Parish Cake Autumn 2017
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
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<strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong><br />
YOUR SLICE OF CRANBROOK & SISSINGHURST LIFE<br />
EDITOR:<br />
Cllr. Brian Clifford<br />
brian@parishcake.co.uk<br />
FEATURES EDITOR & CHIEF<br />
FEATURES WRITER:<br />
Cllr. Trisha Fermor<br />
trisha@parishcake.co.uk<br />
ADVERTISING SALES:<br />
Nemone Goodman<br />
nemone@parishcake.co.uk<br />
Cllr. Nancy Warne<br />
nancy@parishcake.co.uk<br />
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:<br />
Cllr. Graham Holmes<br />
graham@parishcake.co.uk<br />
PUBLISHED BY:<br />
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst <strong>Parish</strong> Council<br />
01580 713112<br />
www.cranbrookandsissinghurstpc.co.uk<br />
PRODUCED BY:<br />
Tally Wade<br />
Coffee Shop Media Ltd<br />
01580 848555<br />
www.coffeeshopmedia.com<br />
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Whilst every effort is made<br />
to ensure accuracy, the<br />
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Council, editor and<br />
authors cannot be held<br />
responsible for published errors. The views<br />
or opinions expressed do not necessarily<br />
reflect views of the Cranbrook and<br />
Sissinghurst <strong>Parish</strong> Council. Inclusion of any<br />
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welcome<br />
Applause for <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> and our Vibrant <strong>Parish</strong>!<br />
HOW DELIGHTED we have all been by the<br />
numerous congratulatory comments we<br />
have received on the first issue of <strong>Parish</strong><br />
<strong>Cake</strong>. Readers have liked the size, the layout,<br />
presentation and content. The idea to send<br />
it to every household in Cranbrook and<br />
Sissinghurst has also been warmly<br />
welcomed.<br />
I hope the magazine will make<br />
the community more aware<br />
of the wide range of activities<br />
in which the parish council<br />
is involved and the variety of<br />
interests and happenings in the<br />
wider communities.<br />
Examples include the council’s<br />
Neighbourhood Development Plan working<br />
groups in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, which<br />
are both doing excellent work, and traffic<br />
observations in the parish. During the summer,<br />
Cranbrook in Bloom (CiB) made our town<br />
beautiful with experts from the South and<br />
South East in Bloom competition judging<br />
contents<br />
REGULARS<br />
4 Through the Lens<br />
5 Directory & What’s On<br />
7 Chairman’s View<br />
8 Letters<br />
10 <strong>Parish</strong> News<br />
12 Club News<br />
16 Events<br />
40 <strong>Parish</strong> Council Round-Up<br />
FEATURES<br />
21 Tarot Rats – a Cranbrook<br />
band doing great things<br />
23 Windmill and Museum –<br />
the sweeps are back, and<br />
can you name these folk?<br />
helpers’ efforts in July.<br />
We were going for gold! Many of you will have<br />
also enjoyed the private gardens lovingly<br />
tended by their owners for the CiB Garden<br />
Safari. We will have more on CiB in the next<br />
issue!<br />
Nuts in May, a Chelsea Fringe spinoff,<br />
was an enormous success and<br />
encouraged many people to visit<br />
Cranbrook and view the town from<br />
the top of St. Dunstan’s Church.<br />
Other popular events include the<br />
annual Sissinghurst fête, Cranbrook<br />
Art Show, the Apple Fair and the<br />
Cranbrook Literature Festival. One<br />
must not forget the shows by the Cranbrook<br />
Operatic and Dramatic Society (CODS), which<br />
are staged in the Queen’s Hall.<br />
We are a very lucky to have such a vibrant<br />
parish.<br />
Cllr. Bridget Veitch<br />
Chairman, Cranbrook and Sissinghurst<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> Council<br />
ISSUE 2 AUTUMN <strong>2017</strong><br />
24 The Mini Racers –<br />
husband and wife hot-rod<br />
racers<br />
27 Academy New Build –<br />
the High Weald Academy<br />
building plans<br />
29 Defib Saves a Life – how<br />
a Sissinghurst resident<br />
was saved<br />
31 A229 Speeding – Trisha<br />
Fermor comments on the<br />
problem<br />
33 Kitchen & Garden –<br />
‘tuplipmania’ and spiced<br />
apples<br />
35 Stone Street Traffic –<br />
let’s be more considerate<br />
says Phil Mummery<br />
37 A Word From our<br />
Sponsor – meet the<br />
team at Buss Murton Law,<br />
Cranbrook<br />
39 Business – Emma Wood<br />
on harnessing the World<br />
Wide Web<br />
42 Local Legend – an<br />
interview with Linda Page<br />
<strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> • <strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 3
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