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MPs join guests to mark 20 years of Downs Mail


THE Downs Mail hosted a party to celebrate 20 years of newspaper publishing in Maidstone and Malling with a gathering of friends and distinguished guests. In his address at the Museum of


Kent Life, the newspaper's founder and former editor Dennis Fowle told guests: "I think the most excit- ing memory is the way the people of Maidstone and Malling have taken the Downs Mail to their hearts." His daughter Claire Procter –


now chairman of Mail Publications Ltd – remembered the early days of the business creating "wonderful and unique" newspapers that have gone from strength to strength, with the creation of a fifth edition in the popular Downs Mail series in November. She said: “At a time when other newspapers are struggling to retain their readership, it is wonderful to have a loyal and growing audience that enjoys reading every issue cover to cover. “We are also pleased to have the continued support of our advertis- ers who recognise this and have


backed our newest developments, including our daily Downs Mail initiative on line.” The Downs Mail, which is based


in Bearsted, is now posted through the doors of 85,000 homes across Maidstone and Malling each month, with more signing in to its website and enjoying its quarterly, colour lifestyle magazine, Mid Kent Living.


Maidstonemayor Cllr Derek But-


ler was among those to celebrate the publication’s 20th anniversary, cutting a birthday cake with Den-


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From left, Downs Mail chairman Claire Procter, president and founder Dennis Fowle and mayor of Maidstone Cllr Derek Butler cut the Downs Mail birthday cake


nis Fowle and Claire Procter before guests enjoyed ferret racing in aid of Heart of Kent Hospice and an owl display laid on by the Kent Owl Academy. Other guests included Maidstone


MPs Helen Grant and Helen Whately, Heart of Kent Hospice chief executive Sarah Pugh, council leader FranWilson, Bearsted parish councillors and Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidates David Naghi and Emily Fermor. Other or- ganisations represented included the YMCA and Blackthorn Trust.


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weeks later, as he played the same par 3 hole, when he saw the ring glistening in the grass close to a greenside bunker. “What luck,” he said. “I had been


wearing that ring for about 45 years andmywife and Iwere ready to pay about £350 for a replacement.” Reinhard,whois retired after run-


ning a display lighting business, lives with his wife Sue in Adbert Drive, East Farleigh.Herecalls driv- ing his ball in to the bunker and tak- ing off his glove to play the shot. “I had no idea the ring came off at the same time.”


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