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Town Diary

February 2012

Thu 2 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 3 Parochial Church Council St Thomas's Church St Thomas's Church 19:00  
Fri 3 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 4 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Mon 6 Film Night: Midnight in Paris Winchelsea Film Night New Hall 19:30 22:00
Wed 8 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Wed 8 On Her Majesty's Service --- continued by Pat Dawes Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 9 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 10 term ends St Thomas's School      
Mon 13 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Icklesham 18:15 19:15
Mon 13 Icklesham Parish Council Icklesham PC Icklesham 19:15 21:15
Wed 15 Visit to RHS Wisley Garden Society      
Thu 16 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 17 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 17 Winter Miscellany Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Sat 18 AGM FOAM Court Hall 10:00  
Mon 20 term starts St Thomas's School      
Wed 22 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 23 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Sat 25 AGM Garden Society New Hall 10:00  
Sat 25 Curry Night Archaeology Society New Hall 19:30  
Wed 29 Leap Year        

March 2012

Thu 1 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 2 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 2 Annual Parochial Meeting PCC Church    
Sat 3 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Sat 3 Special Exhibition of Medieval Coin Found in Winchelsea Archaeology Society Museum 11:00 13:00
Mon 5 Film Night: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Winchelsea Film Night New Hall 19:30 22:00
Wed 7 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 8 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Mon 12 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Icklesham 18:15 19:15
Mon 12 Icklesham Parish Council Icklesham PC Icklesham 19:15 21:15
Wed 14 Doodle Bugs & Rockets by Bob Ogley Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 15 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 16 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 16 AGM & talk on AE Housman by John Smith Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Sat 17 Early Towns in Kent & Sussex by Gill Draper Archaeology Society Court Hall 15:00 16:30
Wed 21 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 22 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Thu 29 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 30 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 31 Spring Flower Show Garden Society New Hall    

April 2012

Mon 2 Film Night: My Week With Marilyn Winchelsea Film Night New Hall 19:30 22:00
Wed 4 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 5 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Mon 9 Corporation Mayoring Winchelsea Corporation Corporation Museum 11:00  
Wed 11 Boat Building in Rye & Other Tales by Noel Varley Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 12 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 13 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 14 Open Gardens National Garden Scheme various gardens 13:00 17:30 
Mon 16 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Beach 18:15 19:15
Mon 16 Icklesham Parish Council Icklesham PC Beach 19:15 21:15
Wed 18 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 19 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Thu 26 pub quiz New Inn New Inn 20:30 22:00
Fri 27 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 27 From Book to Film by Jonathan Smith Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Sat 28 Diamond Jubilee Concert Winchelsea Singers Church 19:00  
Mon 30 Film Night: The Help Winchelsea Film Night New Hall 19:30 22:00

May 2012

Wed 2 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Sat 5 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Wed 9 Surviving in Soho in the 1850s by Roger McKenna Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Fri 11 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Mon 14 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Rye Harbour 18:15 18:45
Mon 14 AGM Icklesham PC Rye Harbour 19:15 21:15
Wed 16 Visit to Arundel Castle gardens Winchelsea Garden Society      
Wed 16 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 18 1897 --- a literary pageant Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Mon 21 Annual Parish Assembly Icklesham PC New Hall 19:15 21:15
Fri 25 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 30 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10

June 2012

Sat 2 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Sat 2 Diamond Jubilee photo exhibition   Court Hall 10:00 16:00
Sat 2 Diamond Jubilee Street Party Diamond Jubilee Committee German St 16:00 23:00
Sun 3 Diamond Jubilee photo exhibition   Court Hall 12:00 16:00
Mon 4 Diamond Jubilee photo exhibition   Court Hall 12:00 16:00
Mon 4 lighting the beacon Corporation beacon    
Fri 8 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Mon 11 Planning Committee Icklesham PC New Hall 18:15 19:15
Mon 11 Parish Council Icklesham PC New Hall 19:15 21:15
Wed 13 The Sheer Variety from Bordeaux by Guy Bourset: talk, tasting & lunch Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Wed 13 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 15 A talk by Monica Tracey Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Sat 16 Rose and Pea Show Garden Society Court Hall    
Fri 22 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 23 Churches in a Maritime Landscape by Nathalie Cohen Winchelsea Archaeology   15:00  
Wed 27 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Sat 30 Open Gardens National Garden Scheme various gardens 13:00 17:30

