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APRIL 2020
ISSUE 319
ESTABLISHED 1993
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OTFORD LIBRARY• Story time, every Tuesday 2.15pm-2.45pm,term time only. • Baby Bounce and rhyme time, every Monday 11.00am-11.30am throughout the year.• Talk time, every Monday 11.30-12.30am. All welcome to join, sit in the library for tea/coffee, biscuits and a chat. • Computer /IT assistance on Mondays and Saturdays 10.00am-12.00pm. It is essential to make an advance booking for this either by phoning 03000 41 31 31 and asking to be put through to Otford library or by coming into the library to book an appointment. The library has free public Wi-Fi. When people join the library they can bring their iPad/tablet or laptop, are able to connect to the internet and get help from a volunteer. Alternatively customers are welcome to use one of the public computers. There is no charge for this service.• New Opening hours are Monday 09:00 to 13:00 Tuesday 09:00 to 12:00 13:00 to 17:00 Wednesday Closed Thursday 09:00 to 13:00 Friday 13:00 to 17:00 Saturday 10:00 to 14:00Lorraine Young, Customer Support Assistant Otford Library, Sevenoaks District, Libraries, Registration & Archives, Kent County Council, Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LQ External 03000 413131Log on to www.kent.gov.uk/libs for the latest service information or follow us on Sevenoaks Libraries Facebook
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING - NOTICE
Electors of Kemsing Parish are invited to attend the Annual Parish Meeting on Wednesday 6th May at 7.30pm. In the Main Hall, St Edith Hall.It would be helpful if you could let the Parish Clerk know if you have any specific questions or proposalsPlease submit these in writing by 29th April 2020
Chairman of the Parish CouncilD.V. Bennett
KEMSING HERITAGE CENTRE
24th April - No talk but Knowle daytime visit at 2pm - Christine Geer
27th May - Sevenoaks Walks by John Merrill
26th June - Scandals-Sensational,Salacious and sad - Chris McCooey
31st July - Kemsing Miscellany
25th Sept - Air Ambulance Service
30th Oct - How Charing got it’s Cross - John Halligan
20th Nov - Church Embroideries - Diana Springal
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SEAL LIBRARYUpdated Information
Baby Rhyme time (term time) - 10.00-10.30amStorytime Friday (term time) - 10.30-11.00amBook group 1st Tuesday of the month - 2.30-3.30pmTea Set 4th Tuesday of the month - 2.30-4.00pm change of dayIT Buddy Tuesdays Booking essential - 2.00-4.00pmCraft sessions 1st Saturday of the month - 11.00-12.00 noon
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As you know, we are all living through unusual and difficult times. COVID-19’s impact on global health and the economy is being felt everywhere. For this reason, the Fete Committee has come to the very sad decision to cancel this year’s event.We hope to come back next year with an even better Fete.We hope all our visitors stay fit and we send you our very best wishes for the year ahead.Patty ChatterjeeOtford Village Fete Committee
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SEAL HISTORY GROUPThe next meeting of the group will be on Monday, 4th May at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall and as usual refreshments are available. Visitors are always welcome for a very small admission fee.
This month’s meeting is entitled ‘THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR’ and will be given by Bronwen Sadler. The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 resulted in a very conclusive naval victory for the British over the French. It was the most important sea battle of the 19th century and cemented British maritime domination for the next hundred years.
