25 Years ago in Tenterden - December 1999
From the Tenterden Archives
Researched by Jack Gillett
December 1999
- Work on building Tenterden’s controversial supermarket, Tesco, could start early next year
- The Tenterden Day Centre will be open in the evening for Christmas shopping, when mulled wine, coffee and mince pies will be on offer
- Scenic Tenterden and the surrounding landscape feature in the Weald of Kent Art Group’s Christmas exhibition
- Come rain or shine John Parsons will accompany himself on his guitar on Friday evening Christmas shopping outside his wife Jackie’s newsagent’s shop
- Police are seeking a man and woman who posed as canvasser’s to gain access to a home for the elderly in Tenterden
- Tenterden Town Council has been told by Mid Kent Water that there is “no risk of material disruption” to supplies during the Millennium weekend
- The Mayor of Tenterden, Cllr Jill Kirk is holding a charity ball for Hospice 2000, at the London Beach Golf Club
- A plan to replace Coombe Farm Bungalow in Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, with a new home has been recommended for approval by the town council, subject to the existing bungalow being demolished
- A plan to build 10 flats on the former gasworks site in Bridewell Lane, Tenterden has been recommended for refusal by the town council because the land is designated in the Local Plan for business and employment use
- The first Millennium yew tree, provided by Ashford Borough Council, was planted in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, in St Michaels, by churchwarden Judith Harper and Canon Julie Butterworth, who then blessed it
- Gavin Rogers kept a firm grip on the Tenterden Golf Club championship title with Colin Batt winning the handicap award
- In football, Tenterden Reserves dominated their Ashford League Division 1 fixture from the kick-off and swept to a 7-1 success over Ashford Buccaneers
- Members of the Weald branch of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men are now outnumbered by the Fair Maids of Kent
- A Coin Trail for Children in Need raised £81.25 when it was set up by staff at the Tenterden branch of Halifax Property Services in the high street last month
- Tenterden retained fireman Del Athwal, who is also the proprietor of the Shop Around the Clock store in Ashford Road, St Michaels, is selling stock at 1989 prices to celebrate 10 years trading in the area and to thank his customers for their support
- The Oxfam shop has won the Tenterden high street Chamber of Commerce small festive window trophy
- The Tenterden Ballet Studios produced its 13th dancing display with annual awards
- Youngsters have been flocking to see Father Christmas in his grotto at the Tenterden Club
- Tenterden and other branches of the NatWest Bank are collecting new toys for needy children in care homes and youngsters in hospices for Christmas
- Tenterden Football Club First Xl achieved a notable 3-0 victory in the Weald derby against arch-rivals Wittersham in the Kent Intermediate Shield third round
Jack Gillett
December 2024