Photographs in this Blog

ALL photographs contained in this blog are copyright © Colin Boylett, unless otherwise stated.

In most cases I have no problem with them being used for non-commercial purposes, BUT please ask first.

Etchingham Picture of the week

I have added a new section on the left-hand side, "Etchingham Picture of the Week" each week I will change the picture for one of a different location in the village.
If you do not recognise the location you can click on the picture, the image will then open on its page at Panoramio, you can then zoom in on the map to identify the location.

Etchingham School Christmas Fair

Saturday November 22nd
1pm to 4pm

Etchinghgam Primary School

Meet Father Christmas

Mince Pies

Toffee Apples

Cakes

Hot Dogs

Lucky Dip

Tombola

Raffle

Refreshments

My Daily Picture

On the left hand side of the page you will see a section called "My Daily Picture", I will place one of my photographs in this position, as often as possible it will be a photograph taken somewhere in the village, sometimes I will place a photo from my Panoramio gallery.

If you click on the picture a larger version will open in Panoramio.

Church Floodlighting

Etchingham PCC has applied to Rother District Council for Planning Permission to install floodlighting at the Church.

You can view the plans at this location.

Etchingham News Blog

From Courier Newspapers

The new Etchingham News Blog is coming and will go live soon at this address

http://etchinghamnews.blogspot.com

Etchingham photos on the web

Etchingham photos on the web

I have placed a lot of photographs of Etchingham village events into on-line albums that anyone can access, they are listed below, click on the event you want to view to open the album.

The pictures will appear as thumbnails, click on any picture to view full size, or click on 'Slideshow' to view all the pictures in the album.

You can also click on 'Colin's Gallery' to view other albums.

Flower Festival 2007

Summer Fete 2007

Queen's Garden container arrives (June 2007)

Opening of the Queen's Garden container

EFCC Festival of Cricket 2007

Flower & Dog Show 2007

EFCC Presentations 2007

Launch of the Speed Signs (November 2007)

Santa visits Etchingham Community Stores
(24th December 2007)

Village Christmas Party 2007

Queen's Garden alterations February 2008

EFCC Shirt Presentations (April 2008)

Ilse's Walk (April 2008)

EFCC Family Fun Day (April 2008)

Summer Fete 2008

Flower Festival 2008

Flower Show 2008

EFCC Challenge Matches (September 2008)

Pictures taken from the Church Tower


More albums to be added as pictures become available.
CLICK HERE to view my other albums

I also have a selection of pictures on various subjects and places located at Panoramio.com
Click here to view the pictures

Websites that include Etchingham

There are a number of websites that refer to Etchingham in some detail or contain information about the village.

here are the links to those that I know, if you know of others, post a comment with the link details, if suitable I will add the link.

Etchingham village site

Etchingham Community Stores

Etchingham Parish Council

Etchingham Primary School

Village Forum

About My Area

VillageNet

ESCIS

Any Village

Francis Frith photos of Etchingham

Etchingham News Blog

Parish Council Meetings

Etchingham Parish Council
meetings

The Parish Council meets in the Village Hall Annexe on the third Tuesday of every month, with the exception of August and December.

Meeting start at 7.30pm, a ten minute slot is allocated at every meeting for public questions.

All residents are entitled to attend ALL Parish Council meetings.

For more information visit the Parish Council Website

Are you new to the village? ?

Have you recently moved into the village?
{Or perhaps about to move to Etchingham.}

Post a comment with you views.

Ask a Question.

Find details of a village organisation.

Whatever it is you can add your comment or question here.

Village Bonfire and Fireworks

Etchingham Bonfire and Fireworks

The annual Bonfire and Fireworks is to be held on Saturday 8th November 2008.

If you enjoy this event, you might like to help with some of the preperation and clearing up.

Help is needed on these days........

Saturday 1st November
Help needed to collect firewood - starting at 9.30am

Saturday 8th November
Help needed to prepare the field - starting at 9.30am

Sunday 9th November
Help needed to clear the field

Sunday 15th November
Help needed to clear remains of fire and make sure field is clear and safe

If you can help on any of these days, or have suitable wood to contribute to the bonfire, contact Helen Brophy on 819206

ETSR Annual General Meeting

Etchingham Trust For Sports and Recreation
(ETSR)

Annual General Meeting

Monday 27th October 2008
7-30pm
Etchingham Village Hall

All parishioners of Etchingham are invited to attend.

Charity Pop Concert

Charity Pop Concert

In aid of the
Royal British Legion
and
Etchingham Church

Saturday November 15th 2008
7pm
Etchingham Church

featuring
Jumped Up Spring Band
Students from West Kent College
playing hits from the 6o's, 70's and 80's

From Abba to the Beatles, from the Rolling Stones to the Osmonds.....
even some cool jazz sounds.
Take a trip down memory lane.

Tickets ~£16.50 including supper ~ Bar available

Tickets from the Box Office 01580 860701
or
Etchingham Post Office & The Etchingham Community Stores.

CLICK HERE to donate to the Royal British Legion on-line

Traffic speeds and parking in the High Street

Recently there have been an increasing number of complaints regarding the number of cars parked in the High Street all day, mainly by commuters using the railway station.

Traffic speed through the village has been a perennial problem.

Add your views thoughts and ideas here, just click on the 'Post a comment' link and post your message.

Etchingham website

Visit the Etchingham website by clicking here

Visitors welcome

You do not have to be a resident of the village to contribute a comment.

Perhaps you were recently on holiday in the area and want to comment on your stay.

You may have grown up in the village many years ago and now live a long distance away, you might want to add your memories.

Pictures

Here are some Etchingham pictures.

Please feel free to send me your pictures and I will add them.

Comments on any of the pictures welcome

Welcome!!

Welcome to the new Etchingham Blog.

You are free to write about anything to do with the village, events, happenings and anything that will be of interest to others, just post a comment on an existing post.

All we ask is that what you write is legal and not offensive to anyone, remember this site can be viewed by people of ALL ages.

Do not post personal details of any person {including name, address, telephone number, email address etc.} , as it will be removed.

Any content that is not acceptable will be removed immediately.

The current setting is for anyone to be able to post comments, if a large quantity of unacceptable content is added the settings will be changed to one of two more secure settings.

So - now it is over to you

Colin