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Dear Readers

How much was studying William Shakespeare a part of your educational journey?

Following a quick (and pretty fascinating) straw poll of friends on Facebook it would seem that I enjoyed more than my fair share – depending on how you look at it. I recall at least 9 of them, from memory, some more enjoyable than others. We started aged 11 and studied at least one a year.

Sadly the great bard does not feature so prevalently these days in the curriculum. I understand that children should study at least one Shakespeare play during their GSCE years, some schools do more and some the minimum, So what a pleasure to go along to the Rose theatre to see four local schools (one boys prep, one boys secondary and 2 primary) performing one work each. Daughter number 2, aged 9, was taking part in one of the productions and has studied Twelfth Night in English this term. And really fantastic they all were - taking part in a festival of 35,000 children in 130 theatres. What an amazing experience for them - to really make words written over 450 years ago come alive on a professional stage with a professional theatre producer. Sitting at our desks reading out the lines when the teacher pointed at you (and woe betide those who lost the place) didn’t have quite the same impact! With so many radio, TV and movie adaptations at our fingertips, in addition to theatrical productions, Shakespeare is really accessible to those who want him, and Father Christmas may be asked to drop a few plays down out chimney this Christmas. I LOVED it!

Still on the acting theme, it’s a few years now since we last saw a school nativity play but many of you will be queuing up to get a good seat in the weeks ahead and position to see your little ones earnestly deliver lines and sing along under the weight of nerves, teatowels and tinsel. Creative parents cut, bend and cover a wire coat hanger with tinsel for the home made halo effect (with mixed results in my experience) Inventive parents go to ebay. Enjoy!

Wishing you As always, a big thank you to everyone who has contributed and advertised this month. If you’re a local business wanting to reach out to your local community then why not call for a chat about affordable advertising in your local community magazine.

Remember, we deliver to most homes every second month so if you’re not able to pick up a magazine on the months it’s not delivered to you, you can read it on your smart phone/tablet or PC. Until next month, best wishes, and have a very happy Christmas.

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Events

New Malden High Street Christmas Lights - a message from the Malden Fortnight Committee and New Malden Rotary

Last year we had trouble with the main Christmas lights fusing due to the ageing condition of the catenary lights, which form the chain from lamppost to lamppost along the High Street. The Neighbourhood Committee of the Royal Borough have agreed to install new catenaries, but these will not be available until the New Year. The catenaries will therefore not be illuminated this year to protect the main lights.

But do we want the Christmas lights at all? The Council does not pay for the Christmas lights, although they do give us a generous grant; they are arranged by the Rotary Club and should be paid for by the businesses in the High Street. Last year only 27 of the 187 businesses in the High Street contributed and we suffered a loss of £1,300. If this loss is repeated this year the future of the lights is at risk.

We are inviting the public to join with the local businesses and the Royal Borough to ensure that we can continue to provide a High Street to be proud of at Christmas time.

Collecting tins will be available on the switch on night and you are invited to donate or to send a cheque to The Treasurer, The Rotary Club of New Malden, 2, Mayfair Avenue, Worcester Park KT4 7SL, writing ‘Christmas Lights’ on the back of your cheque.

Thank you to all the businesses and members of the public who make this event such a success.

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CHRISTMAS!!! We hope that you’ll agree this is a fun theme for the beginning of July and as well as being a fairly easy topic to ‘aquire’ props for, it will also give us a platform to raise money and awareness for the Christmas lights fund as detailed above.

At the time of writing though we cannot guarantee that the parade will go ahead as usual. You may have heard that the Metropolitan Police had withdrawn support for lots of community events (leading to the cancellation of the Kingston Festival in the summer), including our Christstmas Lights and Summer parades.

We are not clear at the moment how this is going to affect us but it’s anticipated that there will be fairly significant costs involved and we don’t know yet if they will be affordable. I have asked the Met Press Office for a statement explaining what’s led to this decision and why some events - ie ours! - are affected and others don’t appear to be. Waiting for a reply. If you would like to lend your support in any way to help make sure that our 31st annual Parade is not compromised, or feel strongly about any of the above then please email info@Maldenfortnight.co.uk We are a very small committee and would love some more helpers so if you’d like to join us, get in touch.

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New Malden History Jumping to conclusions

by Robin Gill

Benjamin Horace Turner was born in Tooting on 13th March 1910 the son of Horace Turner a candle and soap manufacturer and his wife Miriam.

Ben had always wanted to learn to fly; excited by the planes he saw in the sky, and the exploits of the pilots in the First World War. But his parents could not afford to pay for any training, so he decided that he would become a parachutist.

Parachutists had entertained crowds ever since the age of ballooning. Originally attached by a rope or wire to the balloon, they released themselves to fall to earth aided by parachutes of their own design. Gradually, they became more confident, exiting from the balloon’s basket.

Firsts and lasts On 1st March 1912 Captain Albert Berry achieved probably the first parachute jump from an airplane.

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The event which took place 1500 feet above Missouri USA, involved the parachute being packed into a case stored under the plane. When Berry jumped, his weight pulled the chute from its container, and he fell 300-500 feet before the parachute opened, taking him gently to the ground. It should be mentioned that Berry was not attached to the parachute by a harness, but sat on a type of trapeze bar.

The first parachute jump from an airplane in England was by William Newell at Hendon aerodrome on 9th May 1914. Jumping from 2000 ft he landed safely in around 2½ minutes.

The first female parachutist was Lucienne Cayat de Castella whose husband designed parachutes which she tested.

The first occasion was on 19th May 1914 at Nevers in France, where she dropped from 2500 feet.

Unfortunately, she died two months later when the chute refused to open from a similar height.

The advent of World War One put a hold on parachute development, and of course the pilots of the RFC (Later RAF) didn’t carry them in their planes, which may have cost hundreds of lives.

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Go back and do it again Ben made his first jump in November 1932 when he was just 22 years old. Described in his own words “Desperately clutching the strut and the side of the fuselage (of the plane), I waited grimly for the signal (from the pilot) to drop. I had little strength left anyway to hold on, and couldn’t have made it back into the cockpit. So choosing the lesser of two evils, over I dived, counted three and pulled the ripcord. There was a sudden jerk, and looking up, I saw the beautiful new canopy gleaming white in the cold sky. Before pulling the ripcord, there had been no real sense of falling just an impression of floating in space, and when I landed it was like jumping to the ground from a ten foot wall.”

But the jump was to no avail, as the official who was supposed to record the event for Ben to be granted a licence had not turned up. In fact, he had to make four jumps that morning just to gain his accreditation.

Crazy antics Moving to New Malden and taking up residence at 92 Clarence Avenue, in 1934, Ben joined the team that made up the “World’s First Flying Fair” which toured the country. Based at Hendon, the fair was operated by Ronald Dixey-Gerrans who would take passengers up in a towed glider. For a shilling entrance fee, you could watch parachute jumps, witness “crazy flying” involving

races between the ten planes, a funfair, rounded off by a firework display in the evening. For a further 4/(20pence) it was possible to fly in one of the planes for a short trip. Ben was billed as the youngest parachutist in England, and would be partnered with his pilot Eric Starling. Ben signal to Eric was to shout “Hi Di Hi” and out he would jump. He was paid 5 pence (2.5 new pence) for each jump of which he made 70.

