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24 May 2013
The Hoo Peninsula is open for business!
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With half term approaching, I’d like to encourage you to visit the Hoo Peninsula - a fantastic landscape offering wilderness and heritage. ...
22 May 2013
Take a trip to Grain Coastal Park
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If you’d like to experience our dramatic local landscape, you’re definitely spoilt for choice on the Hoo Peninsula. The much improved Grai...
18 May 2013
Public Convenience
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Janet Keates, from Cliffe, recently sent me a scan of an old 1950s newspaper, referring to a major dispute between villagers living on the I...
16 May 2013
Proposal to move Hoo Post Office - have your say!
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Residents are invited to take part in a consultation to move Hoo Post Office from its current location in the village centre, to 112 Main Ro...
Battle of the songsters!
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It was good to catch up with Rolf Williams from the RSPB earlier today in Hoo for a coffee at Taggs Coffee Shop, promoting the coming North ...
Grain and the floods of 1953
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The floods of 1953 will be the subject of a couple of very interesting events being held at Grain library in June. Take a look at the below ...
15 May 2013
Get involved at Grain Coastal Park
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I've had many happy times volunteering on the Isle of Grain with the very successful Friends of Grain Coastal Park group. They'...
News from Anim-Mates animal sanctuary
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Anim-Mates animal sanctuary, based at St. Mary Hoo, is always looking for new homes for their animals. The poster below features four cats s...
13 May 2013
They’re coming from the Rhondda Valleys!
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My mate Stuart Coombes from Hoo is very busy organising another concert at Hoo Parish Church. This one will be held on Saturday 25 May with ...
Meeting for The Chimes and Pastures Residents’ Association
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Residents from the new developments east of Bells Lane in Hoo will be meeting on Saturday 25 May at 12 noon, at The Village Community Sports...
12 May 2013
Summer Fete at the Nags Head pub
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Take note of this exciting event in Lower Stoke, as there will be plenty of fun things to do at the Nags Head pub Summer Fete on Saturday 25...
Our great outdoors is waiting for you!
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I’m sure many of us don’t need an excuse to get out the house and enjoy our fantastic local landscape. I certainly don’t, as it’s long been...
Big turnout for the Hoo Clean Up!
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The April Hoo Clean Up (pictured below on the May event poster) was possibly the most well attended session to date. 20 local reside...
Going for a song - Nightingales in North Kent
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With half term fast approaching, I thought I’d share some information supplied by the RSPB about events taking place at Northward Hill: ...
7 May 2013
Village Voices (parishes of Stoke and St. Mary Hoo), May 2013 Edition
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Here's the first edition of Village Voices, especially for the parishes of Stoke and St. Mary Hoo. Click the image below to see the full...
High Halstow Times - May 2013 Edition
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Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do in the vill...
1 May 2013
Village Voices (May 2013 Edition)
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The May edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo St. Werburgh and Chattenden) is now available to read online. Just click t...
Allhallows Life - May 2013 Edition
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The latest edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Click the image below to read the full copy. This edition includes an interes...
13 April 2013
Hoo Clean Up (April 2013)
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The next Hoo Clean Up event will take place on Saturday 27 April, at 9.30am. Meeting at The Chequers pub in Church Street, volunteers ...
Easter Bonnet Parade at The Chequers
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During the Easter weekend I popped down the pub (The Chequers in Hoo), but not for a pint this time! I was asked to judge a children’s East...
The Ship no more!
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I’ve mentioned my family connections to the old Ship pub in Lower Stoke a number of times before. Click here and here to take a look at t...
Stegosaurus seen in Hoo!
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Despite a sprinkling of snow and a chilly breeze, it was good to attend the opening of a new play park in Hoo a couple of weeks ago (on 23 M...
29 March 2013
Village Voices (April 2013 Edition)
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The April edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo St. Werburgh and Chattenden) is now available to read online. Just click...
High Halstow Times - April 2013 Edition
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Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do in the vill...
Allhallows Life - April 2013 Edition
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The latest edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Click the image below to read the full copy. This edition includes an intere...
12 March 2013
Snow update from Medway Council
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Here's the latest information supplied by Medway Council about how they're handling the snow across the area (9.37am, 12/03/2013): ...
8 March 2013
Have your say on the 'Coleman Land' development in Hoo!
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Bellway Homes say that they will soon submit a planning application to build on the last remaining field along Bells Lane in Hoo, known loca...
6 March 2013
Join the fight against litter in Hoo!
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The next Hoo Clean Up event will take place on Saturday 30 March, at 9.30am. Meeting at The Chequers pub in Church Street, volunteers ...
3 March 2013
Hoo Marina is waiting for you!
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I always enjoy popping down to Hoo Marina (now known as Port Werburgh). It’s high up on the list of places to go locally whenever I have fa...
2 March 2013
Backed by the people!
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I thought I’d share this photograph of my new t-shirt. I designed it online last weekend and it was delivered this morning. One of only ...
1 March 2013
Can you offer a home to a rescue cat?
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Anim-Mates is the popular local animal rescue sanctuary based at St. Mary Hoo. This month, the sanctuary is working to find new homes for ...
No surrender, no Thames Estuary airport!
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It's been a while since I added anything on here about opposing the ludicrous idea of constructing an airport in the Thames Estuary. Bu...
Village Voices (March 2013 Edition)
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The March edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo St. Werburgh and Chattenden), is now available to read online. Just clic...
High Halstow Times - March 2013 Edition
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Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do in the vill...
28 February 2013
Wild about you!
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Join the RSPB for a monthly wildlife adventure at Northward Hill, getting hands-on with nature whilst enjoying our fantastic local landscape...
Too pew to mention!
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Here's St. James' Church on the Isle of Grain. The building dates back to the 12th century. The photographs below give us a...
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