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DESPITE the sun’s late appearance at Calverley Grounds, thousands of people descended on Tunbridge Wells over the bank holiday for a weekend of local music and good food, making this year one of the festival’s most successful ever – for music lovers and businesses alike. The Local & Live music festival, involving three days of free, live music, brought a reported 14,000 people to the town to celebrate the local music scene. Now in its 18th year, Local & Live founder Paul Dunton works tirelessly every summer to ensure this free event continues to support local artists and the community. Paul said: “Making it happen every year is an exhausting process, but the result is always worth it.” Also enjoying the festivities were local businesses, who saw a spike in Continued on page 3
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Plans afoot to enhance town’s tourism By Lilly Croucher WHILE tourism in Tunbridge Wells is booming and businesses have reported a return to pre-pandemic levels this summer (Times, August 9), both visitors and residents alike have been left a little disorientated, asking: “Where do we go?” For those visitors who decide to
take a train to our town, alight at the station and wander down the High Street to The Pantiles, they may find themselves a little lost if they follow the lone sign outside Framptons, indicating ‘Tourist Information’, but leading nowhere. The sign is a relic of times past, before the ‘Tourism Office’ was relocated from The Pantiles to the
Amelia Scott Centre in 2022. Pat Pledger from Hamburg, Germany, told the Times of their battle to find the tourist information. “I needed a Tunbridge Wells street map and thought the local Tourist Office might be able to help. “I was directed to the Amelia Scott Continued on page 3
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