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Anyone able to offer Bed and Bath for walkers?

Every year on the weekend of the last May Bank Holiday, Charing welcomes a large group of walkers on the annual Pilgrimage from St Martin- in- the- Fields Pilgrimage to Canterbury.

This morning we received the following email:

I'm coming to Charing on Sunday 27 May as part of the annual Pilgrimage from St Martin- in- the- Fields Pilgrimage to Canterbury. Every year, we come down + raise money for the connection at St Martins and for the Canterbury homeless charity as well.

Some of us are happily staying in the Barn this year, or in the parish Hall or camping, and come post supper we will be clogging up the Royal Oak. Unfortunately all the Rooms at the Royal Oak are booked, but I wonder if you know anyone who would be happy to do a B + B (i.e. Bed + Bath) on the Sunday evening. It has to be within WALKING distance of the church.

All I'm after is a Bath (Bliss) from about 4.30 ish, depending how fast I walk that day, and a bed in a spare room. We leave early on Sunday morning + have breakfast all together. I would happily donate my over night fee to a Charing Charity if preferred (I was going to email the Vicar….) Unfortunately I don’t have any connections in Charing I could ask directly … it’s the sort of thing one would usually put in the Post office … and I know there would be several other pilgrims who would also love a discreet B + B.
 
anyway, here's hoping, and my home email is Gillie.gillie@hotmail.co.uk 

Kind Regards

Gillie Pascoe

Charing and District Local History Society April

PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED TODAY! (Unfortunatley without letting the manager of this site know before this post went out)

 

From Charing and District Local History Society

The next lecture is by Sarah Pearson on The History and Buildings of the Medieval Port of Sandwich. This is on Thursday 11th April at 8pm in Charing Parish Hall.
Guests are welcome at £3.00 or why not become a member. Fees are: Adult £9, Senior Citizens £8, Joint membership £15, payable annually in September. Full-time students are free.

The society welcomes members from Charing and surrounding parishes. Currently it has about 100 members. From September to April, talks are organised on historical topics of local, regional or national interest, usually given by experts in the field. In addition there is a Christmas Social evening, and in May an AGM plus a short talk. Meetings take place in Charing parish hall at 8pm on the second Thursday of the month. In the early summer an outing is organised to a place or places of interest (Cadman Event).

On occasion specialist study groups are set up; at present there is the Census Group, they have completed 1901 and are now undertaking the 1911 census; another is the WW1 group, where they are gathering as much material as possible on the lives of local residents in the Great War. Anyone who has memorabilia or who are happy to be interviewed about their recollections and family involvement should contact Sarah Pearson (01233) 712772 . A recent specialist group resulted in the publication in 2011 of A History of Charing, £12, available from books@charinghistory.co.uk or Charing Post Office. For further information contact the secretary, Jody Sealwood on (01233) 712561, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk

For further information regarding the CDLH Society contact our new secretary, Jody Sealwood, 01233 712561, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk

Cadnam Event 2013

Cadnam Event 2013 - Saturday May 18th, 9am to approx. 5.45pm. £17members/£20non-members.
Following a talk by Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin on How Pugin Changed English Houses we will visit St Augustine's Church and The Grange, Ramsgate. Augustus Pugin bought the land on the West Cliff in 1841 and designed the house to have good views of the sea and the church next door. We can see over the whole house and will have guided tours of the church. There will then be 2 hours free time in Ramsgate for lunch (not included) with drop off and pick up by the Maritime Museum, which some might like to visit independently.
We then take the coach to RAF Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum at Manston, to see the aircraft and the Battle of Britain Memorial Museum. Finally, Monkton WI is providing a cream tea and homemade cakes.

To book please contact Kate McIver (01233 713357) or Sheila Neil (01233 713971) as soon as possible

Success!

Hi Everyone

Paul Martin (from Saddlers Estate Agents) wanted to let all CBA members know that thanks to the charming Charing website he had enquiry this weekend from some people in Perth, Australia looking to move to Kent!!!  He is of course delighted and hoping to help them. He was particularly impressed at them being able to find him via the Charing website from the other side of the world.

As a reminder, as a CBA member, you get a free listing on the www.charingkent.co.uk website. The site is owned, run and managed by Karin Hermans of Wood You Like (also a CBA member).  Karin very kindly produced this site and continues to manage it, free of charge to promote Charing and it all it has to offer.  She is happy for CBA members to submit any news to her to post on the site. The site has a number of subscribers looking to keep up to date with whats happening in Charing. The more news and interesting things happening in Charing, the better for everyone.

You may like to check your listing is up to date and if you haven't already subscribe to receive news. Karin can be contacted on info@wood-you-like.co.uk

As you can see from Paul's news - you never know who may want you!

Kind Regards
Yvonne

(on behalf of the Charing Business Association)

Fixing Warehouse - Kent Air Ambulance

Fixing Warehouse - on top of Charing Hill - is re-launching the Charing branch on 19th and 20th April. We are doing this in aid of Kent Air Ambulance and it will be a two day events with lots of our suppliers showing up too, in the marquee out the front of Selecta House. There will be 10% of everything too!

We have a massive selection of fixings, screws, nails, bolts, sealants, glues, wood treatments, clothing, abrasives, ironmongery and much more.
All at very competitive prices, with great quantity discounts too!

See Kent’s largest display of ironmongery for doors and windows, from Ironmongery Warehouse.

Plus demonstrations from Worx Professional power tools, CT1 Sealants, Draper Tools, Scruffs Work wear ... and many more.
FREE refreshments served all day!

Born - like Wood You Like - in 2003?

