Town Talk


Les is rewarded for clock work


THE man who has wound up the turret clock at Snodland Clock Tower in Holborough Road twice a week for 24 years has been pre- sentedwith the Kent Association of Local Councils award by Snodland Town Council. Les Bristow, of Osprey Walk, Larkfield, is pictured receiving his award from Peter Misy, chairman of the council at its annualmeeting. He used to work for Snodland Motors, which was in an old school building attached to the clock tower. Les was asked by the coun- cil if he would wind the clock. The garage was replaced with houses and Les went to work in Rochester and later for an air-conditioning company before he retired. Les wound up the clock every


four or five days. Maintenance is carried out twice a year and it has to be resetwhen the hour changes. He has been married to Carol for


46 years. They have two children, Nathan and Emma, and two grand- children. Nathan used to wind up the clock when Leswas on holiday. Les’s hobby is cleaning, repair- ing and rebuilding old cars, which


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Pets focus of church service


he takes to shows and on tours. The winding of the clock is now


down to council employee Roly Kinslow, although Les will help out when Roly is on holiday. The clock was described as "rare


and of superlative quality" by ex- perts from the Antique Horological Society. It was built in 1878 as a memorial to Charles Townsend Hook, founder of the paper mill, now Smurfit Townsend Hook. Peter Wotten of the AHS said at


the time of the visit: "The Snod- land turret clock is of the very finest quality throughout, consist- ing of a mechanism assembled in the flat-bed format, like Big Ben, with a single five-legged gravity escapement."


SNODLAND TOWN COUNCIL SATURDAY 1st JULY 2017


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A VARIETY of pets attended Snodland's annual animal blessing service at Christ Church, Malling Road. In his sermon, the Rev Hugh Broadbent, spoke about how the Bible


calls on us to care for the animals in our homes, on our farms and in the wild, but how animals can, in so many ways, be a blessing to us. He added: "A set of clay candle holders, one in each of the colours of Noah's rainbow, were made for the service by retired priest, Gordon Oliver, and were placed on the altar as part of the service."


Community centre anniversary The party, between 2pm and


SNODLAND Community Centre is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a small party in the Pad- dlesworth Rooms on July 2. It opened on July 4 1987 and


Chris Howick remembers it was a very sunny day and the carnival, the first to be held in Snodland for 10 years, was organised to cele- brate the event.


4pm, will have light refreshments and some “gentle entertainment” provided by Martin Rolfe on the keyboard. It is free to members of the community association and non- members can buy tickets for £2.50 at Home & Hobby in Malling Road.


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Parade leaves 1.30pm Holmesdale School Malling Road


Arrives 2.00pm Potyns Sportsground Paddlesworth Road


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Various Stalls Beer Tent Rays Relics Band Climbing Wall Kazen Kai Karate/kickboxing Silhouette Dance School Fun Fair Eagle Heights Bird Display Shiro Judo


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