Continuing the Camber clean up
The clean up of Camber’s beaches continues
Camber Parish Council: Meeting Dates
Please note the following meetings are to be held at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall, Lydd Road, Camber unless otherwise specified on the agenda. 2026 2027
Superstitions – Never Walk Under A Ladder
With winter all but over, and spring tentatively showing its face, our thoughts go towards Spring Cleaning. One of the many tasks that needs doing after a long winter is clearing out the gutters. With this in mind, one of our team asked their grandsons to come over and help with this arduous task. In…
Featured Poem: A Smile is Infectious
by Jez Alborough Smiling is infectious,You catch it like the flu.When someone smiled at me today,I started smiling too. I passed around the corner,And someone saw my grin.When he smiled, I realized,I’d passed it on to him. I thought about that smile,Then I realized its worth.A single smile, just like mine,Could travel round the earth….
3 Things to Think About – May 2026
A human’s sense of smell can be more acute in spring as there is usually more moisture in the air. Unless you’re on the London Underground, normally the Northern Line during the summer. Then, believe us, you can smell everything. Good and Bad…mainly bad It is commonly believed that the Sun is the biggest fire…
This & That: National Smile Month
National Smile Month runs from mid-May to mid-June, and during this time the Oral Health Foundation runs a campaign to promote the benefits of oral health and a healthy smile. The American motivational speaker William A. Ward said “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness” – but a smile not only benefits the…
Green Piece – Our Feathered Friends
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Britain’s largest bird charity, has said that putting up bird feeders in your garden may seem kind, but it could be putting some species at serious risk. According to the RSPB, millions of Brits regularly put out food in the hope of attracting our feathered friends….
On the right road…finally
After a week-long road closure between Camber and Lydd, which went right up until the day before Good Friday, the big bump in the road has been repaired! The ‘temporary’ traffic lights have been in operation for a couple of years and were known as Permanent Temporary Lights due to the carriageway being deemed as…
Pontins News – May 2026
Britannia Hotels, owner of the Pontins site, has been notoriously tight-lipped about the park’s future since it closed more than two years ago. In April they broke their silence and gave a statement to news website North Wales Live regarding plans for the closed site at Prestatyn in Wales. The press release referred to all…
May 2026 Garden Update – From the Camber Community Gardeners
If the weather forecast is accurate, we should expect some rainfall in Camber this month but not a significant amount. That means established plants will be fine, but all the newly planted bedding plants and pots will need watering regularly by hand. This is something we have been acutely aware of at the beach garden…
National Share-A-Story Month 2026
May is National Share-a-Story Month in the UK. Beginning in 1974 as National Share-a-Story Week, it was decided in 1998, by The Federation of Children’s Book Group, to extend it to a month instead.
