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IN THIS ISSUE…
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4
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9
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Letter from the
Rectory…
by the Reverend
James Packman
Church Services,
features & News
from the Pews
Latest news from
the Parish Council
Frant Garden
Club’s programme
of events for the
year ahead
Frant’s 2015
Festival of Music
starts with a
weekend of delights
What’s on in the
Parish: events,
useful contacts
& dates
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PA R I S H N E W S
From the Rectory
How was Christmas for you? a word that gets used an awful
lot at Christmas time is the word ‘peace’. i wonder whether
you would describe your Christmas as a time of peace.
You may well have heard about the remarkable peace
that came about at Christmas time 100 years ago, when the
trenches of the Great War became the setting for an
unexpected display of peace between enemies. these
events were mentioned a number of times in the media
over the recent festivities, and sainsbury’s even based their
Christmas tv advert on it.
it started on Christmas eve in 1914, when the British
troops saw a strange glow on the horizon. they soon
realised that the Germans were putting up Christmas trees
in their trenches. they could even hear the sound of
singing drifting across no-man’s land, as the Germans sang
‘s tille nacht, heilige nacht’ (silent night, holy night). the
British men joined in, singing along in english, as the
enemies traded verses. When Christmas morning came,
men dared to put their heads above the parapet and
gradually stand up. soon no-man’s land was full of ofﬁcers
from both sides – shaking hands, talking and exchanging
souvenirs. there was even an impromptu game of football
that took place around the craters made by fallen shells.
apparently, the following morning, the order came
through that the men were to resume ﬁring. the men
refused, or shot at the sky instead. But then the artillery
started up again, and as the shells began to fall it was clear
that the Christmas truce had come to an end. the peace
didn’t last. and i guess that as the next few years rolled by,
that peace must have seemed like an impossible dream.
Peace is something we could all do with more of.
Whether it’s peace from irritating noise, peace from
unwelcome interruptions, peace from unbearable pain,
peace from the hostilities of others, or even peace from our
own troubled consciences. Peace is a precious commodity
that you can’t buy and is hard to ﬁnd. Yet when Jesus came
to earth he was called the Prince of Peace – and this was
precisely because he came to offer true peace to all people.
He offers a peace that is more than just skin deep – a peace
that gives rest to weary souls and lifts the burdens of the
heart. as the Bible tells us, and as many Christians will
testify, it truly is a ‘peace that transcends all
understanding.’
the peace that the soldiers experienced 100 years ago is
truly inspirational, but the best thing about the peace that
Jesus offers is that it lasts long after Christmas.
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Tales of the Unexpected
One of the key roles of any church is to
promote the teachings of Jesus. in a world
where we are bombarded daily with
everyone’s opinion it can be very
refreshing to stop and spend some time
listening to what Jesus has to say about
life. and it can be very surprising too, as
we discovered on a recent course that was
run at the stables in Frant. it was called
‘tales of the Unexpected’ and consisted of
four sessions, each one looking at a story
that Jesus told.
For example, one of Jesus’ stories is about
two men who went to pray. One was a highly
religious man who had a very moral lifestyle
and gave generously to charity; the other a
man who was greatly despised because he
was a thief who collaborated with the
occupying roman forces. if we had to pick
the man that God would welcome into
heaven, we’d obviously assume it would be
the morally upright man. so it’s quite a
shock when Jesus tells us the opposite –
that the wretched man was accepted by God
and the other man rejected. it turns out
Jesus is more interested in how people are
PA R I S H N E W S
PA R I S H N E W S
on the inside than how they might seem on
the outside. the ﬁrst man may have been
good, but he arrogantly assumed God’s
favour, whereas the other man knew full
well his life wasn’t pleasing to God and so he
begged for God’s favour. in this way Jesus
teaches us the importance of humility in our
lives before God.
tales of the Unexpected will return in the
future. Keep your eyes open for details of
the next course should you want to come
and join in.
St Alban’s, Frant & Holy Trinity, Eridge
Christmas
We would like to say a huge, “thank you” to
all those who made our Christmas services
such a success. From the wonderful
decorations in our two churches to the choir
contributions, it was a wonderful
celebration of the birth of Jesus.
in particular, thank you to everyone who
supported our Christingle service at st
albans Frant on the ﬁrst sunday in
december. it was a great fun for all the
family with lots of children delighted to be
going home with some delicious sweets! We
are particularly delighted to report that we
Rector
the reverend James Packman — 750638; [email protected]
Churchwardens
st alban’s: Jane emler—532233, matt Gurney—783874. Holy trinity: Jonathan Lynn—864304, Christopher Hall—750385
raised even more than last year at the
service, and the sum of £179.45 has been
sent off to the Children’s society to help
disadvantaged families.
www.eridgechurch.org
The New Year
2015 is now upon us and we are taking this
opportunity to re-examine our life as a
parish. Our two anglican churches aren’t
just there as monuments to the past, but as
beacons to point everyone to God, and so we
are considering how best we can fulﬁl our
calling in this regard. as part of this process
we have gone back to what Jesus taught
about our purpose, and this has reminded
us that he essentially wants three things
from us – namely that we LOve GOd,
LOve OtHers and maKe disCiPLes.
