Issue - meetings

Reference was made to the recent sad death of Honorary Freeman and former Mayor Mrs Marion Cole and the Mayor paid tribute to her service as a local councillor.   The funeral would be held at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Aylesford on Thursday 25 July at noon.   The service was open to everyone and the Mayor asked that those wishing to attend inform the Mayor’s Office so that the family could have an idea of numbers. 

The Mayor reported that since her inauguration at Annual Council she had attended a number of events.  These included the Queen’s Garden Party, Tonbridge Carnival, the Tonbridge Lions It’s a Knockout event and the Tonbridge and Malling Cricket Festival.  She was also pleased to report that the recent Civic Service had been well attended. 

Upcoming activities and events included the Mayor’s Garden Party, which would be held in the Memorial Garden at the Royal British Legion Village on Tuesday 23 July, and another Local Schools Debate was arranged for 11 October.  Details of the Charity Quiz to be held around Christmas would follow in due course.

Finally, the Mayor thanked the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Roger Roud) for attending many events on her behalf and commented that this had been an exceptionally busy period.