The Cake - Spring 2022
A slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life A slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life
CLUB NEWS Great Goals for Young Club Footie-mad youngsters in Cranbrook are going from strength to strength, thanks to support from a large number of organisations. Girls and boys from the Cranbrook Junior FC have been told their club has achieved England Football Accredited status, which co-founder Ant Tomlinson described as “quite special”. The club has also received approval as a Weetabix Wildcat Centre and will be starting girlsonly, five to 11 year olds, football next month. Sponsorship has also been secured for Little Trackers which has allowed the club to move indoors at the Weald Sports Centre. The club also trialled its first football camp during half term in February with plans to offer more during all school holidays. TF Weald District Scouts Young people are the future. They’re the doers, the dreamers and give-it-a-goers. Everything we do in Scouting is shaped by our young people, working in partnership with the adult volunteers. They learn valuable life skills by taking part in games and activities, exploring the outdoors and helping to plan the programme. The Weald District is currently comprised of eight Scout Groups in the area: Brenchley and Matfield, Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Headcorn, Sissinghurst, Staplehurst and Tenterden, with an approximate membership of 400 young people aged between four and 25. Sissinghurst recently opened a new Squirrels section, the first in our district, which is for earlyyears children aged four and five. Our other groups all have Beavers (six to eight years), Cubs (eight to 10½ years) and Scouts (10½-14 years), with Explorers (14-18 years) at Goudhurst and Tenterden, and Network members (18-25 years) spread throughout. The district also owns its own campsite in Horsmonden which each group can access whenever they choose, for outdoor activities or camping. However, we do need more volunteers at all of our groups, both in leadership roles and behind the scenes as administrators, trustees and supporters. In particular, we would love to reopen our Benenden group if we can form a committee to run it. We also really need some leaders for our Explorer Scout units at Goudhurst and Headcorn. The young people in this age group are a real pleasure to work with as they are very independent and proactive. As a volunteer, you’ll learn career-friendly skills, boost your The Big Night Out, Weald District Scouts wellbeing, and make new friends. Because volunteering at Scouts is a two-way street – good for young people, and good for you too. Tell us what you’re interested in, and we’ll help you find something that matches your skills (and the time you have available). Contact us today. We’d love to chat about what’s good for you! dc@wealdscoutdistrict.org.uk, www.wealdscoutdistrict.org.uk 14 The Cake • Spring 2022
EVENTS Cranbrook in Bloom Events We look forward to hearing from all you keen volunteers and gardeners wanting to showcase our amazing town in 2022 and beyond. GARDEN SAFARI ENTRIES Would you like to include your garden in the Cranbrook in Bloom annual garden safari on 19 June? We are seeking new gardens for people to visit and enjoy during our annual safari. Small or large, traditional or quirky. We all know, that come June, our current, rather bare looking gardens, will be full of colour and bursting with blooms. Why not share it? Contact Marian on 07780 526766. SHOW OFF OUR TOWN! Cranbrook in Bloom will be entering the South and South East in Bloom competition again this year. This involves the whole town, nooks, crannies and all! Whilst we do our best to keep Cranbrook looking full of colour, help from you will make the streets clean and colourful as well. Front gardens, communal areas and public spaces are all considered and judged on the day in mid-June. Please help us aim for and achieve another GOLD award again. SHOW OFF YOUR COMMUNITY/ NEIGHBOURHOOD SPACE! If there is an area in or around the town that has been tidied, tended or planted up by locals please let us know. There is a SSEIB competition category that we would encourage/help you to enter. SHOW OFF YOUR FRONT GARDEN Cranbrook in Bloom’s front garden competition will be judged week commencing 20 June. Please enter. We have five different categories, including planters and wildlife. Entry forms available from Pages Newsagents or www. cranbrookinbloom.co.uk from 30 May or contact Marian on 07780 526766. FEAST OF FUN FOR QUEEN’S JUBILEE DAY As I write about plans for Cranbrook to host a street party to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee, it is Monday February 7, exactly 70 years ago that she succeeded to the throne. It is no surprise to hear that sisters, Wendy Waters and Julie Sales, are drawing up a list of events for a fun-packed day of celebrations to be held in Cranbrook on Sunday June 5. Running from 11am to about 5pm, people can bring their own picnic or buy from the street food outlets. It is hoped a children’s entertainer will be keeping everyone in the party