Town Talk Ups and downs for chess club
SNODLAND Chess Club is expe- riencing mixed fortunes this season. The club has entered four tour- naments in the Mid Kent zone. Secretary, Neil Miners, said: “We are the defending champions of the En Passant Cup, which is the highest competition we are in. At the moment we are top of the qualifying group with four wins and a draw from five matches. The highlight was a convincing 5-1 win against Maidstone. “In the Harvey Cup we are also
doing well – in first place of a large qualifying group that includes eight teams.Our best results were 4-2 wins against Tunbridge Wells and Medway.”
WORK on converting the former Bull public house at Holborough Road, Snodland into a branch of the Co-op will not start until later this year. The Co-operative Group took
out a 20-year lease on the build- ing in September 2014. It received planning permission for an exten- sion and alterations to the prem- ises and site from Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council. The branch at 46-48 High Street, which includes the post office, was due to close and the
The club has a mixed record of
two wins, two defeats and a draw in the Tom Fuller Cup, and is sec- ond behind Medway. In the Intro competition it has lost one and drawn one game, putting it in bot- tom place. “Maidstone actually beat us 4-0
which is quite unusual in chess matches to get a whitewash win or defeat, so that was a rather disap- pointing evening,” Neil continued. “In summary, we are on course
for two semi-finals and have our work cut out to progress in the re- maining competitions.” The clubmeets at 7.30pm every Thursday at the cricket club pavil- ion. Contact: http://snodland-
chessclub.com/.
Co-op’s Bull conversion delayed
new Co-op was expected to be opened last autumn. A spokesperson for the bor-
ough council said the company received planning permission but is still to provide details of land- scaping and boundary treatment. A spokesman for the Co-op
said: “We are looking at around September/October time before we start work on the Bull.” The post office staff will be transferred to the Bull premises while the Co-op store at 11 High Street is not affected.
Above: Andrew Ashbee and the post box Right: Fred and Betty outside Ham Hill Stores
Museum given Ham Hill post box
DEMOLITION is under way of Dene Hall, 269 Malling Road, Snodland – previously the Ham Hill Stores – and building eight flats on the corner site in Brook Lane, opposite the Freemasons Arms public house. Andrew Ashbee, curator of Snodland Museum, said the con- tractors had kindly donated the building’s George V post box to the museum. “The early history of the building
is difficult to ascertain,” he ex- plained. “It was erected by 1891 and by 1901 it seems to have in-
cluded the Coffee House, with the builder, Robert Langbridge, living in the main part. “By 1911 The Old Coffee Tavern
was occupied by a fishmonger and general dealer, with Henry Newman, ‘late farmer, grocer, draper and postmaster’ running the enterprise. The post box dates from George V’s time, so Newman was probably the first post- master.” He added that older parish-
ioners will remember Ham Hill Stores owned by Fred Kent and his niece, Betty.
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