Bags of fun during school book week


ALICE In Wonderland, Peter Pan andthe CatWithAHat, allmadean appearance during book week at West Malling Primary School. Pupils came to school dressed as


their favourite characters from pic- ture books on the last day of a spe- cial week. Thechildrenenjoyeddifferent ac-


tivites each day, including visits from storytellerTonyEdwards,who enthralledthemwithanAfrican tale


Children dressed as book characters LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


Against polytunnels Dear Sir – I was so disappointed by the comments from M&S and Waitrose. I shop at both stores but I never buy their strawber- ries, firstly because I am totally against the polytunnels and sec- ondly they have no taste. We have lived in Hadlow for almost 50 years and cannot quite believe the change in the countryside around us. We used to be able to pick our


own strawberries, which were delicious, and this also gave some of the local residents help with their income. They were able to take their children along and spend a wonderful summer. We used to also help with the apple picking, which we thor- oughly enjoyed. One good bit of news is that a local farmer has planted a new


with music,andauthorAn- gela Love, who organised a competition for them. Therewas alsoaperform-


ance called “Rev It Up” by a group ofWest End actors. Literacy co-ordinator and assistant headteacher Lisa Penfold said:“Thetheme of theweekwaspicture books andthe childrenhavehada fantastic time.”


Pub quiz has answer YOUNGSTERS at Mereworth Primary School are grateful to a pub quiz night for solving their need for musical instruments. Money raised in the Swan On


The Green, West Peckham, en- abled the school to buy the per- cussion instruments. The old school house is being


redeveloped as a music room and library. Residents James MacDonald-Lister and Noly Sc- holey, organised the quiz.


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orchard of young apple trees, so we look forward to seeing lovely apple blossom and ap- ples in the future. I wonder if Hugh Mowat from


M&S and Alan Wilson from Waitrose have ever driven down the A228 from East Peckham and looked at the countryside in front of them. I now call it Plastic City.


After shopping in Tunbridge Wells I used to drive along this road and think how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful part of Kent. Now it is violated by plastic


and most of the tunnels do not even use the soil; such a waste of good agricultural land. Some people say these tunnels are protecting our countryside and heritage - what rubbish. Let’s see more apple orchards,


Orchard Place, Heniker Lane, Sutton Valence, Kent. ME17 3ED (We are behind the Total Garage on the main road to Headcorn)


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 Local fruit  Free range eggs  CWParkers & Son fine cheese’s, ham, bacon etc


Korkers sausages  Clearly juice  Locally made black pudding  Meat from East Sutton Park  Milk/cream/yoghurts from Hinxden Dairy


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Jams, Pickles & Salad Dressings Local honey


Grumpy Mule coffee’s Locally baked bread Vegetable Plants,


Bedding Plants & Hanging Baskets Sweet peas & seasonal cut flowers Hand made crafts


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Lunchtimes


strawberry and other soft fruit and sell to the local farm shops etc. Leave the supermarkets to buy


from Spain and even USA. I saw strawberries in M&S one summer from the USA. How fresh were they!


Shirley Trevill Hadlow Park Hadlow


Ditton alcohol sales Dear Sir - I read with interest the Ditton Council column in the latest Malling edition of Downs Mail. As one of the organisers of the


Turkey Run, I felt that the word- ing suggested that we had acted illegally regarding the sale of al- cohol at the 2010 event. The fact is that the alcohol


tent was provided by a com- pany called Eventful Beers, who


applied for and were awarded a licence to sell alcohol at the event. They primarily sold warm


cider to people who had com- pleted the race and spectators, and I do not believe they pre- sented any competition to the council’s own bar. We have apologised to the council regarding the unautho- rised erection of tents and the parking issues. Over the years we have raised money through this event, which has benefited some of the youth groups of Ditton, How- ever, as a result of these and other issues we are nowlooking at alternative venues for this event.


Matt Fraser Maidstone


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