The Golden Green Association Newsletter
Issue No. 312
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According to my rain gauge we have had 6 inches in the first five weeks of the year – about a quarter of the average for the whole year! But while it seems soggy and gloomy, sunset is now over an hour later than it was at Christmas, so Spring must be on its way. Lets keep our spirits up. AP
Mission Hall Bookings
Website: www.goldengreenhall.com
The Golden Green Hall is available for bookings. Contact Nicky Whapshott goldengreenhall@gmail.com or 07702 212317. Ideal for children’s parties.
The regular Monday evening booking has now stopped, so we have Monday evenings available in the hall if anybody wants to set up a class or activity. Contact Nicky if you are interested.
We are also starting to plan for a major maintenance job on the hall this spring – painting the outside, repairing woodwork, tarting up the kitchen, replacing the hand dryers, trimming the big oak tree, repairing the planter in the car park. Watch this space. Luckily, we have been doing well on bookings and income thanks to hard work by Nicky.
What’s on in Golden Green?
Weekly Classes in the Mission Hall
Mondays (except bank holidays) – Steady Steps: Strength, Mobility and Balance Class – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Pat 01732 850739
Tuesdays – Line Dancing – Hall – 10.30-11.45am
Contact: Wendy Langley 07833 079213
Tuesdays – Life Drawing – Hall – 8-10pm
Contact: Peter Muller 07948 367240
Wednesdays – Waggy Tails Social Club – Hall – 2-3pm
Currently fully subscribed. If you want to go on the waiting list, contact Sue Harriman 07759 904677
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This Month in Golden Green
Thursday 12 February – Minibus Trip – Newnham Court Garden Centre, Maidstone
Meet 9.30 at the Mission Hall. £5 per head
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739 (Fully booked but Alec has a ‘waiting’ list).
Saturday 14 February – Valentines Afternoon Tea – The Bell – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 14 February – Jonty’s Valentines Supper Club – The Bell – 7-9.15pm
Contact: Jonty Hoad 07769 652279 (booking required)
Thursday 26 February – Psychic Night with Sue Bailey – The Bell – 7-9pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 28 February – Karaoke – Bell Inn – 8pm-late
Contact: The Bell Inn 01732 605352
Don’t forget the GG Summer fete on Sunday 28 June at Signpost Field.
Golden Green 250 Club Renewal Reminder
The 250 club is for GG residents. There are 250 numbers (£6 each for the year) and 36 prizes in the year of £25 each, so a win percentage of 60%. In reality though it is a village ‘subscription’! The proceeds go towards maintaining the village hall and other activities like our annual community lunch. Note that we try to set a limit of two numbers per person and five overall per household so everybody gets a chance. I’m doing very well collecting moneys – just a few stragglers remaining and then we can start drawing!
If you do not want to renew, please contact Alec Pelmore (alecpelmore@btinternet.com) so he can release the number(s).
If you want to join for the first time:
There are some spare numbers so new joiners are very welcome. If you want to join, please email alecpelmore@btinternet.com with name(s) and address and we will allocate you a number. Thank you everybody for your continued support for the village.
Golden Green Community Lunch
Last month’s event in the Mission Hall was very successful, with 57 residents and invited guests enjoying a variety of excellent homemade fare! The raffle raised £180 for charity. Thanks to all the attendees, raffle prize donors, hard-working cooks, helpers and especially organiser Linda Daker.
The Bell News
Clare, Justin & Nigel
Tel: 01732 605352 or 07881 816227
Email: queensowntaverns@hotmail.com
Facebook: The Bell – Golden Green
Free Pool Table – all day every Friday.
Valentines Afternoon Tea – Sat 14 Feb 1-4pm – contact The Bell to book.
Jonty’s Valentines Supper Club – Sat 14 Feb 7-9.15pm Booking essential – text or WhatsApp Jonty Hoad 07769. 652279. Menu and booking form at jontyslittlefeasts.co.uk
Psychic Night with Sue Bailey – Thu 26 Feb – contact The Bell to book.
