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Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Anonymously gathering firewood in Hurst Woods
Comments:Mikey : That was continually clobbering Anon Anon; with eloquently, reasoned argument. So much for her/their university education. Do you think any one of them, could have qualified as an Isle's Quarry tea girl? Remember, giving correct change was part of the job - and not holding back 20% in secret tips.
July 22, 2017 18:13:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Hiding in Hurst Woods, temporarily
Comments:Police Museums are great places for those who love crime, solving crime, and seeing evidence. You'll see impressive and creepy displays - and marvel at the creativity of the criminal mind. It's probably good to take children along too - so they can see where they end up, if they choose a life of crime. Come to think of it, that photo would probably qualify to appear in a funny failures section.
July 22, 2017 00:00:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Mike : I've been offered a supposedly genuine, signed photo of SM, BH, SP and TD. Would it be worth anything? It has 'The Un-Fab Four',written on the reverse. Do you think the Police Museum would be interested in displaying it? Or Ripley's, 'Believe It Or Not'? SP's nose, is twice as glowing on it - which might help increase it's value?
July 19, 2017 17:10:55 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Borough Green and Proud
Comments:I can't help with the coaching, Fred, I have been happily married for near 50 years, never developed those sort of skills.
July 19, 2017 06:53:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : Supermike the Undefeated One, and myself, would never ever resign and/or quit Borough Green for good, on a Sunday evening. It's entirely against our religion. How little you know about, or understand, good BGites. Your spiteful attacks, are but an early evening gnat bite or 2.
July 18, 2017 23:53:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:'Supermike the Undefeated One' : It seems you get the better of them, over and over and over and..... And her work in those important London Offices, apparently cuts into the time she would spend discussing tactics with her BG Tory mentors. Have you considered coaching them? To now and again, make it less easy and boring for yourself. Are they, ever likely, to throw in the towel? I suppose they are so used to you clobbering them, it is their way of life now.
July 18, 2017 20:55:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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Comments:Such eloquence and reasoned argument, how can I deny you?
July 17, 2017 06:49:21 (GMT Time)


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Comments:RESIGN, RESIGN, QUIT BOROUGH GREEN, FOR GOOD.
July 16, 2017 18:42:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Mike: It is alleged red-nosed SP added to his list of achievements, that when your vehicle battery failed one terrible winter's night, he successfully guided your gritting operation.
July 8, 2017 05:54:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Devotion to that commitment, might account partly for the increase in red-nosed children running during the last 10 years. Keeping his end up; serving BG; enriching his legacy. Sounds like swell material for a song, pardner. Got your guitar ready?
July 7, 2017 17:36:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Cowboy Joe
Email:joe@Yee Haaa.com
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Comments:I had heard that he was merely following that exhortation from the Good Book to go forth and multiply, a sound Christian principle. In an increasingly Godless world, this commitment is surely laudable?
July 7, 2017 13:02:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Teflon Mike
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you from:		Website - Sanctions General
Comments:Hi Fred, in this unusually democratic parish, even the accused has a vote, so the single votes against were SP himself. He is of course lashing out blindly at everyone, blaming them and ignoring his signal failure to keep himself trousered in critical situations. I will be shot if I say more, the Attorney General himself is poised awaiting the merest hint of truth about the allegedly scandalous behaviour of our longest "serving" Parish Councillor
July 5, 2017 08:10:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Mike : Re : Last night's two resolved BGPC resolutions. Some who are wildly excited about this, have been thinking about the single votes against, and if there are factors which could make this less brilliant than they had thought. They would like you to further explain. Thanks!
July 4, 2017 20:34:09 (GMT Time)


Name:Teflon Mike
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you from:		Website Returns Office
Comments:Interesting thought, Fred, and of course she may be free of current engagements shortly. But I think we have enough crooked tories in BG already. Problem is, she might bring some of her new little friends with her, and whilst I don't mind a good slagging off or a standards complaint, car bombing seems a bit harsh, even for my sins. Although some might not agree.
July 2, 2017 06:44:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Same spot
Comments:Of course, it's 'Theresa' Mary May, approximately 11 years younger than Mike. Another senior moment.
July 1, 2017 19:38:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Mike: Re: A new candidate for the vacant BG Parish Councillor position. Currently checking if it could be arranged, I've heard that SP strongly favours Teresa May to sign the Declaration of Acceptance form. They may call him a dreamer (and other things besides!), but it would be interesting. Supermike and Mrs. May - two big names working together!
July 1, 2017 17:17:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:"Name: George. How embarrassing to witness Taylor, trying so hard to match the wit and humour of the Nurse and the Colonel." Well, she's gone. And she thought she was so sh*t hot.
July 1, 2017 11:25:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:On seeking opinions, re : attacks on Mike since March, by Anon Anon et al, one real-named person has totally dominated the ticking of the boxes.
June 30, 2017 17:09:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Don't be sucked in by Anon Anon's 'worry'. Continually moving 2 steps back during her attacks, she was grasping at straws. It was sickening how she had tried to get 'friendly' with D and D. Tories will try anything - we've known that from birth, haven't we?
June 30, 2017 11:14:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website Inquisitors Office
Comments:I think her thoughts were elsewhere - "In spring, a young ....". Anon was worried about the impact of my words on SPs wife and kids, neglecting the impact his actions had on them, and on hers. Oh Dear, missus, Up Pompei has nothing on BG......allegedly
June 30, 2017 06:41:07 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Mike : Have you heard about a commotion in Quarry Hill Road - with TD going ballistic, following her Mum's confiscation of her I-Pad? In the US, some parents have been taken to court for theft, for same.
June 28, 2017 03:40:27 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Quite a few feel, it was pretty well all TD. She fancied her odds; but coming up against formidable Supermike - well, she couldn't take the heat, and had to get out of the kitchen. And he modestly says that he must be getting simple. What a guy!!
June 27, 2017 03:49:08 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:A nice and peaceful break, Mike. Hope the grammar specialist one, doesn't return to mention that should have been 'was' (yesterday).
June 26, 2017 16:06:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike The Hanged Man
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Comments:I must be getting simple in my old age, Fred, that had simply never occurred to me - but now you mention it , Hmmmm. Most interesting developments in recent days though, I wonder if their Mums will confiscate their I-pads now?
June 26, 2017 07:01:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Recent gossip. Some think that TD had something to do with the small group that were having a go at you here, Mike.
June 25, 2017 19:29:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Teflon Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Fred, I am sure BH is too Tory to have ever inhaled any noxious fumes, except perhaps for the sweet smell of moolah. And as for their phalanx of souls who want me to go : send me a list and I will compare the numbers to the 1600 odd that voted for me. That's Democracy, Folks !
June 22, 2017 06:44:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:They were probably a bit mixed up from smoking dried banana skins, Mike - but allegedly, BH has mentioned that,47 years ago, the Nurse's favourite record was 'Way Down Yonder in Isles Quarry' by Derek and the Daleks.
June 21, 2017 19:47:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:An anonymouse will probably be squeaking about my incorrect spelling of damn, right now.
June 21, 2017 07:54:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:They're a bunch of dam Anonanimositists too, Supermike.
June 21, 2017 06:44:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Dear Anonymouses, or is that anonymice? I have taken the liberty of reposting your words from 15th June below. I have also printed that post on shiny new 120gm paper, and when the true rumours in the village get to you, you can pop round here, and eat your words. No, No , No,.... no apology necessary
June 20, 2017 17:07:50 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Taylor - have you ever given a thought to his wife, or his young sons who have grown up in this village and live with your stupid nasty attacks on their dad? The way councils have always operated in this country is in a civilised manner, there is a vote. You lost. But every time you lose, you indulge in vicious personal attacks on people. And I can tell you this - an awful lot of people are sick to the back teeth of it all. Do us all a favour and accept defeat like a man. Or go. June 15, 2017 07:08:57 (GMT Time)
June 20, 2017 17:04:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Felicity : Let's hope the wind is not too fierce, when above the Potts of piss.
June 20, 2017 16:06:06 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato again. I am doing a school paper and I need more information about the quote. Miss Felicity Potts. I am doing a school paper and I need more information about the quote. Miss Felicity Potts. I am doing a school paper and I need more information about the quote. Miss Felicity Potts. I am doing a school paper and I need more information about the quote. Miss Felicity Potts. You are not a fool Felicity - just stupid.
June 19, 2017 21:41:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Rubbing Steve's nose in their nests, would get it 'hotter than a doggone fire cracker'.
June 19, 2017 16:57:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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Comments:I try to be polite, Micky, some sensitive sould come here for recuperation when the Nurse allows them out. And isn't the nurse's Dalek spelt with a Capital "D". They may well be imaginary, but they are a race. PC to the end
June 19, 2017 16:42:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:Boro' Green gone made
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you from:
Comments:We've all heard it for years: "Isles Quarry, Isles Quarry, I-s-l-e-s Q-u-a-r-r-y". Spoken with all the rhetorical flair of a depressed dalek.
June 19, 2017 10:17:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Has to be crppng. Sorry I bothered you. Rub their noses in it.
June 19, 2017 09:04:52 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Supermike 1 of Borough Green. What is c****g? As in 'c****g in their own nests'? Kentish expats here don't know of a word which would be spelt like that. Is it a new 'coolest of the cool' BG word? Although advancing in years, I want to get 'with it'.
June 19, 2017 01:28:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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Comments:Very grateful for the advice, whether it is correct or not. There are two reasons why I can say these things with impunity - (1). They are always true, and the people I aim my comments at do not want further exposure of their misdeeds, and (2). As the disclaimer on my website says "I ain't got nuffink, so suing me won't work". I cannot conceive the minds of these people to carry out their attacks on BG, I can see no gain, and why risk public vilification for allying with the crooks at TMBC and developers. I get enough flak from a few pillocks like you, and I am on the same side as the Residents. And further bafflement because these people live here as well, they are c****g in their own nests. Beyond me, absolutely beyond me.
June 18, 2017 06:50:29 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Steve? Oh so you've named him now. Own goal. I'm not him but you can never be sure, can you, because you have defamed just too many people, and not just on your website. Furthermore, "The truth, (or a belief in its truth) is not a defence." This was passed into English law in 1995 according to Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2012. You're on thin ice and gravely mistaken in not being actionable. Incidentally, we don't have to read the decision in it's entirety, that was a phrase you used yourself in your summing up.
June 17, 2017 14:58:24 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Borough Green & Proud
Comments:That was a most interesting slip, Steve. There cannot be one person in a thousand who have read the draft decision, and fewer still who would have remembered that significant phrase "on the balance of probabilities"
June 17, 2017 12:52:47 (GMT Time)


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Comments:How quickly you forget the legal definition of 'balance of probabilities'. It can work against you, just as it can work for you. And in the space of one week.
June 17, 2017 11:53:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:I think everyone knows who I am talking about, and if you think I am daft enough to put his name on this...... I am sure the gentleman in question has TMBC Standards Complaint form on his favourites. However, as it is all true, it isn't actionable, but TMBC's Standards system is run by vendetta, not by the Law. I don't mind yet another SB against my name, but I need a short recuperating rest before the next one
June 17, 2017 11:06:56 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Who are you talking about, Mike?
June 17, 2017 10:37:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Come on Fred, be fair, he has done an awful lot for the village - Isles Quarry West, Sainsbury, A-Z houses, stopping the Wrotham bus to the BG Surgery, he is the driving force behind the conversion of Basted Mill into a park, and the 5 "Village in the AONB" signs all around. And he is constantly trying to make the village a better place - close down the village hall because of noise, get rid of me, fighting off the ever present threat of a Gatwick Flightpath, and a tireless campaigner on ethical issues (provided they are his ethics). Credit where Credit, is due I always say, and don't forget his contribution to the Potters Mede construction project - he paid for the opening day flowers out of his own pocket. (Well, OK then, out of the pockets of his former employees)(allegedly).
June 17, 2017 10:01:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Well they think, fast tracking it. Possibly even borrowing some of your achievements, to pad out his limited qualifications. So the award would be sitting there waiting for him, so to speak. That's what some people think about Tories, Mike.
June 17, 2017 04:21:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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Comments:posthumously perhaps?
June 16, 2017 22:21:38 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Some BG parishioners think that SM and BH are working behind the scenes, to eventually get Steve Plonker appointed a Freeman of the Borough.
June 16, 2017 20:19:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike apologetically
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Comments:I know, that was a bit over the top, even arrogant, but I enjoyed it. Tally the achievements of SM, BH and SP and the rest of the parasites, and you can count their beneficial achievemnts on the finger of one finger.
June 16, 2017 17:18:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:It is very easy for someone to make offensive comments whilst hiding behind a veil of anonymity. Firstly, the issues where I attack the real Autocrats at TMBC or the old Parish Council are issues that I pick up from members of the public, If you know me as well as you claim you know I can't walk 30ft in the High St without being asked for help or advice. That is far nearer to true democracy than the others. As for your allegation that I am being kept by the People of Borough Green, just go back and check the historic records of expense claims by BH and SM. Its all there on the TMBC website, unless they have now had it removed. So, when people vote for me to go, I will, until then you are a minority of perhaps 3. And I will go happy in the knowledge that I have achieved stuff that benefits the people of BG, carping twits cannot take that away from me. Look around you Ozymandias !!
June 16, 2017 17:14:58 (GMT Time)


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Comments:ROLL UP, ROLL UP! Due to public demand Mike Taylor will make a personal appearance as alter-ego Fred outside Sainsbury on Sat 10-12 am. Entrance Fee £88. Queues expected, so arrive early. Guaranteed wherever he goes, the customary Chronicle photographer will go too. It could be you, the lucky one who gets your picture published next to Fred! For another £50 quid he will sign autographs and pose by his white van which has now been fitted with a noisy blue siren for when he makes citizen arrests on headmasters. Remember folks, everything he does, he does it for you. Proceeds towards his Slush Fund.
June 16, 2017 13:04:37 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Taylor - yesterday you said: "The only people I have attacked are those who deserve it." In other words, people who don't bend to your will and do what you want them to do. These are the words of an autocrat, a self-appointed judge, jury and executioner. And where are all these local jobs you expect commuters to stop travelling to London for. Yesterday you also said: "What I object most strongly to is subsidising their travel." Well, Boro Green objects to subsiding your lifestyle. Yes, you're an autocrat, which is becoming increasingly obvious to everyone except yourself.
June 16, 2017 06:27:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:You sure pick 'em Mike - photos I mean. Is that like the twerpy looking guy above you, always looks?
June 16, 2017 05:03:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Borough Gree
Comments:Showing your ignorance, anon, it was a war zone between 2000-2005, ask anyone who has lived here longer than a few months Actually I was close enough to see the entire incident, I have spoken to his Mum, and we have declared peace. If you have anything constructive to say, lets hear it
June 15, 2017 20:38:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Supermike : I've thought from day 1 that she is an idiot, and a complete waste of time. I've got to the point where I'm absolutely sick of her and have to hibernate for a while. IGNORE HER - SHE IS NOT WORTH IT. Frank Bangay was legendary, and you are almost there. Keep up the excellent work!!
June 15, 2017 20:37:18 (GMT Time)


