Rector: Rev Chris Bessant 01428 658107 rector@haslemereparish.org
Curate: Rev Justin Manley-Cooper revjustin@haslemereparish.org
Verger: St Bartholomew’s
Carol Skeates 01428 642662
Parish Office
The Link, Derby Road
Haslemere GU27 1BS
Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 9am-3pm office@haslemereparish.org www.haslemereparish.org 01428 644578
Parish Administrator, Electoral Roll Officer and Link Bookings:
Kari Hayden Contact Parish Office. Safeguarding Officer
LLM (Reader)
Peter Sellars
midsummer4peter@gmail.com
Director of Music & Organist Clive Osgood 07747 785 940
Older Children’s Worker
Verity Sutherland children@haslemereparish.org
Children & Families Worker Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org
First Steps
Mondays in St Christopher’s 0-5 Year Olds Sophie Bessant & Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org Treasurer Andrew Culshaw: 07889 855239
Gift
Facilities for the disabled; Both Churches and The Link at St Bartholomew’s have ramped access and space for wheelchairs. Toilets suitable for use by the disabled are available in The Link and at St Christopher’s.
Facilities for the hard of hearing; Both churches and The Link have Sound amplification and hearing loops.
Facilities for the visually Impaired; Both churches have good interior lighting and large print weekly notice sheets and service sheets.
Please recycle this magazine when you have read it. Either into paper recycling, or better still, pass it on to a friend
Bell-ringers
Paul Bagshaw 01428 656129
Friends of the Parish
Chris Lemar 01428 651435
Flowers
St Bartholomew’s
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
St Christopher’s
Frances Reincke 01428 607206
Church Care Group
Roscelin Rees 01428 651561
Churchyards
Philip Hunt 01428 644120
Pastoral Visitors
Church Office 01428 644578
Pastoral Assistants
Ruth Pattenden 01428 653033
Ros Webb 01428 648916
Bereavement Visitors
Linda Donaldson 01428 644473
Frances Gaiter 01428 648843
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
Mothers’Union Treasurer
Sue Davis 01428 661115
BRF Representative
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
Magazine Secretary
Jane Slevin 07949 633979 office@haslemereparish.org
Magazine Advertisements Manager: Geoff Martin 01428 641907
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is:
Jackie Broadfoot 07918 559387
jackie.broadfoot@cofeguildford.org.uk
Safe Spaces, an independent service supporting survivors of church-related abuse.
Telephone: 0300 303 1056
Email safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk
WebChat via the Safe Spaces website
For all emergencies call 999
The Single Point of Access (SPA) Children and Adult Service social workers. Direct information, advice and guidance about where and how to find appropriate support for children and families:
Surrey 0300 470 9100 (children) cspa@surreycc.gov.uk (adult) acsmash@surreycc.gov.uk
Domestic Abuse
Surrey - YourSanctuary 01483 776822
24hr National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247
Childline 0800 1111
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSPCC 0808 800 5000 or help@nspcc.org.uk NSPCC Sign Video link nspcc.org.uk/aboutus/contact-us
Samaritans 116123 or jo@samaritans.org
Modern Day Slavery Helpline 0800 01210700
Mental Health Crisis Helpline 0300 5000 101
Open 5.00pm - 9.00am Monday to Friday 24 hours cover at weekends inc Bank
Holidays
SMS texting facility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing: 07717 989024
Stop it Now! 0808 1000 900 www.stopitnow.org.uk
I’m not a very enthusiastic mower of my lawns, even though I’ve got quite a lot of grass at the Rectory, front and back. All told it will take about three hours to cut it with my machines, much of which sees me plodding backwards and forwards to the compost pile at the end of garden. Laziness quickly sets-in, so I’ll just do one area and leave the rest to another day. Meanwhile, the most recently cut grass just grows again! For this reason, I’ve never actually ‘finished’ cutting my grass.
Finishing anything is never so simple as it sounds. How does an artist decide when a painting is finished? Have you ever finished cleaning your house? Is your golf-swing finished? Perhaps some different language is required – I might stop, but I’ll never finish. Back in my old days of writing software, the team would release the package for customer use full in the knowledge that there were glitches and crashes that remained unsolved. Many times I’ve worked all night and day to fix a particularly difficult ‘last’ problem only to then find another waiting behind it.
In our fevered society we don’t have a nice positive vocabulary for ‘it’s okay’, ‘good enough’ or ‘that will do’. Such phrases always sound a bit defeatist, especially when we are constantly shown public exemplars like high-achievers and perfectionists. Yet, what I see often - oh so very often - is the stress of people trying to do too much, working too hard, committing too far, and with the result that they get caught in a downward circular warp that leads to the deception that more is always better.
Sometimes I get caught up in that mindset myself, but I balance all of the imperfections and failures of my life with the salving thought that only Jesus Christ is perfect. It wasn’t that he was super-human (you can get in a theological tangle on that one), it’s because he was both the Son of Man and Son of God fused together in an eternal and glorious union that we call the incarnation. Don’t worry if you can’t fully understand that - no one else does either. It’s a holy mystery we hold by faith.
Is it any wonder that, in a world where so many do not have a relationship with Christ, they instead set up others as perfect champions, and then try to emulate them? Disappointment follows in every direction, and in some cases with damaging consequence for health.
