Playden village voice

Enjoy yourself today, but be careful what you are doing!

Drip, drip, drop, little April Showers. It is softly raining as I write, which is good because the water will go into the ground and not run off the very dry surface. Already the daffodils are fading and need dead-heading. They have been magnificent this year, but a short season.

The Iden and Playden Garden Society will be holding the Spring Flower and Produce Show on Saturday 14th April at 2.30 pm in the Village Hall.There are classes for many varieties of daffodils, tulips, flowering shrubs, hellebores, clematis, floral art, early vegetables and a domestic section. I note that there is not a children’s section. Would one be successful?

There will be refreshments, a plant and produce stall and a raffle. This is reckoned to be the friendliest Garden Society in the area and you will be warmly welcomed as an exhibitor or a visitor.

Playden Parish Council met last week, with no member of the public present. Is it that Playden folk feel that they cannot influence any County or District decisions, or that Playden is merely a suburb of Rye? It’s no good complaining after any decisions if you were not there to hear all about it.

There has been a strong response to the letter drop re No Cold Calling, and information had been passed to ESCC.

The work on the Hastings to Bexhill new road is expected to begin next year. The ESCC Road Steward will inspect the road surface near the junction of the A268 with the road to Iden. He will also look at the signage there which is confusing.

Two planning applications were passed with no objections. RR/2012/518/C Playden School and RR/2012/387/P The Peace and Plenty are the relevant numbers.

150 Jubilee mugs will be ordered, 94 for the pupils at school and the remainder will be offered for sale to interested people and at the Jubilee Picnic at £5 each. If you wish to stake a claim, let the council know.

Some entertainment has already been arranged for the picnic and live music is being enquired about. Anyone wishing to know more about the plans could come to a council meeting!! Handbills should be delivered to each house giving details.