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Comments:JUST POSTED ON YOUR FACEBOOK: "I agree with George Smith, frankly Mike you are way way out of order here. You were condescending and frankly involving yourself in something you do not know about nor where not present. Frankly your being a condescending know it all of the older generation that causes the divide between young and old. Your comment about it being bad in 2000 I'm not sure you know this but borough green isn't some sort of gangland war zone and never has been. If you spoke to someone I know the way you did to Joe I would certainly be picking you up on it. You just didn't need to post this and here's a shock you don't actually run BG so don't pretend you do.
June 15, 2017 18:36:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Fred, any chance of emailing me at mike.truck(a)btconnect.com and let me know you are. We may be able to make a cunning plan to show this pillock we are different people. Unless I am talking to myself? This is getting very weird
June 15, 2017 18:21:27 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
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you from:		PS
Comments:The point I am making about the commuters is a valid one - it is their choice to live and work where they like, it is still almost a free country. What I object most strongly to is subsidising their travel. This is a supposed to be a free-wheeling light touch market driven economy that will deliver a cornucopia of riches to us all. Except it doesn't. So they should pay their way, just as I pay for my van and my shoe leather. If any commuters are out there who can come up with a sound reason why the taxpayer should be funding your travel, happy to hear it, and will happily post it at the top of the home page, with an apology if merited
June 15, 2017 18:16:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike not Fred
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you from:		Website
Comments:Dear Anonymous anonymous. It would be very helpful if I knew who the b****y hell you were talking about. The only people I have attacked are those who deserve it. And what vote, pray, have I lost? I can't honestly remember losing a vote since 2008, but at my age the memory slips. Please elucidate before my readers all doze off. Wake up FRED, Micky, et al
June 15, 2017 18:11:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : I can't find anyone, who doesn't think you're a 10 - in - 1 nutter. Ask about - supply proof that this isn't so.
June 15, 2017 16:32:27 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Well you've single-handedly managed to alienate all the commuters in Boro Green by suggesting in the Chronicle that they find new jobs if they don't like the exorbitant fare increases. This follows the offensive letter you wrote and left on their cars. I would say there's more than ten of them. Yet, you claim not to behave like an autocrat. That is only one of the reasons why people now view you as one and it is your own doing.
June 15, 2017 15:43:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : You make a total of about 10 by now, don't you? What a loner.
June 15, 2017 15:32:17 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Taylor - Just yourself and Fred anonymous. That makes a total of one.
June 15, 2017 14:57:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : Many, many are completely sick of you.
June 15, 2017 14:28:50 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Taylor - have you ever given a thought to his wife, or his young sons who have grown up in this village and live with your stupid nasty attacks on their dad? The way councils have always operated in this country is in a civilised manner, there is a vote. You lost. But every time you lose, you indulge in vicious personal attacks on people. And I can tell you this - an awful lot of people are sick to the back teeth of it all. Do us all a favour and accept defeat like a man. Or go.
June 15, 2017 07:08:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:AAAaaaaaaaaargh - that image will stay with me forever......related? Aaaaaagh
June 15, 2017 06:35:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike : With yourself and Steve both living in Maidstone Road, I suppose you would become sort of distantly related if his cat did its business by your row of sweet peas.
June 14, 2017 08:28:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky, good to hear from you. Believe it or not, that pic was lifted straight off the TMBC website, and not doctored at all. It was taken at the election count, so I suppose it was elation at winning by 2 votes
June 14, 2017 07:28:33 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Re : The photo of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Had Steve Perry been celebrating something beneficial to himself and/or the crooked Tories?
June 13, 2017 17:07:15 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:		Website
Comments:Thanks, Rex. I am writing to PCC and Chief Constable. Leaving out the fine detail of this, it is important to get the message across to kids that they are also subject to the Law. The Police attitude just makes kids think they are untouchable.
June 12, 2017 06:49:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
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you from:		Old Soar Manor
Comments:Dear Mike Taylor, Having followed your Facebook post about an older lady who was herself arrested by the Fascist/Tory police for having confronted three teenage hooligans on a footbridge, I wonder whether this took place in Borough Green? In any case could you please give us any further details so we can fight this blatant case of police injustice and discrimination?
June 11, 2017 21:09:20 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
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you from:		Old Soar Manor
Comments:Dear Mike, I was horrified to read of the case you reported on Facebook as follows. 'Mike Taylor' 'Interesting Update re Hooligans and Vandals on Bikes. An older woman was blocked from crossing the railway footbridge by 3 of them, she pushed one out of the way, the Police swoop in and arrest HER for assault. If that is the standard of Policing we can expect we are all doomed. Our only hope is that responsible parents reading this keep their kids off the streets, out of the clutches of these gangs, before a really serious crime happens, and the Police are forced to take some action. Kids who are not inherently bad tend to get caught up in the excitement of it all, but it is always them who end up in Juvenile Detention, not the bad ones that egg them on.' Did this happen in Borough Green? If so could you demonstrate your usual public spirit as Parish Council Chairman by helping us fight this injustice on behalf of the lady concerned? If it happened elsewhere could you please furn
June 11, 2017 20:49:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
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you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon just goes on an' on. Wrap up, no one likes you.
June 7, 2017 01:03:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
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you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. Plato
June 6, 2017 22:05:23 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
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you from:
Comments:Whilst I look at most of the raving here with a detached amusement, I must take issue with the allegation that BG is "autocratic". TMBC is autocratic, where the way to vote is passed down to councillors, and a Cabinet decision is unchallengeable. In BG, the Chairman can be removed at any meeting by a majority vote, and any group of 10 residents can call a Parish Poll at anytime, which is now binding on the PC. Now counting to 10 on my pinkies - Sue Murray, Barry Hughes, Steve Perry, Nurse Ratched, Anon George, Felicity Potts, that's only 6, and only 3 registered voters, Sorry Folks, do better next time.
June 6, 2017 15:37:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato.
June 6, 2017 12:51:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anon Anon : You're still wet behind the ears. Come back in 50 years time.
June 6, 2017 11:16:00 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Great posts Mike - you are Taylor-made for Borough Green (sorry).
June 6, 2017 05:15:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:I meant a real name- your diatribes carry no weight from anonymity. If you have a valid argument to make, stand up for it. Although I do enjoy keeping you occupied and away from harm
June 5, 2017 09:27:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:So Supermike believes he was performing a public duty for Borough Green by blocking the Headmaster's car at Wrotham School because he claims Wrotham School misappropriated £8,000. Has this claim been substantiated and was his action endorsed in advance by a unanimous Council vote? Perhaps in addition to the £5,000 he claims per annum the Council should supply Supermike with a flashing blue light to fix on his self-publicising gritter van when he embarks on his public spirited escapades.
June 5, 2017 08:56:33 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:So Anonymous has gone completely transparent now. 1)Do you suggest I should stand by and just shrug my shoulders when Wrotham School misappropriate £8000 of public money? I was acting on a unanimous vote by a committee of 7. 2) Yes I draw my TMBC £5k pa- when I tried to refuse it I was told that I would still lose my Council tax benefit, and be taxed on the amount even if I didn't draw it, and as an OAP I can use the money, and I do put the hours in. 3) If self promotion helps me achieve what people want , so be it. 4) and as for "autocracy - pointless accusation. If you want to see autocracy at work look at TMBC - that's like Iran, but without the beheadings (so far). If anon anon has a genuine grievance, contact me with a name.
June 5, 2017 06:32:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Just what stunt are you trying to pull by writing this garbage?
June 5, 2017 05:59:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:"He might be fooling you but he does not fool me." WTF are you?
June 5, 2017 00:23:12 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Were there lots of empty seats/tables around you at the over 50's reunion?
June 4, 2017 18:42:19 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:That was quite a good run, but it did finally run out of aliases. R.I.P.
June 4, 2017 16:47:27 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:What do we have here, Taylor condemning himself who posts under the guise of Fred? So, anonymity is acceptable in Fred but no one else, eh? Is Taylor any different from other politicians in that he doesn't get "monetary rewards"? He claims expenses, how long must his village subsidise him. Taylor has a long roll call of Standards Complaints from ordinary people whom he has mistreated, which he has the confounded nerve to call a "badge of courage". Oh really? How can it be courage to disrupt the smooth running of Wrotham school in front of the pupils? He might be fooling you but he does not fool me.
June 4, 2017 09:15:46 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:@ Dot part of Dave. Let's put it another way. The snow gritting was an exercise in self-promotion. There just happened to be a photographer present for the local rag for goodness sake. Hey, look at me everyone! How do we contact Dave if we want to contact the dead? As for talking to the living, is it really such an anomaly, peculiar only to him, that people recognise Taylor and talk to him? It happens to all of us, especially those who grew up in the village and attended the local school. Taylor is an outsider, was he even there at the over 50's reunion two weeks ago?
June 4, 2017 09:11:32 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Only intolerant crazed despots will brandish the word 'malcontents' directed at their critics. When taken to task, always cites democracy but we have autocracy in Borough Green with him in command. Only one point of view allowed here - his.
June 4, 2017 09:08:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Thoughtful Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Whilst these anonymous malcontents are mildly amusing, they serve no useful purpose with their pathetic name calling. Their vitriol seems to be generated by their deep love of Barry H and his friend Sue. But we must remember these people are actual criminals, who have used their status with a corrupt leadership at TMBC to avoid penalties for those crimes, crimes that hurt Borough Green deeply. Now if the malcontents have any genuine reasons to support what BH and SM did to BG, let us hear it. I like Borough Green more or less as it is, I don't want it to be the huge urban area that they planned. These pages are provided as a public forum, use them as such, not as a platform for childish personal attacks.
June 4, 2017 07:12:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Anonymous Pete: To be quite honest, if anyone enjoys reading your tripe they are even more stupid than yourself.
June 2, 2017 13:43:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Anonymous Pete
Email:
Where are
you from:		Mars
Comments:With a glut of comments about body parts and bodily functions emanating from the the keyboard of Anonymous Fred, as well as spiteful attacks on the elderly, we can quite understand why Dot & Dave don't respect snide anonymous posts. Yes, congratulations to Rob, the theory test is quite a tricky one to pass.
June 2, 2017 11:42:15 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:It is not possible to stay completely anonymous on the internet. The website owner will know your IP address, what city you come from, your internet provider, what device you are using and what page you visited previously. On a more important note we have just received good news from Rob who keeps our recreation ground in such good order. He passed the theory examination for his driving test
June 2, 2017 09:21:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:It is with the greatest of pleasure that I feel able to endorse Mr. David Sutton's astute view on this matter. Behind every good man there's a good woman. For instance,I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was Dorothy who pointed out the absurdity of Supermike's public grandstanding whilst frequently preferring to hide his identity on the'Borough Green News'. Indeed, with his hunger for publicity one can only assume he doesn't regularly sign autographs outside 'Sainsburys' because he would't know whether to sign them as 'Supermike' or 'Fred Anonymous'.
June 1, 2017 22:14:00 (GMT Time)


Name:The Dave part of Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Let’s put it this way, I have never voted for anyone in my life apart from Mike Taylor. At an early age I came to realise that politicians are in it for the monetary rewards and that they never give a straight answer. Our councillor Mike is a credit to Borough Green and more than a match for any of the snide comments wrapped up anonymously posted here. I have no respect for any comment made that does not have a genuine name and profile to go with it. Take a walk through Borough Green and if you see Mike you will notice that people recognise him, stop to talk to him and respect him. I would not recognise any of the other councillors but they have never been out in the snow gritting the road or arranging social events.
June 1, 2017 14:35:44 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:
Where are
you from:		B. Green
Comments:How embarrassing to witness Taylor, trying so hard to match the wit and humour of the Nurse and the Colonel. How frustrating for him that his comments always fall flat. His bitter personal attacks on so many residents in the village are out of out of order for a Parish Chairman. Is it any wonder he has made so many enemies and has so many detractors.
June 1, 2017 12:07:03 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:
Where are
you from:		B. Green
Comments:ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz. More tedious comments from the degenerate MT, now commenting as Anonymous Fred, showing us greater levels of the depravity he is capable of sinking to. There is a wide gulf fixed between Taylor and Tim Shaw. Tim lives by a high moral code which Taylor could never aspire to. You will always find Taylor riding on Tim Shaw's coattails. Oh, and Borough Green will never, ever, be great again while Fred Taylor runs the show.
June 1, 2017 11:47:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:D and D. That was for the nutter.
June 1, 2017 11:30:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:What do the country bumpkin psychiatrists make of you? Were you attending Valerie Arthur's Platt séances with BH during the 1950s? You are too funny and clever for words really, aren't you?
June 1, 2017 11:25:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Mike Taylors Domain
Comments:Ouija boards are a very unreliable way of communicating with the other side as any entity wandering about will have the ability to communicate with you and will no doubt have a lot of fun just winding you up. Find a deep trance medium who can control what spirit speaks through him/her and will give sound and solid proof of a life after death. Our friend Kenny Punt is such a person and his sister Penny has the gift but to a lesser degree. We have spoken to the Watch Tower sellers about this and they have informed us that the Lord needs to save us and have even offered to send reinforcements to my house to rid it of evil spirits but I refuse to part with my ouzo. Let them save themselves when they need a blood transfusion.
June 1, 2017 11:02:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:There is no mystery to Julia Sanderson. She is one of those spirit entities the "failed mediums" Dot & Dave have been in contact with from beyond the grave. Except that they haven't failed at all because everything she relayed to us about the goings on at Wrotham School were correct. I am head nurse at the mental institution where I work, my superiors esteem me for being the best in the facility. I wouldn't recommend dabbling in the occult, I have had to treat patients who have literally gone mad after using ouija boards. I am also the primary antagonist of the autocract running the Parish Council.
June 1, 2017 09:40:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:George: You've got to shake off this image you have, as a country bumpkin/trainee 'Watch Tower' salesperson.
June 1, 2017 02:54:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:George: As 'leader' of The Georgie Girl Rumbling Bile Brain Party, your 2 or 3 followers would be disappointed with your post of May 25, 2017. Advise them to throw their support behind Supermike and Tim Shaw. Keep BG Great!
June 1, 2017 02:26:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:I heard that the Headmaster's automobile was later, quite upset - it had started to enjoy the relationship.
May 31, 2017 23:49:38 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:With his current unhealthy obsession with rectums and the nasty smells that emanate from from such nefarious parts of the human anatomy, one is left wondering whether Fred Anonymous bears any relationship to the strange incident witnessed at Wrotham School a little while ago. Consternation was caused to both staff and children when a certain local Councillor stuck his smelly vehicle's rear end in the face of the Headmaster's car thus causing a serious blockage.
May 31, 2017 22:19:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Credit where credit is due. In 2014, Nurse Ratched was awarded the Rectum Sponduras Medal (a replica of a metal fly button from BH's 1945 demob suit). The couple are so proud.
May 31, 2017 19:44:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Nutty Nurse: Hot air - come out of the closet and admit you're addicted to fart sniffing.
May 31, 2017 15:59:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:I hope that BH's legs can carry him as far as Barming Lunatic Asylum. I doubt that anyone else will visit her. Sad really....
May 31, 2017 14:18:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:I'm so relieved that the Councillor finds solace in the wise counselling of Dot & Dave. When he refuses to take his medication I have to make the decision whether to administer it orally or anally, but as there is too much hot air coming out of both orifices I prefer to choose the least painful method.
May 31, 2017 11:14:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
Email:
Where are
you from:		Old Soar Manor
Comments:Fools step in where angels fear to tread and though certainly no fool, I wonder whether "Teflon" Mike fully realises what he's taken on and the dangers involved by courageously upsetting the 'Old Boy' Tory establishment, especially during the time of a General Election. Let's hope his magic Teflon remains intact.
May 31, 2017 09:51:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Julia Sanderson left that message on Youtube/Google+ and it is normal practice to use your own name although not a necessity. Said message was soon deleted Ted Lawrence was well known by Dot as the New Ightham Common Yard was close by. His daughter went on to become a traffic warden. The Ightham Mafia may have a little more knowledge so we will let you know if we get any more.
May 31, 2017 09:43:52 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Dot and Dave : You earlier mentioned 'The Harrow', Ightham. Ted Lawrence was landlord there during the 50s, and also worked now and again with Ightham 'builder' George Ford. At school, Ted's daughter was unkindly called 'Keyhole Kate'. Do you know if former BG Primary School caretaker, Sid Lawrence, was related to Ted? Thanks again.
May 30, 2017 23:44:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Dot and Dave @ New Ightham Common Yard. At times I've felt your combined detecting minds to be quite stunning. Do you think the Julia Sanderson you mentioned in March was an alias? If you tell me to get a life, I will understand. Many thanks.
May 30, 2017 22:08:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Nutty Nurse: You've just about worn out this years aliases. Is your birth or married name JULIA SANDERSON? I suppose it's a waste of time asking.
May 30, 2017 17:38:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:http://www.sevenoaksart.co.uk/dot-and-dave.htm
Where are
you from:		Both failed Spiritualist mediums
Comments:Dot and Dave, not transgender but been together 41 years so we go everywhere together and behave as a single entity (Basically Dave just does what he is told) They have a tendency to use I instead of the royal we. Just about everyone knows Dot because she comes from a well known Mafia family in Ightham.
May 30, 2017 15:10:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
Email:
Where are
you from:		Old Soar Manor
Comments:I hope Super Mike shows caution and takes it easy. Not only is he doing a great job in guarding Borough Green interests, he has through his tireless campaigning in effect become the true conscience of Borough Green. You can never trust a Tory. The Tories never play fair and have no doubt learnt their dirty methods from their Public School days. So all strength to your elbow Mike but be very aware of snakes in the grass.
May 30, 2017 12:15:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:Diagnosis: The patient feels inadequate, can't cope on his own. Is calling for reinforcements. Nurse Ratched doesn't need any, she has her syringe at the ready.
May 30, 2017 10:26:16 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:mike.truck{at}btconnect.com
Where are
you from:		website
Comments:BH is 143, amazing for his age - good man to know if you have a planning problem, knows people in high places. happy for the anonymous posts, TMBC snipers are everywhere, have to wear a colander most days, but discreet email would be useful to identify allies
May 30, 2017 08:42:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:One simply does not upset Nurse Ratched. Vulgar and stupid can't be fixed but sedating it can.
May 30, 2017 08:25:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:BH "Played a sharp game of cricket too!" Well, that would have been sharp fielding. So not only still looking out for him during his village walks, Nurse Ratched was formerly hanging around the cricket boundary too - probably encroaching to where he was sharply fielding. How old is BH now? Sounds like she still has a crush on him. That could be something to do with her being a bit cranky. All five of her.
May 30, 2017 05:00:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:BH is a leg man too - if they've got less cellulite than Hillary Clinton.
May 29, 2017 13:48:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:How much syntax would octogenarians be dinged if looking for less than 3 minutes? BH wants to know.
May 29, 2017 03:59:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:You shouldn't have told her she was amusing, Mike. She will consider showing you 5 pairs of tits next!
May 28, 2017 16:40:23 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:Now this is interesting!! Someone who can't decide whether they're male or female, going by the name of Dot AND Dave. (Transgender?) Fred a.k.a Mike (another multiple personality disorder) has just subjected us to the spectacle of having a discourse with himself. Curiously, while announcing everyone else to be the same person too? These patients need to attend my next group session. I have a therapeutic goal in mind. If the patients won't take their steroids orally, there are other ways they can be administered but I don't think they would like it. If they don't respond to treatment they will undergo electroshock therapy. All four of them!
May 28, 2017 08:56:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Cyprus sometimes
Comments:I have a feeling that some of the comments here comes from someone who likes knocking on doors and trying to get us to read the Watchtower
May 27, 2017 10:59:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Thanks Fred. Whilst dissent and discussion are the cornerstones of democracy, I think George/ie can probably only muster a party of 2 or 3, indeed it could even be a single person with a disassociative personality - several minds struggling to exist in one body. I do gain some amusement from his/her/its antics- but the anonymity makes a nonsense of it all. But I must say they do have a good grasp of language syntax, even if they don't really grasp the concept of communication.
May 27, 2017 09:42:55 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Supermike, you are wanted by Borough Green - more than ever! When Georgie Girl criticizes you unkindly, it will often reflect something from within her, and may not even be about you at all.
May 27, 2017 05:36:07 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Do you think 'The Georgie Girl Rumbling Bile Brain Party' really mean business, Mike?
May 26, 2017 16:48:09 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:All that bile? Why, that is great to hear! Bile is healthy! Essential for the digestion process and regulates your intestines' level of friendly bacteria, bile is the microflora that keeps you fit and strong. Bile destroys unwanted and dangerous organisms as they invade your body. Bile helps your body eliminate waste products. Rather in a similar way that the village needs to go through a detoxification process to rid itself of it's big girl's blouse. The day is long overdue that BG parts company with MT.
May 26, 2017 08:54:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		PS
Comments:The rumblings were probably your own stomach - all that bile
May 26, 2017 07:12:00 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Your apparent finger on the pulse is a bit broken, George - in fact my voting rights on planning were restored on 30th April. If the people of BG don't want me, the mechanism exists for them to get rid of me quite easily. There will always be a few malcontents like you, and the glory of democracy is that we allow you to survive and flourish. So your diatribes only serve to strengthen the system. If you think you have enough followers - get rid of me. I won't stay if I'm not wanted.
May 26, 2017 07:10:04 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Bore off Taylor. Keep me out of it. Not interested in your stupid jokes. You are the one who betrayed us yesterday by losing your voting rights. What is the point to you attending the meeting when you were unable to vote. Causing disruption and unnecessary scenes in schools and on building sites stopping people going about their daily lives. How can you represent Borough Green when you have been censured, rendered impotent and can't vote for us? You have let the side down. So quit with the ad hominems, they have become tedious and only serve to turn people against you. I've heard the rumblings.
May 25, 2017 12:14:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:George : With some feeling that Nicola Sturgeon is a bit of a miserable so and so, will you be encouraging Miss Facility and/or Col. Prenderghast to apply for the newly created SNP jokesmith position?
May 24, 2017 22:12:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Anonymous. Fred Anonymous.
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Sit down gently Miss Facility
May 23, 2017 17:13:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Anonymous. Fred Anonymous.
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Miss Facility Potts would find a tricycle and timber wagon a bit rough.
May 22, 2017 21:01:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green
Comments:Felicity Miss Potts should be warned lest she gets a flea in her rear.
May 22, 2017 15:53:52 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:Anonymous Fred should be warned lest he gets a flea in his ear.
May 20, 2017 11:34:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:
May 20, 2017 11:28:08 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		website
Comments:We now know what happened to those performing fleas, Micky, they turned up here with assumed names.
May 20, 2017 06:41:25 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Touring Fleas Cause a Sensation! During October 1889,an exhibition of touring fleas at the Chequers public house, Crouch caused great mirth and amusement and attracted many inquisitive folk from surrounding hamlets. The talented and highly respectable trained and educated troupe of fleas walked tight ropes, rode tricycles, pulled timber wagons and performed many other marvelous feats. I'm feeling a bit itchy.
May 17, 2017 16:47:00 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:I'm saving the whales, lower carbon footprint!!
May 12, 2017 16:35:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Richard Pinkerton : Having no brake light when travelling down Windmill Hill could be dangerous, if you had to stop suddenly - and a one-eyed Wrotham Heath speed cop who happened to be travelling behind you, didn't know you were going to stop. On behalf of the International Supermike Appreciation Society/NSW Chapter, I would wholeheartedly like to thank you for informing mike about this. If the Knights of the Road award was still in effect, I would most certainly recommend that you receive, at least, a framed certificate to hang on your kitchen wall. Thanks again!
May 11, 2017 22:54:36 (GMT Time)