Summertime (I hope) will provide to you times of rest and reflection, where the place of Christ can rise fully in your hearts and minds. May his peace be found as much in the warmth of the long evening sunshine, as also in the soft rain that brings life into the garden - and makes the grass grow…….which reminds me, I must go and cut the grass again.
God bless you all with rest, hope and love.
Rector Chris
On Sunday June 18th 2023, the congregation at St Christopher’s celebrated Mary Kirkman’s 102nd Birthday. Mary was presented with a card and a rose bush called ‘Birthday Wishes’ and a rendition of Happy Birthday. In return Mary had made her own delicious birthday cake which, along with the usual prosecco served after the Praying on Sunday service, resulted in a lovely party and was enjoyed by all.
Photos by Liz Cook.
St Christopher’s recently lost a much-loved member of their congregation, Brigadier John Jackson. For many years John did the declaration of remembrance at our Remembrance Day Services and always looked resplendent in his medals. He enjoyed our garden parties with gusto and was a most amusing and interesting man. The stoicism he showed whilst in constant pain from his damaged back was a lesson to us all. His daughters Fiona and Jane have kindly given us this lovely photo of John and his obituary below. He was a much loved friend to so many and we will all miss him greatly.
Brigadier John Albert Jackson was born on 18th December 1935 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He was the middle child of five, with two elder and two younger sisters. His early life was humble, yet fulfilling, and he described himself as a typical, stubborn, Yorkshireman.
He went to the local grammar school where he showed a strong aptitude for singing, piano, and theory of music. John left school at the age of sixteen and went to work for Dorman Long (a steel producer best known for constructing the Sydney Harbour Bridge) but carried on studying for the Associated Board of Music exams, pursuing what became a lifelong interest. He was offered a Scholarship by The Royal Academy of Music in London but at the age of eighteen National Service beckoned and he joined the Royal Army Pay Corps, initially posted to Stockbridge, near Winchester, where in his spare time he was able to continue his music studies under the guidance of the Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral.
John enjoyed military life and showed his leadership qualities, prompting his CO to recommend him for Officer Training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, starting in January 1956. He became a Junior Under Officer and was awarded the end of course prize in ‘Modern Subjects ’(Politics and Economics) before being commissioned into the RAOC.
His initial posting after Sandhurst was to Cyprus where he met a British Forces
teacher called Monica, the Deputy Headmistress at the Forces School, whom he married in 1960 and they then spent 52 very happy years together.
Throughout 1961, John attended the year-long Ammunition and Technical Officers’ (ATO) course at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham after which he was posted to Liverpool as ATO, North West District which was where their first child, Fiona, was born in 1962. After attending an Ordnance Officers’ course, the family was then posted to Berlin, where Jane was born in 1965.
John was always interested in horses, firstly at Sandhurst then in Cyprus, regularly hunting and playing polo. In Berlin this equine interest was continued within the Berlin British Services Saddle club, which he ran. Horseracing was also to feature in John's post-army life some years later.
He was selected for the Army Staff Course, Camberley and moved there in 1967 but before doing so, John studied for and successfully passed A levels in Economics and Economic History and an O Level in Accountancy, exams he had missed out on at school. After successfully completing the ASC, he was posted to Far East Land Forces (FARELF), Singapore which provided many Staff challenges - a major reinforcement exercise involving all three services of nine countries, the logistics plan for the eventual withdrawal of forces from FARELF, and the coordinated relief plan for East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the flood disaster of 1971. John also planned and co-ordinated the 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore involving 32 countries and 26 Heads of State after which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
In 1972 he was posted to Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) Bramley, Surrey and undertook additional specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training then taking over as Officer Commanding (OC) 321 EOD with responsibilities for bomb disposal in Northern Ireland. 1972 was a very significant time in NI with a very challenging workload and constant Extremely High Readiness to act. Bombing campaigns increased with hijacked trains, bombs inside petrol tankers, damage to prestige buildings in major cities, and the increasingly ingenious and deadly use of devices in the countryside supported by cleverly disguised booby traps in culverts and within walls all aimed to kill service personnel but particularly EOD specialists.
In June 1974 whilst in Belfast, John was called to Andersonstown Police Station following a report of a suspicious vehicle. The immediate action had been to put a cordon around the area. John arrived at the cordon and asked for the Command Post only to be mistakenly directed by the nervous young soldier towards the suspicious vehicle which exploded as John approached, blowing him through a shop’s plate glass window. A trip to Musgrave Hospital was required to remove shards of glass from his back but no X Rays were taken which would have shown
damage to his spine, a problem that would haunt him throughout the rest of his life.
For his service leading 321 EOD, John was awarded the George Medal for acts of great bravery and gallantry.
His GM citation relates that, “He has personally attended over 100 bomb incidents and was involved in the successful neutralisation of over 50 devices. He always appeared completely calm and his cool methodical approach to the task of defusing the most destructive terrorist weapons was an inspiration to all ATOs and a source of admiration and respect to the security forces with whom he worked.”
Felix - the cat with nine lives. No wonder 321 EOD remain the most decorated unit in the British Army.
