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Vicar steps in to bless newbrewery tap room
THE Rev Phil Goodey has per- formed a rare bar service by bless- ing a brewery in his parish. The
vicar BREWERY PRAYER of Boughton
Monchelsea, pictured right, carried out holy rites before a congregation of ale drinkers, council officers and farmers during the opening ofMus- ket Brewery’s newtap roomin Lin- ton. In the presence of huge beer vats, he is pictured tracing the Sign of the Cross – praying for brewery, beer and offices. “I’monly aware of this beingdone
twice before,” he told Downs Mail. “Once inTexas andonce in theMid- lands. I’ve blessed a YMCA centre and restaurants, but never a brew- ery – although, as the church has a long association with brewing which goes back centuries, it seems a natural thing to do.” RevGoodey, of St Peter’sChurch,
was drafted in byMusket’s founder and co-owner TonyWilliams. Themaster brewer confessed he’d
been adding a touch of the divine to his beers for years byputting copper cylinders containing the Musket
LordGod, creator of all; bless this beer, the work of thy creation. We thank thee Lord for thy gift
of hops and malt; bless those who grew it; bless those who brew it and, most especially, bless thosewhowill drink of it, to the glory of thy name. Amen
prayer,” Tony proclaimed. The brewery –which has been op-
Brewery Prayer into the vats where hops are added to the ale. The prayer, penned in 2003 by lay
chaplainAndrew Snowdon, thanks theAlmighty for the gift of hops and malt, and asks Him to bless those who grew it, those who brew it… and thosewho drink it. “So every pint is brewed with a
erating from a redundant mush- room shed at Loddington Farm – has grown in five years to provide real ale to more than 375 pubs and clubs in Kent. Tony says he and son Rhys are now working six days a weeks tomeet demand. The purpose-built tap room,
which contains a bar and newbrew plant,was officially opened by Lod- dington farmlandlord James Smith andhis two-year-oldson,Theo,who performed the ribbon-cutting cere- mony onOctober 19.
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Arrested after a theft aempt
atM20 services THREE men from Essex have been arrested after an attempted theft from a motorway lorry park in Maidstone. It was reported that at around
3.15am on Tuesday, October 30, a driverwitnessedpeople causingde- liberate damage to a curtain side of his lorry, as he was parked at junc- tion 8 services of theM20. After thedriver soundedhis horn,
the group of men fled empty handed and left the scene in a car whichwas tracked. Kent Police officers were alerted
and the suspects were eventuall- stopped in the Grays area of Essex, having passedthrough theDartford Tunnel. A search of the car led to various
items being seized, including a metal bar and a knife. Kent Police said: “The suspects, a
46-year-old man from Billericay, a 30-year-old man from Grays and a man aged 40 fromTilbury,were ar- rested on suspicion of theft and going equipped for theft. “They were subsequently re-
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