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COUNTRY MATTERS - APRIL
Its April and the excitement in the air is clear to see and hear.SPRING IS NATURE’S WAY OF SAYING “LET’S PARTY”Robin WilliamsMany of our migrating birds will have found their way home again to breed. Among them you will see Swallows, House Martins and Swifts and enjoy watching again their graceful antics in the air. It has been noted that a few Swallows actually stayed to over winter here this year saving themselves the arduous flight to and from Africa. This is almost certainly a symptom of climate change and will be an interesting trend to follow. Among those returning you may be lucky enough to see Turtle Doves. Their number have declined by 91% in the last 10 years. However they can still be found in southern and south eastern parts of the country including Sussex and Kent. Not to confuse them with Collared Doves, you are looking for a smaller bird that is darker with a rusty brown back showing turtle shell like markings and white bars on the neck. They have dark red legs and yellow irises to the eyes and of course they make that soothing purring sound. If you see a turtle dove please report the sighting to [email protected] Efforts are being made to help re-establish turtle doves and some farmers are planting seeds such as fumitors, black merlick, red and white clover, vetch and birds foot trefoil to help the ‘operation turtle dove’ conservation project.If you are by a lake you may see great crested grebes doing their elaborate courtship dances with the male making offerings of weed to the female. They pair for life which makes it even more romantic! To see them I suggest you go to the Kent Wild Life Trust’s Bradbourne site. It is off the A25 towards riverhead. There you will find an abundance of birds on the lakes and in the surrounding woodland, the paths around the lakes are mostly wheel chair friendly and there are hides strategically placed. During the coming months you might well find broken egg shells the inhabitants having hatched and the shells discarded by the parent birds and removed from the nest. When you find a shell or part of it you might wonder to what type of bird it belonged. The most common will be; Blackbird - green shells with splodgy brown markings, Song Thrush - blue with black speckles, House Sparrow - pale grey with darker grey markings, Robin - cream with brown speckles, Pigeons - white, Chaffinch - white with red and black splodges, Hedge Sparrow (dunnock) - pale blue. When bird watching it is important not to spook the birds so do keep your distance. If you have a nest nearby you will probably enjoy seeing hard working parent birds coming and going with food for their young. Later, if you are in the right place
at the right time you may see them fledge. This can be quite a nerve wracking process but, however string your inclinations might be to play a helping role, do restrain them and don’t pick up fledglings that look lost as their parents are almost certainly keeping an eye on them. However, if you are in doubt, call Folly Wildlife Hospital for advice.Hopefully you will see lots of trees planted, hedgerows restored, scrubs allowed to grow and strips of land given over to wildflower seeding. Evidence shows that when these measures are applied we see a resurgence of insects including pollinators as well as birds and small mammals which in turn provide a food source for Owls, Kestrels and Sparrow Hawks.April is a wonderful month bursting with optimism - new life starts here “APRIL IS A PROMISE THAT MAY IS BOUND TO KEEP” Hal Borland.News in as I write is that the Badger cull is to be phased out and measures to combat TB will be improved Bio-Security and the vaccination of Badgers and Cattle. A happier start to Spring 2020 Sue Stoyell.
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Keeping in touch – Virtual visiting During this current health crisis, there may be times when some, or all, of us aren’t able to meet with others easily, and when church services and other activities might not be able to take place. For many, the biggest problem in all this may not be physical illness, but simple loneliness and boredom, especially for those who live alone, (though those who live with others may also fairly soon find some challenges in being cooped up with the same people all day every day!) If you are part of an existing home group or something like Talking Village, Friday Group, Choir, Bellringers etc. or have informal networks of friends in church or elsewhere, why not make an arrangement, before you need to, to keep in touch with each other regularly? WOULD YOU LIKE A “VIRTUAL VISIT”? If you’d like a weekly phone call from me, or someone else in the church whom I trust to be a good listener while you can’t get to church, please fill in the slip below – we can phone more often if necessary, but we’ll start at once a week. If you have any practical needs – for example, shopping you can’t get for yourself – we will try to find a way of getting those things to you. WHEN WILL THIS START? We will start doing this automatically if and when church services are suspended, but are happy to phone from now on for anyone who can’t come to church because they are vulnerable or have to self-isolate. Please phone me to let me know if this is the case, because I may not realise you aren’t around! HOW ELSE CAN YOU KEEP IN TOUCH? You can phone me yourself, of course (preferably between 9 and 6pm, and not on Tuesday, my day off), but at any time in an emergency). You can also email, Skype, whatsapp, Facebook message, or direct message me on Twitter, if these are things you do! If you have internet access, you might like to check that you are on the church email list – there’s a box to sign up for it on the church website. (If you usually get the magazine by email, then you are already on this list). Because of Data Protection rules, I am not able to sign people up for this without their permission, so you need to do it! Other ways to keep in touch with the church and with me are through our Church website, blog, Facebook and twitter feeds. Canon Anne Le Bas 07510 522292 WEBSITE www.sealpeterandpaul.com Facebook: stpeterandpaulseal
Twitter: @sealpandp Blog: www.sealpeterandpaul.blogspot.com
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I would like a weekly phone call from the vicar or from someone else from the church, if church services are suspended, or I am self-isolating. I give the vicar permission to contact me, or to pass my number to someone she trusts to do so. Name……………………………… Phone number………………………………………. Earliest time of day to phone ………………… latest time to phone ………………….. Times to avoid………………………………. (e.g. mealtimes, during Eastenders etc!)