His next posting was to the Adjutant General’s Secretariat in the MOD, London, which also afforded him the opportunity of resuming singing with the London Choral Society. Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel came alongside a posting to HQ BAOR in Rheindahlen, Germany. In 1978 he was posted to become Commander of RAOC for 2nd Armoured Division in Lübbecke and was then promoted to Colonel in 1979 and returned to HQ BAOR. A further appointment in the MOD, London, in the Military Secretary’s office was followed by promotion to Brigadier and a posting as Commander, Bicester Garrison, the Army’s largest stores depot. Proximity to Oxford also afforded him the opportunity to join the Oxford Bach Choir and continue his love of singing.
In 1985 he returned to the MOD as Director of Supply Operations, responsible for the Army’s stores, vehicles, ammunition, and petroleum depots throughout the UK. In 1989, at the age of 53, and after a life of military service, John retired from the Army and moved to Dorset.
John remained active afterwards becoming Secretary of the Horserace Betting Levy Board in London and later Deputy Chairman of the Dorset NHS Trust. He supported his wife Monica through her last years before she died in 2013.
In his latter years John remained an avid reader and would literally read a newspaper from cover to cover. He was engaging on almost any topic, from politics to sport to the arts. His mind remained sharp and he continued to take a genuine interest in everyone around him, but his body yielded to his military injuries with several operations endeavouring to relieve the issues around his spine and the constant pain he suffered. He remained very smartly dressed, rarely without a tie, and an example to his four grandchildren of whom he was very proud. Latterly he resided at Oak Hall Care Home in Haslemere, close to the love
and support of his two daughters .
His grandchildren were asked for their lasting memories of John - the prime view was of a thoughtful, humorous, gentleman, who was undoubtedly brave, inspiring, and in their eyes a very much loved hero. However, the most often used word in messages of condolence from friends and family has been the word ‘legend’
He leaves us bereft but with wonderful memories of a very full life.
Obituary provided by the family, via Frances Reincke
Haslemere has a new community radio station online and smart speaker at the moment but the station hopes to be on DAB Digital Radio soon working with colleagues at Shine Radio in Petersfield and Wey Valley Radio in Alton.
Radio Haslemere has been created by parishioner Jamie Crick who previously worked on Delta Radio. Says Jamie, “Haslemere is unique as virtually the only area of England with limited TV and Radio coverage. Also as a unique town with so many events and festivals it makes sense to build a transmission system and provide a place to hear local bands and information”.
The station is designed to include everyone from U3A members to young people keen to work in media and get some experience.
Says Jamie, “I have one rule for the music - every song should be good and accessible to all”.
Jamie’s experience includes working on Classic FM, BBC Surrey, BBC Sussex and he currently hosts Jazz FM afternoons.
Says Jamie, “I love radio and the way it connects with people through so many platforms”.
The station is not for profit and is hoping for local involvement so if you have something to say or an idea for a programme you can always say hi at
hello@radiohaslemere.com.
So far we’ve had news on the Haslemere Players, The Fringe, Soup Recipes and we’re looking forward to recording locals at Haselwey and of course Chris and Justin have been on.
Says Jamie, “We have so many people with things to say and great talents locally so get me off and make this your station - I’ll provide the tech”.
Summer playlist:
Summer Breeze - Isley Brothers
Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong version is THE BEST
Wind Parade - Donald Byrd
Lovely Day - Jose James and Lalah Hathaway version
Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Good Times - Chic
More Than Words - Extreme
Save Me San Francisco - Train
Late Night Talking - Harry Styles
Dylan's Ice Cream, Haslemere is one of two runners-up in the UK’s first ever Ice Cream Parlour of the Year competition - making it one of the best ice cream parlours in the country. The competition was sponsored by Antonelli.co.uk. and was organised by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA) - the industry’s trade association.
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I’m amazingly proud of what our staff have created. It is a great showcase for what we do in our town,” commented founder and owner Ben Govier. “Care is taken in all aspects of the parlour. From making the ice cream from scratch, not buying in flavourings, but using the fruit that is available locally as the season dictates and making all the inclusions ourselves. We take a lot of trouble to make sure the parlour fits in with the local community, with the events we run and the flavours we create to support these.”
In 2008 Ben started making ice cream on a local farm and selling it from an ice
cream van he bought off eBay. In 2014 he opened the ice cream parlour in Haslemere in an old shoe shop.
Dylan's Ice Cream is at 1 Junction Place in Haslemere, Surreywww.dylansicecream.co.uk
Entrants were judged on their premises, machinery, equipment and utensils, working practices, hygiene standards, allergen information, packaging type, management controls and finally, ice cream quality and display. Three finalists were visited by an independent and professional mystery shopping companyfrom whose report the runners-up were selected.
“Congratulations to Dylan's Ice Cream for being one of our two runners-up in the UK Ice Cream Parlour of the Year Competition. What a fantastic achievement,” commented ICA President Katy Alston. “This award gave parlours a chance to shout about their creativity, professionalism and customer service and for our sector to showcase the very best parlours in the country.”
The Ice Cream Alliance Parlour of the Year 2023 is sponsored by Antonelli.co.uk a major UK manufacturer of waffle, wafer and sugar cones and supplier of ice cream ingredients to the trade. The company was founded in 1912.