Jesus himself made these priorities clear
when he gave us what are known as the
Greatest Commandment (to love God with
all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and to
love our neighbour as ourselves – mark
chapter 12 verses 30-31) and the Great
Commission (to go and make disciples of all
nations – matthew chapter 28 verses 1920). so with these aims in mind we will be
re-evaluating our priorities and our
activities to strengthen our life as God’s
churches.
News from the Pews
time for a quick look at the church
registers…
sunday 2nd november was a day of
double excitement as both st albans Frant
and Holy trinity eridge played host to
baptisms. ewan russell was baptised in
Frant and Leo Bartlett was baptised in
eridge. Our congratulations go to them and
their families.
sadly there have been a number of
funerals in the parish too. Betty turner’s
funeral was held at eridge on 27th October.
then in Frant we said goodbye to long-term
Frant resident and devoted Christian sybil
nicholas (29th October), and the talented
musician Jeremy Bates (9th december)
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www.frantchurch.org
Services for
January/February 2015
9:30am
Family service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional Communion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family service
8:00am
11:15am
9:30am
5:00pm
Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Communion
Frant@5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11:15am
9:30am
morning service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th January
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional service
11:15am
9:30am
5:00pm
morning service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25th January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communion
Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11:15am
9:30am
Family service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional Communion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family service
8:00am
11:15am
9.30am
5:00pm
Communion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Communion
Frant@5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11:15am
9:30am
morning service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th February
11:15am
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . traditional service
10:00am traditional Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ash Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9:30am
5:00pm
morning service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22nd February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communion
Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
There is a Sunday Club for 0–12 year olds at Frant when it isn’t a family service—all welcome!
WORSHIP AT BELLS YEW GREEN
sunday services: 10.30am
Good Friday service at 10.30am; Bible study & Prayer: thursdays, 7.30pm
enquiries: Ken davies, 01732 357791
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Parish Council News
BYG Village Hall News
Following on from the last Parish news it is
interesting that Kent County Council has
now decided to withdraw its support for
Gatwick's proposed second runway. this
issue has probably proved the most
contentious for the Parish Council for some
time as the summer ﬂight schedules have
impacted on the Parish more this year than
any other. Frant Parish Council has joined
with other Parish Councils to try to make our
voice heard expressing real concerns about
the noise levels and the numbers of jets ﬂying
overhead. i wonder how east sussex County
Council will now respond? they, like Kent,
were initially supportive of the second
runway but now that most of the northern
Parishes in east sussex have come out
against the proposed second runway perhaps
they too will reconsider their position?
this ,of course, comes at the same time
when we also have elections both local and
national coming up in may. For the Parish
Council this will mean some change. i've
been a Parish Councillor for some 15 years
now and Chairman for over 10 years. some
would argue for far too long! i do think it is
time for a different Chairman and i will
therefore not be standing for election this
coming may. i implore some of our younger
parishioners to stand for election to the
Parish Council. it is a worthwhile job, albeit
unpaid, as the Parish Council does many
good things that keep this part of the world
the way it should be - from keeping the
greens in Frant and Bells Yew Green,
repairing ﬁnger posts and bus shelters,
funding our village halls and play areas,
giving planning advice and being the driving
force behind many of the trafﬁc calming
measures in our villages. in the immediate
future the Parish Council will also have , i
hope, a signiﬁcant role in inﬂuencing where,
if any, new houses are to be built in our
Parish. my guess is that decisions of this
kind will have to be made sooner rather
than later as all around us houses are now
being built (tunbridge Wells) or proposed
(Wadhurst).
Finally some self indulgence if i may? a
huge thank you to past and present
Councillors for their support, humour and
tolerance of my Chairmanship over all these
years. and in this regard i include of course
those Councillors no longer with us - Geoff
and the two richards.
it has been a pleasure (most of the time!)
and a privilege (always).
i wish you all and the future Parish
Council the very best for 2015 and for many
years to come. —Stuart Crookshank.
the Hall continues to go from strength to
strength and the committee is always
looking to improve the facility which would
not be possible without the ongoing
commitment and support of volunteers in
our community, to this end, we would like
to ﬁrstly thank the Parish Council for giving
permission to put two new hall signs in
place. We hope this will make the hall more
visible to passers by and increase bookings.
secondly, a huge thanks to the following
people for their help:
to Chris for keeping the bookings
going/painting/ﬁxing up. to alistair for
managing the accounts and to david m for
being secretary and david Fawcett for
hosting us at the pub and doing some ad hoc
plumbing! to ethne who has taken on lots
of organising with improvements and we
shall soon see the lovely signs up, whic h will
be in keeping with the nicely newly painted
hall exterior by Chris and the new shed
door. to Katie who has cleaned the hall
every week. the hall is looking so much
better this year with all the various
improvements and external revamp.
