned at
the age of 16 but received an upper class education at the Lycee Imperiale, Paris. Initially
as a young adult he received a private income but later the family fortune was ruined by
lawsuits over property. However an inheritance and contacts enabled him to continue to
concentrate on forging a career as an artist.
His influences came from a number of sources. A trip to England in 1825 saw him
influenced by Shakespeare, Constable and the works of Lord Byron. His subjects were
mainly historical and his use of colour in particular would have a profound effect on both
the Impressionists and the Post-Impressionist painters.
His career lasted almost 40 years, which enabled him to spend the latter part of his
life decorating the walls and ceilings of Government buildings. After his death his
executors found more than 9,000 paintings, pastels and drawings in his studio and today
his greatest works are in the Louvre.
Liberty leading the People
This picture reflects the time between October and
December 1830 after the “Three Glorious Days” of
27-29 July where the Parisian uprising defeated the
regular army and toppled Charles X of France. The
French Government initially bought the work but on
further consideration found it to be too antiestablishment and withdrew it from view. The small
boy next to Liberty is thought to be associated with
Victor Hugo’s Gavroche in Les Miserables.
(Article written by Ian Morgan)
THE BLACKHAM CALENDAR
LAST CALL!
The 2014 calendar will be on sale at the beginning of December. This
month is your last chance to send in your photographs.
We cannot do the calendar without your contributions and the sale of the calendar
will raise funds for the upkeep of Blackham Village Hall. It is easy to submit a
photograph at the calendar website http://calendar.A264.co.uk
We need photographs that clearly reflect the countryside, views, animal, and plant
or community life for Blackham village throughout the year.
Closing date for entries
31st October 2013
9.
Ashurst Autumn Fair with
Ashurst Old Photos & History
10.30 am – 2 pm
Ashurst Village Hall Saturday 19th October
Auction of Promises
Art Club Stall
Fresh Produce
Prize Tombola
Book Stall
Cake Stall
Bottle Tombola
Craft Stalls
Grand Raffle
Lucky Dip
Quality Bric a Brac
Ye Olde Sweets
Wine Tasting Competition
Hand-made Cards
Village Café, Coffee, Teas, Cake, Homemade Soup & Light meals
10.
BLACKHAM VILLAGE HALL
MONTHLY SATURDAY MARKET
(the first Saturday of every month except January)
with an authentic village life atmosphere
and local produce for sale
SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER
10am – 12:30pm
Meet other villagers ~ enjoy refreshments of
Filter Fresh Coffee, Tea and Homemade Cakes
at “The Stage” café!
Local Produce for sale will include: Bread, Free range eggs, Home
Bakery, Preserves, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Willetts Ice Cream, Jewellery and gifts,
Fair Trade goods, Phoenix Cards and Aloe Vera Health products
Blackham Village Hall is a registered charity whose sole purpose is to promote and
maintain the village hall for the enjoyment and benefit of the community
11.
Withyham Parish Council (WPC) September 2013.
For WPC Actions: Please access our website (see back cover of magazine)
ESCC is looking into how they will implement cuts over the next year. Their
budget is very tight and Children’s Services could be hit.
New councillor Jonathan Kelly, (no relation!) representing Withyham/Blackham
ward is promoting a safe crossing for children outside St Michael’s school,
Withyham.
Police and Neighbourhood Watch Reports: There is a helpful newsletter for the
Withyham parish, which can be found on www.sussex.police.uk.
Ward Reports
St John’s Ward: A planning application has been submitted for a burial ground in a
field at Forest Fold. There is a public need for such a facility, but proper
consultation should take place before the WDC makes a decision.
Withyham/Blackham Ward: WDC’s fly-tipping team has reacted swiftly to the fly
tipping that has been taking place in the area.
Pill Boxes: Sussex Military History Society (SMHS) are surveying about 60 pill
boxes in the parish. We would like to protect pill boxes and gun emplacements and
ultimately to gain listing for them so that local people and children can learn more
about this extraordinary line of defence. SMHS will involve residents, schools,
History Societies and WIs, starting with 6 pill boxes on Mr Ashby’s farm in
Blackham. Please let him have your wartime memories via the WPC.
Parish Office and Training Room: Details of the sub-lease of the Old Station,
Groombridge, are being finalised with SVR. A flyer advertising the Meeting Room
for training will shortly be issued If you are looking for a quiet room in which to
hold company training sessions please contact us.
Balls Green Play Area: The survey undertaken in Balls Green showed that the play
area should remain where it is, but that it should be redesigned and revamped and
promoted, with a view to involving the whole community. We have had
confirmation that the lease has been renewed and that this is for ‘wider community
use’ rather than just a playground. The working party will now be exploring sources
of funding.
Broadband: BT will be providing information about the progress of updating
Broadband in the parish.
Harrison Rocks: WPC has recently been informed of the probable demise of
facilities at Harrison Rocks. The lease expires in November 2014 and Sport
England will not be renewing it. It would be a disaster if this was to go.
