The Golden Green Association Newsletter
Issue No. 309
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Send items for inclusion to Anne Waddingham (gghamlet@outlook.com) or Alec Pelmore (alecpelmore@btinternet.com).
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.
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 – Colin’s Art – Hall – 8-10pm
Contact: Colin Obray 01732 464187
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
Friday 7, 14, 21, 28 November – Grazing Lunches by Jonty – The Bell – 12-2pm
Contact: Jonty Hoad 07769 652279 (booking required)
Thursday 13 November – Coffee Morning – Hall – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Saturday 8 November – Afternoon Tea – The Bell – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 8 November – Jonty’s Supper Club – The Bell – 7-9.15pm
Contact: Jonty Hoad 07769 652279 (booking required)
Monday 17 November – Bingo! – Hall – 7-9pm
Contact: Nicky Whapshott 07702 212317
Thursday 27 November – Minibus Trip to Polhill – 9.30 at the Hall
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Thursday 27 November – Psychic Night – The Bell – 7-9pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 29 November – Disco & Karaoke – The Bell – 8pm-late
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352
Golden Green 250 Club November winners – £25 each
43 – Dave Tarantiuk
174 – Claire Cattermole
213 – Finlay MacDonald
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
Thursday 13 November 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.
Minibus Trip to Polhill
Thursday 27 November – 9.30 Mission Hall
We have two minibuses so there is still plenty of room on our trip to Polhill. £5 a head, meet at Golden Green Hall at 9.30am or Hadlow at 9.45am.
Golden Green Carol Service
21 December 4pm
An end-of-the-year hamlet highlight – come and join us for some well-loved carols with brass band, followed by mulled cider and mince pies. Readers needed (and suggestions for readings!)
The Bell News
Clare, Justin & Nigel
Tel: 01732 605352 or 07881 816227
Email: queensowntaverns@hotmail.com
Facebook: The Bell – Golden Green
Afternoon Tea – Sat 8 Nov 1-4pm – contact The Bell to book
Psychic Night – Thu 27 Nov – 7-9pm – contact The Bell to book
Disco & Karaoke – Sat 29 Nov – 8pm-late
Jonty’s Feasts at The Bell:
Booking essential – text or WhatsApp Jonty Hoad 07769 652279. Menus and booking form at jontyslittlefeasts.co.uk
– Grazing Lunches (international cuisines) – Friday 7, 14, 21, 28 Nov – 12-2pm
– Supper Club – Sat 8 Nov from 7pm. Creole Night
– Christmas Dinners – 2-24 Dec (not Mondays or weekends) – 12-2.30pm
Bacchus Wind Orchestra – Free Concert
Sunday 23 November 2.30pm St Mary’s Church, Hadlow
Pat and Alec are again playing with Bacchus in Hadlow – concert, free admission, fun music, tea and cakes – donations appreciated.
Golden Green Community Lunch
Wednesday 21 January 12.30pm Mission Hall
Free lunch for all residents of Golden Green aged between 0 and 100. Booking details in the December Hamlet.
Annual Golden Green Fish ’n’ Chips Challenge Quiz
Saturday 7 February Mission Hall
Put it in your diary now – the famous annual Challenge Quiz Night is back on Saturday 7 February in the Mission Hall! Booking details in the December Hamlet.
Road Closures and Works
The Tonbridge Road between Cuckoo Lane and Ashes Lane continues to have temporary traffic lights until 10 November until the completion of Phase 2 of the footway installation from Haywards Farm Shop heading northeast as far as Public Right of Way MT145. Subsequently the traffic lights will remain while the drains are cleaned on 12-13 November.
Temporary traffic lights are scheduled for Hadlow High Street on 12 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm for works by OpenReach. Also on 11-12 November, KCC will be replacing a street light near the junction with Carpenters Lane.
Hartlake Road will be closed near the junction with Three Elm Lane from 19-21 November for maintenance works on the pumping station by Southern Water; and closed again on 6-7 January by the railway bridge for works by OpenReach.
Victoria Road will be closed on 4 December from 9.30am-3.30pm for pole-testing works by OpenReach.
Blackmans Lane is scheduled to be closed from 16-17 December for works by OpenReach.
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 – 10 November – 7.30pm Old School Hall, Hadlow.
Date for your diary: Hadlow Parish Senior Xmas Lunch Sunday 14 December 2025.
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
Hadlow Community Breakfast
Sunday 23 November 9-11.30am Old School Hall, Hadlow
Please contact the parish office admin@hadlowpc.co.uk or 01732 851878. Booking essential at least three days ahead. £5 For a delicious full English.
Hadlow Village Hall
Sunday 30 November 11am-4pm Williams Field, Hadlow
Christmas Gift Fair with plenty of stalls: crafts, wreaths, candles, gift wrap etc.
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)
Compiled by Anne Waddingham and Alec Pelmore ©2025