Finally to Peter Lamb for holding the keys
for the hall users and being an informal post
box between members.
—Mags Beksinska
Note from the Editor
no, you are not seeing things, we have
introduced colour to Parish news and we
hope that you like it!
We contacted all of our advertisers and
offered the opportunity of having colour
advertisements for a small extra charge. it
was enthusiastically received and we have
therefore been in a position to make the
change.
Once again, the Parish news team would
very much like to thank all of you who
support our magazine. not only in terms of
advertising, but also to those of you who give
up your free time to deliver the magazines
through people’s doors.
We would also like to thank Frant Parish
Council for their ﬁnancial contribution.
Finally, there would be no magazine
without the written contributions i receive
every month. Whether you are a regular
contributor or someone who has written in
on a particular topic/local news, thank you.
it is very much appreciated and the variety, i
hope, keeps it an interesting magazine for
everybody to read.
Whilst on the subject, thank you to the
person who left an envelope for me in Frant
village shop containing two copies of the
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Parish magazine dated september/October
1967. it makes a good read and has given me
some ideas but i wonder what the readers
may think? examples include “a children’s
corner” containing a story/information for
children in the Parish and then there is a
crossword section. i also enjoyed the
following note:
Regular Customer
Two women, whose only trouble was that
they needed to have somebody take notice of
them, appeared regularly every Wednesday
evening in the doctor’s waiting room. Thus
they became close acquaintances.
there came a Wednesday evening when
one of them was absent. When next they
met the other commented “You didn’t come
last Wednesday”. “no”, responded the other
rather querulously; “i didn’t feel well”
all the best for 2015… and keep the stories
coming please!
—Carmel Kinley
Protect your valuables
at the last Parish Council meeting, we were
advised by sarah roberts, our Police
Community support Ofﬁcer, to let
residents know about the immobilise
website in an effort to return stolen items to
their owners. Below are the details and well
worth a read.
immobilise is the world's largest Free
register of possession ownership details and
together with its sister sites the Police's
nmPr (www.thenmpr.com ) and
Checkmend (www.checkmend.com ),
forms a very effective tool in helping to
reduce crime and repatriate recovered
personal property to its rightful owners.
immobilise can be used by members of
the public and businesses to register their
valued possessions or company assets, and
exclusive to immobilise all account holders
registered items and ownership details are
viewable on the Police national property
database the nmPr (www.thenmpr.com ).
this online checking service is used
thousands of times each day by UK Police
forces to trace owners of lost and stolen
property.
as a direct result of immobilise there are
hundreds of cases a week where property is
returned or information collected that
assists the Police in investigating criminal
activity involving stolen goods.
immobilise is also the only ownership
registration service supported by all UK
Police forces, the Greater London
authority, and the mobile Phone industry.
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Wreath Workshops
What has now become an annual event
grew even more this year at the st alban’s
wreath workshop held in the stables in
december to raise money for the Women’s
refuge.
Kris torr and her team (some of whom
are pictured above) now have a reputation
for an event not to be missed. Over two
sessions, 46 people took part and without
exception left feeling immensely proud of
their wreaths and, we hope, a feeling of
fulﬁlment generally having listened to an
excellent guest speaker who focused on love
at Christmas time - love for Jesus and love
for each other.
thank you very much to all of you who
took part and particularly to Kris for
organising this together with her team.
annette Carruthers and Jenny Wade were a
huge help on the day ensuring that everyone
had enough coffee and cake (and more cake
and more cake).
Last but by no means least, thank you to
Helen marshall, our Frant based
professional ﬂorist, who gave up her time
voluntarily to demonstrate the techniques
to us all. she was very encouraging
throughout and great to work with.
—Carmel Kinley
Woof!
Cripes, it has been so chilly suddenly, even i
with my woolly coat am feeling rather
sensitive to this sudden cold snap, although,
it has been quite refreshing to zoom about
without getting too warm, but not so fun
when one jumps in the water trough, which
i did the other day and felt like scooby-doo
trying to put my brakes on at the last
minute, realising it was about to be a big
mistake as the water was about to feel very
cold, brrrrrr i did need to scoot after that to
warm up again.
the Owner was attempting to be creative
today (not one of her strong points as i
heard the mother say), as she was picking
and cutting off 'choice holly-bits' as she kept
telling me on our ponder around the ﬁelds.