Viruses can’t travel down the phone lines!
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St Peter’s Church,Fen Pond Road, Ightham
Rector: Revd. Tim Hatwell 01732 886827
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, OTFORD
Vicar: VacantChurch Office: 01959 523185 or at [email protected] Open weekday mornings 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m.Website: www.stbartholomews.co.ukFirst Steps: For parents and carers of pre-school children. Contact: Najen Harris, 01959 522813 for details.
Vicar: Revd. Canon Anne Le Bas 07510 522292 [email protected] Website: www.sealpeterandpaul.com FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK stpeterandpaulsealAND TWITTER @sealpandp
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St Mary’s Kemsing Rev. James Oakley 01732 762556 ParishOffice 01732761351
www.kemsingwithwoodlands.orgOffice hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri
9.15 - 12.15, closed on Weds
Church Road, Stone Street
For additional information: www.sealstlawrence.org.uk
Vicar: Rev Serena Willoughby 01732 761766Lay Reader: Gretel Wakeham 01732 761534Church wardens: Ron Drury 01732 810214 Hilary Denby-Jones 01732 763883
The Church of the Good Shepherd Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green
Priest-in-Charge: Revd. Chris Turner (01732) 882447
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.cogs.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/COGSBG
First Sunday of the Month
08:00 Holy Communion
10:00 All Age Holy Communion
Second Sunday of the Month
08:00 Holy Communion
10:00 Sung Holy Communion
10:00 Sunday School meeting in the annexe
Third Sunday of the Month
08:00 Holy Communion
09:00 Breakfast Church - Come share food, fellowship and faith
in an informal setting.
10:00 Sung Holy Communion
Fourth Sunday of Each Month
08:00 Holy Communion
10:00 Sung Holy Communion
10:00 Sunday School meeting in the annexe
Other Events
See our facebook page and website
Sevenoaks Quakers(Religious Society of Friends)
30 Hollybush Lane, TN13 3TJ.The West Kent Quaker website/Sevenoaks has details of our meetings: www.westkentquakers.org.uk . If you would like more information, please email [email protected]
TTHHEE PPAARRIISSHH CCHHUURRCCHH OOFF SSTT LLUUKKEE,, SSEEVVEENNOOAAKKSS Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1XT Associate Vicar The Reverend Anne Bourne – 07512 734224 Churchwardens: Janet Bates – 01732 642352 Elizabeth Peters Parish Office: Amanda Humphrey – 01732 743045 (8.30am – 12.30pm weekdays) email: [email protected] Church Website: www.stlukes-sevenoaks.org.uk SSuunnddaayy WWoorrsshhiipp:: 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.15am Parish Eucharist (1st Sunday in the month All Together Eucharist) JJuunniioorr CChhuurrcchh meets in St Luke’s Hall at 10.15am and joins the regular congregation later in the service. TThhuurrssddaayyss:: 11am Holy Communion, followed by coffee MMoorrnniinngg PPrraayyeerr is normally said daily in church at 9.15am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. OOtthheerr AAccttiivviittiieess aatt SStt LLuukkee’’ss:: TTuueessddaayyss:: TTiinnyy OOnneess TTooggeetthheerr SSeerrvviiccee for babies and toddlers at 10.15am in the Parish Room in term time. There are small toys to enjoy as well as a story, prayers and a sing-along. Refreshments are served. TTuueessddaayyss:: JJuulliiaann GGrroouupp meets in Church at 2pm on Tuesdays - Christian Meditation according to Julian of Norwich. Julian Group does not meet during August. WWeeddnneessddaayyss:: Lunchtime Recitals at 12.30pm for 30 minutes - admission free – tea and coffee served – bring your own sandwiches. TThheerree aarree nnoo RReecciittaallss dduurriinngg AAuugguusstt.. TThhuurrssddaayyss –– llaasstt iinn tthhee mmoonntthh –– St Luke’s Fellowship meets at 2.00pm in the Parish Room. Further details from the Parish Office – 01732 743045.
