Cricket Week at Upchurch Cricket Club

Upchurch Cricket Club would like to invite you to their annual Cricket Week starting on Monday 27th July, running through until Friday 31st, in memory of Don Macaulay and in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

As well as cricket fixtures to enjoy the BBQ will be running non stop all week and there's a well stocked bar with plenty of food available.

Upchurch's Don Macaulay sadly passed away to cancer in 2000 at the age of just 37 and the club have hosted Cricket Week every July since as a good way to remember him.

It is Dons parents wish that the money raised be donated to Macmillan Nurses. Last year Cricket Week raised over £3000 which was fantastic!

The highlight of the week will be Wednesday when the 1st team Captain Kevin Masters who is himself an ex professional cricketer is bringing a star studded team of ex and current pro cricketers including Amjad Khan who is currently playing for Sussex to play against our 1st XI, which will include 2 overseas players from the Nepal squad who are playing club cricket with us until the end of season.

This should be a good game and there is even a bowling master class being held in the morning by Chris Dale who is an ex Kent player and currently coaches Kent so any budding young or old cricketers who would like to take part in that, please feel free to get in touch.

Cricket Week finishes with a live band again, hog roast, raffle and an auction for our guests and members. This event is sold out, but we would just like to apologies in advance for any noise that may be heard. The evening is a one off and rest assured will not go on any later than 11:00pm. It's all for a fantastic charity so it's hoped residents will understand that the money raised helps make a great difference to a fantastic charity and ultimately peoples lives.

The Cricket Fixtures are as follows:

Monday 27th - Upchurch XI v Chatham Nomads XI - 2:00pm start.

Tuesday 28th - Upchurch XI v TKW Electrical XI 2:00pm start.

Wednesday 29th - Upchurch XI v KDM Masters XI 2:00pm start.

Thursday 30th - Upchurch u15/17 Colts v Lordswood u15/17 2:00pm start.

Friday 31st Upchurch CC XI v Upchurch FC XI 20/20 4:00pm start.

The Kent Trade Frames Pavilion and Upchurch Cricket Ground are set in one of nicest locations around and don't worry if you haven't been to the Cricket Club before, the club welcomes new faces and appreciates your support for this great cause.

If anyone would like more information or would like to make a donation, please feel free to get in touch with either Lee Stepney or David Lloyd. Email: lee106stepney@hotmail.com or david.lloyd@dgltesting.co.uk

Sponsored by:

Kent Trade Fames: www.kent-tradeframes.co.uk
Rainham Physiotherapy Centre: www.rainhamphysio.co.uk
BDL Gas Services Ltd: www.bdlgasservices.co.uk
DGL Testing Services Ltd: www.dgltesting.co.uk
KD Masters Building Contractors: www.kdmasters.co.uk

Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing you all - Lee Stepney.

Upchurch Cricket Club: www.upchurch.play-cricket.com

Macmillan Cancer Support: www.macmillan.org.uk

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The Gullands Guide to Knowing Your Boundaries

When you are buying and selling property it is important to understand where the boundary of the property lies to avoid any future disputes with neighbours.

A boundary divides two pieces of land and may be physical, such as a wall or legal and identified in legal documents. If the latter is the case, it is rare that the boundaries will be identified precisely.

A physical boundary may not follow exactly the same line as the legal boundary. It is possible for owners of two adjacent pieces of land to fix a boundary by agreement between them or a boundary may be fixed by statute or by legal presumption.

Owners of properties should look to the title to their properties which if registered, will be held by the Land Registry, and if unregistered will be contained in the Deeds. Frequently Deeds and title information contain details of any obligations to erect a boundary structure on the legal boundary between two parcels of land.

There are some occasions where it will be necessary to erect a boundary structure such as the customary duty, which is enforceable at law to fence land containing cattle. There is a statutory requirement for the Highways Authority to erect such rails and fences, as they consider necessary for the purpose of maintaining people’s safety.

In the absence of any statutory or common law requirement and where the Deeds to the property are silent as to the fencing of boundaries, there is no obligation on any individual to erect a boundary structure to denote the boundary of their land.

Common sense often dictates that a boundary structure should be erected, such as where a person has a dog or other domestic pet, which needs to be contained within the boundaries of the property. Any failure to keep the domestic pet within the boundaries of the property may result in a claim for damages under the Animals Act or for trespass and/or nuisance against the owner by a neighbouring landowner.

There is a difference between ownership of a fence and an obligation to erect a boundary structure. Often “T” marks are used on plans that accompany transfers of property to indicate ownership of a boundary feature or the liability to maintain or repair a boundary feature. The ‘T’ will be drawn on the land of the party that owns the boundary feature with the base of the ‘T’ touching the line that represents the feature.

