Lovely Charing - Kent

Activities Calender

Check what is going on in Charing, where and when:

Lovely greetings from Spain

Received in the inbox:

Hello:

My family and I were spending New Year Holidays in a cottage very close to Charing. We are from Spain and we enjoyed a lot with the landscape of the surroundings and also with the village. I would like to share some photos of Charing snowed.

Also, I would like to thank:

• A taxi driver who take us from Ashford to Charing Station (the train was cancelled because of the snowed)
• Some boys (I think from Charing) who helped us towing our car to Charing Hill one with snow and ice on the road in the same night.

We are looking forward to come but and see Charing and also my nephew that born 2th of this year.

Congratulations, you have a very beautiful village in spite of goose that didn't allow to approach to the farm near the church and the snow that did not allow to enjoy with the market.

Best regards,
Cristina

Charing Heath Village Society AGM

Charing Heath and Lenham Heath Village Society Annual General Meeting (AGM)
on 11th February at 7.30pm in the the memorial hall, Charing Heath.

Followed by a guest speaker on Hothfield common.

At the AGM we will be discussing the village events for this coming year. However to give you a taster there will be events like, bluebell walk, bat and trap & picnic - June, village fete - July, frog racing and halloween night in Hurst woods.
These events are open to all locals and are a good opportunity for people in the community to get together

The Village Society has been going for over 30 years and was set up by villagers to bring the community together, its a not for profit group which wants to encourage people in the villages to get together. 

Please contact Vanessa Smith on 01233 712442 for more details

Just in: successful fundraising

Just in from Charing Primary School:

Boniface Class at Charing School would like to thank everyone who supported their very successful "Help for Haiti" fundraising morning last Friday. Over £420 was raised!

Jo Astbury

Vice Chair

PTFA

Treasure Island tickets selling fast

If you want a seat for the coming production of the Charing Guild of Players:

"Treasure Island" (Phil Willmott)

you will have to get your skates on! Tickets are selling like hot-cakes.

Production dates:

• Wednesday 3 February 7.30pm
• Thursday 4 February 7.30pm
• Friday 5 February 7.30pm
• Saturday 6 February Matinee 2.30pm (Sold Out)
• Saturday 6 February 7.30pm

Tickets: £ 7.00 (£5.00 children)

Select, collect and pay your tickets from "Wood You Like" (Brenchley Mews, School Road) - as long as there are seats available (please note the opening hours)

Kind request to those who already reserved their seats: collect and pay for your tickets as soon as possible.

Message for former Bizy-Charing members

Dear members of Bizy Charing.

Unfortunately this organisation now seems to be defunct. Many previous member contributed a small amount of money to the kitty which now amounts to £384.00

As there is a new Charing Business Association would you be agreeable to the money being passed on to them? If you have any questions please let us: Karin Hermans at info@wood-you-like.co.uk or Kirsten Moon at kirsten@moon-and-co.co.uk, know by 14 February 2010.

Unless we have objections the money will be passed over after this date

Kind Regards
Kirsten Moon

(And all former Bizy-Charing members are more than welcome to join the "new" Charing Business Association.)

Charing School into Fashion

Charing School PTFA invites you to a ladies' & children's fashion show in the school hall on Thursday 4th February.

Doors open 7pm, show starts at 7.30pm.

Tickets, priced £3.50 are selling fast & are available from Richard's Butchers shop, the Post Office, & the school office.

Free drink on arrival. Chocolate hamper to be raffled.

All clothing available to buy on the night - huge bargains from well known high street stores.

Jo Astbury for PTFA

Picture this - new feature

Latest addition to the Charing website: Charing in pictures (idea triggered when we received a snowy picture of Charing's High Street on a quiet Sunday morning).

The plan is to fill the "gallery" with more lovely pictures of what's going on in lovely Charing, from scenic views to all the activities in and around the village.

Send your image in, email it to info @ wood-you-like.co.uk, add a little story to it to be published underneath your picture and it will be seen on the Gallery as soon as possible.

Over to you now, get the cameras out!

You can enter the Gallery also through the link on the left hand side: Charing in Pictures.

Are you entitled to priority bookings for Treasure Island?

Little note from the Charing Guild of Players:

Members and friends of the Guild are entitled to priority bookings for the coming "Treasure Island" production.

Priority bookings start on Monday 4 January. You can either buy your "priority" tickets during rehearsals that week or call Val Parson on 01233 631559 to reserve your seats.

After 18 January everyone will be able to get tickets from "Wood You Like" (Brenchley Mews, School Road) - as long as there are seats available (please note the opening hours)

Production dates:

• Wednesday 3 February 7.30pm
• Thursday 4 February 7.30pm
• Friday 5 February 7.30pm
• Saturday 6 February Matinee 2.30pm
• Saturday 6 February 7.30pm

Tickets: £ 7.00 (£5.00 children)

Banner Design

With many thanks to Dave Hutton for providing us with pictures of the true banner for the Charing Website:

Which gave us also the opportunity to redesign the site showing off the charming banner at the top of every page and article.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Snow!

Always a nice "picture" - as long as you don't have to travel through it! If you have to, save journey and take care.

Friday morning - the sun is just getting up too (click on image to see the larger original)

 

Sunday morning, birds searching (and finding) seeds in quiet garden, sun's out again too (click on image to see the larger original)

Schools out for the Christmas break, the School field is having a field day on its own (click on image to see the larger original)

Merry Christmas - will it be a white one?