Minster Matters - Issue 228 - September 20

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Minster Matters Issue Number 228 : September 2020
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Amy Brenda Diane Diane

MY BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD

Village resident Pam Parkinson made the pages of the Daily Mirror a

couple of weeks ago when her picture appeared alongside her newly

painted garden shed which has been an integral part of her lockdown

projects.

The accompanying article read: This garden shed now looks like a beach NORTHROP SERVICES

hut after Pam Parkinson, who lives by the seaside in Ramsgate Kent, KITCHEN & BATHROOM FITTING
Tiling, Plastering
used up all her old tins of paint to brighten up the old wood in her back
& General Maintenance
garden. HOME DECORATING

She says: “I’ve been Interior & Exterior
Local, Reliable & Experienced
very busy since March
Contact Paul or Tracy
freshening up my 01843 823 646

garden by putting DENTURE REPAIRS

begonias, pansies, � All denture repair work carried out
by a local dental technician
petunias and busy
Dentures collected & returned to your
lizzies in lots of home within 2 hours for just £50.00
� Collection and return of dentures
containers, plus I’ve
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been making masks
For all enquiries
and scrubs bags for please tel: 07967 314 935

the NHS.”

Turns out Pam is also

a bit crafty and has

been upcycling in her

garden.

“I’ve also made a bird

table from an old

hairdresser’s dryer

stand with castors,

which I had to put the

brakes on or else the

birds would have used

it as a skateboard.”

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HONESTY SHOP PATIENT LIAISON GROUP
SEASONAL WINTER ‘FLU VACCINATIONS 2020
The Honesty Shop in my front garden at 56 Tothill
Street, Minster has now closed. The open air shop IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS
started in May and was in service for about for 10
weeks. It was a simple idea of “bring me your FOR OVER 65s AND AT RISK PATIENTS
unwanted goodies and please buy someone else’s Vaccination Clinic will be held on Saturday 12th September
unwanted goodies and put a monetary donation from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm. Appointments will be available to
through the letterbox”. Everyone who either book on receipt of your letter which is being sent out to eligible
donated or bought items were very generous. The patients.
total amount of money raised is £2000, this has
been given to the following charities : FOR ELIGIBLE AND AT RISK PATIENTS UNDER 65
*TAG received £530 during the first weeks of the Vaccination Clinic will be held on Saturday 10th October form
pandemic as their charity shops were closed and the 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, however, this date is yet to be confirmed
animals still needed feeding ect. as we are awaiting confirmation from NHS England on vaccine
*The International Federation of Animal Welfare availability.
were given a £100, they protect elephants and PLEASE NOTE:
rhinos from being poached. 1. Due to Covid 19 we will be adhering to strict infection
*£410 was donated to St Mary’s church in lieu of control measures and all patients attending MUST wear face
Open Gardens. coverings and adhere to Social Distancing measures by keeping
*Healthcare Ethiopia Partnership (HEP) received 2mtrs apart at all times and follow the direction signs indicated.
£300. This is a charity based at Canterbury hospital 2. To ensure Social Distancing measures can be accommodated
where local midwives travel to Ethiopia to teach and there will be NO PARKING AT THE SURGERY.
train Ethiopian midwives and doctors. 3. Eligible patients will receive a letter inviting them to make
*Water aid received £200, they supply water pumps an appointment and it is ESSENTIAL that you bring your letter
and sanitation in developing world countries, a very with you to the clinic, as it includes your personal code, without
worthwhile charity. which WE WILL NOT be able to give you your vaccination.
*Finally, Smiletrain is a charity that operates on If you have any concerns about your eligibility, or mobility
children with cleft lip and palate in the developing issues, that could present difficulties, please contact Reception.
world countries. £150 is the cost of one child’s
operation and this radically changes their life for the REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS - DELIVERY
better. Smiletrain were sent £460. Please note that, following further recent lifting of Covid-19
restrictions, prescriptions will no longer be delivered to patients.
Many thanks to everyone that helped to raise this
amazing amount of money, SURGERY CLOSURE DAYS
Kate Mockeridge Please note that the surgery will close on the following days:
Bank Holiday - Monday 31st August - closed all day.
£15* Staff Training - Wednesday 23rd September; Thursday 22nd
October, both days from 1pm.
per Please ensure that you have sufficient medication to last you
treatment during these times, and of course, don’t forget to include all
the family who may require repeat prescriptions and check
when their medication review appointment is due.
Should you need to see a doctor when the surgery is closed,
please call the NHS 111 Service direct on 111 to receive
non-urgent confidential advice and information for you and
your family. For urgent or life threatening cases please dial 999
as normal.