“The Ice Cream Parlour of the Year competition has been several years in the making, so it is with great joy that we are finally here and Antonelli are proud to support it,” commented Mark Antonelli, Director of Sales & Technical Support.
“Arguably the last couple of years in the ice cream trade have been the most difficult in most of our lifetimes. Investing in a parlour business by continuing to maintain the highest of standards, will not only instil pride in those who work there, but build on the relationship with customers. The Ice Cream Parlour of the Year competition recognises this commitment and will I trust add value to the runners-up parlours reputation.”
“Congratulations to a very worthy runnerup, Dylan's Ice Cream, from all at Antonelli.”
For further information on the ICA and Parlour of the Year 2023 visit: www.icecream.org
Simon Brookes, Borough PRJOHN COLEMAN, a keen watercolour painter, first started his journey into iconography while residing at Hilfield Friary in Dorset. An icon is a religious painting popular in the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Russia. They inspire prayer which may be a channel of divine grace and sanctification.
After researching icon-writing using egg tempera and the pigments that would have been used at the time, he created the first of many carefully researched icons. His research took him on both visits and stays with Coptic monks in Egypt, and on many other travels, during which he studied pigments, techniques, and traditional writings. He became renowned as one of the finest icon-writers, certainly in the UK, if not internationally.
Many of the great and ‘ordinary’ visited his simple small flat and studio in Dorset. They were always welcomed to talk about John’s great passions of icons, steam trains, railways, and bell-ringing; or he would teach others how to write icons. He died in August 2021.
You may find his ‘Icon of the Virgin of Tenderness of Vladimir’ in Truro Cathedral, commissioned in 2010.
I invite you to participate. One way of using the icon is to sit still, and let the call of Mary’s eyes draw you into the closeness there is between a child and its mother. As you remember what is before her and the sadness, perhaps you could remember a sadness of your own or another. Now look at how Christ comforts Mary, and as you look, imagine him comforting you or the people you are remembering. Pray to Christ and his mother as you look.
The origin of this icon was in 1125 AD where an unknown iconographer in Constantinople wrote (painted) it for the Cathedral of Vladimir. It can now be found today in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Seen in other icons depicting the infant Christ, it became a tradition to show spiritual maturity in Christ.
Mary’s left hand is seen gesturing towards Christ to indicate ‘He is the one’.
It is easy to think that such ‘Tenderness Icons’ depict the natural tenderness of a mother towards her baby, but they have a deeper meaning. Mary is seen moments after the Presentation in the Temple when Simeon had said to her “a sword shall pierce your own soul also” (Luke 2:35). Pondering what Simeon meant after a future event, Mary cradles Christ in her arms and partly enfolds him protectively in her mantle, her soft gaze directed straight at us as if to personally engage us.
Christ offers his mother His tender love and compassion. We are imperceptibly drawn in to sharing a mystical moment when the love of God in Christ embraces a human being. We might pray for the manifest love of a 21st century Russian Vladimir to show tenderness and peace to the people of Ukraine.
Peter Sellars
Philip Hunt
I am sure everyone will agree that the experimental planting of wild flower seeds along the verge in Derby Road last Autumn, and again in the Spring, has produced a wonderful display of colour including oxeye daisies, poppies and cornflowers. (See photos on p.34). The area set aside in the main churchyard has produced less colour but some interesting grasses provide a habitat for wildlife. Those involved and the team from The Den should be very pleased with the result.
At long last, there appears to have been some progress on the long awaited restoration of the grave of former Rector, the Revd Sanders Etheridge. Quarried stone, meeting the required quality standard, has now been sourced and the first batch arrived in the stonemason’s yard a couple of weeks ago. The large section required for the Celtic cross was being despatched as a separate consignment. I will endeavour to ensure that contact is maintained.
Two of the health and safety signs displayed in the main churchyard have been damaged - whether deliberately or accidentally is not clear. Revd Chris has the pattern and has kindly offered to take this in hand. Fortunately, incidences of minor vandalism are rare compared with a spate a couple of years or so ago. With little more to report, largely because of taking two holidays within six weeks, perhaps I should dig once again into my modest archive of previous enquiries reflecting the lives of those at rest in our churchyards. Haslemere and its environs were, towards the end of the nineteenth century, increasingly seen as an attractive and, furthermore, healthy place to live. The rebuilding of St Bartholomew’s in 1870/71 was driven by the needs of a growing population which had continued to grow since the arrival of the railway in 1859.
One such notable who made Haslemere his home was Sir Archibald Geikie who is buried in Derby Road churchyard. The ashes of his daughters are also interred in his grave. Geikie was a founder and first Chairman of the Haslemere Museum, a distinguished geologist and former President of the Royal Society. At the time of a previous enquiry, in August 2018, the grave was in good condition having been spruced up a few years earlier by representatives from the Museum. The attached photographs show this to good effect. The grave now is in less than pristine condition and in danger of being dwarfed by rhododendron and other species, as shown in the recent photo. Derby Road churchyard is something of a problem in that it easily becomes overwhelmed by brambles. How to best manage this, along with Waverley’s contractor, is something which must be addressed. It is unacceptable if there is not proper access to graves.