Name:Richard Pinkerton
Email:rdpinkerton{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		20 Windmill hill
Comments:hello, just to advise you your nearside brake light was not working yesterday, on your van. We all appreciate your contribution to our area. Regards Richard.
May 9, 2017 21:43:27 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:I feel that a few straight faced neighbours are having me on - insisting I explain that meant moving it to the side/hip area. More humiliation for me!
May 3, 2017 20:11:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:A bit on the side? So if BH is only "still walking the village, just about," I doubt if he knows they've moved it.
May 3, 2017 02:20:09 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Or George Clooney trying to get a bit on the side. The permutations....
May 2, 2017 16:51:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:George might be even another creation of Julia Sanderson
May 2, 2017 13:53:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Rex : How long did it take you to get rid of that ex-wife? She's probably dating someone like George now!
May 2, 2017 13:43:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
Email:
Where are
you from:		Old Soar Manor
Comments:You're doing a smashing job Supermike. Don't let the hoi polloi discourage you. Miss Felicity Potts is typical of the supercilious school mistress type. Her sneering condescension reminds me only too much of my ex-wife. I scream with laughter knowing you've got her knickerbockers in a glorious jam.
May 2, 2017 12:36:18 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:
Where are
you from:		B. Green
Comments:Oh I don't know, I enjoy Prenderghast's quirky sense of humour, thanks for the entertainment, Lol. A possible replacement for Muriel Rurial?. Get over yourself MIke.
May 2, 2017 09:28:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:As I said before, Fred, we are performing a public service - whilst they are spending their spare time wittering here, we are protecting the good citizens of BG from their bile.
May 2, 2017 08:49:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Still around
Comments:I wonder if that creator of Ratched, Potts and Prenderghast will ever stop yapping? Before someone rings her neck!
May 2, 2017 06:19:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:Now, now Councillor. Do calm down. You wouldn't want to let those dear, innocent children from Wrotham School witness another unbecoming scene.Neither do we want to trouble Nurse Ratched by asking her to bring the ice bucket.
May 1, 2017 22:15:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		PS
Comments:Even BH should feel unhappy to have the sloppy thinking / motor-mouthed / brown-nosed - 3 in 1 R, P and P as followers, shouldn't he?
May 1, 2017 21:02:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Posh part of Boro Green / no money though
Comments:How can Ratched, Potts and Prenderghast be wearing the same set of underwear at the same time?
May 1, 2017 16:35:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		PS
Comments:And BH is a technophobe, he has his little minions collecting electronic evidence, still a couple of them about
May 1, 2017 10:41:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:It is rather surprising that some one has written in support of BH, still walking the village, just about. Its the man of honour I have trouble swallowing - I often wonder what the benefit he and SM gained from Isles Quarry. I have always had difficulty in believing the "old brown envelope" accusation, although it has been voiced to me on many occasions. If someone volunteers their time to help the community, what synapse in their brain later misfires to make them harm their village? Baffling. Still good to see erudite comments resurfacing.
May 1, 2017 10:39:10 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Didn't take long for you to get another interchangeable kid to squawk Mike! Do you think they are being coached by Barry H - or just copying each other?
May 1, 2017 03:03:09 (GMT Time)


Name:Rex Walls
Email:
Where are
you from:		Old Soar
Comments:'I agree with Supermike Fred. Shakespeare must have felt a similar lack of appreciation sometimes when he wrote, "Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude." Keep up the good fight Mike but be careful, some people just don't know a goodun when he stares them in the face. Rex Walls'
April 30, 2017 14:22:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Nurse Ratched
Email:
Where are
you from:		Boro' Green gone mad
Comments:MEDICATION TIME! Normal service needs to be resumed. The unhinged having a dialogue with themselves, whatever next! We live in a giant insane asylum where the inmates have taken over. Our community was once a refuge of peace and tranquility, now to our eternal shame we are tarred as trouble on steroids. Fond memories of Barry Hughes a former Parish Council Chairman. Proper English gent who lived by a code of honour. Never controversial, things always ran smoothly with him the helm. Played a sharp game of cricket too! I still see him walking about the village and wish him well.
April 30, 2017 08:46:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Fred, Micky T, Ain't it gone quiet, do you think their Mums have spotted what they're up to, and changed the Parental Settings?
April 30, 2017 08:10:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Supermike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green and Proud
Comments:I wouldn't worry too much, Fred, he sounds as if a heart attack is imminent, or drowning in his own froth. I do sheepishly admit that I am a newcomer, having only been here since the 60's, and I think "Hell" could be an appropriate name for Croydon. Quite like being a muppet though, Animal perhaps?
April 28, 2017 12:48:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Posh part of Boro Green
Comments:"The Chief Execution of Kent" - Untwist your knickers, you are liable to explode. All in the danger area are advised to stand clear. With Supermike, we will overcome evil.
April 28, 2017 05:40:01 (GMT Time)


Name:The Chief Execution Of Kent
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Mike Taylor mafiozi of Borough Green, How on earth you got your job, probably rigged it, Go back to the mob in little Chicago, You NASTY NASTY BEAST.CURSE you straight back to Hell, where you from, Borough Green was a lovely village before you moved in, You think your john Wayne or something, Muppet Taylor.
April 27, 2017 12:01:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Posh part of Boro Green
Comments:Miss Pots and the Colonel. Get a life. Losers
April 20, 2017 15:02:25 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:What I find extraordinary is the way "Supermike" hides behind the moniker of BGPC whilst allowing his website to be used by villagers to make personal attacks upon another member of that body. Just scroll down to see them all.
April 19, 2017 13:47:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Fred Anonymous
Email:
Where are
you from:		Posh part of Boro Green
Comments:Miss Pots and the Colonel. You are full of wind and piss
April 19, 2017 12:26:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Miss Felicity Potts
Email:
Where are
you from:		Formerly Borough Green
Comments:Oh the irony! Petty Stalinist ("Supermike") creates a website in which he condescends to allow his critics a platform whilst branding them as malcontents if they disagree with him. The point he misses is that by electing himself judge and jury as to the content of the website he is abusing his position of local councillor. He is in fact using his borough Green News website as a vehicle for his own inflated ego.
April 19, 2017 10:54:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Supermike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Krypton
Comments:It is ironic in the extreme that the home for these malcontents is kept open by me - I can delete any comment, or even the entire guestbook, but I don't - that is the ultimate transparency, I even allow personal slights. However I must take issue with the suggestion that we only care about old bridges and pubs. BGPC has provided a youth club, Potters Mede pavilion and sportsground, a skatepark, we fund foodbanks, the elderly luncheon club and foot clinic, the war memorial, expanding public open spaces, and are even fighting on behalf the new residents at Hazelbourne. Fair criticism is most welcome, anonymous and personal sniping is not. And to prove the power of my mighty mouse, read Col P's last post.
April 19, 2017 08:28:55 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Ho, ho, ho, Micky.{ Col P needs to take care with Superglue, he might sit on it and silence himself) Superman thinks his superglue is going to save him from falling. You appear to be in dire danger of becoming a bag of wind, perhaps you need to burp yourself again!
April 19, 2017 07:30:59 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Very remiss of me. I neglected to tell you all that the sermon I heard on Easter Sunday included the parable of the man who built his house on sand; the atheist Supermike! "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a Rock (Ha!) The rain came down, the floods came and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell and great was its fall". It's not superglue that holds bricks together, it's cement.
April 19, 2017 07:10:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:A few mystified viewers, wish me to say something a little similar, which would make that a little more understandable. 'A successful person [Supermike of course] is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at them.'
April 18, 2017 21:40:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:They tried to hide his trowel, but from the bricks hurtled his way, Supermike built a strong foundation. Long may he stand strong!
April 18, 2017 17:42:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Percival Craye
Email:
Where are
you from:		The Drones Cub, Dover Street,Mayfair, London, W.1.
Comments:What risk, what parapet?
April 18, 2017 16:29:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:It is a fact of life that anyone who risks sticking their head above the parapet will almost certainly catch a few bricks. However, I am so glad I have built a safe home for the deluded, keeping them off the streets
April 18, 2017 15:42:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Oliver Reed
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Oliver Reed rolling on the floor under the table in the Robin Hood pub, All Taylor is more concerned about is bridges instead of people, Superman T.
April 18, 2017 11:19:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Saint Francis of ASSisi certainly made an ASS of himself on the demolition site didn't he, Micky? Said he was only there to take photo's but why cause a scene and disrupt work by choosing that particular day to behave like a lone paparazzi hooligan?
April 18, 2017 07:32:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Francis : You're only about a mile or so from BG now, aren't you? During his late teens I bumped into Mick Bennett. All he kept on about was Frank this/Frank that. I hadn't heard you referred to as Frank before. He was on about you seeing David Walters on the train (first time since schooldays) and saying "Hi! Ga... Go... Gah... - you could only remember his nickname, 'Goofy.' And he was full of admiration for that monkey you made at Maidstone Art College. I've been trying to remember the name of Margaret's friend, also from Maidstone Road, who was going with Derek Cheek at one time. A few years ago, I saw Keith Perkins at Fremlin Walk, Maidstone. It looked like he was wearing a brownish/orangey toupee, but I didn't like to stare! All the Best!
April 17, 2017 22:14:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Re: Election of a County Councillor for Malling West Division. Includes candidate, UKIPs Mike Jerrom. Former BG residents : Francis White, Seconder and his wife Margaret, an Assentor. I never dreamt they would become so famous, when I saw them running around with bread and jam in their gobs!
April 17, 2017 18:27:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:By the way; when I alluded to Councillor Clark Kent's recent exploits in Thong Lane, I hinted that he secretly wears a thong. In that, I was mistaken! He wears red pants over blue tights.
April 16, 2017 21:27:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Today is Easter Sunday, so I went to Liberty Church in the village hall. I thought I had the wrong day when I walked into the service, it was not dissimilar to the Rock & Roll Club held at the same venue. There was a thought provoking sermon on churches, which means an assembly of people. Churches are about people, not buildings, which are just bricks and mortar, that is all. A very friendly congregation who gave me a warm welcome, but I prefer the more traditional hymns at The Good Shepherd, such as Rock of Ages. One of my favourite preachers, Charles Spurgeon 1834-1892, said: "A lie travels all the way round the world before the truth puts its shoes on". He was right. Micky T lives down under where quite a few lies have reached him.
April 16, 2017 21:24:03 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:oliverreed785{at}googlemail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Ican assure you I'm sobernow reading these comments, Prendagast can expose Einstein as a fraud, what chance has saint Taylor got?????, I don't know where you get your kicks from, maybe planet mars or Jupiter, Oliver Reed is alive & doing well living in good older Borough Green, Oliver Reed certainly not missing in action,.
April 15, 2017 14:32:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Speaking of throngs, or rather thongs, I think I'll need my safety helmet today as I'm planning a visit to a demolition site to cross the safety barrier. I'll be ignoring the warning sign which says: Work in Progress. I'm a very important man you see, I can get away with things like that. Well, I'll do anything to get myself in the local rag, even make a total ass out of myself! The wise will say: Look! The Emperor is wearing no clothes! I shall ask them: What, not even a Thong?
April 15, 2017 08:31:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Terrific. Oliver Reed has joined this merry throng! He must have got drunk at every watering hole in England, probably even put in an appearance at the Rock in spite of its illustrious 'history'. This site has resembled a graveyard all year with only Micky T breathing life into it while Teflon Mike ignores him for weeks on end. That is, of course, until the subject of the Rock Tavern rears its ugly head.
April 15, 2017 08:23:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Oliver Reed
Email:oliverreed785{at}googlemail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:HELLO MR Kent, You think your a celebrity now, I Never seen so many entries of yours in The Borough Green News, have you other important matters to contend with, I have more fun reading the Beano comic Ha, You should STOP WRITING idiotic rubbish, Grow up & smell the coffee You Big excuse superman.
April 14, 2017 16:18:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Stranger things have happened, Micky, stranger things have happened. Winston Churchill, the iconic wartime leader, failed in his bid to be re-elected after WWII was over. Even though he supposedly boosted morale during our darkest moments, he was unceremoniously booted from power in 1945. He met such incredible hostility; during one campaign speech he even "endured half an hour of booing" according to one newspaper report. We can live in hope. Sooner or later, hubris comes before a fall!
April 14, 2017 13:41:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:My concerns re Rock are not so much to do with the den of iniquity that it was, but rather the building which was unique. Perhaps it could have reverted to being a Chapel, ideally suited to Rastafarians given its past, although young people today may think that maryjane hadn't been invented then, and us old folks existed solely on woodbines and quarts of Mild.
April 14, 2017 11:14:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Aha ! My feathers are superglued, and are fully compliant with Furniture and Furnishing (Fire Safety) Regulations, 1988, this boy won't crash and burn.
April 14, 2017 11:10:15 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Never mind marijuana, I wonder if my sparring partner has been on the Mickey Finns again! Yesterday he inadvertently posted: "Wisdom is sometimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.' 'Supermike' ... has ... enjoyed soaring to success." Bit of a faux pas that, nevertheless, a good one! The further one rises, the further one has to fall as far as I'm concerned. And if he knows any Greek mythology then I would remind him what happened to Icarus when he soared.
April 14, 2017 10:05:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Ha, ha, ha, what razor sharp wit you have Mr. T. I can assure you there's no marijuana on sale at Sainsbury! But there was at the Rock pub before it was demolished. A Churchillian quote: 'Never in the field of human inebriation has an Alehouse been so missed by so few'. I must say, I don't get Councillor Clark Kent's obsession with that Den of Iniquity. In my youth I was ever thirsty but I stopped drinking there when it started going downhill fast. Out of the four pubs in Borough Green it had a reputation as the seediest. The goings on gave it a bad name. It was known for DRUG DEALING, patronised by the underworld where they met for their regular fix. It is common knowledge and I recently heard it again through the village grapevine. If your local Superhero wants BG to have a history he will have to do better than that. "Remembering the Rock Tavern"? I'd rather forget it.
April 14, 2017 09:55:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:You wouldn't kid me like that, would you Colonel? Just where are those worldchangers - that surprising number of BGites who make up their own minds, and refuse to follow the crowd. Are they about to form their own political party, and shake things up? Sounds like Sainsbury's Local started on-special marijuana days. "Out to lunch pot smokers unite - we can dethrone Big Bad Mike."
April 14, 2017 06:33:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:G'day again Micky. Like yourself, I just keep coming back! Are you sticking to your healthy diet today? I'm having fish & chips. Rock Salmon to be precise. Bought from the harbour, caught locally here at Walmington On Sea. A similar place, or plaice, to where fresh fish used to be sold outside Henry Simmons. I miss buying my natural source of Omega 3 there, more than I miss the drinking hole. Sadly, it was replaced by a car park to accommodate the demand for customers shopping for money saving offers at Sainsbury. Quite a queue in there yesterday. Business must be on the up. Have a good arvo!
April 13, 2017 10:22:23 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:G'day Micky. It's that ghastly Colonel here again and he's starting to like you! Clearly you feel a strong connection to your roots. How did you manage to tear yourself away to live in another hemisphere? Maybe you're also living in a different reality but I have every faith you can undergo a paradigm shift. Berra's First Law: "You can observe a lot just by watching". Maybe pay more attention. I can tell you that a surprising number of the good people of Borough Green feel differently, they have seen another side firsthand. I hate to shatter your illusions but I speak as I find. Popular? Liked? Some of us have never been ones to follow the crowd as we're quite capable of making up our own minds!
April 13, 2017 10:07:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Einstein plagiarized the work of several notable scientists in his 1905 papers on special relativity and E = MC squared yet the physics community never bothered to set the record straight until over half a century later. We can now say with certainty that Einstein did not originate the concept of matter being transformed into energy and vice versa. It dates back at least to Sir Isaac Newton (1704). Einstein's special relativity theory was known in some circles as the relativity theory of Poincaré and Lorentz, he also copied key equations from fellow physicist David Hilbert. Brown (1967) said that the relativity theory arose from Poincare in 1900. Einstein, with his training as a Patent Clerk, more than anyone should have recognized the need to cite references in his article on special relativity.
April 13, 2017 09:54:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Colonel : Just a friendly piece of advice; you'd better cut that on-special, extra large Sainsbury's pizza into 8 pieces - you might not be hungry enough to eat 12!
April 13, 2017 05:36:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike and the Colonel, Berra's Second Law : Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
April 13, 2017 02:39:15 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:'Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.' Albert Einstein. Thanks from BG, Mike! Happy Easter! PS I think the Colonel is starting to like you.
April 13, 2017 01:53:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:As William Wordsworth wrote : 'Wisdom is sometimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.' So although you might be less than 100% in favour of 'Superman'/'Supermike,'you have to admire him somewhat. He has not ducked the challenge, and enjoyed soaring to success. Cheers Colonel! Keep the faith.
April 12, 2017 22:34:00 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Colonel : One time I had a buddy in BG who was into wrestling big time. He used to train on Wall's ice cream, and was known as "The Spencer's Cottages, 16 stone scissor-kick specialist." Apparently, Sainsbury's are considering importing frozen dingo burgers. If he'd had the benefit of Sainsbury's specials in those days, he would probably have become known as the 20 stone scissor-kick specialist. He would have been awesome, and admired almost as much as Supermike is now - if that were at all possible. Don't wear out your carpet, while rocking the night away. burp!
April 12, 2017 17:08:06 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:There I was last night, sitting in my favourite Rocking chair wondering when I would next be exchanging pleasantries with my new found friend from Oz. And lo! He must have heard me! There he is in the morning, on my screen. Tell you what Micky, if you can't make it here for a reunion with Councillor Clark Kent to console him over the loss of his local boozer, perhaps you could invite him there. You could take him on a day trip to Ayers Rock for a picnic. I'm sure there's nowhere in Aussieland he'd rather go. Perhaps he'll come face to face with a dingo!
April 12, 2017 07:29:09 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Colonel : When you meet anyone at all, notice their good qualities and look for things you have in common. Especially when pigging out on organic Haagan Dazs specials, at the Sainsbury Local car park. Hee hee! yum yum! Don't we have fun - burp!
April 12, 2017 03:54:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Greetings Micky. I should tell you that Mouliere (another idol) is a nom de plume. It's surprising you weren't familiar with his most famous quote. While you're looking things up, find out what he had to say about esteem being reduced to nothing. So it's odd you hold our local Superman in such high esteem. Hey, next time you jet over you could meet up with him for a beer in the Rock. While you're reminiscing, he might be able to tell you why the owners removed the roof, then you could cool yourself down with a Fosters Australian Lager Beer. There was once a picture in that pub of the Queen's father, George VI, on the wall. He didn't go by his real name either.
April 11, 2017 08:43:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Colonel : Haven't seen more than 10 continuous minutes of Crocodile Dundee or Dad's Army. Had to look up who 'Mick' Dundee was, and where Walmington - On - Sea is. Used to see Superman at the Rex Cinema, BG, on Saturday mornings. Mike does have a build, and glasses, a little like Clark Kent! Saw 'T2 : Trainspotting' yesterday - no evidence of Haagan Dazs or rock cakes; no "yum yum" heard; not even the consumption of their favourite dessert, fried Mars bars, was observed. But it's difficult to tell if their diets are getting more 'healthy' or unhealthy!
April 10, 2017 22:55:20 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Sorry, Micky. Can't stop to chat, am off to Sainsbury Local, their Special Offer this week is Rock cakes, Yum, yum! While I'm gone you could find yourself another idol other than Clark Kent. How about Mick Dundee?
April 10, 2017 17:45:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Pardon my ignorance Colonel, but should Dame Julia Sanderson be receiving credit for this quotation?
April 10, 2017 16:31:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience.
April 10, 2017 08:45:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Col. Paddy Prenderghast : The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Chairman Mike 'Moliere.' Way to go, Mike!
April 9, 2017 01:43:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike, Re: The Rock public house. The protruding rock was of sandstone. Were the tired-out Garretts resting just before their residence at Chapel Street? On the opposite side of the road, Caine's timber rack stood on sandstone. Arthur Russell was the grandfather of Steve, and quite a few others. Not sure about a link between Wm. and Maria Mercer and Steve's cousin, David Mercer.
March 27, 2017 07:18:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:I bet Steve is delighted watching the first 15 mins. of England's game in Germany. If only there was a FIFA Friendly World Cup, we would be in with a chance.
March 22, 2017 20:15:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:During the time of Steve's duck walk down Western Road, Perry Mason was solving 'The Case of the Drowning Duck' on TV. Some at Invicta YC were wondering if the Director, Wm. Russell, was related to Steve. Steve kept quiet about it - a mystery still to be solved.
March 20, 2017 22:24:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Wonder if Steve Russell is wearing a black arm band? After he had excitedly watched Chuck Berry in a movie at the Rex Cinema during 1957/58, I remember seeing lithe, athletic-looking Steve on his way home - perfoming Chuck's "duck walk" down Western Road. Wonder how Steve's joints have held up in the meantime?
March 19, 2017 04:54:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:I recognise those 17 quarrymen, but can only come up with the names of Elmo Higgins, Bandy Fuller, Alan Holland's dad, and now Tom Parker.
March 14, 2017 18:56:53 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:www.sevenoaksart.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Col Prenderghast sounds very much like Julia Sanderson who sent me this message via YouTube Sorry, there is no vacancy for the position of village idiot, it was filled a while back by the Chair of the Parish Council who doesn't do irony, does he? Deliberately blocked the headmaster's parking space, then accused the Head of belligerence!!! Looks like you are upsetting a few people out there Mike, that can happen when you do your job properly.
March 14, 2017 12:24:07 (GMT Time)


