3The Golden Green Association Newsletter
Issue No. 313
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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 maintenance works planned for the hall will start with a trimming of the overhanging oak tree on 7 April. It should not impact use of the hall
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 March – Coffee Morning – Hall – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Saturday 14 March – Afternoon Tea – The Bell – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Thursday 26 March – Psychic Night with Steven Graves – The Bell – 7-9pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 28 March – 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 Winners
Thank you to everybody who has subscribed. The final list of numbers is available from Alec Pelmore. The winners of £25 each for January and February were:
101 – Tony Voles
189 – Sam Evemy
207 – Colin Davis
170 – Bea Austin
10 – Claire Crane
230 – Malcolm Webb
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.
Afternoon Tea – Sat 14 Mar 1-4pm – contact The Bell to book.
Psychic Night with Steven Graves – Thu 26 Mar – contact The Bell to book.
Karaoke – Sat 28 Mar – 8pm-late. All welcome.
Golden Green Community Litter Pick
We have done an annual spring clean litter pick in March for some years now and it really does make a difference to the feel of the village. But we need everybody to join in to make an impact. Watch this space … date and time to be agreed. If you would like to participate, contact Alec Pelmore alecpelmore@btinternet.com.
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 AGMs
Democracy at work! The AGMs for the Golden Green Association and the Mission Hall Charity will be held on Thursday 14 May at 6pm (the only evening time we can get the hall!). Your chance to vote …
Golden Green Coffee Morning
Thursday 12 March 10.30am-12 noon Mission Hall
All ages are welcome to join us for hot drinks and homemade bakes. Just turn up or contact Alec 01732 850739 for more details.
Golden Green Fete Update
Sunday 28 June 1-4pm Signpost Field
Last year’s fete was a great success, so please put the date in your diaries now. More specifically, we need somebody to organise and run the bar for the fete – mainly cans and Pimm’s. Please contact Alec Pelmore (01732 850739) if you can help.
Road Closures and Works
The dangerous junction at Steers Place/Common Road in Hadlow is to be improved on 16-17 March, so both roads will be closed at the junction while the work takes place.
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).
New Paracise Exercise Class
Tuesdays 2pm Hadlow Village Hall, Williams Field
Paracise is a low-impact exercise session to music, to help improve mobility, posture, balance and flexibility for all fitness levels – standing only. First session is free. £6.00 a session – pay as you go. If interested, please ring Sharon on 07736 641033 or email sharon@paracise.com.
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 – 13 April – 7.30pm Old School Hall, Hadlow.
More people to join the parish council urgently needed – contact the Parish Clerk.
Hadlow Community Breakfast
Sunday 22 March 9-11.30am Old School Hall & Hadlow Litter Pick 10am-12pm
Please contact the parish office admin@hadlowpc.co.uk or 01732 851878 to book.
Golden Green Parish Councillors
Nick Collins: 850968 nicolins@btinternet.com
Ed Bright: 850590 ed.bright@talk21.com
St Mary’s Church, Hadlow
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