Christian ScienceChristian Science Society,
Caxton House, 22 St. John’s Hill,Sevenoaks TN13 3NP
For more information contact01732 452775 or cs7oaks.org
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DURING APRILKNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS UPDATE for March 2020.We held the draw for the March KYN 100 Club. This month we were playing with 59 numbers, so the winners won £98.32 and £49.16. This leaves £147.50 for the Seal Village Fund.The winners are as follows:1st prize No 28 Nancy Daly2nd prize No 29 Maggie Fox.Congratulations to them, and remember to email me if you are not yet taking part in this draw, but wish to be.
We held the AGM for Seal Village Fund and KYN. The awards for local organisation bids were made as follows:-Seal Village Hall £450 towards cost of new or repaired window.Seal Scouts The cost of 2x Gopak tables £280Seal Over 60’s £250 to provide more diverse speakers for the group.The new constitution for SVF was explained and will be attached to AGM minutes.Items discussed for KYN were as follows:-Frequency and venues for open meetings. Decided 6 monthly in Five Bells and 6 monthly in Village Hall.There will be some celebration on the VE Day anniversary on May 8th. This may be an ENZSA type concert or a general WW2 celebration on the recreation ground.Ideas for community groups activities to take place in our community halls:-Cinema NightsGames eveningskFashion showsInternational food evenings.If you feel you and maybe a friend or two, could help to organise one of these activities, please
let me know, and KYN will help to support you.
The Seal Village Hall Management Committee needs a new Treasurer. If you have a little time to offer, please email me, and I will pass on your details.It was also noted that there are currently two vacancies on Seal Parish Council. Please contact The a Parish Clerk if you are interested.
BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEALFor the last few years, 3 ladies from Seal Church have organised the annual British Legion Poppy Collections around Seal Village. We are now looking for new people to come forward to take on this task please. Rosemary, Jenni and Fiona, will be on hand to support anybody with the planning of this yearly project, which will involve the distribution of boxes of poppies to public places around the community, collection of monies and remaining poppies at the end,and payment of collection to the British Legion.We all appreciate the brilluant on-going work of the Royal British Legion, and this is possibly their biggest fund raiser each year. Please do consider whether you, and maybe one or two friends could take this task on.If you have a few hours available between mid October and mid November, please contact me, and I will put you in touch.
Talking Village continues to meet 4 times weekly and the times for Monday afternoon will change slightly, due to Deniz’s longer hours. So here are the new weekly times and venues:-Monday 2.00-3.15 Deniz’s CafeThursday 10-12 Seal Church Hall with Seal TiddlersFriday 10-12 Seal Church Hall with The Friday Group
Saturday 10-11am Seal Library.Please pop along to any of these venues for coffee/tea and a chat.
The Friday Group would love to welcome new people. This is a group which meets every Friday morning for coffee/tea and a chat, but also there are regular outings to local attractions. There are opportunities to have lunches at local pubs/restaurants, visits to Open Studios, historical buildings, and partake in crafts, games of darts, board games,etc. Last Christmas, we visited Bedgebury Christmas Lighting Event, which was a very memorable evening. We also enjoy raising funds to improve Seal Church Hall, purely by contributions for our refreshments. This is a forward looking group, with great ideas, and would like to welcome some new ones. All are welcome.
EVENTS PLANNED SO FAR FOR 2020:-Monday May 4th -7.30 - Seal Village Hall - History Group talk on The Battle of Britain.(to be confirmed).Sunday June 14th from 1pm - Seal 2020 Garden Safari in aid of Kent Air Ambulance - Info from Frances Fish as above. Saturday July 4th - 2-4pm - Lavender Fields Summer Fair.Monday July 6th - 7.30pm - Seal Village Hall - History Group - Bob Ogley talks about Kent in 19th Century.Please keep some time on Sat Nov 21st and 28th for putting up 2020 Christmas lights.Saturday December 5th 2.39-5pm Seal Family Christmas Party in the Village Hall and turn on lights. We look forward to meeting with many of you at any of these events.Best Wishes, Marion.
