Kent County Council is proposing to install a new Zebra Crossing on the A259 Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate outside Hylands to help pedestrians cross the road between Brewers Hill and the seaside.
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Are you a keen knitter, or keen to start? Want to get together with others? Sandgate Knit and Knatter may be for you!
The latest project that the Sandgate Knit and Knatter group are working on is knitting for chickens – http://www.boredpanda.com/knits-tiny-chicken-jumpers-battery-hens-nicola-congdon-cornwall/
A regular Knit and Natter group meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in every month at 10 am at Sandgate Library.
New attendees are always welcome. Just turn up, don’t be chicken….
Folkestone Rowing Club are holding a regatta on Saturday 22nd April, rowing from 10.30am with other clubs from around the Kent coast and Sussex visiting.
Their Granville Parade clubhouse will be open to non-members all day, with refreshments and BBQ, and Ben Milbury (a four-piece band covering a mixture of soul, pop and reggae from the vintage to the modern) will be performing from 6pm.
The Rowing Club’s regular annual regatta is scheduled for Sunday 9th July with the same arrangements.
As usual on regatta days, parking restrictions will be in force on Granville Parade.
There are eight planters in Sandgate Village. The Parish Council is seeking sponsorship for each of these planters. The locations of these planters are:
Images of locations can be supplied on request. The following criteria and conditions will apply.
Peter Savage
Deputy Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer
19 April 2017
There will be a Craft Club taking place in Sandgate Parish Council Library on Thursday 13th April 10.00am-12.00. This time the theme is Easter.
Children of all ages are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Squash and biscuits will be available for the children and tea and coffee for the adults.
Thank you for all the suggestions which have come from many people drawing upon diverse inspirations including famous ex-residents, location, history and even a previous park keeper. The list has been moderated to produce a manageable list (including the current name Military Road Recreation Ground) for a vote as follows:-
| Hilly Fields | hillyfields@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Jacques Park | jacques@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Martello Recreation Ground | martello@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Military Road Recreation Ground | militaryroad@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Miss Ames Recreation Ground | missames@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Park on the Hill | parkonthehill@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sandgate Community Park | sandgatecommunity@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sandgate Fields | sandgatefields@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sandgate Park | sandgatepark@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sandgate Recreation Ground | sandgaterec@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sandgate Village Park | sandgatevillage@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Sir John Moore Recreation Ground | johnmoore@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Spring Ground | spring@votebyemail.co.uk |
| The Peoples Park | peoples@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Turnill Park | turnill@votebyemail.co.uk |
| Wilberforce’s Ground | wilberforce@votebyemail.co.uk |
To vote please click against the email address for the name you prefer (or copy and paste the email address into your own email) and give your name and postal address in the email. Only one vote per person or business in Sandgate parish will be accepted.
Closing date for voting Friday 31st March 5pm.
You may also vote in person at Sandgate Library – ask for the parish clerk.
Any queries please email the parish clerk clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk
The Sandgate Creative Writers Group (which meets in the Library on the second Thursday of the month), would like all creative authors and poets to enter the Creative Writer’s Competition.
If you would like a chance to be included in the club’s booklet in August this year and have your work displayed on Writer’s Page in the library, please submit poetry or prose, no more than 450 words in total. Your entry can either be left in the library or emailed to joe.tom277864@tiscali.co.uk.
Your work will be read and judged by members of Sandgate Creative Writers. The top three will be included in the club’s booklet in August this year.
If you have anything over that amount but no more than two thousand words and would like it evaluated please bring it to one of the meetings where members will be pleased to read and discuss it with you.
MILITARY ROAD RECREATION GROUND
Sandgate Parish Council is considering renaming Military Road Recreation Ground to better reflect the improvements which have been, and are to be, carried out to the park and to highlight its value as a community asset to the whole village.
The park has previously been named Chichester Park, and other suggestions from a previous exercise to rename included Golden Park and Field of Dreams. Councillors also suggested Sandgate Park: but perhaps you have a much better name!
We are now asking for any other nominations for a new name to be put to a community vote in late March / early April.
To suggest a new name please email clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk or visit Sandgate library and speak to the parish clerk.
All suggestions will be considered by Sandgate Council and a shortlist, which will include as an option the current ‘Military Road Recreation Ground’, will then be put forward to the community vote.
Suggestions that are obviously offensive or unacceptable (Shepway District Council have to accept the final name) won’t make it to the shortlist. For the avoidance of doubt that includes Parky McParkface – sorry!
Closing date 10th March 2016.