Later in the year, Ben made six parachute descents in 28 minutes 30 seconds, setting a new world record at Walsall aerodrome. Each drop was from a height of only 650 feet proving that his parachute worked perfectly from low altitudes. He further demonstrated this by engaging in various parachute races across the

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country with fellow parachutist Captain LG Hill, Hill was the only pilot/parachutist in the country.

Caged fury But it was in September of that year (1934) that Ben had his worse experience as a jumper and it had nothing to do with his parachute. He had decided to try to be the first person to land by parachute at the new Kingston and Surbiton aerodrome. This was the nearest airstrip to his home in New Malden, and he thought that being a local, the honour of parachuting in first should “fall” to him. The Tiger Moth plane had flown all the way from Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, and because of the bulky chute, Ben had to fly for the last half an hour with his legs over the side of the cramped cockpit. This gave him cramp and to alleviate this, he jumped early than he should at around 10.30am. Leaping from the aircraft at 1000 feet, he was caught in a sudden wind rush and blown off course.

So instead of landing on the airfield, he landed on the bars on top of a 9 foot high cage in Chessington Zoo which contained two African lions (Billy and Sally). He was unable to get away for ten minutes as his parachute was fixed between two trees. The lions, which were enraged and terrified, roared and made repeated attempts to reach him. Ben felt the ground tremble beneath him, hear a roar that made his heart stop, and looking down saw the lions “with eyes ablaze and jaws agape”. He did not know that the bars were too close together for the animals to get their paws through to reach his legs. Every time he tried to move the lions got more excited and redoubled their efforts to get at him. They were no more than two feet away. His cries for help soon brought people running to the cage.

The zoo’s fire brigade were called out, and hoses were readied for use on the animals to calm them down, but were not needed. Then the German keeper Hans Brick entered the cage with a whip and revolver loaded with blanks. The lions rushed towards him, and he let off two blanks. By now, a large crowd including most of the zoo’s employees had gathered outside the cage to witness the keeper drive the cats into the corner of the cage enabling Ben to free himself and climb down the outside to safety with the aid of a ladder. The keeper had just been about to leave for the day when the incident happened.

According to the zoo’s superintendent Mr Reginald Goddard, Ben was never in danger as the animals probably thought he was some kind of giant bird. Ben who was shaken but unharmed was able to leave the zoo half an hour later.

Tried and tested Ben was to move to 152 Elm Road New Malden in 1936, and also to join the flying company of CWA

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Scott who had taken over the display team of Sir Alan Cobham, who Ben had worked with the previous year.

He then joined the parachute company GQ making test jumps for their chutes all over the world, they also taught him how to design, manufacture, and service parachutes. By 1938 he had made 237 parachute jumps out of various aircraft. The company sent him to Australia to set up the manufacturing of parachutes there.

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manufacturer, becoming the sole supplier to the Australian air and ground forces and selling about 80,000 parachutes during World War Two. After the war he turned his attention to manufacturing women’s swimwear. After being diagnose with pneumonia, he sold his swimwear company to Berlei, and retired to the Australian outback.

Aged 64 Ben finally earned his pilot’s licence, and established Southern Cross Airways which operated across the country and coast of New South Wales.

He kept going into his seventies, but in the end had to give up flying. In May 2001 Ben died at home in Australia aged 91.

Where was the airfield?

It is interesting to speculate where the Kingston and Surbiton Aerodrome might have been. Certainly there was an airstrip by the Ewell Road at Tolworth in 1922 as the then Mayor Of Kingston Mr Finny had a ten minute flight from there in a plane owned by the London Aviation Company. John Carey remembered 5/- flights from a field off Elmbridge Avenue, while our good friend Eddie Gardner remembers the same from a field near to the Ace of Spades at Hook both in the 1930s.

This may well have been around 1933 when a landing ground was laid out within 400 yards of the club. The airfield was advertised during the summer of that

year, with no landing fee for visitors, local flights from 5 shillings, and flights over London for £1. The strip was taken over by the Thames Valley Aero Club who continued flights until 1937.

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Christmas

Scout Christmas Post Those of you who have lived in New Malden for a while will probably be familiar with the annual Scout Christmas Postal Service with its red and black post boxes at various locations around New Malden. In the early days the scheme was operated by what was then Kingston and Malden Scout District and served most of the borough. Back in 1995 the scheme handled 4,970 items of mail. Over the years, the area covered by the scheme shrank and more recently served only the streets with a KT3 postcode.

The scheme always depended on a team of volunteers to empty the boxes, sort the mail and arrange delivery by members of the Scout Group from Beavers in the youngest section, through Cubs and Scouts and even relying on parent help and assistance from teenagers in local Explorer Units. For many years, 7th Malden (St James) Scout Group ran the service and the last time they operated the service, in 2007, they were raising

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Anyway, for a couple of years you may well have headed for the High Street with a bundle of KT3 Christmas cards and a pocket full of change only to find that the post boxes were not in their usual places and the Scout Christmas Post service had gone.

I was sorry to see it go so when I became a Scout Leader at 1st Malden Scout Group, based in Tadworth Avenue, I began to wonder whether the Christmas Post was something our Scouts could get involved in. Not only is it a valuable exercise in community service for the youth members of our Scout Group, it is also a way to raise funds for our activities. A couple of short meetings later with the previous organiser of the scheme and I had inherited a bag full of paperwork about the service and a heap of red and black post boxes. That was 5 years ago! Last year we delivered 1,350 Christmas cards around New Malden and once again, this year we’ll have 5 post boxes in and around New Malden during the first 2 weeks of December and a team of volunteers ready to sort and deliver your Christmas cards to KT3 addresses in time for Christmas for only 25p per item. We’re very grateful to the support we get from local businesses and organisations who host our postboxes: Fountain News, Malden Centre, New Malden Methodist Church, Parkers and Suttles of Malden. Please support the scheme . . . . and if it goes well, we’ll be back next year!

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Grace Miller & Co. would like to congratulate Jenny Stuart on her excellent magazine. The Village Voice is a great little publication, full of interesting facts and information about New Malden, and Jenny is always helpful, professional and great to deal with.

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Events Before the Christmas decorations are even up, i’m thinking about when they come come down, when the parties have ceased and the diet has begun (and failed!) and all of us are left with the January blues..thankfully JDRF (the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and the Lunchbowl Network (feeding orphans in Kibera, Kenya, lunchbowl.org) have come to our rescue, with a fabulous event for a great night out.

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This great night out on Friday, 30th January 7-10pm , is being held at Christ Church, whose Vicar Stephen Kuhrt leads the church in its huge support of both charities.