Sir Archibald Geikie was born on 28 December 1835 in Edinburgh. He became the foremost advocate of the fluvial (sediments deposited by a stream or river) theories of erosion. In 1855 Geikie was appointed to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and ten years later he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1867 he became Director of the separate Geological Survey of Scotland followed, in 1882, by his appointment as Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. He was a prolific author publishing over 200 scientific papers, survey memoirs, books and articles and lectured widely all over the world. He was
knighted in 1891. He served as President of the Royal Society from 1908 to 1913 when, newly appointed to the Order of Merit, he retired to Haslemere. He lived at ‘Shepherds Down’ in Hill Road in a house designed by his wife and daughters.
Following the death of Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, the founder of Haslemere Museum, Sir Archibald agreed to head up the management committee and start fund raising. Under his leadership the museum prospered and moved to the premises it occupies today. In December 2007 the Haslemere Society erected its first blue plaque at Shepherds Down in his memory. His significant collection at the Museum relates to hundreds of items of correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, watercolours, personal ephemera and geological specimens. He died on 10 November 1924.
The Haslemere u3a is for people who are either retired from fulltime employment, semi- retired or could be of interest to those working from home. Age is immaterial but a zest for life is - and the u3a provides an opportunity to enjoy favourite hobbies, create new interests and meet like-minded people.
Staying active, socializing, learning new skills and subjects and having fun in the so-called Third Age of life, are the basic aims of the u3a, as well as promoting physical and mental health through a veritable cornucopia of classes and activities.
An independent charity, the u3a was founded in 1995 and is based at the iconic Haslemere Hall, where thought provoking monthly talks are hosted, to which all are welcome free of charge, including non-members.
The Haslemere u3a has over 700 members and over 50 interest groups providing a wide range of stimulating activities from walks, tennis, bowling, pétanque, curling and cycling –both gentle and challenging – to bridge, book clubs, language groups, cookery classes, dancing, bird watching, and so much more. There are also various lunch clubs and wine appreciation classes which are highly popular.
Enrolment will take place on Monday 4th September at Haslemere Hall from 11.00am 1.00 pm and membership costs just £10.00 per annum. Class attendance fees are also minimal –tennis, for instance, is just £1.50 per two-hour session and many groups are free of charge! For more information, please go to the u3a website – u3asites.org.uk/haslemere
The Haslemere Art Society was founded in 1894 and has over 110 members both professional and amateur. The Society seeks to support and bring together local artists with a range of events and groups. There are regular talks and demonstrations at the Haslemere Educational Museum which are free for members but also open to non-members.
This year’s AGM was a landmark event in the Society’s history. Members of the committee who have worked tirelessly for many years finally passed the baton to a new team.
Kaja van Walt stepped down from her role as Chairperson, after 11 years and Olga Houghton was elected as the new Chairperson. Sarah van den Broek has taken over as Secretary from Brezetta Thonger and Sonya Vine is the new Membership Secretary.
Olga Houghton first visited Haslemere from Ontario, Canada, 9 years ago as the newly appointed Head of Art at Highfield School.
“(I) literally thought ‘WOW, look where I have landed!’ I was immediately drawn to our positive, charitable and vibrant community as well as our independent businesses who provide exciting opportunities to explore all manners of arts and crafts…. So When Kaja, former HAS chairperson, asked if I would be the new chairperson of Haslemere Art Society, I felt deeply honoured and delighted. I have big shoes to fill after Kaja led this lovely team for the last 11 years and I look forward to building upon what she had worked tirelessly to further develop.
In the sharing and celebrative spirit of Haslemere arts and crafts, my aim is to invite local creatives, craftspeople, potters, ceramicists and artists both emerging and established to join our society because it is what the foundation of Haslemere is built on after all and together we can keep that creative spirit alive.”
Also at the AGM, the President’s Award went to last year’s winner again. Roger Dellar had a table full of still life paintings to choose from, all in different media and styles.
Rachel Vitolo was awarded the prize for her ‘Three Glass Objects’ in polychromos pencils. After making his first choice, Roger went on to mention Olga Houghton’s ‘Golden Chrysanthemum’, oil on linen, followed by Deanna Reavley’s watercolour of ‘Tea Cups’ and finally Jane Larkin’s ‘Still Life with Glass’, digital art and prints.
You can find out more about Haslemere art society at www.haslemereartsociety.co.uk
Philip Duly
My favourite month of the year has always been June. The long days, light evenings, warm temperatures and glorious gardens are just some of the reasons I treasure every one of its thirty uplifting days.
For gardeners, there is however some solace when June gives way to July. That’s because, despite the roses, lupins, peonies and foxgloves being well past their best, our gardens are about to become more exciting still with the onset of the peak flowering season for delphiniums, monardas, salvias and heleniums. Moreover, the rapid growth that aconitums have quietly been making during May and June has probably gone unnoticed.
These beautiful, breathtaking herbaceous perennials are this month’s star plant. They are stunning, long-flowering and reliably hardy but, unfortunately, perhaps the most poisonous plant in your garden. It is for this reason that many gardeners refuse to grow them. They are missing something special.
I think the solution is to grow them in the back of a border where they are unlikely to come into contact with any part of your body.
