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THE parish council has presented its coveted heritage award to Water- ingbury Local History Society. The society’s Ted Bates is pictured receiving the award fromThurnham
parish councillor John Horne (right), who initi- ated the annual award when he was heritage champion forMaidstone Council. The award recognises
Meetings normally held on the third Monday of each month at the Marriott Tudor Park Hotel. Publicwelcome.
CHAIRMAN:Daniel Skinner CLERK: Sherrie Babington 01634 867173
Play area delay
THE parish council is to write again to Maidstone Council to request the costs for the ongoing maintenance of the Peverel Drive play area. Frustrated Cllr Richard Smith met
with the borough council nearly two months ago, when hewas promised the figures.
School report
COUNCILLORS are to write to Maidstone Council to seek clarifica- tion about the re-development of the old school on Thurnham Lane.
the society’s heritage work, which includes cre- ating a set of village stocks.
Thurnham is thought
to be the only parish council to have established an annual award to recog- nise contributions to Kent’s heritage. The award – in memory of Lord Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, the late leader of
KCC and chairman of English Heritage – ismade fromwood salvaged from the surroundings of Thurnham Castle. The parish council is now looking for heritage projects for this year’s
award. Nominations should be sent to thurnhamparishcouncil@sher-
riebabington.co.uk by April 30, 2016.
Concerns over policing cuts
CONCERNSwere expressed about the effect of budget cuts on local policing. Cllr Ted Denham said with £61m
in savings to be made by 2019, even more officers were set to leave the force, in addition to the 500 who had already gone. He said: “When the likes of
David Cameron get five of six offi- cers to protect them and our parish has one PCSO, who works shifts, with more set to go, this seems en- tirely unfair. “We are seeing less resources and
the police being able to do less and less and this problem is only going to grow.”
THE parish council has been joined by Neil Baigent. His co-option follows the re-elec-
tion of chairman Daniel Skinner and the co-option of Ian Shelley, who joined the parish council last year. Cllr Baigent (38), who was edu-
cated at Maidstone Grammar School and has lived inWare Street for 15 years, completes the coun- cil’s full line-up. He currently works as a senior procurement manager for the NHS.
Just a minute OLD minutes kept by the clerks of Thurnham Parish Council through the years need a permanent home. The clerk has been asked to ap- proach the county council’s archive service to see if the leather- bound and, later, typed copies of the minutes might be safeguarded. Cllr Peter Waite said: “I think it
would be good if they could be kept somewhere where a scholar can actually go to read them.”
Mayor’s party COUNCILLOR John Horne has agreed to represent Thurnham Parish Council at the forthcoming mayor of Maidstone’s garden party.
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