Issue 153 - the Pembury Village Website

GARDENERSFlower Shows 2013All at the Village Hall – 2pmSpring Show 30th MarchSummer Show 29th JuneAutumn Show 8th SeptemberAGM at the Baptist Church Hallon 2nd May - 8pmFloral Art Group 2013All at the Baptist Church – 8pm4th March8th April13th May3rd June1st July5th August2nd September7th October4th November2nd DecemberJohn WoodGARDENERS’ SOCIETYPembury Gardeners’ Society will hold its SpringShow on Saturday March 30th at the Village Hallfrom 2pm. ere will be spring flowers - daffodils,tulips as well as cooking and floral art; there are alsoclasses for the children.Schedules are available from the Show Secretary onPembury 824877 or the Secretary on TunbridgeWells 531725.e Society Shed on Woodside allotments will openon Sundays from the end of February from 10amto 12 noon.e plant sale is atthe end of May.John WoodShow Secretary22SHORT CIRCUIT RACING - PEMBURYGood afternoonI am writing to you in the hope that some of yourreaders may be able to assist me in a historicalproject to locate as many old short circuit racingsites in the UK. e village of Pembury had twoknown tracks, the first of which was very shortlived; in fact the first and only meeting held therewas never completed due to the field being tooboggy. is was at Kippings Cross and is believedto have either been the field opposite the BlueBoys or the next field along and the meeting was,I believe, in 1974.e second site was a bit more established and ranfor a year or two in 1975/76. is was downChalket Lane toward the end where the lane turns sharp right. I understand the field was filled in with backspillfrom the A21 so it looks very different today but I understand that the same site was used for scrambling in the50's and 60's.If any readers have any recollections they could share of these sites I would love to hear from them. e HolyGrail is always looking for photographs or programmes and again if anybody has anything they would be preparedto scan etc., I would love to hear from them.I can be contacted by email at john.homewood@yahoo.co.uk or by phone on 07504201818 - unfortunately Ihave no other phone at the moment but if someone wants to text me I will phone them back!!John Homewood