Due to regulations, alcohol needs to be ordered before the evening and all tickets, food and drink can be booked via an application form downloaded at www.celebrityquizmas.co.uk As well as a star-studded night of quizing, there will be an auction and raffle presided over by BBC Journalist Justin Webb, whose daughter has type 1 diabetes and is a keen supporter of JDRF. The auction and raffle is being match funded by the amazing local branch of Barclays Bank.

In addition to all of the above there will be some surprise guest rounds and the chance for teams to play their jokers on their specialist subjects.

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Sheep lost in New Malden Can ewe help find them?

Around 30 sheep have gone astray in the High Street

Please collect an entry form from the Methodist Church (next to Tudor Williams) from Friday 28th November at the church Christmas fair and after that on any weekday between 10am and 2pm and start noting down names of sheep.

The sheep will return to the fold for the Christingle service on Christmas Eve at 5pm. Please return your finished form to the church at that service or on Saturday 21st December 10am-5pm during our Christmas Tree Festival. All completed forms will receive a small prize.

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and we need young detectives to seek them out and record their whereabouts. The (knitted) sheep come in a variety of styles and sizes ( they are ewe-nique) but all are believed to be hiding in premises in and around the High Street. They might be in the window or you may have to search further. Each sheep has a name tag around its neck so you have to enter their names on the entry form.

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Fundraising Poppy Appeal 2014

After 4 weeks of hard work the WW1 centenary year of the poppy appeal is drawing to a close. As one of our biggest collectors, Ken Smith, is currently the Mayor we knew we could not reach last years figure: however (with a few tins still to come in) we have banked around ÂŁ25,000 to date.

This is an incredible achievement and testament to the hard work of Malden and Coombe’s small dedicated team of collectors and counters.

Most people are aware of the 2 weeks of the collection period but much more goes on in the background to make it all possible. Once the Royal British Legion delivery arrives around 200 boxes have to be assembled, filled and delivered to schools and businesses in the area, the team then maintains a base throughout from which collectors can collect their kit. After the Armistice Day the boxes and tins need collecting and the action switches to disassembling boxes and counting. Finally the poppy appeal organisers write to all businesses and collectors to thank them and inform them of their collection total.

It is hard work but rewarding and we share many cups of tea and camaraderie.

Special mentions must be made; to Maureen Shilston and her intrepid team who ensure all the schools are supplied with poppies, Coombe Boys who collect at New Malden station every morning (even during half term), Ist Malden Scouts, 3rd Kingston Cubs, TS Steadfast, Kolin Smith, Pat Barnard, June and John Fairclough, Lloyds Bank and many others who make an appeal possible in Malden and Coombe every year.

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The parade once more was well attended by hundreds of local residents and the Malden and Coombe Branch of the RBL would like to thank all those who paraded an d attended on the day.

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View from the City Longer View Of Your Returns

by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Time to take a longer view I think. The papers seem to be full of pundits predicting that “the end is nigh” for stock market valuations at their current level. The auguries being cited seem to cover everything from the black arts of the Chartists, through to references to the “hallowed investment gurus” whom you are not able to criticise. From crossed graph lines to the interpretation of “Buffetery”, I am sure someone will soon be referencing the rooks flying over the City before long. So yes there will be a stock market pull back or even crash - but when nobody, of course, actually knows. When it happens there will be no doubt one who called it right, but that will be likely to be amongst the very few and the very lucky. The real question is actually - does it matter?

Of course if we were to see a meltdown of catastrophic proportions then it would be devastating, but history does show us that this is a rare event - very rare.

However, over the past 14 years we have seen some yawing and sickening movements up and down with all the stomach churning of a roller coaster - especially in the FTSE 100. A couple of recessions, a black swan or two floating by and a global banking crisis are usually enough for anybody. But for all this, what has happened?

Well as you can see from the graphs below, actually the FTSE 100 has lost money over that period. So after all the roller coaster of recovery, austerity and reconstruction, we still haven’t reached our peak of the last day of 1999. How depressing.

Actually you shouldn’t be depressed. If you look at the second graph you will see a good steady trend and in fact if you had included the dividends, then instead of losing 4.8% over 14 years you would have made a relatively healthy 56.6%. The fact is that in most cases your dividends and their reinvestment are more important than the vagaries of individual stock Chart 1 FTSE 100 Source - Bloomberg

movements. Dividends may sound dull but just look how much they contribute each year.

In 2012 the figure for dividends paid was just over £80 billion, reducing marginally the following year to around £79 billion. That is the equivalent of a new BP, Unilever or Glaxo each year. Forecasts this year are for an increase to around £100 billion, but there has been the £15.9 billion special dividend from Vodafone included in that.

The top five dividend payers in 2013 were Shell, Vodafone, AstraZeneca, BP and Glaxo, accounting for £7.5 billion.

This should be regarded as being even more surprising when you consider that one of the traditional and usually “reliable” dividend and income providers to the market has effectively been destroyed, at least for the time being. Gone are the days when we used to be able to “rely” upon these nice little earners coming through from the banks - and especially the respectable income that was the Lloyds’ dividend which regularly seemed to pay more than double its best deposit rates. Those days are gone and in fact may never return - certainly in that form again.

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Free Debt Help on your Doorstep @ St Johns, Kingston Road, New Malden

When financial trouble hits, it’s easy to feel alone. It can seem like no one can help or that no one wants to. Local debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) really can help and hundreds of people call each week to begin their journey towards financial freedom.

Experience has shown that there is always a way out and no debt is too big or too small to deal with. In fact, if you are experiencing debt problems then you can get free, expert advice without even leaving your house.

CAP visits people in their own homes, negotiates with creditors and supports people right up until they are debt free. On top of this, the whole service is free of charge and available to anyone regardless of age, faith, gender or background.

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Just being able to send all the letters to CAP knowing they’d be dealt with was a huge weight off my shoulders. The relief was enormous.”

In the UK, there are 270 CAP Debt Centres of which one is in New Malden. This means that local people can access the service, which is recommended

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New Malden CAP Centre Manager, Val Hancock said, “Every week we see people who think that there is no way out of their money problems and every week we offer them a solution that really works. If you are struggling with debt then there is hope. We can help you.”

In addition to the Debt Centre CAP offers money management courses, the next one taking place on three Thursday evenings in New Malden (6th, 13th and 20th November).

We cover the areas of KT1, KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT9 and SW20 To find out more, call Christians Against Poverty’s freephone number 0800 328 0006 or visit www.capuk.org

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The better life BL 30 Here’s Looking At Yule, Kid

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Even though we’ve had it planned for months, Christmas is always a magical time. Our decorations go up late - sometime between the Winter Solstice and Christmas Eve - apart from the wreath that Anne makes from anything seasonal in the garden or the woods. It’s a Heath Robinson affair with holly, hebe, laurel, pinecones, acorns, or anything else we see on our travels. (One year it included a little plastic helicopter, until Anne made me take it off.) In lieu of an indoor tree, I’ve started hanging baubles on the silver birch in the garden.