We kept starting and stopping and then
having a meander looking at other possible
goodies to go into her Christmas wreath as it
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is apparently called. it seems a new strange
idea of the Owner's to now decide to put a
load of holly and orange slices onto the front
door in the cold, then it keeps bumping
about with the opening and shutting with
much hufﬁng from her as bits fall off. then,
to be even more confusing, a tree has
suddenly gone up in the house draped in
shiny bits. it is all hugely confusing, but i am
most intrigued by the bits hanging off the
tree, although keep getting stares and the
furrowing of the Owner's brow as i have a
closer ponder and sniff at the branches.
these humans do seem to continue on
doing the strangest things. i must chat with
my friends to see if they have the same
troubling moments with their Owners.
apparently, the next creative moment is
to make 'bird cake' using meat, peanuts,
bits of cheese-rind and old crumbled
biscuits then it all gets minced or chopped
up, oatmeal added to stodge up if
necessary, then hot fat poured over and the
cake put into a mould pot with string going
through it from end to end to hang-up
when set. do you think there might be a
'doggie cake' in the ofﬁng too, as i really
feel rather put out and the Girls are bound
to get something, although they are in
some trouble for the merest amount of egg
laying despite many treats and goodness.
mind you the 'bird cake' sounds quite
tasty, so perhaps i might try and have a
climb up to have a munch of the bird-cake
when the Owner is not looking.
i have seen more of my dear friend stan
recently which has been so nice and we
always have such a good catch-up and happy
time when we meet. also, i think he is rather
sweet on a new friend of his called 'dotty',
but she is rather larger than him and he has
to look up to her, but stan insists she is just
perfect to him and there is much tailwagging between them, so i shall hope to
meet her soon. apparently, she wears some
very cosy jackets to keep her warm and cuts
quite a dash through the woods.
i am feeling rather sleepy now, but must
just share my glorious morning with you
that i had with dearest dolly today… it was
our ﬁrst really hard frost and the sun was
shining through so early with the grass
covered in shiny frostiness and dolly had
some on the tip of her nose as she scuttled
about through the long grass. Oh but she did
look so utterly charming and it was all so
romantic as we ran and ran all around the
ﬁelds as our Owners chatted away… i just
wish i was snuggled up in front of the ﬁre
with dolly now, nose to nose… ohhhh i shall
dream of her though…
The Brecknock Arms
We are pleased to give some advanced
notice of our exciting new plans of
entertainment for 2015. don’t worry, these
are in addition to, rather than replacing, our
popular events! next year, look out for
notices about our music nights, Cricketers’
Q&a evenings and comedy nights.
something for everyone, we hope!
Our ﬁsh n chip takeaway service
continues to be very popular from
Wednesday to saturday (lunchtime
and evening). thank you to all of you who
have enjoyed coming to Brecknock in 2014
and best wishes for 2015. We hope to see you
then! —Sally & Dave
New Year Resolutions
a growing number of people in the UK are
following their american cousins and
turning to coaching to help achieve personal
ambitions. By dedicating time to focus on
future plans, a coach can help address
strengths and weaknesses, organising and
prioritising, managing stressful situations or
career planning. a free introduction to
coaching is being offered by Burrswood,
near tunbridge Wells, at 6pm on 19th
January. all are welcome to come and hear
how coaching is used to make the most of
individuals’ skills and abilities. set off in the
right direction and aim to make a positive
difference during 2015. For more
information, see www.burrswood.org.uk
Frant School News
another festive period has ﬂown by and we
welcome another new year. Last term was
just as busy as ever, if not slightly more
chaotic with Christmas performance
rehearsals. Both key stages performed
fantastically – Key stage 1 performed a
beautiful nativity called ‘angel express’ and
Key stage 2 put on a lovely carol concert. i am
very proud of the children in our school and
all the hard work they put into learning their
lines and song words. it amazes me how
quickly they pick them up. i am also sure their
parents knew the songs word perfectly!
i would also like to take this opportunity
to thank Jill thomson, the year 2 parents
and everyone else who helped (PtFa), on
behalf of the school, for organising such a
fantastic Christmas Fayre. Without their
hard work, dedication and their willingness
to give up their free time, events like this
would not be possible. it was lovely to see so
many people enjoying themselves. all proﬁt
goes to improving our school.
a new year brings new changes – we
warmly welcome mrs Follows who started
at the beginning of term 3 (January). mrs
Follows will be teaching our oldest children,
Oak Class – years 5 & 6. i know she will
make a fantastic member of our team.
Our next ‘Parish Lunch’ will be held on
Wednesday 28th January 2015 – 12:00 to
1:00pm in our school hall. if you would like
to join us, please pop into our school
reception or ring us to book your place
(01892 750243). the menu is:
Roast pork and roast potatoes
Or Quorn Roast
Both served with cabbage and carrots.
Pudding is an oat cookie or fruit.
Finally, i would again like to thank aLL the
staff and the children at Frant CeP school for
their continuous hard work and dedication to
the school and the extra workload they take
on during the festive period.
