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Winter 2011
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Song Thrush (Bettina Cassidy)
CG News
Working Party Dates
Flora & Fauna: Taking Advantage of a Mild Winter (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings: Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club (Philip Whitbourn)
Summer 2011
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Green Woodpecker (Bettina Cassidy)
CG News
Working Party Dates
Pigs on the Green (Alex Killick)
Flora & Fauna: Grasshoppers and Crickets (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings: Vale Royal Methodist Church (Philip Whitbourn)
Spring 2011
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Wren (Bettina Cassidy)
CG News
List of Committee Members 2010/2011
Men of Trees (Christopher Cassidy)
Flora & Fauna: Rare Plants (Ian Beavis)
Paws for Thought: Biltong
Noteworthy Buildings: Parish Church of St. Paul, Rusthall (Philip Whitbourn)
Winter 2010
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Black-headed Gull (Bettina Cassidy)
Paws for Thought: Darcey
CG News
List of Committee Members 2010/2011
From The Chairman (John Barber)
Letters from Readers
Noteworthy Buildings: The Homeopathic Hospital (Philip Whitbourn)
Summer 2010
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Tawny Owl (Bettina Cassidy)
CG News
List of Committee Members 2009/2010
Flora and Fauna: Discoveries in 2010 (Ian Beavis)
From The Chairman (John Barber)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: Travelodge Hotel, Mount Ephraim (Philip Whitbourn)
Spring 2010
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Starling (Bettina Cassidy)
From The Chairman (John Barber)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: The Spa Hotel (Philip Whitbourn)
Memories of the Commons (Steve Collins)
Common Ground News
Flora and Fauna: The Commons’ Earliest Inhabitants (Ian Beavis)
List of Committee Members 2009/2010
Winter 2009
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Redwing (Bettina Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: Summerhill House (Philip Whitbourn)
Memories of the Commons (Hannah Malone)
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Common Ground News
Flora and Fauna: Summer Retrospective (Ian Beavis)
List of Committee Members 2009/2010
Summer/Autumn 2009
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Jay (Bettina Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: 35-42 The Pantiles (Philip Whitbourn)
The Beginning of the Friends: Part Two (Patrick Shovelton)
Editorial (Christopher Cassidy)
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Common Ground News
Flora and Fauna: The Lesser Glow Worm (Ian Beavis)
List of Committee Members 2008/2009
Spring 2009
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Robin (Bettina Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: The Yews (Philip Whitbourn)
Editorial (Christopher Cassidy)
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Common Ground News
The Beginning of the Friends (Patrick Shovelton)
List of Committee Members 2008/2009
Winter 2008
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Blackbird (Bettina Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
Noteworthy Buildings: The Royal Wells Hotel (Philip Whitbourn)
Crisis in the Committee
Editorial (Christopher Cassidy)
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Common Ground News
Flora and Fauna: The Real Winter Insects (Ian Beavis)
List of Committee Members 2008/2009
Autumn 2008
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Birding Journal: Great Spotted Woodpecker (Bettina Cassidy)
Flora and Fauna: Interesting Discoveries (Ian Beavis)
The Friends’ Tea Party
Words from a Reader
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Editorial (Christopher Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
List of Committee Members 2008/2009
Summer 2008
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Tea Party 2008
Birding Journal: Goldcrest (Bettina Cassidy)
Flora and Fauna: Heathland Flower (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common: Mount Edgcumbe (Philip Whitbourn)
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Editorial (Christopher Cassidy)
3 Beautiful Things (Clare Grant)
List of Committee Members 2008/2009
Spring 2008
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM 2008
Insects on the Commons (21) (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (8) – No. 1 Boyne Park (Philip Whitbourn)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Editorial (George Lawson)