The most common summer flowering aconitum napellus, common name monkshood, have dark blue, dense panicles of hooded flowers atop rigid, leafy stems. The upper sepal of each flower develops into a large, helmet-like structure that resembles the hood worn by medieval monks. Aconitum napellus blooms mid-summer and is supposed to be native to Europe but probably isn't since most aconitums are found in Asia. Aconitum carmichaelii is an equally attractive variety with violet blue flowers in late summer to early autumn. If grown carefully in the right position, they each deserve some space.
At this time of year I am often asked to supply a cake for some charity event or other and I have discovered that this is the most popular. It will cut into about 12-16 squares and is very easy to make.
Linda DonaldsonCake tin needed - a 12 x 9in tray bake or roasting tin.
Ingredients:
For the cake: For the icing
225g. (8oz.) butter, softened
225g. (8oz.) light muscovado sugar
275g. (10oz.) self-raising flour
2 level tsp. baking powder
4 large eggs
2 tbsp. milk
75g. (3oz.) butter, softened
225g. (8oz.) sifted icing sugar
2 tsp. milk
2 tsp. coffee essence
Walnut halves
2 tbsp. coffee essence (Waitrose has a bottle of Camp coffee with the baking things)
75g. (3oz.) chopped walnuts
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160/gas 4. Grease the tin and then line the base with non-stick baking parchment.
2. Measure all the cake measurements into a large bowl and beat until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface.
3. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cake has shrunk away from the sides of the tin and springs back when pressed in the centre with your fingertips. Leave to cool in the tin.
4. To make the icing, beat together the butter, icing sugar, milk and coffee essence. Spread evenly over the cold cake using a palette knife and then decorate with the walnut halves and cut into pieces.
Dear All,
We have just enjoyed a trip to the island of Borneo to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary - Coral according to Mrs Beeton. We did also incorporate ticking off seeing orangutans from our bucket list while we were at it. Not only the orangutans in the sanctuary but also in the wild on the Kinabantangan River. We also saw many other exotic creatures - I hadn't even heard of the Western tarsier shown above but also sun bears, giant red flying squirrels, proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants, hornbills and the paradise tree snake. We enjoyed coral reefs in three locations. Close to one uninhabited island, where we were the sole visitors, we even transplanted some live coral for future generations. On another I got rather closer to a reef shark than I would have liked but there was a profusion of coral on all the reefs and so many anemones and clown fish. Best of all my favourite reef fish - the Moorish idol. It wasn't all active - we spent some time on a beautiful tropical island where we could relax completely.
Debbie Peet
To mark our Golden Wedding Anniversary, we decided to have a series of celebrations including visits to different locations that had been on our wish list, at the same time incorporating our combined interests of gardens, social history and steam railways! Several of these were in the Manchester area, so we planned a trip.
We first read about Castlefield Viaduct in the National Trust magazine. This explained how the Trust was working with local community groups and had converted part of the 330 metres long disused viaduct in Salford into a garden in the sky, thus emulating the much longer High Line in New York City. Within the 100 metres or so of viaduct that has been developed so far, there is a pond with surrounding planting, an edible garden and wildlife friendly areas to attract visitors to explore more closely. The remaining 200 plus metres section has been simply left to nature, untouched since the railway line and Manchester Central Station (now a conference centre) closed in 1969. The viaduct had been completed in 1892 to link an area which became the central hub for Manchester’s goods transportation network, combining canal, road and railway. The nearby Manchester Liverpool Road station was the original terminus of the world’s first inter-city passenger rail service between Liverpool and Manchester in 1830.
The Trust has been working with local community groups who have adopted beds on the viaduct and the whole experiment has resulted in 70% of visitors being nonmembers. This is part of the objective of making NT places more inclusive and to attract people without private transport. Visitors are asked for opinions on how to treat the untouched part - a meandering walk, wildlife garden, or whatever! It was fascinating to obtain a grandstand view over part of the city, including an aerial view of trains passing on an adjacent line!
Margaret and Philip Hunt
Readers may be aware of the challenges facing planning departments across the UK and not least here in Waverley which seems to be in some difficulty with the threat of ‘Special Measures’ hanging over it.
We had hoped to hear the result of our application by the end of June but as I write in mid-July our Planning Case Officer is unable to indicate quite when we may hear - although of course by the time you read this we may well have done!
In the meantime the team remains busy, not least working through the 16 things we need to produce to progress to Stage 3 of our £1M, YourFundSurrey application. This is the really important stage which will determine if we receive funding.
We have been out and about in the community gathering real evidence of the need for the Link Community Hub, meeting young people at The Den and The Place to Be, parents and carers at First Steps and at St Bartholomew’s School and the users of our Thursday Coffee Club and Hearing Clinic. That there is a very real need for affordable space to support people from the very youngest to the oldest is without doubt. Now our challenge is to articulate that in a convincing manner.
As we wait (and work!) please keep all those involved in the project in your prayers, not least those in Waverley BC, who are clearly under considerable stress, and pray for a successful outcome to our application.
