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Party raises cash for sick colleague
REGULARS and staff at the Or- chard Spot in Downswood held a paintball day and party to raise funds for their fellow bar worker Beverley Hartley. Bev had been working at the club
for more than eight years when she was diagnosed with motor neurone disease shortly before Christmas. She had been having problems for
several months but the diagnosis was not confirmed until December. The muscle-weakening condition
means Bev is no longer able to work and she recently lost her ability to speak. The situation is all the more tragic
as Bev had been caring for her daughter, who suffered a stroke four years ago. Aspart of her treatment, Bev,who
lives in Rainham, has been paying out of her own pocket for costly tablets developed in the US but not available on the NHS. Carl Mayne-Wheeler rallied the regulars for the event in the hope of raising £500 to help Bev, so was
CarlMayne-Wheeler and Bev Hartley
thrilled to find the total topped £1,300. He said: “Bev has been a good
part of our lives for over eight years now and become close to us all through the pub and outside of it. “Our single aim here for the day
and night was to try and raise as muchmoney for Bev aswe possibly could.” Motor neurone disease can take
several forms and, although incur- able, there are treatments available which can ease symptoms and dis- ability. Its most notable sufferer is Professor Stephen Hawking.
£1.8m for borough improvements
MAIDSTONE Council holds more than £1.8m in developer contri- butions that it has not spent. The section 106 money has come from developers as part of legal agreements associated with planning per- missions. Projects still not started include: £100,000 towards improving Maidstone town centre; £67,000 towards improvements in Mote Park, Maidstone; £62 towards improving youth services in Harrietsham; £56,000 towards improving the medical centre in Harrietsham; £35,000 towards improving the play areas in Ashurst Road, Vinters Park; £24,000 to improve play areas in Grovewood Drive, Grove Green; £23,000 to improve Northumberland Court Surgery in Shepway; £22,000 to improve open space in Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone; £7,000 towards a Bearsted Parish Council lighting scheme; £6,000 towards improving medical centres in Bearsted, Grove Green and Downswood.
Emperor’s New Clothes The Leeds pantomime THE ideal English village requires five things – a church; a post of- fice/shop; a school; a public house and a pantomime group. Leeds vil- lage has lost the second but it has an excellent fifth. The Emperor’s New Clothes did
the village proud. The castwas huge and the backstage crew was also huge. The sets and costumes were lovely. Lights, sound and backstage showed team work. Lesley Finlay was the director. Carole and Charlotte did a ster-
ling job as Lor and Order, security for the emperor, a lovable old codger played by Adrian Lovis, whose blushes were spared with thermals in the parade. Jane Steele, the wicked duchess, almost scared
Great community effort JOHN
MUNSON SHOW TIME
the children in the audience into si- lence. A handsome prince and a princess with the voice of a lark added romance and Astrid Finlay was a kindly Fairy Lights. The whole cast performed with gusto, and Rodney Bridges on the piano held things together. Itwas all great fun and a real community effort. The pantomime review in last month’s Downs Mail was printed in good faith, but it has since been pointed out to us that it was, in fact, a review of last year’s pantomime in Leeds.
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