Our lawn care programmes will provide a lush, green and weed-free lawn from just PATIENT GROUP MEETINGS
£15* per treatment. Due to the limited access to the surgery, we are currently
holding our meetings using video conferencing, however, if you
Call today: 01622 850 440 or: 07917 157 903 have any issues you would like to raise or require further
information on any of the above, then please contact either
Find us online: greenthumb.co.uk Ken Self on 821200, Jeanne Lawrence on 821049 or email
[email protected]

September 2020 Minster Matters 5

MINSTER SURGERY - GETTING AN APPOINTMENT !!

I thought I would put pen to paper as I have been

hearing from family and friends about the way the

surgery is making it as difficult as possible to make an

appointment to see a doctor, using the excuse that it is

because of Covid-19.

Why do they employ a receptionist at Minster Surgery

when you cannot make an appointment to see a doctor

at the desk, you have to go home and phone the

surgery, sit on the phone for at least 20 minutes (AT

WHAT COST) and speak to someone who asks what is

wrong with you, where is the CONFIDENTIALITY in

that? It should be private between a doctor and patient

not a total stranger on the end of a phone, so now you

wait for the doctor to ring you and you cannot go out

because you’re waiting for the doctor to call.

After 6 hours the doctor rings back, gives a diagnosis Est 1980

over the phone (GUESS WORK) and if treatment doesn’t VILLAGE GLASS

work after 7 days then you can see a doctor. WHY NOT WINDOWS - DOORS
CONSERVATORIES etc
make an appointment to see a doctor to confirm the
Free Quotations
treatment is right in the first place? Tel 01843 821 147

Shops are open, pubs, supermarkets and even the including Answerphone

dentist so how much longer are they going to hide

behind Covid-19 when the Government is wanting us all

to get back to normal ?

So if you are abandoned by Minster Surgery don’t fall

over outside of the surgery and twist your ankle because

you will have to hobble off home to sit on the phone and

if lucky get through to make an appointment to speak to

a doctor, who will then say go to Pawfection
A&E, because the surgery is

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MINSTER
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB

The Royal British Legion Club will be re-opening on Saturday 29 August
albeit with some restrictions.
The club will be open to Members Only, (please make sure you have your membership
card to hand), and initially with temporarily shortened opening hours, 12.00 noon to 8.00
pm daiPleyt.er Gill
Unfortunately, children and signed in guests will not be allowed.
We regret these measures but your wellbeing and that of our staff are our priority.
These restrictions will be constantly reviewed and our Facebook page regularly updated.
These are short term measures and we hope to get ‘Back to Business’ as soon as possible.

Regarding the roof:
The Structural Engineer’s detailed report has advised that it needs replacing as soon as
possible and it has fallen on the present Committee to sort this out.
We are seeking quotes from a variety of builders.
Please bear with us at this difficult time, we will keep you updated.

The Committee

We want the community of Minster to know
that much of what we usually do
is unable to happen,

but we are still available to support
and help where we can

Please get in touch 01843 822 308

Luke and Katy Johnson
Minster Salvation Army

September 2020 Minster Matters 7

Reupholstery Service
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MAX CARPET CLEANING COMMUNITY WARDEN REPORT
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A completely dry carpet cleaning service! I hope you are all well, nice to have spoken to so many of

And that means: - you over the past month.
No more damp or wet carpets! It seems that a number of people are being disturbed by
No danger of colour-run or shrinkage! perceived excess noise lately ,
No chance of sticky residues which I’ve has a few phone calls and conversations about this
can attract the dirt! last month, and whether this is because a lot of people are
at home on furlough or working from home and are
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MOBILE maybe it’s just because we’ve all got noisier. I suspect it’s a mixture of all these
HAIRDRESSER things.
I predict as the weather changes, and we start to return to work or school many

of the noise complaints will cease.

