Town Talk Joe helps pal Jamie towards wish


THE campaign to raise £30,000 for Jamie May- nard to help him walk has reached £18,500 in 12 weeks. Town Talk reported in the April issue that three-year-old Jamie of Bingley Close, Snod- land has to use a walker over short distances but otherwise has to be in awheelchair.He suf- fers from spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. He will have a selective dorsal rhizotomy operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London but his family must raise £30,000 for his rehabilitation. He will need specialised equipment and intense physiotherapy. Snodland is full of posters about "Jamie's


Wish to Walk", fund-raising activities have taken place and many more are planned. Jamie's friend Joe Scudder, who is also three


and suffers from cerebral palsy, walked a mile and raised £2,892. Joe's mum, Liz, of Roman Road, said: "We


are so proud of Joseph. It's just fantastic how everybody really got behind him and Jamie, and dug deep to help such a fantastic cause.


"He really enjoyed the walk and was so ex-


cited that he ran to the finish line. He was ex- hausted though after the adrenalin rush which just shows how much effort he put in. "Joe and Jamie are very special, determined


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and incredibly strong boys." Jamie attends Clocktower Childcare pre- school and fellow pupils, staff and parents raised £250 on a sponsored walk around the Church of England primary school play- ground.


Supporters will have a stall at Snodland Car-


nival on July 4, followed by Jamie's Bash in the working men's club; there will be a clay pigeon shoot at Tower Shoot,West Malling on August 8, an abseil at Groombridge on August 16 and a climb of Mount Snowdon on August 31. Carlie Edwards is shaving her hair off at Ham


Hill Club on September 6; Matt Dalton and Adam Harding are going on a sponsored cycle ride from Dover to Cornwall on September 13; there is a golf day at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Club on October 2 and a quiz night at Snod- land Community Centre on November 7. Donations can be made at www.tree- ofhope.org.uk/jamies-wish-to-walk/, www.just- giving.com/jamieswishtowalk or go to the Facebook page Jamie’sWish toWalk.


New chairman of town council


Alisdair and Kathryn Buchanan with their trophy from the National Optician Awards


National award for optician


BUCHANAN Optometrist in Snodland is the best independent prac- tice in the United Kingdom and has an award to prove it. Alisdair and Kathryn Buchanan and their staff have been winning


prizes every year since 2008 at the National Optician Awards cer- emonies, but this year was the highest of them all. Comedian Ed Byrne presented the award at the Hilton Hotel, Birmingham. The practice, in Malling Road, was judged against its peers by in-


dustry experts who were particularly impressed with its customer care, superior level of eye examinations and equipment as well as work with dry eyes, glaucoma and personalised varifocals. Alisdair said: "To win Independent Practice of the Year is the ulti-


mate prize and something we have been working toward for a long time.We are thrilled to have won the biggest award in our industry."


SNODLAND Town Council has a new chairman. Peter Misy of Roberts Road, joined the council in 2009 and was previously vice- chairman. Anne Moloney


stood down after four years as chairman and was elected vice-chairman. She


also


stepped down as a member of


Tonbridge and Malling Council. At the annual town meeting she thanked members who did not


stand for re-election – Deborah Macey, Vivian Hickmott, David Let- tington and Julian Atkins. She paid tribute to Julianwho had served on the council for many years. At the first meeting of the new council she welcomed Sue Bell, who, together with David Letting- ton, was elected to the borough council, Linda Downs, Katherine Mordecai-Woolf andMark Sawkins. David Purll was elected chairman


of the policy and resources com- mittee, Anne Moloney chairman of planning and environment and Dave Keeley was re-elected chair- man of amenities and recreation.


Appeal for carnival volunteers


VOLUNTEERS are needed to police the route of the parade at Snod- land Carnival on July 4. Floats and walkers leave Holmesdale Technology College and travel


down Malling Road, turn right into the High Street, left into Queens Av- enue, left into Holborough Road, right into the High Street and up Con- stitution Hill to Potyns SportsGround. Ameeting will be held to explain what is required. Details are available at the town council offices in Waghorn Road or telephone 01634 240228.


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