Mayor of Dartford celebrates former RAF radio operator’s 100th birthday
On Saturday, 29th May, the Mayor of Dartford, Cllr Rosanna Currans, and Deputy Mayor Cllr Paul Cutler, had the honour of attending the 100th birthday of Pat Everett.
her son and one of her daughters.
is an inspiration to all of us.
Mrs Everett served as a radio operator in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, before raising her son and two daughters.
“We spoke to Pauline Dillon who is the manager of the nursing home and has been there for the past 30 years. She told us that Pat is a lovely lady.
The centenarian celebrated her landmark birthday at Beechcare Cllr Currans said: “Pat is a remarkable “We had a lovely time talking to staff Nursing Home in Darenth alongside woman who has led a good life. She and the other residents.”
Council deploys CCTV cameras outside three Dartford primary schools to ensure pupils’ safety CCTV cameras are being installed to movement of other traffic including monitor drivers’ behaviour outside emergency vehicles. primary schools around Dartford. “Whilst the Dartford Borough Council T h e C o u n c i l i s l o o k i n g t o Parking Enforcement Team make clampdown on both dangerous regular visits to all schools in the parking and driving outside Borough, they simply cannot be schools, which puts young lives present at every school every day. at risk. “I am determined to take steps As a result, cameras are set to be to improve the safety of local installed at several schools in the schoolchildren and one of the steps Borough in the next few weeks. we are taking is the installation of CCTV cameras with enforcement Parents who are caught driving capability around a number of schools dangerously run the risk of being in the Borough. fined, or even facing criminal proceedings. “The CCTV Enforcement Cameras are intended to deter dangerous and Leader of the Council, Cllr Jeremy irresponsible parking and provide Kite, said: “Some parking and robust evidence to support penalties driving behaviours around schools and prosecution. threaten the safety of children, cause nuisance for local residents “I would have preferred this problem and seriously hamper the safe to be resolved by offending drivers
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showing more common sense and awareness around schools but none of us can accept behaviours that put young lives at risk and cause disruption to local communities. “The cameras will only focus on road markings around the schools and only for the purpose of parking enforcement. “The fields of view have been rigorously tested so as not to overlap into or onto any private premises and the cameras will not form part of any other CCTV system. “The fixed sight camera will be remotely operated by a trained member of the Council’s Parking Services staff and will only be used to enforce breaches of Parking regulations.”