Frant School Community
Questionnaire earlier this year, we wrote
to several people in the local community to
ask for their views on the school.
We were very pleased to ﬁnd that all our
respondents felt that the school is an asset
to the community, that it encourages its
pupils to behave well and that the children
give a good impression of the school. they
were all aware that the school is a Church
school, felt that it operates in accordance
with Christian ideals and felt that it appears
to be well led.
thank you very much to those who
responded, the information from this
survey will help us to continue to improve
the things that we do.
Happy new Year to you all from the
Children and staff at Frant CeP school.
Best wishes —Chris Laker, Head of School
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Frant Garden Club
the internet tells me that a Garden Club is
"a group of people who come together to
enhance their knowledge of gardening, its
beauty and its effect," and that perfectly
describes what Frant Garden Club aims to
do through its talks, demonstrations and
outings but with the added 'fertiliser' of
laughter and chat!
as a result of feed-back from a
questionnaire members completed during
the summer, we have slightly changed the
format of our annual programme so that we
now plan to hold four meetings in the Frant
memorial Hall (all starting at 7.45 p.m.),
with half-day outings in april and
september and one full-day outing in June our intention is to get out and about to gain
inspiration and pleasure from other
people's labours! 2015 programme is:
Wednesday 25th March the Gardens of
impressionism (martin Head)
April afternoon outing (details nearer the
time)
Wednesday 27th April rapkyns nursery
(steven moore)
Thursday 25th June Full day outing to
nufﬁeld Place near Henley-on-thames
(pictured above)
September afternoon outing (details
nearer the time)
Wednesday 28th October Batemans and
rudyard Kipling (ray shayler)
Wednesday 25th November aGm
if you think you may be interested in joining
us, please contact me (noting the change of
details under Useful Contacts) or just turn
up at any of our meetings - you will be most
welcome.
—Dianna Tennant
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Penshurst Choral Society
presents…
the magic of mozart on saturday 7th
February 2015 at 7.30pm at Holmewood
House school, Langton Green. the evening
will include mozart – Coronation mass,
solemn vespers and exsultate Jubilate,
mozart Piano Concerto no 11 in F major,
K413 and soloist, Jong Gyung Park. the
Conductor is anthony Zerpa Falcon.
more information at
www.penshurstchoralsociety.co.uk
Poppy Collection
thank you to everyone who responded to
the British Legion Poppy appeal in Frant.
Collecting boxes in Frant stores, st alban’s
Church, Frant Hair & Beauty salon, the
Primary school, the George and the
abergavenny arms raised £369.53 and a
further £403.09 came from house-to-house
collections, making a magniﬁcent total of
£772.62 for the Legion’s funds.
The Burrswood January Sale!
Our book shop will have a variety of books on
sale between 8th and 22nd January. We are
open from 9.30am – 5pm and have a range of
books on prayer, spirituality, health and
healing, biography as well as children’s books.
We also have greetings cards for all occasions
and some beautiful gifts for sale in the shop.
Broadwater Warren
the big machinery at Broadwater has been
working rapidly to get the conifer felling and
thinning work ﬁnished this winter. the
recent wet weather and delayed start to the
job has resulted in much more ‘ground
disturbance’ than we initially anticipated,
and the tracks are suffering from the weight
of the fully loaded forwarders. the main
track from the car park down the hill to the
woodland is particularly treacherous, so
please take care! Fear not though, they will
be ﬁxed when the work is complete and
apologies for the inconvenience until then.
the ruts out on the newly cleared areas
are actually quite welcome as the long
buried heather seed bank will be churned
up to the surface and exposed to the
sunlight and warmth next spring, helping
them burst into life after about a 50 year
sleep! did you know heather seeds can lay
dormant for up to about 60 years before
they won’t ever be able to grow? that’s why
the restoration work at Broadwater is
important now – so the heather will return
just by exposing the old seeds.
You may have noticed high stumps left by
the harvester after cutting down the
conifers in the newly cleared areas. these
are helping to mark out and protect the
archaeological features from the forwarders
as they pick up the processed timber and
leafy tops (brash). Broadwater has over 450
identiﬁed features now, with more being
uncovered as the restoration work
progresses. they help us ‘read’ the historic
landscape and ﬁnd out more about past
uses. We already know about its extensive
use as a training ground in both World Wars,
and more clues are
found all the time.
Here’s a picture of
some old grafﬁti
carved into one of our
veteran beech trees.
You can just make out
the date 1941 and a
reference to Canada
which has stretched
and warped as the tree has grown, possibly
from the Canadian troops who were
training at Broadwater at the time.
the chill in the air means it’s almost time
for proper winter bird spotting! Crossbills
will soon be visible as they cross the
reserve emitting their ‘chip chip’ calls,
joining the mixed ﬂocks of tits and
goldcrests already twittering away from
the tops of the conifer stands.