We’ll skip the village carol service - you may recall ‘Carolgate’, where we ended up sitting in the pulpit due to a scarcity of seats - but we’re certainly not of the “Bah! Humbug!” brigade. (A bar of chocolate would be a different matter altogether) I know I’ll wake up early on the big day like an excitable child. We’ll begin with the ceremonial unwrapping of the cat’s present, accompanied by tea. After that it’s a small present each, quite possibly

swapping packets of heritage seeds, and then off to the beach. If the tides are with us we’ll hunt beach glass for that mosaic we’ve been saving up for, along with any weathered crockery pieces. After a bracing walk across the sand, it’s back home for festive (cinnamon) porridge and present time again. This year I’ll surprise Anne with a new addition to her charm bracelet - an Irish thruppenny bit, sporting a hare. It’s nostalgic recycling, as it was once a part of my boyhood coin collection. Both of us have a thing for hares.

We’ve gone back down the sloe gin route this year, after I promised not to say that it tastes like medicine again (don’t worry, she never reads these columns until the following month). In fact, this year it’s a Better Life Christmas altogether. Anne’s chicken is locally sourced, while my nutroast is my own work (I

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think we all realise that Anne will probably need to rescue it). Similarly, the veg is either homegrown or produced in the area. We’ve skipped festive crackers so that I can read from a list of jokes I wrote and couldn’t sell. For example: This year, due to cutback, Father Christmas is only making ‘Made in China’ stickers.

The eagerly awaited Christmas pud is Anne’s pet project; she’s been feeding it with a monthly sup of brandy since last December, so it’ll definitely flambé!

She has also promised icecream (we got the machine cheaply through an ad in the local paper) using some blackberries from the freezer.

And Anne’s big present? Well, in the past we’ve had a fox, bats, a toad, shrews, moles and at the very least a hedgehog poo in the front garden, so I thought it’d be fun to capture some evidence. The new wildlife camera can take pictures in daylight or at night-time, so at the very least we’ll see just how active the cat is nowadays.

In the evening there’ll be cards or a Scrabble tournament, as we watch the Yule log burning and argue over whether you’re allowed to put down ‘zo’ if you can’t say what it is. Then, after victory and defeat, we’ll raise a glass of sloe gin by candlelight and start thinking about the Boxing Day garden tidy-up.

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School News The One Show

To celebrate the release of Boris Johnson’s biography of Winston Churchill, two of Coombe Girls’ best public speaking champions were asked to appear on the BBC’s One Show and took part in a day of filming on 23rd of October.

Each girl took part in a short interview at the English Speaking Union and then travelled to Spitalfields market where they performed a short speech, perched on a soap box, to the unsuspecting public.

Crowds gathered to hear out students speak about ‘The intelligence crisis’ and ‘Why the church should accept gay marriage’ and commented on how professional, exceptional and inspirational the girls were.

Presenter Margherita Taylor said our girls were “the

voice of the future” and indeed the public were equally awestruck by them, commenting on how surprised they were that they were brave enough to speak in front of crowds of the public so eloquently.

Amongst their many achievements in the field of public speaking, Joy Montepeque has been awarded Best Chairperson and Best Team at the English Speaking Union’s Local Public Speaking Competition and Ruhi Walsh is a LAMDA Public Speaking Silver Award winner with Distinction. The One Show aired at 7pm on the 23rd October..

Rocket Making Day

Taking their physics lesson to new heights year 7 pupils from Coombe Girls’ and Coombe Boys’ schools joined forces to build and launch their very own rockets. Working in teams, pupils were tasked with designing and building a water-powered rocket before launching their creations into the atmosphere!

Following lift-off, rockets from each team were judged based on design and implementation.

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Christmas Services 2014 Churches Together in Malden wish you & your household a HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Come and celebrate Christ’s Birth Christ Church New Malden Church of England Coombe Road Website: www.ccnm. org Vicar: Rev Stephen Kuhrt Tel 020 8942 0915 Sunday 21st December 9.30am Children’s Carol Service 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve 11.00pm Midnight Communion Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10.00am All Age Service St John the Divine Church of England Kingston Road (opposite Homebase) Website: www.sjnm.org Tel 020 8942 0915 Associate Vicar: Rev Helen Durant-Stevensen Sunday 21st December 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve 5.00pm Christingle Service 11.00pm Midnight Holy Communion Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10.30am All-age Service London New Centre Church (Korean) Meets in St John’s, Kingston Road Pastor Hwang Tel 07790553317 / 020 8949 3692 Please contact Pastor Hwang for details of Services this Christmas St James’ New Malden Church of England Malden Road Website: stjamesmalden.org Rev Lorenzo Fernandez-Vicente Tel 020 8942 1860 Sunday 7th December (Time tbc) Christingle Service Sunday 21st December 6.30pm Service of Nine Lessons & Carols Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve 11.30pm Midnight Mass Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10.00am Holy Communion Service 6.30pm Holy Communion Service Sunday 28th December Holy Communion at 8 & 9.45am &6.30pm

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United Reformed Church Malden Road Website: www.newmaldenurc.org.uk Associate Minister: Rev Suk In Lee Tel 07766 224422 Sunday 21st December 5.00pm Carol Service Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve 4.30pm Christmas Children’s Service Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10:30am Christmas Praise Family Service New Malden Korean Church (meeting at the United Reformed Church) Rev Jong Kwon Oh Tel 020 8286 1609 New Malden Baptist Church Kingston Rd Website: www.nmbc. org.uk Rev Johnny Pozzo Tel 020 8942 6912 Sunday 21st December 10.30am Family Christmas Service 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10.30am Christmas Day Service (45mins) New Malden Methodist Church High St Website: www.newmaldenmethodistchurch.com Minister: Rev Sooncheol Choi: Tel 020 8942 1288 Website: www.newmaldenmethodistchurch.com Sunday 7th December 10.30am Gift Service (Donation of new toys for Learning English at Home) Sunday 14th December 5pm Nativity Service (by the young people of the Church) Saturday 20th December 12noon Community Carols (in the Coffee Bar) Sunday 21st December 6.30pm Lessons & Carols Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve 5pm Christingle Service (fun for all the family) 11:30pm Christmas Eve Communion Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day 10:30am Christmas Morning Family Worship St Joseph’s Catholic Church Kingston Road. KT3 3QW. Tel 020 8942 2602 Fr Peter Edwards, Deacon John Lawson Website: www.catholicnewmalden.org Confessions before Christmas: See Bulletin & Website (in addition to our regular Thursday & Saturday Confession times) Mass at 7am (except Weds) & 10am every weekday.

Sunday 30th November 7.00pm Advent Carols & Readings Service Monday 15th December 7.00pm Corpus Christi School Carol Service Sunday 21st December - 4th Sunday of Advent Usual Sunday Mass times, viz: 6pm Saturday, ie. 1st Mass of Sunday, and at 9.30am, 11.30am (traditional music & Latin), & 5.30pm.

Blessing of Bambini (for family Cribs) at all Masses.

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5.30pm Christmas Vigil Mass 11.30pm Office of Readings & Carols, leading into: Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day Midnight Midnight Mass & Blessing of the Crib 9.30 & 11.30am Masses of Christmas Day & carols.

