March/April 2016
Serving local people, businesses & events in Addington, Birling, East Malling, Kings Hill, Larkfield, Leybourne, Mereworth, Offham, Ryarsh, Trottiscliffe, West Malling
And the wall came tumbling down
AN ugly concrete panel wall put up around what was then Clare Park Secondary School in East Malling crashed to the ground at the end of February.
Gary Haffenden and family, John Hilden and Colin King volunteered to carry out the demolition work free of charge as a job for the benefit of the community.
A volunteer group taking part in the “Clean for the Queen” campaign followed up by picking up the small pieces left
behind.
Carl Roberts, principal of The Malling School, was delighted with the result. “The whole path seems so much more open now, and people can now see what a fantastic school we have here.”
The demolition team with Cllr Trudy Dean
The eyesore wall has gone
The destruction of the eyesore wall was a key target for the Clare Lake Restoration Project and Cllr Trudy Dean, chairman, said: “The transformation is amazing from an ugly, dark path to a light and pleasant walk beside the lake. We shall now be clearing the brambles and mowing the grassy part of the path. Thanks a million to our amazing volunteers and if anyone is interested in joining us, please contact Michelle Tatton on
michelle.tatton@aol.com or ring 01732 521889.”
East Malling Clean for the Queen
EAST Malling residents spent two days clearing unwanted litter from various locations in the village as part of the Clean for the Queen event. On Friday, March 4 they gathered at the village hall and set about clearing the playing fields and nearby verges before moving on to Dickens Drive.
The next day, they removed litter from the Clare Lake area. Michelle Tatton, volunteer co-ordinator for the East Malling events, said: “There is a long- term project with The Malling School to improve the area around Clare Lake and the project steering group already had plans for a litter picking event in early March”.
We then heard about the Clean for the Queen initiative and decided to link in with this nationwide scheme and expand our efforts to other parts of the
village. The borough council was supportive throughout, supplying all the equipment we needed, and we are grateful also to Southeastern trains who sent two members of staff to help out with our event on the Friday.
All the volunteers were very
enthusiastic and did a brilliant job, filling upwards of 25 bags of litter, and several other large items of fly tipping were reported which are all in the process of being removed by Tonbridge and Malling Council. It was a fantastic few days with worthwhile results.”
Further similar events will be arranged in East Malling in due course. Anyone who would like to be involved please contact Michelle at
michelle.tatton@aol.com
The big
clean-up at Clare Lake
A Malling Action Partnership publication
Litter pickers near the village hall
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