Lovely Charing - Kent

Kentish Village Life in Victorian Times - Lecture

From Charing and District Local History Society

The next lecture is by Helen Allinson on Kentish Village Life in Victorian Times - a look at the domestic and social structure of village life in the 19th century.

This is on 9^th February 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, Family (3) £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 one cataloguing historic photographs of the area; another 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, Jennie Burgess, 01233 714639, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk

*This year's Cadman Event, will be on 26 May, when we will visit Hall Place and Danson House, Bexley. More details will be posted shortly

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

Interesting Talks at Charing Surgery - Free To Attend

As part of Charing Surgery's commitment to your health and wellbeing, CBA-member Yvonne Fernando, NLP Master Practitioner & Life Coach, will be giving some interesting short talks at the Surgery.

Come and listen to these interesting subjects and see how some changes can have a big impact on your wellbeing and life.

WHY DIETS DON’T WORK - THURS 26 JANUARY at Noon

Yvonne will explain why diets don’t give you the results you want in the long term and what you can do to end up looking good and feeling good too.

GETTING RID OF FEARS, PHOBIAS & TRAUMAS - WED 8 FEBRUARY at Noon

If you suffer from any of these you will know how much they can hold you back. Yvonne will explain how these can be overcome quicker than you may think is possible so that you can live a more happy and complete life.

MANAGING STRESS - WED 7 MARCH at Noon

The world seems to be getting more pressurized. Stress can have a big negative impact on your health and wellbeing. Yvonne will give you some simple and valuable tips and techniques on better ways to manage stress and get more from your time and your life.

Free to attend

These talks are FREE to attend, will be held in the Seminar Room at the Surgery and last approximately an hour.

Yvonne can be contacted on 07968 785714 if you have any questions.

Charing Christmas Lights 2011

It's here again!

Friday 2nd December 2011 - A Magical Evening

The Market Place & Church Barn
From 5pm - 8pm

• Come and meet Father Christmas
• Children's Roundabout
• Grand Draw Tickets
• Tombola
• Triple Basket
• Rosemary's Cake
• Jewelery
• Christmas Decorations
• Homemade Cakes & Jams
• Mulled wine
• Christmas Gifts
• and many more stalls
• Charing Church Choir singing Carols
• Refreshments available

Charing High Street in Festive Mood too with various shops open, adding to the Spirit of the Magical Evening:
Wady & Brett
Thyme for Tea - free treat with first cup of coffee/tea
Purple Patch
Martin John Butchers - burgers and hot dogs
"44"

and in the entrance of the Library on the Market Place you can treat yourself to hot chocolate, tea and coffee

Saturday 3rd December 2011 - Coffee Morning

Church Barn 10 am - 12.30pm where the Grand Draw will take place

Come and get into the Spirit of Christmas, enjoy the Charing Christmas Lights in our lively lovely village

As always, many many thanks to the ongoing non-stop efforts of the Ladies of the Light, changing our High Street every year in Christmas Magic

PS: Wanted - unwanted costume jewelery for one of the Magic Evening stands. If you can help out, leave with Lata at Wady & Brett

Steel Magnolias - Charing Guild of Players

The play will be performed from Wednesday to Saturday, November 16th to 19th at 7.30pm in the Church Barn

Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama about the bond between a group of southern women in north-west Louisiana. It was written by Robert Harling, based on his experience of the death of his sister. The title suggests that the female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel. The magnolia specifically references a magnolia tree they are arguing about as the drama opens.

There was a play reading for Steel Magnolias in The Church Barn during August and this has now been cast:

• Truvey: KAREN WRIGHT
• Annelle: NATASHA GUDGE
• Clairee: MARIAN WHITE
• Shelby: ALISON HOWE
• M'Lyn: CAROLINE BANHAM
• and Ouiser: GILL MAGSON.

It will be directed by Michael Headley.

Tickets £7 (Students £6) go on sale from November 7th at Wood You Like, School Road - during opening hours.

Do note: tickets must be paid for on collection - this also applies for reserved tickets (before the 7th through friends and families of the Guild).
No tickets can be left at the door and/or paid for on the evening.