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GOOD NEWS !! Shipbourne Farmers Market won the national Farm Retail Association’s ‘Best Farmers Market award. This is a national award won after a detailed review of the market by a Mystery Shopper.Apart from Caronavirus, economic meltdown spring is really starting to get into gear as the longer days stimulates growth and make us all feel better after what seemed like a relentless wet winter. The fields and ground have all taken an age to dry out which has meant using up more precious feed for animals kept indoors and delayed outside planting.Lambs may be out gamboling in the fields however the month still comes with a rather restricted selection of fresh seasonal produce to choose from. Seafood lovers will find sea bass, cod, halibut, cockles, mussels and scallops all at their finest now. A whole salmon is an excellent choice. Bake whole wrapped in foil with butter and herbs and serve simply with a homemade hollandaise sauce. For meat eaters, how about a wonderful joint of fine rare-breed beef or pork for a family Sunday roast, or try game such as venison, rabbit or wood pigeon. Instead of chicken look out for guinea fowl which makes a really interesting change. You might want to try to make your own steak and kidney pie or a game pie, heat up and add plenty of savoury gravy. You may also find them ready made at your market.As the palette turns to lighter foods with the longer days, lettuces, spinach, watercress, cucumber and spring onions arrive taking over from the brassicas such as cauliflower, purple sprouting broccoli, cabbages and kale. Foragers are out after wild garlic so buy it if you see it - the white flowers should still be in bud for the best flavour. Wrap the leaves around fish before baking, or shred the leaves and use in soups, pasta dishes and risottos. Local apples are still good as the storing varieties keep well into this month. But the star of the show is rhubarb, now
moving from the bright pink early forced variety into the darker and more sour outdoor version. Rhubarb is a versatile fruit that works in both sweet and savoury dishes but do make sure you add the right amount of sugar to balances the sour. A really good rhubarb fool is a seasonal pleasure, especially when made with local cream as the new grass is starting to add richness to the dairy produce, maybe flavoured with ginger. For more information about Farmers Markets and to find one near you go to www.kfma.org.uk
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REPORT OF TALK BY IAN THOMSON TO THE 1940s
SOCIETY ON 31st JANUARY 2020
‘Bletchley and the breaking of the German codes in World War Two’Ian started his talk by explaining that Bletchley broke the codes of not only Germany but many other countries including Spain and the Soviet Union.He stated that Bletchley is the most important British World War Two heritage site. The ‘special relationship’ was fostered by the sharing of intelligence with the USA during the war. Historians have suggested that the work centred around Bletchley shortened the war by 2 years.Ian told us how the British code-breakers in World War One broke the German ‘Zimmerman Telegram’ which was a message from Germany to Mexico proposing a military alliance which would enable Mexico to recover Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. The news of this brought the USA into the war against Germany.By 1936, the British Navy, Army and Foreign Office codebreakers had merged to become the Government Code and Cipher School under the control of MI6 at Broadway Buildings in London. Hugh Sinclair, the head of MI6, wanted somewhere safer and more secure and heard that Bletchley Park was up for sale. It was 45 miles from London with good rail links to London and was on the Oxford and Cambridge ‘Varsity’ railway line. It was very secluded but near the A5 road which goes from London to the North. The sale price was £7,500 which included not only the house but 55 acres of land. No government department was prepared to pay for it so, in 1938, Sinclair paid for it himself! No-one knew this, when, in 1991, the house was due for demolition and the government realised that the property belonged to the Sinclair family. Hugh Sinclair’s family sold it to the government for 50p! The house was not demolished but preserved as it is today, run by the Bletchley Park Trust.In July 1938, the codeword ‘Aunt Flo is not too well’ was issued and personnel started to assemble at Bletchley. The establishment at Bletchley was nick-named ‘Captain Ridley’s Shooting Party’ after Captain Ridley RN. The Bletchley Gazette were told that the people at Bletchley were looking into the effects of air raids. In August 1939, Bletchley commenced activities. Ian explained that a cipher where each letter was changed to a different letter was the basis of coded messages. A machine generated cipher where the ciphers could be changed at will and sent by radio was the goal. Before the war, the Enigma company manufactured such a machine which quickly went off the open market when Germany decided to use it for their own use. Ian explained how an Enigma machine worked. It didn’t type or print. A basic machine had a keyboard and 3 rotors each of which had 26 letters around it. The message was sent in Morse Code. So, a letter ‘B’ was transposed into a ‘K’ and the message was sent to operators at the other end who would transpose the letter ‘K’ back into a ‘B’. The settings for the rotors
