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as tree breaks A LOUD cracking noise was followed by the huge branch of an ash tree on the boundary of South East Water Company's land crashing into the cricket meadow close to Snodland High Street, narrowly missing a man and his dog. There had been rain earlier


in the day on Saturday, July 28, followed by high and gusty winds. Sue Sampson-Green, South


EastWater’s facilitiesmanager, said: “On close inspection, our tree surgeon found that there was a fault in the centre of the big branch that had fallen. “This came as a shock be-


cause the tree was outwardly looking very strong and healthy, with lots of new growth.


Redhill Corps of Drums Band led the carnival parade with the Glenduart Pipe Band


Crowds turn out for sunny carnival


DESPITE it being a sweltering hot day and other attractions such as England playing Sweden in the quarter-finals of the FootballWorld Cup and the Wimbledon tennis championships, the SnodlandCar- nival went very well on July 7. Five floats and 12walking groups


were supported by a good crowd lining the streets from the Holmes- dale School, down Malling Road, into the High Street and Constitu- tion Hill to Potyns Sports Ground. The parade was led by Redhill


JackGreen at


Euro games SNODLAND-born Jack Green was in Berlin, Germany, as Town Talk went to press, rep- resenting his country in the Eu- ropean Games. He competed in the 400m and


hurdles


Corps of Drums Band and Glend- uart Pipe Band. The Mayor of Tonbridge &


Malling, Cllr PamBates,welcomed everybody at Potyns and congratu- lated the town council on putting on the event. She presented certificates to the


the


4x4 relay hurdles in the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Jack's nan, Betty Colyer,


lives at Veles Road, Snodland. She said Jack lived in Bus- bridge Road when he was born 26 years ago and later moved to Hythe before return- ing “home” at 16. Betty, who is pictured with


Jack, said: “He was a flat run- ner and really stood out at school sports days and the district sports. “He joined Ashford Athletics


Club where he met June Plews, who became his coach and introduced himto hurdles, when he was about 15.”


groups on the floats – Village Opti- cian, Happy Feet Play Nursery, St Katherine's School and Nursery, Clocktower Pre-School and Brook- land & Christie Colonies. Certificates were also presented


to the 1st Snodland Cubs, Army Cadets, Snodland Medical Prac- tice, Coffee Break, 3rd Snodland Brownies, The Holmesdale School, St Katherine's School and Nursery, GKR Karate, Holborough Lakes Primary School, YouCan –Youth Cancer Support and


Clockwise fromabove: The Village Optician float;Mayor PamBates welcomes the crowds;Holborough Lakes Primary School and Army Cadets


Katherine Wheel Pre-School. Town council chairman, Debbie


King, praised the floats and walk- ers saying it was a “really good”turnout. Shemade specialmention of the


hard work of the town council staff in preparing for the carnival. An organiser said: “Despite the


World Cup game, people turned out in big numbers to support a fantastic community event. And the weather was fabulous.”


Local news for Snodland and Halling


A Downs Mail supplement produced in conjunction with the Snodland Chamber of Commerce.


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