At 80 degrees N, Svalbard is actually nearer the North Pole than the Arctic Circle (66.6 degrees N). We were on a small boat, formerly a survey ship, with just nine other passengers, meandering around the coast of this Norwegian archipelago. As we squeezed through pack ice and seas of floating icebergs we were met with stunning glacial landscapes. June midnight sun meant that it was as light at night as it was during the day. The amazing wildlife included whales, sea lions, lion seals, reindeer, walruses, arctic foxes, various arctic birds and of course polar bears! We were particularly fortunate to be able to spend an hour watching a mother bear and cub playing on the ice edge. On our final day both of us felt compelled to take the ‘polar plunge’ which was of course freezing! We felt privileged to have been able to see such a unique part of God’s wonderful creation.
Peter and Claire Gratton
Our youth groups, The Den and Summit have been enjoying the summer term and are progressing well.
On the 17th May we had a special session for both The Den and Summit, exploring music and worship thanks to the Rocksteady Music School and the 3 Counties Youth Band. The music school helped both groups explore different instruments and learn to play as a band. Then the 3 Counties Youth Band played the worship songs ‘10,000 Reasons’, ‘This is Amazing Grace’ and ‘Reckless Love’. Everyone was encouraged to join in with the songs, following the words on the screen; this was very moving. Many thanks to St Stephen’s for all their help and for letting us use their church and equipment.
With the stress of school exams, we next decided to have a Den session on ‘Success in God’s Eyes’ and focused on this topic during our discussion time. The kids decorated and took home a prayer journal. During this session we had a visit from Margaret Barlow from Imbhams Farm, who is an Ambassador for the Hunter Centre. She wanted to thank the children in person for the money they had helped raise for the Centre during the Coronation Parade.
The first week in June was the perfect weather for our community project, which was a litter pick at Haslemere Recreation ground, with a fun cricket game at the end. On another occasion The Den and their families visited the Haslemere Bowls Club. It was amazing how quickly they all picked it up with some fantastic coaching from the club, aided by Rev. Justin and Robert Fox. We hope to do more things like this to help strengthen the relationship between the local community and the Parish.
The kids were off on their adventures again at the end of June with the first of our two water-themed activities, learning how to sail at Frensham Sailing Club. We try to support every aspect of the children’s health: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, socially, and environmentally and they were all glowing after the sailing! Then at the beginning of July, we were kindly invited to Claire & Peter Gratton’s house, where they listened to and discussed the bible story ‘Jesus Walks on Water’. They then had fun acting it out, moving from an inflatable boat, along a moving plank covered in blue cloth (representing the water), towards one of them dressed as Jesus. They had to keep their eyes on ‘Jesus’ as they crossed ‘the water’ so as not to fall. They also had fun with Sue Davis making paper boats and blowing them across the pool. Lastly, they had a wonderful time in the swimming pool and getting the volunteers and leaders thoroughly wet as well!
As we write this article, we are planning our end of term party at St Christopher’s, with pizza kindly sponsored by Pizza Express Haslemere and, weather-permitting, lots of water games and fun outside. It should be a great end to a wonderful term!
Meanwhile a lot has been happening for the members of Summit.
On the 10th May the group managed to do their dry ski ‘donutting’ session that had been cancelled the month before and this helped them to bond as a group and build their confidence. Then in June, they gathered at St Christopher’s Church and discussed what happens when you pray. With the support of Jane Slevin and Rev. Justin the young people helped write intercession prayers and then they explored some creative prayer stations that were set up around the Den room. Phoebe & Yasmin Ingram went on to read these intercession prayers at the 10am Service the following Sunday which was Father’s Day.
For the final session of the term Summit headed to Loxwood for their community project. The focus was river water testing with Chris Ball from the ‘Water Rangers’ organisation and then open canoeing with Ben Webb from Surrey Hills and Rivers. Using a professional kit, they managed to test different aspects of the water quality, which included measuring nitrates, phosphates, pH levels, heavy metals, chemicals such as chlorine and other substances. The results of these tests were recorded and added to the area’s database to ensure our waterways do not become over-polluted and threaten this precious eco-system. It has been found that when people test the water, they end up feeling more connected to it and want to protect it as a result.
Our two ‘Young Leaders’ for the Diocese and Summit members, Yasmin & Phoebe Ingram attended their third young leaders gathering recently and were part of a select few who took part in the Bishop of Dorking interviews.
Lastly, a quick mention that the wildflowers and trees that the Den planted on Derby Road (and in the wildflower area in the graveyard at St. Bartholomew’s) have flourished and are already a haven for bees and other insects. They also look beautiful! A special thanks to Peter Clarke, Claire & Gareth Matthes, Phillip Hunt, Andrew Silke and Lara Butler for all their extra effort with this project and their ongoing care of these areas
Once again, a massive thank you to all the volunteers and people who support The Den and Summit and to the wider congregation who often step in and get involved. Without you all the groups wouldn’t be the success they are.
Sue & Verity Photos by Shunah and VerityFor more details of The Den and Summit contact:
Verity Sutherland, Children & Families Worker (Older Children)
Email: Children@haslemereparish.org
Head Boy 2022-2023
At St Bart’s, I have represented the school in lots of ways. Through sports and other things, such as, football tournaments, District Sports and by attending meetings with different schools in our confederation.
I started at St Bart’s in Reception and have been here all the way through to Year 6. I have had lots of fun experiences at St Bart’s through school trips and other things such as 'Teachers v students football matches' and being a judge at ‘Bart’s Got Talent’ and more. I have also taken part in lots of clubs at St Bart’s including cricket, athletics, football and netball.