“Panorama View from Mount Ephraim to the Commons’s Lower Cricket Ground and London Road” (KM)
List of Committee Members 2007/2008
Autumn 2007
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Work Parties – Annual Dinner 2008
Insects on the Commons (20) (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (7) – Cottage ‘St Helena’ (Philip Whitbourn)
Warden’s Report / TW Heritage Open Days Guided Walk (Steve Budden)
Editorial (George Lawson)
“Panorama View to Mount Ephraim and the Common” (KM)
List of Committee Members 2007/2008
Spring 2007
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Midsummer Night Tea Party – Walks on the Commons
Insects on the Commons (19) – Another Mild Winter (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (6) – Cottage ‘Belleville’ (Philip Whitbourn)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Editorial (George Lawson)
“Tunbridge Wells Album Views”
Panorama View London Road and the Common; View to the Common’s north end (KM)
List of Committee Members 2006/2007
Autumn 2006
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Work Parties – Annual Dinner 2007 – Walks with Ian Beavis
A short History of the Friends of the Common (15 years) (Peter Freeman, founder member/freehold tenatnt)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (5) – Thackeray’s, 85 London Road (Philip Whitbourn)
- Leaflet: Heritage Walking Trail (400th Anniversary of Tunbridge Wells)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Insects on the Commons (18) – Butterflies – The Elusive Purple Hairstreak (Ian Beavis)
Editorial (George Lawson)
Letters to the Editor (recollections and commments about the Common)
List of Committee Members 2006/2007
Request: annual subscriptions to the Friends of the Commons
Spring 2006
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Midsummer Night Tea Party
The New Car Park (Anon. – Commons Destruction Bill 2007)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Amphibians and Reptiles on the Commons (Ian Beavis)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (4) – The Beacon, Tea Garden Lane (Philip Whitbourn)
Editorial (George Lawson)
“Historical and Interesting Views of Tunbridge Wells”
CD-Rom Commemorative Edition 2006 – Tunbridge Wells 400th Anniversary Celebration
(www.royaltunbridgewells.org)
List of Committee Members 2005/2006
Autumn 2005
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Annual Dinner – AGM – Work Parties on the Common
Time machine – Back to the Common – Year 1914 (Federation of Grocer’s Assoc. 1914)
Insects on the Common (17) – Wasp, spiders and other finds (Ian Beavis)
Can mushrooms growing on the Commos turn you into a fearless Viking? (Daniel Bech)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (3) – Vale Towers, London Road (Philip Whitbourn)
Editorial (George Lawson)
Common Panorama Open Views (KM)
List of Committee Members 2005/2006
Summer 2005
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Tea Party – Walk with Ian Beavis – Annual Dinner
The Crises of 2019 (Anon. Aug. 2019)
Insects on the Commons (16) – Spotting Bumblebees (Ian Beavis)
Announcement by the Technical Department – Website: www.friendsofthecommons.org.uk (Daniel Bech)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (2) – Bredbury, Mount Ephraim (Philip Whitbourn)
Letter from Friends of the Common: Daffoldils (Simon d’Albertanson)
List of Committee Members 2004/2005
Editorial (George Lawson)
Spring 2005
Chairman’s Letter (Jennifer Blackburn)
History: Three Sailors on the Common (David Wakefield)
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Walk with Ian Beavis – Tea Party
Insects on the Commons (15) – Alien Invaders (Ian Beavis)
Daffodils – To plant or not to plant (Richard Still)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Noteworthy Buildings facing the Common (1) – Molyneux Place, Mount Ephraim(Philip Whitbourn)
Letters from Friends of the Common: Shelters on the Common
List of Committee Members 2004/2005
Editorial (George Lawson)
Common Panorama Open Views (KM)
Announcement: Historical Pictorial Record of Tunbridge Wells on CD-Rom [2004 edition]
Autumn 2004
Chairman’s Letter Jennifer Blackburn
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Work Parties – Annual Dinner
Insects on the Commons (14) – Winter Bumblebees and other Finds (Ian Beavis)
Common Buildings at Rusthall Dennis Penfold
