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Poppies made with love to remember the fallen
THEY have been a symbol of re- membrance for more than 100 years, but the poppies on sale in a cafe in Allington this year were produced by busy wool-workers from the local branch of the Women’s Institute. Dozens of bang-on-trend knitted
and crocheted red poppies, created by the ladies of Allington Castle WI, have been on sale over the counter at The Grind coffee shop in Hildenborough Crescent. Knitting fan and WI member Pa-
tricia Fyfe was one of those who contributed to the campaign. She originally came up with the idea three years ago, as a way of mark- ing the centenary of the First World War. She said: “We decorated the cof-
fee shop with handmade poppies on ribbons and found that people wanted to buy them. We’ve been doing it ever since as a way of re- membering the fallen and raising money for the Royal British Le- gion’s Poppy Appeal. “They have proved very popular, particularly among the youngsters in the area.”
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Daphne Butler, Patri- cia Fyfe, Ann Mitchell and Diane Blaber, with their re- membrance poppies and- Sam Daniell, owner of The Grind cafe
Remembrance services
Remembrance services will take place throughout Malling to honour those who died during two world wars and other conflicts. On Armistice Day, November 11,
there will be a service at 10.45am in the Garden of Honour at the Royal British Legion Village at Aylesford. On Remembrance Sunday, No-
vember 13, a procession will take place in West Malling at 2pm, fol- lowing a route along the High Street with the Mayor of Tonbridge and
Malling, Cllr Mark Rhodes, taking the salute by the pump. The parade will then continue to St Mary’s Church for a service at 2.30pm. In Snodland, the Remembrance parade leaves Holmesdale Technol- ogy College at 2.30pm. Also on Re- membrance Sunday, deputy mayor Cllr Roger Dalton will attend a serv- ice hosted by St Gabriel’s Church, Kings Hill and Kings Hill Christian Fellowship at the Running Airman memorial, Gibson Drive, at 10.45am.
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even bigger WELCOME to the November edi- tion of the Downs Mail, Maidstone and Malling’s number one news- paper. We have expanded the number of
our publications serving the county town and surrounding areas from four to five. With the expansion of Maidstone
and an increase in its housing stock, we want to reach out to new read- ers.
Of course,wewant to provide an
even better service to our advertis- ers by adding thousands of copies being delivered door to door. Mail Publications Chairman
Claire Procter said: “At a time when some newspapers have declined,we have decided to expand our offering both to our family of loyal readers and our commercial partners. “The Downs Mail is soon to cele-
brate its 20th anniversary and what better way to do so than to an- nounce these exciting expansion plans.”
Downs Mail now publishes five editions across the Maidstone and Malling areas with more than 85,000 copies delivered direct to people’s homes and available for pick-up every month. All of our current and archived editions are also free to read on our website at
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