Underriver Newssheet

APRIL 2017

Alleluia. He is Risen

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Key: BCP = Book of Common Prayer - a service using traditional (17th C) language and form; CW = Common Worship - a service using contemporary (21st C) language and form

The Church of St Margaret, Underriver

Contact:... St Lawrence Vicarage, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0LQ

Telephone: 01732 761766 Email: info@stlawrencesealchart.com

Church Calendar APRIL

2 5th Sunday of Lent Purple

11:15 All-age Family Service Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14

9 Palm Sunday Red

08:00 Holy Communion (BCP) Readings: Philippians 2:5-11 & Matthew 26:14-27

11:00 11:15

Palm Sunday Procession Palm Sunday Service

Readings: Philippians 2:5-11 & Matthew 26:14-27

13 Maundy Thursday White

At St Lawrence’s 20:00 Maundy Thursday Communion (CW)

14 Good Friday

11:15 Good Friday Service Readings: from St John 18 & 19

16 EASTER DAY White

11:15 Easter Celebration Holy Communion (CW) Readings: Acts 10:34-43 & Matthew 28:1-10

23 2nd Sunday of Easter White

11:15 Holy Communion (CW) (Joint) Readings: Acts 2:14a,22-32 & John 20:19-end

30 White 3rd Sunday of Easter

At St Lawrence’s 9:45 Holy Baptism (CW) (Joint) Readings: Acts 2:14a,36-41 & Luke 24:13-15

St Margaret’s Church Website St Margaret’s now has its own website. To keep up to date about services and events please see

www.stmargaretsunderriver.org.uk

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St George and Hiccup and the dragon

Have you seen the film How to Train your Dragon? It’s set in a Viking village under attack from dragons, who steal livestock and burn down houses. Hiccup, the village Chief’s son, invents a machine to capture dragons. However, when he catches one of the most dangerous dragons, he cannot kill it, when he sees that the dragon is just as frightened as he is. Through this friendship, the people and dragons eventually live in harmony.

This month we celebrate St. George, the patron saint of England. He is famous for slaying a dragon, a tradition which became popular in the Middle Ages. Whether he killed an actual dragon is open to question! However, we do know that the original George was a Roman soldier at the time of Emperor Diocletian. He refused to renounce his faith, as commanded by the Emperor, resulting in his death on 23 April 303 AD.

The contrast is clear: St. George slayed the evil dragon, while Hiccup refused to kill one. However, they also have something important in common. Both acted according to their conscience, defying the popular understanding of those around them and not worrying about the personal cost to themselves. St. George was martyred for standing up for his faith in Jesus before a pagan emperor, while Hiccup risked rejection by his father and village because of his compassion.

Today, we are still called to stand for Christ against wrongs and injustice in a daily life, whatever the personal cost. However, we also need to be ready to look our enemies in the eye and meet their hostility with love and compassion. This is why we also remember this month that Jesus died and rose again, so that we might have God’s power to do this in our lives.

EASTER LILIES If anyone would like to make a donation towards the purchase

of Easter Lilies in memory of someone (if you would like to

name them, a list will be on the Altar for Easter Sunday and

Easter Week), please contact me either by phone 01732

833141 or email martineaujane@yahoo.co.uk

Jane Martineau

Some thoughts for the month ahead

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Easter is the most joyful day of the year for Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are forgiv-

en. Christ has risen! We are re-deemed! We can look forward to an eternity in his joy! Hallelujah!

The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of their lives they will be still be ‘growing’ in their Christian walk with God.

Three years after the Russian Revo-lution of 1917, a great anti-God rally was arranged in Kiev. The powerful orator Bukharin was sent from Mos-cow, and for an hour he demolished the Christian faith with argument, abuse and ridicule. At the end there was silence.

Then a man rose and asked to speak. He was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. He went and stood next to Bukharin. Facing the people, he raised his arms and spoke just three triumphant words: ‘Christ is risen!’

At once the entire assembly rose to their feet and gave the joyful response, “He is risen indeed!” It was a devas-tating moment for an atheist politician, who had no answer to give to this an-

cient Easter liturgy. He had not real-ised he was simply too late: how can you convince people who have already experienced God, that He does not exist?