(NB. No 5.30pm Mass on Christmas Day) Mass at 10am every weekday.

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St Pius X Catholic Church The Triangle, Norbiton. KT1 3SB. Tel 020 8942 2178 Fr John Eze Website: www.stpiusxchurch.org.uk Sunday 21st December 10am & 5pm Mass Wednesday 24th - Christmas Eve 6.00pm Christmas Vigil Mass 11.30pm Carols, leading into: Thursday 25th December, Christmas Day Midnight Midnight Mass 8.00am Mass of the Dawn 10.00am Mass of the Day (NB. No evening Mass on Christmas Day)

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Book an appointment by calling 0300 123 23 23 St James’s Church Hall, Bodley Road, New Malden KT3 5QE 10th Dec 2 to 4.30pm 5.30 to 8pm A.F.C Wimbledon Football Club, Jack Goodchild Way, 422A Kingston Road KT1 3PB 2nd Dec 2 to 4.30pm 5.30 to 8pm Raynes Park, Dunddonald Church 577 Kingston Road, Raynes Park, SW20 8SA 16th Dec, 2 to 4.30pm 5.30 to 8pm St Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park KT4 8LG 23 Dec 2 to 4.30pm 5.30 to 8pm

Christmas Fairs

Burlington Schools’ Christmas Fair: When: 12–3.30pm, Saturday 6 December 2014 Where: Burlington Schools, Burlington Road, New Malden KT3 4LT. Get into the Christmas spirit at Burlington’s fabulous Christmas Fair, a fun day out for the whole family. Visit Santa’s grotto, try your luck at the tombolas, and ride the Rodeo Reindeer if you dare – how long can you stay on? Other attractions include live music from the choir and orchestra, Christmas shopping area and craft stall. Kids, why not decorate your own Christmas biscuit? Parents, enter our raffle and silent auction, or guarantee yourself a win on our £10 prize board. Hungry? Enjoy delicious international food, pizza, kids’ lunchboxes, cakes, mulled wine and other drinks – and top it all off with a visit to the chocolate fountain. See you there! Just £1 for entry (children free).Buy your Christmas Tree on Sunday 7th December at Malden Parochial Church of England Primary School on The Manor Drive. Non drop Nordman fir trees will be on sale between 10.30am-3pm from the school grounds.

All sizes from 1.5m at £40 to over 2.5m at £60. Stands will also be on sale along with seasonal refreshments. Cash or cheques accepted, with a percentage of the profits going to the school.

Malden Parochial primary school is also hosting its Christmas Fair on Saturday 6th December. Doors open at 11am, 50p entry - everyone welcome. Meet Father Christmas, enjoy lots of festive games along with a selection of stalls, a craft room, face painting and refreshments. Fun ends at 3pm.

Carols & music

“The Graham Child Christmas Carols” – in aid of the Mary Preston Holiday, on Wednesday, 3rd December, at the Methodist Church, New Malden High Street, starting at 7.45 p.m. Tickets £5 available from Mary.preston@hotmail.co.uk, or contact me on 07946 532 846. As usual there’ll be a lot of Carol singing to join in with, plus Salvation Army musicians, a children’s choir and young dancers.

A Performance of Christmas Carols by The Malden Centre Orchestra & Choral Singers Thursday 11th Dec 11.00am-12noon Main Hall at the Malden Centre Tickets are FREE - please collect from the Malden Centre Reception Complimentary Mince Pie & Refreshments We will be collecting on behalf of The Salvation Army at the end of the concert.

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Rotary Club Of New Malden Present The Dave Marrion Big Band Christmas Concert On Saturday 6th December, 2014 At The Methodist Church, High Street, New Malden 7.30 for 8.00 p.m. Tickets at £9 per head. Refreshments available during the interval Please also encourage your Friends and Relations to come along. Please contact Laurie Bugeya:- 020 8942 5933 Email:lawrence.bugeya@btinternet .com or you can buy tickets at Tudor Williams

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Clubs

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New Malden Rotary Club Where: Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane,When: Monday evenings at 6:15 for 6:45pm Contact: Barry Collins on 07740 257 255 Monday Netball Club When: Mondays 8.30pm Contact: Katie Leason 07910 256107 English Conversation / Lessons For Koreans Where: Christ Church Centre, Coombe Road When: Mondays & Tues, 10.00 am - 12.00 noonAll welcome: contact Chris Coke 020 8942 7388.

St James Players Where: St James Bodley Road When: Mondays 8pm.

Tuesdays

Arthritis Care New Malden Branch Where: Age Concern Kingston Raleigh House 14 Nelson Road, New Malden KT3 5EA When: 4th Tuesday of month 7.30 -9.30pm We aim to provide backup support for arthritis sufferers and an opportunity for members to enjoy a social evening through our regular monthly meetings. Jocelyn King 020 8942 6745.

The New Malden Ladies Badminton Club When: Tuesday at the Malden Centre from 20.30 till 22.00 We are a mixed ability club looking for new members. Please ring Lynda on 8949 2673 or just pop in.

NHS Retirement Fellowship- Local Branch Are you retired or about to retire from the NHS? Why not join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 10am -12 at Christ Church Hall, Christ Church Road, Surbiton, KT5 8JJ. We have speakers, activities, coffee & chat.Other outings & activities are also arranged during the month. For further details please contact Lorna on 020 8337 4121.

Half Shares We are a group of widows who meet together on the 1st Tuesday of every month. We have a speaker and enjoy a cuppa and a chat. Come and join us at 1.45-3.15pm at Christ Church Centre, Coombe Rd For more details contact Lily on 020 8949 1431.

The New Malden Investment Club Our meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at the Grafton Club, Grafton Road, New Malden. We do have a few vacancies and new member are always welcome.Contact the secretary on 020 8942 1926 for information.

Malden Bridge Club When: Tuesday evenings 7.30 to 10.30pm

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Where: Graham Spicer Institute, by entrance to Waitrose car park.

Contact: John 020 8942 7560 for details.

New - ACT FOR JUSTICE. Where: New Malden Baptist church; Westbury Road. KT3 5BE. When: The first Tuesday of every month, 8 - 9.30pm.

This new group aims to combat human trafficking. We’ll discuss issues of forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude, raise awareness and fundraise.

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Wednesdays

Malden & Coombe Social Club For The Blind When: Alternate Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm Contact; Mike Ball 02089420819 Volunteer drivers/helpers VERY welcome Royal British Legion Malden & Coombe The Legion meets every second Wednesday afternoon from 2.30pm at the Grafton Club. Any interested parties in joining please contact Samantha Bantonk on 07984-341459.

Thursdays

Every THURSDAY St. John’s Hall is open between 2.00 and 4.00pm for TEA AND CHAT. If you are on your own please feel free to drop in for a free cup of tea and some company.

411 Malden Road (between Worcester Park station and The Plough). 213 Bus stops nearby.

Malden Camera Club Where: New Malden Library, Kingston Road When: Thursday evenings throughout the year at 7.45pm Contact: www.maldencameraclub.org.uk Malden Centre Orchestra Where: Malden Centre, Blagdon Road When: 10.00-12.00noon, every Thursday (term time only)Contact: Conductor David Benke on 02087868517.