For all your hairdressing needs, A lot of noise issues can be resolved by talking politely and explaining the

and in the comfort of your own home situation, but I realise this is not always the case and wanted to let you know who

PPHOONNEEDDIAIANNE:E: to tell if you have a serious complaint about noise as this can be really
0108148343848040995522oorr0077584462545287913651 distressing.
Contrary to popular believe neither myself, your P.C.S.O or the Parish Council
have enforcement powers for noise problems.

From Perms to Cuts, Highlights to Sets, Although we often are able to solve problems locally by talking.
Ladies, Gents and Children welcome Thanet District Council need to be informed if you are having problems that can’t
be resolved locally, they have a dedicated website page that gives really good

Dog MOSSY'S Service advice and they have the powers and an enforcement team that can hopefully
help you with your noise problem.
Walking and Dog Sitting For those of you not on the Internet they can be contacted by phoning 01843

Local lady experienced with dogs available for 577000.
occasional dog walks and lots of one to one
individual attention whilst you are away I hope this helps and I look forward to seeing you all in the village

Competitive Rates depending on requirements Regards Karl PCSO REPORT
T.D.C. Boarding Licence ~ Minster Vet Inspected
Welcome to this month’s input. Here are some tips
Insured ~ References available to help us return items if located that have been

Contact : Sarah Mather
01843 822 946 or 07855 871 484

[email protected]

PAINTING & DECORATING lost or stolen. If you have any items that are of par-
By NIGEL MATHER ticular value sentimental or otherwise, take a pho-

Your Local Professional Decorator tograph of it and keep it recorded in a safe place,
Bringing High Quality Decorating on a memory stick or disc. This could be small
items such as jewellery or larger items like bicycles.
to your home (or business) This is to help identify it in the event that the item is lost or stolen.
Interior & Exterior - No Job too Small As you can imagine if I were to go into a jeweller and ask if they had a
gold ring with a diamond in it, they would ask if I could describe it better.
Clean Reliable Service A photograph paints a thousand words and will help in any identification.
Free Advice & Problem Solving You can also mark your property with an ultra violet pen. This is a pen
Free estimates without obligation that will mark your items invisibly but can be read when passed under an

Tel: 822 946

Mob: 07811 780 492

24 High St., Minster CT12 4BU

ultra violet light.

Pet and Domiciliary Service The information required is your post code and house number this will be
unique to your address. It will not prevent the item being taken but will
Going Away? At work all day?

Going into hospital? assist in its return to the rightful owner should it be recovered.

DAILY VISITS Mobile phone details should also be recorded for reference: phone make
PADS offers a trustworthy and secure
service for the care of your home and pets and model, number and IMEI number.

when you are absent If you notice anyone acting suspiciously contact the police on 999 or
101.
Fully Insured - References on request For further advice and guidance ask to speak to your PCSO.
Please call 01843 850 165
or ring 07889 202 302

September 2020 Minster Matters 9

Branching Out MATT CLARK

Driveways, Patios ( A Minster based business)
Fencing, Decking
Resin Bound Surfacing
Gary:- 07834 594 599

www.checkatrade.com/branchingout

Jamie-Lee’s Pet Parlour BS7671 Part 'P'
Minster Qualified Registration
Electrical
My name is Jamie-Lee Engineer No
and I am a professionally EPP2390
trained Dog Groomer,
with over 5 years of All Electrical Work Undertaken
experience working in a
busy salon. I provide a Free Quotations ~ Competitive Prices
high standard of grooming Quality Workmanship ~ Fully Guaranteed
using the best salon
equipment and products. Call Nic 825 094 / 0771 458 0978
All grooms are done to
the breed standard in a www.npelectricals.co.uk
homely relaxed one to
one environment. Kaye Dunbar, Gold Travel Counsellor
Your personal Travel Expert
50% off your dog’s first groom
Loyalty scheme available 01843 807 910
Tel: 07928 619 101 [email protected]
Email: [email protected] www.travelcounsellors.com/kaye.dunbar
Web: www.jlpetparlour.com

