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Mohammed in Peridise with cafe


YOU can now get a taste of “Peridise” at Brookland Lake car park after the cafe there was re- opened.


Bakhtiyar Mohammed – known


Mum organises litter pick after fishing trip to park


years,” he said. “Robert Beswarick at Hicks


by his second name – has re- opened the premises as Peridise Peri Peri. He moved to England in 2000


and lived in Ritch Road, Snod- land, before moving to Maidstone a year ago. Mohammed, who has worked at Rezalis in Snodland, A&D Fish- eries in Ditton and Big Ben’s in Maidstone, is relishing the chance to branch out on his own. “I had enough working for peo- ple, I had been doing it for 17


A MUM who took her son fishing during the school holidays was so disgusted by the amount of litter at the lake in Nevill Park, Snodland, that she organised a litter pick. SophieWright, of Saltings Road,


Snodland, said: "Many people use the lake and are just as annoyed as we were about the state of it. Seven people helped with the pick and three of them were fishermen. “We managed to collect around


16 bin bags full of rubbish and I am now hoping to do a litter pick every four weeks. “We could use more people and


more equipment, as it was very lim- ited on the day.We had a great re- sponse from the community and have had a few people come for- ward to offer help next time.” Town Talk reported in its August


issue that Debbie King, chairman of Snodland Town Council, was or- ganising litter picks and would keep in touch on Facebook. Meanwhile, the recycling centre


in the car park at Snodland Com- munity Centre is to be closed, but the one in the car park at Rocfort


knew I was looking for some- where to work for myself and he put me on to the cafe. If you pro- vide good food and give a good service people will use you.” The cafe, which was originally


built for those using Leybourne Lakes, is open from Monday to Friday between 11.30am and 2pm and weekends from 11.30am until 10.30pm. There is seating outside the cafe and a free delivery service.


Pictured right, Mohammed serves a takeaway to Tim Parrett of Birling Road, Snodland


Sophie Wright, left, with other volunteer litter pickers at Nevill Park


Road will be retained. Tonbridge & Malling Borough


Council’s Cabinet members agreed that from next April there will be a charge of £40 for the fort- nightly collection of garden waste, but there will be a special introduc- tory offer of £35 for each of the first two years to encourage take up. A spokesman for the borough council said that with the introduc-


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Emissions cut


at papermill SNODLAND’S paper mill run by Smurfit Kappa has begun operat- ing a sophisticated combined heat and power plant (CHP) sys- tem to reduce emissions. Townsend Hook’s CHP, which


provides steam and electricity for the paper machine, will slash the mill’s carbon footprint by at least 15% and help the bottom line. Earlier this year, Smurfit Kappa


reported reaching its fossil CO2 emission reduction target three years ahead of schedule. The multi-million pound invest-


Conversion work


BRIDGET Cork has resigned after four years as chair- woman of Snodland Town Active Retirement Association. She is pictured receiving a thank you gift from Alan Champion, STARA vice chairman. Chris Bosman has replaced Bridget as chairman, while


tion of new improved kerbside col- lections, the council has reviewed the location and number of recy- cling centres. “It is proposed to retain a facility


Brian Alvis has become secretary, succeeding Edith Fen- ton, the secretary for the last eight years. Alan continues as the association’s vice chairman, John Filmer as treasurer and Yvonne Wilson as membership secretary.


in Snodland, which will be located at Rocfort Road,” she said. “The re- duction in recycling sites will not be implemented until the full roll-out of kerbside collections has been completed.”


ment has also increased the ca- pabilities of the Townsend Hook paper machine to meet the na- tion’s growing demand for its spe- cialist lightweight containerboard, a sustainable packagingmaterial. Smurfit Kappa spokesman Jelte


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