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Childhood Memories (3) – The Common proves resistant to change (Mary Cockson-Jones)
Letter from Friends of the Common: Memories of a Thatched Shelter on the Common (Bill Bullen)
List of Committee Members 2004/2005
Editorial (George Lawson)
Summer 2004
Chairman’s Letter Jennifer Blackburn
Diary of forthcoming Events: Walks with Warden Steve Budden / Ian Beavis
Announcement: Annual Tea Party
Insects on the Commons (13) – Spring returns to the Commons (Ian Beavis)
Linden Park Cricket Club Report (Garry Saunders)
Tunbridge Wells 2006 (Editor: George Lawson)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Childhood Memories (2) – The Circus comes to Town, circa 1905 (Mary Cockson-Jones)
Letter from Friends of the Common: Heather (R. L. Steward)
List of Committee Members 2003/2004
Editorial (George Lawson)
Spring 2004
Chairman’s Letter Jennifer Blackburn
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Spring Work Party – Litter Pick – Summer Tea Party
Insects on the Commons (12) – New Discoveries in 2003 (Ian Beavis)
The Major York’s Roundabout (David Wakefield)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Childhood Memories (1) – Of Celandines and Glades (Mary Cockson-Jones)
A Bequest – Mrs Edith Mary Cockson-Jones
List of Committee Members 2003/2004
Editorial (George Lawson)
“Historical and Interesting Views of Tunbridge Wells” on CD-Rom [edition 2003]
Autumn 2003
Letter: An Early Decent from the Top (Rhys Revell)
Letter from the Acting Chairman Jennifer Blackburn
Diary of forthcoming Events: Annual Dinner – AGM – Litter Pick – Work Parties
Help wanted: Treasurer standing down at AGM in March 2004
Plants on the Common (12) – Losses and Gains (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Highways Major York’s Roundabout
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Fungus Foray on Tunbridge Wells Common, 11 October 2003 (Keith Palmer)
History: Mayor Alderman Frank William Stone
A Bequest – Mrs Edith Mary Cockson-Jones
Announcement: Annual Dinner February 2004
List of Committee Members 2003/2004
Announcement: Historical Pictorial Record of Tunbridge Wells on CD-Rom [edition 2003]
Summer 2003
Chairman’s Report: A View from the Top (Rhys Revell)
Announcement: Tea Party Outing
Diary of forthcoming Events: Walks – Fungus Foray – Litter Pick – Work Parties
Kent Highways: Proposed Roundabout for Major Yorks Road
Minutes of the 12th AGM (Rhys Revell)
List of Committee Members 2002/2003
Spring 2003
Chairman’s Report: A View from the Top (Rhys Revell)
Report: Annual Dinner
Diary of forthcoming Events: AGM – Litter Pick – Walks – Tea Party Outing – Work Parties
Chairman’s Annual Report March 2003 (Rhys Revell)
List of Committee Members 2002/2003
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Fungus Foray on Tunbridge Wells Common, Saturday 28 September 2002 (Keith Palmer)
The Volunteers – Our very own work parties
Notice of 12th Annual General Meeting [AGM]
Programmes of Diamond Jubilee Day 22 June 1897 on the Lower Cricket Ground
Autumn 2002
Chairman’s Report: A View from the Top (Rhys Revell)
Diary of forthcoming Events: Walks – Work Parties – Litter Pick – Annual Dinner – AGM
Insects on the Commons (11) – Look out for Glow Worms (Ian Beavis)
Reconsidering the Events Programme
Plants on the Common (11) – Berries (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Reliance House Update
Implementation Proposals 2002 – Progress Report
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Summer 2002
Chairman’s Report: A View from the Top (Rhys Revell)
Request: Proposal for new Logo
Can you help? – Litter Picking – Graffitti – Work Parties – Membership Forms
Strategic Plan & Implementation Proposals April/May 2002
Implementation Proposals April/May 2002
Warden’s Report: June 2002 (Steve Budden)
Diary of forthcoming events
Report: Reliance House – Post-fire Optimism
Announcement: Friends’ Tea Party July 2002
List of Committee Members 2002/2003
Spring 2002
Chairman’s Report: The Fight to save the Garden at 63 London Road (David Wakefield)
Insects on the Commons (10) – The shortest Winter (Ian Beavis)
Announcements: AGM 27.03.2002 – Working Parties Autumn/Winter 2002/03
Warden’s Report: February 2002 (Steve Budden)
Announcements: Spring Litter Pick – Summer Walks by Steve Budden and Ian Beavis
The Fungi of Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons (Keith Palmer)
Winter 2001
Chairman’s Report (David Wakefield)
Insects on the Commons (9) – New in 2001 – Roesel’s Bush Cricket (Ian Beavis)