Karaoke – Sat 28 Feb – 8pm-late. All welcome.
Steady Steps: Strength and Mobility Class
Mondays 10.30-12 noon Mission Hall
Contact Pat 850739 for info or just come along. £4 per person for a class, a cuppa and a biscuit; £6 for a couple.
Golden Green Coffee Morning
There will be no coffee morning in February because of the minibus trip. The next coffee morning is on 12 March.
Road Closures and Works
On 16 February, at the bridge next to The Man of Kent, Little Mill, East Peckham, Tonbridge Road will be closed from 8am-6pm for electric supply installation works by UK Power Networks.
Court Lane is scheduled to be closed from 8am to 5pm on 17-23 February from The Forstal to the Victoria Road junction for works by South East Water (Although the on-site sign says 16 February not 17th!).
Hartlake Road is scheduled to be closed between the Poacher & Partridge and the railway bridge from 4-5 March for telegraph pole replacement works.
Carpenters Lane, Hadlow will be closed from 3-4 March for telegraph pole replacement works, between the junctions with Common Road and Oxenhoath Road/High House Lane.
Advance warning that SGN plan to resume renewing the gas pipes in Golden Green. In Three Elm Lane, working eastwards from the junction with Victoria Road, the work is scheduled for 4 April to 4 September, and in Victoria Road, from 27 April to 19 May. Temporary traffic lights will be installed but there will be no road closures. However, Hartlake Road is scheduled to be closed at the junction with Three Elm Lane from 4-19 April, also for gasworks.
A21 Roadworks and overnight closures will continue on various dates. (See the traffic map at https://one.network/ for more details).
More information including diversion routes can be found on the traffic map at https://one.network/ though we can’t guarantee that it’s up to date! Any deviation from the dates given are down to the contractor(s) concerned.
You can report non-urgent problems with roads and pavements to KCC online at https://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/report-a-problem. This includes street light faults, potholes, drainage, traffic signal faults and overgrown vegetation (including hedges and grass).
TMBC Bourne Ward Councillors
Cllr James Lark james.lark@tmbc.gov.uk; mob 07812 596194
Cllr Steve Crisp Steve.Crisp@tmbc.gov.uk or c/o TMBC, Gibson Building, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill ME19 4LZ
Hadlow Parish Council
admin@hadlowpc.co.uk or 01732 851878
www.hadlowpc.co.uk
facebook.com/HadlowParishCouncil
X: @HadlowParish
Parish Council Office open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.30am until 12 noon.
Next Parish Council Meeting – 9 February – 7.30pm Old School Hall, Hadlow.
More people to join the parish council urgently needed – contact the Parish Clerk.
Golden Green Parish Councillors
Nick Collins: 850968 nicolins@btinternet.com
Ed Bright: 850590 ed.bright@talk21.com
St Mary’s Church, Hadlow Christmas Services
Please see the Hadlow newsletter for details of services.
St Peter’s RC Chapel, Maidstone Rd, Hadlow
For service times, please see
catholicclocks.com/mass-times/england/kent/hadlow/saint-peters-chapel.
Hospital Transport Service
Residents of Hadlow and Golden Green who need help to get to clinic appointments can contact Mike Harvey (tel 01732 851881, mob 07464 548448).
Anti-Social Behaviour Team
If you want to report anti-social behaviour, please either call TMBC’s Community Safety Partnership Team on 01732 844522 or email: csp@tmbc.gov.uk.
Community Warden
Community wardens’ aims are to foster community wellbeing, support the elderly and vulnerable and help with accessing community services. Our Community Warden for East Peckham and Hadlow (including Golden Green) is Diane Wakeling. Contact her on 07813 713740 diane.wakeling@kent.gov.uk.
Tonbridge and Malling Ramblers
Enjoy the Kent countryside. Visit the Tonbridge and Malling Ramblers website or their Facebook page to find out more about their walks.
Compiled by Anne Waddingham and Alec Pelmore ©2026