Whilst the presence of a ‘T’ mark on a plan may be taken as an indication that the fence along that boundary line belongs to the property with the responsibility to erect a boundary, if there is evidence to show that in fact the boundary structure was erected by the neighbouring property, then the neighbouring property will retain ownership of that fence even though the Title Deeds to the property will indicate that it was not their responsibility to fence the boundary.

Occasionally, plans may show a ‘H’ mark. This essentially shows two ‘T’ marks mirrored on a boundary line and is the symbol that is used if the responsibility for the boundary is shared between the neighbouring properties. If there is no information contained in the Deeds as to who is responsible for erecting a boundary structure, then home owners should initially look at any information contained in the sellers Property Information Form that was given to them when they purchased the property and speak to their neighbours.

In the absence of any useful evidence then any property owner is entitled to erect a boundary structure on their land. However, in order to avoid the risk of being accused of having trespassed on their neighbour’s land they should take care to ensure that the boundary structure is erected entirely on their side of the legal boundary.

Anna Golding.

Anna Golding is a solicitor at Gullands Solicitors and can be contacted by Email: a.golding@gullands.com Website: www.gullands.com or Telephone: 01622 689700.

Gullands Solicitors

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Victim Support Need Your Help

We need volunteers to help us offer our service

We need your help. Victim Support also work in partnership with Kent Police. The Victim Support charity is built on our volunteers - without them we couldn't continue to do all the positive work for victims of crime.

We offer emotional support and advice to victims suffering as a result of criminality.As a Victim Support volunteer, you will be trained to support victims from the first time you meet them until they feel strong enough to move forward on their own. You will listen to their concerns and make sure that their needs are met. If you can spare one or two hours a week of your time to help us, you will be providing a valuable service to your community.

You don't need qualifications or previous experience of this kind of work to volunteer for Victim Support. All you need is the willingness to help, and a little time. Age matters so you will need to be 18 and over in order to take on certain roles.

If you are able to volunteer, we will have to do a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service, this is for the protection of the victims and witnesses we help. Training is given, and any travel expenses incurred when working for us are reimbursed.

Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk

Kent Community Messaging

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Vacancy - Weekend Cleaner

We are currently looking to recruit a Weekend Cleaner to join our busy and hard working team.

If you are interested please call Carol on: 01795 842840

The Street, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7DY

Email: info@thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk

Carol Haines

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Upchurch Best Kept Garden 2015 - The Winners

This years overall winners were Mr & Mrs Friend for their beautifully
presented garden in Beckenham Park.

Gardens, in all parts of Upchurch, were viewed on either the 17 or 18th of July and the judges decided as follows:- 

In the FLOWERS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr & Mrs Friend at 56, Beckenham Park

Highly commended – Mrs Joan Lewin at 21, Drakes Close

In the MIXED FLOWERS/SHRUBS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr & Mrs Panter at 16, Wilks Close

Highly commended – Mr & Mrs Boakes at 97, Chaffes Lane

In the SMALL/HANGING BASKETS/TROUGHS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr Paviour & Ms Head at Myrtle Cottage 6, The Street

Highly commended – Mrs Packer at 11, Chaffes Terrace

The overall prize winners were judged to be Mr & Mrs Friend for their beautifully presented garden in Beckenham Park. As overall winners they will be presented with THE BARBARA WEBB MEMORIAL ROSE BOWL which they will keep until next year’s overall winner is announced.

Prize winners will invited to collect their prizes at the Horticultural Show in the village hall on the afternoon of 12th September at 3:30pm, but everyone is welcome to visit the show which is open from 2:00 pm till 4:00pm.

Gerry Lewin

Tel: 01634 366113 or Email: lewing135@btinternet.com

On behalf of the Upchurch Horticultural Society and the Parish Council.

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Upchurch Village Fete Day - Feedback

Upchurch Village Fete Committee
Email: upchurchfete@outlook.com
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Swale Borough Council - Members Localism Grants

I have been given an allocation of £2,400 in the civic year 2015/2016 to be awarded to local community projects. If you are a village organisation and would like financial support for a project then please contact me to see whether I can assist. Please bear in mind that I represent the Ward of Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch and you will be unsurprised to learn that I am unlikely to allocate the whole amount to one organisation. Please note that my colleague, Cllr Wright, has a similar allocation in this Ward and we often ‘double-up’ on an application.

Looking forward to hearing from you - Cllr Gerry Lewin 135 Oak Lane ME9 7AY.