Looking back: 16 August 1901
Announcements: Working Parties Autumn/Winter 2001/02
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Poster: Emperors, Admirals and Orange-Tips; Butterflies and Nature conservation in the High Weald
Poster: Southern Railway / Royal Tunbridge Wells
Pictures: Primary Schools Cricket on the Common 2001 – Friends’ Tea Party
Summer 2001
Chairman’s Report: The Local Plan (David Wakefield)
Insects on the Commons (8) – Dancing Swarms of Longhorns [Butterflies] (Ian Beavis)
Announcements: Friends’ Tea Party – Working Parties Autumn/Winter 2001/02
A quick Guide to Trees
Perambulations of the Manor of Rusthall (Goeffrey Copus)
Announcements: Autumn Litter Pick
Spring 2001
Chairman’s Report (David Wakefield)
Announcements: AGM Minutes Book – Friends’ Tea Party – Working Parties Autumn/Winter 2001/02
Insects on the Commons (7) – The Mystery of the Missing Tortoiseshells [Butterflies] (Ian Beavis)
Announcements: Cancellation: Frolics on the Common (David Wakefield)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Announcements: Spring Litter Pick – Guided Commons Walk in Summer 2001
A Dip into the Manorial Archives (Goeffrey Copus)
Winter 2000
Chairman’s Report (David Wakefield)
Announcements: Friends’ Annual Dinner – Friends’ AGM
Insects on the Commons (6) – Millennial Mini-beasts (Ian Beavis)
Announcements: Frolics on the Common 21 July 2000 (David Wakefield)
Letter: Fairground adjacent to Major York’s Road (The Civic Society)
Announcements: Spring Litter Pick – Guided Commons Walk in Summer 2001
Conservation Area Appraisal (David Wakefield)
Summer 2000
Letter: Transport Strategy and The Commons (Patrick Shovelton)
Announcements: 150th Anniversary St Paul’s Rusthall – Friends’ Tea Party
Insects on the Commons (5) – The First and The Last (Ian Beavis)
St Paul’s church Rusthall (Goeffrey Copus)
Poster: Our Commons 1889
Announcements: Guided Summer Walk – Autumn Litter Pick
Mushrooms (Peter Freeman)
Commons Walks (5) – Tunbridge Wells Common
Autumn 1999
Chairman’s Report: A busy Summer (David Wakefield)
Announcements: Christmas Card for Sale – Annual Dinner – Spring Litter Pick
Insects on the Commons (4) – Creatures 1999 (Ian Beavis)
Warden’s Report: Autumn 1999 (Steve Budden)
Report: Frolics on the Common 17 July 1999
Commons Walks (4) – Rusthall Common
Summer 1999
Chairman’s Report: Transportation Strategy and The Commons (David Wakefield)
Insects on the Commons (3) – New Butterflies and Dragonflies (Ian Beavis)
A History of Tree Loss – Why we should plant trees
Alderman’s Chat [Willaim Barton] – a Dip into the Past …
Blue Paint – the art of the vandal
Why plant trees (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Announcements: Frolics on the Common – Autumn Litter Pick – Annual Dinner 2000
Sponsored Abseil – Bulls Hollow (Sylvia Luckhurst)
Commons Walks (3) – on Tunbridge Wells Common
An unexpected visitor – a kestrel
Spring 1999
Chairman’s Report: Our Changing World – Developments loom on our Horizon (David Wakefield)
Announcement: AGM 17 March 1999
Warden’s Report: Pros and Cons of a wet Season (Steve Budden)
TV Presenter Alan Titchmarsh visits Bedgebury
Announcements: Spring Litter Pick – Guided Summer Walk – Winter Volunteer Dates
Enhancements to the Commons [draft document] (David Wakefield)
Civic Society Award: Improved Management of The Commons
Report: Annual Dinner
Announcement: Frolics on the Common 17 July 1999
Commons Walks (2) – on Rusthall Common
List of Committee Members 1998/99
Autumn 1998
Chairman’s Report: No Highways across the Common! (David Wakefield)
Announcement: Annual Dinner 22 January 1999
Announcement: Frolics on the Common 17 July 1999
Flowers of the Common (10) (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Report: Friends’ Tea Party July 98
Warden’s Report: A Full Working Year (Steve Budden)
Listing: Christmas Presents for Sale
Insects on the Commons (2) – Solitary Bees (Ian Beavis)
Your Commons need you! (George Lawson)
Echo over Common – 100 years ago, 12 August 1898
Spring 1998
Chairman’s Report: Highways across the Common? (David Wakefield)
Letter from the previous Chairman (Patrick Shovelton)
AGM Report
Announcement: Tea Party 11 July 1998
Announcement: Frolics on the Common in 1999
The Exhibition in the Town Hall [Highways and the Common]
10 Years on the Common [after the Great Storm of 1987] (Patrick Shovelton)
List of Committee Members 1998
Commons Walks (1) – in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells
Is the Common protected by Law?
