Ninfield

Rachel Feeley, 17 Smith Close

Birch Holt Residential Home invite you to their Summer Garden Fete tomorrow, August 17, 1-5pm. Along with craft, book, sweets and plant stalls, there will be a tombola and Grand Raffle. There will also be a ‘Guess the name of the caterpillar’ which has been made by the Birch Holt activities group. All are invited for a fun afternoon with all proceeds going to Age Uk and St Michaels Hospice.

The East Sussex County Council Mobile Library service will next be in the villages tomorrow, August 17, & 31 at:

Hooe, opposite Denbigh Court, 1.50pm - 2.35pm.

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Ninfield, Coombe shaw (off Manchester Road), 2.50pm - 3.25pm.

Ninfield, Downsview (off Church Lane), 3.40pm - 4.05pm.

Ninfield Horticultural Society’s Summer Show is on Saturday August 17 in the Memorial Hall. This is usually a big, colourful event with lots to see. The society would like to see as many entries as possible form the village, entry forms are available from the village post office. Please go to see the show from 2.30pm, and enjoy tea and homemade cake while you look around. Contact Rose on either 892422 or email: rose.franks1@btinternet for more information.

Ninfield Flower Group are holding a flower festival entitled “A Festival of Festivals”, August 24 - August 26. The festival will be held at Ninfield memorial Hall, 10.30am-5pm daily. Entry is £2/person with proceeds going towards The Sara Lee Trust along with a donation going to the Memorial Hall. There will be refreshments, a raffle, tombola, plant stall, crafts and other items. The group look forward to welcoming you.

Our PCSO, Daryl Holter will be at Ninfield Stores on August 25, 10-11am. Go and meet Daryl to discuss local policing and community issues or just to say hello.

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Ninfield Local History Group are having an Open Day Exhibition at the Memorial Hall from 11 am on Saturday, September 28, in order to showcase what has been accomplished in recording the many and varied aspects of Ninfield’s history. Although the History group are not meeting during August due to the summer and school holiday break, it doesn’t mean they’re doing nothing! They are working on various projects for the Exhibition as above and for the Centenary of World War One next year in harmony with a project with Ninfield School. It’s also the 70th Anniversary of D Day and more importantly in our area, of the V1 doodlebugs and V2 rocket attacks. Those with memories of the V1’s buzzing overhead will be very welcome! Also any aircraft crashes or other incidents of note. Please contact Rod Ffoulkes on 893635 if you would like to get involved or share your memories.

A date for your diary: Ninfield Local History Groups are hosting an Afternoon Tea/School Reunion Event on Saturday October 19, 2-5.30pm at the Memorial Hall. This is a repeat of the very successful event held earlier this year. It will be a celebration event linked into their Heritage Lottery Fund project of recording the memories of EX Ninfield School pupils. In due course, they hope to work through the subsequent decades, so everyone will have a turn! Those who have already participated in thier recorded “All Your Memories” project will been offered complimentary tickets (on an RSVP basis) as their “Thank You”. If you were a pupil at Ninfield School BEFORE the 1970’s and would like to attend, tickets can be bought at £2 each by phoning John Cheshire on 01424 892248. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Exhibition (details as above) and the village shop in the near future.

Don’t forget that you can find out more community information from both villages and Wealden District Council on our district councillors (Pam Doodes) website or the Ninfield Parish Council website: www.pamdoodes.com / www.ninfield.webplus.net.

Church Services for Ninfield and Hooe (www.ninfield.org.uk):

St Mary’s Services (Church of England, Ninfield):

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Sundays - 9.30am Parish Eucharist (Family Service on 1st Sunday of the month)

Wednesdays - 10.00am Holy Communion.

St Oswald’s Services (Church of England, Hooe):

Sundays - 11.15am Parish Eucharist (Family Service on 1st Sunday of the month).

Ninfield Methodist Church - all services at 2.30pm (unless otherwise indicated):

August 18, Holy Communion with Revd. Ian Wales.

August 25, Worship & Praise with Dawn Novis.

Anything that you would like included in the Village Voice for Ninfield or Hooe, please email the details to me: [email protected].