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Services remember the local heroes of conflict
DIGNITARIES and members of the public turned out in force for Remembrance Day parades and services across the region. In West Malling, the mayor Cllr
Sasha Luck took the salute by the pump in the High Street and took part in the parade to St Mary’s Church for the service of remem- brance. A wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial outside the church followed. Afterwards, Cllr Luck said: “It is
an honour to play a part in remem- bering those who gave their lives in two world wars and in more recent conflicts, especially this year as we commemorate 100 years since the start of WorldWar I.” In Snodland, the deputy mayor
and mayoress, CllrOwen and Chris- tine Baldock, attended the parade from Holmesdale Technology Col- lege to Snodland Cemetery, for the remembrance service. On Tuesday, November 11, Armistice Day was marked inWest Malling by a two-minute silence, started and ended by the firing of maroons.
These poppies outside Shine hairdressers inWest Malling High Street were among more than 100 displayed outside businesses to promote the Poppy Appeal.
In Maidstone, Remembrance Square was unveiled by the town’s mayor, Cllr Richard Thick. The naming of the square, near the cannon in the High Street, followed a poignant ceremony led by the Dean of Maidstone, Rev Canon An- drew Sewell. Memorial artist and borough councillor Gordon Newton, from The Stone Shop at East Farleigh, de- signed and fitted the Remembrance Square plaque, bearing the bor- ough’s crest and HRH King George V’s quote: “I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace on earth through years to come than this
massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation ofwar.” The last post was sounded and wreaths laid by representatives in- cluding the mayor of Maidstone. The naming of Remembrance Square coincided with the dedica- tion of a similar memorial at the town hall in Montauban, on the Somme. In 1920, the people of Maidstone
gave £20,000 to the devastated vil- lage for a water tower to irrigate its fields and 1,000 apple treeswere do- nated to help in its recovery. The Stone Shop masons recently re- enamelled the lettering on thewater tower plaque from 1925.
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scamwarning TONBRIDGE and Malling Council is warning residents to be wary of emails from people claiming to work for the council demanding that council tax details should be updated online. The warning comes after the council heard from residents who had received an email drawing they had an outstanding council tax debt. In this scam, the message says the council has been unable to process their council tax payment and that they must verify their ac- count details within 24 hours by clicking on a link in the email. The email also says those who
fail to update their account in time will be fined. Sharon Shelton, the council’s di-
rector of finance and transforma- tion, said: “This is the latest in a range of scams aimed at tricking people to part with their bank de- tails and their cash. “Our officers never email or call residents to ask them to confirm their bank details in this way and we urge residents to be extremely wary of these unscrupulous indi- viduals who may use a variety of tactics to try to get them to part with personal details or money.”
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Malling December 2014
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