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Care Workers FULL TIME & PART TIME CARER WORKERS REQUIRED IN TENTERDEN, CRANBROOK, STAPLEHURST AND MANY OF THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. Could be your main income, just a few hours each week to support with expenses. We have Mornings, Lunchtimes, Teatimes, Evenings and Weekend calls available. Also some Domestic Calls & Sleep Ins to cover. HOURLY RATE MILEAGE & TRAVEL TIME PAID FROM 1ST TO LAST CALL JOIN US IN 2023 TO RECEIVE A £200 INCENTIVE BONUS FOR NEW WORKERS Any experience is beneficial such as raising children, looking after elderly parents/ grand children. But, FULL TRAINING will be provided to all applicants. Why not contact us to discuss more about the work and what hours you are looking for? Call Natalie or Chloe 01580 762244 These positions are exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act
WELCOME Published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council CO-EDITOR Kim Fletcher and Carol Somers SUB EDITOR Julian Flanders ADVERTISING SALES David Hobden - 01892 677741 davidh@spacemarketing.co.uk ADMIN SUPPORT - Graham Holmes gpholmes@hotmail.co.uk PRODUCED BY - Tally Rix - Coffee Shop Media Ltd - 01580 848555, tally@coffeeshopmedia.com PUBLISHED BY - Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council, 01580 713112 www.cranbrookandsissinghurstpc.co.uk Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council, editor and authors cannot be held responsible for published errors. The views or opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect views of the Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council. Inclusion of any advertising material does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of any products or services or claims made. SOMETHING FOR THE CAKE? We love to hear from you. Please send all ideas for contributions to The Cake to clerk@cspc.org.uk by 5 February 2024 Chairman’s Message That’s not your job! Why are you getting involved in education, a medical centre, a pre-school? I hear these comments quite regularly, but if we as a community do not get involved, we will soon find more services withdrawn from rural areas like ours. As it is, Kent County Council have plans to remove all Youth Services from the rural parishes and concentrate them in Tunbridge Wells. Good luck if you are concerned about your toddler, you will have to get on a bus for an hour and then walk to a new ‘Hub’. Or go online. That toddler could be your child or your grandchild. As budgets get cut, it seems that the various levels of local government simply cut back on delivery instead of focusing their budgets on doing specific things really well. I believe that children are the future of our society, so why are we cutting all services that get them off to a good start in life? Another example was the summary closure of High Weald that has had many negative effects for the 13 parishes that used to send children to the school. Should we not try to support community cohesion with a local vocational school. As an ageing population, medical services are crucial to all our wellbeing. Cranbrook, Sissinghurst, Benenden and Hawkhurst are all in desperate need of a new multi-GP surgery, but with the current interest rates commercial developers are NOT building them. An opportunity has arisen to make the old Sixth Form Centre on Angley Road an Asset of Community Value. This would access grants from government to convert it to a medical centre and pre-school. TWBC are busy with TWBC-centric issues, and KCC are not involved in health, so therefore it is up to us, as a community, to get involved and make these things happen because no one else is going to do it (see the article on page 8 for further details). As chairman of the parish council I cannot just sit back and watch this happen. Several neighbouring chairmen feel the same way. I hope you also feel the injustice that is being visited on us, and are prepared to demand action NOW! Cllr. Kim Fletcher, chairman, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish Council Cllr. Kim Fletcher, chairman, Cranbrook & Sissinghurst Parish Council FRONT COVER The first ever Christmas card designed in 1843 by Cranbrook artist John Horsley. As a favour to civil servant and engineer Henry Cole, Horsley designed and introduced the world’s first commercial Christmas card. A thousand copies were subsequently produced that year and sold for one shilling (£2.21 in today’s money). Inside this issue REGULARS 5 What’s on & Directory 6 Letters 8 Development News 10 Local News 14 Event News 16 Club News 18 Schools News 21 Local Comment 29 Kids’ Corner 33 Let’s Cook 34 Badger’s Plot 37 Farming & Agriculture 39 Legal Advice 40 Parish Council Update 42 Cake Meets… FEATURES 22 Windmill Update – Teddies fly high! 24 Broadband – How the parish measures up 25 Scams – Stay safe with advice from PWCAC 26 Gallery 35 – Celebrating local art 31 Local History – A walk down memory lane The Cake • Winter 2023 3
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Page 5 and 6: directory A list of useful contacts
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Page 9 and 10: Some of you will have read the arti
Page 11 and 12: LOCAL NEWS Cranbrook Allotment Awar
Page 13 and 14: ● ● ● Ovens Grills Extractors
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Page 17 and 18: CLUB NEWS The club’s flagship rug
Page 19 and 20: Andrew French Fencing Fencing, Gate
Page 21 and 22: LOCAL COMMENT Helen Grant MP Dear C
Page 23 and 24: Sissinghurst ADULTS REQUIRED to joi
Page 25 and 26: Community get-together Every Tuesda
Page 27: LAUNCHING A NEW Step WELLBEING away
Page 30 and 31: Call Cranbrook 01580 715 904 Call A
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Page 34 and 35: BADGER’S PLOT JOBS ON THE PLOT Wi
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Page 38 and 39: Your financial needs taken care of
Page 40 and 41: Update Can you Help Redesign our Of
Page 42: THE CAKE MEETS... Richard King The

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