Town Talk
THE political make-up of Snod- land Town Council is the same as it was after the last election four years ago – 12 Conserva- tives and three Labour. Four Conservatives and one Labour candidate were suc- cessful in securing the five seats on Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council. Julian Atkins, who failed by just two votes to win the seat at the last election, is the only Labour councillor on the borough council. Paul Hickmott (Lab), who served on the town council from 1980 and the borough council from 1983, but lost both seats in 2007, has regained a town council seat. And at the first meeting of the
new town council Chris Block stood down after four years as chairman and has been suc- ceeded by vice-chairman, Anne Moloney. Peter Misy, who was co-opted onto the council as an Independent in 2009 was elected vice-chairman. Debbie Alford-Smith is the
new chairman of the policy and resources committee, David Purll was elected chair- man of the planning and envi- ronment committee and David
Local news for Snodland and Halling Political landscape unchanged after elections Full results
*denotes successful candidate. Borough Council Snodland
Anne Moloney
Barbara Keeley
Barbara Brown
Barrry Garlick
Debra Macey
West: *David Keeley (Con 963 votes), *Anne Moloney (Con 961), *Barbara Brown (Con 947), Paul Hickmott (Lab 870), Iain Laverty (Lab 670), Wayne Mallard (Lab 648).
Snodland East: *Steven King
(Con 499), *Julian Atkins (Lab 465), David Laverty (Lab 456), Les Withey (Con 456). Town Council Snodland West:
Dilys Crook
Peter Misy
Chris Block
Dave Keeley
Alan Keeley
*David Keeley (Con 974), *Anne Moloney (Con 951), *Barbara Brown (Con 949), *Chris Block (Con 861), *Peter Misy (Con 859), *Paul Hickmott (Lab 854), *Debra Macey (Con 850), *Barrie Garlick (Con 836), *David Purll(Con 810), Les Withey (Con 770), Gillian Hutchinson (Lab 692), Thomas Perkins (Lab 681), David Lucas (Lab 680), Iain Laverty (Lab 676), Peter Sutton (Lab 672), Luke Chapman (Lib Dem 311). Town Council Snodland East:
David Purll
Julian Atkins
Paul Hickmott
Keeley was re-elected chairman of the amenities and recreation
Vivien Hickmott committee.
Debbie Al- ford-Smith
*Dilys Crook (Con 468), *Debbie Alford-Smith (Con 465), *Barbara Keeley (Con 461), *Vivien Hick- mott (Lab 460), *Julian Atkins (Lab 456), *Alan Keeley (Con 452), Michael Herbert (Con 445), Richard Steele (Lab 438), David Laverty (Lab 436), Laura Gilmore (Lab 434), Jeffrey Tucker (Con 410), Wayne Mallard (Lab 403).
French twinning visits are a great success
MORE than 30 visitors from Moyeuvre-Grande, Snod- land’s twin town in north-east France, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the arrangement. They stayed with residents in the town during a visit described by Veronica Tipp, secretary of the twinning committee, as “most enjoyable and a great success”. A welcoming reception hosted by the town council
Tracey Open with twins Emily and Evelyn. Gran’s great weight loss
HOW could a woman weighing 20 stones cope with two new-born grandchildren? In the case of Tracey Open you lose eight stones! Tracey, of Hollow Lane, Snodland, suffered from
knee and back pain and had difficulty walking up the stairs. Juggling a full-time job as a warehouse super- visor and helping daughter Kirsty with twins Emily and Evelyn was a nightmare. “I was just so tired,” she said. “Then, in March 2008
I was made redundant. I was gutted but it freed me up to have time with my daughter and the babies. “A friend suggested I went back to Slimming World.
I had joined in 2002 and lost six stones but an upset in the family caused me to put the lot back on plus two more stones. Now, after following the slimming club’s healthy eat-
ing plan for 19 months, Tracey has plenty of energy, no pains in the knees and back and can “run rings” round the twins, now aged three. She has started her
Tracey, weighing 20st. 8 Town Talk
own Slimming World group which meets at SAMAYS youth centre at Holmesdale Tech- nology College at 7.30pm on Tuesdays. Details on 01634 240429.
Angela Riley with the French visitors and Holmesdale students.
THE visit of the students to Holmesdale Technology College was so successful that Angela Riley, head of modern lan- guages, and her French counterpart Carole Valentin hope the “very special link between the two schools will con- tinue for a long time”. Eight students and three adults
spent a day participating in lessons with Holmesdale students. They were greeted with a warm welcome in French in assembly by vice-principal Ben Price. “They joined in English, maths and science lessons with students from all different year groups,” said Angela. “They did a very successful conversa- tion lesson with a Year 8 French class,
during which all students were able to practise their language and communi- cations skills in French and English. The visitors were given a tour of the electronics and technology depart- ment and participated in a Year 7 PE lesson and a Year 8 food technology class.
“Students of Holmesdale were gen-
uinely enthusiastic and generous in the welcome they gave the visitors,” Angela added. On behalf of the head teacher in
France, Holmesdale school principal Julia Campbell was presented with a leather-bound photo album of the French school and a hamper with tra- ditional items of food and drink.
was held in the Moyeuvre-Grande Suite in the Devon- shire Rooms, Waghorn Road, where a clock made by Michael Herbert of Church Field, Snodland, was pre- sented to the mayor of the French town, Rene Drouin, by Anne Moloney, chairman of the council. Trips were arranged to Crabble Corn Mill, Dover,
and Whitstable and the local committee provided a dinner in Snodland Workingmen’s Club on the last night. Gifts were exchanged between the two sides.
Mayor Rene Drouin with the clock made by Michael Herbert.
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