By Jenny Barraclough
Welcome to our first Newsletter – as a great start to 2012.
 

The Christmas Special was very busy and the atmosphere great, with the W.I. singing Carols and Ben Milberry’s group entertaining us. Santa and his Elves were kept busy too!

Hopefully most of you obtained your free lucky draw ticket. This was drawn on 3rd January at the market where there were 35 lucky winners receiving vouchers to spend at the market. (their names listed below). A Grant from the Kent Farmers Market Association provided the funds for this venture. If you have won, you will have been informed by now.

We would like to thank everyone who helps with the setting up, clearing up and running of the market each week throughout the year, it is so appreciated, thank you all, no names mentioned as I should hate to leave anyone out by mistake, and they know who they are! However, I would like to add a separate thank you to Trish and Dave Durrant who kindly donated a box of red wine, with which our mulled wine in refreshments was made.

We now enter 2012 on a quieter note! The first months of the year are always quiet, as some stallholders take a sabbatical – but please don’t despair, they will be back, and we will still have all the basics and more to offer. In addition we are still seeing new stalls arriving, the latest being a vegetarian stall (Veggie Bites).

Before Christmas we also had a stall selling fruit liqueurs which went down very well, and they plan to return on a semi-regular basis. Due to family problems Mauritian Exotic Foods have pulled out temporarily – they hope to return in the Spring.

We now have a new idea for you – Vouchers are available to purchase to be spent at the market on any stall. They make a great gift for someone who has ‘everything’! They come in quantities of £2.50 so you can buy as many or as few as you wish.

We are also, along with the whole village, celebrating the Queens Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday 5th June 2012 when we will be open for an extended Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you have anywhere you could display a poster for us, please let us know, it would be greatly appreciated. Posters can also be downloaded from our website www.capel-le-ferne.org [4] 

Please note that all the products for sale are freshly produced, locally.

Our present products are:- Fish, Meat, Eggs, Russian Specialities, Infused Olive Oils/Vinegars, Confectionary, Desserts, Family Cakes, Preserves, Jams, Honey & Pickles, Vegetarian Dishes, Delicatessen, Bread, Cakes & Pastries, Vegetables & Fruit, Plants and a few Crafts.

James Taylor Photography – is in the small hall with his portable studio for portraits, including passport, driving licence & bus pass photos, printing your holiday snaps, bookings for weddings, parties etc.

We would also like to point out that we ensure all our producers hold the relevant certificates i.e. a public liability insurance and, where necessary, a health and hygiene certificate and kitchen registration documents.

In addition to the above, we offer a small Post Office service, run by volunteers, photocopying service and for your entertainment a new quiz sheet is produced every 6 weeks at a cost of just £1, (a chance to win £25) plus we have a great choice of second hand books for sale – all kindly donated for village hall funds.

We also, occasionally, offer a local Advisory Service where recently Dover District Council sent a representative along to advise us on our new recycling bins. We have also had a lady from the Council for Independent Living Kent answering questions and offering assistance, she plans to return again soon.

www.capel-le-ferne.org [5] 

e mail capelfarmersmarket@yahoo.co.uk [6]

Tel: 01303 245399 or 01303 255114

WINNERS OF THE LUCKY DRAW VOUCHERS

JEAN BELL £10
ANN NASH £10
PAM ROUTH £10
BERNARD GREEN £10
GWEN BEAUMONT £10
JEAN PAPE £5
PAT BROWN £5
KATIE JOHNSON £5
M. DEANE £5
JOYCE PARKER £5
JACJUE FRETWELL £5
COLIN TIMMS £5
ROY DYCHE £5
R. PULLEN £5
MRS C. WOODS £5
SUE CLARKE £2.50
DENIS OVENDEN £2.50
B. TRACEY £2.50
E. J. PETO £2.50
CAROL POWELL £2.50
M. KEMP £2.50
JOCELYN OXLEE £2.50
LYDIA SHRUB £2.50
JEAN HOWLETT £2.50
CHRISTINE SEED £2.50
SHEILA HOOD £2.50
MRS H. BURROUGHS£2.50
JAN ARDLEY £2.50
JAMES GORDON £2.50
CELIA PLUMMER £2.50
MRS HOLYER £2.50
JILL £2.50
M. SMITH £2.50
CHERYL WOODS £2.50
HAZEL BURROWS £2.50
 

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