LOGS

Suppliers  of quality wood for Launching our new service “ At Home”
open fires and wood burners on Friday 24th July
Barn-stored and seasoned hard wood
with the re-opening of our restaurants
DELIVERY SERVICE
You can now enjoy us from the comfort of
Contact: 01304 812 522 or 07720 727 224 your own home!
www.logstop.co.uk
www.cornerhouserestuarants.co.uk/at-home
Stay Safe & Big Love
Matt

10 Minster Matters September 2020

The article below is reprinted from our July issue, that was online only.

We promised to reprint for those who were unable to access the magazine at that time.

Likewise the article on pages 18 and 19 is another repeat this time from our June issue.

A Retired Minster Plumber all doing four year apprenticeships. I did one day a
I was born in Ramsgate Hospital in 1949. When I week at college plus two nights as well and when I
was about six months old with my parents, we was at evening college all my mates were down
moved to a cottage at Hoo Farm on Monkton Road the youth club but I persevered and passed my
where for many years there was no electricity, hot City and Guilds exams.
water or bathroom and the toilet was at the bottom As I couldn’t start work straight away, when I left
of the garden. My dad wired in the electric for the school at 15, John Cro helped me get into a
cottage but the farm owner Edwin Bones would building college in Margate. At fifteen and a half I
not give my dad any money for doing it. Both of started work with them, my first job was at
my parents worked in the orchards picking fruit Brockman’s Close on a new council estate.
and, on the fields, helping to produce all types of At 16 I started my 4-year apprenticeship as a
food. Life in those days working on the farm was plumber. The man I worked under was Perc
hard and the only entertainment for my parents Shepard (he had a lot of patience putting up with
was to have a drink in the pub. It was then called me) I learned a lot from him. I worked all round
The Freehold now called The Saddler. Years later, Thanet and on lots of property new and old, and in
when I was about 19, I was working on the roof of Minster including the Abbey and what is now the
a house opposite. When I went up on the roof a library which was originally built as a
new sign was hung outside of the pub but when I supermarket, I worked alongside some old Minster
came back down the sign was gone. The man legends such as Tommy Griggs, Mory London,
who’d painted it had to take it down and repaint it Charlie Pease, Dennis Finn, Fred Horn, and Trevor
because he forgot there are two Ds in Saddler. Fagg.
I lived and played on the farm and at five years old I met my future wife Diane Rhodes at the youth
I went to Monkton Primary School followed by, at club which is now part of the nursery, we tried to
eleven years old, to King Ethelbert’s School. buy a house on Tothill Street but someone came
When I was very young, with my parents, we used along with cash in those days it was called being
to go to Graveney near Faversham to meet my gazumped.
Gran and Grandad, who came down from London We were married in 1971 and had a flat in
to pick hops. It was a working holiday for them, I Canterbury where I worked for Wiltshire’s
think. This was how my parents met, after the end Builders. In 1973 having been on holiday and
of the second world war, my dad returned back to seeing how cheap property was and so many jobs
his home in Faversham and met his future wife, for plumbers we moved to Nottingham.
my mum, in the Duke of Kent pub which has now I worked on quite a few firms including Hayden
gone. Youngs Construction building the Queens Medical
When I was about 12 years old, on Saturdays and Centre (QMC), my last job was at Nottingham
the school holidays, I worked on Clary Dorrs farm City Hospital as a maintenance engineer.
at Monkton. I also worked on Willetts and Bones We have two children Malcolm who still lives in
farm around about 14 years old and I used to go Nottingham and Janet who came back to Kent
with my dad at weekends to pick apples on Bones with us.
farm at Faversham where I used to drive the Over the years we came back to the Minster Show
tractor as often as I could. and to see friends and family and in 2011 we
Harry Cro Builders, of Minster, was a family run moved back to the village and I took up short mat
business, run by two brothers John and Philip Cro bowling at the Minster Bowls Club, I have played
and was a very good firm to work for, they had in many competitions from Torquay to Norfolk
three other apprentices working for them Bob a and in 2019 at the Minster club I won the
third year plumber, Richard a bricklayer and Morphew Cup.
Trevor Fagg a carpenter and then myself, we were Barry Harris

