WAR MEMORIAL CONSULTATION RESPONSES

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Name:	Kenny Punt
Email:
Where are you from:
Comments:	Kids can be from a low income family; receive a good upbringing from their parents; not get in with the wrong crowd; be OK. I was not solely referring to 'spoilt kids' in it's mainly thought of sense - but also to being 'spoilt' by poor upbringing/lack of attention, by parents who do not deserve to have kids.
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	August 2, 2017 02:16:30 (GMT Time)

Name:	Kenny Punt
Email:
Where are you from:	Age Concern Shed, with my ferret
Comments:	Parents are to blame for the behavior of their spoilt kids. RAGING GRANNIES UNITE and attack useless parents of spoilt kids. Also, replace Police who are sitting in Sainsbury's car park eating doughnuts, with the SPECIAL FORCE OF UNITED RAGING GRANNIES.
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	August 1, 2017 05:59:17 (GMT Time)

Name:	Anon
Email:	Name witheld fo fear of arrest
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:	Be very careful Mike, the Police may refuse to come out and deal with these young hooligans, but if you take the law into your own hands they will descend like avenging angels and smite thee. An elderly lady was blocked crossing the railway footbridge in the High St by 3 kids on bikes, pushed one aside, and was arrested and cautioned by Police.
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	July 14, 2017 06:50:41 (GMT Time)

Name:	mike gear
Email:
Where are you from:	Borough green
Comments:	Over the past few days I have been informed about the reckless behaviour of some of the youngster in the village ridding there bikes up and down the high street pulling wheelies and using troopers language (fit only for the barrack room ) at any protesting motorist and bye standers . Why complain to me ? is beyond comprehension, Why not the police ,what police ? never see them only hear them passing through to Maidstone totally useless one might say . If you as a law abiding citizen so much as clouted them they would have you for assort then the old bill would make an appearance mob handed . One other thing have any of you been tail gated by the young idiot in the silver car of late ?, Tends to pull out of black horse lane seems to be high on something in my view BUT THERE AGAIN THEY KNOW THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE LAW AND WE ARE NOT. COME ON MR PLOD DO YOUR JOB .BEFORE SOMEBODY IS HURT
Which Option Do You Prefer?	BETTER POLICING
	July 12, 2017 09:38:59 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:
Where are you from:	Website
Comments:	Thinking further about Fred's comments - whilst it is true that slowing traffic increases pollution, it is a judgement call between the risk of a slow death by asphyxiation weighed against the immediate risk of death by speeding idiots. Answer - wear body armour and a breatjing mask
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	April 21, 2017 08:03:12 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:
Where are you from:	Website
Comments:	In actual fact it is not KCC to blame for the Red Lion roundabout (for once) it is the bodge-it contractors employed by the developer. I understand there is legal action to get it completed properly. Regards A25 roadworks - the speed was unacceptable, as was the road surface - how do they repair the surface without closing the road, Brainiac? I would have preferred a daytime road closure, but mustn't upset motorists, must we? I don't know if it will solve the speeding problems, but at least KCC are trying. It would also be good to get rid of the pillocks who park on the pavement, but the Police don't want to upset them. And motorists think they are persecuted , what about the residents?
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	April 6, 2017 16:30:16 (GMT Time)

Name:	Fred Fudpucker
Email:	crazy .people&outlook.com
Where are you from:	borough green
Comments:	I wonder how many people who read these ramblings have been informed of what is going to take place caused by the Parish councillors folly ?that access A25 Fact 20 mph speed limit it is a proven that this speed is more of a pollutant but what do I know !. Chicanes speed bumps useless cars just go over them. Householders living along the A25 Sevenoaks & Maidstone will have seven nights of sleep deprivation. How many have been informed by letter that as of the 24 April 2017 the A25 will be closed to all traffic from 2000 hrs and 0600hrs for up to seven nights. Not only is it likely that you will not be able to get into or out of your roads or property they can prepare themselves for seven sleepless nights, And Paddy o jobs worth " Sure ye,s cant come down here roads close so it tis " . The rest of use will be robbed blind all because of the KCC and a few of the local councillors can not solve the traffic problems and it will come from our rates make no mistake .hey !ho wha
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Life as it was
	March 27, 2017 21:16:24 (GMT Time)

