Hoo Celebrates - Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

Today, Hoo Village Square will host a whole afternoon of celebrations to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Click the images below to find out more about what will be happening in Hoo Village Square!

Whatever the weather - please try to pop along and have a great time.

And tomorrow, Hoo will be lighting a Jubilee Beacon at the Kingshill Recreation Ground - as part of a national network of Beacons. Click the image below to find out more.

See you at both events!

  

High Halstow Times - June Edition

Here’s the latest special Jubilee edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do. Just click on the image below to read the full copy.

This month’s edition includes details of Diamond Jubilee events taking place in the village - the Jubilee Party in the Park on Monday 4 June and the Jubilee Afternoon Tea on Sunday 3 June (at Memorial Hall). The High Halstow Walkers provide details about their next walk, on Sunday 10 June, and there's information about the next Project 90 community action morning on Saturday 16 June. You'll also find useful diary dates and reports from local groups and organisations, including the High Halstow and District Gardening Club, the new local history group run by Dave Stephenson and plenty more reports, updates and local advertising!

The High Halstow Times is the magazine of High Halstow Parish Council. Take a look at their website by clicking here.

  

The lighting of the Hoo Jubilee Beacon

Lots of events are taking place across Medway and around the Hoo Peninsula. I will this week feature a village by village event listing, looking at all those activities taking place during the special Bank Holiday weekend (from this Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June).

A network of 4000 Beacons will be lit by communities and others throughout the United Kingdom. And one of those Beacons will be erected in the village of Hoo - one of only six to be located in the Medway towns.

The Hoo Jubilee Beacon will be at the Kingshill Recreation Ground - at the end of Fourwents Road (at the top of Bells Lane).

Our Beacon will be lit between 10pm and 10.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday (4 June). Please make every effort to pop along to this free community event. It will be great to take part in what will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Find out more about the Jubilee Beacons located in Medway by visiting Medway Council’s events website here. If you’d like to read more about the national network of Jubilee Beacons and the history of Beacon lighting - click here.

See you on Monday evening at the Kingshill Rec!!!

  

Cliffe and Cliffe Woods - Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

Cliffe and Cliffe Woods will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with two days of family fun activities and entertainments.

Organised jointly by Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish Council and St. Helen's Church, the first event will be on Sunday 3 June and will take place on the Buttway and at St. Helen's Church in Cliffe.

Click the event posters below to find out more!

The second event will be on Monday 4 June at the Cliffe Woods Community Centre and Parkside Car Park (Cliffe Woods), from 11am until 3pm.

Organised by the Cliffe Woods Community Association, there'll be a BBQ and plenty of other entertainment, including side shows and a bouncy castle.

For more information about events in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, check out the Parish Council website by clicking here.

Have lots of fun!

  

Allhallows - Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

Lots of events are taking place across Medway and around the Hoo Peninsula. I will feature a village by village event listing next week, looking at all those activities taking place during the special Bank Holiday weekend (from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June).

If you are organising an event on the Hoo Peninsula and would like it mentioned on this website, send me a copy of your event poster using the contact page.

In Allhallows, there will be a couple of key events taking place.

The first is a Local History Exhibition, organised by All Saints Church. This special exhibition will run throughout the long Bank Holiday weekend and will include a special history talk on Saturday 2 June. Take a look at the event poster to find out more:

The other big event in Allhallows is the Picnic in the Park - being held in the play area next to Allhallows Primary School, on Sunday 3 June from 2pm.

Find out more about these events by visiting the Allhallows Parish Council website.

Good luck and have plenty of fun!

  

Get ready for a big Jubilee party in Hoo Village Square!

The Hoo Village Events Committee are hard at work organising ‘The Queen’s Big Diamond Jubilee Lunch Party’. The event is taking place in Hoo Village Square on Sunday 3 June from 12.30pm to 5pm.

It’s free and, as you’ll see from the poster below, lots of entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon. Make a note of the date and be sure to tell all your friends, family and neighbours!