Autumn 1997
Warden’s Report: All ill wind? – 10 years after the Hurricane / Great Storm (Steve Budden)
Diary Dates
Walks on the Commons
Chairman’s Report: Diversions on the Common – As it happened 200 years on! 16.08.97 (Patrick Shovelton)
Diversions on the Common – An Historical Note (Ian Beavis)
Announcement: Sale of Christmas Cards & Notelets
Grand Raffle Prize Winner 16.08.97
Jeremy Menuhin – Lord of the Manor of Rusthall [since March 1995]
Flowers on the Common (9) – Trees (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Listing: Christmas Presents for Sale
The Commons History (8) – Managing the Evolution (Ian Beavis)
The London Road / Church Road Crossing
Spring 1997
Chairman’s Report: The Sixth AGM
Warden’s Report: Suddenly it’s Spring! (Steve Budden)
The Quinquennial Trees planting
The Idea of Friends is catching on
The Commons History (7) – Rejoicing and Restoration (Ian Beavis)
Kent High Weald Project – Participation on the Commons Restoration Work
Report: Friends’ Annual Dinner
Flowers on the Common (8) – Rusthall that is (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Ghost Encounters – of the Commons Kind (John Bath, Geoff Butler)
The Bicentenary Diversions
The Conservators’ Finances: Expenditure – Income
Winter 1996
Chairman’s Letter: Transportation Strategy – Are we getting anywhere (Patrick Shovelton)
Report: Autumn Litter Pick
Friends Distributors
Policing the Commons
What the Butler’s doing [Owner of Mt. Edgcumbe Hotel]
Christmas Cards 1996
New Seats for Old
Insects on the Commons (1) – New Butterflies and Dragonflies (Ian Beavis)
Charles Tattershall Dodd, 1815-78 – Tunbridge Wells Artist
Railings Extension
Announcement: The Bicentenary Diversions on 16 August 1997
Diary Dates
Warden’s Report: Mostly Good News (Steve Budden)
Autumn 1996
Chairman’s Letter: Five Years of Progress (Patrick Shovelton)
Volunteer Work Party Dates for 1996/97
Autumn Litter Pick
The Commons History (6) – The Commons as War (Ian Beavis)
The Rusthall Memorial Fountain
Commons Exhibition Private Preview in the Tunbridge Wells Museum
Friends Alfresco – The Summer Barbeque
Flowers of the Common (7) – Horse Chestnut, Ragged Robin, Foxcglove (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold
Page)
Letter: Commons in need of restoration (Ann Revell)
Safety on the Commons (June Bridgeman)
Warden’s Report Summer 1996 (Steve Budden)
Spring 1996
Chairman’s Report: on the AGM [400 Friends] (Patrick Shovelton)
Litter Pick
Reporting on Signs
Warden’s Report: Clearing & Planting (Steve Budden)
List of Committee Members 1996/97
Watch out for that Cable [Eurobell]
The Commons History (5) – Zenith of the Victorian & Edwardian Eras (Ian Beavis)
Short History of Linden Park Cricket Club (Frank Hollands)
Forthcoming Events
Manage to conserve – The aims of the Freehold Tenants (Nick Hill)
York Cottage R.F.