Name:	FRED
Email:	NOT POSSIBLE
Where are you from:	OLD BOROUGH GREEN
Comments:	last November I complained about the road markings on the round about outside the old Red lion pub that looks more like a pimple on a rats posterior. Well it has now practically worn away traffic can be seen going to the right of it ,over the top, with no decrease in speed ,An accident just waiting to happen. I have complained 4 times to date. But our wonderful k c c sit on the fat bottoms and twiddle there thumbs hoping things will not happen, must save the Ł for our wage rise attitude . I wish I could share there confidence in the average driver/commuter
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	March 12, 2017 20:12:53 (GMT Time)

Name:	mike G
Email:	bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	Borough green
Comments:	Further to my last, I decided to do a survey I collected number plates of 4x4 in the library /village hall carpark To my surprise surprise the majority of 4x4 driven by the D F L types are company cars not owned by the driver but owned by there spouses companies that they are employed with .Don't ask how I came by this information but it does not take rocket science to obtain this information just knowing the right people of the old Regiment if you catch my drift . And whilst on the subject Thursdays between 1600hrs -1700hrs in the village hall car park is code red +5 if you want a dent /scratch don't park here .
Which Option Do You Prefer?	The old Borough -green in the old Kentish county yuppie free envirament .
	March 12, 2017 19:54:11 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:
Where are you from:	Website
Comments:	Very Passionate, Mike, but in fact the bulk of the FWDs are home grown - never see any mud, but its about perceived status, not practicality - the fact is they don't know how to drive them. It is comical to watch them trying to negotiate narrow bits like Station Rd. Regarding road works - the majority of the village want traffic slowed down, and although the scheme is experimental, even the road works slow them down.
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	March 12, 2017 08:56:30 (GMT Time)

Name:	mike
Email:	bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	Borough green
Comments:	What with the road works, The new buildings ,and the lack of Public houses to drowned ones sorrows in we now have something else that's hit the village. It is totally useless lays around like dust , Drives a 4X4 And is referred to by many as a D F L (Down from London) can be seen clogging the carparks of the plastic pubs at week ends not to mention the country lanes , Tends to be very loud and well heled , "don't you know darling" . And if that lot does not make you depressed the councillors folly will, Six or eight weeks of hell on the A25 from skew bridge to dark hill. And at the completion we will have a nice smooth pot hole free road surface with lots of obstacles dotted here and there to slow the traffic . Then paddy will turn up within a month to dig it up again. Bugger it I'm off to New Zealand had enough .
Which Option Do You Prefer?	TO BE LEFT IN A CONCRETE FREE COUNTY
	March 7, 2017 15:20:55 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:	Website
Where are you from:	Reply to Fred
Comments:	I agree about housing, BG is just big enough, thank you. I hope by immigration I resume you mean the influx of London Commuters who are driving our kids out of the property market. I also agree about Tory councillors, but Tim and I are definitely not that.
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	November 20, 2015 09:10:38 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:	website
Where are you from:
Comments:	Blue Bear - responding to first comment, could not agree more, provided by immigration you mean all outsiders moving into the village. Regarding public money and the War Memorial, I can assure you that waste of public money is a constant bane of mine, and if you went a little deeper into our history you would we are called the DIY village because we take on these projects ourselves, saving a lot of money. This time though we are building on Highways land and have to comply with their criteria. And it will still come in at a sensible price. I put a lot of personal effort into ensuring we do not waste public money, as do the rest of the Parish Council, and there is only one Tory amongst us.
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	November 19, 2015 09:25:34 (GMT Time)

Name:	fred
Email:	bluethebear1{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	BOROUGHGREEN
Comments:	For years now it has always puzzled me as to why when the erection of a public building or monument must always be built at treble the price of that of an established family builder from the area . As I understand the war memorial is a dam good idea but why is it so much public money is being spent on it ? I know for a fact a local builder could erect a wall for less why must these builders approved by the local and county council be used what happened to fair competition and trade something wrong somewhere !!!
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	October 29, 2015 10:25:53 (GMT Time)

Name:	FRED
Email:	bluethebear1'outlook.com
Where are you from:	Boroughgreen
Comments:	New proposed housing = The planners, developers and Torie councilors get richer and we the poor serfs have to put up with the consequence i/e depletion of green belt land and more strangers who contribute nowt to village life
Which Option Do You Prefer?	NO MORE HOUSING HERE NO MORE IMIGRATION
	October 27, 2015 15:22:17 (GMT Time)