Why Easter will never go away

But how do you make sense of the Resurrection? Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise?

At the end of St Luke’s Gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4). This is highly significant. The Gospels do not show us a group of dis-ciples who were in a receptive frame of mind. After the crucifixion, they were in hiding, frightened and scattered. Then suddenly, they came out of hid-ing and were totally different; excited, joyful. By Pentecost they were confi-dent, with one firm message: “You crucified Jesus, but God raised him up!”

How did they know this? Because of experience. Some of them had visited the tomb of Jesus: it was empty. Oth-ers claimed to have seen and touched the risen Lord. Were they halluci-nating? People can hallucinate in groups – when taking drugs, for exam-ple. But of course each one will see a different hallucination. But the disci-ples all saw the same thing. Or rather, the same person. Jesus.

EASTER – the most joyful day of the year

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Were they lying? Jesus had died a humiliating death as a criminal. Per-haps they wanted to rescue His good name. So did they pretend they had seen Him?

This theory has a big problem. Their preaching led them into trouble with the authorities. They were beaten and imprisoned and some of them killed. People will die for ideas and causes which they believe in passionately. But not for things they have made up. We might suffer for our convictions, we will not suffer for our inventions.

What about the ‘swoon’ theory? That Jesus didn’t die on the cross, de-spite terrible wounds. He recovered in the tomb, and escaped. The disciples nursed Him back to health. But Roman soldiers knew when a man was dead; and there was the guard on the tomb. Also, the events which followed simply don’t fit.

If the disciples had been hiding Je-sus, they would have kept very low-key, and out of the way, so that the authorities did not come after him again.

Besides, to preach that God had raised Jesus from the dead – which is exactly what they did preach – would have been a lie. Beatings and threat of death would soon have loosened their tongues. Inventions crumble under pressure; convictions hold fast.

Another reason for believing in the Resurrection is this: Jesus’ continuing impact. Thousands and soon millions of people in every generation since have shared an inescapable sense of being ‘accompanied’ through life. Though unseen, they identify this pres-ence as the Risen Lord.

Sometimes this experience of meeting Jesus is gentle and fitful. Sometimes it is dramatic and life-changing. This reminds us that the res-urrection of Jesus is not just an inter-esting historical puzzle. It is a vital pre-sent day reality. It brings wonderful comfort, assuring us of the central Christian truths: death is dead; Jesus is alive; God is love.

This central notion was captured, most movingly, by the great Albert Schweitzer: “He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: ‘Follow thou me’, and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal him-self in the toils, the conflicts, the suffering which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as ineffable mys-tery, they shall learn in their own expe-rience who He is.”

Have a joyful – and a challenging – Easter.

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CHURCH NEWS

Looking forward:

Palm Sunday 9th April - There will be the traditional walk from Carter’s Hill. Please join us at about 11:00 am and walk to our Palm Sunday Service at 11:15.

Maundy Thursday 13th April - Holy Communion at 8:00pm at St Lawrence.

Good Friday 14th April - We will be walking from St Lawrence’s Church to St Margaret’s leaving at around 9.10am (weather permitting). The service will be at St Margaret’s at 11 15 am, with hot drinks and hot cross buns available in the Village Hall from 10.45 am.

Easter Day 16th April 11.15 am – Easter Celebration of Holy Communion for all the family. Come and join us celebrate the true meaning of Easter.

ST MARGARET’S CHURCH 150th ANNIVERSARY DINNER Friday 21st July at The White Rock Inn

Our Special Celebration Dinner will take place on Friday 21st July at The White Rock. Tickets for this 3 course extravaganza will be £28 per head which includes a tip for the staff.

Numbers are limited and we expect this event to sell early. If you would like to put your name down please e mail Maxine and Graham Clark at Holt-Lodge@gmail.com . alternatively phone on 01732 833376 but it would be help-ful to have an email address for further communication.

If you are responding on behalf of others, as your guests, please advise me of their names. Details regarding payment and menus will be sent out in due course.

Maxine & Graham Clark

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150th anniversary of St Margaret’s Church

I think many people in the village are now aware that 2017 is the 150th anni-versary of St Margaret’s Church.

