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Pub of 200 years to become house
PINT pots are jangling in Trot- tiscliffe over a plan to turn the vil- lage local into a house. The Plough in Taylors Lane has
been a pub since 1817 and is a grade II listed building. An application has been submit-
ted by landlady Debbie Carson to change the use of the building, de- molish a side extension and replace it with a double gabled extension for domestic use. She says the business has traded at
a loss for 10 years and was sold by Enterprise Innswhenitwasdecided itwas no longer viable. Mrs Carson says in spite of the
pub’s reburbishment and coffee shop, the pub has failed to break even. She adds: “Several locals have said that they are pleased to see The Plough open again and several use it once or twice aweek, but there is not enough custom to ever make it vi- able with just local people and it is not positioned or big enough to at- tract enough footfall to get it to a break-even stage.” The village’s other pub, The George, is 250m away and The
Angel atAddington is within half-a- mile of Trottiscliffe. However, one of the neighbours opposing the pub’s closure, said: “The Plough has been a pub for 200 years. It is the villagers’ pub and should not be changed into a dwelling. “A local couple put forward an
offer to buy it from Enterprise Inns and run it as a pub/restaurant but were rejected in favour of an offer from the current owner. “If she doesn’t want to run it as a
pub she should sell it as a public house.” Mrs Carson says she wishes to
turn the pub into a house, while maintaining it as her home.
downsmail.co.uk Izzy’swalk for a cure
AN 11-year-old from Snodland is well on her way to raising more than £1,200 in an effort to find a cure for Parkinson’s disease. Izzy King’s grandad Robert Barnes, who has the condition, was there
to meet her at the end of her sponsored five-mile walk from Snodland to the Spitfire pub in Kings Hill on June 10. Her aunt, Charlotte
Nolan, from Eccles, said: “It was lovelymy dad was able to join her at the finish line.We’re so proud of her and grateful for all the support she has received through her Just Giving page.” Izzy, who has the
hashtag #Parkinsonssucks on her page, said: “I wanted to raise money to fund research to find a cure or make tablets to help slow down the disease so other people don't have to go through whatmy grandad is going through. The Cure Parkinson’s Trust is the only charity that exists solely to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson’s.” A spokesman for the charity praised her efforts, adding: “Parkinson’s is
a degenerative neurological condition that is frequently considered an old person’s disease, but can affect anyone at any time. “The youngest person diagnosed is just nine, and many are in their
20s and 30s. This is a devastating diagnosis that doesn’t kill, but imprisons and the trust wants to help reverse that.”
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