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HYTHE CIVIC SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER No. 216: February/March 2021
TALKS AND EVENTS GOOD NEWS
We are resuming our talks programme via Zoom Join us at around 6.45 to start at 7pm
A year ago most of us had not heard of 'Zoom' but it's been a fantastic way of enabling
organisations such as HCS to hold committee meetings and continue planning for the future.
If you have never used ZOOM don't worry. Provided you have a computer, an iPad/tablet or
smart phone, just follow these simple instructions:
On the morning of the Talk we will email you an invitation, it consists of three things:
a lengthy link in blue (e.g bnbnbnbnbnb/baksdnfkasdnfkas), a Meeting ID consisting of 8
letters or numbers, and a Password which could be a word or just letters or numbers.
There are two ways that you can log in:
1. If you have already downloaded the Zoom App on your computer/tablet/smart phone just
tap or click on the blue link in the email invite and wait (you are now in the waiting room !!!)
Eventually you will be let into the meeting by our chairman.
2. If you do not have the Zoom App you need to make a note of the Meeting ID and
Password. Find 'Zoom Log in' via GOOGLE, click Join a meeting, enter the Meeting ID and
click Join. It may ask for the password as well.
NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO JOIN AND WATCH THE TALK VIA ZOOM MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN SEND YOU THE EMAIL INVITE. Good luck and see you on Feb 9th.
9th February Andrew Ashton Banksy: National Treasure or Common Criminal
A look at the artist’s life and work, graffiti and street art
9th March Imogen Corrigan The Searchlight Girls of WW11 The 93rd Regiment
One of the best kept secrets of British military history
© Rufus Segar
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FUN QUIZ – SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2021
A year has passed since the quiz to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Society
in 1945. Now that we are in the midst of a third covid lockdown we felt it may be uplifting to
have a fun quiz – nothing too serious! This would take place via Zoom commencing at 7pm
on Saturday 20 February 2021. There will be no restrictions on the size of the teams, but
there will be a maximum of 20 teams participating.
You will have to mark your own answers and you will have to produce your own
refreshments! There will be no cost for entrants and no prizes for the winners, except an
honourable mention in the next HCS newsletter. To enter this fun event just email your
name to the quiz organiser [email protected] and you will receive details of
how to join. We expect a full house and a great evening. We hope you will join us!
2021 CIVIC SOCIETY AWARDS
Nominations for the three categories of annual awards are invited by Friday 12 March 2021
and will be presented at the HCS Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 11 May 2021 –
subject to covid restrictions in place at the time. In the likely event that the AGM will not be
held face to face, the awards will be made in a covid-safe manner. The three categories of
award are:
Amenity Award – to an organisation or a facility that provides a new or significantly
improved amenity for the community of Hythe.
Outstanding Service Award – to an individual who, or organisation that, has rendered
outstanding service to the community of Hythe in line with the Society’s charitable
objectives. Such service will normally be unpaid and outside the individual’s normal
profession, occupation or elected office or additional to the organisation’s normal remit.
Such an award was made in 2020 to the Hythe Community Hub for its increased service to
the community during the covid restrictions.
HCS Award – to a completed project in Hythe displaying an overall excellence of design and
enhancing the visual quality of the neighbourhood.
Nominations, together with the rationale, should be made to the Society via
[email protected] by Friday 12 March 2021.
75TH ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET – APOLOGIES FOR OMMISIONS
On Page 4 we referred to our support for the Green Gym project without mentioning that
the idea was originated by Cllr. Wendy Peacock. On Page 24 we omitted the book “Mirrors
by the Sea” by Dr Richard Scarth from our list of publications. This was a seminal work which
served to promote further serious interest in these structures and led to the updated
edition entitled “Echoes from the Sky” which is still available.
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CELEBRATING THE SOCIETY’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY (EXTENDED TO 2021)
Watch this Space...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic our plans for several events to celebrate the Society’s 75th
Anniversary during 2020 were shelved, though a successful Quiz night took place in February
2020. The Committee has decided to extend celebrations into 2021 (a 75+1 anniversary) with a
set of heritage focused events at some point during the summer, potentially in August.
Naturally, all event plans are subject to coronavirus restrictions and while there is scope for
optimism later this year we will nevertheless continue to plan with caution.
Current plans include:
Resurrecting ‘Beating the Bounds’ (the ancient custom of walking a town or parish
boundary)
A ‘what was on this site’ themed old photographs exhibition
Heritage guided and self-guided town walks
A special Hythe focused talk
A music concert
Old film footage displayed on the Society’s web-site
BULB PLANTING
As many members will already know, ten years ago Hythe in Bloom began a programme of bulb
planting in and around Hythe. Our efforts began in Tanners Hill when we were lucky enough to be
given around 4,000 daffodil bulbs by a
local nursery – the result of a cancelled
order. We managed to muster a group of
keen volunteers and the job was
completed in no time. Encouraged by this
we then set about more planting on the
grass verges in London Road, followed by
the entrance to Green Lane, Military
Road, Prospect Road and St Leonard’s
churchyard.
In December, we returned to the
churchyard and have planted another
75 kilos of daffodil bulbs. Along with
the ones we planted in 2019 and 2017 respectively, they will look wonderful in the spring
for all to enjoy. Hythe in Bloom and St Leonard’s have shared the cost of the bulbs this time
and we both consider it money well spent.
If you would like to join us to work in the churchyard or in other areas of Hythe, we meet every week and would be delighted if you could join us. No regular commitment is necessary but we all enjoy it! Please contact us via [email protected]
Hythe in Bloom volunteers planting daffodil bulbs in St Leonard’s churchyard
mailto:[email protected]
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HYTHE POST OFFICE
A few weeks ago members reported changes to the frontage of the Post Office in the High
Street. The Post Office building is in the Hythe Conservation Area and is a Grade II listed
building. The original frontage appeared to have been Victorian – a pair of shop fronts
divided by a central pilaster and each front had a deeply recessed door to access/exit the
Post Office. A shop front that brought character to the High Street. On making enquiries of
the FHDC Planning Department the Society found that the Planning Department knew
nothing about the work! The Planning Department requested a retrospective planning
application be made. The Society is delighted that this application was refused in mid-
January. It is possible that the applicant will appeal against the refusal so there is little
possibility of the frontage being reinstated in the immediate future. However, this will not
stop the Society asking for the original design to be reinstated.
More generally the Society has asked the Planning Department for a list of policies, specific
to the Hythe Conservation Area, that are used to determine planning and listed building
applications in addition to generic national and FHDC policies. It appears there are none!
The Society will now work with the Town Council and the FHDC to fill that gap so that the
character of the High Street can better be protected.
GIFT AID (A reminder)
Gift Aid is a valuable source of income for the Society. Many of you have already signed gift
aid declarations, but we would like to increase the number. Your annual subscriptions, and
any voluntary donations you make are eligible for gift aid. If you are a taxpayer all that is
required is the completion of a simple declaration which is sent to the Treasurer. You do not
have to advise HMRC.
You can obtain the form either by email, [email protected] or phone Alan
Joyce on 01303 267085.
COMMITTEE
Secretary: Mrs Mary Hunter (01303 268423) Treasurer & Membership: Alan Joyce
Editors: Jill Ayling & Kim Murton Newsletter Distribution: Michael Tubman (01303 267373)
Patron: Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Boyce KG GDB OBE DL
Registered Charity No 283177