Name:Alan Parker
Email:bigalparka{at}hotmail.com
Where are
you from:		Brisbane
Comments:Definitely my Dad Tom Parker in 50's Tippers photo. First truck on the right number 14 in the faces pics. Alan.
March 14, 2017 08:04:08 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:More closures? Fret not! Superman will jet in to the village to rescue us all. Look up into the sky. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's Mike Taylor!
March 12, 2017 18:46:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Col. Prenderghast
Email:
Where are
you from:		Walmington on Sea
Comments:Calling the people of Borough Green: Fret not! SPECIAL OFFER AT SAINSBURY'S LOCAL: Haagan Dazs Cookies & Cream Ice Cream @ £2.50 a tub. Yum Yum!
March 12, 2017 18:05:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:And to answer the questions about what Tom is doing - he is in contact with RBS, and the Secretary of State. Some accounting numpty at Natwest has dran up a list, and a line has been drawn across that list and every branch below is being axed - but it ain't over until its over. We give up when the doors close and the staff leave. SP has been spreading a rumour the building has already been sold, but that doesn't have the ring of truth, and is an irrelevance anyway.
March 12, 2017 08:49:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Nat West Closure. Whilst it is very true that the Natwest closure is inevitable, we would be failing in our duty if we did not at least try, and Tom T has taken up the issue as well. One of the reasons the country is in such a mess today is that too many ordinary people defeat themselves by saying "there is nothing we can do". If you don't try, you just hand them our country and our lives on a plate. Apathetics of the World - Unite
March 12, 2017 08:45:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:George's Smithy : You know politicians, suggesting Tom Tug speak to Nat West/BG staff and Hd. Office, might/will raise people's hopes again. Why don't you build your own BG George West Bank, out of an indestructible combination of wrought ironwork and reinforced concrete? You will be there to stay. Could be a great opportunity for you following Brexit. Best of luck.
March 10, 2017 17:36:48 (GMT Time)


Name:George
Email:georgiesmithy1260{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		Somewhere in the Garden of England, vast becoming concrete!
Comments:Why has Mike Taylor put Tory MP Tom Tugendhat's Petition up on this website giving false hope that Nat West Bank will be saved from closure? The lovely ladies behind the counter will tell you that it's a done deal, the decision to close is inviolate, has been made from above. This Petition will achieve nothing except to get people's hopes up only to have them dashed. Our local MP needs to come up with a better idea than a Petition. Has he even spoken to the Borough Green staff at Nat West, or their Head Office for that matter? Over to him......
March 9, 2017 15:34:59 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky, Yes, Henry is one of the famous Willard Family, and George Wyatt did work for them, and ARC
March 5, 2017 10:07:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Hi Mike, How did the concert go - did Bob Drury get Steve Russell's autograph? Couple of things about Willard Transport: is Roy Willard the grandfather of BG Parish Councillor Henry Willard? And did George Wyatt from Tollgate Estate spend many years working for them? No rush - take your time. Thanks!
February 27, 2017 21:21:17 (GMT Time)


Name:David Lomath
Email:lorna31doone{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Westcliff on Sea, Essex
Comments:Hi Ian when i was much younger i knew your father through the invicta youth club which was held at the church hall,my brother Peter and his wife Felicity were the first couple ever to hold their wedding reception in the new Village Hall, i have pictures please get in touch Kind regards David.
February 15, 2017 23:36:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Mrs Shirley Haley
Email:nigelhaley{at}btinternet.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Wondering whether footpath from Fairfield Estate will remain open when recycle bins are moved onto the side of the railway station car park? The green path and railings were I believe done by the Council, so am wondering what will happen? Spray paint has been used to mark out certain areas etc., even onto the green path. So any idea what is going to happen?
February 7, 2017 15:31:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Quite a character from the past was known as 'Bob Dog.' He had been employed by Curtis & Caine/F.P.Caine Ltd. for a while, and I heard older workers speak about him. He used to run head first into the side of a moving company lorry which was being driven by George 'Bandy' Fuller. Also head first into brick walls - one of his party tricks was to throw a brick into the air, and then head it. Some said that he was thus nicknamed, because he could catch a rabbit with his bare hands. His real name was Frank Hooker, and he lived in Addington. He played football for a few teams in the area - including while in his fifties, Ryarsh United. With the laws of the game preventing him from taking a hod load of bricks onto the pitch, he turned cartwheels during the game.
February 7, 2017 07:19:12 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Haven't heard about Ian of 'History of BG w/Photos,' lately. Wonder if his home is still too cold for comfort - and he's having to warm up in Cleckheaton Library?
February 1, 2017 20:28:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Not knowing about Star Trek Voyager goings on, I've read that a Chakotay once kissed Seven of Nine, and Harry Kim turned her down. Optimistically knocking on D and D's spare room door, sounds like a challenge that Steve Russell would have relished at one time. If any BG charmer from the past could have re-written the script, it would have been Steve. But he's probably forgotten most of that. And doesn't think about D and D having a lodger.
January 31, 2017 05:46:23 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Thanks for that D and D. What's the betting, that Sian Elvin will have a Basted Mill Pond small Monster sighting scoop this summer - with a tourism boosting comment from Mike?
January 28, 2017 17:31:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Newspaper reports are taken an alien invasion in Borough Green very seriously. http://www.kentlive.news/a-ufo-shaped-like-a-boomerang-was-apparently-spotted-in-borough-green/story-30073914-detail/story.html Seven of nine lives in our spare room
January 28, 2017 11:39:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Dot and Dave: I had to make do with Dan Dare in Eagle. Didn't take much notice of him - or later Star Trek, really. But on checking her out, that Seven of Nine looks a bit of alright. Wouldn't mind squeezing by her in a mini spaceship. How friendly are you (2) and her?
January 27, 2017 20:18:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave and Seven of Nine
Email:
Where are
you from:		Star trek Voyager
Comments:We are very concerned about the reports of alien spacecraft visiting Borough Green. We would suggest that any attempts of communication by aliens should be redirected to our supreme commander Mike Taylor who has no fear of being assimilated. (He probably has been anyway)
January 27, 2017 11:30:53 (GMT Time)


Name:rachel rees
Email:rachelgoodey{at}hotmail.com
Where are
you from:		east malling
Comments:trying to find more on drowning at quarry a ashby would of been my uncle
January 22, 2017 12:59:09 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Wow! Live from Vegas - Bob Drury as Neil Diamond. Sounds exciting. And live from the Black Horse - will Steve Russell (as Dean Martin) be opening for him?
January 8, 2017 08:43:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Hi Mikey! Hope you didn't swallow a thrupenny bit or tanner from the Christmas pudding. Wondering if the transfer of Windy Nob, was following a shift of some of the Staley's Road area, from Ightham Parish into BG Parish - possibly during the early 1960s? Happy new year!/All the best to one and all!
December 29, 2016 19:50:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Yes Mickey, Karl is Roger's son
December 4, 2016 16:23:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:For Roger Burrluck. " More be luck than judgement, eh Biz? " Was that music to your ears, when Stone Street's very own Terry Hodder regularly said that?
December 3, 2016 22:19:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Is Karl Burrluck, the plumber who carries out maintenance work at Potters Mede Pavilion? And is he the son of Roger Evan Burrluck, who during the mid to late 1950s, served a 5 year apprenticeship as a plumber and hot water engineer with F.P.Caine Ltd.? A teamwork one for you and Jackie! Thanks.
December 3, 2016 04:58:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Sad news indeed, Dot and Dave. More about moolah: From comment to Sally Humphries, at Ian's BG History w/ Photos Website. " So Arthur Russell was a busy man indeed : the father of 10 children - and here I was, thinking that yourself and Stephen and Peter Russell - would have inherited piles of money!" I've been wondering how it would affect me, if I moved to Poundsbridge in Kent!
December 2, 2016 19:23:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Even more sad news for Borough Green. The Nat West bank is to shut down. I was told it was due to lack of business but why did we always have to stand in a long queue when we visited
December 2, 2016 17:54:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Re: Crow Hill Estate, 1928 photo. From Ian's BG Photos Website : "The Crow Hill Estate was built in 1919....". "Council houses were erected on Hill View in 1928....". "It was not until 1934 when Malling Rural District Council was formed that real planning commenced in the area." Thanks again, for your great service Mike!
November 30, 2016 05:46:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Crowhill pic now posted
November 29, 2016 07:53:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mikey buddy : I'm not linking you with "Lived in Borough Green.....(.....somewhere around Crowhill!)" [that was Tracey B.]. I am an olde phart (posh historical spelling). I was around before Crowhill Knob and Naylor's Nob. And before Windy Nob was transferred to the area just along the footpath to Ightham, that goes across Staley's Road, and continues on to and across the quarry link road. Thanks to John Naylor, I used to attend Bonfire Nights at the crest of the bump, east of the school playing field and Hill View. Several look forward to seeing the mentioned postcard. Thanks.
November 29, 2016 04:47:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky, First, Jimmy Ashby from Wrotham, famous graffiti artist, has no familial tie to the BG Ashbys, who are related to my Jackie. I have been told decisively by my Jackie, born and bred BGer, that Windy Knob is the hill by Bellows Lane on the Ightham footpath. Crowhill Knob was just called The Knob, but I stuck the Crowhill bit on because its real historic name was Crow Hill, hence the estate name. Incidentally, John Osborne has found a postcard of the "new houses" at Crowhill, with rolling field behind. Will put on site when I can. I couldn't possibly comment on who should play SP in a film, I cannot think of an actor with his inimitable character
November 28, 2016 18:47:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Hi! Mike. Re: The 2009 Wrotham Arts Festival. How closely related, is the talented graffiti artist Jimmy Ashby - to the Jimmy Ashby who was from Crow Hill, and born in 1940?
November 26, 2016 03:34:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:I've been asked about it. When youngish, he would refer to himself as Woody(vulgar slang) Allan(his Christian name).
November 22, 2016 14:16:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:From a comment at the BG Community Website : "Lived in Borough Green all my life and haven't a clue where Crowhill Knob is (obviously somewhere around Crowhill!)" 'In my day' WINDY NOB, with the Royal Observer Corp post atop of same, was east of the BG Primary School playing field. CROW HILL was not visible from the playing field. Mind you, I wasn't very tall!
November 21, 2016 07:50:27 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike: Re: Lionel Jeffries stealing the show in "Two-Way Stretch." And a comedy film based on the Yellow Line farce, which would have had a part as surveyor suitable for the late Marty Feldman. Two good comedians. Someone I could never stand was Woody Allan. About a dozen years ago Bill Maher wrote: 'Everyone has to stop pretending Woody Allan movies don't completely suck. Hollywood stars must stop pretending that it's an honor to appear in his unwatchable, recycled tripe, and critics have to stop pretending that a tiny old Jew could be scoring with Tea Leoni and Helen Hunt. Somebody contact wardrobe - the emperor has no clothes.' I was amazed how easy he was on him. Who would you recommend for playing the part of Steve Perry in a comedy - would you consider Woody Allan?
November 19, 2016 03:14:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		website
Comments:Hi All, don't forget to write to TMBC as well, have your say in their consultation at localplan@tmbc.gov.uk There is a lot of stuff about this elsewhere on the site
November 12, 2016 17:04:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:We have also taken the survey for Borough Green Gardens and advised them to take notice of of the Parish Alliance meeting on 3rd July Our letter of complaint has also gone to TMBC.
November 9, 2016 10:51:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Louise
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:What are the Parish Council's views on the alarming development that is known as Borough Green Gardens? I can't seem to recall being asked my view if I wanted an extra 3,500 homes, plus amenities, in the village. I am strongly opposed to the development, and see it as greedy opportunist landowners with their snouts in the trough. Obviously they don't have to live here. I want to see a Borough Green by-pass, but not at any cost. My fiance and I have already decided if this monsterous development gets the go-ahead, we will be leaving the area. If I want to live in a concrete jungle, I would have moved to London. What will be done to protect the residents of Borough Green from this situation? I have taken the 'Borough Green Gardens' (Gardens? Ha! It won't be once the concrete goes down.) survey, so have expressed my views in the strongest possible terms.
November 7, 2016 16:38:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Steve didn't realise, that a short while after he had strongly fancied that auburn haired Dunton Green girl at the Riverhead coffee bar, she became my girlfriend. And David Foxen started going with her friend. We used to take them to the coast on our motor bikes. For several years I had witnessed Steve's popularity with attractive girls. I had tried so much to be like him, to joke like him, but didn't know what to say, I just didn't have it - the harder I tried, the more I remained anchored in my unsuccessful plateau. To make up for those years, I have rubbed it in about that auburn haired girl.
November 4, 2016 02:47:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:While Steve is being tracked down, hope you don't mind me extending/rounding out list. Thanks! Dugald Chirnside, Gabby Hayes, Tommy Taylor, Ralph Gill, Sandra Harris, Buddy Holly, David Gasson, Julie Summers, 'Rat Features' and 'Long Neck'(Kemsing lads at Wrotham Rock n Roll Club), Chris Scott, nicely built girl with auburn coloured hair that he fancied - and Ann Kay - at the Cellar coffee bar/Riverhead, Jim Wicks.
October 29, 2016 18:53:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Hi Mike : I've been thinking about conditions at the former water-meadow; changes that were brought about with the drainage installations/requirements; the 7 trees kindly donated by Mrs. Lucas, and planted by yourself and Jackie - wondering about species, and looking forward to seeing pictures!; influence of adjacent trees. I am hopefully looking forward to visit the woodland walk in the not too distant future. Hope it's not too hot!
October 28, 2016 03:09:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Well, I'll probably hear about it. So will add that too much or too little essential elements will kill. Trees are like large living pumps. In this energy flow, water and the 13 soil elements essential for life, are transported from the soil. A continuing supply of energy is required to maintain high order in the pumps. High order means health. Touch the trees and tell them I'm thinking about them.
October 27, 2016 05:31:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:So let's see - I was mentioning that during the first few years, while the tree roots are establishing themselves to take in sufficient water, their need for the watering assistance. Already I've been contacted - by someone who goes on and on even more than me! - that the survival of a tree depends on 8 major factors. OK, that aside; too much or too little water will kill. Temperatures too high or too low will kill. I'll leave it at that!
October 27, 2016 04:16:55 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike: When asked, I was unable to accurately answer - what was Steve's job at the quarry? As a teenager, following upwards of a year in the Merchant Navy, he had been serving an apprenticeship as an electrician at Aylesford Paper Mill. Thanks! How's global warming? As they get established during the first 3 years, the Potters Mede trees will need watering - operating like a pump, their developing roots needing assistance in the uptake of water. Hope you don't mind me mentioning!
October 26, 2016 20:31:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:The first 'commenter' here (back in 2007), has a photo on his Platt United FC website which shows Steve getting to look like a young Dean Martin. It is as a member of the victorious Smith's Senior Charity Cup Final team, 1961-62 season. No sign of Jerry Lewis.
October 25, 2016 17:30:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Actually, I more often said, "I wish I looked like Stephen Russell." Thinks : wonder what he looks like now. Some girls used to say, "When Stephen is an old man [36!] he will look like Dean Martin."
October 24, 2016 15:50:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:So, that list of names that you have at the ready. Well, keep it under your hat, but Steve Russell may have temporarily gone underground - burrowed below his Dad's former Basted House cabbage patch. Yep, he was always one to box clever. Always a step ahead. I remember all of those years ago now, as if it were just yesterday - and saying to my Mum, "I wish I was like Stephen Russell."
October 21, 2016 18:47:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Oh! that's it, I forgot. He wants to know if Dave meant who, what, or both.
October 19, 2016 21:49:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Mike: I have a friend who, when he's feeling a bit down (to put it mildly), reads the following. It always brings a smile! Dave Sutton. Nov 13,2015. "It seems to me that Borough Green could do without Steve Perry. WTF is he anyway; I do not see him getting actively involved in Borough Green and could walk past him and not know who he is....."
October 19, 2016 17:52:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:One reason for the number of pupils in that 1949-50 class. It included all of the 'teacher's pets' that passed the 11-plus exam, and attended grammar schools the following school year. More than several of those, had transferred from Wrotham Primary School. For locals in that class who were not considered 'Grammar School material', it would not have been a good year.
October 18, 2016 23:43:24 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Some comments at Ian's website, mention a 1949-50 class at BG Primary School, that contained over 60 pupils. The contributor names the 59 that he remembers. And also mentions that there were a few more. Not one of those named, or a relation, has submitted even a single word regarding this!
October 18, 2016 19:31:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW
Comments:That's great Mike, thanks for trying! You're my all-time favourite BG Parish Council Chairman. Hope he's OK with the 1950s reminders. Can't wait, but starting to get a few butterflies. Don't hear much about 1950s BG teenagers these days - have to prepare myself!
October 17, 2016 17:44:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:I'll nobble him next time he passes, and give him a copy of your list
October 17, 2016 16:26:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW
Comments:Be great if someone so bold, could discover where Steve Russell is hibernating and get approximately half a dozen words out of him about that Aug 26 list. Those names were selected with so much care!
October 11, 2016 01:35:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:I don't see Campbell Higgins and John Carruthers questions being answered at Ian's website. An interesting survey would be to find out how much living memory there is in BG. There are a lot of surnames that I do not recognise now. Perhaps that influences things somewhat. But to use that as an excuse is stretching it a bit much, I should think. I'm sure quite a few viewers see the names of relations, friends, acquaintances, etc., mentioned - then just move on to something else. Well mate, nowadays, I guess 'that's just the way it is'.
October 8, 2016 03:03:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Yep, I was kind of thinking the same thing Buddy. I'm quite relieved now that I didn't mention the demise of Queen Anne. Wonder how many years before I'm the only BG golden oldie left? And I even gave up taking the tabloids. Who woulda thunk it? Mind you, I could never have attended to a fraction of the things you have - and continue to so admirably - for BG. I'm almost a basket case (modern definition) just thinking about it.
October 7, 2016 17:40:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky I think all those names are far beyond living memory now.
October 7, 2016 13:37:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:I wonder if Travis Perkins, the play bark/bark mulch/compost specialist supplier is related to Keith Perkins - the boyfriend of Margaret Pingree during her mid to late teens. She later met and married Francis White. Thinks : be nice if they were to leave a comment. I don't know if she knew it or not, but I had a crush on Margaret when she was 14/15/16.
October 7, 2016 00:29:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Re:Sam Stebbings/Aug. 2 post. Do you know where the Ack-Ack and Searchlights set up was at Basted? I vaguely remember a small 'army camp' just a little north of Basted Paper Mill. And a barrage balloon in a cornfield at Claygate Cross. Les Goodall from Bristol was posted to the Basted venue that I mentioned. He later married Joan Gunner of Claygate Cross, and ran her father's farm. This is a long shot in case Sam and Les had known one another. And yourself and/or Jackie are aware of this.
September 14, 2016 00:43:07 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Almost 3 years ago - written Saturday, 14 September, 2013. "Battling against the elements on a wet and windy Friday, Dr. Margaret Garrett made great progress in an effort to find new members and establish a Borough Green Branch." Boo!! Boo!! Not another of Jackie's rich relations, is she?
September 12, 2016 17:47:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
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you from:		Website
Comments:The pile driving is probably soil testing - they have a cunning wheeze to build 10 house where the office block is, and the orchid land, and the entrance to IQ East - over my dead body. They are just flying a kite though, they have already been told by planners the land is too protected. The other loud banging has been the bridge demolition see Kent Messenger website, search Thong Lane Bridge demolition. Me again, media whore !!!!
September 11, 2016 09:01:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
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you from:		Website
Comments:Tree planting went well, all 7 reaching for the sky, pic soon. A lot of newcomers don't realise the impact of quarrying on BG, they see these pretty wooded hills, and don't realise they are quarry waste. Thong Lane bridge now gone, our last surviving bit of heritage, but managed to salvage a length of the old tramway rail, to be cut up into souvenirs. I must admit I haven't done the site counts the past month or so, been very busy, normally run 100-150 a day each, so looks like a good increase- probably TMBC looking for evidence !! I do remember "Two-Way Stretch", and Lionel Jeffries saying "what's wrong, frightened of a little bang?", just before the cliff fell on him. Yellow line program has turned into a real farce, it would make a good comedy film, with Marty Feldman as the Council Surveyor
September 11, 2016 08:57:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Just curious why those lovely brand new yellow lines recently painted outside your house have suddenly disappeared under some dodgy looking new road surface. Do we have any idea what Crest is up to as a pile driver is in action on the land where the Orchids used to grow opposite the doctors surgery
September 5, 2016 08:55:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Very briefly, this was distantly referring to mind/body coping of overlapping worry (thinking), anxiety (feeling) and stress (response) - often experienced in old age as well!
September 2, 2016 23:04:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:You can't teach an old dog.....? I'm now thinking that the following arrangement of well-known lines might be helpful during my advanced years! .....Grant me the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom while sorting out one from the other.
September 2, 2016 19:35:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Another 500 hits during the following 17 hours - and still the evening until midnight to go! It's like an 'Open University' course!
August 31, 2016 16:20:48 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Has your budget for advertising been increased Mike? I've been informed that, during the past 24 hours, there have been 470 visitors to the BG Community Website!
August 30, 2016 23:30:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:I see that you mention L.Terry & Co. Ltd., in the Sentinels section - with 3 vehicle photos. Their prominently signed quarry entrance was a little southwest of Offham, along Comp Lane. I suppose you don't, just yet, have quite enough time to write a few books!? Hope the tree planting went well!
August 30, 2016 02:24:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Them quarries were all about! Round about 1960?, I recollect seeing a photo in the K.M. of 3 skiving, stone-breaking convicts. It was taken at Terry's Quarry, Offham. I can only think that it might have been during the filming of 'Two Way Stretch'. One of the convicts was Peter Sellers.
August 28, 2016 22:39:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:If it's OK Mike, I'll leave some names from the good old days, to help jog some of Steve Russell's memories. Although he was born three quarters of a century ago, I've gone easy on him so that he gets a good score! Thanks! 'Father Van', The Cisco Kid, Robin Hodges, Mick Carson, Duncan Edwards, Doreen and Pauline Bear, Barry Pilkington Slater, Chuck Berry, Ken Jennings, Margaret Mercer, Tommy Marmont, Carol Bish, Tony 'Spud' Waite, Rosemary Hugill, Mick 'Strummer' Rayfield, Mick Taylor, and Moe Tebb.
August 26, 2016 23:55:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:Re : Thong Lane photo following storm. Don't know about green thumb Mike, but a tree hugger here reckons that your upraised arm looks like a continuation of a branch - living art. And would be a marvelous way to spend Christmas Eve!
August 25, 2016 06:39:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky T.
Email:
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you from:		NSW
Comments:Great young Mike pics! Becomes legendary BG-ite, joining such as Col. Frank Griggs and Frank Bangay; blissfully married; writer of stuff good to read; doesn't even need to bother with that big chest of cash he buried in his garden; and still young; "Happy" Taylor - well, who wouldn't be?
August 25, 2016 00:00:05 (GMT Time)


