25 Years ago in Tenterden - July 2000
From the Tenterden Archives
Researched by Jack Gillett
July 2000
- Age Concern Helping Hands in Tenterden has been given a helping hand in the shape of £503 from Keith and Gay Newton who completed an 11-mile walk in poor weather
- The thought of a sizzling breakfast of sausages and bacon kept eight youngsters who are members of ACE (the St Mildred’s Church’s Sunday morning youth group) going during a dark and breezy night in St Mildred’s Church tower in Tenterden
- Tenterden Tigers footballers were roaring at the weekend, reaching two finals at the Broad Oak Tournament
- Happy horticulturalists Betty Chambers, David Barnes and Seb Wells were three of the winners at the Tenterden and District show
- The Ellen Terry Theatre Club staged Mrs Shakespeare on four days at the Barn Theatre
- Every day of the month guided tours of Tenterden Vineyard Park were held at noon, 2pm and 3pm
- When the Duke of Gloucester visited Tenterden to officially open the Kent and East Sussex extension which runs down to Bodiam, he jumped at the chance to guide the train the few hundred yards across the level crossing
- A crunch meeting on the Tesco supermarket road access scheme in Tenterden was held
- A plan to build a block of nine flats on the former gas-works site in Bridewell Lane, Tenterden, has been recommended for refusal by the town council
- Six green and striped tents went up in Tenterden for the town’s first farmers’ market
- Tenterden Operatic and Dramatic Society is to offer members of the audience a glass of wine at its performances
- Fire safety rules have put a damper on plans to light a beacon on top of St Mildred’s Church tower, Tenterden, to celebrate the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday
- A cricket match will be played between the Mayor’s XI and Tenterden Cricket Club during its coming festival week
- Repairs to vandalised areas of the Tenterden and St Michaels recreation grounds will cost council taxpayers more than £2000 in the next month
- The Tenterden leisure centre is shaping up with a £500,000 refit this summer
- A wooden bench, with two silver birches, has been dedicated in memory of school governor Robin Coombs, at Tenterden Junior School
- Rotarians from Caen in Normandy joined their counterparts from the Tenterden club on a night out in London, to celebrate a 40-year friendship between the two clubs
- All primary school children living in Tenterden and St Michaels were invited to meet the mayor, Cllr Jill Kirk, in Tenterden town hall and collect commemorative Millennium mugs
- The West View Hospital £4.4m development project in Tenterden is making progress behind the scenes
Jack Gillett
July 2025