Temporary Road Closure - Place Lane, Hartlip

It will be necessary to close part of Place Lane, Hartlip from Monday 3rd January 2022, between the hours of 09:00 and 17:00, with estimated completion by 5th January 2022.

Place Lane, Hartlip will be closed between the junctions with Warren Lane and Dane Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is Dane Lane, Munns Lane, The Street and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while tree surgery works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding this closure please contact Openreach on: 0800 0232023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Van Window Smashed and Tools Stolen - Hartlip

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/251611/21

Between Sunday the 5th and Monday the 6th of December, a van window was smashed, and tools were stolen in Popes Hall, The Street Hartlip.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

Kent Community Messaging

Upchurch Village Christmas Tree 2021

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Parish Councillors Tyrone Ripley, Neil Sheppard, Gary Rosewell, John Arnold with grandson Tom, and Bob Friend have all helped put the village Christmas tree up today.

'SANTA STOP HERE' has been added to the village sign along with the sleigh and reindeer lights.

This year's beautiful village tree was kindly donated by Bob Friend and his family again.

Thank you, Bob, and happy birthday! 🎄🎅🏼 👍🏼 😀

Upchurch Matters

Hundreds of Knitted Christmas Characters Return to Upchurch Village

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For the fifth consecutive year, the ladies of the Kitting Group, with their partners, have decorated the railings at St Mary's Church, Upchurch, with hundreds of beautiful knitted Christmas characters.

A lovely new post box topper has been added this year with characters on the Post Office railings and the Co-op garden fence, snowmen in the bus shelter, and knitted stockings hung on wooden bollards.

They have brightened up the centre of the village once again!

Thank you

Go and take a look...

Upchurch Matters

Public Access Defibrillator Installed at Beckenham Residential Park

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A Parish Council Public Access Defibrillator has been installed and is available to use 24 hours a day located at the Park Office:

Beckenham Residential Park

Otterham Quay Lane

ME8 7XF

A Parish Council Public Access Defibrillator is also available to use 24 hours a day located at:

Snaffles Equestrian & Country Store

2 - 4 The Street

Upchurch

ME9 7AJ

Holywell Primary School has a Defibrillator, which is available in an emergency only when the school is open.

An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.

Modern AEDs have been designed to be simple for the layperson to use.

In a medical emergency

In a medical emergency, you must dial 999.

The 999 operator will assist and instruct the user, particularly with CPR, and provide the unlock code to open the Defibrillator cabinet.

No training is required to use the Defibrillator. The Defibrillator will talk to the user giving them instructions on how to use it.

The 999 operator will also dispatch an ambulance.

If you notice a problem with the Defibrillator or if you have had to use it, please let the Parish Council know as soon as possible so that it can be made ready for future use - Thank you.

Tel: 07798 600696

Email: clerk@upchurchparishcouncil.gov.uk

Upchurch Matters

The Blythswood Care Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2021 - Thank You

Bring joy this Christmas

Thank you to all those who have generously donated Shoe Boxes and items for Shoe Boxes

on behalf of Blythswood this year as they again take God's love to some of the poorest people in Eastern Europe.

If you would still like to fill a Shoe Box, we will be able to collect it from St Mary's Church, Upchurch up until Saturday the 11th of December.

The church is open most Wednesdays, so you can just pop your box in, and put it on the back pew near the font - thank you.

Filling a box can be quite expensive if you put in all the items suggested. Why not fill a box with a group of friends. Or, we are always short of socks, underwear, flannels, deodorants, sweets (not chocolate and with a good date). So you could put together a selection of any of these - they are always very handy.

How everything gets to those who need it.

Cartons in Gillingham full of your gifts being sent to Romania by the

Blythswood Care charity for Christmas 2021.

Photo: Elizabeth Shorthouse.

Can you help?

Blythswood is short of help to sort boxes and pack them into cartons. If you would like to help with sorting/packing shoe boxes, your help would be really appreciated. Checking is going on at St Barnabas Church, Nelson Road, Gillingham, with parking available 500 metres from the church.

Covid regulations are in operation at the church and masks are to be worn. Please bring a hot drink and lunch or a snack.

Please phone Ralph on: 07847 205431 to book a spot to help.

For further information, please click on: https://blythswood.org/shoeboxappeal

Heartfelt thanks to all for your overwhelming generosity ❤️

Gill Gay