Our celebrations will be centred on the weekend of July 21st to 23rd, and there will be much more about this nearer the time, but please make a note in your diaries that we have arranged a celebration dinner at the White Rock for Friday July 21st. Frank has drawn up a special menu. We very much hope that lots of people from across the community will want to join us to mark this special event, not just churchy types!

Something to give thought to now, however. There is a strong feeling that there should be something in the church, or given to it, to mark this anniver-sary. Our centenary is commemorated by the big brass processional cross used on the major festivals. I would love to have some suggestions for marking our 150th. Emails please to tim.andrea@outlook.com.

One suggestion already received is that we might put a small plaque in the church mentioning the original builder and architect from 1867 and the donor of our organ, and saying that the plaque was erected in 2017 in commemora-tion. Please let me know what you think of this suggestion.

Andrea Pierce

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Underriver Village Association

Chairman: Miles Hayward

Annual Membership £10 per household - To join contact uvasecretary@hotmail.com

Pilates Classes Mondays 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm

Tuesdays 9:25 am

Contact: Zoe George 07950 494 335 Email: zoetgeorge@gmail.com www.zoegeorgepilates.com

BOOT CAMP Fast paced circuit based workout

Every Tuesday 7.30pm Contact: Chris -

email: Cris_kempton@live.com or call 07796 693756

Dates for your diaries:

• May 12th UVA Golf Day

• Jun 17th U Fest

• July 22nd Horticultural Society Summer Show

• Jul 21st -23rd St Margaret's 150 Years Weekend

• Oct 27th Fireworks & Halloween Night

• Dec 10th Second Wind Christmas Concert St Margaret’s

Cookies Kitchen Children's cookery classes held during

school holidays & at weekends. For further information -

email: carol@cookieskitchen.co.uk or call 07786 271227

The Band Jam Runs a three day courses in Underriver during

school holidays for young singers and musicians aged between 8-14 years old.

For further information - email: info@thebandjam.co.uk.

Telephone: 07786 166009

Newssheet Subscriptions A reminder.

£7.00 or £13.00 for postal subscribers. Cheques made payable to St Margaret’s Church, Underriver or cash should in the first instance be handed to the person who delivers your newssheet.

If you are unable to hand to your delivery person then please send to: Belinda Goodwin. The Kentish Barn, Un-derriver House Road, Underriver. TN15 0SJ.

Belinda

mailto:uvasecretary@hotmail.com

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Ladies Choir: As you may know we are trying to get a Ladies Underriver choir together for the ‘U’ Fest which is being held in the village on Saturday 17th June in the afternoon/ early evening. It would be nice to have a dozen or so ladies so we can work in some harmonies. We have a few songs in mind to have a go at, and we have some ‘training tracks’ that can help.

We will need a choir director, which we are still working on. We estimate to have approximately 6 to 8 rehearsals before the day, and can discuss these dates, once we know who is interested in taking part.

Please can you let myself or Belinda know if you would like to be a part of it Louise: louisechayward@gmail.com Belinda: bindy1@icloud.com

We look forward to hearing from you…

Louise & Belinda

Neighbourhood Watch

Shed burglaries in West Kent: Kent Police is reminding residents in West Kent to ensure their sheds are locked up following a spate of burglaries. Officers are aware that a number of sheds have been broken into between Sunday 26 February and Wednesday 1 March 2017.

The latest incidents are believed to have happened between Tuesday 28 Febru-ary and Wednesday 1 March 2017 where it was reported that five sheds were broken into.

Sergeant Richard O’Toole of Kent Police said: `We take reports of all crime seri-ously and I would encourage people to check to ensure their sheds are kept locked and secure and that no valuables are kept inside.

`Anyone who has information about these incidents can call Kent Police on 01622 604100 quoting crime reference YY/5417/17.’ Alternatively call Kent Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111

We have also had some burglaries locally, a shed in the centre of Underriver was broken into & a house in Fawke Common was also broken into. So PLEASE BE AWARE

“Lamping”: It has been reported to me that lamping for foxes and rabbits at night is quite legal IF they have permission from the landowner but lamping for deer is illegal!

I have been told that there may be people from outside the county who are thought to be lamping in Underriver from the road when it’s dark, they are using an R reg Landrover Discovery with a high intensity spot light on top.

