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Hadlow Down Book Club’s August Reviews

Rebecca Stott’s “In the Days of Rain: a Daughter, a Father, a Cult”
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Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’
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Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you: 2 Corinthians 6.17.

It seems that Jackie Kaye’s book gave us a taste for literary memoir so this month we chose Rebecca Stott’s “In the Days of Rain: a Daughter, a Father, a Cult” (2017) winner of the Costa Biography Award 2017, and also, as a comparison, Tara Westover’s “Educated”. It proved to be an interesting comparison, Stott’s book is an account of growing up in and breaking away from the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren, a deeply repressive fundamentalist Sect/ Cult , and Westover’s is also about growing up and breaking away but from an abusive survivalist Mormon family.
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St. Mark’s Church News for August

Well, by the time you all read this, July will have gone, and Christmas cards will soon be on sale!
We’re just pottering along St Marks. We have a few faithful worshippers, every Sunday, which is great, but no new faces yet. We used to have some families twice a month, but now that our Jubilate service that used to engage the children has been stopped, we just get a few families at the All-Age Worship service on the first Sunday in the month, but they are absent for the following 3 Sundays. We are fortunate to have Duncan Irvine to take those, so that relieves the Rector from having to do so many services every week.
So, all we can really report on is to tell you about our wonderful Churchyard. It started blossoming with the primroses in February and March, making a lovely splash of yellow. Continue reading “St. Mark’s Church News for August”

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Notifications to be discussed at 2nd August 2022 HD PC meeting

WD/2022/0705/F – DEER LEAP, MAIN ROAD, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HH
Description:  Alterations to existing property, demolition of existing garage and erection of new two-storey side extension.
Link to documents:  https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d157335

TO NOTE: An extension the deadline for comments until 3rd August has been granted.

WD/2022/1719/FA – THE ROBINS, STONEHURST LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN20 6LL
Description: VARIATION OR REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 1 AND 2 OF WD/2019/0208/FA (VARIATION OR REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 1 AND 2 OF WD/2015/2287/FR (CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR STATIONING OF CARAVANS FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPATION AS A GYPSY SITE WITH ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT (ALTER ACCESS, HARD STANDING, UTILITY SHED/DAY ROOM) – RETROSPECTIVE) TO EXTEND OR REMOVE THE TEMPORARY CONSENT PERIOD.) TO RENEW CONSENT FOR SITE FIRST OCCUPIED IN 2014 ON A PERMANENT BASIS OR FOR A FURTHER TEMPORARY PERIOD.
Link to documents:  https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d158566

WD/2022/1827/F – CHERRY TREE COTTAGE, MAIN ROAD, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HS
Description: ERECTION OF A GYM BUILDING.
Link to documents: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/disclaimer.aspx?returnURL=%2fplandisp.aspx%3frecno%3d158693

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Table Top Sale Cancelled

The Table Top Sale, part of the ongoing fundraising efforts for the New Village Hall and scheduled to be held in the Village Hall tomorrow Sunday July 3rd. has been cancelled.