Police chief objects over Gurkha drinking
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the police said, but it was "im- possible at the time due to num- bers". February 26/27 – Babylon
staff asked for police assistance as tensions were running very high at 3.15am. A number of men had been ejectedfrom the club andof- ficers had to wait until they had left the area. Policewere called to a “fight” at 4.15am when a crowd in the side street did not disperse until nearly 5am. But, earlier this month, Mr Ve-
lani withdrew his application and the licensing meeting was cancelled. He told the Downs Mail after-
wards it was a “bit unfair” to label Gurkhas or the Nepalesecommu- nity as a problem. He said: “In a nightclub we
have some issues – it’s the nature of the beast. In the (second) Gurkha incident, two boys had previously had a fight at school
Olympic dreamers A EXHIBITION of young ath- letes’ Olympic dreams can be seen in the library at Univer- sity of Creative Arts’ Oak- wood Park campus until June 2. Ed Harrison, the 400mhur- dler , is featured in the free photographic display, open from 10am to 4pm weekdays.
and had not seen each other for 10 or 15 years. “Then they saw each other at
the venue and an argument en- sued in the club. All those in- volved were ejected with the help of the police and the party carried on. No one was hurt in the prem- ises. It started andfinished within minutes.” Shortly afterwards, however, a
group had chased a lad in the street in a case of mistaken iden- tity. The police dispersed the crowd and they went home, ex- plained Mr Velani. He added: “Theirs is quite a
small community and they carry a lot of these things with them.” It was only in January that the licensing committee granted Mr Velani a general extension to sell alcohol at Babylon until 4am on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur- days and to stay open till 5am, thereby allowing a cooling down period from 4am-5am.
Veteran cyclist dies, aged 100
PETE Avis, the longest serving member of the local San Fairy Ann Cycling Club, has died aged 100. He was only the second VTTA (Veteran Time Trials Associa-
tion) member to reach the age of 100. A special certificate was presented to him on his birthday in January. Born in Sutton Valence, Pete spent most of his life in the Maid-
stone area, most recently in Queen Elizabeth Square. He was married for 65 years to Nora, and was father to Christine and Andy. He served in Detling as an anti-aircraft
gunner in the war and went on to work for many years at Alabaster Passmore’s paper works in Tovil before moving to Fleetway Press in Northfleet. He rode to work at Fleetway, giving him-
self exercise that made him extremely com- petitive in the veteran races for which he was then qualified. Pete raced for most of his cycling life. His
friend and fellow San Fairly Ann member Dick Bradley said: “Cycling was his passion, he was a good racing man and very dedicated to the club.” Pete and Nora lived in Florence Road for many years. From
£310k in council debts written off MAIDSTONECouncil has written off non-domestic rate debts in 19 cases, including two town centre nightspots. Strawberry Moons (A Place in Time) Ltd traded from 28-32
1967 to 1975 the cellar of their home – which Pete and son Andy had converted into a bar – doubled as the San Fairy Ann club room. In the mid-1970s, he and Nora moved toWales. Andy said: “He had time for everybody, he was very sociable.” Pete had a fund of great stories. One of the most celebrated concerned his first ever outing with San Fairy Ann, aged 15, when he caused an accident that brought down everyone riding around him. Widowed in 2006, Pete leaves
Gabriels Hill as well as fromCafeRombaatNo33. The company ceased trading and was placed in liquidation in March last year, with a total rate debt of £32,797. Meanwhile, Larrell Services Ltd, which traded as V Bar from Middle Row, was dissolved, owing the council £31,000. The total amount written off by the council was £310,995.
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