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Minster Ambassadors - Caitlyn & Skylar Goddard

Caitlin Goddard is 9 years old and lives in Minster and attends
Minster Primary School.
Caitlin has previously won FOEW International Queen and has
raised, in the last 3 years, over £3000 for Headway East
Kent. (FEOW - Face of Europe and the World)
She’s raised £300 for SANDS charity and is now currently your
Miss Junior Kent Atlantic 2020/21 as she competes for Miss
Junior Atlantic on the 16th January 2021. Caitlin is raising
money for MIND and up to now, in one week, raised £100, but
Caitlin is very ambitious and wants to raise a lot more than that.
All the charity events she does are all her ideas and she’s
currently running 40k throughout August around her village and
other places around Thanet.
Caitlin has a JustGiving page which will be paid directly to MIND
here’s the link -
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/becca-goddard2
She also has a Facebook page called Caitlin – Miss Junior Miss
Kent Atlantic and an Instagram page as well (same name).
Caitlin is inspiring and has helped raise money for a cuddle cot in
Thanet, her official sponsors are Silver Slipper Dance School and
Susan’s Magical Moments Photography, they’re amazing!
Caitlin’s very excited to see where her next adventure will begin.
If you’re interested in entering Atlantic Beauty Pageants they
have a Facebook page also.

Skylar Goddard is 4 years old and attends Minster Primary
School from September. Skylar also lives in Minster and is
currently Mini Miss Diamond Kent 2020 and will be competing
for Miss Diamond United Kingdom next February in Southport.
Skylar is raising money for Together For Short Lives, Samaritans
and Wellbeing of Women.
Skylar has raised a lot (it’s a
secret) for her charities but has a
goal in mind!!
Skylar and her sister Caitlin have
also collected lots of items for a
local care home to cheer them
up.
Skylar is funny, sassy and full of
confidence. She’s previously been
crowned Mini Miss Atlantic 2020.
Skylar is new to natural beauty
pageants and has loved all the
attention she’s received from the
community and the pageant
world.
Skylar has a money pool where
she’s collecting all her money for
her charities ready to send off in
February.
https://
paypal.me/pools/c/8piqBlhity
You can also follow her journey
on Facebook which is Skylar -
Mini Miss Diamond Kent and
follow the pageant system online
too via Miss Diamond UK.
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Minster Sheep Wash

Stone built sheep washes were built as early as
the 15th century but were superseded by brick
built versions in the 19th century. The wash in
Minster, opposite the Abbey in Bedlam Court
Lane, is an example of a brick built wash. I cannot
find the exact date this one was built

WHAT WERE THEY FOR:-
They were built close to a source of running water.
The Minster wash is supplied with water from
under Bedlam Court Lane via the pond in
Parkminster, which in turn, is fed by rainfall and
natural springs in Foxborough Lane. With the
water exit blocked, the wash will fill. When the
required depth was achieved, the flock of sheep
are driven down the lane and shepherds would
drop them into the water one at a time. They
would then be submerged for approx. 30 seconds,
then allowed to exit up the ramp. The now clean
sheep were then shorn. The reason for this
operation was that a clean fleece would bring a
few pence more than a dirty one. By the 1940s
farmers ceased to receive this incentive as mechanisation at the factories meant that the fleeces were
cleaned by the purchasers on site. There are still some local residents that remember our wash in
action but it ceased to be used about 1945.

THE MINSTER WASH
I moved to Bedlam Court Lane in 1982 and discovered this wash just opposite Parkminster. By this
time it has fallen into disrepair and was somewhat over grown. It, so I have been informed, was
attended to by TDC when brambles ventured into the road. Minster Parish Council did some remedial
work in the late 1990s.
In 2019, now retired, I thought it was about time this piece of Minster history was exposed. I set about
this task after checking with KCC highways that no contravention of road traffic acts were about to be
broken. With the financial support of Minster Parish Council, to cover the cost of new railings and
gates, the result is what you see today.

