Author talk at Tunbridge Wells library

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Meet author Melody Foreman who will be talking about her new book ‘Bomber girls’

Tuesday 24 February 7.00pm

Risking their lives and flying in all weathers, the Bomber Girls were the women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary. During World War II they flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster Bombers from factories to RAF bases across Britain. Melody Foreman’s book charts the story of these brave and dedicated women.

Historical note – Pauline Gower, who was instrumental in setting up the women’s arm of the Air Transport Auxilliary, was born and grew up in Tunbridge Wells

Tickets are priced £1.00 and can be booked by contacting Tunbridge Wells library 03000 413131 or email tunbridgewellslibrary@kent.gov.uk

Pembury Village Events Diary

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Richard Snow has taken over responsibility for updating the Village Diary, which can be viewed at www.pembury.org

The diary serves two purposes. Firstly to enable event organisers to check the diary before arranging an event to avoid some clashes. Secondly to enable everyone to know what is happening in the village. It is important that information is sent to Richard at events@pembury.org with date, times, title of event, venue and contact details.

The www.pembury.org diary will go live on 1st Feb.

See the A21 today

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Work has started to rebuild the A21 between Pembury and Tunbridge. I used to drive up and down this stretch of road every day. The new alignment will be a little bit different to what you see today. Already the ‘landscape’ has been altered with the felling of a lot of the undergrowth and trees that I remember crawling past start stop fashion every weekday.

And again thank you to David Dore for the video.


The old A21 – a last look. from David Doré on Vimeo.

This section of the old A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury will soon disappear forever.

 

 

Pembury Library – Half Term

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Pembury library is holding a special activity for children during half term – could you put the details on the Pembury village website?

Thursday 30 October from 2.30 – 4.00pm.
The activity is based on the popular Hairy Maclary books and will include storytelling and crafts.
Tickets are free, but places limited, so booking is advised.
telephone 03000 41 31 31 or email pembury.library@kent.gov.uk

A21 Tonbridge to Pembury Dualling

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The contract to build the scheme was awarded to Balfour Beatty on 9 July 2014.

Some site clearance and advance environmental mitigation work started in September 2014 with the main construction work starting in spring 2015. Construction will take approximately 2 years.

We are holding a public exhibition at The Mecure Hotel in Pembury and members of the project team will be available to explain the recent environmental mitigation work and answer questions about the scheme.

The exhibition will be held at The Mecure Tunbridge Wells Hotel in Pembury on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October. It will be open to the public between 2pm and 8pm on Friday and between 10am and 4pm on Saturday.

An update on the scheme and works is also available in our Newsletter No.4 September 2014, now available on the Publications tab above.

A Public Inquiry for the scheme was held between 14 May and 9 July 2013 and the Secretary of State’s decision confirming that the scheme will go ahead was announced on 1 May 2014.

The decision letter and the Inspector’s report of the Public Inquiry are on the Department for Transport’s website at:

https://​www​.gov​.uk/​g​o​v​e​r​n​m​e​n​t​/​p​u​b​l​i​c​a​t​i​o​n​s​/​a​2​1​-​t​o​n​b​r​i​d​g​e​-​t​o​-​p​e​m​b​u​r​y​-​d​u​a​l​l​i​n​g​-​s​c​h​e​m​e​-​i​n​s​p​e​c​t​o​r​s​-​r​e​p​ort

https://​www​.gov​.uk/​g​o​v​e​r​n​m​e​n​t​/​p​u​b​l​i​c​a​t​i​o​n​s​/​a​2​1​-​t​o​n​b​r​i​d​g​e​-​t​o​-​p​e​m​b​u​r​y​-​d​u​a​l​l​i​n​g​-​s​c​h​e​m​e​-​d​e​c​i​s​i​o​n​-​l​e​t​ter

[Source: Highways Agency – 1 Oct 2014]

Future event at Tunbridge Wells Library

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The event is a special visit by the writers of ‘The Dreamers’, a musical based on the life of David Reginald Salomons, on Wednesday 1 October at 6.30pm.
David Reginald Salomons was the only son of David Salomons of Broomhill, Southborough.  He was killed along with many other soldiers on the Hythe when it was sunk during World War I.
The writers James Beeny and Gina Georgio will talk about the production ahead of its premiere at the Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells  They will be joined by some of the cast who will play a selection of songs from the show.
Tickets for the evening are free, but booking is advisable.
Telephone 03000 41 31 31 or email tunbridgewellslibrary@kent.gov.uk

 

FRENCH CLUB at Pembury School

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From September, Caroline Cunnington-King will be running a French Club at Pembury School every Wednesday at the end of the school day.  She currently runs many fun French Clubs for primary and pre-school children in the Tonbridge area.

French Club is all about learning French through games, songs, play and craft in a fun environment with other children their age, making the most of the ‘window of opportunity’ in which language learning is intuitive and natural. The earlier children are given the opportunity to learn some French the better. They are such good mimics, they tend to get the accent right straight away. She is very enthusiastic about learning French and thinks its important to teach words and phrases that the children could use on a trip to France in real situations.

Caroline also runs French Club on Saturday mornings from her house in south Tonbridge and is organising  some Summer French Club sessions during the first couple of weeks of the summer holiday for pre-school and primary aged children. She also offers private tuition for all ages and levels, in particular GCSEs and is starting adult beginner/false beginner groups in September.

 

Please contact Caroline on 07884 255749 or cck112@hotmail.com if you are interested or would like further informatio