Telephone: 01634 366113 or Email: lewing135@btinternet.com

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Summer Produce Sale and Crafts

Liz Mouland
Friends of St. Margaret's, Lower Halstow

Website: www.thesix.org.uk

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The Story of Upchurch Pottery by David Wood

Although the pottery is named after the village of Upchurch the business started in Rainham when Seymour and Dora Wakeley who had an interest in ceramics had a bottle and kiln workshop constructed in a chalk pit just off Seymour Road on Wakeley family land. While designer Edward Spencer gave a helping hand and advice, Dora Wakeley spent her free time obtaining clay and Roman pots from the Upchurch marshes, had her designs made into her own wares and exhibited these in London at places like Crystal Palace. She described her business to the East Kent Gazette dated March 20th 1920.

“I was first interested in the potter’s art as a hobby. When I started in a very small way before the war I little dreamt that it would develop into a revived history. I enjoyed hunting round museums for designs and most of my models have been copied from Chinese and Korean wares of the 15th century. I supply Upchurch pottery to several West-End firms and as a result of this fair I have been asked to accept far more orders than I can ever hope to execute.”

At the beginning conditions for producing pottery at the workshop were basic without gas or electricity, kick wheels were used to turn the pots and water was obtained and brought to the workshop from a nearby pond. The coal fired kiln proved to be very unpredictable and the clay obtained locally. Despite these problems Upchurch pottery became very well-known over time.

Potter Ted Baker who resided at Windmill Hill in Upchurch became a major reason why the pottery obtained its fame. He had originally worked with his father in the family flower pot business when he left school. He then spent some time in London where he worked in Reginald Wells’s pottery in Chelsea. Wells became a personal friend of Seymour Wakeley.

Ted Baker returned to Kent from London in 1913 and Seymour Wakeley immediately employed him as a potter at his workshop. The designs Baker worked on were mainly influenced by Greek and Roman vases and he used a style of soft colours with a matt finish. This became a characteristic of Upchurch Pottery. His glaze recipe books show that he used a large amount of boracic which intensifies colour and reduces expansion of the glaze to prevent cracking. The pottery had extraordinary and delicate colouring. The pots were fired to a great heat, up to 2,000 degrees, which caused unexpected colour effects. Dora Wakeley continued to be responsible for designs put into practice by Ted Baker while designer Edward Spencer advised and collaborated with regard to glaze recipes.

During the 1920s Upchurch glazes lost popularity, described by some experts as being sombre and stolid but after 1933 the glazes became more pastel and softer. Ted Baker perfected this characteristic and the products were exhibited at major trade fairs. His work became very popular and in demand. The pottery obtained so much fame that Queen Mary became a patron.

Due to the deterioration of the Seymour Road building the original site for the Upchurch Pottery was demolished in 1936 and Seymour Wakeley sold the business to Oscar and Grace Davies who opened the Roeginga Pottery in Rainham High Street. It only operated under them for two years but they recruited Ted Baker’s son Edward to manage it. Mrs Alice Winnecott then purchased the pottery, hired the services of Ted Baker and developed the Claverdon Range of pottery which became very popular. A thatched roof Tudor café and a pottery shop set in gardens and lawn existed close to the Men of Kent pub to attract potential customers travelling along the A2.

Although the Roeginga pottery didn’t function during World War Two it re-opened in 1948 and Ted Baker became the subject of a black and white film made at the pottery which showed the different stages of manufacture in pot making and the business did well with 200 items being produced in 1949, most of which were exported abroad.

During the summer months travellers on the way to the coast frequently stopped to watch Ted Baker at work in the pottery. After making enough money he eventually purchased the business from Mrs Winnecott in 1953. He then ran it as his own business with his two sons and they made pots for clients all over the world but in 1955 he died. Edward Baker junior then bought the business and renamed it Rainham Pottery in 1956. After 18 more years it finally closed in 1963 mainly due to the competition of cheaper, mass produced ware and the construction of the M2 motorway which took away a lot of trade. Edward Baker continued to run the Roeginga pottery until he retired in 1975.

Today Upchurch pottery is still in demand, a style well-known in the porcelain market nationwide and is recognizable by its distinctive colouring and finishing.

About David

David Wood was born and raised in Upchurch and is able to write from personal experience about many people and aspects of the village and of changes that have taken place over the years making ‘Memories of Upchurch’ a very readable book and a detailed historical study of the village. David's book ‘Memories of Upchurch’ is available direct from David at: david3702001@yahoo.co.uk or from us here at Upchurch Matters. Price £12 + £3.50 postage and packing.