Tolworth Badminton Club Where: Play at Tolworth Recreation Centre When: Club night Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30 Standard: Intermediate/advanced level Contact: tolworthbadmintonclub.co.uk,ring Pat on 0208 395 9175 or just turn up Malden Emergency First Aid Society (Mefas). Members meet each Thursday evening at 7.30pm for First Aid training.

New members required. Everyone welcome. Hall available for hire. Contact Christine on 07966661015.

Kingston Association for The Blind Lunch Club at The Mefas Hall, rear of Malden Centre, Cocks Crescent, New

Malden - for people with a severe sight loss - for a sandwich lunch on the last Thursday of every month 12.30 to 2.30 pm. The cost is £3 per person and friends or family are welcome. For further details telephone Kerry at K.A.B. 020 8605 0060.

Come and join our friendly local bridge club at the Shiraz Mirza hall (behind Norbiton station). We play 24 hands of duplicate bridge - with electronic scoring - every Thursday from 7.30 p.m. prompt.

Host system so partners always available. £5 table money. Parking available outside the hall. Also buses and trains from very close by. Contact Rosemary Vase 0208 5468719 or Pauline Finn 0208 549 3270 or just turn up Malden And Coombe Flower Decoration Society At St.James Church Hall Bodley Road WHEN the third Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm. Why not come along to these evenings and dazzle your family and friends with your expertise! Visitors £5 If you would like more details please ring Brenda Faulkner on 0208 337 4492.

Malden Wanderers Badminton Club Where:- 22, Cambridge Avenue, KT3 4LE When - 20.30 p.m - 22.00 p.m. We are a friendly club looking for new members.

Please contact - Anne -01372 727422 or Tony 077910 39521 New Malden Women’s Institute (WI).

Where: Shiraz Mirza Hall, Manor Park Hall, Malden Road, New Malden, KT3 6AV. 2nd Thursday of each month at 7.30 pm Barbara 0208 546 1495 or twocavs@ googlemail.com Kingston Debating Society Don’t just shout at the TV! Come and join us for an evening of civilised debate with friendly like-minded people. We shall be meeting until before Christmas to debate the following motions: Nov 6 Britain should have stayed out of World War I. Nov 13 Unlike America, there is no ‘British Dream’. Nov 20 Further devolution will endanger the Union. Nov 27 Scientist and engineers could govern Britain better than arts graduates. Dec 4 Cyclists should be taxed.

Have your first visit free. After that it’s £2 a visit, or £20 for full membership (sixteen sessions a year). We meet at the Kingston Methodist Church Hall , Avenue Road, KT2 5DD, off Fairfield South, Kingston. Come at 7.45 for private business, and then 8.00 for the debate. Hope to see you there!

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Friday Morning Running A mixed group, consisting mainly, but not restricted to, mothers with children in school, meet each Friday morning at 9:50 am in the Pembroke Lodge car park TW10 5HX, for a run of between 3 and 4 miles in Richmond Park. This is a social group of runners with no pressure on ability. New runners are more than welcome (everybody has to start somewhere) and time will be taken to accommodate them. Don’t feel inhibited, come and try us! If you need any further infocall Bob on 07936 240937.

RSPB Epsom and Ewell Local group.

We meet the 2nd Friday of every month at 7.30, apart from July and August, at All Saints Church Hall Fulford Road, West Ewell with guest speakers who illustrate their enthusiasm on a variety of natural history subjects. We also have several birding outings throughout the year which is arranged to suit all ages. There is a small charge for non-members of the RSPB. rspb.org.uk/ groups/epsom.

Over 60’s club We meet every Friday at St. James Church Hall. Bodley Road, New Malden from 1pm to 2:30 pm (Doors open at 12:30) We have musical entertainment, a raffle and refreshments. Coach outings are organised during the Summer months. If you would like to join us please contact Sheila on 0208 949 5118 for further information.

Saturdays

Saturday Dementia Club Age Concern Kingston 2nd Saturday of the month 11am and

2pm in New Malden for people living with dementia, their family and carers, Call 020 8942 8256 and ask for Jyoti or saturdayclub@ageconcernkingston.org “Learn to sew and knit! Develop your creative skills and share them with others! The Sew-and-Sews, a club for all ages, starts Saturday September 6th, 10.30 am to 12 pm in the Lower Church Hall, St James Church, Bodley Road, New Malden, KT3 5QE. We meet every 1st and 3rd Saturday. Entry is free-a small charge may be made to cover expenses. Please ring Yunghee Koh on 07533 386918 for more details and before you come along for the first time. Younger children need to be accompanied by an adult. Entrance to the hall is off Malden Road car park.”

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Emanuel Rugby Where: Shannon Corner, KT3 4PU When: Adults Tuesdays and Thursdays,7.30pm, Saturday 2-3pm. Children: Registration at the club is 1030am with training starting at 11am on Sundays emanuelrugby.co.uk info@emanuelrugby.co.uk Fergus McCarthy 0845 8338974 Graham Spicer Snooker Room Availible for hire during the day and evenings.

Contact Secretary for availibility on 020 8942 2157.

Malden Bowling Club Where: Lime Grove, New Malden Tel: John on 020 8949 4315.

Supreme Bowls Club We welcome new bowlers of both sexes, all ages, and all abilities from late April to end of Sept. Come and try bowling for free. We are a friendly club with around 70 members on the Kings College Sports Ground close to Woodies pub at the junction of Thetford Road and Windsor Avenue, New Malden, KT3 5BF. Tel Mick or Di on 020 8942 0294. supremebowling. org.uk.

West Wimbledon Society Table Tennis Club Friendly social table tennis club in Raynes Park welcomes new members (sorry not complete beginners). 020 8947 3564.

Surbition Bowls Club Alexandra Rec, Tolworth.

Open days Sat/Sun 20/21 April from 2.30pm . Roll ups Tuesday evenings from 5:50pm. Small friendly mixed club (35 players.)

New members very welcome. David 020 8224 2385.

From The Ground Up local affordable organic box scheme - Kingston’s own - fresh organic veg, fruit, bread, cheese and preserves at exceptional price. Collection every Saturday from Kingston or Surbiton. fgu@ttkingston.org for details Surbiton Croquet Club Where: Alexandra Drive, Berrylands. Croquet is a game for all ages and abilities. All welcome at very friendly club, including (especially!) complete beginners. Free introductory croquet coaching sessions. Contact Chris Osmond 020 8330 6698 From the Ground Up, Kingston’s only not for profit organic food scheme. No box required. Local, affordable organic. For more details google: organic food Kingston

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All getting ready for jingle bells at the New Malden Farmers’ Market @ The Fountain Pub Car park OH WHAT FUN will be had at the next market on Saturday 13th December. This will be a bumper Christmas market at the later time of 2pm to 7pm.

