Get your hands dirty at Grain Coastal Park!

The Friends of Grain Coastal Park meet every month at Grain foreshore, regardless of weather conditions, to improve facilities and the local environment of Grain Coastal Park.

The dedicated team of local volunteers have worked hard to formalise walking routes, establish seating areas and generally make the place look more attractive to visitors and local residents - and they have done a fantastic job!

I recently met up with Jacqie Valentine (below), from the Friends group, who was keen to promote the last opportunity of the year to lend a hand. The session will begin at 10am tomorrow (Sunday 18 November) - meeting at St. James Pavilion, Pintail Close, Isle of Grain, ME3 0DW.

I’ll add more information about their 2013 activity dates soon, but they normally meet on the third Sunday of each month. In the meantime - well done to all those involved with the Friends of Grain Costal Park group for being nominated for a Pride in Medway Award!
 

Village Voices - November 2012

The November edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo and Chattenden) is now available to view online. Just click the image below to read the full copy.

Be sure to 'Like' Village Voices when visiting their Facebook page - you'll get lots of updates on local activities.

Visit the Village Voices website by clicking here!
 

High Halstow Times - November

Here’s the latest 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 information about the next Christmas Market - taking place at the Recreation Hall this Saturday from 12 noon, a reminder about the very popular ‘Mini Christmas Fayre’ at Memorial Hall (on Sunday 25 November), a report from the High Halstow Cricket Club, promotion of the next Dramarama panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and there's plenty more great features too!

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

Hoo Craft Fair - this Sunday!

Last month we welcomed the first Craft Fair organised by local Hoo residents Yola Wozniak and Tracey Spellman. The event was held at Hoo Village Institute.

Their next event will take place this Sunday (11th November) from 11am until 4pm, again at Hoo Village Institute. Pop along and have an enjoyable time. You might even manage to pick up some Christmas presents!

I’ll be popping along myself on Sunday, after attending the annual Remembrance service at Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Church.

See you there!
 

Allhallows Life - November

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

This month’s edition includes an interesting piece, written by Mitch Peeke, about local military links, details of the Family Christmas Race Night (on Saturday 1 December), a good history feature about Slough Fort Conservation Group, news of the Allhallows Leisure Park ‘Fireworks Night’ (taking place this Saturday - free for Allhallows residents who walk to the site) and much more!

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

Allhallows Life is the magazine for 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.
 

A musical night in Hoo!

For music lovers everywhere - Hoo is the place to be this Saturday, when there’ll be live music at two venues.

Taggs Coffee Shop and Wine Bar (Church Street, Hoo) will combine their first Mexican food night (a weekly event) with sax-playing Glen Powling, who is all set to dazzle diners with his smooth selection of mellow music.

Glen, pictured above, will begin performing at around 7.30pm. You don’t need a ticket for this event - you just need to be a punter to enjoy the music!

Then, just a short distance down the road, one of the best SKA bands in the country will be performing at The Chequers pub. ‘The Skatonics’ will perform a selection of music, including an impressive catalogue of covers from the likes of The Specials, Madness and Bad Manners! Tickets are £5 and are available from the pub.

Another great musical night in Hoo - enjoy!
 

BBC Radio Kent airport debate arrives on the Hoo Peninsula!

On Tuesday 30 October BBC Radio Kent will host a community debate to give local people a chance of having their say about the future of aviation in the south east.

A panel of experts will come together at the Cliffe Memorial Hall, near Rochester, for the debate. Doors open at 6pm. If you’d like to be in the audience, you can request tickets by emailing Radio Kent here, or by writing to BBC Radio Kent, The Great Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1QQ. Admission is strictly by ticket only. 

Tickets are FREE, but are limited to a maximum of two per person and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Your village needs you - at the September Hoo Clean Up!

The next Hoo Clean Up event is taking place this Saturday (29 September).

Starting at The Chequers Pub at 9.30am, volunteers will clear litter from the centre of the village, including Church Street, Bells Lane, Main Road and Stoke Road. The session will end at 11am with free tea and cakes.

Take a look at the poster (above) to find out more, or get in touch with Michael Pearce on 07919 693 095.

 

Take a look at the Village Voices 'facebook' page here.

 

September Village Voices - now online!

The September edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo and Chattenden) is now available to view online.

 

Click the image to view Village Voices on their Facebook page.

