Community Choir Concert on 5 April @ Pembury Village Hall
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Discover Your Past – Local history marketplace
Talks
- 2.30pm Southborough, Speldhurst and surrounding villages through the ages – Tony Streeter
- 3.30pm Southborough Fire Brigade – Peter Barrett
- 4.30pm A Perambulation of the lands around Tonbridge Castle – Deborah Cole
- 5.30pm Southborough War Memorial – Judith Johnson
All talks are free, but booking is essential
For details contact Southborough Library 01892 793680 or email southboroughlibrary@kent.gov.uk
Organisations attending
- The Southborough Society
- Tonbridge Historical Society
- Tunbridge Wells Local History Society
- Tunbridge Wells Family History society
Displays
- The Hythe Disaster
- Southborough Fire Brigade
- Images of Southborough and High Brooms – Scrapbooks courtesy of Fred Scales
Mid-summer Fun Day planned for Pepenbury
June is certainly going to be a busy month at Pepenbury with its art studios taking part in the South-east Open Studios event (6-22 June) and a series of activities being organised by staff to mark Learning Disability Week (16-22 June). These will include the opportunity for parents of adults with learning disabilities to visit Pepenbury and so see for themselves how their son or daughter can be helped to lead a challenging and fulfilling life in a caring and supportive environment.
The perfect culmination for these events is the Mid-Summer Fun Day which will take place on Saturday 21 June, 1.00 – 4.00 p.m. The emphasis is definitely on FUN with a delicious lunchtime hog roast to welcome visitors. There will be craft and activity stalls and musical entertainment to appeal to all the family and the popular Pepenbury Plant Sale will be included in the day’s action!
Many Pembury residents have never visited Pepenbury and do not know how the charity supports adults with a wide range of learning difficulties and during the Fun Day there will be Informative tours of the site in Cornford lane explaining the difference Pepenbury makes to the lives of more than 80 adults
For more information log onto www.pepenbury.info
Poetry Evening at Tunbridge Wells Library on 28 November
‘The Rule Breaker’
Local cinematographer David Doré, has been called upon to film a feature length drama written, produced & directed by Revd. Mandy Carr of Lamberhurst. The film crew and many members of the cast are Pembury people and all earnings from the film will be donated to the Hospice in the Weald.
The premiere will be at the KINO Cinema in Hawkhurst in early December and it is hoped that the film will be entered into the Berlin International Film Festival next February.
Top Prosecutor, Matthias, is called in to conduct the case against Jesus of Nazareth who is accused of being a subversive element in society by challenging the Establishment and the cultural and religious rules. In an unusual move, Prosecuting and Defence Counsels agree to visit the witnesses together. From the testimony they hear they will build their case; is this Jesus a man of God or a dangerous law-breaker who needs to be punished? The Rule Breaker explores the evidence and draws the case to its conclusion, but in this story the end is just the beginning……….
Garden Society Coach Outing 18th May
Pembury Gardeners Society has some seats available for a coach outing on Saturday 18th May.
The plan is to spend the morning at Broadstairs and then go on to Quex gardens near Margate, This houses a regency house, a museum, walled garden, craft barn, play barn and farmers shop.
Total cost for the day is £14.50 for seniors and £16.00 for adults. Coach pickup is in Pembury.
For further details and booking form ring Shirley Smout on 01892 531725
Pembury Art & Craft Exhibition 2013 – our 5th year!
Friday 17th May, 7-8 pm, Saturday 18th May and Sunday 19th May, 11-4.
St Peter’s Upper Church. TN2 4PD
Arty Crafty Cafe Saturday and Sunday.
Entrance £2. Accompanied children free.
We have some lovely new stalls along with old favourites as well as new art exhibitors. Very exciting!
The old Norman church of Pepingeberia
St. Peters Church, Pembury, is known as ‘the old church.’ It dates from 1147.
Pembury Village Quiz – 31 May 2013
Former Pembury Village News editor launches novel
Alison Morton, who edited the Pembury Village News for nine years and was an active member of Pembury Parish Council, is returning to the area to launch her debut novel INCEPTIO, an alternate history thriller.
Alison and her husband Steve, are thrilled to be back. “We love our new life in France, but it seemed natural to be here for such an important event.”
So, when and where can you meet the author?
19 March 2013 at 7pm Pembury Library
Tickets in advance (FREE!) from the library, phone 01892 822278 or email pemburylibrary@kent.gov.uk
Alison will be talking about INCEPTIO, how she got from idea to print and signing copies bought on the evening.
So what’s it about?
Hunted by a killer, New Yorker Karen Brown flees to her mother’s mysterious homeland, Roma Nova. But a shocking discovery about her new lover, the fascinating but arrogant special forces officer Conrad Tellus who rescued her in America, isolates her.
But the killer reaches into her new home. Unable to reply on anybody else, she undergoes intensive training, develops fighting skills and becomes an undercover cop. Crazy with bitterness at his past failures, the killer sets a trap for Karen, knowing she has no choice but to spring it…
More at www.alison-morton.com
Praise for INCEPTIO
“Terrific. Brilliantly plotted original story, grippingly told and cleverly combining the historical with the futuristic. It’s a real edge-of-the-seat read, genuinely hard to put down.”
Sue Cook, writer and broadcaster
“Grips like a vice. Excellent pace, great dialogue and concept.”
Adrian Magson, author of the Harry Tate spy novels and Lucas Rocco French detective series
“I loved it! Intriguing, unusual and thought-provoking. Karen develops from a girl anyone of us could know into one of the toughest heroines I’ve read for a while. Roma Nova was a world I really wanted to visit—and not just to meet Conrad—vivid and compelling. A pacey, suspenseful thriller with a truly dreadful villain, I can’t recommend INCEPTIO enough.”
Kate Johnson, author of The UnTied Kingdom
“Tense, fast-paced and deliciously inventive, Alison Morton’s INCEPTIO soon had me turning the pages. Very Dashiell Hammett.”
Victoria Lamb, author of The Queen’s Secret
“Gripping. Alison Morton creates a fully realised world of what could have been. Breathtaking action, suspense, political intrigue… INCEPTIO is a tour de force!”
Russell Whitfield, author of Gladiatrix and Roma Victrix
You can buy INCEPTIO here in Paperback and Kindle Editions:
UK: Paperback – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
UK: Kindle – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
US: Paperback – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)
US: Kindle – INCEPTIO (Roma Nova)