were changed every 24 hours and a month’s worth of settings were kept on sheets. Ian said that the statistical odds of breaking an Enigma machine were 158, thousand, million, billions to 1!Information from Bletchley was given the highest possible security classification – Ultra. None of the Cabinet, apart from Churchill, knew about it. Decrypted Ultra messages to Army commanders in the field, for instance, Montgomery, came via Signal Liaison Units. Montgomery would read the message but could not take it away. Ian explained that the raw, undeciphered German radio messages were picked up by the British ‘Y’ service. There was a ‘Y’ station at Knockholt.The upper classes were often recruited to work at Bletchley, but there were many others. At its peak, 10,000 people worked at Bletchley in 8 hour shifts. As more and more people were recruited, huts were built in the grounds. People only worked in their own huts and were totally ignorant of what went on in the other huts around them.Ian explained that it was the Poles who first tried to break a 3-rotored Enigma and they shared their knowledge with the British in 1939, bringing an Enigma machine to Britain. Ian told us that we owe a big debt to the Poles and that there is, rightly, a Polish Memorial at Bletchley.Ian introduced us to some of the codebreakers at Bletchley. Dilly Knox, who had been a codebreaker in World War One, had a team including Alan Turing. Turing and the others left and then Knox led an all-female team which was his choice. There was the 36-year old Margaret Rock, Joan Clarke and Mavis Lever. All were brilliant but did not take degrees. Mavis Lever was fluent in German and Italian. She posed a puzzle: which way do the hands on a clock turn? Clockwise is, of course, the answer. Unless, said Mavis, you are the clock! She stayed up late one night and broke a naval code. The battle of Cape Matapan, when the British Mediterranean Fleet decisively beat the Italian fleet, was the result.Ian explained that at Bletchley, Huts 3 and 6 were the busiest. The decrypted messages were graded, recorded on punch cards and cross-referenced. Because of a stray German bomb, blast walls were built around the huts.Ian told us that although we had bought Enigma machines before the war, it was felt necessary to build an even better similar machine to mimic an Enigma. This was called Type X. Ian then told us about Alan Turing. Autistic, he would cycle in the summer wearing his gas mask and had his mug chained to a radiator. In 1940, he converted his money into silver ingots and buried them. He enciphered the whereabouts of his ingots on a piece of paper and then lost it! Turing decided that the best way to break a cipher was to design a ‘guessing machine’ which he called a ‘bombe’. The one constant was that no letter could be enciphered as itself. Messages were engineered so that they could be studied. For instance, the RAF were asked to lay mines at set times. These were then reported by the Germans through Enigma which were then picked up
by the ‘Y’ service to be sent to Bletchley to scrutinise. Teams of women looked after the ‘bombes’. It was a horrible job. After a run, the ‘bombe’ had to be re-wired. Many fingers were cut doing this job. The most important battle of the war, Ian explained, was the battle of the Atlantic, against the U boats who were sinking British and Allied ships. In 1939, Britain’s imports were 55 million tons. By 1941, they were down to 35 million tons. If we lost this battle, we would lose the war. Donitz, in charge of the U boats was reading British codes and became suspicious about Enigma. In February 1942, he added another rotor to make the German Navy Enigmas 4 rotor machines. Even the bombes could not break these. Capture of German naval Enigmas solved the problem. Mavis Lever broke the Abwehr (German military intelligence) code. As a result of this, by 1941, there were no free German agents working in Britain. The British either made the Germans double agents or executed them. But, Ian explained, one of the most successful double agents, codenamed Garbo, worked from Portugal. He had 27 sub agents. All of them were fictitious and all of them were paid by Germany!Ian told us that Enigma knew all the German dispositions for D Day and the historian Sir Martin Gilbert has stated that without the knowledge from Enigma, there would have been no D Day.The German High Command sent enciphered messages to Army Commands by teleprinter using a machine built by the firm Lorenz. These couldn’t be deciphered by Bletchley. Some of these messages were recorded and stored at Knockholt on tape. In 1941, Bletchley got a lucky break when the Germans in Athens called Vienna ‘in clear’. The reception was bad and Vienna asked for it to be repeated but only after changing the rotors. The message was re-sent but the rotors were not changed. This message was broken in eight weeks and Bill Tutte, a chemist, created a diagram of it. It was realised that the Lorenz was a million times more powerful than Enigma. A replica of the Lorenz machine was built at Dollis Hill. Tommy Flowers suggested that valves be used to make it work more quickly and out of this came a programmable computer, called Colossus, which broke the Lorenz. It was still secret in 1999 and some aspects of it are still secret.Ian told us that after the war, the Russians knew about Enigma through the British traitor John Cairncross but he did not know that the Lorenz had been broken. So, to maintain their secrecy, the decision was taken to destroy the Colossus machines.Thank you, Ian, for an entertaining and very informative talk. Thanks also to the huge audience who gave a very generous £120 to Ian’s chosen charity, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. This charity looks after Army servicemen and women and their families and helped 70,000 people last year.We hope to see you at our next meeting on Friday 27th March when Les Fryatt will be interviewed by Nick Page about his memories as a D Day veteran. Written by Nick Fothergill