 

There's plenty to read in this edition - from news about the local reaction to a possible new housing development in the village, a report from Hoo St Werburgh Parish Council, a column about teenage emotional well being, information about the next Hoo Clean Up (on Saturday 29 September), an interesting feature written by Rolf Williams from the RSPB and photographs from the recent family fun day at The Chequers pub, in aid of the Wisdom Hospice.

Take a look at the online edition and be sure to 'Like' Village Voices when visiting the Facebook page - you'll get lots of updates on local activities!
 

Your village needs you - at the August Hoo Clean Up!

The next Hoo Clean Up event is taking place this Saturday (25 August).

Starting out at The Chequers Pub at 9.30am, volunteers will clear litter from the centre of the village, including Church Street, Bells Lane, Main Road and Stoke Road. The session will end at 11am with free tea and cakes.

 

Take a look at the poster (above) to find out more, or get in touch with Michael Pearce on 07919 693 095. Take a look at the Village Voices 'facebook' page here.

 

Hoo Rocks - Saturday 11 August 2012

There’s only a week to go now before the village of Hoo will experience its first ever Music Festival. At 4pm on Saturday 11 August Hoo Village Square will be buzzing with activity, but this time it’s all about the Music!

Photograph: Maureen Tong-Ralphs (Hoo Village Events Committee)

Courtesy of Love & Soul Photography

Opening the Festival will be Contra-band, a 5-piece rock cover band fronted by singer and local Peninsula Ward councillor Chris Irvine. At the weekend you can normally find the band belting out rock classics from the likes of Foo Fighters, Guns "N" Roses and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in venues all across Kent. The band, who formed 3 years ago, is made up of Damien "Damo" Fawsett, Mark Fellows, Jason Challis and Brian Callar.

Followed by Janet Gabriel a.k.a Sugar Brown, a Kent-based singer and songwriter. She is the powerhouse vocalist behind Phat Medallion, a high energy disco tribute and party band that has thrilled audiences all over the UK and beyond. Janet will get you singing along and rocking Hoo with music from the 70s through to the 00s. Get ready for a scintillating performance and an afternoon of fantastic entertainment. Too hot to miss!!!

After Sugar comes Something Like Serenity made up of Myke, Ash, Damien and Sam who originally formed in 2005. They have played all over the country at a number of high profile gigs. This will be their first reunion after they each went their own separate ways for university.

Next on the agenda will be a solo performance from John Luchford. John worked as a Karaoke Host and entertainer in the popular resort of Marmaris, Turkey for 6 years before returning to the UK. In December 2008 whilst on holiday in the Dominican Republic he was involved in a brutal attack which left him requiring lifesaving surgery. Hoo Rocks will be John’s first live performance on a stage since the attack 3 years ago where he is hoping to reignite his passion for singing and entertainment.

Natasha Glean graduated in 2010 from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a 2:1 honours in Musical Theatre. Natasha has played in various theatre roles during her studies but her real passion is singing and has recently performed for Soho London for the charity 17-24-30 No to Hate Crime campaign. Natasha is delighted to have been asked to perform at the Hoo Rocks Festival and we are delighted to have her!!

Last and by no means least is MELLO. MELLO started life as a number of collaborative tracks between vocalist Jasmine Bee and musician / producer Peter Owen, culminating in the formation of MELLO as a songwriting partnership in July 2011. Having entered the YouBloom international music competition, Jasmine and Peter discovered they had gained enough of the judges votes to pass over 2500 other bands and reach the annual finals of the competition. YouBloom asked MELLO if they could perform at the annual awards ceremony in London, so for this the partnership had to become a full band and so MELLO was properly born in April 2012.

Before MELLO Jasmine was vocalist with Drum and Bass band, Z-Electric, across London's club scene and Peter was returning to music after a number of years absence, having played previously in a number of 'local' South London bands and having focused on songwriting in the interim.

All in all we have a pretty fantastic show planned for everyone and guess what - it’s FREE. So put the date in your diary, tell your friends and family and come and join us for what promises to be a fantastic event!

Can’t wait to see you at Hoo Village Square!!!

 

Hoo Clean Up - July 2012

The next Hoo Clean Up community event, organised by Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Council, is taking place this Saturday (21 July). Local residents are encouraged to come along and get involved.

The plan will be to start out from the car park at the rear of the Village Square (at 9.30am) and work around the centre of the village, including sections of Church Street, Bells Lane, Main Road and Stoke Road. The session will end at 11am with free tea and cakes.

Parish Councillor Ron Sands will co-ordinate the Clean Up morning for the Parish Council. Get in touch with Ron by phoning 07770 747820.

  

Matthew Crane comes to Hoo!

Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Church will be hosting their second concert of the year, on Saturday 14 July. And there’s still time to get tickets!

Join local singing sensation Matthew Crane for an evening of popular music and entertainment. Click the poster below to find out more.

Although you can get tickets on the door on the night, don’t leave booking to the last minute as tickets are going fast. Tickets are by a donation of £7, so get in touch with Stuart on 01634 251705 as soon as you can to book yours.

Please come along and help raise much needed cash for urgent Church repairs. Visit the Church website by clicking here.

  

Get yourself over to Grain for a murder mystery!

Following a successful panto run last year (I’m still singing the songs - I don’t get out much), the Showin’ Grain Theatre Group are preparing for a Murder Mystery production at the end of this month, on 29 and 30 June.

Click the poster below to find out more:

Pop along for a fun night - you might even be able to help find out ‘whodunnit’!

  

Theatre at RSPB Northward Hill - don’t miss out!

Making a welcome return to RSPB Northward Hill tomorrow evening (Wednesday 13 June) will be The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company - with their comic mystery production of ‘Who Saw Marjory Daw’.

Set in the 1960s, the production is full of flower-power, free love, fashion and revolution. Following the character of Agnes Church as she leaves university and becomes a trainee journalist, the story concerns the disappearance of a young hippy - set against a backdrop of power politics and the Vietnam war.

To find out more about what will be happening tomorrow night, or to book tickets, click here. Find out more about RSPB Northward Hill by clicking here.

Dress for the weather, although forecasters are predicting a dry and sunny day tomorrow (don’t hold me to that!!)

  

Olympic Tern at RSPB Cliffe Pools

Supplied by the RSPB:

As London prepares to receive visitors from across the globe for the 2012 Olympics, RSPB Cliffe Pools expects to welcome back its very own athlete of Olympic proportions. The nature reserve is an important home to wintering wildfowl and waders but also a summer breeding ground for migratory birds such as the common tern.

This sleek seabird of pure white, with a blood-red bill, black crest and swallow tail, has nested on the islands created by the flooding of the old cement works since they closed in 1970. As the world looked forward to the Seoul Olympics, back in July 1987, Roger Kiddie, a science and math teacher from Gravesend, rowed out to the tern colony at Cliffe Pools with Cliff Sharr, a local villager and renowned ornithologist on the north Kent marshes. The men spent the afternoon ringing the common tern chicks under a relentless attack from the adults. Common terns defend their nests aggressively, attacking more furiously those they recognise as repeat offenders. The chicks leave the nest almost immediately after hatching, so time was against the men.

Common tern at RSPB Cliffe Pools by Les Foster (website) 

Roger said, “Common terns spend their winter off the west coast of Africa, indeed, most of their life is spent at sea, so the chances of recapturing a ringed tern is always slight; but in the 1980’s ringing still presented the best opportunity for us to learn where these birds migrate to. We now know that common terns return each year to the colony from which they hatched, for Cliffe Pools that means an annual round trip of about 10,000 miles.”

The average lifespan of a common tern is 12 years so they rack-up a lot of sea miles, ably assisted by the Trade Winds and the unusual ability to replace worn-out flight feathers twice in a year.

In December 2011, a fisherman from Guinea Bissau, on the west coast of Africa, found a tern on his decks with an injured leg. Terns are known as sea swallows, their graceful appearance and dainty build affords them a different respect than the raucous gulls. The fisherman attended to the bird and returned it to the ocean in good health, but not before noting the details of a ring on its other leg. From this information, just received by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), we know that this tern was one of those chicks ringed by Cliff and Roger 25 years ago.

Roger has since retired, but continues to ring birds for the BTO. In the tern’s lifetime the Olympics have been to Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, and with a little more luck, it is now wheeling around the Thames Estuary looking down onto the London Olympics. In its own feat of Olympic proportions this little bird (equal in weight to a tin of sardines and with a wingspan of just one human arm’s length), has now flown the same distance as from the Earth to the Moon!

Roger Kiddie said, “This has to be one of the highlights of my 40 years bird ringing experience, it is truly remarkable.”

Visit the RSPB Cliffe Pools website by clicking here.

  

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!

  

Allhallows Life - June Edition

The special Diamond Jubilee (June) 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 fascinating Local History Exhibition - hosted by All Saints Church. The exhibition will open throughout the long Bank Holiday weekend.

You will also find details about the next Project Day on Saturday 9 June - meeting outside the Village Hall at 8.30am, a list of services at All Saints Church plus reports and updates from the Parish Council and other local groups. And you will also find photographs of the recent birthday celebrations at Allhallows Primary School.

