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feature History Made as First Mayor of Cranbrook Honoured PHOTOS BY DAVID MEREWETHER THE AFFECTION held for Cranbrook shopkeeper Phil Mummery was all too evident on St Valentine’s Day when he was crowned as the new honorary mayor of the town. Thanks to Stuart Cleary, whose idea it was to see Phil as mayor, he entered the packed Vestry Hall to the sound of Town Crier, alias Cllr. Andy Fairweather, ringing his bell and announcing his arrival. The popular man who has dedicated most of his life to the town was “crowned” with a mayoral chain by parish council chairman Cllr. Kim Fletcher as guests raised the roof with cheers. Cllr. Fletcher said: “I cannot think of a better person to be mayor whether it is a man, woman or clown,” a reference to Phil’s love of dressing up when taking part in numerous town events. TF 24 Parish Cake • Spring 2020
feature Cranbrook is the hidden gem of the South East, despite all the brickbats thrown at it during the past 30 years. A Plea From the Heart I MOVED to the town in 1976 for business reasons and have never regretted it for a minute. I’m going to list some of the assets: an outstanding parish church, St Dunstan’s, a town museum to be proud of, the impressive Cranbrook School complex with pupils from all over the world, a fine theatre and, of course, the tallest working smock mill in the UK, not to mention the many buildings and homes which reflect England’s architectural history. But what really makes a town are the people, the clubs and societies. I daren’t list them. There are so many I am sure to miss some! Now the brickbats lobbed at us from regional and central government. First of all, tourism. The Princess Royal opened the Weald Information Centre which was the parish council office, the borough council’s face in the town and a tourism office. Well, over the years the borough office was open less and less until it closed at the end of last year and info for tourists is not available at weekends when most of them are about and need information. Sandwich, also a historic town, in Dover district has a tourist office and even a coach park which can be used, unlike ours. The town seems to have had more money spent on it by Dover council than our borough spends on us. After the last local election, the idiotic £90-odd million complex in Tunbridge Wells was put on hold. Perhaps now the council will remember Cranbrook exists and spend a little money restoring it to some of its former glory. The most important help to Cranbrook in recent years has been the parish council taking over the car parks and keeping them free. I dread to think what state the town centre would be in now if charging had been brought in. What I am saying is, support your parish council, vote in local elections, don’t moan, be positive and get involved in this unique community. Help make Cranbrook and Sissinghurst become the regional centre it once was. Philip Mummery On 28 January I was invited to Cranbrook Primary School for a special “thank you assembly,” for the years I had been involved with the school as a governor and volunteer. I want to give a big, big thank you to everyone involved, and to say what a lovely atmosphere there was there. I was greatly affected by the amount of affection that came across. Parish Cake • Spring 2020 25
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