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PLAXTOL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP MARCH 2020 MEETINGThe Architectural History of Tonbridge - by Sir Paul BrittonSir Paul Britton’s presentation was remarkable and included 80 photographs taken with his own camera.William the Conqueror entrusted Richard fitzGilbert with the construction of Tonbridge castle, built of earth (the motte) topped with a timber residence, surrounded by timber fortification and a moat. The gatehouse was added in 1260. The Parish Church was built in 12C, although there is evidence of an earlier church within. The town prospered, with timber framed houses built in 15C in the High Street. Many were re-fronted with brick in 18C, eg. The Rose & Crown Hotel. Tonbridge School was built in 1553 and the fine house Somerhill 1612. In 17C weather boarded houses and peg tiles became fashionable and examples can be seen in Shipbourne Road. Old Judde (1750) now part of Tonbridge School and Ferox Hall (1755) on the corner of Bordyke, were built. In 1804 the mansion ‘Mableton’ was built on Quarry Hill for John Burton but by 1838 Bordyke was the best address in town and some houses in East Street were fashionable. When the railway came in 1842 the town extended up Pembury Road. St Stephen’s Church was built in 1850, and intense church building began, eg. St Saviour’s, the Zion Chapel and the Methodist Church. Tonbridge School was extended and new schools built, Judd and The Slade Junior School in 1906. Between 1850 and 1905 houses in Dryhill Estate and Yardley Park Road were built for the ‘middle classes’. The architect Thomas Bradley built the Fire Station (1900). More recent buildings of note are The Weald of Kent School (1962) The Church Centre, near the river and Tonbridge School’s Science Centre. David Gurney, our Archivist, exhibited a personal collection of framed prints of Tonbridge.Our next meeting will be at 8pm on Tuesday 14th April. The talks is ‘Just a Piece of Paper’ the history of papermaking in Great Britain by Jean Stirk. Gillian Hogg
SEAL PARISH COUNCIL WILDFLOWER PROJECT
The Council is embarking on a programme to promote the growth of wildflowers in the Parish, with a subsequent improvement in habitats for pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Since the 1930s 97% of wildflower meadows have been lost due to changes in countryside and urban management. Many meadows were ploughed up after the Second World War to produce monocultures of cereals, with increasing use of herbicides. Others are fertilised and cut to provide winter feed for cattle.
Wildflowers cannot compete with actively growing grasses. Farmers have been encouraged through government schemes and conservation organisations such as Wildlife Trusts, Plantlife and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, to grow ‘pollen and nectar’ strips around the edges of fields. Roadside verges in towns and villages are regularly cut to maintain a neat appearance, and in part a clear view for passing drivers. Left grass cuttings are naturally broken down providing a nutrient rich soil, favourable for grass growth at the expense of wildflowers. Unmanaged verges in rural areas provide ideal places for grass growth rather than wildflowers. Tall grasses, nettles and docks are indicators of nutrient rich habitats unsuited to wildflowers. Not only can wildflowers provide a colourful scene they are vital in providing a season long supply of nectar and pollen to key pollinators such as bumble, honey and solitary bees. Without pollinators you would not be eating apples, pears and other fruits! Hedgerows of blackthorn and other species provide not only a source of food but vital nesting sites for bumblebees in particular. Butterflies and other insects depend on flowering plants to provide a source of nectar, and leaves for their young to eat. The cinnabar moth larvae, with their distinctive black and gold stripes, are dependent on the much-maligned ragwort plant. The Council has identified a number of sites within the Parish and has started conversations with local residents, where appropriate, to explain our aims and methods. The triangle of grass at the bottom end of Seal recreation ground between the wooded area and the allotments is well placed to this aim. Three verges within Seal, Stone Street and Underriver have been identified with advice from a specialist at the Kent Wildlife Trust. We are now talking to Kent County Council to see whether they can change their cutting regime or, ideally, take over the task ourselves, safety assessments allowing. During February and March we will aim to cut the grass on the recreation ground, removing the cuttings to reduce the nutrient content of the soil. We will then be spreading wildflower seed collected from a local meadow farm. The area at the bottom end of the triangle may take a year or two of cutting and collecting to sufficiently reduce nutrient levels. VolunteersWe are looking for volunteers to help us manage our identified sites. One of the tasks will involve raking up grass cuttings, usually in early March and September. Another will be to scrape the ground to expose some soil before re-seeding in September. To keep costs to the Parish Council down we would welcome
involvement from those who can provide, and skilfully operate, mowers, brush cutters and scythes. Information eveningParish Councillors, Fidelity Weston and Chris Tavaré, will be giving a talk on wildflowers and pollinators at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th April in the pavilion on Seal recreation ground for those interested in finding out more about the project as well as volunteering tasks. A glass of wine and some nibbles will be provided. So we can get an idea of numbers please email Chris on [email protected] if you are intending to come and / or wish to volunteer.
