Parish Cake Autumn 2017
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
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out & about<br />
How to use an Apostrophe<br />
I noticed a mistake in the use of an<br />
apostrophe on the parish council’s poster<br />
regarding the defibrillation session at<br />
Sissinghurst Primary school, which was<br />
on the wall at the Co-oP store. The plural<br />
defibrillators included an apostrophe.<br />
Because there is often confusion on this<br />
point, I am taking the liberty of pointing<br />
out the error in case you wish to correct it<br />
in the future, and summarising the rules of<br />
apostrophe use.<br />
An apostrophe is needed only to indicate<br />
possession or missing letters, as in the<br />
following examples: I can’t instead of I<br />
cannot, and It’s instead of it is or it has (it’s<br />
can never be used as a possessive).<br />
The singular possessive is indicated by ‘s<br />
and the plural by s’. For example:<br />
• The dog’s bone (a bone belonging to one<br />
dog<br />
• The dogs’ bone (a bone belonging to<br />
several dogs)<br />
• Mr. Jones’s shop (a shop belonging to Mr.<br />
Jones)<br />
• The Joneses’ shop (a shop belonging to<br />
several people called Jones)<br />
• The company’s logo (the logo identifying<br />
one company)<br />
• The companies’ logo (the logo<br />
identifying several companies).<br />
If the word is already plural as in<br />
“children”, “people” or “men” the<br />
possessive is indicated by ‘s, as in: We sell<br />
children’s clothes and men’s shoes”.<br />
Apostrophes are never used in plurals.<br />
Bananas instead of Banana’s or “100s of<br />
books” instead of “100’s of books” or “Mind<br />
your ps and qs” instead of “Mind your p’s<br />
and q’s”.<br />
I hope this has been helpful and would<br />
thank you for your courtesy in reading this<br />
far. You might like to see some examples<br />
on our web page www.apostrophe.org.uk<br />
Carolyn Rolfe, Sissinghurst<br />
ABOVE:<br />
Cranbrook Town<br />
Band<br />
A Call for Members<br />
I would like to draw readers’<br />
attention to the Cranbrook<br />
Town Band, a group that can<br />
trace its roots in the local<br />
community back to 1924.<br />
Over the years the band has<br />
contributed greatly to the local<br />
area by providing free tuition<br />
to young and old alike with<br />
its learner band. We have a<br />
thriving youth section and, as<br />
a result of this approach, local<br />
parents have benefited to the<br />
tune of over £30,000 through<br />
not having to pay for tuition<br />
Please send your<br />
letters to editorial@parishcake.<br />
co.uk or by post to <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong>,<br />
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst <strong>Parish</strong> Council,<br />
The Old Fire Station, Stone Street,<br />
Cranbrook, TN17 3HF. Please note, letters<br />
may be published in a shortened form at<br />
the discretion of the editor.<br />
costs, instrument and music<br />
hire.<br />
The band also supports<br />
charities both locally and<br />
nationally having raised<br />
£10,996 for Children in Need<br />
between 2003 and 2013 and<br />
since 2014, £4,350 for the local<br />
Demelza Hospice which cares<br />
for terminally ill children.<br />
The band is very active in<br />
the local area throughout<br />
the year and has completed<br />
a hugely successful first for<br />
itself and the academy stage<br />
school in Tenterden with a<br />
joint concert in February <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
We also takes part in the local<br />
contest scene and are ranked<br />
in the scaba 2nd section where<br />
we have gained numerous first<br />
places and awards for best<br />
instrumentalist, section and<br />
MD.<br />
We would be delighted to<br />
welcome new members and<br />
also bookings to play. Visit<br />
www. cranbrooktownband.org.<br />
uk for more on us!<br />
David Newsom,<br />
Collier Street<br />
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