25 Years ago in Tenterden - February 1999
From the Tenterden Archives
Researched by Jack Gillett
- There was nothing sleepy about the Tenterden Operatic and Dramatic Society production of the Pyjama Game
- A quiz evening raised £768 for the general fund of St Michaels Church
- First World War veteran Arthur Whitlock, 107, remembers his time on the battlefields of France as if it were yesterday
- It is 25 years since volunteers re-opened the Kent and East Sussex steam railway and passenger numbers are still growing as the line begins its silver jubilee year
- Nails from 15th century ships and artefacts found during the three-day Channel Four Times Team excavations in Smallhythe are to be given to the Tenterden Museum for display
- Pledges for Tenterden town centre closed circuit television security are being called in towards the total cost of the £262,000 system
- The Mayors of Tenterden and Ashford have united to buy a pedigree heifer for the Homewood School Farm – although which end belongs to who is a subject for debate
- A bid for Millennium Festival funding to restore the former Tenterden Corporation public weighbridge has been unsuccessful
- A special assembly was held for Tenterden Infants’ School head cook Pam Burden on her 70th birthday
- Homewood School’s plan to sell some of its land in Appledore Road for housing has received a major blow
- Passion Beneath the Sheets and a Pair of Sweethearts are among the dishes on the menu for travellers aboard the Valentine Wealden Belle from Tenterden Town Station
- Homewood School could become the first in Kent to introduce a five-term year for the Millennium
- The Tenterden Police Office was officially opened on Tuesday when it was announced that the latest burglary figures in Ashford last month were the lowest on record
- The West View community hospital in Tenterden is holding a nurse recruitment day because it is busier than ever
- Two Tenterden disabled women in wheelchairs have started their own crusade for better access in a town where they are effectively barred by their disability from some of the most important buildings
- Richard Pengelly, founder of the Tenterden solicitor’s firm Pengelly and Rylands died, aged 59, on Wednesday 3 February at his home in St Leonards
- The fight for a radio station to serve Tenterden and Ashford has taken another significant step forward
- Tenterden florist and former president of the town Rotary Club, Barry Jones, died suddenly aged 63 at his home
- Tenterden St Michaels Football Club pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the season when they overcame Kent County League rivals Lydd Town 1-0 in the Weald of Kent Charity Competition
- A Civic Service will be held at St Mildred’s Church, Tenterden, on Sunday 23 May, at 11.30am, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the twinning with Avalon
Jack GIllett
February 2024