Lovely Charing - Kent

Contact or suggestions needed for family visit

From the comment box:

Hello, First, let me apologize for sending this e-mail to you, but I do not know who to contact.

I am bringing a group of 13 members of my family to Kent from 20 June thru 26 June to visit our family's heritage sites in the Charing - Boughton Aluph area.

We have traced our family to William "Atte Welle" who was chaplain of the "church at Pette" as early as 1334. I understand that the small church is in ruins just next to the Pett Place House.

I have written to "occupant" at Pett Place, but have had no response. We would very much like to visit the ruined church during our visit since it is the earliest known building associated with our family.

Can you help me make contact or offer me suggestions on how I can accomplish this? Thank you so much.

Regards, John B. Wells Newnan, Georgia

(contact details known but kept off line, if you can help out, let me know through the comment box below. Karin H - Wood You Like Ltd)

Just Launched: The Charing Heating Oil Club

From the desk of active members of the Charing Heating Oil Club:

If you require heating oil, Join The Club today. Its free and easy to join and you will save money. The Oil Club is the fastest growing heating oil syndicate in the UK with over 350 village clubs. Why should you join us?

Reduce the rising cost of your heating oil

How much will it cost to keep your home warm this year? Probably a lot more than last year! How can the Heating Oil Club help? By grouping our deliveries by village or postcode sector and the bulk purchase ability of the club, we are able to negotiate with suppliers the best bulk purchase price for heating oil and pass on the saving to our members. As the membership grows so does the negotiating power we have! We request pricing from all companies who deliver in your area, ensuring you receive the best deal in town!

The club can help your own cash flow by allowing you to order smaller amounts 4 times a year but still benefit from the bulk pricing.
Read more about the oil-club-co-uk here

Join The Charing-Heating-Oil-club today

Charing Heating Oil Club has recently been added to the growing list of rural villages and you can join today, for free!

All you have to do is register as member, see here for further details and FAQ's

For the record

Since January 2009 this CharingKent website has been at the disposal of Charing village (and Charing Hill) local organisations, local businesses to have their activities published to attract attention, more visitors, etc.

For and by the village

After receiving a few questions - and even one accusation after refusing to publish a political viewpoint - I would like to take this opportunity to make a few things clear - for the record:

I am NOT being paid by the Parish Council to host, design or manage this website.

I - officially we = Wood You Like Ltd - decided in January 2009 to launch this website because, in our opinion, the village of Charing was missing an essential modern simple communication tool to list all local activities and the many businesses Charing is so fortunate to have.
Plus it was also one way of "giving something back" to the lovely village and all its residents for making us feel very welcome when we arrived here in May 2000 as total strangers. We truly love being part of this lively and lovely community (albeit it since Summer 2010 only with our business; unfortunately, due to various circumstances - one being the demolition of "our" home of 8 years - we had to move house and are now living in nearby Eastwell Park).

Every local (none-commercial) organisation knows their activities in Charing village/Charing Hill will be published when details are submitted to me (just shoot me an email or drop by with your info in our showroom). This website has an ever growing number of "subscribers" who receive an email the day a new article is published and at the moment the counter stands at 110 people, some living as far away as Canada.
When the Charing Business Association (CBA) was launched in Spring 2009, all members had the CBA logo inserted in front of their listing on the business directories and any CBA activities, plans are published also.
Any local organisation (for the village) can submit their details which are and will be published on the local organisation pages.

All for free and we wouldn't want it/have it any other way.

However, it is beyond the idea and scope of this website to publish:

• political viewpoints ('cos there's always a viewpoint A and a viewpoint B or even C, D etc)
• publications of political parties
• activities outside Charing village/Charing Hill

Independent, impartial

There are plans afoot to purchase an official Charing Parish Council website, which - and I must stress this - has absolutely nothing to do with this well known, well found on all search engines and in our opinion well loved Charing website, by and for the village community.

Therefore, no changes to the structure, welcomed input or listings will take place here if and when the official Parish Council website comes to being.
www.charingkent.co.uk (hosted, designed, managed and sponsored by Wood You Like Ltd) has the full intention to continue to be an independent and impartial modern village publication board.
(And it always gives me the greatest pleasure to hear from local organisations that the articles are contributing in their own little way to the success of any of the activities organised.)

So, please don't ask - or demand, as happened this week - for articles to be published which are definitely beyond the idea and scope of this site.

All other articles are as welcome as they ever were!

Kindest regards
Karin Hermans

Public Meeting/Discussion

From the Parish Clerk - Dawne Austen:

Charing Parish Council

Friday July 15th 7.30pm
Public meeting in the Parish Hall, Station Road to discuss KCC's "Kent Minerals and Waste Consultation" document

Come and Find Out!

Come and see the sites in our parish that are features. 4 more sand pots, 1 land-fill site, 1 chalk pit extended, 1 green waste to compost site and 1 aggregate recycling plant

What does it mean where you live? How much more traffic will it bring to your area and around the parish?

Have Your Say!

The consultation period ends later this month, No time to lose!