Walkies (Editor: David Barton)
The Conservators’ Finances: Projection for 1995/96 and Budget 96/97: Expenditure – Income
The Friends’ Finances 1994 and 1995
Winter December 1995
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report: Lottery Hopes for Happy Valley Plan (Steve Budden)
Diary Dates
Announcement: Annual Dinner
Announcement: Exhibition in the Tunbridge Wells Museum in June 1996: The Commons
The Commons History (4) – Conservators formed to restore Order (Ian Beavis)
Advertisement of 1797: Diversions on the Tunbridge Wells Common
Nightingales on the Common (John Spare)
Dippers’ Tale (Roger Farthing)
Flowers on the Common (6) – Ephemerals (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Situations vacant: Editor Mark Roelofsen leaves
Summer August 1995
Chairman’s Letter: Grand Plan Revealed for Happy Valley (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Diary Dates
Griselda Kentner, the late Lady of the Manor of Rusthall (Editor: Mark Roelofsen)
The Exploring Twenties – The Commons in the 1920′s (Majorie Wheatley)
Triple whammy from Hotel’s New Owner (Mt Edgcumbe)
Letters
PPP Print Section
Flowers on the Common (5) – The Town’s a Beach (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
The Commons History (3) – Freeholders firm their grip (Ian Beavis)
Spring March 1995
Chairman’s Letter: Curb sought on insensitive Coach Parking (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
The Commons History (2) – A Sparkling Find (Ian Beavis)
Last laugh for litter on April 1st? – National Spring Clean Day
AGM Report
Dog Fouling
Briefly: Annual Dinner – Town Centre Management – Railings – Volunteers work –
Announcements: Summer Walk / Summer Barbecue
New Members
Warming Perks for the OAPs [collecting kindling and firewood]
In Memoriam: Lady of the Manor of Rusthall
Flowers on the Common (4) – Springflowers bounce back (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
The Conservators’ Finances: Projection for 1994/95 and Budget 95/96: Expenditure – Income
The Friends’ Finances 1993 and 1994
Autumn 1994
Chairman’s Letter: Action Call on Travellers (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
The Commons History (1) – From Nomads to Freeholders (Ian Beavis)
Funding new Railings
Announcement: Winter Work Dates
Litter Pick (Patrick Shovelton)
Beware the King Charles Boys (Felicity Sturt)
Flowers on the Common (3) – The Gift of Heather (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Volunteer Work
Briefly: Bench Donation – Summer Walk – Local Government Review – Announcement: New Year Dinner
Spring 1994
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Crossing proposed from Pantiles to the Common
Announcement: Summer walk
Hidden Hollow – Bull’s Hollow (Ian Beavis)
AGM Report
Flowers on the Common (2) – Common Aphrodisiac (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Rock Sure – Rusthall Common: Rock formations
The Heineken Effect – Litter
Choose your Targe – the Warden’s Working Parties
Conservators’ budget spent 1993/4 & set 1994/5
List of Committee Members
Winter 1993
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report – Winter Work Parties Dates (Steve Budden)
Spook too soon – Caves beneath St Helena
Announcement: AGM 16 February 1994
Correspondence
Run its Course – Tunbridge Wells Horse Races (Ian Beavis)
Flowers on the Common (1) – Festive Flora (Mary Page – Drawings: Harold Page)
Clearance behind Fir Tree Car Park
Romanoff Lodge (Drawing: Tony May)
Calling Cartographers for Illustrated Maps of the Commons
Common proves resistant (Mary Cockson-Jones)
Summer 1993
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Warden’s Report (Steve Budden)
Pitch for Members (Peter Hoole)
Announcement: Exhibition in the Tunbridge Wells Museum – The Commons
Litter picking
AGM Report
Revealed – Locations of Rusthall Rocks (Ian Beavis)
Diary dates
The Conservators Finances
Spring February 1993
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Contract Work reaps Benefits
Hollamby’s Haul – Dredging of Fir Tree Pond
Announcement: AGM 17 February 1993
The Commons Ponds – A History (Ian Beavis)
Briefly: Railings – Retirement of Surveyor to Conservators
Victoria’s Countenance Shone – on the second attempt
Warden for the Commons: My first six months (Steve Budden)
Membership
Donkey Walk
Of Celandines and Glades (Mary Cockson-Jones)
Autumn September 1992
Chairman’s Letter – 1 Year old, nearly 300 strong (Patrick Shovelton)
The Warden: Steve Budden
Map planned (Ian Beavis)
Focus on Rusthall (Ian Beavis)
Membership – Friends Far and wide
Briefly: Knotweed – Local Plan – New Chairman for Conservators – Tunbridge Wells Diamonds / Pebbles
Fir Tree Pond – soon to be restored
Volunteer work (Peter Hoole)
Spring March 1992
Chairman’s Letter (Patrick Shovelton)
Managment Plan Friends Respond
Litter Pick II – Rusthall results
Happy Valley not so Happy Valley (Ian Beavis)
Announcement: First Members’ Event: Friends’ guided walk on the Commons – Saturday 30 May 1992
Membership update
Correspondence from Members
Hawthorn Seats sprout new life
Major AGM Query answered: Tunbridge Wells Commons Conservators’ Finances (Patrick Shovelton)
Autumn 1991
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Logo launched
Friends publish priority tasks
Announcement: AGM 6 February 1992
So much to do (Ian Beavis)
And how you can help
Membership nears 200 (inc. Corporate Members)
Getting nettled (Stephen Grenville)
Volunteers needed
Open Space: views, articles are welcome (Editor: Mark Roelofsen)
List of Committee Members