David Wood

Road Closure - Chaffes Lane

Chaffes Lane, Upchurch will be closed from Monday the 13th of July for up to 5 days between Oak Lane and Bishop Lane for work to patch the road.

Please follow signed diversion.

Upchurch Matters

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Newington Festival

Richard Thompstone - Newington Festival
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Referees Wanted - Upchurch Colts FC

Upchurch Colts Under 8s are in need of 2 Referees for the new season.

If you have some experience or even better are fully qualified or you know someone who is willing to help, please get in touch with Rob Croome on: 07909 688456 or Email: robcroome@sky.com

Sponsored by Kent Trade Frames Ltd - www.kent-tradeframes.co.uk

Rob Croome
Chairman - Upchurch Colts FC
Website: www.upchurchcoltsfc.co.uk
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August Poolside Bar Courtyard Summer Music Nights at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Upchurch River Valley Golf Course
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Rivers Restaurant Christmas Party Nights at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

Upchurch River Valley Golf Course
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Holywell’s Got Talent 2015

AN AFTERNOON OF TALENT

The pupils of Holywell Primary School were treated to an afternoon of outstanding entertainment on Wednesday 1st July at the annual talent show.

Following tough auditions, the top 14 acts were chosen to perform and display their talents, leaving the 5 judges an almost impossible task to pick a winner.

After much deliberation and adjudication the panel, along with the pupils, chose Jackson as the overall winner for his baffling magic tricks.

Overall winner Jackson pictured with entrants and finalists along with the
Judging Panel made up of Head Teacher Mr Callaghan, Music Teacher
Mr Vinall, Dance Teacher Miss Bovis, Head Girl Shelly and Head Boy Josh.
Pictures courtesy of Kim Taylor Photography

 This event organised annually by the Parents & Friends of Holywell School together with the help of Mr Ball continues to get bigger and better.

Mr Ball said after the event

“What a fantastic afternoon we have had! From super singing to dazzling dancing, magical music and even time for some cracking comedy! The children were brilliant and the judges - very kind!”

Clare Evans
Parents & Friends of Holywell School
Website: www.pfhs.co.uk
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PFHS Summer Fayre - Thank You from the Children

Clare Evans
Parents & Friends of Holywell School
Website: www.pfhs.co.uk
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UpARA - Events July 2015

David Powell - Chairman
Email: davidrpowell5@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 01795 843550
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Road Closure - Breach Lane

Breach Lane will be closed overnight on Tuesday the 21st of July from 22:00 hours through until 06:00 hours to allow a detailed Bridge inspection to be safely carried out.

The Lane will be closed in the vicinity of the Railway Bridge, with no through access during the works.

The alternative route is via A2 London Road, Oak Lane, Otterham Quay Lane, Horsham Lane, The Street and Forge Lane.

Upchurch Matters

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Upchurch Guides Strawberry Tea - Thank You

Thank you to everyone who braved the hot weather to come to the Strawberry Tea and to those who bought raffle tickets in advance at

the Village Fete.

We made £580 in total this year. So that is £290 pounds to both the Village Defibrillator Fund and Breast Cancer Care.

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Breast Cancer Care Website: www.breastcancercare.org.uk

Find out more about the Defibrillator Fund here: www.upchurchmatters.co.uk

Tracey Snellings - Upchurch Guides

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Upchurch Scout Group - Jumble Collection

Can you help us ?

We are looking to collect old Jumble... clothes, pairs of shoes, handbags, belts etc.

To help raise money for Upchurch Scout Group.

All money raised goes towards running the hut,

camps and the weekly meetings.

If you think you can help please could all items be brought to the Scout Hut the week of 6th July.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Gemma Tutt - Upchurch Beavers

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Upchurch Village Fete Day 2015 - Survey

Create your own user feedback survey

The survey has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send in their feedback.

Apologies if you're unable to see the survey in our Email alert version of this Notice Board post.
To take the survey please click the link here ☞ www.surveymonkey.com

Upchurch Village Fete Committee
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Upchurch Village Fete - Thank You

Upchurch Village Fete Committee
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Upchurch Guides Strawberry Tea

Upchurch Guides are holding another Strawberry Tea on Wednesday the 1st of July, at Upchurch Scout Hut from 7:15pm until 8:30pm.

All proceeds will be split 50/50 between Breast Cancer Care and Upchurch Village Defibrillator Fund.

All welcome, please come along and support us.

Breast Cancer Care Website: www.breastcancercare.org.uk

Find out more about the Defibrillator Fund here: www.upchurchmatters.co.uk

Tracey Snellings - Upchurch Guides

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