Town Talk


A SNODLAND family has appeared in the ITV programme: "Tonight: The FoodWe Eat – Can't Cook orWon't Cook?" Mia Harris of Orchard Way works with hus-


band Matt and his business partner, Matt Flint, in their carpentry firm, Forum Developments. She is mum to Bradley (17), Zac (13) and Jacob (11). She is a governor at St Katherine's Primary School, and amember of the PTA. She answered a TV company’s advert asking:


“Are you a family that can't/won't cook from scratch?” She said: "I gave them a quick insight into our cooking, which centres on themicrowave chips and chicken nuggets. I do occasionally cook a roast, but it is more palatable with good com- pany and plenty of vino." The Tonight team decided Mia's family was ideal for the first of the four food programmes.


Christmas lights


MORE than £7,000 will be spent on improving the Christmas lights in Snodland. The lights will be switched on outside the Co-op in the High Street on November 29 by the Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling, Sasha Luck, and Father Christ- mas with carols led by Snodland Choral Society. Father Christmas will tour the town on his sleigh be- fore handing out presents to chil- dren at his grotto.


"They came to film us over quite a few hours


and left cameras to witness a typical morning getting the kids off to school," Mia said. "The fol- lowing day Zac and I went to London to film chef Aldo Zilli teaching the children some cook- ing skills to take back to their parents! "Zac ate the salmon, potatoes and vegetables that Aldo cooked, then walked up to me and


MP TRACEY Crouch will discuss the closure of Snodland’s NatWest Bank with members of Snodland Town Council, borough council members, representatives of local businesses and representatives of NatWest on October 24. There was uproar in April when


RBS, owner of NatWest, threatened to close the branch two days a week and the decision was re- versed. Customers didn’t hear


Local news for Snodland and Halling TVrole for microwave cookMia


askedme if we could get aMcDonald's." Mia thinks her family represents a lot of fami-


lies that have busy lifestyles. "Life is hectic sometimes and it's easy to pop


some nuggets in the oven and chips in the mi- crowave so that everyone is fed before they dis- appear to football training or whatever the evenings activities are," she added. "When I was growing up I came home from school, walked the dog, did my homework and got on with being a kid. My mum came home from work and cooked the dinner, but she never said this is how you cook so and so. It just ap- peared and I ate it." Mia is not alone. The programme pointed out


that almost a quarter of mothers do not cook from scratch because they lack confidence. Mia's family all look healthy and she applauds


the "wonderful parents who cook from scratch." She concluded: "Luckily forme, Matt did not


Meeting to discuss closure of town’s NatWest bank


about the total closure until they went into the bank. Houses are still being built at Hol- borough Lakes and St Andrew's Park, Halling, a bridge is being built across the Medway to a 1,000- home estate at Wouldham and a high speed rail link from Snodland to London starts in January. A NatWest spokesperson said it


was a "difficult decision" to close the branch. Transactions had fallen


over the last few years and the branch had no technology linking it to the bank's computer systems. The cash machine will remain


and customers will be able to use Snodland Post Office to withdraw cash, pay money in and check bal- ances. MPTracey Crouchwrote to Ross McEwan, chief executive UK Retail, RBS on behalf of the businesses and residents of Snodland.


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