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THE annual Fernlace Craft and Lace Day held at Snodland Community Centre on April 21was another great success. Many crafters came together to
enjoy themselves and help raise funds for local charities. Suppliers were on hand, togetherwith a raffle, and demonstrations, and an array of itemsmade by Fernlacemembers were on display. The main charity this year was
Dandelion Time,which runs a farmin East Farleigh to help families affected as a result of domestic and mental abuse (
www.dandeliontime.org.uk). The charity’s Agnes Reading gave a speech in the morning, which in-
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arthritis facts AN Arthritis Information Evening organised by the SnodlandMedical Practice Patient Participation Group (PPG) will be held at Snod- land Community Centre on Wednesday, June 13, at 6.45pm. Guest speaker will be Dr Mike
Batley, a consultant rheumatologist at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Dr Batley will talk about the common conditions that cause pain, stiffness and swelling in joints in all parts of the body. He will also answer questions. The evening is open to anyone, not just patients of the Snodland Practice, who wants to learn more about osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Crop circles CROP circles will be the topic of conversation at the Aylesford Ac- tive Retirement Association’s next meeting. The group, which meets on the
fourth Thursday of every month at 2pm, will hear fromAndy Thomas on the mystery of strange shapes found in fields of wheat, corn and barley. Meetings take place at the CommunityCentre inAylesfordVil- lage, and there is no need to join on your first visit. For more information on the
group call Wayne Sprigmore on 01622 710734.
Charity choice PARISHIONERS of St Peter and St Paul in Aylesford are being given the choice of which charity their churchwill support. The options areToiletTwinning,A
Rocha UK, refugee charity Care In- ternational or Save theChildren. Anyparishionerwhowants to cast
a vote is asked to let the vicar Jonathan Hall or pastoral assistant JanetHoldstock knowtheir choice.
16 Malling May 2018 Fernlace Craft and Lace Day organisers at this year’s event
cluded a short film and answered questions about the charity. In the afternoon Susan Shawgave
a talk on ‘The Road to Chelsea: Ex- hibiting at RHS Chelsea Flower Show’, describing how she and her
downsmail.co.uk Creative crafts and local lace on show at an annual charity day
colleagues displayed at the show. Angela Hadfield, one of the event
organisers, said: “The Fernlacemem- berswould like to thank our suppliers –Mainly Lace, Smartfrog,Hours Knit and Stitch, Wood Turners Associa- tion – and everyonewho attended to make the day so successful. “The profit for the daywas divided
between Dandelion Time and the 1st Snodland Scout Group, who con- tinue to give invaluable supportwith setting up and clearing away.” The groupmeets in Larkfield on the
first Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. Formore informationcontact Angela on 01634 241910 or email
a.hadfield119@btinternet.com.
Newbus service geing pupils to school on time
STUDENTS from West Malling and Kings Hill can flag down a newdirect bus service thatwill get themto school inMaidstonebefore registration. Nu Venture has been working
with schools off the London Road and Tonbridge Road, particularly Maidstone Grammar School for Girls and Oakwood Park, to im- prove the options for getting to school. If follows the introduction of its
57Xdirect service fromKingsHill to Huntsman Lane in September. Nu Venture boss Norman Kemp
(pictured) said: “It is in no small measure down to the support that the Huntsman Lane service has re- ceived that we have been talking to schools in Maidstone to provide a direct service into town fromWest Malling and Kings Hill. We hope that support will be there for these two new bus services and, if it is, it could lead to more buses in the fu- ture.” Hewas quick to point out that the
A “VIOLENT and extremely dan- gerous” Snodland man who at- tempted to set fire to a car containing a baby, two women and a dog has been jailed for nine years. KyleAllen (32)pouredpetrol over
aMercedes-Benzduring an incident outside his house in Cantium Place on July 25 last year. After emptying the contents of a
five-litre fuel container over the car, he attempted to ignite the fuel with his
lighter.That failedandone of the victims drove the car a short dis- tance away, before stopping as she
new services are no “one school pony” and as well as serving nu- merous schools in the town, they will also be available to all bususers. The 588 will leave West Malling
Town Hall at 7.28am weekdays, with stops at Kings Hill,Watering- bury, Teston and Barming en-route to Oakwood Park on the Tonbridge Road for 8.20am. The return service will be at 14.50pm onMonday and 15.30pmTuesday to Friday.
feared itwould burst into flames. Police were called and arrested
Allen. He pleaded guilty to at- temptedarsonwith intent to endan- ger life and also admitted to counts of causing actual bodily harm, relat- ing to separate incidents. An addi- tional five charges relating to further assaults and a fraud were ordered by the judge to lie on file. When he was sentenced atMaid-
stone Crown Court on April 25, Allenwas also given an extended li- cence of three years. Inspector Richard O’Toole, of
The 56Xwill leave KingsHill, op-
posite Asda, at 7.40am, arriving on London Road, opposite Somerfield Hospital, for 8.20am, returning at 15.42pm. Tonbridge&MallingMPTomTu-
gendhatwelcomed the newservice, adding: “This is a great feather inMr Kemp’s hat. He has solved a big problemhere for students fromboth areas needing to travel directly into town for school.”
Nine-year sentence for calous arson aempt
Kent Police, said: ‘There is no doubt that Allen’s actions risked the lives of everyone inside the car...and this included a baby which was just a fewmonths old. “Itwas sheer luck the lighter failed
to ignite the fuel,withwhich he had doused the vehicle. Prior to this, Allen had already repeatedly ha- rassed and assaulted one of the vic- tims. “The sentence is a reflection of the
danger he poses to members of the public and prison is the best place for him.”
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