AS TO THE FUTURE
I hope, when time and money permit, to install a picnic table and seating for the public to use when
visiting our part of the village. It really is worth a visit with the Abbey and its grounds, and Parkminster
with its Tea shop just opposite. I have been pleasantly surprised at the curiosity and interest of passers
by, while I have been completing this task over the last 12 months. SO, if you see me lurking in the
undergrowth, come and say hello and I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.

Once we are out of the Covid-19 situation, hopefully by Spring next year, my intention is to fill the
wash and demonstrate its use. Fingers crossed.

John Quittenden

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MY WAR YEARS

I was born October 13th 1928 and spent a very happy childhood living at Chartwell.
My parents were Mr & Mrs Hill who lived in Gardeners Cottage.
One of my earliest memories was seeing Winston Churchill building the wall around the kitchen garden. We children
were not allowed in or near the gardens when the family were in residence. One day we were with my father when
Winston spoke to us, which rendered me speechless. Not my sister, before long she was handing bricks to him and was
lucky to get 6d (pence) from him for helping.
As I grew older, I grew bolder and started to explore the Estate where I lived. I found endless delights of nature with
all manner of wildlife in the fields and woods – the lakes – ponds, the waterfall, waterfowl and fish.
This was my world in which I spent endless hours by myself looking – enjoying and fantasising that it was all mine,
no one would change it, and I would live there forever.
Life at Chartwell in those days was exciting, the family did a lot of entertaining. Diana and Sara were bringing friends
down from London. People like Vic Oliver and many famous Americans came and went, talk below stairs was always
interesting.
I was only allowed near ‘the big house’ when my father took in the daily supply of fresh veg, fruit, flowers and honey.
Cook would sit me on a stool and give me titbits, a rare treat in those days.
Although we were certainly not poor – money never ran to luxuries, mother was a good cook and manager so the
house and us were spotless and well cared for.
Xmas was something to look forward to, there was always a big party in the servants’ hall for the workers, and everyone
received a present. At one time my sister and I were the only children on the Estate so we fared better than most. One
year I received a large baby doll with a china head, it would be worth a lot of money now if I hadn’t dropped it.
For me life was one long sunny spell, nothing to darken my horizon until ‘The War’.
Everything changed overnight, my whole world fell apart. First the young lads who worked under my father were
called up. Then the slightly older ones left, soon there was only my father left to run the whole Estate and the farm.
Winston Churchill was now 1st Sea Lord of the Admiralty and spent most of his time either at Chequers or Downing
Street, Chartwell stood empty. As the war worsened, we were asked to move out of our cottage and live in the ‘Big
House’, this was in case any incendiary bombs fell. My father was in the A.R.P. and had to go out at nights especially
when raids were on. This was a terrible time for my mother who was now very pregnant with my brother and she worried
something would happen to my father.
The bombing of London started and night after night huddling under a table in the servants quarters we would hear
the waves of German bombers passing overhead.
Biggin Hill wasn’t far away so the enemy were attacked by fighters, also caught in searchlights and fired on by the
Ack-Ack guns. Many times, as they were driven back, they would drop their bombs and make a run for the coast. Being
on the flightpath Chartwell was often rocked by explosions. On one occasion it got very bad and my father took us down
to the cellars where the main furnaces and fuel were kept, several near misses disturbed years of coke and coal dust,
and when we were able to come out the next morning we were like the Black and White Minstrels. On looking around
we saw how lucky we had been, a large bomb crater was in a field near the house and several more across the Estate.
It was on a night such as this that my brother Trevor decided to arrive, whilst my poor mother was having a baby on
the large staff table, we were sheltering in the silver safe a few feet away. This safe was about 6ft x 6ft and lined with
green baize, the walls and door were about 12in thick, when inside you couldn’t hear anything if the door was shut. We
all used to go there during the air raids, but my father always made sure the door was wedged open in case of a direct
hit, otherwise we would have suffocated through lack of air.
The war went on around us, being only 12 years old I was too young to be of much help and as school was
non-existent, for nearly two years due to air raids and the 3 mile walk to get there, I was enjoying a different kind of life
made possible only by the war.
During these 2 years, unknown to most of us preparations were being made for the invasion of France. This quiet
backwater suddenly seemed to become of great interest to the Army, the quiet fields and woods now had great numbers
of men from the Canadian Army. They were busy in covering lakes with camouflage netting, the fields had trenches,
barbed wire enclosed the woods, tents went up in the woods and large numbers of Army vehicles filled our lanes and
roads. Places that had been my playground and nature reserve were now ‘out of bounds’. Guards were posted at roads
and gates, during the cover of darkness we could hear large movements of Army vehicles. But still we didn’t understand.

