Issue 135 - the Pembury Village Website

PEMBURY HISTORY GROUPWE ARE PLEASED to announce that, after many months of hard work, the PemburyHistory Group have completed their indexing of Mary Standen’s archive of Pembury.As you may remember, it was Mary’s will that this valuable collection of documents andmemorabilia should be left to the people of Pembury for their use and enjoyment. To thisend, the collection was given to the ParishCouncil for safe keeping on theunderstanding that the documents would beavailable to the general public in due course.It was hoped at the time that they wouldeventually be placed in Pembury Library, butthis has proved to be impracticable.Arrangements have, therefore, been made forthe collection to be held by the referencelibrary in Tunbridge Wells, where they canbe held securely and under proper archivalconditions. They will be available for viewingon request, but as they will be filed in the basement, should you wish to use them it wouldbe advisable to phone first so that they can be retrieved.A reference copy of the index will be held in Pembury Library for your convenience. It ishoped that, if anyone wants to view any particular items but cannot get to Tunbridge Wells,then arrangements can be made to have those items sent to Pembury on a temporary loan.They will still need to be viewed at the Library, and not taken home.It will also be necessary to have one or two more valuable documents lodged at the CountyArchives in Maidstone, but in these cases photocopies or transcriptions will be held in thecollection at Tunbridge Wells.It is hoped that the collection will be deposited in Tunbridge Wells by the time you readthis, but at the time of writing, the arrangements have not yet been finalised, so please bearwith us if there is a slight delay.Kathryn FranklinPEMBURY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUBOUR SEASON starts on Tuesday 23 September and finishes with our club competitionfinals night on Friday 17 April.We play at the Village Hall on two Tuesday afternoons each month, every Thursdayafternoon and one Friday evening each month, when the evening league match and club rollups are played.We have two afternoon league teams and one evening league, with games played home andaway each month; friendly matches are played home and away against other clubs, mostlyon Sunday afternoons.This is a friendly, sociable club which would be pleased to welcome new members. Why notcome along on Tuesday afternoon, September 23, and try the game of Short Mat Bowls?For more information contact Arthur Storey, Club Captain, on 822509.23