Friday 30^th September to Sunday 2^nd October 2005

The Folk Trains are back:

The Kent and East Sussex Railway will be running two folk trains on Sunday 2^nd October with guests from Tenterden Folk Festival travelling on them to entertain the passengers. The folk trains will run from Tenterden Town Station to Bodiam and back leaving Tenterden Town Station at 13.15 and 15.30. The guests entertaining on these trains will be announced shortly.

Morris dancers will also be travelling on the steam trains on both Saturday1st and Sunday 2^nd October so watch out for colourful dance displays on the stations as well as singers and musicians on the trains.

Guests on trains will include –

13.15 – Peter Collins, Pete Luscombe (Ramskyte),  Jim Glover and Christine Skinner and others

15.30 – Bob Kenward, Kathy and Bob Drage and others to be announced.

The Camp site coach services

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Camp site coach:

Clarkes Coaches have agreed to run a limited bus services on a trial basis to enable campers to get from The Woodlands Park camp site near Biddenden to Tenterden town centre and back on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If this services works and is well used we will expand it next year so please support it if you are using the camp site.

The times of the coaches are still to be confirmed but are provisionally as follows;

Friday 30^th September:

The normal evening Headcorn Station coaches will stop at The Woodlands at approximately 4.45, 5.25, 6.05, 6.45, 7.25, 8.15 and 9.15 p.m. on their way back to Tenterden town centre.

11.30 p.m. - coach from Tenterden town centre to The Woodlands Park.

Saturday 1^st October:

9.45 a.m. - coach from The Woodlands Park to Tenterden town centre.

12.00 p.m. (midnight) - coach from Tenterden town centre to The Woodlands Park.

Sunday 2^nd October:

9.45 a.m. - coach from The Woodlands Park to Tenterden town centre.

6.00 p.m. - coach from Tenterden town centre to The Woodlands Park.

There will be a charge of £2.00 for each coach journey as a contribution to the running costs of the service.

Please let us have your comments on this services and how it can realistically and economically be expanded in the future. Remember the coach company need to cover their costs and pay the driver and Tenterden Folk Festival cannot afford to subsidise the service too much without putting up the prices of festival tickets, which is just passing the cost on to those who are not using the service!

The latest details of Tenterden Folk Festival 2005, the full guest list, details of our new camp site and a ticket booking form are on our web site at www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

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Alan Castle, Tenterden Folk Day Trust, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA

Press release – 16^th September 2005

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Last updated 16^th September 2005

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