Lynsted with Kingsdown Society
Newsletter Issue No.38
July 2011
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 and forthcoming events. All newsletters can be browsed on the Society’s web site.
COMMITTEE VACANCY
Norma Baxter will be standing down as Events Co-ordinator at our next AGM on 26th October 2011 - so, we do need a new person to help us with this important function for our thriving Society. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Norma (01795 521515) or any of the Committee. So, please do contact us if you can help us with this thriving and interesting Community organisation.
We are also looking for a new general committee member (there are four at any one time). Again, please do contact us before the AGM if you would like to support our work through this Committee and add your own experience and interest.
- 31st July: Guided Tour of Tudor Cottage (a Yeoman’s House) in Cellar Hill. Limited numbers, as this is a private house. Members and friends only - Members given preference on ‘first come first served’ basis; friends on reserve. Detailed arrangements have gone to all Members through a letter from our Chairman to all Members. Very few places left - please contact Norma Baxter.
NEW RESEARCH
- Gravestones & Memorials updated on the web site to include David and Peggy Bage cremation stones.
THE SOCIETY SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT
Recording and Archiving of Local History
Report on 2011 Open Day now available on the web site. Some important and surprising discoveries. If you missed the Open Day display material, we shall be displaying at the Lynsted Traditional Village Fete on 29th August (Bank Holiday).
The subgroup have now captioned 2,600 of the 3,000 files scanned to date - but a large box and several files have recently arrived from the Parish Council - including some fascinating records for the 1937 Jubilee and Coronation Celebrations! Keep it coming! All contributions are welcome at any time.
Transcription Volunteers Update
Thank you’s go to those who responded to our cry for help in copy-typing to help us transcribe documents that cannot all be done automatically on a PC.
Documents posted onto the web site as they are transcribed.
- NEW: 1964 Abstract for Bonds Cottages and Heathfield House
- NEW: 1975 Quinquennial Report on the fabric of Kingsdown Church
and an addition .....
- NEW: 2002 Flower Festival images, courtesy of Jennifer Bones
If you would like to add your name to our transcribers, we should be very grateful - please do contact us. We can cope with typewritten or computer transcriptions of the wide selection of small and large documents. This is the kind of task that does not have fixed deadlines and can be fitted into your own timetables. Any help in this direction would be very gratefully received by the project sub-group. With your help, these fascinating documents can then be publish and shared through the web site and Society publications in due course.
To learn more about this project or contribute material or stories, please contact us using parishrecords@lynsted.com. Latest news and published documents can be found on the dedicated pages for this Society project.
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- 29th August: Display at the Annual Lynsted Fete. This is a popular event in the Parish Calendar and deservedly so. Very traditional and family (and dog) friendly. We are sharing a tent with the Traditional Orchard Group.
- 24th September: Annual Vintage Bus Trip. Members and Friends. Quex Museum and Gardens.
- 26th October: Society AGM and guest speaker, Nikki Gammans, from the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust on Bumble Bees.
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INFORMATION REQUESTS RECEIVED BY THE SOCIETY
- Information requested about the Tyler Family connection with Lynsted Lodge and how the Lodge came into the ownership of Eliza Lethbridge. Please contact Nigel Heriz-Smith.
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NEW WEB LINKS THAT YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING
- Diamond Jubilee Woods Project. In case you or someone you know is interested .... applications for Autumn 2011 will close on the 30th September for those community groups wishing to obtain free tree packs in support of the Diamond Jubilee Woods Project. A celebration by planting 6 million trees in woodlands and gardens.
- Be prepared to waste several hours! The BBC has a large collection of short videos on topics like - Garden Life (badgers to butterflies, frogs to foxes), animal record breakers, and Timelapse photography, to name a few. Enjoy!
If you have found interesting web sites covering subjects we try to cover, please do let us know.
Thank you for your continued support and interest.
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