The Golden Green Association Newsletter
Issue No. 308
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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 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 October – Grazing Lunch by Jonty – The Bell – 12-2pm
Contact: Jonty Hoad 07769 652279 (booking required)
Thursday 9 October – Coffee Morning – Hall – 10.30am-12 noon
Contact: Alec Pelmore 01732 850739
Saturday 11 October – Afternoon Tea – The Bell – 1-4pm
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352 (booking required)
Saturday 18 October – Jonty’s Supper Club – The Bell – 7-9.15pm
Contact: Jonty Hoad 07769 652279 (booking required)
Monday 20 October – Bingo! – Hall – 7-9pm
Contact Nicky Whapshott 07702 212317
Friday 31 October – Family Halloween Party – The Bell – 7pm till late
Contact: The Bell 01732 605352
Golden Green 250 Club October winners – £25 each
224 – Victoria Maxted
59 – Peter Thomas
84 – Stan Ellis
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
The next coffee morning is on Thursday 9 October
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 Carol Service
21 December 4pm
Our last opportunity of the year to come together as a village – carols followed by mulled cider and mince pies. This year we won’t have a vicar (Father Jim is leaving) so we will be on our own – ideas for how we adapt our proceedings welcome!
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 11 Oct 1-4pm – contact The Bell to book
Jonty’s Supper Club – Sat 18 Oct from 7pm. French Night. Booking essential – text or WhatsApp Jonty Hoad 07769 652279. Menus and booking form at jontyslittlefeasts.co.uk
Grazing Lunch (international cuisines) – Friday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Oct – 12-2pm. Booking essential – text or WhatsApp Jonty Hoad 07769 652279. Menus and booking form at jontyslittlefeasts.co.uk
The Bell’s Family Halloween Party – Fri 31 Oct 7pm till late
Road Closures and Works
There are temporary traffic lights on Three Elm Lane between Blackmans Lane and the Carpenters Arms. They’re scheduled from 6-10 October for repair and maintenance works by KCC Highways, and will be installed again on 14 October from 9.30am to 3.30pm for works by OpenReach
The Causeway one.network website reports that the Tonbridge Road between Cuckoo Lane and Ashes Lane is scheduled to have temporary traffic lights from 11 October to 10 November for Phase 2 of the footway installation, continuing from Haywards Farm Shop heading northeast as far as Public Right of Way MT145
On 5 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm temporary traffic lights are scheduled for Tonbridge Road at Little Mill (by the Muraspec factory and Man of Kent)
Temporary traffic lights are scheduled for Hadlow High Street on 12 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm
Advance warning that Hartlake Road is scheduled to be closed from 19-21 November for maintenance works by Southern Water
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 until November. (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)
A21 roadworks and overnight closures will continue on various dates until November. (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 – 13 October – 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 19 October 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.
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 ©2025