Being a Good Neighbour: WPC are producing a leaflet in how to be a considerate
neighbour (for instance)by not lighting bonfires during the day; picking up after
your dog has performed; trimming back your hedges; not parking on double yellow
lines; not parking across people’s driveways - small courtesies but they mean a lot to
your neighbours and fellow residents.
Diana Kelly (WPC Chair)
12.
Here are the results for the Kings' Hall 100 Club for August 2013
1st
monthly
£20
No. 79
Mrs R. Goolden
2nd monthly
£15
No. 104
Mrs P. Taylor
3rd monthly
£10
No. 95
Mrs D. Stone
PARISH DIARY OCTOBER
Wednesday 2nd 10.30 – 3.30 p.m.
NSPCC Autumn Fair
Barnsgate Manor Vineyard
Pantomime Audition
Thursday 3rd 8.00 p.m.
Kings’ Hall, Withyham (See Mag)
Saturday 5th 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
MONTHLY SATURDAY MARKET
Blackham Village Hall (see Mag)
Monday 14th
7.30 p.m.
WPC Meeting
Parish Office, Old Station, Groombridge
th
Midday Friday October 25 – Deadline for November Magazine
Saturday 26th
7.30 p.m.
BVH Quiz Night (see Magazine)
th
Wednesday 30 CHOIR EVENSONG AT CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
ADVANCE PARISH DIARY NOVEMBER
Saturday 2nd 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
MONTHLY SATURDAY MARKET
Blackham Village Hall
5.00 p.m.
ABSA Fireworks (See Magazine)
Sunday 3rd
Monday November 25th – Deadline for December/January Magazine
Friday 29th
8.00 p.m.
Blackham Country Players
Saturday 30th
Blackham Village Hall (see Mag)
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Bookings and enquiries (01892) 770035
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Contact Karen Jackson
Tel 01892 770752 or 07836775635
S.W.HARDING
HOUSE AND GARDEN
MAINTENANCE
Builder and Sub-Contractor
Garden Walls, Patios & Paths
Pointing, Fence Erecting, Painting
(01892) 740505
R MEDHURST
Funeral Directors
Vine House, Hartfield, TN7 4AD
Family Business for over 150 years, 24 our service, Home Visits
Advice on Funeral Plans, Chapel of Rest
East Grinstead (01342) 315880
Hartfield (01892) 770253
We take care of everything personally at a sensitive time
WILLETTS FARM
DAIRY ICE CREAM
Natural
Flavourings
MADE ON THE FARM USING
FRESH MILK & DOUBLE CREAM
No Artificial
Colourings
Just off the A264, halfway between
Tunbridge Wells & East Grinstead
Willetts Farm, Blackham, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN3 9TU Tel: 01892 740320 or 740747
LOCAL INFORMATION
Kings’ Hall Withyham
Lettings: Mrs Meg Stafford
01892 770035
Equipment Hire: Bill Sanford
01892 770740
Blackham Village Hall
Bookings: Mrs P Hawes
01892 740574
Doctors
Dr A Wolfle, Dr M James
The Nook Surgery Groombridge
01892 863326
Saxonbury House, Crowboro’
01892 603131
Beacon Surgery, Crowboro’
01892 652233
District Nurse
Sister Kay
01892 603109
Family Social Work
Mrs Miriam Boobier
01892 662780
Withyham Art Group
Mrs Rosemary Goolden
01892 770351
Withyham Horticultural Society: Valerie Edwards
01892 661940
St Michael’s School
Miss Katie O’Shea (Headteacher)
01892 770307
Dorset Arms Angling Club
Fred Stillwell
01892 770661
Withyham Cricket Club
Tristan Tully
01892 541137
Blackham Country Players Linda Weekes
01892 740261
Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Crowborough, selected hours
01892 655303
Council for the Protection of Rural England Local Office
01825 890975
Withyham Parish Charity
This Trust can provide financial help for those in
need and towards the expenses of further education or training schemes.
Applications to John Gower, the Clerk to the Trustees
01892 654395
Timetable Information
Rail
08457 484950
Arriva Buses
08712 002223
Brighton & Hove Buses
01273 886200
Magazine Editor and Advertisements
Richard Pardey Smugglers, Hoadleys Lane, Crowborough, TN6 1TH
Email: [email protected]
01892 661882
Withyham Parish Council (WPC)
Office: The Old Station, Groombridge
Website: www.withyhamparishcouncil.org.uk
email: [email protected]
01892 864557
WPC Office
Monday
09.30 - 17.00
Opening
Tuesday
09.30 - 12.00
Hours
Wednesday to Friday
09.30 - 12.30
Councillors hold “surgeries” on 3rd Saturday each month
08.30 - 10.00
Telephone Numbers for the reporting of incidents
Highway and Footpath damage (location and problem)
Highway Lights out (Give the lamp number and location)
Vandalism (all relevant details)
Abandoned Vehicles and Fly Tipping (Give all details)
Pollution (Give location of river, pond etc)
08456080193
08456080193
08456070999
01892 602735
08708506506
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