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Flying over Hawkinge I can’t resist a look and a listen to what’s being spoken about these days.

What about that ruck between the Parish Councillors not all being invited to the opening of a new road. Wow! But why would anybody want to go anyway?

Surely the two most important people; the Chair and his Vice were sufficient and they are newcomers seeking awareness of what goes on hereabouts; or was there free grub and wine on offer afterwards that was missed. The ‘East’ and ‘West’road signs suggest the scenes from West Side Story. Will there now be gang warfare and a new musical about the divided village? How about the ‘Great Divide' as a title or has that already been done.

Then there’s the missing out by the Hawkinge Primary school who weren’t invited to the big event.

Was it just for the west-siders then? Probably glad they did miss it. Watching the grass grow and working at school, much more exciting. They should have a matched one thousand pound donation though - for staying away if an excuse is needed.

That was unfair giving it to one and not the other, but what about Selsted School; another thousand there or else I will keep flying over the builders cars and you know the result of that.

I see that the Spitfire Leisuredrome is to be placed for the THIRD time before the wise men of Shepway District Council to ask permission to knock it down. That will bring out the objectors trying to use the building for the many young people of the West Side until a new building is provided. Seems reasonable.

The mob at Whitehall recently were presented with a very comprehensive report which concluded again, that most of the problems caused by an element of youngsters these days; the stabbing incidents and such like for example, start because of society’s disinterest in providing facilities and places for them to meet away from the dreaded older 'than them' generation.

There are a lot of young people on that side of the village who may reasonably expect that something be done for them. I’m told that at present many of ‘em are into basketball but often have to use the hall at Selsted school.

Come on Parish Council play the game or I will target your cars as well for a visit in the most friendly of ways of course.

Thinking about the massive profits being made by the developers it doesn’t seem unreasonable to expect that they could lend a bit of support to the cause of supporting the young people who live in the houses they built. Such help would cost very little in size of their scheme of things.

Pigeon

That Blastard Pigeon took a look