July 2012

Wed 4 Open Gardens local charities various gardens 14:00 17:30
Fri 6 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 7 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Mon 9 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Icklesham 18:15 19:15
Mon 9 Parish Council Icklesham PC Icklesham 19:15 21:15
Tue 10 Visit to Merriments gardens Winchelsea Garden Society      
Wed 11 The Schlumpf Addiction by Richard Feast Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Wed 11 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Wed 18 Olympic Torch may pass through village Winchelsea Garden Society      
Thu 19 Outing to Charleston & Monk's House Winchelsea Literary Society       
Fri 20 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 21 Hog Roast Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes New Hall 19:30 22:00
Wed 25 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10

August 2012

Fri 3 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 8 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Sat 11 Summer Fete   Cricket Field 14:00 17:00
Mon 13 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Court Hall 18:45 19:15
Mon 13 Parish Council Icklesham PC Court Hall 19:15 21:15
Fri 17 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 17 Party Winchelsea Literary Society      
Wed 22 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Thu 23 Visit to Woolbeding gardens Winchelsea Garden Society      
Fri 24 As You Like It Rain Or Shine Theatre  Cleveland House 19:00 22:00
Fri 24 Book Fair FOAM, Church, Rye Hospital New Hall 10:00  
Sat 25 Art Exhibition Millennium Artefacts Court Hall 10:00 18:00 
Sat 25 Book Fair FOAM, Church, Rye Hospital New Hall 10:00  
Sun 26 Art Exhibition Millennium Artefacts Court Hall 10:00 18:00
Mon 27 Art Exhibition Millennium Artefacts Court Hall 10:00 16:00
Fri 31 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  

September 2012

Sat 1 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Wed 5 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 7 Bloomsbury by Frank Noah Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Sat 8 Autumn Flower Show Garden Society New Hall    
Sat 8 Heritage Open Day Church, Museum 10:00    
Sun 9 Heritage Open Day Church, Museum 10:00    
Mon 10 Planning Committee Icklesham PC New Hall 18:45 19:15
Mon 10 Parish Council Icklesham PC New Hall 19:15 21:15
Wed 12 The Life & Art of Kathleen Hale by Peter Southgate Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Fri 14 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 19 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 28 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  

October 2012

Wed 3 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Sat 6 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Mon 8 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Icklesham 18:15 19:15
Mon 8 Parish Council Icklesham PC Icklesham 19:15 21:15
Wed 10 Animals in War by Mike Martin Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Fri 12 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 17 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 19 Dickens Evening Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Fri 26 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  

November 2012

Sat 3 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Tue 6 Visit to Clairmont & Painshill gardens Winchelsea Garden Society      
Fri 9 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sun 11 Two Minute Silence Remembrance Day 11:00    
Mon 12 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Beach 18:45 19:15
Mon 12 Parish Council Icklesham PC Beach 19:15 21:15
Wed 14 The World of the Special Olympics by Paul Anderson Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Wed 14 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 16 Tennyson by John Davison Winchelsea Literary Society New Hall 19:00  
Fri 23 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 28 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10

December 2012

Sat 1 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Fri 7 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 8 Carol Concert Winchelsea Singers Church 19:00  
Mon 10 Planning Committee Icklesham PC Rye Harbour 18:45 19:15
Mon 10 Parish Council Icklesham PC Rye Harbour 19:15 21:15
Wed 12 Memories of a Ballet Dancer by Joyce Shann Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Wed 12 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 21 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 21 carols FOAM Court Hall 18:30  
Sun 23 Nine Lessons & Carols   Church 18:00  
Wed 26 Streete Game Castle Street 11:00  

The Town Diary is also posted on the Parish noticeboard and published in the monthly Winchelsea Flyer as well as on the Winchelsea Facebook Page. Regretably, along with notices from the Winchelsea Archaeology Society, Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes, Winchelsea Community Office, Winchelsea Tennis Assocation, Winchelsea Town Plan, Iham Cricket Club and the elected ward councillors, the Town Diary is excluded from the Little Shop noticeboard, as well as from the Post Office and butchers, by order of Mrs Anne Rumsey of Hog Hill, Icklesham.

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Key dates for your diary

  • Film Night (Midnight in Paris) --- 6 February 2012
  • Curry Night --- 25 February 2012
  • Film Night (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) --- 5 March 2012
  • Open Gardens --- 14 April 2012
  • Diamond Jubilee street party --- 2 June
  • Open Gardens --- 30 June 2012
  • Open Gardens --- 4 July 2012
  • Hog Roast --- 21 July 2012
  • Summer Fete --- 11 August 2012
  • Shakespeare in Winchelsea --- 24 August
  • Book Fair ---  24-25 August

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Refuse collection

In the citadel of Winchelsea, the refuse and recycling collections are normally on Friday. If Friday is a public holiday, the collection normally moves to Saturday.

Spare recycling bags can be obtained from the new library in Rye. Those without cars can get them from ward councillors.