Apparently the police are aware of the situation and action is being taken. If you see any suspicious vehicle, please try to get the number plate and make of car and let me know. uvasecretary@hotmail.co.uk

mailto:louisechayward@gmail.commailto:bindy1@icloud.commailto:uvasecretary@hotmail.co.uk

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All Fools’ Day

In years gone by, the rules surrounding April Fool were this: between mid-night and noon on 1 April, everyone is ‘fair game’ to be made a fool of. It is the morning of the practical joke. But the aim is not just to discomfort the victim: he must be tricked into taking action himself, sent on a ‘fool’s errand’.

And so children would be sent to the dairy for a pint of dove’s milk, or to the bookseller for The Life of Eve’s Mother. Practical jokes on a bigger scale were played: in 1860 a vast number of people received an official looking invitation to the Tower of London that read: ‘Admit the Bearer and Friends to view the An-nual Ceremony of Washing the White Lions.’ Precisely the same trick had been played in 1698.

Then, on the stroke of noon, tradition decrees, April Fools is finished. If any-one attempts devilry thereafter, even while the clock is still striking, it recoils on his own head. A child would then race through the sing-song formula: ‘April-Fool-Day’s-past-and-gone-you’re-the-fool-and-I-am-none!’

‘U’ FEST

Saturday 17 June

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mailto:Fionamullick@gmail.com

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Tim Stanley to speak at

the Underriver Village Hall

Wednesday 24th May (evening) Tim Stanley is a leader writer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph, some-

times seen on BBC Question Time and often heard on Radio 4. His fascination with US history and politics have led him to teach at the Universities of Sussex, London and Oxford as well as fellowships at Royal Holloway and Harvard.

As part of his work for the Telegraph he covered the 2016 US election. He will be telling us about his experiences on the campaign trail, why last year’s vote swept away the received orthodoxies of presidential contests and his views on the future of the Trump presidency.

The evening is being held to raise funds for Hospice In The Weald. Tickets are available from Mike Clyne (01732 832000 or mike@mikeclyne.co.uk). We are hoping to raise as much money as possible and therefore a minimum dona-tion of £20 per person is requested (light refreshments will be served and are included).

mailto:mike@mikeclyne.co.uk

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UNDERRIVER GOLF DAY

FRIDAY 12th MAY

INCLUDES:

9 HOLE COMPETITION AT HEVER GOLF CLUB

FOLLOWED BY

7.30pm DINNER & PRIZE GIVING

AT UNDERRIVER VILLAGE HALL (Bring Your Own Wine/Refreshments)

YOUNG PLAYERS WELCOMED PROVIDING THEY ARE PROFICIENT GOLFERS &

ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

TICKETS: £35 (DINNER ONLY: £15)

TO RESERVE A PLACE PLEASE CONTACT

EDWARD ROOK 07798893580

Email: Edward.rook@knightfrank.com

CLOSING DATE FOR GOLF ENTRIES – 1st May

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UNDERRIVER BOOK CLUB

It was with some trepidation that I suggested this month’s book – “A Shepherd’s Life: A tale of the Lake Dis-trict by James Rebanks. I thought that it might be an overload of sheep, but I need not have worried, the group, without exception, loved it.

This beautifully written book, de-scribes in detail the life of a sheep famer, tending his sheep and therefore managing the ancient Fells in Matter-dale, Cumbria. This is an ancient land and his family have farmed this area of the Cumbrian Fells for generations – going back to the Vikings.. The name Matterdale is derived from the Old English Maeddre and the Old Norse word “dair” and means ‘the valley where the bed straw grows’

Within the first few pages of the book, it becomes obvious that this is no ordinary shepherd. He has a less than spectacular schooling career, dropping out with no qualifica-tions. However, intellectually he feels unfulfilled, so decides to study for A levels and wins a place at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a double first in history. He briefly works for a newspaper in London, but this, for him, is not the real world and his heart belongs to The Fells and his beloved Herdwick sheep.

He returns to the ancient Fells, settling within himself the conflict be-

tween his formidable intellect and his treas-ured inheritance. He knows himself and is at peace. His spell at University and in the outside world, gives him a much greater understanding of why city dwellers would want to experience this glorious landscape for themselves and under-stands that there can be harmony between the two.

