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Parade brings global theme to town centre
HUNDREDS of people enjoyed the glorious sunshine as the Maid- stone Parade wound its way around the streets. The spectacular parade with the
theme “Around the World” in- volved more than 20 walking groups from schools, churches, charities, youth and community groups, accompanied by choirs and bands. Places represented in colourful costumes included Africa, Brazil, Italy andHawaii while the children from Jubilee Church dressed as aeroplanes from across the world. There were also live music and
dance performances in the town. The event was organised as part
of Maidstone Arts Festival by Maidstone Town Team, in conjunc- tion with Maidstone Council and the Town Centre Management. For more pictures of the parade see
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Left, children from Jubilee Church and above, dancers from Maplesden Noakes Dance Academy
A group from the Mandy Ellen Performing Arts School in Hawaiian dress
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Parking plan for school
A PROPOSAL to reduce parking problems in Sutton Valence is to be put to the head of the village school. KCC officers and representatives, parish councillors and school gover- nors met after Marianne Terry, head of Sutton Valence Primary School, decided to close the school car park to avoid congestion, asking parents to drop off and collect their children from the village hall.
Some parents had already been using the hall car park, but the new ruling has meant up to 100 extra cars trying to squeeze into a car park de- signed for only half that number. The parish council has been told by its insurers that it would be liable if there was an accident.
Speaking after the meeting Eileen Riden, chair of the parish council, said: “We discussed a range of op- tions, but with no funding it seems there was only one way forward, which is for parents to be allowed to drop off and pick up the youngest year 1 and year 2 students from the school, which would leave about 30 free spaces at the hall. We hope the head teacher will agree to work with us on this. After all, if village hall clients cannot park, the hall will lose business and will close, which would be a loss to the community.”
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Maidstone South August 2015
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