Another Jubilee event being organised during the long Bank Holiday weekend is the lighting of a community Jubilee beacon. As part of the nationwide celebrations, Hoo will be one of six locations in Medway with a beacon. Located at Kingshill recreation ground (at the end of Fourwents), the beacon will be lit on Monday 4 June at around 10.30pm. I’ll add confirmed arrangements for this event soon.

Lots of events are taking place across Medway and around the Hoo Peninsula. I will try and feature a village by village event listing shortly, looking at all those activities taking place during the special Bank Holiday weekend (from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June).

If you are organising an event on the Hoo Peninsula and would like it mentioned on this website, send me a copy of your event poster using the contact page.

  

High Halstow Times - May Edition

Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times - sorry for the delay in adding it to this website! Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do. Just click on the image below to read the full copy.

This month’s edition includes details of Diamond Jubilee events taking place in the village - the Jubilee Party in the Park on Monday 4 June and the Jubilee Afternoon Tea event on Sunday 3 June. There’s also information about the next walk being organised by the High Halstow Walkers - taking place tomorrow (Saturday 12 May). And you will also find details of the next Project 90 community action morning, also taking place tomorrow, in the village centre. There’s useful diary dates and a report from the High Halstow and District Gardening Club, information about a night of musical entertainment with a Take That tribute band on Saturday 26 May, and plenty more reports, updates and local advertising!

The High Halstow Times is the magazine of High Halstow Parish Council. Take a look at their website by clicking here.

  

Allhallows Life - May Edition

The May edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Click the image below to see the full copy.

This month’s edition includes information about events taking place to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, including a Picnic in the Park on Sunday 3 June and a special Gardening Competition - with a chance of winning prizes of £50, £30 and £20. There’s also details of the next meeting of the Allhallows History Club on Sunday 6 May, a list of services at All Saints Church plus reports from the Parish Council and other local groups.

And there’s another really informative report about Project Day activities - where volunteers come together every month to help clean up the village. The next Project Day morning is on Saturday 12 May at 8.30am - meeting at the Village Hall.

Allhallows Monthly Indoor Market gets a mention, along with photos of a recent event. This event is held at The British Pilot, and is worth taking the time to go along to. The next one will be on a Saturday in May (watch for signs around the village for the date).

Another really packed edition of Allhallows Life to enjoy this month, with lots to get involved with - so please take time to read from cover to cover!

Allhallows Life is the magazine of Allhallows Parish Council. Take a look at their website by clicking here. The magazine also features items from St. Mary Hoo Parish Council. Take a look at their website by clicking here.

  

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

We are just 6 weeks away from celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, on Tuesday 5 June.

Lots of events are taking place across Medway and around the Hoo Peninsula. There’ll be beacons lit, street parties held and plenty of other celebrations taking place. I will try and feature a village by village event listing in the coming weeks, looking at all those activities taking place during the special Bank Holiday weekend (from Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June).

One event that I have already been told about is a Jubilee Afternoon Tea at the Memorial Hall in High Halstow. It will be held on Sunday 3 June. Click the image below to find out more. No ticket necessary - just turn up!

If you are organising an event on the Hoo Peninsula and would like it mentioned on this website, send me a copy of your event poster using the contact page.

A visit by HM Queen Elizabeth in 1955

Yesterday’s announcement about plans for a new gas-fired power station at Damhead Creek reminded me of a booklet I was shown recently about another of the Peninsula’s energy industries. The booklet was printed in April 1955 to commemorate a visit by HM Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to BP’s Oil Refinery on the Isle of Grain.

The booklet was shown to me by a lifelong resident of the Hoo Peninsula, who worked at the refinery for most of his life. It describes the workings of an oil refinery and explains why a new refinery was needed at the time, how the Isle of Grain site was chosen and the engineering process for reclaiming marshland (known locally as ‘Fleets’). The refinery processed its first crude oil in February 1953, following the decision six years earlier to site the refinery at Grain due to the need for deep water access.