Many new stalls have already signed up and there will be festive spirit in abundance with much dressing up, Christmas lights and of course a lot of ho, hoing going on! A charity raffle is to take place with the support of the Chessington and Hook under 12s football team that the market has sponsored.

The November market saw over 500 people visiting to pick up their poppies from the British Legion stall as well as the many delicious treats from the varied food stalls reinforced by the arts and crafts stalls of Simply Silver and Amber Glass. The weather played its part for a change with the initial drizzle fading away with the increasing number of shoppers tempted by market

specials and offers. Another charitable donation was made from the money the market raises. This time it was a £500 cheque going to Genesis Research Trust which raises money for the largest UK-based collection of scientists and clinicians who are researching the causes and cures for conditions that affect the health of women and babies.

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Monday 10am to 11.30am Tots In Tow St John’s Church, Kingston Road Contact Debbie McCarthy 07887 724139 1.15 pm 3.15pm. St James Tiddlers Group We welcome all parents and toddlers, plus big sisters and brothers when they’re on holidays. St James Church Hall, Bodley Rd Contact Angie: 020 8942 2093 9.15 - 11.15 Stay and Play (0-18 months) - New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561.

Bumps and Babies under 1 NCT coffee morning, fortnightly Mondays. 10am to 11.30am. The Watchman Pub, New Malden. All welcome. NCT members and nonmembers. For more information and to confirm the next meeting date please contact newmaldennctcoffee@gmail. com Tuesday 10am to 11.45am St Joseph’s Toddler Group St Joseph’s R C Church, Montem Road 9.30am to 11.30am Sparkles United Reformed Church, Cavendish Hall, Cavendish Road Contact Peggy Cox 020 8949 3402 to visit. 9-11.30 Stay and Play New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Wednesday 10am to 11.30am Tots in Tow (see Monday) 10am and 11.45 ST Joseph’s Toddler Group (see Tuesday).

12.30pm - 3.pm Stay and Play (0 - 5 years) - New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Thursday 9.45 to 11.30am Methodist Church Parent and Toddler Group Methodist Church, High Street, Contact Julia Morton 020 8942 1288. 9.30am to 12.30pm 9.30 - 12 noon Childminders’ drop in including school holidays, Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Road, 0208 942 2559 10.30-11am Story Time for age 2.5+ at New Malden Library Friday 9.30am to 11.30am Christ Church Parent and Toddler Group Christ Church, Coombe Road Contact Susie Gregerson 020 8241 9423.

9.45am to 11.15am Tadpoles Parent and Toddler Group New Malden Baptist Church, Kingston Road 020 8942 6912 – not a drop in session so call first. 10.30-11.00am Rhyme Time for age 0-3 at New Malden Library 9-12.Toy Library New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561. Also at NMCC Breastfeeding Support Group - 10.00 - 12.00 - first week of the month Twins Support Group - 10.00 - 12.00 - Second and fourth weeks of the month, Tuesday-Friday Parent and Toddler Play Sessions Dickerage Lane Adventure Playground Dickerage Lane, Daniel Slocombe 020 8942 1707, Saturday 10-12noon Who let the dads out is at Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Lane, New Malden Runs the third Saturday of every month. 10am-12pm Stay and Play - Dads group - - first Saturday of every month New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561.VVoice

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Christmas Jumper Day 2014 It’s fun, fashionable and festive: it’s the Christmas jumper. Put the date in your diaries: Friday 12 December is Christmas Jumper Day 2014. By Lola Skye According to the internet, the definition of an ‘ugly Christmas jumper’ is ‘any jumper with a Christmas theme that is considered in bad taste, tacky or gaudy.’

Yet last year, a whole load of celebrities, including Myleene Klass, Julie Walters, Gok Wan and Dom Joly were spotted taking part in the festive jumper action.

Why? Well, it was all because of an event called ‘Christmas Jumper Day.’ Christmas Jumper Day 2014 is on Friday 12 December and is a national fundraising campaign organised by the charity Save the Children. The day is all about ‘making the world better with a sweater’ - raising valuable funds by donating £2 to Save the Children and wearing a Christmas jumper. Everyone can join

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Although Christmas Jumper Day has been running for three years, the whole concept of festive knitwear is not a new one. In the UK, they first caught on during the 1980s and the trend was led by a variety of funky TV presenters.

Unfortunately, during this time, the jumpers gained their ‘ugly’ reputation due to their ‘tacky’ embellishments and therefore they became reserved for the old and the ‘un-cool’. However, in 2010 they made a major comeback, as Amazon reported that sales had increased by 600% and by 2012 the Daily Telegraph described them as ‘this season’s must have’.

So, what changed? Well, people realised that Christmas jumpers did not necessarily need to be goofy or embarrassing: whilst off-the-wall designs are still on offer, high street brands are also increasingly producing stylish options for the more fashionconscious. You know it’s a hot trend when Topshop is involved (last year they produced 34 different designs of Christmas jumper) and even super-luxurious high fashion brands such as Burberry and Jil Sander are all Christmas cosy.

In 2014, nearly half of us own a Christmas-themed jumper and, thanks to Christmas Jumper Day, they are now a way of looking good and doing good.

Let’s help to ‘make the world better with a sweater’ in New Malden this December. Sign up your workplace, school or group of friends at www. jumpers.savethechildren.org.uk.

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100g butter 1 tbsp olive oil 1 leek, trimmed and chopped 2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped 75g ready to eat dried apricots, finely chopped 150g fresh white breadcrumbs 100g cooked chestnuts, finely chopped 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves 5.4kg oven-ready turkey, giblets removed 16 cocktail sausages 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon Fresh herbs, to garnish 1 Heat half the butter and the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the leek and shallots for 6-7 minutes

until softened. Remove from the heat and stir in the apricots, breadcrumbs, chestnuts and half the thyme leaves. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and leave to cool.

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3 Cover the turkey with a tent of buttered foil and roast in the preheated oven for the calculated cooking time, basting occasionally. Uncover the turkey for the last 45 minutes until the skin is golden and the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of one thigh. If the juices still run slightly pink return the turkey to the oven for a further 15-20 minutes then check again.

4 Leave the turkey, loosely covered with foil, in a warm place to rest for at least 20 minutes. Stretch the bacon rashers with the back of a knife and cut each rasher in half. Wrap the short rashers around the cocktail sausages, securing with a cocktail stick. Place in baking tray and cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden and cooked through. Drizzle a couple of spoonfuls of juices from the turkey over the stuffing in the dish and cook in the oven at the same time as the bacon-wrapped sausages for 20 minutes.

5 Serve the turkey on a large warmed platter with the bacon-wrapped sausages and garnished with fresh herbs. Serve the extra stuffing separately along with all the usual festive vegetables.

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Thomas Cromwell: Villain or Hero?

by Stephen Kuhrt

Dr Tracy Borman speaking on her book: Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s most Faithful Servant at Christ Church, New Malden Thursday 4th December 8.00 pm When it comes understanding characters from the past, most of us prefer very clear distinctions to be drawn between those who were good and those who were evil. The immensely popular Tudor period is often interpreted in this manner with people frequently showing remarkable commitment to defending their take on its ‘goodies’ and ‘baddies’.