Name:	MIKE
Email:	bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	BOROUGH GREEN
Comments:	1 The red lion round about total disaster accident awaiting to happen this can only be described as a pimple on a rats a--- motorist just pull out not giving way to traffic coming from the right .a lot of motorist think that you do not drive to the left or around the mini round about but go to the right or over the top ./ Kent police could make a fortune in fines if they install a camera here keep the Crime commissioner in champagne for years . Social housing and affordable housing The villagers were told that the new housing at isles quarry known as Bangay close or Toxic terrace was going to be both SOCIAL AND PRIVATE yet we have been lied to by the Conservatives blatant lies the housing is out of reach of the average wage earner in this village Ł300,500 PLUS and the social housing seems to be People not of this area but from London and beyond loose talk has it that we could end up with a few immigrants from Iraq now that worrying . And the ones that do buy do not contrib
Which Option Do You Prefer?	TRAFIC LIGHTS 2 SETS WESTERN ROAD SEVENOAKS ROAD, HIGH STREETJUNCTION A25 SEVENOAKS ROAD.
	October 7, 2015 09:05:47 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:
Where are you from:	Website response to Man in Black
Comments:	One could make the case that Tonbridge and Malling awarding a "Freeman of the Borough" was entirely justified as a reward for betraying Borough Green. I did vote against the award at Council, but was out-voted 53 - 1
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	September 17, 2015 07:46:00 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:
Where are you from:	Website response to Bravo two zero
Comments:	Whilst we would have preferred a full set of lights, a roundabout will give us changed priorities, slow down through traffic, and give us a chance to get about our village again. I don't really care if the loonies who cut through our village do crash, it will slow them down even more. Seriously though, it will make a very dangerous junction a little better. But I do agree the building was an absolute farce
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	September 17, 2015 07:43:25 (GMT Time)

Name:	mr
Email:	maninblack{at}live.com
Where are you from:	tn158hj
Comments:	freeman of the borough how much ?
Which Option Do You Prefer?	nothing
	September 15, 2015 20:59:18 (GMT Time)

Name:	mike
Email:	bravotozero{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	borough green
Comments:	Oh dear what a mess the new Seven oaks road junction Western road A25 new round round about is I understand it is going to be a mini round about something that resembles a pimple on a gnats bum That every body in Kings hill drives over or to the right of true go look for your self's At the present time it is an accident waiting to happen . Blind corner pavement and road altered already people just driving out into the path of oncoming traffic a complete disaster and a waste of tax payers money. I just hope the person who is unfortunate to have a smash here sues the council for every penny that they can get. And the person who designed it is brought to book. If this disaster is any thing to go by god help us with the other things that KCC has in store for us between Skew bridge and Dark hill I think one would be safer on the doggems at Hastings .
Which Option Do You Prefer?	THE OLD A 25
	September 15, 2015 20:50:48 (GMT Time)

Name:	concerned
Email:	thedevilsown{at}outlook.com
Where are you from:	hell
Comments:	FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH? SO DOES THAT GIVE HER THE RIGHT TO WALK THROUGH THE VILLAGE WITH DRUMS AND FIFE PLAYING ? YE ! GODS O B E next!! What about those who work FOR the village?
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	August 9, 2015 16:48:32 (GMT Time)

Name:	Din Morgan
Email:	ceffyl.du{at}talktalk.net
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:	Let it be in an OPEN public place so that all the World can see how our village honours those wh gave their lives for us.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road
	May 13, 2015 13:52:05 (GMT Time)

Name:	mike gear
Email:	mikegear{at}btinternet.com
Where are you from:	Borough green
Comments:	So as to not hinder traffic crow hill the area known locally as the knob ideal area large in size a roadway for single file traffic leading to a car park with a few seats overlooking the village let us complete what the developers said they would do years ago that is land scape it .
Which Option Do You Prefer?	CROWHILL
	March 28, 2015 10:01:48 (GMT Time)

Name:	JOHN SKINNER
Email:	johnehskinner{at}btopenworld.com
Where are you from:	39 Western Road Borough Green
Comments:	Very pleased that we are to have a war memorial
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road Gfeen
	March 27, 2015 10:00:41 (GMT Time)

