• Sevenoaks Rugby Club tunes up for Christmas with an evening of carols

  By marknhopgood

  Looks like it was a wonderful evening.

            

   

  By SevenoaksHol at 15:30 on 23/12/11

  

  More than 150 players, supporters and friends turned out at Sevenoaks Rugby Football Club in Knole Paddock recently for an annual evening of Christmas carol singing. The event has been organised by club stalwart Hilary Everitt for more than 10 years and this year the singers were able to take advantage of the extra space gained by the new clubhouse extension. The musical accompaniment was provided by the London Saxophone Choir. Two of...

• Local animal centre saves abandoned pup from death

  By Lost_Fond

  Lovely to see how well Alfie is doing these days - although the operation is no longer a viable...

            

   

  By SevenoaksHol at 20:40 on 21/12/10

  

  Here's a story to warm your Christmas cockles. The brilliant Happy Endings Animal Sanctuary in Bexley had saved an unloved puppy who faced being put down unless he had an expensive operation. Alfie, a greyhound and Labrador cross, was abandoned by four families in just four months before he was taken in by staff at Happy Endings Animal Rescue Sanctuary. After his miserable start in life sanctuary staff were dismayed to discover the...

• Sevenoaks Local Legend: shortlist announced

  By SevenoaksHol

  Hello, Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you're saying here? The winner hasn't been decided or...

            

   

  By SevenoaksHol at 20:57 on 09/03/11

  

  The votes are in, the stories have been read and the shortlist has been drawn up... and we can now reveal that the three locals in the running to become the Face of Sevenoaks are: Harry Garrett, Dunkirk veteran who has raised thousands of pounds for the British Legion and promotes their cause.   Patrick Howse for being "a face everyone in Sevenoaks knows, top chap!"   Diane of Oxfam because "she brightens up the day, with...

• The mystery of the Otford door

  By SevenoaksHol

  That's fantastic, thank you. I'm going to get in touch with the historical society and see what else...

            

   

  By SevenoaksHol at 19:41 on 23/01/11

  

  We went for a lovely walk in Otford today, and strolling up Station Road, I spotted something I must have passed hundreds of times before but never seen. Perhaps because I always have my head in my phone... Anyway, it's a beautiful ornate wooden door set into the brick wall. So, does anyone know it's origins? Our Twitter friend, @plebdeb, is equally intrigued and is going to ask a village expert, but do you know? Could it be...

• Town has South East’s three most costly streets

  By Bobajobbob008

  Lol, Redwings is a massively overpriced and unattractive house unless you are an obsessive fan of...

            

   

  By Sevenoaks People at 08:00 on 14/01/11

  

  HOUSE-HUNTERS wanting to buy into the most expensive streets in Kent – with three of them in Sevenoaks – will be hard-pressed to fulfil their dreams. Properties in the top-price band are at a premium as estate agents clammer for business. Phillippines Shaw in Ide Hill and Wildernesse Avenue and Bayley's Hill in Sevenoaks have all been named in the top 20 of the South East's most expensive streets. Phillippines Shaw came...

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