Etchingham

MOBILE LIBRARY: The Mobile Library now visits Etchingham once every three weeks, on Tuesday mornings 9.55am to 10.35am. January and February will be outside of Bracon Place on the east side of the level crossing, future dates will be at the new community facilities. You might like to put these dates in your diary; January 27, February 17, March 10, March 31, April 21, May 12, June 2, June 23. If these times are not convenient, or you miss the Library when it visits, it will be at Hurst Green village hall, 1.30pm to 2.15pm on the following dates; January 29, February 19, March 12, April 2, April 23, May 14, June 4, June 25.

TRAIN SERVICES: As you will be aware a new train timetable is now in operation until summer 2016, due to the ongoing works at London Bridge. This will alter the journey times for many regular train users, but there is one useful side effect of the changes, the last train from Hastings to Tonbridge is 10.50pm, calling at all stations including Etchingham. This makes an evening out in Hastings at the Cinema, Theatres or Restaurants a much more viable proposition.

ANTI-SOCIAL DRIVING: Don’t just tolerate anti-social driving or abandoned vehicles, report to Operation Crackdown. Anti-social driving takes many forms including speeding, dangerous overtaking, dangerous manoeuvres, tailgating, using mobile phone etc. To make a report you will need to provide details of the location and date, the vehicle registration number, make and colour, and what you observed. You can make a report by phone 01243 642222 or via the website, details of how to find the Operation Crackdown website can be found on the Home Page of the village website.

ETSR EVENTS: ETSR fundraising is ongoing to equip and maintain the new hall. The next event is a Table Top sale and Coffee Morning in Etchingham Club on Saturday February 7, exact times still to be confirmed. Declutter and book a table for £10 and sell your unwanted items, team up with a friend or just have one yourself. To book a table contact Nicky Menzies [email protected] Look out for details of the next Quiz Night with Steve and Terry in the new hall in March, date still to be confirmed. Put the date May 9 in your diary, that is when ETSR will be hosting a Barn Dance with the ever popular Catsfield Steamers. If anyone is interested in joining the fundraising team for the new facilities please contact Nicky Menzies.

VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL: Etchingham Consertative Branch is hosting a Victorian Music Hall evening with a three course supper on Saturday January 31. The venue is Hurst Green Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. Entertainment will be provided by Artistes from the Players Theatre Club (Late Joys), London. There will be a cash bar and raffle, ticket price is £20, advance booking is essential, contact Richard Childs 01580 819382.

THE ETCHINGHAM SINGERS: The Etchingham Singers are a village group who sing for fun, the only qualification for joining is a love of singing. Anyone is welcome to join, the choir meets on Wednesdays 7.30pm to 9pm. To find out more about joining contact Mary Barnes 01580 819142.

PARISH MAGAZINE: Today is the deadline for information to go in the February/March edition of the Parish magazine is fast approaching. Get all your articles, stories, events and other interesting items inquickly. Get the details to Phillipa Hinde, Englefield, Etchingham, TN19 7AG 01580 819434 [email protected]

JEWELLERY COURSES: Alice Robson running Spring Jewellery Courses at her garden studio in Ticehurst, the course starts on Wednesday January 21, the course runs for eight weeks, excluding half term week. She has one space on the afternoon session, 12.15pm to 2.45pm, further details can be found on the website www.alicerobson.co.uk or call Alice on 07775556552.

AFTER SCHOOL HELP: After-school help required for two boys aged 5 and 7, from 3.15pm to 5.30pm three days per week, days flexible, including pick ups from Etchingham School. Extra hours available outside of term time. Starting at beginning of February. If interested please contact Emily Tucker on 07747 104863 (outside of working hours) or email [email protected]

CHURCH SERVICES: Sunday Church Service, services will now be held at 11am for the winter months. Everyone welcome at all services. A reminder that the church is open for visitors daily 11am to 4pm.

VILLAGE WEBSITE CALENDAR: The village website has a calendar for village residents, groups and organisations to post details of their events. You need to add the details yourself, this will not be done by the website admin. To add an event, first go to the village websitewww.etchinghamvillage.co.uk and click on the link to access the calendar and follow the instructions. To protect against spam postings you will need the password to complete your entry, it is the same for all groups, if you have not been given the password send an email [email protected]

SCHOOLSTRADER: Schoolstrader is a website run by a local resident and has been running since 2007, the site is a free buy and sell site. The site is free to use and was originally started for school communities and has now been opened up for anyone to use,www.schoolstrader.com

PROMOTE YOUR ORGANISATION: Do you want to get new members for your group or organisation? Want to tell people what your group does? If you are connected with a village group or organisation send me some details and I will publicise your group in this column. Send me details of what your organisation does, when you meet, how to join, who to contact and any other details that you would like to add, I will then add details of your organisation, as space allows, over the coming weeks.

INFORMATION: If you have given me details of your event to put in this column, please remember to send me some details after the event so I can let your supporters know how successful the event was, how much you raised, interesting facts etc. Your supporters will be interested to know how you did. Get information for this column to me as soon as possible, if you have a diary of events planned for the year let me have the dates and I will put in a list of village events for the year so that people can put the dates in their diaries. There are several ways to get your info to me, but email is preferred because there is less chance of errors during copying. I need information by 10pm on Monday to be sure it will be in time for inclusion, I can sometimes add extra items on Tuesday morning, but this cannot be guaranteed. Just a little reminder, I get plenty of information about events that are taking place, but I get very little follow up information, after your event try and remember to send me brief account of how successful your event was, it can be as simple as a thank you to those that attended and how much money was raised etc. You can deliver to 2 Park Farm Close, telephone 01580 819532 or 07941 786244 or email [email protected] .

Colin Boylett

2 Park Farm Close