Lynsted with Kingsdown Society
Newsletter Issue No.40

December 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.

Happy Christmas and New Year from the Committee.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

As we are coming to the end of another successful year for the Society, you will shortly receive an invitation from our Membership Secretary (Elaine) to renew your membership.  We are grateful for your continued support of our Society and hope that you will continue to find our events and publications (web and printed) of interest.

If you have ideas about potential talks or visits for our Members’ enjoyment, please do let our Events Secretary (Fiona & Norma) know.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

  • Report on Bumblebee Conservation (with possible field trip to Dungeness in June 2012)
  • Report on Our Marine Environment

NEW RESEARCH

  • Parish Newsletters from 1977 onwards are gradually being added to the web site giving an insight into our Parish, its people and businesses over the years.  See below under Social History Project for links.

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.  If you can spare a bit of time, there is always more to be done!

Documents posted onto the web site as they are transcribed.

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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FUTURE SOCIETY EVENTS

  • 18th January 2012 - “Making of a Queen” - the story of the Queen Mary , told and illustrated by Brian Sharman.  Details to be confirmed.
  • In planning for 2012:
    • A talk on Morgan cars (with examples on show) - later in the year when it is warm enough to be outside! 
    • A talk by a professional nature photographer (with a focus on dormice to link with our earlier events). 

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INFORMATION REQUESTS RECEIVED BY THE SOCIETY

DID YOU KNOW MARIA REES (nee COURT)? Can you help?
Recently, when clearing Maria’s effects, a simple boxed copy of The Book of Common Prayer was found that also contains a touching note from husband-to-be Roger Rees (of Faversham) to his fiancé for Christmas 1947 (perhaps suggesting marriage in 1948).  Before marriage, Maria was living on the Lynsted side of London Road (perhaps No.52).
The person who helped clear Maria’s effects wanted to try and find out if anyone knew of a family member who might like it. If you think you can help, please contact Nigel Heriz-Smith on 522842 or parishrecords@lynsted.com.

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NEW WEB LINKS THAT YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING

  • British Library Newspaper Archive - 40 million pages, 300 years at the time of launch - November 2011.  Searching is free; downloading images is priced in “units”. 
    You can subscribe to different packages that allow more or fewer downloads to suit your pocket or interests.

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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