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Friday, 4 November 2011

Upchurch Christmas Farmers Market

A fun day for all the family.

Upchurch Christmas Farmers Market takes place on Saturday the 19th of November from 10:00am - 4:00pm at Upchurch Village Hall.

There will be some 30 stalls providing a wide range of local produce, services and crafts including many with a seasonal flavour. Also for your enjoyment:

A Hog Roast.

Musical Entertainment.

Children’s Amusements including a Bouncy Castle and Face Painting.

There will be free visitor parking in the Paddock.

Affiliated to KENT FARMERS MARKETS ASSOCIATION.

Dave Candy
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Upchurch Family Fireworks CANCELLED !

Friday 3rd Nov 2011 - 22.00

Upchurch Scout Group regrets to announce that this year's Upchurch Family Fireworks Display has been cancelled. The site field is already very wet and with heavy persistent rain forecast between Thursday night and Saturday, the conditions in the field, particularly in the car parks would make it difficult to enter and exit the field safely. The very wet ground poses a potential safety issue in terms of access for emergency vehicles and a logistics issue for our deliveries. Those that came last year will recall the problems to traffic flow that the wet field caused. This year the field is already as wet and it is highly unlikely to dry out in time even if the weather did clear on Saturday as some are forecasting.

In 2008 we suffered losses for the first time in our history due to the poor weather. As a charity we could not justify risking the outlay required for the 2009 display. We came back in 2010 with an agreed set of procedures to minimise the risk to the group and its funds. During an emergency committee meeting tonight, it was decided, based on those procedures and the potential safety risk, to cancel the 2011 display and minimise the potential losses to the group by taking an early decision.

Upchurch Scout Group would like to apologise to our customers, stall holders and sponsors for any inconvenience caused. A vast amount of people give up their time to make this happen and because of the amount of volunteer work involved, it is not possible to reschedule the event.

It’s a very sad decision for those of us who have spent months working on the display but we hope you understand that we have a duty to ensure the safety of the display and also to protect the funding of the group.

We hope you will come back and support us again in the future. We’d be pleased to hear any comments you have on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/upchurchfireworks

Mike Powell

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Thursday, 3 November 2011

UPCHURCH MATTERS STILL NEEDS YOU !

Don't miss out, Get involved !

If you run, represent or work for any of the following village groups or organisations then Upchurch Matters would like your help.

St. Mary's Church
Holywell School
Upchurch Beavers
Upchurch Brownies
Upchurch Guides
Upchurch Cubs
Upchurch Scouts
Upchurch Choral Society
Upchurch Darby & Joan
Upchurch Handbell Ringers
Upchurch Mothers Union
Upchurch Short Mat Bowls Club
Upchurch Women's Institute
Upchurch Village Hall Committee
Upchurch Twinning Group
Upchurch Parish Council
Upchurch Players
Upchurch Farmers Market
Upchurch Short Mat Bowls Club
Upchurch Horticultural Society

Our regularly updated Notice Board and Diary Pages are already carrying lots of village dates and details of upcoming events for many of the village groups and organisations that have stepped up and got involved.

They are all making excellent use of our free methods of publicity by contributing to our Village Diary Page and emailing in details of their future events to go on our Notice Board Page and we couldn't be more happy with the way it's going !

It's easily done and not that hard we promise !

We post all new Notice Board Page items on Facebook and Twitter too where we currently have over 1400 friends, that's a lot of people and a great way to publicise your events.

If you're on the above list then please do contact us we'd love to hear about your village dates and events.

Thank You in advance,

Upchurch Matters
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Upchurch Twinning Group News

Upchurch is twinned with Ferques-Elinghen in Pas de Calais, France.

Try the Holywell School website: www.holywell.kent.sch.uk or Upchurch Matters: www.upchurchmatters.co.uk for our news as well. In addition, visit: www.ferques.fr for interesting stuff!

Anniversary Dinner and Dance in Ferques – held on 15^th October. Several Upchurch residents joined in the festivities. The dinner was scrumptious and the entertainment was entertaining! A good time was had by all!

School visit – School children from Ferques visited Holywell School on 18^th October and joined in with lessons, break and outdoor games. They spent the morning in the school then visited Dover Castle in the afternoon. It was voted a really good day by all concerned.

Diary dates for you:

Saturday 5^th November – Scout Group Fireworks at Westmoor Farm – Find the Twinning Group stall – we will be selling our famous, delicious bacon rolls again! A great night out! More info: www.upchurchfireworks.co.uk

And for 2012:

Saturday 4^th February 2012 – Quiz night in Holywell School – PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE – due to circumstances beyond our control. Tables of up to 8 (you can have 4 or 6 or whatever!), £4 each, bookable with Mike Johnson on 01634 234226. Bring your own drinks and nibbles.

March 2012 – Anniversary of the signing of the Twinning Charter in Upchurch – we’re planning an outing, possibly to the Historic Dockyard and some of the Ferques residents will be joining us.

Sunday 15^th April 2012 – Upchurch Choral Society will be performing in the church at Ferques – the concert will start at 6pm. The choir will be going by coach and we hope some of you will come along and listen!

FRIENDS OF THE TWINNING GROUP – Our “Friends of the Upchurch Twinning Group” has a healthy membership now, but we would always welcome anyone who would be willing to give practical support e.g. on stalls, or at events, giving hospitality etc etc. Just let us know!

Jim Harman (Chairman) 01634 235420 & Sue Rossiter (Secretary) 01634 234780
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