Wood You Like was "born" 10 years ago, in 2003, when we started trading as the natural wooden flooring specialists. So, 2013 is a very special year for us: celebrating our 10th Anniversary.

Invitation

During our 10 years there have been many exciting times, which brings us to our special invitation to join in the celebrations:

Anyone also born in 2003 can send us their story of the most exciting thing happening in their young life. It could be something very specially you learned, someone very special (or famous) you met, something spectacular you saw or something extraordinarily you made. Or perhaps the best day in your life was when you won .......

Tell us all about it in a letter - between 200 - 1000 words - and the best 10 stories will be joined with our own special memories over these 10 years and turned into a booklet (kindle version) to be published in July 2013. All the winners' names will be on the "cover" of this 10 year Wood You Like booklet.

Entries - letters between 200 - 1000 words - can be emailed to us at info@woodyoulike.co.uk before or on 31 May 2013 - which gives us plenty of time to select the 10 best stories and have the booklet ready for publication in July.
Please submit your name, address and date of birth with your email.

Charing and District Local History Society March

From Charing and District Local History Society

The next lecture is by Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin on How Pugin Changed English Houses (this talk compares English domestic architecture before and after Pugin, especially by looking at parsonages in Kent and elsewhere). This is on Thursday 13th March at 8pm in Charing Parish Hall.

Guests are welcome at £3.00 or why not become a member. Fees are: Adult £9, Senior Citizens £8, Joint membership £15, payable annually in September. Full-time students are free.

The society welcomes members from Charing and surrounding parishes. Currently it has about 100 members. From September to April, talks are organised on historical topics of local, regional or national interest, usually given by experts in the field. In addition there is a Christmas Social evening, and in May an AGM plus a short talk. Meetings take place in Charing parish hall at 8pm on the second Thursday of the month. In the early summer an outing is organised to a place or places of interest (Cadman Event).

This year's Cadman Event, will be on Saturday 18th May, when we will visit Pugin's The Grange and St Augustine's Church at Ramsgate. (Our talk this month by Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin How Pugin Changed English Houses tells of the remarkable influence of The Grange across the whole of the country). Cost £17 members, £20 non-members. Further details and tickets from Kate McIver (01233) 713357 or Sheila Neil 713971.

On occasion specialist study groups are set up; at present there is the Census Group, they have completed 1901 and are now undertaking the 1911 census; another is the WW1 group, where they are gathering as much material as possible on the lives of local residents in the Great War.  Anyone who has memorabilia or who are happy to be interviewed about their recollections and family involvement should contact Sarah Pearson (01233) 712772 .  A recent specialist group resulted in the publication in 2011 of A History of Charing, £12, available from books@charinghistory.co.uk or Charing Post Office. For further information contact the secretary, Jody Sealwood on (01233) 712561, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk

 

For further information regarding the CDLH Society contact our new secretary, Jody Sealwood, 01233 712561, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk

AT CHARING SURGERY FOR YOUR HEALTH & WELL BEING

Yvonne Fernando, NLP Master Practitioner & Life Coach will be giving some more interesting talks and workshops at the Surgery. The talks are free to attend, just come along. 

MANAGING STRESS & RELAXATION   

 WED 13 FEB at Noon

 

DEAL WITH FEARS, PHOBIAS & TRAUMAS     

THURS 28 FEB at Noon

 

MIND, BODY & FOOD

This talk is presented together with Ed Craske,

Personal Trainer, Green Health Club, and will last 1.5 hours

THURS 14 MAR at Noon

 

Seminar Room, Charing Surgery • FREE • One Hour WORKSHOPS

The workshops are available to be booked via Yvonne.

TIME – WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?

learn about your relationship with time & how to improve it

 THURS 21 MAR • Charing Surgery 10-1pm

 

MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS

get some techniques for a more calm and relaxed mind

THURS 18 APR • Charing Surgery 10-1pm

 

NLP, YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING

empower yourself for better health and wellbeing THURS 16 MAY • Charing Surgery 10-1pm

 

£35 each • call Yvonne 07968 785714 to book or with questions

Bar 19 - closing end of February

Dearest all, hope you are keeping well.

I have been wrecking my brain for weeks now and am  afraid I have some bad news for you. It is with great regret, that Bar Nineteen  will be closing its doors at the end of February.

It was great to be back, thank you so much for your continuing support and custom. As you are probably aware circumstances since re opening in March changed.

With  the  new business in Hythe becoming ever more demanding, it is no longer viable for me to carry on with the bar.

My last bash will be on  Friday the 22nd of February. The Fridays between then and now I will be open for both food and drink.

I hope  you can make it!

Ziggy x 

Bar Nineteen

19 High street

Charing 01233 714 747

New Contact Number Purple Patch

As shop not open 3 out of 7 days, important messages left are not being received in time so I have decided to go completely Mobile! One number to contact me on makes much more sense!. 

So anyone that may need the services of Purple Patch or myself please now contact me on:

 

0785 215 0884 

Many thanks.  

Allison Boorer - Purple Patch

Excellent Christmas Gift for friends and family

Not sure what to give one of your friends or family member this year underneath the Christmas tree? Help is at hand at Wood You Like's online shop - where you'll find everything you need to install/finish and maintain any wooden floor.

Unique Gift Vouchers from £ 25.00 up to £ 250.00, what else would one with a wooden floor want to find as gift from you? The voucher is valid for 6 whole months, will be emailed or posted to you in time for Christmas - by post the last date to make sure it arrives on time is Wednesday 19 December.

Any voucher can be redeemed in the online shop for high quality maintenance products, parquet adhesive, floor oils or whatever your friend/famliy is in need of for their wooden floor. We've created some special kits for restoration work also.