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Comments:Pics posted. Micky, see link on home page
August 24, 2016 07:56:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
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you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky- been a bit out of the loop, planting trees at Potters with Jackie - pics soon. Pat Moorecroft is Cllr Pat Moorecroft, just resigned as to busy with other village projects. Steve Russell is still around. When we dug the memorial foundation, we found the footings of Russels old shop, and a brick is now incorporated in the memorial. Concrete project was building the crusher at Stangate, it is in the background of some quarry pics.Libby is the daughter of Marjory. Will briefly post pics of young me.
August 24, 2016 07:35:23 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
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you from:		NSW.
Comments:That is, to see an older photo or 2 of a younger you, for comparison!
August 22, 2016 19:33:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:Mike : A few of your fans have been studying two 1970s photos, on the Platt United FC website, that included Councillor Tim. And the modern Tim, with yourself, following the successful 2015 Election results. With Tim looking so different, on each of the 3 occasions, there is growing demand to yourself when younger!
August 22, 2016 19:27:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:Wonder if Ms. McAdam, a 'hopeful' to fill one of those PC vacancies, is related to Marjorie McAdam? During the 50s, 'every' household purchased 1, 2, or 3 of the K.M., Sevenoaks Chronicle, or Mid Kent News. Cllr. Marjorie, was one of those most quoted in print. Who can forget the headline? - "MARJORIE McADAM SAYS THERE ARE TOO MANY FLIES IN BOROUGH GREEN." Or have it triggered by a comment which appeared in Ian's 'Past & Present', Chapter 3 section, some 2 and a half years ago? Flies were not only on the wall - they were everywhere.
August 21, 2016 19:29:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:Mike: What was the concrete construction project for, which was carried out at the 'quarry' during the early to mid-60s? The contractor was an internationally-known, civil engineering company. Their ads for formwork and shuttering carpenters for this job, appeared quite widely. It was a one of a its kind type project, for the BG area.
August 18, 2016 17:54:24 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:The last time that I saw 3 BG quarry workers : Ron Woodger, Tom Merritt from Claygate Cross [next door to Alan Webb], and Stephen Russell from Western Rd. - was on a Sat. night, late summer 1966. I hardly got to speak to them - they were in the public bar, and I was in the saloon on a date. Tom's wife Rose, was serving me. You may remember seeing Stephen's Dad driving his truck, to and from the vicinity of Basted House, where he market gardened. A good customer of his would have been his Mum. She ran a greengrocery shop at the foot of Western Rd., opposite the Red Lion. I believe that the building was eventually 'written off/damaged beyond repair', following a few crashes of careless A25 drivers into same? Oh! and the pub where I last saw those quarrymen, was the Chequers - in jolly old Crouch.
August 18, 2016 00:46:20 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		NSW.
Comments:Thanks again Mike! I believe that the 4 (all on the same team) well-known BGFC footballing brothers were : Fred, 'Elmo','Dilla', and Jack. At Ian's BG Photos website : For the 1956 building of the Recreation Ground, War Memorial Sports Pavilion, Dilla is mentioned in the 'shortlist' (by Frank) to represent all 62 volunteers. In one of the photos, I was quite impressed to see 17 years old Brian Summers - of Hill View, digging away at the bank. Campbell was living a door or 2, from Pat Moorcroft, in Sevenoaks Rd. [not Councillor Pat Moorecroft apparently, but similar age and looks]. Re : Campbell's Christian name - Ann, his Mum, was Scottish.
August 17, 2016 19:20:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:You should be able to contact Campbell Higgins via Ian's photo site, he regularly talks to Ian on the blog. The Higgins I knew are Janet, still around in BG, and Fred "Prungy" Higgins, a quarry worker who was a bit crippled, allegedly from playing football barefoot in his younger days. Used to go to work walking his bike using it as a zimmer. He drove a stock lorry and stayed in the cab all day. Famous event when he went under Mill Lane Bridge with the body up at speed, and got the cab reared up in the air against the bridge. He couldn't climb down, and it took the lads several hours to extricate him, with the truck stabilised with two loading shovels.
August 16, 2016 10:51:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		Still NSW.
Comments:Re : Chris Page, Aug. 6, 2016; 23 : 25 : 43 (GMT). 'Yes', to 1 or 2 enquirers. Chris was the younger brother of John (later named Colin) - the Kent CCC player and coach. And Malcolm - who served a 5 year apprenticeship as a plumber and hot water fitter, with F.P.Caine Ltd. A year or 2 following his leaving Wrotham Sec. Modern, I saw Chris walking down BG High Street carrying a pair of boxing gloves. Probably on the road to improvement?
August 15, 2016 19:24:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Now thinking that last post Sevenoaks Chronicle article, appeared possibly 10 years earlier. Sometimes I can't think quite so straight, while trying to survive on my "frozen" UK State Pension!
August 12, 2016 08:30:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Mike : Do you know if Campbell Higgins became a member of ARC management at Basted House? I seem to recollect a Sevenoaks Chronicle article, with him being interviewed about certain important quarry matters, during the latter half of the 1980s. I think that he may have been connected with accounting. I believe that his Dad, Elmo, had previously been a BG quarry worker. He was named after a famous wrestler - 'Elmo the Mighty'.
August 12, 2016 02:38:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Mike : Just come back to me now - 'Mo' being Maurice Jenner. Can't remember his brother 'Bo''s name just yet. I remember a loudly laughing Gerry Woolway and some other teenaged quarry workers, as they waited and then pushed dust from Thong Lane bridge on to unamused pedestrians and cyclists. I can't really imagine the Alan Webb I'm referring to, becoming an ARC lorry driver. He bullied boys several years younger than himself. "Winkle" was also involved - if you get the drift. He further threatened boys to keep them quiet, and didn't get reported to police.
August 8, 2016 18:28:25 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:I knew Tony Dobson as a fitter at ARC- Mo Jenner welded his boot studs to a beam whilst he had his eyes shut while Mo welded a plate. Cliff's parents were Ron and Freda, sister Carol, will ask if they are related, but Jackie thinks not.
August 8, 2016 14:22:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Alan Webb from Claygate Cross - was that "Winkle" Webb? If so I knew him as a driver from ARC days. The Ashby in Jackie probably comes from the fact that Ashbys are descended in part from the Garretts,
August 8, 2016 14:18:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:I'm getting as sloppy as that KM reporter - Donald Green's younger brother was Dave. I knew I should have had a catnap before writing and submitting that post!
August 7, 2016 10:14:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Yes, there were bullies. To name a few : Alan Webb from Claygate Cross; Chris Page from Mereworth; Val Mummery from Basted. Robert Tebb was wild too - he operated with Brian Cox.
August 6, 2016 23:25:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Mike: Thanks for showing the KM cutting. Few called 'Bronk' by his name Arthur - even his Mum didn't. First I've heard that 'Tich' Bowman's name was Frederick. The surname of David 'Harris' was Green. Ted Dobson was the father of Tony; do you know if Councillor Cliff is related to them? That is a very good photo of Jackie and Shirley. Actually, Jackie looks like a mixture of some Garretts and Ashbys. Is Shirley related to 'Tich' Bowman, Arthur 'Moe' Tebb, or Robert Tebb? If 'Moe', ask him if he remembers going to that coffee bar in Riverhead for 2 years. If Robert, if he remembers killing my fish from Long Pond with a knife. I'm still grieving.
August 6, 2016 22:00:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky, yes Sue Ashby was brother to Jimmy and Malcolm, "Bronc" we are asking relatives about Chapel St, but Arthur was the Ashby who drowned at Isles Quarry. The two on the bench are my Jackie (l) and Shirley Bowman (r), nee Tebbs. All 4 benches are now installed. Crowhill is actually named Crowhill, but common parlance is "The Knob". Windy Knob is the hill on the old footpath to Ightham, and sorry to disappoint the conspiracy theory, but it was named that long before the new houses were built at Staleys Rd. I have the cutting from the KM about the drowning, and will put it back on the home page later.
August 6, 2016 16:06:06 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Still sinking in with me! So Windy Nob became Naylor's Nob. But unofficially remains as Crow Hill Knob. And they came up with Stayley's Road and Windy Nob to impress prospective home buyers? In view of the good work that you have put in for the village Mike, another windy area might one day feature Taylor's Nob!
August 4, 2016 17:33:33 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Re : Frank and Ian's History of BG / Photos - SITE, Benchmark - 2016. The 2 ladies sitting on the Tollgate bench, 25 May. Been wondering about their names. It's like I'm recognising them from the past - well, their Mums or Aunts. Surely not their Grandmothers or Great aunts!
August 4, 2016 03:58:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Mike and Jackie : Thanks for your continued help and patience! Re : Sue Ashby in that loco skip/quarry photo. Was she the sister of Jimmy and Malcolm Ashby from Crow Hill? And do you know if Pearl Ashby was the sister of 'Bronk' Ashby from Chapel Street? He unfortunately drowned one summer in a quarry pond. I can't quite place the two girls. Thanks again, I am trying to limit these questions!
August 2, 2016 20:16:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky. Jackie's Dad was Jack, married Tess (Cicely) Perkins, who lived at Orchard House at the time. The marriage broke up when she contracted TB and was sent to Northampton. Jackie was bought up from 6 months by her Aunt Bess and Uncle Sam Stebbings. Sam came from Attleborough in Norfolk and met Bess Garrett when he was posted to Basted on Ack-Ack and searchlights. Jackie always called Bess her Mum. Years later when we got engaged, we had to track Tess down because Jack wouldn't give us permission to get married, and Bess wasn't Jackie's legal guardian. Jackie and Tess got on well, but Tess never took over Jackie's love for Bess as her "Mum".
August 2, 2016 09:56:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Leisa Neal
Email:Leisaneal{at}hotmail.com
Where are
you from:		Plaxtol
Comments:Can someone please contact me about the war memorial asap? 07713020338
July 30, 2016 15:14:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Now I've been asked, "if you don't know Jackie's Mum and Dad then,how do you know that 'Uncle' Jim isn't her Dad?" I'll just mention that Jim Garrett had natural, pale yellowish hair colour, and that he looked a little like Boomhauer in 'King of the Hill.' And that he was Roger Burrluck's uncle.
July 28, 2016 18:52:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:So during the early to mid-50s, Jackie's cousins, Leslie "Mozzy" and Ian moved from Chapel Street to Fairfield Estate. Latter half of the 1950s/early 60s, J's Uncle Jim working at Caines - as was Roger Burrluck. Late 60s, Jackie working the petrol pumps for Mr. Goddard at The Square, Ightham. Garage rented from Dr. Ronnie Walker. Hopefully working my way to finding out Jackie's Mum and Dad, etc.!
July 28, 2016 01:29:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Offending adverts now removed, I must admit it is many years since I had a spam infection like that- lets hope the perp gets the message. Yes Ann Burrluck is Jackie's aunt, one of a huge family, threads of that family still permeate village life. As with the Salts.
July 24, 2016 07:36:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:George "Sam" Salt had sons George,John, and Dave and lived closed to the Harrow. Dan Salt was one of Sam Salts grandkids who has been mentioned on this website. Very close knit family and had a reputation for looking after each other. As long as you keep out of England you should be OK
July 23, 2016 08:53:53 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Thanks for the warning Dot and Dave. Are you related to Greg or Kenny Sutton? I'm wondering if the Salt boys are descended from Georgie Salt; related to Dan Salt; and how I should protect myself, should they track me down. They're not pushing this fashion stuff are they?
July 22, 2016 19:16:38 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Micky Trump The family to be wary of are the Salt boys from Ightham, Dodgy lot to say the least, not to be messed with.
July 22, 2016 15:52:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: I knew some Garretts quite well, but will discipline myself to just mentioning Ann, she married George Burrluck. My mum used to speak about times with her-they had been friends and in service together in Ightham. Jackie's aunt maybe?
July 21, 2016 20:16:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Mike.truck{at}btconnect.com
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky - Jackie's maiden name was Garrett. When I told my landlady in Ightham that I was going out with a "Garrett girl", her face visibly paled. But she was wrong, and I never had a single regret - without Jackie I wouldn't be a Borough Green-ite.
July 21, 2016 06:28:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: Many thanks for your reply. Just yet, I haven't got into e-mailing/using an e-mail address. Budding is delayed, but hopefully I will become a late bloomer one day. Many of those my age didn't really have an education - little more than a smattering of the 3-Rs (like me). I can understand that limiting comments from them. For 2 years I've been thinking about a comment which appeared on the History of BG website [Themed - Basted, section]. I also knew Tony O'dell well; know her name, but cannot place Sue Ashby; and wonder what your Jackie's [broken-up] maiden name is. I've been told that strictly, the majority of the time, I do not qualify for 'news', 'comment on the site', or 'grumble'. Oh well!
July 18, 2016 23:07:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike T
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Micky, sorry I haven't responded to your multiplicitous posts, been busy. Doll Fissenden was the cleaner with the MBE, no other awards except my 4 standards complaints - recognition of a sort!! I exercise every day with the specific intention of surviving to cause trouble. I only know that my Dad's depot was on the Danforth Hoghway out of Toronto, and that he had occasional trips to California, but I lost touch with him when I was 5, so no trucker's stories. I remember Ron Woodger very well from mt Stangate days - shovel driver, used to have a little inner tube to sit on because of his boils. The frogs all hopped off before we could harvest their legs. The Counts always impress me - but always surprised I get so few comments, excepting yourself, of course. We did find out that Mary was in service at a big house in Crouch Lane. We do have a stonemason, Don Sheppard from Chiddingstone - does a lot of local cemetery memorials,The design of the War Memorial grew from some artists impressions, a guy called Ramon Higgs, a Legion friend of Ray Chopping. We have tried to incorporate local history into the memorial as well. A-Z was a complete stitch-up by crooked developers and a cowardly Borough Council. They only have to commit to locals for affordable housing, so they will be importing more commuters - what these people never realise that by piling everyone into the southeast, they destroy what made us special in the first place. I am glad I am not on the road anymore I knew Frank Davies well, and am still in touch with his family in BG. Jackie remembers him from the Cinema, but I was a newcomer in the 60s, just as the Rex was closing down. And I can confirm that Mike Gear is really Mike Gear, and quite unique.The Coronation Oak consultation was kosher - no point doing it any other way, I can posy all the figures (in fact I think I did at the time). Put an email address in sometime
July 18, 2016 11:14:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:I started to question a few as to whether Mike Gear had got his (internet?) name from Mike McGear. I was then informed that 'Gear' is not an uncommon surname in West Kent. And that during the 50s, Bernard Gear had raced with 'Squeak' Gosden (from Crow Hill) and Alan Fuller (Claygate Cross) for Sevenoaks Wheelers Cycling Club. Now I'm wondering if Mike is related to Bernard!
July 9, 2016 18:09:54 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Please forgive a little more [older] Boro' Green "news". Re: June 15 post. In no uncertain manner, I have been told that I "know nothing about 'Curtis and Caines' and Frank Davies." Actually, I was working for Caines when Frank started as an office boy there. He always looked a bit tired - he was also the projectionist at the Rex Cinema.
July 5, 2016 19:22:45 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:Ref ATOZ new builds I suppose the old line from the conservatives will be " its for first time buyers from the local area to have first choice !!!!!" Oh what hog wash the developers will get richer the conservatives will earn out of it we the villagers will have to put up with the undesirables that move in and contribute nothing to village life except cause havoc with there Chelsea tractors and indiscriminate parking with in the village car parks
July 1, 2016 16:26:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:That June 17, 2016 03:42:46 (GMT) comment was mine. Did one or 2 things wrong - I didn't forget what I was going to say! Over 50% of those who reach 85 years will have Alzheimer's disease symptoms, or some other form of dementia. 'Learn a new language' they say - 'stimulate your brain'. I think I'll learn that new language that young folk use when submitting posts to the Da Joint website.
June 18, 2016 08:21:38 (GMT Time)


