Wear'emouts, the activity centre for children in Ash, opened their doors
for the first time in April 1997.
Date |
Paper |
Page
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9.1.1997 |
Gravesend Reporter |
4
| In spite of bomb
scare at Longfield Station, Hartley Primary School PTA collect £72
carol singing on December 20th. |
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5
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Skirts hog the tries New Ash Green ladies beat men
in handicap rugby match, raising £1,000 for cancer charity
(Pictures)
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23.1.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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3
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Row erupts over parking charges at new hospital Sevenoaks
Councillor Roland Haigh (New Ash Green) criticises plans at Longfield
public meeting. Trust said it was untrue £6 per day
would be charged.
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6
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Where will the budget cuts fall Government cuts mean
Kent County Council has to find £79 million of cuts - 10.7%
of budget. Evening and Sunday buses may be withdrawn. Swanscombe
and Horton Kirby Fire Stations may be shut. Audit said finances
were very good in 1996.
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30.1.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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4
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Former police sergeant loses Appeal Court Bid 46 year
old man of Poplars Close, New Barn, refused leave to appeal, who
was jailed for 7 years in 1996 for acts tending to pervert the course
of justice, by obtaining a list of jurors in armed robbery case,
and for asking the accused's family for cash to influence the jury.
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13.2.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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2
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KCC budget crisis - New Ash Green Conservative writes to blame
it on "wishful thinking, short sightedness, bad management
and incompetence by Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors"
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4
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Photo man dies at 63 Obituary of Reporter photographer
Peter Ebdon of Longfield Avenue, New Barn.
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11
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Who's your ideal Valentine date Picture of Axton Chase
School pupils, including those from Hartley, New Ash Green and New
Barn.
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22
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KCC budget crisis - Conservative MPs promise to reinstate the
library hours if they win election.
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Prop
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Property 3 bed semi in Carmelite Way on sale with Wards
for £107,500
Fairby Cottages (Oast House) on market with Walker Croft and
Jarvis for £195,000
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20.2.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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10
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Scouts Gang up for Show Picture feature
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27.2.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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4
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Charity auction plans to raise cash for computer Owner
of the Talk of the Town club in Dartford is arranging charity auction
to raise £3,000 for touch screen computer for 5 year old attending
Longfield Centre for Autistic Children (picture)
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6
|
Small school has big plans Steephill school has 80
under 9 pupils at present, but will expand to take under 11s. New
classroom in permanent annexe and new playfield (from summer) are
planned (photo of building)
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6.3.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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7
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Water organism threat worries parents New Ash Resident
told it was a theoretical possibility. She said 3 bouts of
diarrhoea since she moved there in May.
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13.3.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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4
|
Primary School performance tables
School
|
English, Maths Science(%)
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Pupils
|
Special Ed Needs (with/ without statement)
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Hartley CP
|
65, 68, 85
|
367
|
1, 66
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Our Lady
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57, 71, 89
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218
|
0, 49
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NAG
|
73, 59, 75
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360
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5, 85
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Langafel
|
82, 62, 81
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418
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14, 99
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Fawkham
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91, 64, 91
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78
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1, 13
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20.3.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Court payment for brain damage boy £675,000 awarded
to 12 year old, formerly of The Old Yews, New Barn, against Gravesend
and North Kent Hospital
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5
|
School Transport success Campaign succeeds to get free
bus travel for pupils from Southfleet attending Axton Chase school,
after 70 yards of New Barn Road without pavement deemed to be dangerous
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9
|
Bootleg cheat gets jail warning 50 year old retired
haulage contractor spared jail due to ill health, for evading customs
duties. Given 2 year conditional discharge.
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28.3.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
|
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Property market (Hartley Estates) Leslie Cottage, Ash
Road (3 bed) £169,500 Greenacre, Ash Road (4 bed) £275,000
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3.4.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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9
|
Wear'em outs Opening of complex for under 10s at Johnsons
Farm, Butchers Lane, Ash (pictures)
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10.4.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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2
|
Lady from Millfield, New Ash Green, tells paper she dislikes
tragedies being used for authoritarian measures, like the banning
of knives.
