Lynsted with Kingsdown Society
Newsletter Issue No.29
July 2010
Welcome to our Newsletter that goes to Society Members as well as visitors who ask to receive it because of their interest in the Parish, its people and events. Through this service, we will alert you to recent additions to the records of the Society. All newsletters can be browsed on the Society’s web site.
The next most immediate events in the Parish that may be of interest to many of our Members are being hosted by the Park Farm Community Cherry Orchard Group.
10th and 11th July: The Orchard Group are celebrating the local cherry heritage of our Parish and this part of Kent through a “Cherry Weekend”.
- 10th July: 8pm, there will be a concert given by the Detling Singers in support of the traditional orchard - ‘A Celebration of Flowers, Fruit and Harvest in Readings and Song'.
This takes place in Lynsted Church and entry is £5. Cherries will be on sale, picked fresh from the trees of Park Farm Orchard. Contact Julie Barrett for more information (522921) - 11th July: Noon to 4pm: Cherry Day in Lynsted Community Orchard, Park Farm.
Live music, Morris Dancing, beer tent, barbecue, cream teas, pick-your-own cherries, craft stalls. Parking - £2. No dogs please.
7th August: 5pm to 10pm - “Prom in the Orchard” in Park Farm Community Orchard, which opens at 5pm (giving plenty of time to set up your picnic in the orchard, before the band strikes up at 6pm to 8pm. The music will be provided by the highly regarded KM Medway Band, Kent’s finest brass band.
THE SOCIETY SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT - UPDATE
Recording and Archiving of Local History
The Society started this project with a BANG in May! So, first of all, a mighty “thank you” goes to every one who made it such a resounding success - those who brought material to record, those who helped interpret the photographs, those who kept us watered and fed. There was real animation as friends and family met and chatted.
Since May, we have scanned over 1,600 individual items and returned nearly all the material loaned to us to copy/archive. As you can imagine, this has not been a small task to fit into our other lives but the material you and others have shared with us is astonishing in its variety and interest! We have recorded written stories, personal photographs covering all walks of life and events over the years up to the modern day, deeds and wills, sale documents, newspaper cuttings, postcards, physical artefacts (photographed) and so on.... We are still happily receiving new material as people discover them. So, please do keep it coming. To know more or contribute, please contact us using parishrecords@lynsted.com. Latest news can be found on the ‘holding page’ for this project.
The Society will have a stand at Cherry Day on 11th July in Park Farm Orchard. So please do come and visit us and see just a sample of what we have received so far.
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18th September: Society bus trip thanks again to David Powell, who has again agreed to make available his magnificent vintage double-decker bus. Timing and destination will be confirmed soon.
22nd October: AGM and guest who will talk by Mary Bruce about Keeping Hens.
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INFORMATION REQUESTS RECEIVED BY THE SOCIETY
1) John E. Rayner is researching his family, which has lived in Lynsted, Ospringe, and Teynham. His great-grandfather ran The Fox (now closed), and his grandfather was born there - some siblings emigrated in the early 1900s, mostly to Canada and America. Other family links he is pursuing include - Rayner, Rainer, Reiner and their spouses with the names of Packham, Spice, Ray, Partis and others. Mr Rayner believes he is the only remaining Rayner in the UK. If you have any information about these family names, please let us know.
2) A family researcher recently contacted the Committee asking for information on the history of Hartshorn and connections with Colyers Farm Cottage. Other local relations included Gertrude Rose Judges whose parents were Albert and Naomi Judges (who married Arthur Day and had a son Leonard Day). That family lived in the house named 'Judges' - and she would like to know more about that house. If you have anything, please let Lis know.
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NEW WEB LINKS THAT YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING
You may remember, we alerted you to the Big Garden Watch in January - the results are in for our bird population - visit http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/results/
Thank you for your continued support and interest.
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