We all loved his beautifully evoca-tive descriptions of the landscape, made with simplistic elegance. The author feels and cares deeply for the Fells, the animals in his care and de-scribes it in moving detail. His love for the Herdwicks, magnificently adapted to the landscape and the impact the changing of the seasons has on his work, is beautifully descriptive.

The future of our countryside is safe with persons of such intelligence and knowledge, with the ability to bridge the divide between diversifying to meet the demands of our fast and ever changing modern world, whilst at the same time, adapting in order to pro-tect this ancient, precious and beauti-ful landscape.

As one of our members put it - this book is like a breath of fresh air.

Elizabeth Shirtcliff

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Live shows on stage

From Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th April at Sevenoaks’

Stag Theatre (01732 450175), the Sevenoaks Players will

present Hairspray. Set in 1962 Baltimore, this energetic mu-

sical tells the story of teen-aged Tracy Turnblad, who dreams

of dancing in The Corny Collins Show. After befriending some

African-American students, Tracy’s overcomes the odds and

joins the ‘dance council’.

On Thursday 6th April, Tunbridge Wells’ Trinity Arts

Theatre (01892 678678) will feature The Pantaloons’

“hilarious new adaptation” of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice. Will Mrs Bennet

marry off her daughters? Will Lizzy and Darcy actually get together? And will creepy Mr

Collins just go away?

On Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th April, at Tunbridge Wells’ Assembly Hall

Theatre (01892 530613) there will be two shows for young children. Northern Bal-

let’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears on Wednesday will be 40 minutes of live bal-

let, music and theatre; and on Thursday Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom will be

based on the BAFTA-award TV animation by the makers of Pippa Pig.

From Friday 14th to Sunday 16th April the Assembly Hall (01892 530613), will

stage The Little Mermaid, “a laugh-a-minute Easter family musical” presumably based

on the well-known fairy tale of a mermaid who falls in love with a handsome prince.

The Sea Witch sells her a potion that gives her legs but at a terrible cost. Her dancing

stuns the prince - but (alas) he marries another. The Little Mermaid can only return to

the depths if she kills him. She refuses to do so; and, in the end, her soul will rise up to

the kingdom of God.

On Thursday 13th April the Stag Youth Theatre (01732 450175) will perform

The Wilderness. This brand-new play is set in a very near future when food is scarce,

the climate is unkind and disease is spreading. Children will inherit the land and only the

strongest will survive. This show is unlikely to be a bundle of laughs, but you can expect

to see some gripping performances.

On Saturday 22nd April at the Assembly Hall (01892 530613), Opera and Ballet

International will present Puccini’s ever-popular weepie La Bohème with Russian so-

prano Ecaterina Danu as Mimi and French soprano Olga Perrier as Musetta. Puccini’s

wonderful music includes Your tiny hand is frozen and They call me Mimi. Set in the attics

and backstreets of Paris, this production features Musetta’s dog(!), a brass band and

snow effects. Don’t forget your hankies for the last scene when Mimi finally succumbs

to tuberculosis.

From Saturday 22nd to Saturday 29th April, Tonbridge’s Oast Theatre (01732

363849) will present Philip Goulding’s A Fine Bright Day Today. Margaret has been

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a widow for thirty years; Milton is a divorced American. When their paths unexpectedly

cross, what follows is humorous, poignant and heartening.

From Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th April at the Assembly Hall (01892 530613),

the Tunbridge Wells Opera and Dramatic Society will stage Irving Berlin’s Annie Get

Your Gun. When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show hits Ohio, its handsome star challeng-

es anyone in town to a shooting match. Rough and naïve Annie is a brilliant shot, who

falls in love straightaway but still wins the shooting contest. Hit songs include Doin’

What Comes Natur’lly, You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun, There’s No Business Like Show Busi-

ness and Anything You Can Do.

Also from Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th April, at Trinity (01892 678678), Trinity’s

own Theatre Club will perform Alan Ayckbourn’s Private Fears in Public Places.

Three London couples struggle with their fears, their futures and themselves; and the

ripples rock others in devastating ways. This intimate portrait of contemporary life is

billed as tender, true and very funny.