Look out for other gangs of bird species
ﬂocking together. as many as 50 siskin and
redpoll have been seen together as they feed
on the catkins at the tops of birch trees.
Groups of about 30 woodlarks and meadow
pipits are still feeding out on the open heath,
foraging on the ground for seeds and insects.
individual nuthatches and treecreepers
can be seen in the woodland, clinging to
the trunks of trees as they forage in the
bark ﬁssures for insects.
the stonechats seem to have taken up
permanent winter residence too, as they can
still be seen on the scrub and gorse along the
main track towards the pond.
members of the much maligned corvid
family are very visible now. a raven ﬂew into
the north-east of the reserve on 25
november and settled in the top of a tall
conifer until it was mobbed by a group of
crows; jackdaws and crows can be seen
ﬂying en masse across the western heath
and delightful looking jays seem to be
everywhere as they gather acorns for their
caches. they can store up to 400 acorns in
one winter!
Out in the open, several snipe have been
ﬂushed from the wet heath areas, and last
week 3 woodcock blasted out from the
undergrowth scaring the life out of matt as
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he was orientating himself around his new
reserve! He also spotted 12 bullﬁnches on
that walk. Listen out for their melancholic
song coming from the dense tree canopy.
it’s a really critical time of year for many
wild animals now, as they have to put on
enough weight to survive the winter. some
species mammal and reptile that have just
gone into hibernation will have gorged
themselves through september and
October, so that as their metabolisms slow
right down in hibernation, they will have
enough fat reserves to sustain them until
spring. Birds that have migrated south for
the winter will now need to search hard to
ﬁnd enough food in the upcoming winter
months. different species will be foraging
for different foods: seeds on trees, seeds
fallen to the ground, insects of all types in
all places, fruits and berries from bushes
and shrubs – and of course, your bird
feeders in your garden.
as well as being festive, ivy is one of the
important food sources in winter. Far from
being the villain that many people assume,
ivy is a fantastic plant! the nectar it
provides in late summer is followed by the
fruiting berries through winter – a welcome
snack for birds and mammals when most
other plants have already exhausted their
supplies. dense older growth provides
sheltered crevices for bats and small bird
species, and also for many invertebrates
providing more food for the birds, bats and
mammals! did you know that one of the
reasons linked to the decline of the house
sparrow a lack of ivy-like climbers in
people’s gardens these days?
the volunteers have been busy taking
down the redundant ‘dormouse corridors’
at the edges of the heath compartments.
these thin screens of trees and shrubs were
left as the major work was carried out to let
dormice move through on their way into the
retained woodland areas. the conifer
removal work was carefully planned with
the advice of our dormouse consultant, and
done in an order to make sure there were no
isolated populations. now they are
dormouse-free, the screens can be reduced
to open up the amazing panoramic views
across the heathland. the cut trees have
been ‘dead hedged’ to retain a screen
between us and the easily disturbed
heathland wildlife, and also maintain a
sheltered corridor for reptiles, mammals
and invertebrates. the broad leaved tree
species along the edges like alder
buckthorn, willow and birch will all
’coppice’ back up again after being cut to
create a lovely scrubby edge, and then
managed on a sustainable rotation to
beneﬁt different wildlife.
We’ve also been experimenting with a bit
of ‘tree-translocation’. the volunteers have
been taking some of the regenerating trees
from the heathland where we don’t want
them and planting them along hedgerows
and fence lines where we do. We’ve also
been ‘striking’ willow stems, whereby small
willow branches are cut and stuck straight
into the ground where it takes root in order
to boost the species and age structure in
certain areas. Learn more at
www.worldofwillow.co.uk
St Alban’s Quiz Night
Following the family quiz night a few
months ago which raised money for the
restoration of the Church Clock, i have been
asked to think about running another one.
so, i have thought about it! January is
deﬁnitely a time to have a bit of a rest from
dates in the diary (as is very apparent from
the back page of this edition!) so i shall
cobble something together for later in
February.
the format with a ﬁsh and chip delivery
half way through went down very well
(particularly as the down town Fish Bar
waited for us to ﬁnish and took away the
rubbish) so it may well be exactly the same
set up but with different questions of
course. For those of you who were unable to
come along last time, it is a quiz for all
members of the family, whatever the age. it
makes the range of questions quite
interesting but adds to the fun.
if you would like to hear more about this,
please email me and i will be in touch with a
date in due course.
—[email protected].
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Frant International
Festival of Music 2015
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Parish Names.
Following the “Lives in a Churchyard”
series in recent editions of Praish news, Pat
Wright thought readers would be interested
to discover the possible/probable origin of
some parish names.