PLAXTOL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP FEBRUARY 2020 MEETINGThe Worthies of TonbridgePat Mortlock the President of Tonbridge Historical Society, one of our favourite speakers, gave us an amusing and informative talk on those famous and worthy people who have been commemorated by blue plaques in Tonbridge. When she became a member of the committee for blue plaques she was amazed to learn that each plaque cost £700. In the beginning organisations were invited to make recommendations to the committee and many were received. The two criteria for worthy people were firstly that they should be nationally known and secondly that they should be dead. Twelve plaques are in situ out of the 16 chosen from literary, historic and civic circles. The earliest blue plaque is to the first two female Protestant martyrs. Margery Polley was burnt in Tonbridge market place in 1555 and Jean Beach in Rochester. From the literary section, George Austen, brother of Jane, who taught at Tonbridge School is commemorated as is Eliza Acton, the author of a cookery book in 1845. She created recipes for Tonbridge brawn, Bordyke bread and Tourte a la Judd. She was eclipsed by Mrs. Beeton who copied many of her original recipes. Tonbridge produced two cricketing legends in Colin Blythe and Colin Cowdray. The latter was enobled as Lord Cowdray of Tonbridge. Also worthy of a blue plaque was Cecil Powell, born in 1903 in Tonbridge who was a physicist. He won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of a subatomic particle. John George Children was the son of a well-known Tonbridge family living at Ferrox Hall. He invented the first battery in his private laboratory. His only child, Anna was the first female botanist and photographer to publish a book on seaweed and small plants. At Tonbridge station there is a plaque to the engineer and architect of light railways Colonel Holman Stephens, famous for the Paddock Wood to Hawkurst line opened in 1893. Lastly,in more modern times everyone knows the name of Neville Duke the fighter pilot who shot down 27 enemy aircraft in WWII and also Terence Lord Lewin, who went to school at the Judd and became Admiral of the Fleet in charge of the Falkland campaign. We all agreed with Pat Mortlock that Tonbridge has produced a good number of “worthies”. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 10th March at 8pm when Sir Paul Britton will talk on The Architectural History of Tonbridge. V.Dussek
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SEVENOAKS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Are you looking for new friends and something different? We are a club for the more mature amongst us. Our activities consist of Ten Pin Bowling at Tunbridge Wells once a week, canasta which we play on a regular basis, Whist Drives, Scrabble - a couple of sessions per month, Darts, Dining Out and Theatre visits. If you are interested in anything and haven't played for a long time we can refresh or teach you. There are also monthly Rambles. We are a very lively group and are still looking for new members. Why don't you come along to one of our meetings on the first Thursday of every month at 7.30pm at the Otford Memorial Hall, Otford. If you are interested call Alan Water 01732 674825 or Mo Haslam on 01732 761903. www.sevenoaksfriendshipcentre.co.uk
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SEVENOAKS BOWLING CLUB - Outdoors - Hollybush CloseHave you tried this simple yet fascinating game? For free? Join us at our Open Day Monday 6 May from 11.00amAll welcome - any sex - any age - bowls provided - wear comfortable clothing and flat-soled shoes. To register leave your details on 01732 462039.
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