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Life took a definite turn for the better the day the Canadians came, they didn’t have food rationing, the camp was
overflowing with food we hadn’t seen or tasted for years. My mother always invited several homesick boys to tea each
Sunday, during the conversation that took place, she would say that she could cook this cake or that pie if only the
rationing wasn’t so bad. Within the next 24 hours she would find enough left on our doorstep to make several pies etc.
I remember on one occasion when she said we hadn’t tasted dripping for years, the next morning two lovely buckets
of dripping on our doorstep. No one ever said who put it there – they just appeared.

These boys were quite partial to fresh eggs and chickens, the poor farmers found the numbers of both dropped
steadily until they complained to the officers. Fathers of teenage girls were definitely out with shotguns and didn’t rest
for months! How I wished I’d been older to enjoy the Nylons and going dancing that my sister did. She was the ‘Jitter
Bug’ champion of the dance floor.

Every month the local people who lived along the road approaching Chartwell were treated to a real show. A different
Regiment of the Canadian Army would take over the camp in the woods. They would be dropped off about 2 miles
down the road and would march, led by the Regimental Band, right past our gates up to the camp. What a glorious
sight and sound that was, to see hundreds of young men in their regimental dress marching past. Little did we know
that within a few months many of these young men would be dead on some French beach. How glad we were that
while they were at Chartwell, we were able to show them kindness and befriend so many away from home.

Many months later one lad called to see us before going home, but he was the only one.
D. Day came and life changed dramatically for us, our lives were shattered by the sudden death of my father in the
early hours of that day. He was only 48 years old, unknown to anyone he was suffering from leukaemia and due to a
minor operation, he had died soon after it was carried out.
With the war raging around us our lives were totally changed, because my father was the only person employed to
run the Chartwell Estate, a replacement was needed straight away, but until the right person was found my mother was
asked to take his place. As we lived in a tied cottage she couldn’t refuse. It was difficult for her as she had very little
knowledge of running a place of size, I was only 16 years old, my brother just 4 years old, so we only added to her
burden and couldn’t help much.
When the advertisement for a new Head Gardener was printed, it caused the Churchill’s a bit of embarrassment
because of the low wage offered. The press picked it up and it appeared in the national newspapers. The new man
benefitted from this, but my poor father had worked from dawn to dusk for 14 years with just 3 weeks off in all that
time, one of those for his mother’s funeral. All for the princely sum of £3.10 shillings a week (£3.50).
I actually have the letter sent to my father from Mrs Churchill turning down his request for a pay rise, saying they
couldn’t afford it!
Within a few weeks a man was found and we had to leave our home, ‘Gardeners Cottage’, after 16 years. Housing
was very hard to come by in those days, so we moved into ‘Chauffeurs Cottage’ with my sister Doris who was married
to a soldier serving abroad. Miss Whyte, nanny to the Churchill children lived next door, so we were able to share the
worst days of the war with each other.
Bombing continued and enemy planes flew over machine gunning anything, one day my mother, brother, and I had
a lucky escape whilst working in the kitchen garden, two German fighters came over, opened fire, but the bullets hit
the wall and not us. Doodlebugs were next and then V2’s, one of these exploded in mid air and covered the countryside
with jagged metal, that really terrified us.
There were many other incidents I could write about, like nearly drowning in the fishpond with my brother, falling
through the ice on the big lake whilst breaking ice around the island to stop foxes catching the black swans, or befriending
the German POW’s who came to dismantle all the things the Canadians had put up. They too were young and frightened
and again my mother made tea for them. So many things I remember, not all pleasant.
Then my mother found a house at Toys Hill in return for so many hours working outside. Her hard work at Chartwell
paid off.
It was many years later that I returned to Chartwell after the National trust had taken it over. It was very strange to
have to pay to see the house and gardens where I grew up. I did meet Grace Hamblin again who was a great friend of
the family.
Recently I read the ‘Churchill Bulletins, Jan-June 1935’ and was very interested to read references to my father ‘Mr
Hill’ on pages 7-8-59 and all the other people I knew whilst growing up at Chartwell.
I would be interested to hear from any Canadian soldiers who were stationed at Chartwell at this time, or anyone
else.
Gwen Hibbert, nee Hill

