It’s not everyone who gets to design a Royal Mail stamp. But that is just what Raphael Valle Martin, a year 10 student at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School has done. Raphael’s deign (55381734) Raphael entered a national competition for school children to design a stamp on the theme of Heroes …
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As the year draws to a close, we look back on some of the events that have shocked, surprised or gladdened our hearts over the previous 12 months in Maidstone and Malling. Inevitably it was a year dominated by Covid. Rosie and Jon Gill-Moss married on Monday just hours before …
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Controversial proposals to build a £50million headquarters for two councils in Maidstone have been scrapped. Long-standing plans to develop a four-storey civic centre at the former Royal Mail sorting office, near Maidstone East railway station, will not go ahead amid pandemic pressures. The former Royal Mail sorting office in Maidstone …
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A heartwarming tribute was paid to a popular postman at his funeral in Maidstone after he tragically died from coronvirus. Paul Dunmill, of Sutton Valence, lost his life on January 30 following a tough three-week battle with COVID-19. But at the 56-year-old’s funeral on Thursday (February 25), the most incredible …
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A convoy of Royal Mail vans drove through Maidstone as a final farewell to a postman who devoted his life to the service for more than 40 years. Paul Dunmill, 57, from Sutton Valence, passed away on January 30 after a short battle with coronavirus. Some 40 post vans joined …
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A blue plaque has been put in East Farleigh in memory of popular postman Paul Dunmill who passed away recently from Covid. Mr Dunmill had been delivering mail to the village for the past 20 years and had worked for Royal Mail for 40 years. A blue plaque to Paul …
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A Just Giving page set up to support the family of a much loved postman has raised a staggering £8,438. Paul Dunmill from Sutton Valence, known on his rounds as ‘Postie Paul’, died in hospital on Saturday after contracting Covid-19. Paul was happiest with a cup of tea in hand …
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Worshippers filled an old Royal Mail site with the sound of modern hymns at the weekend. The former sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone, has lain empty since 2013, but Liberty Church has moved in and is quickly making a new spiritual, as well as physical, home. Deputy mayor Cllr …
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A part of town long mooted for development could be transformed into 400 homes, offices, a health centre and shops. For years land next to Maidstone East station has been billed for redevelopment to become a gateway to the County Town. Shops including John Lewis and Asda had both eyed …
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