For a long time, Thomas Cromwell, chief minister of Henry VIII throughout most of the 1530s, has firmly existed within the latter category. Within both Robert Bolt’s play A Man for All Seasons and the numerous films made of Henry’s reign, Cromwell is frequently portrayed as the dastardly and cynical counterpart

to the saintly Thomas More. And there is certainly plenty of ammunition here: Cromwell’s leading role in the King’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon, the subsequent Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the machinations involved in the downfall of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn.

During the last few years, however, this perspective has been dramatically challenged through the novels of Hilary Mantel. Within the amazingly successful Wolf Hall and then its sequel Bring Up the Bodies, Mantel presents a strikingly different picture, with Thomas Cromwell presented much more sympathetically. The ruthless schemer is replaced by a man who is earnest and warm, with devotion to his family, a good sense of humour and sincerity of religious conviction among his primary characteristics. Anticipated by James Frain’s sensitive portrayal of Cromwell in TV’s The Tudors, Mantel’s novels have brought about a remarkable rehabilitation with one of history’s great villains now perceived in a much more favourable light. But Mantel’s books are novels and given the license this genre provides for imaginative reconstruction, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies have opened up the issues surrounding the interpretation of Thomas Cromwell for further

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investigation rather than providing their definitive resolution.

I n her recently published book Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s most Faithful Servant, Dr Tracy Borman has responded to this challenge.

Resident of New Malden and a member of Christ Church, Tracy has examined the extensive sources which exist for Cromwell’s life, notably the minister’s voluminous correspondence, to produce an outstanding biography of this complex and intriguing man. Uncovering a great deal of fresh evidence, Tracy provides a compelling narrative of the foundational events of Cromwell’s early life, the abilities that brought him so swiftly into power, the masterly control that he operated as Henry’s minister and the mistakes and court rivalries that led to his dramatic fall from power and execution in 1540. For fans of the Tudor period, the results of this are fascinating as events such as the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the demise of Anne Boleyn, the Anne of Cleves fiasco and the general nature of Henry VIII’s court come to life as never before.

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Thursday 4th December when she gives her final talk on Thomas Cromwell this year at Christ Church, New Malden. Admission will be free but with a retiring collection for the campaign against Human Trafficking. Do come along to hear Tracy speak and make up your own mind on whether Thomas Cromwell was a villain, a hero or something in between!

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I’m dreaming of a green Christmas Pippa Greenwood

With Christmas just around the corner, there is always plenty to do. True the garden side of things may be a little less busy than usual, but everything else seems to be going into overdrive.

I love giving presents, whether that gift is a thing of beauty or something totally practical. With gardening as one of the nation’s top pastimes, here are a few ideas for things which I am sure most green fingered friends would be delighted to receive.

If you know a newish gardener then the basic tools are always well received, especially if you choose good quality, sturdy ones. So think fork, spade and rake – yes, they are difficult to wrap but worth the effort.

For anyone gripped by the Grow Your Own bug you could give one of my ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood ‘ gift cards – they choose the veg they want to grow and I send them out, at the right time for planting and accompanied by weekly advice and tips emails….it couldn’t be simpler! Find out more at www.pippagreenwood.com Weeding is always an issue so a hoe is useful or for smaller spaces (such as in between plants, in gravel, between paving, or to tackle weeds within planters) try the hand held red-handled weeders – I think they’re indispensable.

A few packets of vegetable seeds are always appreciated and most garden centres already have a good variety in stock. If you want to spend a bit more, a heated propagator makes a fantastic gift.

With tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and many of the fancier ornamentals needing to be sown soon, it’ll be a gift put to use straight away.

Gardening gloves too are something we can always have more of. Some of the gauntlet style gloves are perfect if you have to tackle a pruning job on a thorny plant or one with really rough or sharp leaves.

Alternatively, there are many lower-priced types available with gripping pads on the fingers or with leather toughened strips across the knuckles. Classic greens, ravishing reds or funky florals, gloves are definitely not boring.

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For the ‘other half’ who is less inclined to help with the tough jobs in the garden, admit defeat and give them a garden lounger or even a hammock.

As container gardening continues to rise in popularity, another idea is to give a few gorgeous looking containers - either empty for the friend or relative to decide what to put in it themselves, or make them into a complete gift by planting them up with a selection of plants and under planting them with bulbs which you know will bring extra delight next year.

Finally, houseplants such as poinsettias, cyclamen, indoor azaleas and jasmines are perfect for providing bright colour indoors at this time of year. But remember when you buy any indoor plant during cold weather, it is essential that you protect it thoroughly on the journey from the shop to your car and from your car into your house as even a tiny exposure to cold drafts and low temperatures can cause damage.

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A Malden Man Famous New Malden residents

If you’re interested in hearing some of his music, the best place to start would be his seminal 1973 masterpiece Solid Air, an incredible piece of work and of the defining albums of that decade.

It recently came to my notice that singer songwriter John Martyn (1948-2009) used to live in New Malden, which prompted me to do some research in to other famous New Maldeners.

CBE, DBE, sex symbol, 60s icon, stage and screen actress and all round national treasure Dame Diana Rigg was also a resident of New Malden.

Perhaps best known for her role as Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers, Rigg had an illustrious career. After making her stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959, and in 1971 she made her Broadway debut.

If you’ve never heard of John Martyn (OBE), he was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Martyn released 21 studio albums over a 40-year career and worked with artists such as David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton.

The Times newspaper once described him as “an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues”. Martyn was actually born in Beechcroft Avenue, New Malden and was a key figure in the British folk scene in the1960s.

Max Wall (1908-1990) was an English comedian and actor who also, at one time, resided in New Malden.

He will be mostly remembered for his comedic strutting stage personaProfessor Wallofski. (Worth checking out on YouTube- he had some nifty footwork and there’s no doubting his status as a one-off).

Incidentally the great John Cleese acknowledged Wall’s influence (as Professor Wallofski) on his own Ministry of Silly Walks sketch for Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

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Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (1924-2013) was born in New Malden. He was an abstract modernist sculptor who used unwanted industrial metal objects for his work.

He honed his modernist ambitions through working as an assistant to the legendary sculptor Henry Moore, early on in his career. In the 1960’s he was introduced to the American sculptor David Smithin, which led to him abandoning his ‘figurative’ style for a more industrial style, which saw him weld and bolt together pieces of steel to ‘construct’ his sculptures.

Caro was lauded as the greatest British sculptor of his generation.

If you know of any other famous New Malden residents past or present, drop us a line- we’d love to hear from you.

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V H B E E Q H J P K M U J F P O L I T E S

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Santa’s Grotto

Buy One, get 2nd Child FREE, with this voucher.

Grotto entry £3.95, includes a special gift.

Name: .........................

E-Mail: ..........................

Your Local Department Store HIGH STREET • NEW MALDEN TELEPHONE: 020 8942 2277

www.tudorwilliamsltd.co.uk

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