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Kate’s Puddings – what’s cooking?

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or deep ramekins. Gluten free is possible, with a sliced
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bread all around the base of the pudding basin, and make Minster Playhouse Prompt Corner
sure you have enough to make a top as well.
September 2020

Pour the mixture into the bread mould - it takes far more Sadly, our hopes of producing a pantomime this
than you would believe year have been dashed, not least because the
possible, and the bread vague and conflicting advice available, means
sucks up all the juice, so that we cannot know at this time when the
over-fill if you can. Fit on

the bread top, then put a Village Hall will be able to accommodate us again.
plate on top of that, weigh
it down with something Currently we are hoping that by the New Year
and put in the fridge for at restrictions will have eased to allow us to present

least 3 - 4 days. The juice the play that had been planned for last May,

should seep into the bread so it is all crimson (which isn't Duets, by Peter Quilter, on March 24th to 27th
always the case as you can see above, so I occasionally help
it with some melted redcurrant jelly or sieved jam). of 2021.
We look forward to seeing you then.

Check my blog for more recipes: Minster Playhouse wishes everybody a safe
https://katespuddings.blogspot.co.uk and healthy summer and autumn

Both of my cookbooks are available from COSI in Wincheap, www.minsterplayhouse.co.uk
or Lower Hardres Farm Shop, raising money for charity.

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MINSTER FLAG FLYING DIARY

For September

On all other dates we will normally be flying
the Village flag (look out for our new one!!)

Sept 3 Merchant Navy Red Ensign
Day

06 Twinning Armbouts Cappel
Septemb Anniversay
er 2020

Sep-20 Battle of Britain R.A.F.
Day

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We are open for prayer and worship
– join us online or in church!

Services of said Holy Communion in the Wantsum Benefice:

Sunday 6 September Sunday 13 September
9.30 Monkton 9.30 Chislet
10.30 Minster 10.30 St Nicholas

Sunday 20 September Sunday 27 September
9.30 Monkton 9.30 Chislet (non HC)
10.30 Minster 10.30 St Nicholas

Sunday 4 October Sunday 11 October
9.30 Monkton 9.30 Chislet
10.30 Minster 10.30 St Nicholas

Sunday 18 October Sunday 25 October
9.30 Monkton 9.30 Chislet (non HC)
10.30 Minster 10.30 St Nicholas

Midweek Service of said Holy Communion (BCP) held at Minster Wednesday 10.30am:

9 September 23 September 7 October 21 October

Churches open for prayer and reflection

Minster: Sunday 2-4pm; Tuesday & Thursday 10am-12pm

St Nicholas: Sunday, Tuesday 2-4pm & Thursday 10am-12pm

Monkton: Sunday 2-4pm

Church Online

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Daily Newsletter – with reading & reflection and links to other events –
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Booking the Multi Use Games Area RED RECYCLING BAGS
The MUGA will be open for public use most
of the time. It is available for Minster BLUE & BLACK LIDDED BINS
School to use for sports activities and also BROWN & SILVER FOOD BINS
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for tennis, volleyball and netball. TDC now require payment for replacements
Bookings i.e. when the MUGA is (unless they can be repaired)
See their website here:
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