Autumn 2022
A slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life
A slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life
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In Pictures<br />
Rewilding in the Ball Field, Cranbrook, which<br />
helped the parish achieve a gold medal award<br />
from South and South East in Bloom (see page 9).<br />
Photography by Clare Saxby<br />
How Wild?<br />
How 'wild' would<br />
you like to see the<br />
parish council let<br />
the churchyard and<br />
cemeteries get? Turn<br />
to page 40 for more on<br />
the options and how to<br />
register your preference.<br />
Inside this issue<br />
REGULARS<br />
5 Directory<br />
6 Letters<br />
9 Local News<br />
15 Event News<br />
19 Local Comment – MP Helen<br />
Grant, Hon. Mayor Linda Page,<br />
parish warden Ivor Hatcher<br />
30 Kids’ Corner – can you find<br />
all the plaques?!<br />
32 Kitchen & Garden<br />
35 Badger’s Plot<br />
38 Legal – saving on stamp<br />
duty<br />
40 Parish Council Update –<br />
how wild should we go?<br />
FEATURES<br />
22 St Dunstan’s Story – our<br />
remarkable saint and why he<br />
needs our help<br />
25 Firefighters – it’s not just<br />
men’s work in Cranbrook<br />
26 Local History – the history of<br />
the Cranbrook Soup Society<br />
27 Museum Matters – “do you<br />
like our flush brackets?”<br />
29 Group Singing –<br />
opportunities in Cranbrook<br />
37 Books – reading for health<br />
benefits<br />
43 The Cake Chats with…<br />
Kim Fletcher, chairman,<br />
Cranbrook & Sissinghurst<br />
Parish Council<br />
4 The Cake • <strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2022</strong>
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