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7
|
Bus driver attacked and robbed by thug Driver of number
10 bus threatened with screwdriver and robbed, when the bus was
at the Ash Road/Castle Hill junction (e-fit of attacker)
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17.4.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Second driver is attacked on bus On 9 April brick was
thrown through open window of number 10 bus at New Ash Green, breaking
glasses.
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24.4.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Tories take lead in key poll Timsons key cutters poll
of key fobs: Dartford - Con 39.7%, Lab 34.7%, Lib 11.7%, Oth
14.7% Gravesham - Conservative 10% up Nationally - Labour
4.7 - 5.5% up. (both local results were wins for Labour!)
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15
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Retirement of paper's reporter, whose first story on 27.4.1957
was about rowdyism after dances in Hartley.
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Prop
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Hartley Estates Timothy House, Ash Road (4 bed) £176,000 Stack
Lane (2 year old house, 4 bed) £179,500
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1.5.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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8
|
Candidates for Sevenoaks North East division of Kent County Council
(Hartley, New Ash Green) are Kent Tucker, Janet Smale and John Crane
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8.5.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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11
|
Schools win food contract In house team at Axton Chase
one of the few to win dinners contract.
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15.5.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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7
|
Council doubles its CCTV cameras grant Sevenoaks Council
to spend £57,800 on 3 new cameras for New Ash Green shopping
centre, to add to the existing 14. Grant application turned
down by government, who accepted Edenbridge and Westerham application.
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22.5.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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11
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Council sees red over security cost bloomer Sevenoaks
Council error on budget for CCTV means they are heavily in the red,
although schemes will still go ahead. Parties blame each other
for blunder.
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12.6.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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11
|
Weed changes rail route and saves local homes Discovery
of only one of 3 colonies of Grey Mouse Ear means CTRL route will
be moved nearer Longfield and save Mile End Green and Martins Cottages
(picture).
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19.6.1997
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Gravesend Reporter
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7
|
Man robbed Young man robbed of jeans, £15 and
Walkman as he walked home near Black Lion. Attacked by 3 youths
who fled down footpath.
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13
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CTRL says line moved at Dartford Borough Council's request, and
for more reasons than just the weed
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26.6.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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13
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Marriage at Fawkham Church of Castle Hill groom (picture)
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3.7.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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11
|
Village fun for hundreds of revellers Picture feature
on Ash Fete.
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17.7.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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6
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We'll miss you miss Retirement of head of New Ash Green
Primary School, since the school was opened in 1981 (picture)
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6
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Axton awarded sports honour Sportsmark award for achievement.
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24.7.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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11
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Marriage of Hartley groom and Longfield bride.
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31.7.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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9
|
Beef ban lifted Manager of Gay Dawn Farm in Fawkham
welcomes return of beef to school menu (picture of cattle and one
of the farm's owners).
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7.8.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Paper ship Scouts doing paper collection from Hemesley's
Yard from September
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5
|
Asbestos fear for families Asbestos found during £1.5
million improvements to Swan Farm travellers site at Ash.
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7
|
Youth club gets paint award Longfield Youth Club with
100 members wins Dulux grant to redecorate social area and mural
outside.
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14.8.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Prowler spotted In garden at Knights Croft, New Ash
Green
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21.8.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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4
|
Work starts on new school site For Swan Valley School,
currently at New Ash Green Junior School
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28.8.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
|
11
|
Council notice Sevenoaks Council withdraw notice from
Dalesford, Castle Hill, in connection with taxis.
|
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|
Prop
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Levens Fox Carmelite Way - 3 bed det bungalow - £168,500
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18.9.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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2
|
Tribute poem to Princess Diana by resident of Capelands, New
Ash Green
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23.10.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
|
Super sleuths find dog 'Smartie' Hartley family track
down their dog to Swanley, after he was taken outside Waitrose in
Longfield.
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6.11.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
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Man attacked by gang of youths in New Ash Green shopping centre.
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13.11.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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13
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Hartley Primary School Festive Fun Picture feature
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4.12.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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2
|
New Barn resident claims Longfield Conservatives have reached
"new low" in bye-election by "scaremongering"
about building 400 houses on green belt land
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10
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Burglary at Main Road, Longfield
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11.12.1997
|
Gravesend Reporter
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3
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Fire engulfs car outside school At Main Road, Longfield
(picture)
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10
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30 year old from New Ash Green arrested and released without
charge in protest at Dover against cheap imports.
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