£15 per person, includes fish & chip supper. Individual or group bookings welcome. In aid of the Hall4All campaign.Tickets from office@kcmtw.org, or call 01892 511745
Saturday 30 January 2027, 2:30pmThe lives and afterlives of 17th-century fashionDr Serena Dyer, historian and broadcasterWomen’s clothing of the 1600s shaped fashion for centuries to come. This lecture reveals how, as the needle passed from male tailors to female seamstresses and mantua-makers, the way that women’s garments were made and sold was altered forever.Serena Dyer is a historian, curator, and broadcaster specialising in histories of fashion, craft, and making. She is the author of Material Lives (Bloomsbury, 2021), Labour of the Stitch (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and the forthcoming Georgian Fashion (Yale University Press, 2027). She has presented the Fashion Through History digital series for English Heritage, and regularly appears on TV and radio. She was previously Associate Professor of Fashion History at De Montfort University, and has also held academic and curatorial posts at the University of Warwick and the National Portrait Gallery.
King Charles the Martyr is a Grade I-listed church that was opened in 1678. A stunning example of a Restoration church, people come from far and wide to see its ceilings, designed by plasterers closely associated to Sir Christopher Wren.The church hall, a stone’s throw away from the Pantiles, was built in 1916. It is a much-loved space in the centre of town, used by a wide range of community groups, from our local MP’s surgery to AGMs for local business to ballet classes.The building’s roof had fallen into a very poor state, with regular leaks threatening to damage the structure of the building and make it unusable. The first stage of the project raised funds to renovate the roof, as well as install a disabled-access ramp to improve the hall’s accessibility.The next stage will see the interior of the building updated to provide a much more versatile and usable space for the many community activities that take place. To make a donation, please visit https://www.kcmtw.org/make-a-donation/A community centre in the heart of Tunbridge WellsAs you may know, our Church Hall is one of the best-loved community spaces in central Tunbridge Wells. It is a vibrant and well used community centre, hosting a large number of local groups, activities and classes, week in, week out. There are too many to list, but these include: community groups tackling loneliness and isolation among older people, the Warm Space in Winter 2022, as well as local MP surgeries, events from groups like MIND and Friends of the Earth, dog training and yoga classes, and many, many more.The Hall also used to be part of the Winter Shelter project for homeless people for 9 years, and more recently, hosted meet-up groups for local Ukrainian refugees. SUPPORT FOR THE HALL4ALL CAMPAIGNKing Charles the Martyr Church celebrates after receiving £20,000 of National Lottery funding to renovate their church hall roofThe National Lottery Community Fund recently launched its strategy, ‘It starts with community’, which will underpin its efforts to distribute at least £4 billion of National Lottery funding by 2030. As part of this, the funder has four key missions, which are to support communities to come together, be environmentally sustainable, help children and young people thrive and enable people to live healthier lives.To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk
FORTHCOMING DATES FOR CHORAL EVENSONG 2026Evensongs at 6:30pm, usually on 2nd and 5th Sundays.No evensongs in August or December12th July13th September11th October8th November
