It's been a busy summer. The Village Allotments made a total of £1216 for the charity at their open day in July. An
amazing achievement, and a great afternoon. Well done SVA.
The coach trip to Broadstairs was a massive success, with
ages from 4 - 90, enjoying a great fun day at the beach and enjoying random
music from the Folk Week participants. The coach cost £550 including a tip for
the driver, so we had £25 excess, which was also added to the Village
Association pot. Apologies to those families unable to book seats this year.
The coach sold out very quickly, but not sufficient for more than one!
30 people came and enjoyed David Williams' History Walks around Seal, and once again, comments about 'thinking you know where you've lived for so long, and still learning about it' were rife! And we made another £150 for Seal Village Association. This is the group that holds the finances made by local fund raisers, to help finance village projects.
Seal Talking Village kicks off on Monday September 10th in
Birch's from 1.45pm - 2.45pm. We will have a Talking Table set in the cafe
every Monday for the time being, until we see where we need to take it further.
We welcome all to come along and join the Talking Table, where there will be 2
Hosts each week, waiting for you to get yourself a drink, and join them for a
chat. Apparently, Costa are now doing something similar, but we all know that
the Seal chats will be far superior!😘 Thank you Ashley
for supporting this project.
Now to September/October Activities
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22 - AFTERNOON MUSICAL SOIREE
Philip
Le Bas, Seal Church's choirmaster, is celebrating a significant birthday this year, by putting on a concert with
some of his friends in aid of church funds on Saturday Sept 22 at 4pm. It will
include a variety of chamber music (for small ensembles of wind instruments)
including Faure’s Dolly Suite, Gabriel’s Oboe and Poulenc’s trio for oboe,
bassoon and piano. The concert will be free, with a retiring collection. It
will last about an hour and will be followed by tea and wine. Please let ajlebas@gmail.com know if you are coming, so we know how much cake to make!
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND - SEAL
SCARECROW FESTIVAL BEGINS - SCARECROWS TO BE SHOWN FROM TODAY! Please complete the form from Your Local Advertiser, and
take with your £5 entry fee, to Highland Printers. If there is nobody there,
please leave in the post box. This year, you will have the opportunity to vote
for your favourite entries. Outside Seal General Stores from October 4th to
October 6th, there will be a female (of sorts), sitting with a closed box on
her lap. Her name is' Judy Cator', and is happy to take your voting slip, which
will be hanging from her somewhere! A map showing all the scarecrows
displayed, will be in the shop windows.The votes will be counted at the Harvest
Supper and the winner will be announced there. on October 6th. Proceeds from
the scarecrows to St Peter and St Paul Church.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD SEAL CHURCH
HALL - 3 - 4.30pm - MESSY CHURCH. A warm welcome to all ages, with fun activities, singing and a little bit of worship. Free, no need to book - just turn up.
MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST - STAG COMMUNITY
ARTS CENTRE SEVENOAKS - 10AM-1.30PM - OLDER PEOPLE CAN - AN INVITATION. An opportunity to explore activities and services available
for older members of our community. Luci Napleton and some of her 'Dancing For
Fun' team will be there, so please try and support them.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH - 7PM - SEAL
CHURCH HALL - HARVEST SUPPER AND QUIZ. £7.50 ADULTS AND £5 CHILDREN. TO INCLUDE
A COOKED 2 COURSE MEAL SERVED AT 7.15PM. BYO DRINKS AND GLASSES.
We look forward to seeing many of
you at these events. Enjoy the community you live in! The more you take part,
the more you get back!
Best Wishes,
Marion (on behalf of Know Your
Neighbours Seal).
