Issue No. 285
Facebook: Golden Green Association.
Send items for inclusion to Anne Waddingham (gghamlet@outlook.com) or Alec Pelmore (alecpelmore@btinternet.com).
Mission Hall bookings
The Golden Green Hall is available for bookings. Contact Nicky Whapshott goldengreenhall@gmail.com or 07702 212317. Ideal for children’s parties.
What’s on in Golden Green?
Weekly Classes in the Mission Hall
Mondays – Strength, Mobility and Balance Class – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Sue 07867 648667 or suelarken@
Tuesdays – Line Dancing – Hall – 10.30-11.45am
Contact: Wendy Langley 07833 079213
Tuesdays – Colin’s Art – Hall – 8-10pm
Contact: Colin Obray 01732 464187
Wednesdays – Dog Training – Hall – 2pm
Contact: Ann Kemp 01732 361947
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This Month in Golden Green
Saturday 11 November – Afternoon Tea (booking required) – Bell Inn – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 0816227
Thursday 9 November – Coffee Morning – Hall – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Wednesday 15 November – Golden Green WI Meeting – Hall – 7.30-10pm
Contact: Rosalind Seall 01732 850664
Monday 20 November – Bingo! – Hall – 8-10pm
Contact Nicky Whapshott 07702 212317
Saturday 25 November – Karaoke Night with Dave Tanner – Bell Inn – 8-late
Contact Bell Inn 07881 816227
December
Saturday 9 December – Afternoon Tea (booking required) – Bell Inn – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 0816227
Saturday 16 December – Leah Hall Singing & Music – Bell Inn – 8pm to late
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 0816227
Sunday 17 December – GG Carol Service – Mission Hall – 4pm
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Monday 25 December – Christmas Day Opening – The Bell – 12 noon – 2pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 0816227
Saturday 31 December – New Year’s Eve Party with disco & karaoke with Dave Tanner – The Bell – 7pm to late
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 0816227
Golden Green Carol Service
Sunday 17 December 4pm Mission Hall
Annual get-together with carols and readings will again take place on the Sunday a week before Christmas – to be followed by mulled cider and mince pies. I have invited the clarinet group to accompany us again, and we’re looking for ideas for pieces to read … let me know if you would like to participate.
Golden Green 250 Club – October Winners £25 each:
180 – Sylvia Maclennan
96 – Roger Maxted
186 – Rachel Dale
Date for your Diary: Golden Green Annual Lunch 2024
Wednesday 17 January
Our annual residents’ lunch is held in January to brighten up our post-Christmas blues. More details in next month’s Hamlet!
Strength and Mobility Class
Mondays 10.30-12 noon Mission Hall
This class is proving to be very popular for good reason – it’s fun and beneficial! Contact: Sue 07867 648667 or suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk or just come along. £4 per person for class, a cuppa and a biscuit; £6 or a couple.
Golden Green Coffee Morning
Thursday 13 November 10.30am in the Mission Hall
All ages welcome for refreshments and a chat with friends. If you’re new to the hamlet, you’re guaranteed a friendly reception. Just turn up or contact Alec 01732 850739 for more details.
The Bell News
Clare, Justin & Nigel
Tel: 01732 605352 or 07881 816227
Email: queensowntaverns@hotmail.com
Facebook: The Bell – Golden Green
Lunch menu Wednesday & Thursday 12-3pm; Friday & Saturday noon-6pm.
Saturday 11 November – Afternoon Tea (booking required) – Bell Inn – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Saturday 25 November – Karaoke Night with Dave Tanner – Bell Inn – 8pm to late
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Saturday 9 December – Afternoon Tea (booking required) – Bell Inn – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Saturday 16 December – Leah Hall Singing & Music – Bell Inn – 8pm to late
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Monday 25 December – Christmas Day Opening – Bell Inn – 12 noon-2pm
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Saturday 31 December – New Year’s Eve Party with Disco & Karaoke with Dave Tanner – Bell Inn – 7pm to late
Contact: The Bell Inn 07881 816227
Golden Green WI
Wednesday 15 November from 7.30pm Mission Hall, GG
Linda Jones will be our guest, telling us about her jewellery journey. Our Christmas meal is on 6 December, and a reminder that the December meeting is one week earlier than usual, on 13 December. For information about Golden Green WI, contact Ros Seall, 1 Bell Cottages 01732 850664 goldengreen@wkfwi.org.uk
Road Closures
We’re waiting with bated breath for SGN to close Hartlake Road to finish replacing the gas mains. It was due to start on 30 October but currently the one.network website just says ‘About to start’! Does anyone have any news?
Bourne Park Freeholders Group
The group would like to thank the Bell Inn staff for laying on an excellent buffet last month, enjoyed by all. Next, a winter-warming meal is planned (not a Christmas one) in The Bell (date tbc). Please let Rod Belsey or Sue Cadell know if you’re interested.
Lego Fans – Alert!
Sunday 3 December 12 noon-4pm
Hadlow Village Hall, Williams Field, Marshall Gardens TN11 0HQ
A Lego exhibition is being hosted by Space 2 Be Me, a charity that supports children and young adults with SEN. Tickets cost £5 including tea/coffee or squash. Tickets from space2beme.org.uk or Allison Noterman on 01732 241393.
Hadlow Gift Fair
Sunday 19 November 11am-4pm
Hadlow Village Hall, Williams Field, Marshall Gardens TN11 0HQ
TMBC Bourne Ward Councillors
Contact your TMBC councillors by email or phone:
Cllr James Lark james.lark@tmbc.gov.uk; mob 07812 596194
Cllr Steve Crisp Steve.Crisp@tmbc.gov.uk or c/o Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, Gibson Building, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill ME19 4LZ.
Hadlow Parish Council
clerk@hadlowpc.co.uk or 01732 851878
Hadlow Parish Council website >>
facebook.com/
X (formerly Twitter) @HadlowParish
Parish Council Office open – Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.30am until 12 noon.
Next Parish Council Meeting – 13 November 7.30pm Old School Hall, Hadlow.
Golden Green Parish Councillors
Nick Collins: 850968 – nicolins@btinternet.com
Ed Bright: 850590 – ed.bright@talk21.com
Hadlow Community Breakfast
Sunday 12 November 9-11.30am Old School Hall, Hadlow
Please contact the parish office clerk@hadlowpc.co.uk or 01732 851878. Booking essential. £4 For a delicious full English.
Services at St Mary’s Church and St Peter’s RC Church, Hadlow
Remembrance Sunday service is 12 November in St Mary’s and afterwards at 12 noon at the War Memorial, Cemetery Lane. Please see the Hadlow newsletter for details. Please see the Hadlow newsletter for details.
Hospital Transport Service
Residents of Hadlow & Golden Green who need help to get to clinic appointments can contact Mike Harvey (tel 01732 851881, mob 07464 548448).
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 U3A
TU3A will be changing the venue for the third Friday in the month coffee morning from November.
Starting on 17 November, this will take place at Christchurch on the High Street. If you want to find out more about TU3A, come along, have a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits and talk to some of our members. As well as getting to know more about us and our activities, it is a chance to put the world to rights. Find out more at www.tonbridgeu3a.uk
Compiled by Alec Pelmore and Anne Waddingham © 2023
