News

22nd May 2016

Once our Councillor “Lady Cherry” had completed her housework, the unveiling of the commemorative bench to our past Chairman Clive Goble got under way. Thank you to County Councillor Geoff Lymer for providing the bench, to residents and Clive’s family for attending the event.

It is, with very great sadness, to have to inform you all that Clive Goble passed away on 9th September 2015 in hospital.

Clive was a long serving Councillor and Chairman of this Council until May this year, when he decided not to stand again for election. Clive suffered two severe strokes and had pneumonia. Our sincere sympathies are to Kathy his wife and all his family. God bless (always his words to me) and rest in peace Clive.

A short service was held on Sunday, 20th September at 4pm at the Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, 41 Guildhall Street, Folkestone. CT20 1EF. and on Monday, 21st September @ 10am a Catholic Requiem Mass at the Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, followed by burial at Hawkinge.

Paul James has left Kent County Council and the Community Warden Service for a change of career.

As from Monday, 9th November, Paul will be working at Shepway District Council as The Licencing Officer for the District.
We are sure you would all want to join the Parish Council in thanking Paul for his dedication to the village of Capel-le-Ferne and to wish him well in his new vocation.  Good luck Paul, you will be sorely missed and our very best wishes for the future to you and your family, from us all.

In due course, information on our future Community Warden services for the village will be communicated accordingly when the Parish Council are formally notified via Kent County Council.
In the meantime, if you need to contact the Community Warden Service, the telephone number of 07811 271303 will be switched to the Dover and Thanet Team Leader, Nick Thistle, or you can contact him direct on 07969 584176 or email: [email protected]
Your Police Community Support Officer is still your point of contact for all local policing concerns, email [email protected] – Please do not report crime via email, use the numbers below:
Telephone: 101 (for non-emergencies), 999 (in emergencies).

SUMMER FETE & BEER FESTIVAL – SATURDAY, 18th JULY 2015

******************************THANK YOU EVERYONE*********************

To everyone that attended our SUMMER FETE and BEER FESTIVAL on Saturday, 18th July
a VERY, VERY BIG THANK YOU.

Especially to all the organisers, helpers who set up and cleared away, manned stalls and catering areas, paramedics and first aiders, operated the PA system and directed car parking, etc., etc..

Not forgetting Kent PA Systems and Dazzlaa’s Inflatables for providing equipment , the Capel-le-Ferne “Spitfire” Judo Club and all the Competitors and The Royal Oak Public House for working in conjunction with the Parish Council to provide an excellent day.

The weather was extremely kind to us and for once, we did NOT provide an event in “The Village in the Clouds”.

To follow, a breakdown of funds raised towards play equipment in the field, when all monies are accounted for.
TO VIEW A GALLERY OF PHOTOS FROM THE DAY PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK

TO VIEW A GALLERY OF PHOTOS FROM THE DAY PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK
Click here for Judo Competition Photos

*********************THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE******************

26th March 2015

The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will be following in the footsteps of her mother, Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Mother, who unveiled the Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne on 9 July, 1993.

Her Majesty will tour the new building during a 45-minute visit to the clifftop site and will see the new Scramble Experience and the Geoffrey Page Centre, where pupils from Capel-le-Ferne Primary School will be completing worksheets on the Battle of Britain prepared by the Trust.

The Queen and The Duke will also meet some of the last remaining members of the Few, the aircrew who defended Britain from invasion. A flypast by a Spitfire, Hurricane and Typhoon, which The Queen will watch from the balcony of the new Cockpit Café if the weather is fine, will mark the end of the visit.

While members of the public are welcome to attend the event, only invited guests will be allowed inside The Wing and so opportunities to see The Queen will be limited, particularly if the weather is bad.

The new centre, built and fitted out by the Trust at a cost of £3.5m, will open to the public for the first time at 10am on Saturday 28 March.

Battle of Britain Memorial Site, B2011, New Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne, CT18 7JJ.

Access to the Site and the Memorial will remain free; the charge is only for the experience. No-one will ever be charged to pay their respects at the Memorial itself.

FURTHER INFORMATION – 01303 249292. www.battleofbritainmemorial.org

Click here to download the press release for the Fields in Trust Awards Event