mood and there will be face painting and hook the duck, as well as other attractions. There will be an ice cream seller with a 1960 traditional work trike. The Box of Frogs will be playing at the White Horse, the first at 2pm and then later in the day. There will also be plenty of popcorn and candyfloss as well as a big selection of food and drinks stalls. TF Cranbrook Goes Nuts! Nuts in May is back in Cranbrook High Street on Sunday 29 May after a two- year Covid absence. The theme will be trees and recognising the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Founder Gwenneth Bransby-Zachary is looking forward to welcoming exhibitors who reflect the permanent theme of celebrating “anything that grows and what you can do with it”. There will also be a food court and music, including the ever-popular cover band Marvellous Mo and the Backline Ferrets. People who would like to help on the day are asked to call Gwenneth on 07721 672348. TF The Cake • Spring 2022 15
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EVENTS<br />
Cranbrook in Bloom Events<br />
We look<br />
forward<br />
to hearing<br />
from all<br />
you keen<br />
volunteers and gardeners<br />
wanting to showcase our<br />
amazing town in <strong>2022</strong> and<br />
beyond.<br />
GARDEN SAFARI ENTRIES<br />
Would you like to include<br />
your garden in the<br />
Cranbrook in Bloom annual<br />
garden safari on 19 June?<br />
We are seeking new<br />
gardens for people to<br />
visit and enjoy during our<br />
annual safari. Small or large,<br />
traditional or quirky. We all<br />
know, that come June, our<br />
current, rather bare looking<br />
gardens, will be full of colour<br />
and bursting with blooms.<br />
Why not share it? Contact<br />
Marian on 07780 526766.<br />
SHOW OFF OUR TOWN!<br />
Cranbrook in Bloom will<br />
be entering the South<br />
and South East in Bloom<br />
competition again this year.<br />
This involves the whole<br />
town, nooks, crannies and<br />
all!<br />
Whilst we do our best to<br />
keep Cranbrook looking full<br />
of colour, help from you<br />
will make the streets clean<br />
and colourful as well. Front<br />
gardens, communal areas<br />
and public spaces are all<br />
considered and judged on<br />
the day in mid-June. Please<br />
help us aim for and achieve<br />
another GOLD award again.<br />
SHOW OFF YOUR<br />
COMMUNITY/<br />
NEIGHBOURHOOD SPACE!<br />
If there is an area in or<br />
around the town that has<br />
been tidied, tended or<br />
planted up by locals please<br />
let us know. <strong>The</strong>re is a SSEIB<br />
competition category that<br />
we would encourage/help<br />
you to enter.<br />
SHOW OFF YOUR FRONT<br />
GARDEN<br />
Cranbrook in Bloom’s front<br />
garden competition will be<br />
judged week commencing 20<br />
June. Please enter. We have<br />
five different categories,<br />
including planters and<br />
wildlife.<br />
Entry forms available from<br />
Pages Newsagents or www.<br />
cranbrookinbloom.co.uk from<br />
30 May or contact Marian on<br />
07780 526766.<br />
FEAST OF FUN<br />
FOR QUEEN’S<br />
JUBILEE DAY<br />
As I write about plans for Cranbrook to<br />
host a street party to celebrate the Queen’s<br />
platinum jubilee, it is Monday February 7,<br />
exactly 70 years ago that she succeeded to<br />
the throne.<br />
It is no surprise to hear that sisters,<br />
Wendy Waters and Julie Sales, are drawing<br />
up a list of events for a fun-packed day of<br />
celebrations to be held in Cranbrook on<br />
Sunday June 5.<br />
Running from 11am to about 5pm, people<br />
can bring their own picnic or buy from the<br />
street food outlets. It is hoped a children’s<br />
entertainer will be keeping everyone in<br />
the party mood and there will be face<br />
painting and hook the duck, as well as other<br />
attractions.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be an ice cream seller with<br />
a 1960 traditional work trike. <strong>The</strong> Box of<br />
Frogs will be playing at the White Horse,<br />
the first at 2pm and then later in the day.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will also be plenty of popcorn and<br />
candyfloss as well as a big selection of food<br />
and drinks stalls. TF<br />
Cranbrook<br />
Goes Nuts!<br />
Nuts in May is back in<br />
Cranbrook High<br />
Street on Sunday<br />
29 May after a<br />
two- year Covid<br />
absence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> theme will be<br />
trees and recognising the<br />
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.<br />
Founder Gwenneth Bransby-Zachary<br />
is looking forward to welcoming<br />
exhibitors who reflect the permanent<br />
theme of celebrating “anything that<br />
grows and what you can do with it”.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will also be a food court and<br />
music, including the ever-popular<br />
cover band Marvellous Mo and the<br />
Backline Ferrets. People who would<br />
like to help on the day are asked to call<br />
Gwenneth on 07721 672348. TF<br />
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