Parish Cake Autumn 2020

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THE NEW
slide in the Ball Field,
Cranbrook, looks a little
lonely but the parish council,
which spent £6,492 on the
new attraction, is sure it will
soon be covered in children
having fun!
• ANNIE WATSHAM, Cranbrook,
enjoying a picnic at Knole Park with
an uninvited guest!
• A SPECIAL horse blessing service will be held at Bull
Farm, Glassenbury Road, Cranbrook, at 3pm on Sunday 13
September. It will be conducted by the Rev Ann Pollington,
the vicar of Cranbrook, who said: “The service will be very
short… then I bless the horses. I will be supplying horse
refreshments – carrots afterwards!”
• CRANBROOK UNION Mill is undergoing an extensive
facelift and will not be re-opened until next season. Work
will include removal of the sweeps which will be taken
for repair to a Suffolk millwright’s workshop. The building
will also be sanded down and repainted. To minimise the
effects of dust much of the building is being covered in
heavy-duty cling film.
• A NUMBER OF street lights have been condemned for
safety reasons. Three in the Cranbrook conservation area
must be changed, but no modern equivalent of the swan
neck ones are available. Lantern-style lights will be fitted
to maintain a retro look but cost nearly three times more.
Parish council chairman Cllr. Kim Fletcher said: “The world
shortage of polycarbonate means temporary light fittings
may be used until the heritage lights are available. We want
to maintain a market town look, not a municipal car park.”
• PLANS TO build two four-bedroomed houses on
land behind Medivet, High Street, Cranbrook (formerly
Pearson, Stuart and Partners) which were turned down by
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council have also been refused
on appeal.
KIM FLETCHER
• THE CENTURIES-old properties in Stone Street, Cranbrook, looked
incongruous next to 21st century road making machinery when, for the
first time in decades, a new surface was laid in July. The narrow section of
road had been in a pot-holed state for a long time.
• MORE THAN 500 life-saving emergency trauma packs are
being distributed across the county, thanks to Police and
Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott. In a UK first, the packs
can be found at public spaces, thanks to the Kent and
Medway Violence Reduction Unit headed by Mr Scott. The
red bags contain simple enhanced dressings and gauzes
to help preserve the life of someone who has been injured
until emergency services arrive.
• FOR THE first time since lockdown in March, Cranbrook
Market was able to set up its stalls again on 15 August.
Further markets will be held in the Co-op car park on the
left-hand side of the store on 5 September, 7 October, 14
November. The Christmas market will be held in the High
Street on 11 December. TF
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