25 Years ago in Tenterden - October 2000
From the Tenterden Archives
Researched by Jack Gillett
October 2000
- A cheese and wine party was given for the stewards who had helped in the museum throughout the summer months
- J B Priestley’s Dangerous Corner was performed by Tenterden Operatic and Dramatic Society at Tenterden town hall
- A summer of loving care lavished on his hanging baskets outside his home won Bill Honey the Central Garage and town council awards in the Tenterden and St Michaels in Bloom competition
- Business Network International is to set up a breakfast networking group in Tenterden
- The Cancer Research Campaign shop opposite Tenterden town hall held an all-day coffee morning to mark the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness month
- Ashford and Tenterden Samaritans thanked everyone who made donations during the recent Flag Day collection that raised £328
- A time limit notice was removed in disgust from a pillar on Tenterden town hall on the first day of the new parking regime when 41 fines were issued by borough council enforcers
- Tenterden town council is considering the transfer of £72,000 from its reserve fund to “start the ball rolling” on a proposal to build a new pavilion on the recreation ground
- Tenterden Vineyard Park is pressing everyone to join them for their third annual Harvest Celebration Day in aid of the Kent Air Ambulance Appeal
- The vicar, Canon Julia Butterworth, of St Michael and All Angels church at St Michaels is a great fan of the Harry Potter books
- The Tenterden and District Women’s Institute market is featuring an English Apple Day in St Mildred’s Church Hall
- It was soggy but it was cosy as folk musicians and dancers took cover in pubs, clubs and hall in Tenterden on Saturday during the town’s Folk Festival 2000 – however, they carried on playing as the rain poured down
- Shoppers watched in amazement as a thief, who had a white bandage on his right hand, grabbed an oval tray with diamond engagement rings worth £3,500 from a jeweller’s shop in Tenterden high street
- Members of the Tenterden and District History Society held a coffee morning in the church hall, Church Road
- The Highbury Hall playgroup in Tenterden has presented its harvest food to pensioners in the town
- Tenterden and District Residents Association held a Saturday morning open meeting at the White Lion
- Youngsters at the Old School House Nursery in St Michaels have undertaken a sponsored toddle waddle around an obstacle course
- A Tenterden woman, Cecilia Robinson, has become one of only 15 former England women players and officials to be honoured with life membership of the MCC
Jack Gillett