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See Page12 Issue 134 Thursday 26th November Drink Driver charged with Car Crash Fly Guys, Sky High Donation A man has been charged with drink-driving after a serious accident on Coast Drive in to the Air Ambulance Lydd-on-Sea recently. Two women had to Two New Romney residents John cheque told The Looker; “This is the be cut from the wreckage, firefighters using Harmer and John Wimble recently made largest single donation I have received in heavy cutting equipment freed both a donation of over £10,800 to Kent, the ten years I have been representing casualties who were taken to hospital after Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance the charity.” With over 1,000 books sold they were cut free. Police arrested and service, from the proceeds of book of in just eight weeks, demand was still charged a 52-year-old New Romney man aerial photos of the Marsh taken from a high. And thanks to a kind donation to after the crash who was driving the other radio controlled quad-copter. cover the print cost, some more copies car. He has been named as Mr Harold Hills, The book sales surprised both of them are being printed in time for Christmas. of Dymchurch Road, and was released on and at the official cheque ceremony, the The full story on how the book came bail to appear before Folkestone fundraising volunteer who accepted the about is on page 4. Magistrates on Monday, December 7th. The women were taken by a road crew to the waiting Air Ambulance, who transferred Brownies do their bit for troops one of the casualties to Kings College Hospital in London, suffering from on the frontline suspected pelvic injuries. Kate Jarvis told 1st Lydd Brownies carried on a century old The Looker, “The scene looked pretty bad when I tried to travel along the coast road tradition of sending presents to troops serving on my way home from work, all you could away from home at Christmas time. see was flashing blue lights. I hope that the The act of sending gifts to troops overseas goes casualties are ok, but this road has always back to the Crimean War and First World War, been problematic, drivers regularly travel when people sent knitted gloves and sweets to down this road at up to 70 or 80 miles per troops. Because of the logistics of sending hour, it sometimes take an accident like this packages to the frontline, during the Second for people to realise how bad this road is, World War shoe boxes were used to ensure with its undulating dips where all the drains that they could be parceled together for ease of are.” Cont... Page 2 Thursday 26th November 2015 Because Local News Matters shipping. Donna Walker-Hudson told The Looker; “This is strong group of 22 girls, they run weekly and enjoy a range the 2nd year the 1st Lydd Brownies have taken the of crafts, games, cooking and much more. challenge to fill shoe boxes to be sent to our troops. We For more information contact: Donna Walker-Hudson on usually start them in September and a few of the ladies at 07957-749471 for more info on joining the unit. Lydd Airport also fill them with us and it is great how everyone likes to join in and if anyone else would like to fill a shoe box for our troop please get in touch”. The Brownies fill the boxes with a range of different items, everything from: toothbrushes, wash stuff, beef jerky, noodles, soups, right the way to including card games, medical bits like plasters, savalon, washing lines, sewing kits. The Brownies even had a badge made using the shoe box official. 1st Lydd Brownies have a Page 2 www.thelooker.co.uk Thursday 26th November 2015 Once in a lifetime trip to Japan By Jake Trimmings July 2015 and after eighteen months of preparation we were finally on our way to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan. As part of the Todai (light - house) contingent we flew via Dohar to Haneda – Tokyo International Airport and stepped into the adventure of a you’ve seen the museum and you hear souvenirs. lifetime. from the survivors and talk to the local All in all a wonderful experience. We Tokyo was amazing. I went to people about it. Then you realize they celebrated some awesome moments Joypolis, an indoor Sega themed park have lived with pain and tragedy and during the jamboree and made with many games and rides. I won a still live with this horror but they get on hundreds of new friends along the way. prize there. Next stop - Tokyo Skytree with their lives and rebuild which is A true spirit of unity. which is 634m (2,080 feet) high. We amazing. I would like to thank everyone in the visited the Earthquake Centre where A wonderful place and a great Romney Marsh District who has they can simulate the experience of an reminder of the need for Peace in the supported me with grants, local earthquake, walked around a lot and World. sponsorship and individual donations saw many sights. I even got a ‘selfie’ We spent a fantastic few days with our to help me raise over £3,500 to get to with the lead singer from Full Moon! home stay families and I would like to Japan. We have received a huge After an awesome time in Tokyo, we say a massive thank you to them for amount of support from local people, set off for Yamaguchi, tent city where the experience and the privilege of businesses, and organisations. the Jamboree was held. There was so allowing me into their home. It’s been 18 months since we started much planned to do during the I thoroughly enjoyed it. My Japanese training and fundraising and the Jamboree, and it really was the most family consisted of 5 people: 2 boys adventure hasn’t stopped. The support amazing experience of my life. The (aged 17 and 15), the parents and a we have had from the local community Opening Ceremony was awash with grandmother. Both boys are Scouts and 1st New Romney Scout Group people and flags from every nation. and one of them attended the WSJ. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers International Day gave us the The family live in Saga, south west has been amazing .A HUGE THANK opportunity to try all kinds of foods Japan. During our stay we went to the YOU to all of them for an unforgettable from around the world – some nice and local Scout Group’s Summer Festival Jamboree Experience” others not so good!! Culture Day was and the Pokemon Store – shopping for Jake awesome. My Patrol were chosen See Page 16 for Ellie Lilliott’s account to go to Takatomari Elementary School for a couple of hours for young students to show us what it’s like in their school. 7th August was my 18th birthday. It was an amazing celebration thanks to my Unit and random people around the Jamboree sight! I was also given a card from the UK Contingent Leader himself with a badge. We had a lot of cake but I was too busy eating it to get pictures… (It was much better than the Jamboree food). We went to Hiroshima on the 70th anniversary. Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial gives you a new sense of perspective. You hear the stories and feel empathy for the people involved but you can’t really imagine what it must be like until Page 3 Thursday 26th November 2015 Because Local News Matters It all started when Two Johns John Harmer brought his latest raise over ‘toy’ round to show me, a DJI ‘Inspire’ Quadcopter, £10,000 for the complete with a high-resolution Air Ambulance camera and two transmitters. The By John Wimble idea of taking some pictures of the Marsh from the air sprung to mind and we drew up a list of about fifty places that might be interesting to photograph. As we were using the airspace to take the photos, we thought that it would be a good idea John Harmer takes to the air at Lydd Club Day to raise some funds for the Kent Air Ambulance at the same with the Quadcopter time. John flew the ‘drone’ with one transmitter and I took the photos with the other one. and one day, we took photos at the RH&DR Miniature We started at the end of April and went to Hope and Old Trains Day in the morning and at Lydd Club Day in the Romney and in fact one of the shots we took of Old afternoon. Romney Church finished up as the front cover of the book. We filmed the Looker’s Hut at St. Mary’s and then went In total, we went out filming on 34 occasions and took down to Littlestone Golf Club where a couple of golfers nearly 1,000 photos. Everywhere we went we asked were sitting outside the clubhouse enjoying a ‘pint’ and we nearby residents for permission, and also the landowner if persuaded them to stand on the first tee. By this time we we knew who it was, and no-one said no. Most people were thinking about the cost of printing the book. We said, “When can we buy the book?” decided that we would have to try and obtain sponsorship We went to St. Marys-in-the-Marsh for the May Fair and for the cost of printing so that all the proceeds could go to 50K cycle ride filmed the opening of the Last Chance the charity and by asking lots of friends etc., we soon Rescue Centre at Hope with Ronnie Corbett.