Name:	Cherie Reid
Email:	cherie{at}waterscouts.org
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:	I think the memorial needs to be viewable from the main road - so this one seems the most sensible version. There is also a ready made space at this site.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road
	March 8, 2015 18:33:44 (GMT Time)

Name:	Mike
Email:	webmaster
Where are you from:	BG
Comments:	Hi Alan, Thanks for your comments. Are you Tom Parker's son? email me - mike.truck (at) btconnect.com
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	March 2, 2015 08:14:07 (GMT Time)

Name:	Alan
Email:	Parker
Where are you from:	Born in Borough Green Rock Road 1951 currently in Brisbane Australia.
Comments:	CrowHill is the best option situated on a hill overlooking the whole Village
Which Option Do You Prefer?	CrowHill
	March 2, 2015 07:18:12 (GMT Time)

Name:	Amanda Gear
Email:	mandg80{at}googlemail.com
Where are you from:	borough green
Comments:	I feel it should be placed somewhere peaceful away from traffic noise and fumes. It should be a place where people can come sit and reflect and remember the fallen.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	crowhill
	February 27, 2015 23:21:18 (GMT Time)

Name:	Tracey Blacker
Email:	t.blacker{at}tesco.net
Where are you from:	Monckton Road
Comments:	I like the Western Road location. A bit of space around it, easy to see, suitable place for a gathering of people. Lived in Borough Green all my life and haven't a clue where Crowhill Knob is (obviously somewhere around Crowhill!) Library and Village Hall look like it has just been crammed in somewhere. Rock Road is not a safe place from the traffic point of view, in fact, I would say dangerous.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road
	February 27, 2015 20:12:54 (GMT Time)

Name:	E HEWITT-HULIN
Email:	nicolahewitt-h{at}HOTMAIL.COM
Where are you from:	Borough green
Comments:	I like the design
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western road
	February 20, 2015 11:48:10 (GMT Time)

Name:
Email:	{at}talktalk.net
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road
	February 17, 2015 11:44:21 (GMT Time)

Name:	Therese Dawson
Email:	dawsonlate{at}aol.com
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:	I like the quarry stone and brick to reflect the core industries associated with the village.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road
	February 10, 2015 22:17:13 (GMT Time)

Name:	Lucilla Mackay
Email:	lucilla{at}themount65.co.uk
Where are you from:	Crouch Lane Borough Green
Comments:	Having been involved with Remembrance ceremonies at the Platt Memorial, it is a nightmare having cars whizzing past all the time. Others mention closing the road for a service at the Western Road site but I think you wll find that the police will not do this. They won't close the A25 at Platt, and there are two roads involved at the Western Road junction. The setting at the library will be a peaceful place for anyone wanting a quiet moment by the memorial. That would not be possible in any of the other locations apart from Crow Hill, which is too far out of the village.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Library
	February 6, 2015 16:53:56 (GMT Time)

Name:	Duncan Barratt
Email:	barratd{at}westminster.ac.uk
Where are you from:	Central Borough Green
Comments:	This should stand proud at the entrance to the village. A visible 24/7 location has to be a better and more fitting tribute to those who gave their lives than a hidden or less visible location that is more accommodating for a once a year service. We can close roads off for the very well supported and attended Xmas lights. I am sure we could manage a similar something for the remembrance service. The western road location also has the advantage that all the passing traffic (until we get the missing slip roads) will se it too. Once we have the slip roads it would be in a more tranquil location by default. A win/win.
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road Junction
	February 5, 2015 23:09:11 (GMT Time)

Name:	Linda Dardis
Email:	lindar{at}talktalk.net
Where are you from:	Borough Green
Comments:	Long overdue
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Rd
	February 5, 2015 15:16:34 (GMT Time)

Name:	Charlie Copping
Email:	charlie_copping{at}yahoo.co.uk
Where are you from:	Sevenoaks Road
Comments:	Looking at all 5 sites, I would say that the Western Road or the High Street location would be most suitable. Crowhill, Rock Road and behind the Library seem a little bit out of site out of mind. Western Rd has the advantage that there is greenery and a bit of space around it and also whilst being in a prominent location is slightly away from the eye if people did want some space. The High St could have an advantage that the Road could be shut off for Remembrance Day itself and therefore a little quieter however would always be overlooked if people wanted 5-10 mins throughout the year>
Which Option Do You Prefer?	Western Road or High Street
	February 4, 2015 12:58:43 (GMT Time)