Ukraine: Update on local fundraising and events by Maytech, The Forum, Pushkin Antiques and the Sewing Crow-Bees
Body Armour for Ukraine Tunbridge Wells-based file-sharing and data security services company Maytech is raising money to send body armour to Lviv in western Ukraine, where some of the company employees are based. “It is an incredible, vibrant city with amazing people who John is proud to call his friends and colleagues,” said company Directors […]
Work begins on Paddock Wood community centre
The mixed use facility on Memorial Field caused local controversy when it was first planned. A four-year battle ensued with the proposed centre the subject of petitions and a local non-binding referendum. Campaign group the Friends of Memorial Field, that was set up to block the town council development, also applied to Kent County Council […]
Olympian gives her name to Bewl’s rowing club boat
Representing Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Emily missed out on a bronze medal by three centimetres, or 0.01 seconds, in the Lightweight Women’s double scull event, and came fourth. She started learning to row, aged 12, at Bewl Bridge Rowing Club, where there is a GB Rowing start programme, before moving on […]
Parliament wishes Tunbridge Wells war veteran a happy 101st birthday
Colin Bell, who holds the Distinguished Flying Cross for his dangerous wartime flying in an unarmoured Mosquito fighter bomber, held a long career as a chartered surveyor in Tunbridge Wells, and was in the gallery of the House of Commons on Wednesday March 9 just after his 101st birthday as a guest of Tunbridge Wells […]
Chasing victory – TV’s master of quizzes throws down challenge to schoolgirls…
THE DESTROYER: Shaun Wallace is a TV star and practising barrister Shaun Wallace is a barrister, lecturer and television personality, one of the six ‘Chasers’ in the ITV quiz shows ‘The Chase’ and soon ‘Beat the Chasers’. As part of his educational work, he visits schools, colleges and other institutions, including prisons, to […]
Holding the thin blue line in Tunbridge Wells
The police station in Tunbridge Wells was built in 1939. Along with the Assembly Hall, it was the only part of the civic complex to be constructed before the war, following a design competition held by the town in 1934. The ground floor made up the working police station with a charge room, enquiry room, […]
Launch of new finance centre attracts ‘movers and shakers’
Based in the 1887 The Pantiles development, the new centre provides a one-stop shop for personal and business financial services provided by a host of affiliates all under one roof. Founder Gillian Palmer says the launch party on March 3 was a ‘roaring success’. She told the Times: “People were coming and going. There were […]
Top Rieslings for springtime sipping – and a cheeky whiskey for St Patrick’s Day!
Irish whiskey Craic on and pour a new whiskey for St Patrick’s Day today (March 17)! Redbreast 12-Year-Old Single Pot Still Whiskey, Ireland; Master of Malt & Amazon, £42.50 Irish whiskey is in fine fettle with palpable love from the US. Global sales soared from 60 million bottles in 2010 to 144 […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 16th March 2022
Five Guys set to open a fast food restaurant in Mount Pleasant Road
Five Guys, an American burger chain, will open its doors in Mount Pleasant Road at the former site of haberdasher Closs & Hamblin, according to an approved planning application at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. The restaurant will serve customers eat-in diners and takeaways. The planning application for a new sign installation comes after the fast […]