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Email:
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June 17, 2016 03:42:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Hey! Guys. Have you heard the very latest Borough Green news? It hasn't come out yet! Hee! hee! don't we have fun. [A 'joke' of former Star & Garter, Claygate Cross landlord - Joe Ashdown].
June 17, 2016 00:00:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:War Memorial Construction. Where have all the stone masons gone? When Frank Davies took over at F.P.Caine Ltd., did they all disappear? For this effort, artificial stone would have sufficed. I won't ask how much it cost!
June 15, 2016 16:10:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Oh! the excitement at Sainsbury's Local. "Staff confirmed the first purchase made in the store was by a man who bought a croissant for his breakfast." He probably regrets not buying two, and putting one on ebay this weekend. He has wolfed down a collectible.
May 28, 2016 06:50:53 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:I really appreciate that no unkind comments have been submitted. A neighbour reckons I have been smoking dried banana skins.
May 20, 2016 02:40:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:The family expert in our small group wishes to speak: "The lady of the house is smiling pleasantly when both her husband, and Mary, are behind the camera. This suggests good conditions for Mary." There, that's made him happy!
May 19, 2016 19:42:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Well, for what seems nigh on 18 months now, me and 2 and a half friends have been puzzling about 'Mary Gardiner Copp' and the family she was in service with - with zero progress. So respecting their privacy, we would be absolutely delighted and enormously relieved, to find out [fairly accurately] just where that house is. It goes without saying that the name of the house would be icing on the cake.
May 17, 2016 19:39:10 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Wow! BG News must average 100 hits daily. That'd be considered pretty good for a large village in NSW. Wonder if Adrian is still getting his jollies, clicking away?
May 13, 2016 19:52:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:"Next PC mtg 4th Apr 7.30 COGS ANNEX" "WHAT ARE CREST UP TO NOW?" Micky Trump. I thought things were starting to get a bit samey - SORRY ALL!
May 9, 2016 17:35:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: A few Sydney restaurants want to know if that frogspawn for the new pond, helped produce a bountiful supply of frog's legs. Well, enough to make it worthwhile for them to hop over and pick up.
May 8, 2016 23:53:15 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: Remember Ron Woodger from quarry days? I used to drink a few pints with him at The Plough, Basted; Star & Garter, Claygate Cross; and Chequers, Crouch - not all the same evening. His son Peter now lives in Snodland. His daughter is the very nice lady who serves in the Plough; I enjoyed chatting with her when I visited Boro' Green in 2014. She has always lived in that 'Plough Terrace' (now 'Hill View') row - but now a few doors from her childhood. My visit was enjoyable, and I was quite impressed with Borough Green and those hamlets I mentioned.
May 8, 2016 03:09:33 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: Looking back to pre-Lycra Lout times, some are wondering where you lived in 'The Great White North', and routes taken by your lorry driving Dad. Oops! they say 'truck' in Canada, don't they? Just kidding! [not you, but I won't mention who].
May 5, 2016 19:20:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:I told my buddy that 'C' there- on the end yesterday, doesn't mean anything. And that I don't know where it came from. He said I sounded a bit like the blonde, who when her doctor told her she was pregnant, replied "Are you sure it's mine." Sounds slightly better down under, I suppose.
May 2, 2016 16:00:12 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Us expats, feel that the colossal amount of votes for the Coronation Oak replacement tree, smells slightly fishy. I mean, a round figure of 50 votes? half a century. We are NOT suggesting that any vote rigging has taken place, but that an investigation of this is in order.C
May 1, 2016 18:37:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:There's going to be quite a state of flux, Mike. Movement in voting patterns. All the new housing. Possible boundary tweaks in the area of Long Mill Lane. It's all in the Conservative DNA. Of course, I'm not telling you anything new. Yep, there's no way your devoted fans/supporters are going to let you ride off into the sunset for quite a long while. All the best!
April 25, 2016 01:00:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales.
Comments:Rikki: I know, I know. It's been mentioned to me once or twice lately about 'Salisbury's Local'. I even pinched myself during the dream, but the name on the sign didn't change. And I didn't wake up until later. PS. Some have called me a Limey 'banana bender',but they're from Queensland.
April 24, 2016 18:52:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike: A few expats and the odd tourist here, still talk about a milkman and a school cleaner from the Borough Green area being awarded MBEs. They ask - apart from Sue Murray, have you, Tim Shaw, or Frank Bangay (e.g.)received awards of any kind? And by the way, some women have mentioned that you look quite young in photos - and how tall are you?! Happy summer - keep up the good work!
April 19, 2016 18:34:03 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Rikki! I had a great dream last night - Tesco Express and Salisbury's Local were livening up Borough green High Street. I didn't want it to end - but nature called.
March 25, 2016 06:14:36 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump.
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia.
Comments:Mike, Dot and Dave. Have your exhaustive surveys included residents of Ightham, Wrotham, Plaxtol, and Platt, etc.? How's parking? Be nice to them, as they arrive with their Sainsbury's credit cards!
March 20, 2016 03:37:29 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:"Google" us
Where are
you from:		The best village in the world
Comments:When Sue’sbury’s opens it will do well for a short time because people will want to “nose” around it but living in Borough Green and actually talking to people here the general consensus is that this place is not wanted. We have the COOP just around the corner which is more than adequate for the needs of the villagers so why have we lost a very good pub and gained an unwanted shop? Did TMBC completely ignore the wishes of the people of Borough Green; I think they did, once again. It is some consolation that we have Mike Taylor in our corner but surely there is a limit to the punishment he can take; just lately he has been well and truly “in the wars” and some of the local newspaper reporters must have done their training with the Sun.
March 18, 2016 11:55:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Micky Trump
Email:
Where are
you from:		New South Wales, Australia
Comments:I agree 100% with Rikki
March 16, 2016 03:49:06 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Borough Green and Proud
Comments:Hi Rikki, that is a surprising attitude, you don't work for Sainsbury, do you? I suggest you look at what Nisa, Loco and Co-op actually stock before you suggest they need replacing by Sainsbury - who sell exactly the same range. The survey we carried out showed 3-4 people out of thousands who wanted it, so you are a very small minority. Local produce is mainly grain and rapeseed, (and sand). We aren't against progress that adds something to the village, but unfortunately progress by corporations always means destruction of something.
March 12, 2016 07:42:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Rikki
Email:rikki098{at}me.com
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Im always surprised that people complain with regards to progress. The only shop on the high street that is any good, is the green grocers, We have Nisa, that only sells frozen food, fags,sweets and alcohol. The same at Loco. It's a real shame that we don't have more shops selling local produce. Our high street needs a revamp, then the likes of Sainsbury's wouldn't stand a chance, but as it stands, i bet they do well.
March 8, 2016 14:44:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Borough Green, Christmas Lights Capital of the World
Comments:Hi Karen, thanks so much for the kind words and taking the trouble to pass them on, I will ensure the crew all know. Its a few years now since I was on the lights crew, but I still remember the intense pleasure of working in the Village, with all the support and comments. The Christmas Lights are an outward expression of the soul of this Village, the thread of kindness that permeates every aspect of life here - truly a special place
December 2, 2015 09:38:41 (GMT Time)


Name:Karen Harding
Email:karenharding{at}eversheds.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike, Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put the Christmas Lights up in the village this year. I got off the train last night coming home from work, and the High Street and Western Road are a blaze of colour. Sadly I missed the big "Switch On" on Saturday, but the team and the local shopkeepers have really come up trumps this year - it looks so festive and cheery. Had to take photos so I could show everyone in work what a lovely place I live in! Karen
December 1, 2015 09:08:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Tony martin.
Email:tony.martin50{at}taltalk.net
Where are
you from:		44 Normanhurst Rd.
Comments:Well Mike, when I read the report in the Voice all about your shenanigans I really thought I was reading something from Muriel Rurial.It might well have been.I never thought TMBC could be so confused. Anyway you're our hero. keep at it. Tony
November 24, 2015 14:09:47 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:
Comments:Thanks, Dave, Very much appreciated, its comments like that that make all the c**p worthwhile. I think we have given Steve every opportunity to become part of the team, but he is far happier destroying things
November 15, 2015 09:10:31 (GMT Time)


Name:Dave Sutton
Email:https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DaveSutton/posts
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:It seems to me that Borough Green could do without Steve Perry. WTF is he anyway; I do not see him getting actively involved in Borough Green and could walk past him and not know who he is. The sooner that Borough Green realise that Mike Taylor really represents our friendly little village and is not afraid to call a spade a spade the better for all involved. Keep up the good work Mike; having spoken to many people after reports in the local paper I know that many in our village are behind you and that they really appreciate your efforts.
November 13, 2015 14:07:55 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/Safety-advice/Road-Safety/Cyclists.aspx ROAD POSITION Not sure that promoting hostility towards other road users, especially vulnerable ones, is a sound position for those in public office. More than 2 abreast is however not what the Highway Code advises and 2 is not always sensible.
November 3, 2015 12:52:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:
Comments:Hi Dave, Yes I do recall the death hungry pillocks- I don't understand why the Lycra Louts have such a cavalier disregard for their own safety, they think they are above the Law because they are unidentifiable. Perhaps we need a registration scheme, or better still, an outright ban on leisure cycling on the road
November 2, 2015 09:24:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Dot and Dave's house
Comments:Hi Mike It was nice to see you Sunday morning driving the “Borough Green Mobile” along Borough Green Road Wrotham. It was a very misty day and visibility was not good and I had noticed some cyclists in front of you who had two groups riding three abreast. This seemed to be a stupid thing to do as it not only breaks the law but is a big hazard in bad weather conditions. I hope you got around them without any incident.
November 1, 2015 10:21:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:		still up North
Comments:I may have my own views on how neutral an investigation by a council officer into another officer's conduct may be. I am less than clear as to how much liberty I have to comment on that. Thereby hangs a tale.
October 23, 2015 13:41:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:"how do we report it without infringing the Standards Code- as soon as an allegation is made, that affects the Officer's reputation, we are automatically guilty" Your query Mike. An investigation is commenced which is neutral in nature, just that an investigation. It does not assume guilt or innocence. So the mere act of raising a complaint does not in itself affect an officer's reputation.
October 23, 2015 13:38:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:mike.truck{at}btconnect.com
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Jaco, you didn't leave an email address. Can you email me as above so I can get back to you with some ideas Regards Mike
September 16, 2015 08:07:38 (GMT Time)


Name:Jaco van der Berg
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike, Do you know what the plans are from OpenReach to install fibre broadband in Borough Green? I live in Basted Mill and we have an average connection at best. After speaking to OpenReach I keep on being told "another 6 months" ... this started 12 months ago. If the appetite from the community is there we can go another route (as Underiver did) and go private: http://www.gigaclear.com/ There has to be sufficient interest to make it viable though. What are your thoughts around this? I have no idea whether it is just me being impatient with my broadband or if other people are after faster speeds as well. I know people in Hazelbourne are complaining about no/poor connections. Cheers, Jaco
September 15, 2015 20:34:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:
Comments:Very true, Alan, and not just Borough Green, it will turn the entire area into the third town in Tonbridge and Malling. Much as we love our neighbours in Platt Wrotham and Ightham, we are all celebrate being unique and distinct communities. I think these people are flying a kite, just as with their last scheme, the Freight Hub, but you can never tell what the greedy """ at TMBC will decide - think of all that extra Council tax, their mouths must be watering
September 3, 2015 06:29:53 (GMT Time)


Name:Alan
Email:Parker
Where are
you from:		Brisbane-- Born Rock Road
Comments:3000 Houses will absolutely be the ruin of Borough Green.
September 1, 2015 08:13:19 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:		Kent
Comments:Good work Mike on documenting the sad passing of the Coronation Oak. The junction must seem quite different without it.
August 18, 2015 21:27:36 (GMT Time)


Name:the poor git who now has a roundabout on door step
Email:
Where are
you from:		borough becoming less green
Comments:cheating gits at T & M at it again!!! dont trust them or we will have another toxic terrace in our village
August 18, 2015 19:03:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:sevenoaksart{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Thanks for the “official letter” regarding irresponsible parking by commuters using the station. Our daughter lives very close to Borough Green station and every day finds that commuters are parking outside her house and restricting her parking. Complaints to the drivers have resulted in abuse so maybe an official letter may make them think a little harder.
August 17, 2015 12:35:25 (GMT Time)


Name:steve willard
Email:swillard{at}tpg.com.au
Where are
you from:		Australia (now)
Comments:Not sure if you will get this or not, but I have some more photos of willards transport that you might like to see.I am leaving here (perth) next week & will be staying in BG for the next 6 months
July 13, 2015 11:59:00 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Info sent on re: The Rock. if any more info surfaces i will happily add to the history website. Although presently offline, it will return. This relates to copyright matters mentioned below.
May 20, 2015 09:23:04 (GMT Time)


Name:moran stevens
Email:moranstevens{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		NZ & UK
Comments:Hi, I am a descendent of James Bevin who according to 1871 Ightham census was the publican of the Rock Inn. I understand this hotel has long since gone but if anybody has any info it would be most appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
May 19, 2015 10:50:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Barry Fisher
Email:bef{at}talk21.com
Where are
you from:		Devon via 50yrs in Borough Green
Comments:Hope you and Jackie are keeping well. Tell P and I Tucker from me, to move if Franks name offends them
May 18, 2015 19:42:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Thanks Dot and Dave. I will explore that. My primary concern is that a media company is claiming that it holds the copyright to an image which was supplied in good faith. It belongs to the Bangay family and I have no wish to seek permission to use one of our own images, nor to pay a fee to do so. Nor do I think it lawful that somebody can pass off somebody else's image as their own and seek to gain from it. It goes against inteelectual property rights. While this is being clarified I will keep content off line. The entire archive has copyright asserted and is only to be used on non-profit sites. That does exclude the Chronicle. The Mail too quoted chunks without permission, though of course it helps to understand the background of this issue.
May 17, 2015 13:30:58 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Ian. You may or may not be aware that you can issue a dmca notice to Google. www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-notice
May 17, 2015 08:41:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Mike - can you let me know which sites reasonably requested photos? I see images of Dad on sites where I am not so keen on finding them, nor where he would have wanted to appear. The copyright notice on my blog is pretty evident and has been there since its creation. Some of the sites are hateful, some commercial. Unless they came from you I will be sending out "cease and desist" notices.
May 16, 2015 23:45:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Webmaster
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Emma, thank you so much for that info - it is a worry I have heard expressed several times, so I will put a pointer to your comment on the homepage. Thanks, Mike
May 16, 2015 19:09:04 (GMT Time)


Name:Emma
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:In response to "Sam" a few comments below, in case you haven't fully explored the option, don't assume you are not eligible for a 'council' house because you are both working. The vast majority of occupants here at Hazelbourne are couples with children where both parents work. To apply you need to have a housing need (you may be over-crowded at your parents?) and need to be on a low income, and of course join the list.... you may jointly earn too much but just wanted to flag this up just in case it may help. Best wishes
May 16, 2015 15:07:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Mr Pie
Email:
Where are
you from:		Motorway
Comments:I understand that Tom Robinson is rewording his 70s anthem, updating it to "Proud to be Bangay". Long overdue.
May 16, 2015 14:26:17 (GMT Time)


Name:Sleepy Old Git
Email:webmaster
Where are
you from:		Borough Green. Land of the Free
Comments:I must endorse Dot & Dave's comments, any community that would acceot them will accept ANYBODY. Truly egalitarian
May 16, 2015 13:44:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Crest Nicholson must be loving this publicity especially with some gay people openly stating they would love to live in a road named “Bangays Way”. Maybe we will see a few rainbow flags displayed outside their new houses and if even luckier get an invite to their house warming parties (please note we drink ouzo). It would be good to show the Borough Green community spirit and welcome newcomers with open arms, after all Borough Green accepted Dot and Dave (eventually) and couples do not come much stranger than them. Do not use audio search for Dot and Dave because it translates it to “Duck and Dive” if you have a Cockney accent like us. Long live Captain Mike Taylor, you sleepy old git.
May 16, 2015 12:23:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Webmaster
Where are
you from:		Borough Green and Proud
Comments:We all need to very clear, this comment comes from someone who is bitter, the fact he is gay is irrelevant. This is an attack on all sensible people, gay or straight, and the best way to treat this is to treat it with contempt. I would not want to see a backlash against an unfortunate comment, Borough Green is better than that, Borough Green is tolerant, and we have actually won a small victory - the Parish Council wanted "Frank Bangay Way" in the first place. Can I go back to sleep , now?
May 16, 2015 09:34:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian bangay
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:As this will only happen in some alternate reality we do not live in, perhaps things should stay as they are. It seems most improbable that a sign alone would have such an effect. In any event I trust that the village remains the wecloming place I recall and that the press find time to focus on its many positive quailities. I also hope that those with grievances have the civil courage to dicuss these with their neighbours.
May 15, 2015 18:05:43 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian Bangay
Email:ian48db{at}live.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:I would hope that the initial complaint gets some serious consideration, much as I gave it this week. This did however go into the planning process and was approved years back. To undo that is complex. It requires clear benefits to be indetified. Bangays Way has merits in that it makes the women in his life and other family members enter the frame. Without support from Edna and Freda. Dad would have achieved so much less. From a feminist persective Bangays Way might seem ideal. Frank Bangay Way makes it clearer who it is about. I am sorry that BG has received national attention because of the way this was overly hastily brought to the press and due process side stepped. I am also aware that many comments on gay online sites have thought this a little trivial and that more important matters require attention. I tend to agree. If like accident spots, data is collated and an increase in homophobic incidents takes place due to this sign, then a case may be made. As this will only
May 15, 2015 18:04:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Charlie
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Bangays Way This all seems a little petty to me. The road name was chosen in recognition of a local person NOT as a homophobic slur. TMBC I presume approved the road name in the first instance so not sure what would now make them change their mind? As a note TMBC's website states as follows: "What happens if a street needs renaming or renumbering? Renaming or Renumbering an existing street is to be avoided unless the benefits clearly outweigh the obvious disadvantages......" I'm not wholly certain that due to a couple of people with an alternative mind constitutes a disadvantage or requirement to change a road name?
May 15, 2015 15:37:46 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		A wonderful village called Borough Green
Comments:It’s very sad that a gay couple in Borough Green are objecting to a street named “Bangays Way” People would probably have walked past this sign and not given it a second thought but with the publicity it is receiving there is now a fair chance it will be vandalised. We have read some of the comments on the many articles published about this street sign and the only sympathy this “drama queen” has received are from gay newspapers. The people of Borough Green are proud of Frank Bangay’s achievements and after talking to many villagers our gay couple seem to have really alienated themselves. We would be interested to hear if the Parish Council intends to change the street name.
May 15, 2015 08:51:21 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are
you from:		BOROUGH-GREEN
Comments:I have just read and heard on the Radio and the local paper that we have a couple of PC people living here in the village and that we are homophobic villagers .Well I can live with that having voted u k i p i am a racist as well .Frank Ban gay recorded history for every one to see in his photographic records and what more befitting honor can we give him than to name a road after him. But no not good enough according to the local Politically correct mob. So do we change the name to TOXIC TERRACE that's more befitting is it not I am sure most of the villagers will agree . we could call any other roads Costa lot avenue and bankers garden Some people really should get a life or move back to a town Brighton maybe .
May 14, 2015 16:43:14 (GMT Time)


Name:Sam
Email:samgear97{at}googlemail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:I just wanted to share with you my experience of attempting to buy shared ownership house on the Isles Quarry's site "Hazlebourne". I currently reside in Borough Green and have done for 31 years. I live with my partner and our little girl. We are currently living with my parents as our rented accommodation came to an unfortunate end. ( we do not qualify for a "council" house as we are both working ) We can not afford to buy a house in the area and the lack of properties and huge demand and extortionate pricing for rental has left us with limited options. After applying for the shared ownership scheme, we were sent an email inviting us along to view 2 properties at a specific time at "Hazlebourne Avenue". Both were 3 bedrooms properties priced at £315,000. I called the number on the email to arrange another time so that my partner could view too (he was at work at the time specified). I was told that this was the only time available and they could not accommodate my request. (Great st
May 13, 2015 23:33:11 (GMT Time)


Name:mike gear
Email:bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are
you from:		BOROUGH-GREEN
Comments:Trouble is people are easily lead by these conservative lies just look what happened last week in the general Election I thought we had torrential rain on the way with flood warnings there was so many sticks in the village we could have built a raft . conservative senior voters
May 13, 2015 14:38:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Well, Mike, now the truth of the Big Tory Lie becomes apparent. They carpet bomb the countryside with houses, masquerading as a crusade to give us affordable housing, when what they mean is housing that is a little bit cheaper, but when it isn't taken up by those ungrateful poor people (most of us) they regretfully will have to put on the open market,
April 30, 2015 07:41:37 (GMT Time)


