Etchingham

ETCHINGHAM CLUB: The Etchingham Club has new opening times, Mondays and Wednesdays, 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Fridays, 6.30pm to 11.30pm. Saturdays, 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Live music on Friday January 30 with The Rhythm Section, open from 7.30, music from 8.30, free admission, great value drinks, friendly atmosphere, all welcome. The Rhythm Section’s mission is to perform afro-latin rhythms which have been responsible for many dance crazes, still popular today. Cha Cha Cha, Rumba and Samba are just some of the rhythms carried in original Rhythm Section songs and classics by legendary artists such as Tito Puente and Santana. Details of the band can be found on their website www.therhythmsection.org.uk For more information on Etchingham Club, email [email protected] also on Facebook www.facebook.com/etchinghamsocialclub

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 Conservative 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.

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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: 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 in as soon as possible, before Friday January 16. 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]

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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 website www.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 to [email protected]

COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH: The Etchingham Community Speedwatch group is now back in operation after taking a short break over Christmas and will be running regular sessions throughout the year. We hope to soon have our own equipment, which will be shared with Ticehurst, Ticehurst Parish Council and Etchingham Parish Council having agreed to share the cost. If you want more information about Speedwatch, or interested in helping, 01580 819532 or [email protected] . Information about how Speedwatch works can be found on the village website or www.communityspeedwatch.co.uk

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

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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