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Town Diary

February 2013

Fri 1 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 1 The Wild West Winchelsea Singers New Hall 14:00  
Sat 2 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Fri 2 The Wild West Winchelsea Singers New Hall 19:00  
Wed 6 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Wed 13 Jerusalem by Howard Norton Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 14 visit to Kew Gardens Winchelsea Garden Society   09:00 18:00
Fri 15 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 15 half-term starts   School    
Fri 15 Members' evening & AGM Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Mon 18 Film Night: Untouchable Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Wed 20 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Sat 23 AGM Winchelsea Garden Society Court Hall 10:00  
Mon 15 new term starts   School    

March 2013

Fri 1 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 1 Annual Parochial Meeting St Thomas's PCC Church 19:00  
Sat 2 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Fri 2 Richard II by Prof Nigel Saul Winchelsea Archaeological Society Church 15:00  
Sun 3 Spring Recital fund-raiser for former Corporation Church 16:00  
Wed 6 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Sat 9 Curry Night Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes New Hall 19:30  
Mon 11 meeting Icklesham Parish Council   19:15  
Wed 13 The Azores by Graham Albon Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 14 visit to Kew Gardens Winchelsea Garden Society   09:00 18:00
Fri 15 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 15 The Poem in Itself by Sir John Weston Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Mon 18 Film Night: Argo Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Wed 20 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Sat 23 AGM Winchelsea Garden Society Court Hall 10:00  
Fri 28 term ends   School    
Fri 29 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sun 31 BST starts        

April 2013

Mon 1 April Fools' Day & mayoring former Corporation Court Hall 11:00  
Mon 1 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Wed 3 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Sat 6 St Thomas's Book Fair church running costs Church 10:30 16:00
Sat 6 Spring Flower Show Winchelsea Garden Society New Hall 14:00  
Wed 10 The Azores by Graham Albon Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Thu 11 Visit to Lullington Castle Winchelsea Garden Society      
Fri 12 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Mon 15 meeting Icklesham Parish Council Icklesham 19:15  
Wed 17 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Fri 19 Shakespearian Theatre by John & Claire Saunders Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Sat 20 AGM WLSA Ltd New Hall 10:00 21:30
Sat 20 Spring Concert Winchelsea Singers Church 19:00  
Mon 22 Film Night Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Fri 26 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 27 AGM Winchelsea Conservation Society Court Hall 10:00  
Sun 28 The House of Bernada Alba Kent College Church 15:00  
Sun 28 The House of Bernada Alba Kent College Church 19:00  

May 2013

Wed 1 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Thu 2 County Council elections ESCC New Hall 07:00 22:00
Thu 2 Haunting Folk --- Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin in Concert Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes Church 19:00  
Sat 4 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Sun 5 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Wed 8 Researching the history of your house by Jean Stuk Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Fri 10 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Mon 13 meeting Icklesham Parish Council Beach 19:15  
Wed 15 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Wed 15 Visit to Beth Chatto's garden Winchelsea Garden Society      
Thu 16 Edward III by Prof Mark Ormrod former corporation Church 19:00  
Fri 17 The Metaphysical Poets by Lorna Challand Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Mon 20 Film Night Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Mon 20 Annual Parish Assembly Icklesham Parish Rye Harbour 19:15  
Fri 24 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Wed 29 mobile library ESCC Castle Street 13:40 14:10
Fri 24 half term   School 08:45  

June 2013

Sat 1 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Sat 1 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Sat 1 Sea Food Evening Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes New Hall 19:30  
Mon 3 term re-starts   School 08:45  
Fri 7 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sun 9 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Mon 10 meeting Icklesham Parish Council   19:15  
Wed 12 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Wed 13 Monet's Garden by Julia Raguin Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Mon 17 Film Night Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Fri 21 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Fri 21 British Literature in the 1940s by Gill Plain Winchelsea Literary Society Court Hall 19:00  
Sat 25 Sea Food Evening Winchelsea Bonfire Boyes New Hall 19:30  
Wed 26 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10

July 2013

Sat 6 Church market church running costs Church 10:30 12:00
Sat 6 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Mon 8 meeting Icklesham Parish Council Icklesham 19:15  
Wed 10 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Wed 10 Leonard Cheshire by Roger McKenna Second Wednesday Society New Hall 14:30  
Fri 12 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  
Sat 13 Gascon Wine Trade by Susan Rose Winchelsea Archaeological Society New Hall 15:00  
Sun 14 Under Winchelsea cellar tour Winchelsea Archaeological Society meet Castle Street 14:00 15:45
Wed 17 Visit to King John's Lodge, Etchingham Winchelsea Garden Society      
Mon 22 Film Night Winchelsea Moving Pictures New Hall 19:30 21:30
Tue 23 end of school year   School 15:00  
Wed 24 mobile library ESCC Castle St 13:40 14:10
Fri 26 recycling collection Rother DC citadel 07:00  

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

  • Sea Food Evening --- 1 June
  • Winchelsea Open Gardens --- 8 & 10 June, 14 September
  • Shakespeare in Winchelsea --- Comedy of Errors --- 16 August
  • Hog Roast --- 24 August

Flossie Malavialle sings Brel & Piaf in Winchelsea on 26 October

Steve Knightley in concert in Winchelsea on 13 December

Comedy of Errors in Winchelsea on 16 August 2013

Regular dates for your diary

  • pub quiz --- 8:30pm every Thursday, October to July, New Inn 
  • Film Night --- 7:30pm first Monday, February to November, New Hall
  • fish and chip van --- 6:45pm every Saturday, corner of Monks Walk and Back Lane
  • Church market --- 10:30am first Saturday of the month

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Refuse collection

In the citadel of Winchelsea, the refuse and recycling collections are normally on Friday (refuse every week, recycling every other week). If Friday is a public holiday, the collection normally moves to Saturday. Refuse and recycling collections from the outskirts of Winchelsea is collected on Tuesday.

Spare recycling bags for houses in the citadel can be obtained from the new library in Rye. Residents without cars can get them from ward councillors.