Screened live performances and encores will include:

Puccini’s Madam Butterfly from the Royal Opera House on Sunday 2nd April at

the Tunbridge Wells Odeon (encore);

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from the National Theatre at Trinity on Saturday

8th April and at the Stag on Thursday 20th April (both encores);

The Royal Ballet in George Balanchine’s Jewels at Trinity and the Odeon on Tues-

day 11th April (live) and at the Odeon on Sunday 16th April (encore); and

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar from the RSC at the Stag on Wednesday 26th April

(live).

Arthur Rucker.

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Services at St Lawrence, Seal Chart

APRIL

2 5 Sunday of Lent 8:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

9:45 All-age Family Service

9 Palm Sunday 9:30 9:45

Palm Sunday Procession Palm Sunday Service

13 Maundy Thursday 20:00 Maundy Thursday Communion (CW)

14 Good Friday 9:00 11:15

Walk to St Margaret’s Good Friday Service at ST Margaret’s

16 EASTER DAY 9:45 Easter Celebration of Holy Communion

23 2 Sunday of Easter 11:15 Holy Communion at St Margaret’s

30 3 Sunday of Easter 9:45 Holy Baptism

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Church Cleaning

1 Apr S Brunton & J Fair

8 Apr B Leafe & L Notkey

15 Apr J Martineau & L Weston

22 Apr R Hawker & A Martin

29 Apr A Ridge & S Tawney

Church Brass Cleaning

1 Apr Graham Clark & Arthur Rucker

29 Apr Tim Pierce & Tim Tawney

Rotas for St Margaret’s

Sidesmen/-women and Readers 2 Apr Sides: J Fair

Reader: Elizabeth Shirtcliff 9 Apr

8:00 Side: S Tawney Reader: Ruth Hawker

11.15 Sides: A Rucker & J Rucker Reader: Phillip Payne

14 Apr

Sides: J Hurrion Reader: Arthur Rucker

16 Apr Sides: G Clark & C Thornton Reader: Charlotte Thornton

23 Apr Sides: J Clemence Reader: Charles Honnywill

Newssheet subscription: £7.00 or £13.00 for postal subscribers. Cheques payable to St Margaret’s Church, Underriver or cash should be handed to the person who delivers your

newssheet or Belinda Goodwin, The Kentish Barn, Underriver, TN15 0SJ.

Church Flowers

2 Apr Lent

9 Apr Lent

16 Apr EASTER

23 Apr Jane Martineau

30 Apr Fionna Brooks

Useful Names and Addresses Church Warden Andrea Pierce, 1 Grenadier Cottages, Riding Lane, Hildenborough, TN11 9QH; 832408.

Underriver Village Association Secretary: Robert Talbot, Weald Heights, Fawke Common, Underriver, TN15 0SP; 761546. uvasecretary@hotmail.co.uk

Village Hall Reservations Laura Chappell, 07778 128082 or underriverhallbookings@hotmail.com

www.underriver-village.org.uk Omar Mullick , omz2010@gmail.com

Thursday Underriver Group Secretary: Pat Hope, 01732 833933.

Horticultural Society Secretary: Mary Owlett, Absaloms Farm; 838716.

Underriver Youth Group Charles Honnywill, Underriver Farm; 838036.

Cricket Club Ian Batty 07877 106681

Scotts Project Secretary: Jill Scott, 833498.

Kent County Council Nick Chard, 42 High Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1JG; 07855 787511. Nick.chard@kent.gov.uk

Sevenoaks District Council Ward Representatives Roderick Hogarth, 01732 760325 cllr.hogarth@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Julia Thornton, 07831 234449 cllr.thornton@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Seal Parish Council www.sealparishcouncil.org.uk Clerk - Lorna Talbot; 01732 763488. sealparishc@btconnect.com Tim Martin; 07929 839914 sealpc@btconnect.com Fidelity Weston: 463372 romshed@weald.co.uk

Parish Administrative Assistant Tim Pierce admin@stlawrencesealchart.com

All contributions should be submitted to the editor by 15th of the preceding month.

Editor Tim Pierce, 1 Grenadier Cottages, Riding Lane, Hildenborough TN11 9QH

01732 832408 underrivernews@gmail.com