» Friday 27th & Saturday 28th
February a weekend of music featuring
some of the world’s ﬁnest musicians
Friday 27 February: Jamie Walton, right,
one of our top cellists, a soloist with many of
the great orchestras, London, santiago,
australia, new Zealand, the Usa, south
america etc. Jamie was declared ‘one of my
best students’ by William Pleeth (the
legendary cellist and teacher of Jacqueline
du Pre!) calling him ‘a cellist of outstanding
ability, with a technique of dazzling
proportions’. Jamie has recorded dvořáks
‘Cello Concerto’ with vladimir ashkenazy,
no less! ‘Music making of a rare quality’ says
international record review. ‘A major cello
talent’ says Washington Post
Jamie will be accompanied by the brilliant
young russian pianist Katya apekisheva, far
right, one of europe’s most in-demand
musicians… she has played under the baton
of sir simon rattle and other top conductors
and with many of the ﬁnest orchestras
around the world, the London
Philharmonic, moscow Philharmonic,
english Chamber, and the orchestras of
italy, norway, Germany, south africa, tokyo
etc. Praise for Katya includes, ‘A profoundly
gifted artist’(Gramophone magazine) and
‘Brilliant technique’ (the times)
FRANT: a corruption of Ferenthe, a ferny
heath.
ERIDGE: the ridge where eagles ﬂy.
BELLS YEW GREEN: most likely from
the French "a beautiful place " Belle lieu.
the monks of Bayham originally came from
France. Possibly Bell ewe from the leader of
grazing sheep.
WARREN (eridge) when rabbits were rare
(no native species) they were guarded in
specially made warrens.
POCOCKS and SLEECH: names of 16thC
farmers. sleeches Cross is the Wadhurst
turning.
TANGIER LANE: probably cleared and
named in the 1660's when tangier came to
the British crown as part of Charles ii's
wife's dowry
GLEBE LANE: (riverhall Hill) access to
land set aside to support the vicar and
church.
ELY: from the saxon "aelan" to burn, from
burning/purifying iron ore. (ely Grange,
pictured)
SHERNFOLD: "dirty fold" from (still
existing) heavy clay soil.
COURT LODGE: Literal, site of the
original manorial court.
BROOMFIELD CLOSE remembers early
manorial owners.
SUNNINGLYE BYG: Probably the
earliest parish name: the clearings of
sunni's people (same -ing stem as
Hastings)
DANEGATE: not danes. a "den" or gated
clearing in the forest.
SAXONBURY: nothing to do with saxons
and inhabited around 3,000 years ago.
Called socksbury into the 19thC when the
victorians thought saxonbury sounded
more romantic
Saturday 28th February
Cédric tiberghien, below right, ﬂourishing
piano career spans ﬁve continents, taking
him to the world’s most prestigious venues
including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy
Centre Washington, the royal albert Hall,
salle Pleyel, Paris, theatre des Champs
elysees, Paris, sydney Opera House, the
Wigmore Hall master series etc. ‘Few
players combine such clarity and
articulation’ says BBC music magazine. ‘A
master-class of refined virtuosity’ says
Gramophone magazine
as ever, the concerts are held at Frant
Church, High street Frant, tn3 9dX, near
tunbridge Wells. the Friday 27th concert
starts at 8pm (doors open 7.30 pm) and
saturday 28th concert starts at 7.30 pm
(doors open 7 pm). there’s a Licensed bar
area. tickets are £14 each (or weekend pass
£24) availble from Frant stores, Britten’s
music shop (tunbridge Wells),
www.wegottickets.com or by telephone to
either Paul Barber 01892 750665 or david
Cragg 01892 750845. the concerts are in
aid of the conservation of Frant Church,
registered Charity 243134.
Eridge Garden Club
Leaves, leaves and yet more leaves. Use your
mower on a high setting to lift them from the
grass and from the patio/terrace/sun
porch/courtyard/piazza/forum/campo-orwhatever-you’re-blessed-with-thing; using
the mower also shreds them a bit. Put them in
large, heavy-duty plastic bags with about 10
ventilation holes (i make mine with the bag
unopened-out, using my penknife or car
keys). as an alternative i’ve started using
those builders merchant’s bags. sprinkle
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generously with water, tie up loosely and
leave for a year or so. they may not rot down a
lot in that time, but if you spread them
around on your beds the worms will soon
take them down into the soil and digest them.
mix them up with potting compost as well
and they make a good seed sowing compost.
this month is a goodly time to be pruning
gooseberries and red currants. Keep an
open-centred bush with eight to ten main
stems. Late on in the month and into early
February is apple and pear pruning time
too. i talked about this a couple of years back
so i’m just going to copy and paste most of
what i said then:
as with all pruning, start by removing
the ‘water’ shoots (new ramrod growths
from the main trunk), then cut out all dead
and diseased wood and any branches that
are crossing or rubbing against each other.
slightly above the horizontal limbs are
what you need. they tend to be the
productive ones.