Name:mike Gear
Email:mikegear9527{at}btinternet.com
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Correct me if I am wrong. I was lead to believe that if Isle Quarry was allowed to take place it was going to be largely, affordable housing for first time buyers. My daughter and her family are indeed first time buyers. Yet their average annual salary combined is not enough to purchase a 3 bedroom house that they require. However, they could afford a two bedroom apartment !!! We have also discovered that the part buy part rent scheme (which they have been approved for)is a fantastic opportunity if you can afford the minimum of £1450 per month for the rent, service charge and mortgage on a 3 bedroom house. So in short, my daughter, who works part time and looks after the children in-between, her partner who works full time on the national average wage, can only afford a 2 bedroom apartment on a complex that was originally approved under the understanding that it would be affordable housing for people in the area. So please can someone explain what exactly clarifies as affordable ho
April 29, 2015 08:20:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Emma
Email:emma.j.l.fevzi{at}me.com
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:could you please tell me whom to contact regarding booking a stall on the xmas light fair please x
April 22, 2015 09:37:24 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:website
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Hi Dot & Dave - That must be the Pie Factory on the Hornet Estate - there's a thought, now that you are retired and have nothing to do - open a Pie & Mash shop in the Western Rd parade !!
April 3, 2015 11:21:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:On our walks down the trunk road in Borough Green we have often encountered some very pleasant aromas. A savoury smell, we thought it was maybe a factory canteen but it seems that meat pies are being manufactured in the old fashioned way. Not sure that the new housing estate will appreciate this wonderful smell wafting about but wouldn't it be nice if we had a pie and mash shop in Borough Green that sold these wonderful pies from www.pieshop.co.uk
April 2, 2015 13:57:57 (GMT Time)


Name:Jaco van der Berg
Email:jaco.vanderberg{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green ... Well, originally somewhere in South Africa
Comments:Hi Mike, Thanks for keeping the local residents informed with the happenings in and around Borough Green, a thankless task sometimes I can imagine. Would you have any news with regards to the Red Lion pub development? I know there were some grumblings about a traffic light v roundabout, but surely the priority should be getting rid of the eyesore of a building first which puts Borough Green in a bad light for any visitor to our village. Cheers, Jaco
March 30, 2015 12:05:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Dear Emma, I really appreciate such kind comments, it makes it all worth while Regards Mike
March 21, 2015 10:15:22 (GMT Time)


Name:Emma
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green (new resident)
Comments:Dear Mike I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to find someone in office who genuinely stands up for what they believe in and who is willing to stand up for the electorate, no matter what. I have not voted in a while as I can not, with a clear conscience, vote for lying, cheating, warmongering politicians, but I'm going to vote for you. Keep it up!!
March 20, 2015 17:02:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Hi Both, I agree with you that Quarry Hill is not ideal, but whilst the 222 operator is happy to run the long route via the Haul Rd, he starts at the station. Arriva run the bus from Wrotham, and they flatly refuse to go the long way. So we either put up with the Quarry Hill route, or no bus at all. And there was a strong petition from Borough Green and Wrotham to run a bus route to the surgery now that Wrotham surgery is closed. At least we seem to have stopped the Quarry Hill busstops.
January 25, 2015 09:49:26 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:sevenoaksart{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Any news on the proposal to send buses via Quarry Hill Road to Borough Green Medical Practice? Whenever we visit the village we seem to hear about this and most people seem to think that using the Haul road would be much better because of width restrictions in Quarry Hill Road.
January 23, 2015 12:26:36 (GMT Time)


Name:Theresa Such
Email:theresamsuch{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		Bourugh Green
Comments:I lived in Wrotham 10 years and now I live in Borough Green. I can honestly say that the people here in this village are all nice. There is a lot of spirit and people are sticking together. I love living here and I am proud of it.
January 5, 2015 22:36:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email: and another thing
Where are
you from:
Comments:Believe it or not, I have on several occasions, spoken with senior officers and members, asking just that BG gets an apology for unspecified "irregularities", so we can all move on and they might then act responsibly about A-Z and Henry PH - point blank refusal. So the Olive branch has been offered by us. What is offensive is what has been done to us - I merely record and respond And to answer another question you raise - I don't know why either.
December 15, 2014 07:39:34 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Dear Harold, How I wish you were right, I would dearly love to be able to concentrate my efforts on more positive matters. I am willing to concede that the actual corruption is just a few people, and the rest either stupid or covering up. The evidence of that corruption is all here on this site, and hard copies as well. There are sound planning reasons why Isles Quarry and A-Z should not have housing, and why the Henry should remain a PH. I will admit to being brutally stubborn, and no threat will stop me if I think I am right, but it is all in the hands of the electorate. If people want me out, that is fine, at least I would then not have to endure working with these smiling liars. Regards Mike. PS why no email address? Why anonymous?
December 15, 2014 07:35:04 (GMT Time)


Name:harold
Email:
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:you ask 'corruption or stupidity' and to be honest I do not know which it is. Surely nobody is that stupid to think dozens of councillors and officers are corrupt and involved in some deep conspiracy... yet you do seem to think that. Undercover happenings are always revealed, and quickly, yet not one person has revealed or uncovered anything untoward or corrupt... not even our newest councillor! I know you are trying to do the best thing for our village but so are the othrr councillors and officers. What possible advantage could they have in damaging what we have here? Maybe it is time to stop fighting and to try to bury the hatchet. You will do far more good working with people than accusing them and publishing offensive material.
December 11, 2014 22:02:37 (GMT Time)


Name:Nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike Is it not about time they put a vehicle size restriction on the road that runs from Ightham to Tonbridge, I can understand that Buses need to use it but large lorries, Articulators, some with trailers and Dumper lorries some that have no respect for other motorist, before long there is going to be a head on crash and somebody will be killed before any notice is taken,you being a owner of a business using large lorries should know the situation along this road, I understand if delivery's have to take place,but using it as a Rat run is just not on, what is your thoughts ?
July 16, 2014 11:34:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike, So much for the Roundabout making it safe at Sevenmile Lane, it wasn't open but a few days when it looked like some one decided to take a short cut and now for all to see is a bent lampost.
July 3, 2014 17:14:19 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Hi Nicky, in a way I agree with you. 7 mile Lane has been dangerous for a long time, but the expense of this sems a bit OTT. However, J5 slips are moving up the political chain, we have some real heavyweight people behind the campaign now, just don't ask me when !!
July 3, 2014 07:15:12 (GMT Time)


Name:Nicky
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike. What a waste of Council money,14 weeks was taken to build a Roundabout on the A20 at the junction of Sevenmile Lane this was in my opinion a waste of time as the system worked perfectly well, I use this route every day no problems, why was this money not spent on the slip road on the Motorway at Sevenoaks, What a waste of Rate Payers money.
July 1, 2014 14:36:48 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Will the J5 turn off ever be built, if it takes as long as our proposed Bye Pass it will never be in my lifetime
May 7, 2014 08:34:39 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Hi Mike Well done we now can expect some up to date news from now on, what we want now is more local people to contribute to it even if they are moaner like me, best of luck
April 29, 2014 09:36:11 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike I'm back for another moan, its about time the Borough Green Community website was updated I'm getting a little fed up with reading the same old thing in which some of it must be over 12 months out of date are we so quite here that nothing happens?
January 22, 2014 17:27:10 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		Website
Comments:Sorry I missed you, Nicky, I was trying to meet every one by circulating round all four polling stations, but it was the strong support in BG that carried the day. Now all I have to do is merit people's trust!!
January 11, 2014 22:26:03 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Well done mike, I thought you might be in attendance when I voted, I could not see you so I asked 2 other candidates if you where around but I must say the reply's were not very pleasant so they may of stamped there selves on the toe seeing there was other voters about.
January 11, 2014 20:51:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Response to Nicky
Comments:Hi Nicky, I am afraid that the only time you will hear the Bypass mentioned now, is either from Sue Murray and her friends, or a big developer. I know now that the old Parish Council & Sue had their eyes on the triangle of land bounded by the Bypass, the A25 and the A227, to get it removed from Greenbelt, get the Parish Boundary moved up to the M26 so Wrotham didn't get a full say, and get housing built. Now that area would probably take 1500-2000 house, with enough profit to build a bypass. Unfortunately, it would generate so much extra traffic, it would negate any effect on BG Traffic. That is why Tim and I have been concentrating our efforts on J5 slips, which will shift traffic off the A25 onto the motorway network, and that campaign now has the support of Parishes from West Malling to Westerham, and has now moved upward beyond just a local campaign. So if someone suggested a Bypass now, we know it would come with very heavy strings attached, and unfortunately would be s
December 18, 2013 18:34:21 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Hi Mike whats happened to the bypass saga, have we got to wait until the next election for favorable news ? Have a very happy Xmas.
December 18, 2013 15:44:49 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Hi Mike I watched the local news a few days ago, burglary has gone up in Kent 25% in the last few years, why hasn't it gone down since Ann Barnes took over ?
December 5, 2013 16:56:21 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:website
Where are
you from:		Colourful half of Borough Green
Comments:Hi Nicky, my own personal Jiminy Cricket As a former member of the Christmas Lights Team, I can answer that question: after the Manor House, all the posts are too far to be powered from private houses. We did start to move outwards, but the lights had to be powered by EDF direct from the streetlight power. This work for the first year for the two outside Tollgate, but then EDF lost interest, we lost power, and it became a waste of time, so we pulled back to our original boundary. It is also becoming more difficult to get volunteers to help with the lights. If anyone reads this who is interested in joining that happy crew, call Sandy on 884336. Because the Parish Council cares deeply about the drab and monochrome life in the grimy north of the village, last year we extended a burst of colour with 5 new hanging basket sets as far as Tolsey Mead. Cheers Mike
November 21, 2013 08:13:20 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough green
Comments:Why do the Xmas lights finish just after the Industrial Park in Wrotham Road, are we that live beyond and down to Wrotham School not residents of the village?
November 20, 2013 20:34:19 (GMT Time)


Name:annabelle
Email:annabellewebster{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:
Comments:ooopppspsss just seen on your front page its 30th November !
November 19, 2013 17:24:52 (GMT Time)


Name:Annabelle
Email:annabellewebster{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:WHat date are the Borough Green Lights being switched on and from what time this year ?
November 19, 2013 17:19:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Adam. I do understand your anger and frustration, and it is echoed by the Parish Council. You are quite right that vehicles from the Hornet Industrial Estate are required by a condition of their lease, and the planning permission for the site, to use the Haul Rd. But the plain fact is that Mr Dunn, the owner of the site , professes to be powerless to act unless he has hard evidence. That of course means that residents would have to sit out there all hours, which just compounds your suffering. I do not hold out much hope for the intended 7.5 tonne limit being imposed on Quarry Hill to solve the problem, if these cowboys ignore the current rules, why should extra rules have any greater effect. If we could get just one registration number, perhaps pictures, then Mr Dunn would be unable to hide anymore. I have copied this reply to Roger Dunn, and to Lindsay at T&MBC Planning, who may be able to apply some discipline via Planning Enforcement. I am sorry I cannot be any
October 20, 2013 15:51:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Adam
Email:adamgodburn{at}tiscali.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike, could you please explain why we have all night convoys of MTS lorries comimg up and down Quarry Hill Rd? This has been going on since Wed and we're getting a bit sick and tired of it. We were under the impression that all such vehicles are supposed to use the Haul Rd??. My wing mirror on my van was smashed this afternoon between the hours of 4 and 7pm and only something of that size would be high enough to have done it...just saying. Also the potholes in QHR have only just been filled in and vehicles of this size and weight will only open them up again. Can you do something about this asap and put a stop to it, they are way to large to be using such a narrow road, and at all hours of the night? Regards, Adam
October 20, 2013 00:12:36 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Webmaster
Where are
you from:		BG - email to Ann Barnes
Comments:Dear Ann As an aside, as a receiver of the current levels of Police Service, I have a comment. Our new pavilion at Potters Mede suffered criminal damage. It was not an emergency, and the PCSOs attended as booked, were extremely professional, and our CCTV will help to apprehend the perpetrator. Coincidentally, one of the PCSOs was Roxy from Wouldham Burham, who attended our own little meeting. She and her colleague got lost and had to be guided in by my wife and I on the phone. Now I stress this was not an emergency, and I was more than happy with their excellent service, but what if I had been an old lady in the process of being burgled? This is where your brave new policing model falls down. When we had our own officers, they would have known the venue, and probably even known the perpetrator . And you have ditched all that experience and knowledge. Regards Mike Taylor
September 25, 2013 08:26:27 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:webmaster
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:I couldn't agree more. Our local policing, (as a service, not the dedicated individuals), has been poor for a long time, and will now just get worse. I see Ann Barnes as a Police apologist, in their pay: this is just a PR exercise so our complaints can be batted back and forth until we give up. Curious that they can always find the manpower to protect Government and Big Business interests, as witness Balcombe, Kingsnorth and the G7 "riots" in London. But there will be a fortnightly visit by a mobile Police Station, so long as our merry local hoodlums join in the spirit of the scheme, and only commit crimes on that day, we will be OK. You are worrying for nothing !! Regards Mike
September 25, 2013 08:07:51 (GMT Time)


Name:Nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:What a joke, a village this size and we have no Police station in fact we have no Police, if there was an emergency here it would take 10 minutes to get here from Kings Hill at the very least, who ever voted this Police commissioner into power needs there brains testing, this village has gone from bad to useless as far as our security is concerned.
September 24, 2013 09:19:05 (GMT Time)


Name:jean
Email:jeanannchristian{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:
Comments:hi do you no when the potters mead pavilion will be open????
August 13, 2013 19:29:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:website
Where are
you from:
Comments:Hi Nicky, You surprise me !! as you know I run 9 websites, and have a lot of stuff on youtube, so am continually up and down loading audio and video, and large pictures, without any problems. The only glitch I ever get is during our daily website count and guestbook check, when at 8am we sometimes get traffic congestion getting to the servers in LA. We even use i-player etc a lot, again, no problems. It is so long since I have seen a buffering warning I had forgotten they existed: its not a problem with your own supply is it? I notice you are with talk talk, and I had a lot of problems with them until I reverted to BT. Rgds Mike
July 26, 2013 07:19:08 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		eaglestone close
Comments:I watched to South East news today, In the village of Yalding they have now got Fast Broadband installed, why can't they do the same thing for BG
July 24, 2013 15:50:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:webmaster
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Hi Nicky, My conscience speaks again !! Really pleased with the crossing, and the way it works, vast improvement. They should be coming back to replace the gobbly bits of tarmac with block paving, but I'm not holding my breath, at least it works!! We are in discussion with T&M about replacing the disappeared disabled bay in Western Rd, and perhaps a new one at the Post Office, and we can ask if the crew can repaint the High St one at the same time. Regards Mike
May 15, 2013 07:17:12 (GMT Time)


Name:Nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:Hi Mike. What a difference the new crossing has made, now pedestrians and motorist Know where the stand and it was done so quick, the only thing that is annoying me now is the disabled parking out side the Chemist, it seems like anybody parks there now as the sign is nearly non readable, sorry for another moan but your response is much appreciated
May 14, 2013 13:51:59 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Website
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Nicky That works both ways, its only if both are vigilant that safety can be achieved. A driver is deemed to be trained to drive, but modern vehicles are so swift and comfortable that the motorist is often lulled into a glazed indifference. A pedestrian should not be expected to have the same level of road awareness that is expected in law from a driver, so the duty is on the driver to be ever aware that a pedestrian might step out without regard to what a driver might expect to be a reasonable level of awareness. By a curious coincidence, yeaterday I was crossing at the very courtesy crossing we are discussing. The High St was completely clear, a van came from the railway bridge, indicated to turn into the High St, but didn't bother to stop. Shortly behind him was a Veolia dustcart, moving quite fast, no indicator , and starting to lean into the bend to go down Western Rd. I started to cross, and he swerved without slowing down into the High St, I managed a quick burst of speedand he missed me: if I had been older or not paying attention I would have been wiped out. Fortunately, as a driver for 50 years, and most of them as an HGV, I am more road aware than most pedestirans, and even I can get caught out. The onus is on drivers to be aware of what a pedestrian is going to do, possibly even before them, but not all drivers are aware. The only answer is to use well planned crossings to lure pedestrians into a safe crossing place, where a driver should be even more aware that they are likely to cross. We can only aim to reduce risk. Rgds Mike,
February 16, 2013 08:20:51 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Sorry Mike, if a pedestrian step into the road in front of you and you have no time to brake its not the motorist fault, you can take a certain amount of caution but you cannot read a persons mind
February 15, 2013 17:18:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:website response
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Nicky, the reason we are going down this route is because of concerns from the public about the apparent lack of safety of the courtesy crossing. KCC simply will not allow non-standard signs, and I believe that is reinforced by the Highways Act. I personally believe the courtesy crossing works well: the majority of drivers will stop if a pedestrian is waiting, and a smaller number will stop if someone else has already stopped. There will always be some motorists who are so blind to their responsibilities to pedestrians under the Highway Code that they don't even bother stopping at redlights or zebras, controlling them is outside our responsibility. Crossing any road is always a hazard, all we can try and do is limit that hazard, but in the end it boils down to responsible drivers and responsible pedestrians. I know apparently sane people who tell me they refuse to stop at the courtesy crossing because its "not a proper crossing", completely forgetting their absolute responsibility under the Highway Code to give right of way to pedestrians, they simply ignore the Law.
February 15, 2013 09:21:17 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike I understand the position that your in but if antbody is hurt that is local they will be on your back KCC will not want to know, that is the way they work, Could a temporary sign be put up warning people of the danger.
February 14, 2013 17:56:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:response to Nikki
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Nikki Valid moan: but it is in hand, but we have to contend with the glacial slowness of KCC, The block paving was removed a year ago, and within the next few months a proper zebra crossing will be installed right there. We have had a few carping that it is a dangerous place to put a crossing, but if you don't put a crossing where people want to walk, they don't use it. This is part of a 9 point traffic plan that BGPC is pursuing, and some are already in the pipeline, the rest will go before KCC for a funding decision in the next financial year. There is a great deal of support in KCC for this, they are very aware that Borough green has suffered from traffic for many years and the standard response to our complaints has been:"That will be resolved when the Bypas is built", then they c*****d up and lost the Bypass. Rgds Mike
February 14, 2013 08:36:47 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}taltalk.net
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:I'm sorry but I am about to moan again this time about the piece of road outside the supermarket and Westminster Bank, This strip of road is not a pedestrian crossing and is not marked so, there is going to be a accident soon, as people are just stepping out into the road as if it is there right,cars and lorries coming from the railway bridge into the High Street suddenly have to break as someone steps out, this could cause a rear end shunt and either a pedestrian or driver could be hurt or even killed I think its about time the council either put warning signs up saying this is not a pedestrian crossing of mark it up into a crossing
February 13, 2013 19:24:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Hi Simon, many thanks for kind comments, but I am just the visible bit of the team which include Barry and Rob, our Parish Council staff, councillors like Tim, Gary and Scott, and volunteers like Nick Taylor and Taylor Rothwell. It is nice to be noticed and appreciated. But OUR thanks to groups of community minded people who are taking advantage of all the saltbins we put in and are taking responsibility for "their important little bits". PS. The sterling work keeping main highways clear, and backing up our efforts is Kent County Council, not Tonbridge & Malling Borough, Rgds Mike
January 21, 2013 08:43:01 (GMT Time)


Name:Simon Moore
Email:Simon{at}the4moores.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike, You don't know me, I live in Crowhill Road and i'd just like to pass on my appreciation for your fantastic work during the current cold spell with your towable gritter. Obviously it's physically impossible for TMBC to treat every side road in the borough so it's great that people like yourself donate their time (+ the use of your own private vehicle) to provide a much needed service. Many thanks, Simon Moore.
January 20, 2013 23:16:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:sevenoaksart{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Maybe we have a problem with a secret community of unicyclists but we understand KCC understand the importance of the sign, and if there is general support, are happy to let it stay. Google "Unicyclists Borough Green" to see what we mean
September 20, 2012 12:54:08 (GMT Time)


Name:Shaun Parker
Email:shaun.parker{at}live.com
Where are
you from:		Abbott Road
Comments:Mike - I've got the photos from our street party for you but I don't have your emails address - could you provide please? Thanks Shaun
June 6, 2012 09:12:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Leah Goodburn
Email:lgillon{at}postmaster.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Quarry Hill Road
Comments:Please can something be done about the state of the coronation oak on Quarry Hill road?! I have lived here just 3 years (and still love it as much as the day we moved in) but have seen the area around the coronation oak in Quarry Hill road get more and more over grown. Is anyone supposed to take care of it? I would be happy with the help of my husband to tidy it up but am not sure who I would need to contact to see if this would be ok to do. It just looks such a mess and is a real shame given it's importance in the village.
May 21, 2012 13:13:35 (GMT Time)


