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TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING: THE IDEN STORES ASSOCIATION A.G.M is to be held in the village hall, on Thursday, 14th June at 6pm. All customers, suppliers and staff of the shop and post office are welcome to attend.
THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING: This is to be held on Saturday, 2nd June, from 10am-12 noon. The council would welcome stalls from local groups such as WI, Friends Of Iden Church, Iden Bowls Club, Coffee Morning, Bingo and Iden Players. The entire village is welcome for what is hoped to be a rounded insight into what Iden has to offer. The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 5th June, in Iden village hall.
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Hide AdFULL TO CAPACITY: Our latest heat wave at Bank Holiday weekend couldn’t have been nicer could it? Camber, Winchelsea, Rye Harbour etc were full of people in shorts and flip flops. We queued up for ice cream. I had cherries and cream and honeycomb. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven [what is it about Bank Holiday ice cream?] Lovely to see so many people borrowing our sun spots, knowing that this is where we get to hang our hats all year round!
TONIGHT IS BINGO AT THE BOWLS CLUB: AT 6.30PM for 7PM tonight, there is Bingo in Iden Bowls [club opposite ‘The Bell’ for anyone in the area who would like to attend, There will be a raffle and light refreshments
THE QUIZ AT THE BELL: There is a quiz this Wednesday at ‘The Bell’ pub, at 7.30pm. The quiz is held on every third Wednesday in the month, and is a fun evening out. All are welcome.
A SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION: There is a Service of Holy Communion this Sunday, at 9.30 am, in Iden Parish Church.
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Hide AdHONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY!: My mum was always careful not to throw out flowers unless they were absolutely dead. She treated flowers as though they had feelings. This reverence has filtered down to me [what’s born in the blood comes out in the bone!]. Now I can’t leave just one flower in a clump in case it get’s lonely. I imagine a flower spending a night on damp earth suddenly bereft of it’s siblings, so I either pick a whole clump, or leave two flowers for company. I know it’s daft, but there you go. My mum was crazy about flowers, and always celebrated each wild flower as it came into bloom. I have a real thing about cow parsley. It’s so lacy and delicate, and for months it transforms our hedgerows, to resemble the trim on Edwardian petticoats. Another thing I’m very fond of is ‘Honesty, which has been prolific this year. I love it’s purple flowers that grow where ever it’s seed haphazardly lands. Honesty is a clever old flower the way it morphs into that papery white everlasting stuff similar to baking parchment. When I was growing up, a lot of my life, as I’m sure many of yours did, revolved around collecting and appreciating wild flowers. I’d come home with foxgloves and all sorts of flowers. Wash your hands, be careful of the Digitalis my mum would say. During a country drive, I once asked my grandchildren to repeat ‘Cow Parsley’,and went on and on about how lovely it was. Now they think Cow Parsley is a family joke “Oh yeah that stuff “, they say, but at least they get their heads out of their phones long enough to recognise a wild flower!
CONTACT ME: If anyone has anything to add to the Village Voice, please ring Gill Griffin [telephone 01797 280311]