Garden loos feel the squeeze!
THE public toilets in Brenchley Gardens are to be improved – by being made smaller. A council report on the scheme, costing almost £50,000, said:
“The proposal is not only to refurbish the toilets but also to greatly reduce their size, whichwill stop groups and individuals loitering.” It is all part of Maidstone Council’s plans to make the area more attractive. The number of visitors to the gardens has increased since im- provements there, and is likely to rise even more with the opening of the nearby museum’s EastWing extension. Most of the revamp will be funded with £30,000 from the devel-
oper of land at Waterside, Fairmeadow – a so-called S106 contri- bution. The report by parks manager Jason Taylor said reshaping theWC
Rotary help for Santa THE Rotary Club of Maidstone will raise funds for local charities at Christ- mas by helping run Santa's grotto at The Mall.
Rotarians will be
on duty at the grotto for about six weeks before Christmas but need now to appoint paid Santa and elves. This will involve up to four or five four-hour shifts a week. If necessary Criminal Records Bureau clearances can be applied for. Applications should be made in writing and sent to: Box No SANTA, Downs Mail, Bearsted Green Business Park, Bearsted,Maidstone ME14 4DT.
Last Christmas the Rotary club raised £8,300 for local charities.
Revamp and downsizing for public toilets in Brenchley Gardens
block would free up space to store seating used during the band season, previously kept in an “unsightly” shipping container. The mess room will also be extended as a base for the town cen-
tre team, to provide a greater council presence in the gardens, addedMr Taylor.
Last orders please THE Co-op supermarket in King Street closed at the end of August. The store, which still bore
the name of its predecessor Somerfield,was shut down be- cause of “poor trading per- formance”. Meanwhile, Sharon Music, which opened at 65 High Street in 1971, has also closed. Shop owner Clifton Williams said economic factors, includ- ing the rise of internet trading, had led to a decline in trade.
Shant go-ahead MAIDSTONE Council accept- ed a proposal to redevelop The Shant Hotel in East Sutton Road, East Sutton, to provide
a hotel, pub, restaurant, park- ing and garaging after it suf- fered major fire damage nine years ago.
Cable theft attempt AN attempt was made to steal electricity cable from outside Bletchingley Farm in Pristling Lane, Staplehurst. A male suspect is described
as aged 23-26, 6ft and of thin build. A silver Peugeot 206 with a coloured sun visor and a stripe on top of thewindscreen is be- lieved to have been involved.
Yalding home PLANNING consent was granted for the erection of a detached home at plot 10,Wil- son Court, Yalding.
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