then the more cosmetic cuts. Look for
overcrowding of branches and decide what
to thin out. You’re looking really to make
an upturned umbrella or goblet shape,
with plenty of light getting to the middle of
the tree.
even more thinning out can now take
place, perhaps cutting new laterals (shoots)
down to about 5 or 6 ﬂower buds; ﬂower
buds are large and round and will be visible
more on older wood. make sloping cuts,
away from the bud, so that moisture runs off
rather than towards the bud and make sure
your secateurs (Felco of course) are really
sharp. Felco make a very good sharpening
stone that is available on line or from quality
garden centres.
don’t be put off by a really badly
neglected tree. Pruning can be spread over 2
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or 3 years, with a few unnecessary limbs
removed in the ﬁrst year and then follow the
above programme, and similarly in
subsequent years. don’t be too wholesale at
ﬁrst because you might shock the poor tree
into putting on an unproductive vegetative
growth spurt or, even worse, it might
commit hara-kiri.
it’s unlikely that good cropping will get
going for a couple years but it can also be
helped by removing grass and weeds from
round the tree and, later, in the spring,
getting some fertiliser down and a good
layer of mulch.
another thing i found interesting in my
research was that branches can be
encouraged to grow more horizontally, not
by whispering sweet nothings or bribes, but
by pulling them down and tying them in to a
branch below, and then releasing them from
their manacles when they’re behaving
better. Go on. email me at
[email protected] and tell me i’m
talking a load of old codling moth.
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Parish Diary
January/February 2015
» Saturday 31st January
Frant PtFa Jumble sale
Frant memorial Hall 10am – 12 noon
» Saturday 7th February
evening of mozart, Penshurst Choral
society. see page 10 for details
» Friday 27th & Saturday 28th
February
Frant Festival of music, st alban’s Church.
see page 12 for details
Regular Meetings
Baby & Toddler Group
every tuesday 10:30—12.00pm in
the stables, Frant. a warm welcome to all.
KFC (for 10- to 14-year olds)
meets alternate Fridays, 6:30—8pm.
Contact James Packman (750638) for
more information.
Coffee Morning at The Stables, Frant
every Wednesday, 10:30am—12noon.
Come for a hot drink, a cake and a chat.
Sunday Club Open to anyone aged 0-14,
and meets during the 9:15am sunday
service at Frant (except for the 1st sunday
of each month when the children join in
with our family service).
Useful contacts
Council contacts
Frant
Frant CofE Primary School
Paul shefford: 750243
Frant Nursery School
Kate Harris: 750507
Frant Sunday Club
sarah Packman: 750638
Frant Bowls Club
alan taylor-restell: 862346
Frant Cricket Club
david Pearson: 750789
Frant Footpath Society
Beryl Barber: 750665
Frant Garden Club
dianna tennant: 752029
Frant Panto & Drama Society
alan richardson: 01892 825378
St Alban’s Bell-Ringers
mary Freestone: 750269
Frant Memorial Hall
stephanie dahm: 752295
Frant Music
Paul Barber: 750665
Frant Stables
sarah davies: 01892 616233
Frant Parish Friendship Group
Brian Gill: 750266
Frant Film
Philip Goodwin: 750886
Chairman
stuart Crookshank: 518631, BYG Ward
Vice Chairman
William rutherford: 752254
Frant Ward
alan argue: 513838
Johanna Howell: 750141
michael rowland: 526746
William rutherford: 752254
david Wright: 750905
BYG Ward
roy Harris: 891365
Carmel Kinley: 750217
Eridge Ward
Giny Best: 527931
Christopher Hall: 750385
Clerk to the Council
sarah Codling: 530404
[email protected] or www.frant.info
County Councillor
Bob standley: 783579
District Councillor
Johanna Howell: 750141
William rutherford: 752254
Parish Council meetings
Full PC meetings are held at 7.30pm
every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Planning meetings are held on the ﬁrst
monday of the month.
Eridge
Eridge Cricket Club
alan ellis: 541861
Eridge Garden Club
Gay Park: 861475
Eridge Village Hall Hire
Booking secretary: 07552 363650
Eridge Choir
michael stevens: 852739
Police Community support Ofﬁcer;
sarah roberts, 07787 685737;
[email protected]
Bells Yew Green
Bells Yew Green Chapel
Ken davies: 01732 357791
BYG Cricket Club
andy Brooks: 07876 011782
Short Mat Bowls Club
Pam mepham: 891426
BYG Village Hall Hire
Chris Bacon: [email protected]
Parish News can be downloaded from:
www.frantchurch.org or
www.eridgechurch.org
Advertising enquiries:
01892 750285 or
[email protected]
Contributions for our next issue
should be sent to the Editor:
[email protected]
or 01892 750217
Deadline: Monday 9th February 2015
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