Future Biogas Public Exhibition

Public Notice:

Future Biogas would like to invite local residents and interested members of the public to a Public Exhibition regarding the submission of the Planning Application for a renewable energy facility near Westwell Leacon.

Future Biogas will be present to explain the proposal and answer questions.

The Exhibition will be held at Charing Village Hall on the 25th June and 26th June between 11:00am and 4:00pm.

For further details of the proposal and the Exhibition, please contact Will Mezzullo at Future Biogas on 01483 688060 or leaconlane@futurebiogas.com

Charing Parish Church Fete, Flower show and Craft Fayre 2011

Saturday 18 June 2011 - Clewards Meadow - from 12 o'clock

We welcome you all most warmly to the 2011 Church Fete with its fun, stalls and activities.

The Fete represents something very important as it provides a means to build on the friendship and acquaintances we have with others in our community. The involvement of the Gardening Society and the Primary School makes this much more than just a church event. An observer would recognise that there are many parts of the overall Fete that come from outside the immediate village community but none the less would see it as a typical English village activity.

A community only grows as the relationship between its members are enriched. Spending time together at events like the Fete enables our relationships to grow.

So, enjoy the hog roast, and the other things there are to eat and drink. Good luck with "guess the wieght of the cake" and other games and may you make new friends and renew old friendships.

Finally, my thanks go to the many, many people who work so hard to make this event possible. It is months in the planning and without the effort of all involved it would be impossible to hold. So to you all, thank you so much.

Graham Mason and Kevin Moon - Churchwardens.

  Program of Events (as known to date)

12.00pm Fete opened by Vic Reeves and nacy Sorell

12.05pm Prize Giving - Primary School Painting Competition

12.15pm Wicked Belly Morris

12.45pm Dancing, Charing Primary School

01.15pm

01.45pm

02.00pm Wicked Belly Morris

02.15pm Dancing, Charing Primary School

03.15pm Novelty Races for Children and Adults

04.00pm Gardening Society Sale of Flowers

04.15pm Announcement of Competition Winners

04.15 Dine out and Grand Draw

Plus:

• a variety of Side shows and Stalls on and around the Meadow;
• Craft Fayer in the Archbishops Palace;
• Rose, Sweet Pea and Clematis Show and hourly demonstrations for the "Beginner gardener" of planting up hanging baskets, growing in growbags and growing in raised beds in the Gardening Society Marquee
• Hot Dogs and Burgers
• Beer & Pimms Marquee
• Syncopators Jazz Band
• Two Classic Cars, a Police Car and possible some old motor cycles
• "Dine out" stall ticket £ 1.00 (see the menu on the day, there may be some "chef specials of the day")
• Grand Draw tickets £ 1.00 available from High Street shops (First prize £ 250.00)

The Fete Committee wish to express their appreciation and thanks for the generous support received from businesses, local traders, the Primary School, Gardening Society and individuals. At the time of going to print here are many who many not yet realise that they are going to volunteer or be involved in some way. As a Committee we will never be aware of every individual's involvement but rest assured that we are grateful for everyone's support.

We would encourage everyone to make use of the local traders and businesses whenever possible. Sourcing things local is likely to be an ever-increasing aspect of our daily lives as we start to look at our carbon footprint in response to the concerns about global warming.

Having sustainable village shops and businesses is a vital part of what makes this a vibrant and active village rather than simply being a "residential suburb of Ashford".

The Fete Committee

Charing Post Office change hands

End of last month Charing said goodby to long serving Post Masters James and Sally and welcomed John.

James and Sally (and Pat of course) always have took great care of all our postage, parcels and many stationeries, birthday and wedding cards needs (and then some: knitting wool, light bulbs etc).

We are sure John, assisted by Pat, will do the same for our lively lovely village. For starters our Post Office wil now also be open on Wednesday afternoons.

Magical Evening in Charing: Friday 3rd December

One little week to go before Charing's famous Christmas Lights will be in "the spot-light" to enlighten the High Street and our spirits for festive times to come.

A Magical Evening - Friday 3th December 2010
The Market Place & Church Barn 5pm - 8pm

Come & See Father Christmas in his Cottage

• Children's Roundabout
• Grand Draw
• Tombola
• Tipple Basket
• Rosemary's Cake - a very, very special one this year!
• Jewellery
• Christmas Decorations
• Homemade Cakes & Jams
• Mulled wine
• Charing Church Choir Singing Carols
• Refreshments & many stalls....

And on Saturday 4 December there will be a Coffee Morning in the Church Barn 10am - 12.30pm where the Grand Draw will take place.

From the (tireless working) Ladies of The Light

Protect Kent moved to Charing

Dear Charing,

Protect Kent (The Kent branch of CPRE) has arrived at Queens Head House in your village! We are still settling in, but hope to integrate ourselves into your beautiful village, and become part of the community. If anyone from the community would like information on Protect Kent and the activities our charity gets up to, then you are welcome to email me at Jamie@protectkent.org.uk or look at our website for more information.

Best Regards,

Jamie Weir

WE HAVE MOVED!!

Our new address is

Queens Head House, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0AD
Phone: 01233 714540

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