Another 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.

  

The Chequers Pub in Hoo - under new management!

A very warm welcome to Sarah and Kevin (and Charlie the dog), who last week took over the running of The Chequers Pub in Church Street, Hoo.

Good luck guys!
 

Hoo goes Gospel with T-Jae Cole!

Something new and exciting is happening in Hoo right now, and you could be part of it!

Hoo resident, and leading music industry vocal coach, T-Jae Cole (pictured below), has launched two Gospel Choirs - one for local adults and a ‘Glee’ style Choir for our younger residents. Both groups meet weekly.

If you’d like to get involved, and maybe make some new friends whilst you're at it, you will be in very safe hands. T-Jae is a leading vocalist and Choir Director with the UK’s premier Gospel Choir (The London Community Gospel Choir). And he’s got the type of enthusiasm and drive that could easily put Hoo’s singing talents firmly on the map!

Find out more about the Choir by clicking the poster below. Don’t leave it too long before getting involved, as the Choir's first public performance will be on Sunday 3 June - part of our local celebrations to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. More details to follow.

Visit T-Jae Cole’s website here.

Good luck T-Jae and let’s hope Hoo goes Gospel!

  

Volunteering at Grain Coastal Park (Sunday 20 May 2012)

The next volunteering activity day at Grain Coastal Park is this Sunday (20 May), from 10am.

Click the poster below to find out more.

To find out more about the Friends of Grain Coastal Park, or to get involved with volunteering, come along on Sunday - you’ll be made very welcome.

Let's hope it doesn't rain!

  

New evening bus services for Hoo!

Medway Council have this week announced the launch of new evening bus services, on the 191 route, operating between Chatham and Hoo.

The new Monday to Saturday services will come into play on Monday 18 June and will be operated by Arriva.

Here are the additional services:

This will come as really positive news to many, so spread the word!

  

Hoo Clean Up - May 2012

A team of enthusiastic local residents (all volunteers) met on Saturday morning to help clear litter from around the village square.

Up until now, the Parish Council run Clean Up event has been organised every other month, but now the Clean Up activities will take place every month. And the next opportunity to get involved and help make Hoo look tidy will be on Saturday 16 June at 9.30am - meeting point to be confirmed.

So, if you have a spare 90 minutes or so - pop along next time and join in! There’s a promise of some free tea or coffee and a nice slice of cake after!

Well done to all those who gave up their time to lend a hand on Saturday and to Parish Councillor Ron Sands for motivating the troops.

If you’d like to find out more about getting involved, get in touch with Ron on 07770 747820.

  

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.

  

Football Fun Day at Hoo Village Institute

An action packed fun day is planned for local youngsters, aged 6 to 12, on Saturday 26 May.

Organised by the Woodpeckers HI FC, the Football Fun Day event will be kicking off at 11am (until 2pm) on the football field behind the Hoo Village Institute.

Click the poster below to read more about what will be happening:

If you’d like to find out more, get in touch with Amanda on 07747 801609.

  

Coming Soon - The 2012 Isle of Grain Summer Fete and Carnival

I had lots of fun at last year’s annual Isle of Grain Summer Fete and Carnival. People from all over the Medway towns came along too and enjoyed a great day out. This year's event will be held on Saturday 14 July and preparations are under way to make it even more fun and even better!

The fete will again be held on the St. James’ recreation field, off Green Lane, and there’ll be plenty to keep everyone occupied throughout the day. There will be stalls, live shows, exhibitions and a fun fair - more details to follow. The carnival will kick off at 2pm (from Power Station Road) for an hour long procession around the village, before finishing at the fete.

Fancy having your own stall at the fete?  Get in touch with Ronnie on 01634 271674. Stalls are £10 for non residents (of Grain) and £5 for residents. No charge for charities. All stalls must be ready by 12.30pm.

Click here for Grain Fete and Carnival 2011.

  

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.

  

Licensing and Installation Service at Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Church

This Thursday (26 April), at a Licensing and Installation Service, Hoo will formally welcome the Rev’d John Smith as the new Priest-in-Charge of Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Church. Also to be Licensed, and taking on the role of Self Supporting Minister (Honorary Curate), is John’s wife, the Rev’d Sue Smith.

The ceremony will be conducted by the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt. Rev’d James Langstaff, and commences at 7.30pm. 

Take a look at the website of Hoo St. Werburgh Parish Church by clicking here. 

Welcome and best of wishes to John and Sue.