A History of Charing

Charing and District Local history Society is publishing a new history of Charing; researched, written and produced by Society members. It tells the story of Charing from prehistoric times to 1900, and also has chapters on the history of the church, archbishop's palace and historic houses of the parish. It is written in a well-informed but easily readable style, and is well-illustrated with over 100 maps, drawings and photographs.

The book will be published in November 2011, and is therefore ideal for Christmas presents!

The retail price will be £ 12, but if you order copies before 31 October 2011 ( Download Order Form here) the pre-publication price is £10.
Those who order in advance will be given the option of picking up their orders in the village. If you wish copies to be posted please add £2.68 for 1-2 copies, for more copies please contact re postage costs.

Please make cheques payable to "Charing and District Local History", and send to Sarah Pearson, Old School House, High Street, Charing TN27 0LS (01233 - 712772: email books@charinghistory.co.uk

Antiques & Collectables Fayre

Organised by and for Charing Christmas Lights.

Saturday 17 September 2011
Charing Church Barn
From 10am until 4pm
Refreshments available
Entrance £ 1.00

For further details, please contact
Anita: 01233 714068
Ann: 01233 713035

All proceeds to the Charing Christmas Lights Fund

A Fete thank you...

Received from the Charing Fete committee:

Hi Karin

Thanks to your e-mails we had our freezer at the fete on Saturday. Just sad the weather wasn't better.

Sylbie very kindly leant us one and another lady Helen also offered. So if you would like to thank both of them, that's great.

Kirsten Moon

That's where this site if for: by and for our lovely lively Charing village community.

A brand new currency: Charing Pound

And you can win one (or two) during the Fete!

An initiative of the Charing Business Association (CBA)

The Charing Business Association have produced some exciting new cash; the Charing Pound.  The Charing Pound can be spent and redeemed with any Charing Business Association member.  That means people lucky enough to have Charing Pounds will be able to spend these not only in the High Street but also with any of the other many interesting businesses in Charing. 

You can use Charing Pounds where-ever you see the orange CBA logo.  The idea behind the Charing Pound is to promote the many different businesses and services available in Charing.  So whether it’s a hair cut, a gift, dinner, gym membership, therapy, business services, wood, carpet, cleaning or bigger purchases such as some carpet or even a house, the Charing Pound is very useful and definitely the cash to have!

The Charing Pound is now in circulation

The CBA has donated 50 Charing Pounds for a prize at the Summer Fete. They look like the above image - the real ones have been signed by CBA's chariman Vin and have a serial number. The lucky winner will be able to redeem these with any member of the Charing Business Association. So look out for the new Charing Pound - it’s the cash to have!

CBA members:

• Aztec Engineering
• Patrick Russell Estate Agents
• Carpets Direct
• Richard Carrison Electrician
• Charing Post Office
• Crea8media
• Saddlers Estate Agents
• Elizabeth at 44
• tangerinemoon
• Executive Cars 
• G.M & M John's Family Butchers (formerly known as Richards of Charing)
• Tenbury Chartered Accountants
• Fixings Warehouse
• The Home Office Company
• Frank Hogben & Son
• The Oak
• Grace DaSilva-Hill - registered homeopath and EFT trainer
• The Wow Factory
• Green Health Club
• Wady & Brett
• Helpful Hands
• Wood You Like, natural wooden flooring
• 1 Plus 1 Make 3
• Yvonne Fernando NLP Master Practitioner & Coach
• Olivers/Eliies Coffee Shop
• Yvonne Harvey’s Hairdressers
• Osteopath 4 All

The vouchers can't be exchanged for cash or any change given when they are redeemed. The expiry date is December 2011.
There are only 5 of these in circulation currently and in denominations of £10!

(CBA members receiving one, or more of the vouchers, please see Vin at Wady&Brett - as explained in the CBA members' email broadcast of 16.06.11)

Rings a bell?

From the village:

Peter Lunn, Vera Mobbs and a few others ring the church bells every wednesday evening at 6-30. They would like to get other people of the village interested in joining the team of bellringers.

For more information contact:
Peter Lunn: 07789 340291
Vera Mobbs: 07742118218 or 01233 712505
Email vmobbs@btinternet.com