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  The Plumtre inheritance was the reason, when leader of DDC, to instigate our membership of the CCC
  
  (Coalfields Community Consortium ) As with all decisions to change things there was resistance but with the
  
  support of Sandy Bruce Lockhart leader of KCC,Roger Madge Director of DDC and the enthusiastic support of
  
  Gordon Cowan we pushed it through.
  
  All CCC delegates from the north and midlands came down to Whitfield for our inauguration meeting.During
  
  their stay we coached them round the East Kent Coalfields,when they saw Snowdown they were
  
  flabbergasted/disgusted with what they saw and heard of the Plumtre situation.
  
  During the debate in chambers the Chairman and delegates of CCC discussed the current problem of the
  
  Miners Pension Fund being tampered with which generated much anger.The next item on the agenda was
  
  Snowdown where they,still in angry mood critised me as leader for tolerating the Snowdown situation.I
  
  informed them that I had only been aware of it a month before contacting them for membership.
  
  The matter was put on the CCC agenda.Many meetings followed including SEEDA to try to solve the problem.
  
  Alas even to this day nothing has changed and the scar of Snowdon remains in the Kent Countryside,as Paul
  
  Aka photographs show,and the rent is still being paid.
  
  We,DDC are still members of CCC ( under a different name now ) and Cllr Steve Manion is our delegate.

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