Name:Suzanne Coleman
Email:suzanne{at}villagecraftcafe.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Thanks for posting information about our monthly Borough Green Arts & Crafts Fair Cafe. Your wonderful website is such a valuable resource for our DIY village! Thanks a million for always giving us an alternative view on the politics that affect us.
May 20, 2012 07:51:49 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		post response May
Comments:Further response to your post in May regarding Wrotham Rd pavements. Russet Homes own the hedge alongside Tollgate which has been cut right back, and the PC is now taking responsibility for the hedging between Oaktrees and Tolsey Mede. You may have noticed in recent weeks that the grass has been cut, and the hedging tractor cut. As we have time the idea is to make the pavement safe, and improve the look of the entrance to the village, as we are also doing at the Western Rd junction. Our staff are also beginning litterpick along this section of road, where pupils of Wrotham School make such a mess everyday.
November 15, 2011 08:40:19 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		response to nornix
Comments:Most people in BG accepted the Celcon/Bypass deal, but since that fell through, we will only get our Bypass in return for unacceptable levels of development, whether that be 1000's of houses, or a railfreight terminal. You are right, Paul Carter made us a genuine promise, but KCC now do not have the money. We are in alliance with our neighbour PCs to persuade Paul that in the short term, and for far less money than a planning application, he can bring real traffic control to the A25/A227, traffic control that he would have had to put in after building the Bypass anyway. Rgds Mike
November 15, 2011 08:34:41 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:What ha happended to the so called fast tracking bt Paul Carter reguarding the ByePass,has it slipped his mind ?
November 14, 2011 11:32:39 (GMT Time)


Name:ken fox
Email:kenfox69{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		kent
Comments:well i hope you are sure
June 21, 2011 20:17:08 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Now a new Council has been elected,maybe they will look at making the pavement wider along part of Wrotham Road after all it only needs the hedge taking back,and I may be able to walk along without having to walk in the road to avoid a pram or get hit by a van mirror like my wife did.
May 16, 2011 11:20:44 (GMT Time)


Name:Heather Head
Email:heatherhead01{at}yahoo.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Hi Mike I met you outside the village hall last Thursday and you were kind enough to offer to mention my small business on your website. I am an Independent Phoenix Trader selling quality greetings cards, gift wrap and other stationery items. If your readers would like to receive a FREE copy of the Phoenix Trading brochure they can contact me on 07870 742785. Alternatively they can browse and order online at www.phoenix-trading.eu/web/heatherhead. Delivery is direct to the door and will be FREE to Borough Green and surrounding areas. Many thanks Heather
May 8, 2011 13:15:16 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Could you publish the other member of the Parish Council please
May 6, 2011 18:30:30 (GMT Time)


Name:The Mole
Email:mole{at}wiki.com
Where are
you from:		Maidstone
Comments:Interesting question for history buffs: who was Borough Green and Platt's Kent County Councillor in the mid 90s when the Bypass planning permission was allowed to lapse?
May 3, 2011 07:02:07 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:
Where are
you from:		PS to Anonymous
Comments:You accuse me of being biased: yes, I am strongly biased in favour honesty, transparency and free speech. I will not stand by and watch corruption in progress, when that corruption is ignored by those in power, and I certainly will not bow to threats and dirty tricks of the like I have put up with for the past 5 years. If you want a list, give me an email address, but if you are who I think you are, you already know.
April 30, 2011 18:06:56 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:Mike.cast{at}virgin.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:It is a matter of public record that I was sacked as a groundsman for spending £200 of my own money repairing the Pavilion windows when the PC wanted to board them up. Anyone who disbelieves this is more than welcome to see the tribunal documents.
April 30, 2011 17:40:11 (GMT Time)


Name:
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Having read some of your comments on this site, I can only say that you seem to have a very biased view; I thought you were sacked as groundsman because you worked for more hours than contracted and tried to sue the council because they didn't want to pay you for the extra unauthorised hours, I must have got it wrong.
April 30, 2011 16:43:02 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike
Email:mike.cast{at}virgin.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:I have never said the mayor draws £80k, that is the COST of having a Mayor. Sue Murray in the past financial years, as I read the figures on the T&M website drew about £13,000, being made up of Borough Cllr Allowance, mileage allowance and Mayoral Allowance. Sue pays tax on this. A record of expenses is held at http://www.tmbc.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=11
April 30, 2011 17:37:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Hazel
Email:hazelralph{at}hotmail.com
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:The old-fashioned type of mayor does not get a salary but will get an additional allowance from the council, probably no more than £2,000 - £3,000. - Do you really think Sue gets over £80,000 a year?
April 30, 2011 16:31:43 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:Bravotwozero69{at}live .com
Where are
you from:		Boroughgreen
Comments:I would respectfully ask you to remove all comments re P C as all but one remains . I have no complaints as of yet But I will be back !!
April 27, 2011 13:55:28 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:bravotwozero{at}live .com
Where are
you from:		Boroughgreen
Comments:The hour comes when it is hoped that the wise and foolish will see sense, rise up and get rid of the darkness that has overshadowed this Village for far too long. Rise up from your easy chairs, bar stools, poofs, bean bags, or what ever. AND VOTE FOR A BIG CHANGE . A new day dawns .
April 1, 2011 19:13:47 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green Rocks
Comments:Sorry, Mike, can't give the £40k back, I frittered it all away on plywood and steel building a £120k skatepark !! Jackie was really down after the article in the Chronicle, but support like yours really gave her a lift: makes the s**t all worthwhile when we know people appreciate.
March 11, 2011 07:44:08 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live .com
Where are
you from:		BOROUGH GREEN
Comments:Well it must be getting near to local council elections is it not? I picked up the local rag March 10/2011 there on the front page is Mr MIKE TAYLOR being slaged off for doing repairs on the skate park . oh Naughty naughty Michael tut tut conflicting interest my ar--, hope you are giving £40,000 back Mike ? as did Baroness Staley? me thinks Lord Greenlands is behind all this along with his knave Mr Perry . The thing is if any thing needs doing in this village repairs etc, who gets his hands dirty MIKE TAYLOR WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MURRAY, EVANS, WILLSHER , PERRY AND THE REST OF THE DEAD WOOD ON THE COUNCIL GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY? LOOK AT THE LAST SNOWS - WAS YOU ABLE TO GET MOBILE ? WELL THANK MIKE .YES I AM SHOUTING BE IT PRAISE THEN SO BE IT WELL DONE MIKE you get my vote every time.
March 10, 2011 15:53:51 (GMT Time)


Name:MIKE
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live.com
Where are
you from:		Boroughgreen
Comments:Having read the Voice, March 2011 page 9, ref the letter from the Borough Councillors I read this "The Borough does not own a Mayoral car and on most trips the Mayor or their escort acts as chauffeur and normally provide their own vehicle." Oh, how misleading is that? on investigation i/e phone the mayoral office, asked the question : turns out that they hire a limo to run her worship about . So that is why it can be seen in Staleys , Tillton and roads around the doctors surgery awaiting pick up so come on Messrs EVAN, MURRAY & SAYERS, who are you trying to hoodwink? TRUTH, please, you will get found out in the long run.
March 2, 2011 16:07:11 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike T
Email:
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:I'm not known for my defence of this sort of thing, but I want to clarify whether the figures mentioned are Sue's personal expenses, or the total costs of having a Mayor. That said, £129,000 is 6-8 salaries for front line staff who will be getting made redundant. I know which I think is more important to ordinary people !!!
January 21, 2011 13:45:42 (GMT Time)


Name:MIKE
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live.com
Where are
you from:		BOROUGH-GREEN
Comments:Having read the sevenoaks chronicle of thursday January 20 2011 page 3 top right corner . I was left feeling ill to see our so called hard working mayor is being paid £86,630 and just to make us feel good she has taken a £40,000 pay cut by reducing her costs to that above . This woman and post she holds is something we can do without period we can ill afford for her to continue free loading off the general public /rate payer. Give me the job I will do it for free just think driven to venues food drink not to mention the perks that go with the job It makes my blood boil to think she and her councillor cohorts are spongeing of of us rate payers SHE AND HER KIND DISGUST ME - PARASITES !!
January 20, 2011 11:09:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Sheree Cox
Email:info{at}schaws.co.uk
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:Hi there, can you add me to this website too please - I have been running Zumba classes since last year in the Parish at the Borough Green Village Hall and my family live in the parish. My Zumba classes are on a Monday 8.15pm and my website is www.schaws.co.uk. Contact number: 07973146010 Many thanks, Sheree Cox
January 9, 2011 00:07:32 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:mike.cast{at}virgin.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Let me first state that the pavements and roads are solely KCC's responsibility. We realised that KCC were unable to comply, but had concerns for our residents, so the PC bought the saltbins and supplies so we can all help ourselves. The work on pavements you have seen is carried out by the PC's part-time staff and volunteers. It would be more than helpful if uninformed people stopped criticising our efforts, and pitched in as volunteers.That way the whole VILLAGE could be made safe. Happy Christmas!!! Mike PS The bridge WAS salted !!!
December 23, 2010 07:58:56 (GMT Time)


Name:nicky
Email:nornix{at}talktalk.net
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:Why is the footpath from the secondary school to the town not salted in the weathe,after all there is only 1 narrow footpath on one side of the road and there is a lot of older people have to use this pavement,the corner of Why Road is like a skating rink and so is the bridge over the railway,its no excuse saying you have pur bins in various locations IT SHOULD BE GRITTED or do we have to wait until there has been an accident
December 22, 2010 10:12:24 (GMT Time)


Name:MIKE
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live.com
Where are
you from:		Boroughgreen
Comments:Well the snow has returned the salt bins are empty - who do we see yet again in his old van yes SUPER Mike WITH HIS MERRY MEN gritting the local roads so the rest of us can get our cars moving well done you lads you really are a good salt! Perhaps Suemo will walk round to Mike's house and present him with a couple of bottles of scotch on behalf of the parish voters but thats doutfull as there is nothing in it for her?
December 18, 2010 18:19:13 (GMT Time)


Name:Lisa Francis
Email:Frankyzumba{at}gmail.com
Where are
you from:		wateringbury
Comments:Hi I am starting Zumba classes at Wrotham Senior school on 11 January 2011 every tuesday 8-9pm, the first class is FREE, please will you be kind enough to mention this on your site. People can book a free place on 01622 812602 or at www.zumbafitinkent.co.uk Many thanks Lisa
December 8, 2010 14:00:18 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:mike.cast{at}virgin.net
Where are
you from:		BG News
Comments:Hi Mike, Your comments are unfair, and would have benefited from checking your facts first. I agree with your comments about money wasted on Mayoral chains. The 6 bins were installed by the PC using the staff and volunteers, and were kept filled, and the High St pavements kept clear. However, this was done despite KCC, and was prompted by the abject failure of KCC during the bad weather last year. A lot of people worked very hard, and you are seeing the start of a program. If you have a complaint about your KCC bin in Sandy Ridge, I suggest you direct your complaint to KCC website, not us : we are not allowed to touch that bin. Rgds Mike
December 7, 2010 08:44:08 (GMT Time)


Name:mike gear
Email:mikegear9527{at}btinternet.com
Where are
you from:		 lingfield
Comments:So the P C has put 6 new sand bins in and around the Parish It would be very helpfull if the bins where replenished on a regular basis. when KCC had controll no problem done whith in 24HRS The PC takes over the job of replenishing and it is like your meetings very long winded and a lot of talk . We need salt bins with salt Now not next year and if money be a problem sell a few links in the mayors chain.
December 6, 2010 15:15:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:mike.cast{at}virgin.net
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Hi BravoTwoZero69: I do sometimes wonder what our Borough Councillors are for. However, ineteresting moves recently in the Voice and Sev Chron: both say that they now oppose IQW housing, and that Tonbridge & Malling should "revisit it" . Couldn't possible be an election in the offing, could there ?
August 24, 2010 17:26:30 (GMT Time)


Name:mike
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live .com
Where are
you from:		B G
Comments:Read with great interest Mike is it a further case with some of our Councillors as whats in it for ME.
August 22, 2010 20:16:45 (GMT Time)


Name:Name: Susan Featherstone
Email:M3SUZ{at}ARRL.NET
Where are
you from:		Leigh, Kent
Comments:I am a voluntary fieldworker for the National Inventory of War Memorials. Please contact me.
July 16, 2010 13:14:51 (GMT Time)


Name:mike gear
Email:bravotwozero69{at}live.com
Where are
you from:		BOROUGH GREEN
Comments:The area called the knob or the old R O C OBSERVER STATION. What if any thing is going to be done about improving this area as promised by the developers of griggs way? answers on a post card please.
June 10, 2010 19:50:50 (GMT Time)


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April 28, 2010 06:20:16 (GMT Time)


Name:Peter Ellis
Email:pafellis{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Tonbridge
Comments:REST OF MESSAGE The more information I can gather the greater the coverage of each Parish. This is a non-cost non-reward project with any profits made from future sales being donated to local charities. Perhaps you'd give the foregoing your consideration and advise. regards Peter Ellis
November 16, 2009 10:49:08 (GMT Time)


Name:Peter Ellis
Email:pafellis{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Tonbridge
Comments:Hi, I am in the the process of updating the CD-ROM I made for the Borough Council in 1999/2000 concentrating now on the first ten years of the millennium. In the original CD-ROM the contents on some parishes in the borough were scant - So many things occupying peoples time for the Millennium and I want to make up for this. With the increase on the information on the Internet I have discovered many things unbeknown to me and today I was pointed in your direction as someone who has the background on Borough Green that would be of interest both to the 'Green's and other residents in the Tonbridge & Malling area. Would you be willing in considering contributing items from your site - with some pictorial illustrations where possible. I don't know how long you have been running your site but I'm looking for a variety of subjects that have or are effecting the lives of local residents including housing - pastimes and village events. The more information I can gather th
November 16, 2009 10:45:10 (GMT Time)


Name:Peter Ferguson
Email:peter.ferguson{at}scotiagasnetworks.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Comments:As I work for SGN in Scotland, I knew a little bit about this gas pipeline project but Michael Cavanagh from our Communications Dept has given me your website and link to the great day by day blow of accounts on this site. You have done a fantastic job in the script and have taken really good pics! I am a Caterpillar and Terex toy collector with a keen interest in lots of plant and equipment. That HDD is BIGGGG! Keep up the great work and thank you for this superb website. 10/10 top of the class!! Kind Regards, Peter Ferguson
July 23, 2009 07:22:39 (GMT Time)


Name:Jim Wells
Email:scaniaboy{at}talktalk.com
Where are
you from:		Yorkshire
Comments:Well dun, Tim & Mike: Keep on Trucking
December 13, 2008 17:00:24 (GMT Time)


Name:A Wellwisher
Email:wellwisher{at}democracy.com
Where are
you from:		Kent
Comments:Well done both of you, and what a cracking result, a total land slide. Do not be modest about this win guys. This result is the culmination of many years of serious hard work in the community. This is what happens when people do not get a choice for 25 years. Remember you went and campaigned on the door step, you know what the people want OK, be magnanimous towards the young ladies that you beat at the polls, but anyone with a measure of common sense could see who to vote for. It wasn't them.
December 13, 2008 16:53:15 (GMT Time)


Name:james reid
Email:james.reid{at}orange.net
Where are
you from:		Crowhurst Rd
Comments:Well done to Tm and Mike on gettingg elected to teh Parish Council. Good luck for the future.
December 12, 2008 17:48:59 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:
Where are
you from:
Comments:Hi Ian, thanks for kind words: electoral registration officer says that this was a reasonably average turnout for a mid-term casual vacancy election to a PC. Nonetheless, conclusive results that Tim & I will put to good use. Security code should come up when you submit, to prove you aren't a web-bot Rgds Mike
December 12, 2008 16:01:30 (GMT Time)


Name:Ian Bangay
Email:you have this already
Where are
you from:		I am from Cleckheaton library where I am working cos it is warmer than my house
Comments:Congratulations to you and Tim on an emphatic election result, with the other runners not even being near. Only a shame that the turnout was so low, but in the winter on a cold working day, this was to be expected. Good luck in your roles. What security code?
December 12, 2008 13:45:05 (GMT Time)


Name:Mike Taylor
Email:Webmaster
Where are
you from:
Comments:Good Morning Trudy, Of course I am quite aware that Rachel Evans is not a relation of David Evans, and the mention on the website is quite clearly just humorous musing. However, I am not the architect of the suggestion that Rachel Evans is related to David: Their campaign literature says "we are both young women with views of our own that are not always identical to our parents", and several people I have spoken have read that as a relationship to Murray & Evans Senior. That was an opportunity I simply could not resist: you must admit that as a campaign slogan, "Murray & Evans, want more of the same?" does have a certain punch, even if you do not agree with the facts. Still, it is only a game, which your Dad enters into with the same enthusiasm and Machiavellian joy that I do, and it isn't quite as childish as spraying graffiti on campaign posters. Nice to know you are using my websites to keep up to date, and it is curious the family similarity in writing styles( and spelling errors). Mike Taylor
December 12, 2008 07:35:28 (GMT Time)


Name:Trudy Evans
Email:trudyevans68{at}yahoo.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Ightham previously 22 years Borough Green
Comments:Curious indeed! Having lived in Borough Green for 22 years and now living in Ightham I have a keen interest in the village and find it interesting that this website, whilst claiming to publish hard facts, chooses to alude to and intimate that a shared surname means a relation? Does this mean that all previous articles and messages are assumption and purley used to misguide there readers? Unless my father has led a double life I can state that Rachel Evans is not related to David Evans.
December 11, 2008 17:57:18 (GMT Time)


Name:kirsty
Email:
Where are
you from:		THE BURAAAAA
Comments:OHH HEYY : )
December 5, 2008 12:13:52 (GMT Time)


Name:savannah
Email:scsc13-9-96{at}hotmail.com
Where are
you from:		bura green
Comments:dis is da best place ever (i live here) love carly and savannah
October 11, 2008 20:07:42 (GMT Time)


Name:Tim Shaw
Email:tim{at}timshaw.wanadoo.co.uk
Where are
you from:		BG
Comments:Mike - using the link via BG News Guest book for a change. Hope it works? Can you put a section on Bypass website promoting up SLIPS campaign....leave to your profesional imagination but something really impacting especially at a time when Bypass Website is not doing anything due to KCC needing time ....could get something running on SLIPS during this quiet bypass time.
July 29, 2008 10:45:30 (GMT Time)


Name:glenn miller
Email:glenmiller52{at}btinternet.com
Where are
you from:		borough green
Comments:I would like to comment on the vote which asked if we wanted the PCto resign. I fail to see how can they not resign,last time I looked we were a democracy, does this now means Gorden Brown cannot lose the next election,as every vote not taken must be a Labour vote. come on lads, swallow your pride GO now,you had a vote you lost, GO ! SURELY THERE MUST BE A GOVERNMENT RULE ON THIS. This is England, fair play and all that.
June 23, 2008 20:29:50 (GMT Time)


Name:Dot and Dave
Email:Sevenoaksart{at}hotmail.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Borough Green
Comments:What the bloody hell are the Parish Council up to. We have seen the work that Mike does in the rec and the way he has helped to keep the kids out of trouble. We also are very proud of our DIY village and agree with the bigger percentage of Borough Green Its time for the Parish Council to resign and let someone really represent us.
June 2, 2008 17:51:40 (GMT Time)


Name:Darren Fisher
Email:daz.fisher{at}homecall.co.uk
Where are
you from:		Seal
Comments:I was born in Station Rd, Borough Green and grew up on Fairfield Rd where my parents still live. Rented a property in Station Rd for a couple of years before moving to Allington. Moved to Seal in 2005 and like to keep up on 'whats going on' in the village.
October 14, 2007 17:17:03 (GMT Time)