St Bart’s has prepared me for the future in lots of ways and has taught me several important life lessons. The most important life lesson school has given me is to never give up in whatever I do. For me, the most memorable visit to the Church is always the one at the end of the year for the Year 6 Leavers Service, even though I have not been part of it until this year. I have enjoyed everything at St Bart’s and hope I continue to do so at secondary school.
Head Girl 2022-2023
I joined St Bart’s in Year 1 and immediately loved it; everybody was so welcoming and very helpful.
First Steps is the place to be on a Monday morning!
Being at St Bart’s has taught me to believe in myself and respect others. It has also taught me to live life in all its fullness, which is why I enjoyed my time here so much.
The clubs at St Bart’s are amazing and have helped me to express myself, especially drama. Clubs aren’t the only way to express yourself and represent the school. As Head Girl, I have gone to meetings with other schools to discuss events that have taken place and ways to make our schools even better. There are also many out of school sporting competitions.
St Bart’s has helped me prepare for the future by teaching me many important life skills and many ways to be a better me.
Every year the Churches of St Bartholomew’s and St Christopher’s present the children who leave us at the end of Year 6 with a Youth Bible. We would like to thank the Parish for the bibles and for the continued support they give to our school.
Out article for this edition has been written by our current Head Boy and Head Girl in Year 6 for a different perspective of school life.
I am very proud of all the children at our school and wish our Year 6 pupils and their families all the very best for the future as they start their prospective secondary schools.
Simon Avenell, HeadteacherAnswers on Page 43
1. In which year was universal suffrage achieved in the UK?
2. In which year did Martin Luther King make his famous “I have a dream” speech?
3. In which year was the last of the discriminatory (apartheid) laws removed in South Africa?
4. How many countries still treat homosexuality as a criminal act?
5. How many countries have high levels of restriction on religious practices?
6. Which ethnic minorities were persecuted by the Nazis?
7. How many countries still have laws which discriminate against women?
8. Who is pictured below left?
9. In which year was Marmite invented?
10. How many letter tiles are there in a game of Scrabble?
11. Simone de Beauvoir published a book in 1949 which was banned by the Vatican, what was it’s title?
12. Which Monty Python film, released in 1979, was banned in Ireland, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and Chile?
13. Who coined the phrase “Big Brother is watching you”?
14. What is now housed in the property that used to house the infamous Bedlam mental hospital?
15. Who is pictured below right?
16. If the hat associated with Sherlock Holmes is a deerstalker, what is the hat associated with Robin Hood?
I’m pleased to be able to say that Sunday Morning Families is continuing to flourish thanks to the wonderful children and fabulous parent volunteers who make these sessions possible! Over the past few months we’ve been enjoying sessions on: ‘Mary and Martha’ and ‘Jesus Calms the Storm’ when the children have enthusiastically joined in with helping to act out the stories! As you will see from the photos the children are very keen to continue the theme of each session through various craft activities which they are then welcomed to share with the congregation in the service afterwards!
I would like to wish families a restful summer holiday and look forward to welcoming everyone back in the autumn term!
Written by Victoria Martin
For our last session of the summer term, on the 17th July, First Steps enjoyed a fabulous second visit from Basil and Crew Educational Mobile Farm. They arrived at 8am and were amazingly supportive with the young children of which, we had 53 plus over 65 adults.
St Christopher’s church garden provides a good, safe space for the animals and children. We were joined for the morning by a donkey, goats, a pony, lambs, ducks, chicks, chickens, tortoises, guinea pigs and rabbits.
The children were able to handle, touch and feed the animals and the farm staff were happy to teach the children about caring for animals.
Throughout the morning the children were able to enjoy other activities including water play, sand play, animal crafts (crazy animal balloons, clay hedgehogs and masks!).
After a lovely fun morning the children joined together, with their friends, to enjoy a wonderful lunch that was provided by the families. The children all went home with ice-cream and bubbles. All the children leaving First Steps received a book of Jesus stories and some other goodies.
We said farewell to: Tessa, Emily Mc, Bea, Emily D, Rex, Thomas, Erin, Willow, Summer, Manoah, Ralph, Ophelia, Chloe and Caitlyn who start their new adventures at school or nursery in September. We will miss them all!
Even the adults enjoyed themselves!
First Steps returns on Monday 18th September from 10am to 11.30am 0–4-year olds welcome!
St Christopher’s has for some time had a wildflower garden in the churchyard. Now thanks to our young people we also have a wildflower area at St Bartholomew’s in the corner of the churchyard and running along the verge in Derby Road. They have provided a great visual display and improve the area for wildlife in general. The youth groups worked with Lara Butler and Peter Clarke to plant the seeds. Lara taught them to mix the seeds with a clay based soil and compost to make bee bombs. There is the blue heart movement in haslemere encouraging people to create wildflower areas, website: http://www.haslemerefirst.com/blue-hearts-of-haslemere/ Gooby, Sheila Martin and Philip Hunt for providing Editor
On 28th June 2023, the investiture ceremony was conducted to inaugurate the newly elected members of the Kings CBSE Students Council. Mr. Navamani James, the Correspondent, Mrs. Agnes, one of the trustees, Dr. Sahaya Mary, the Principal of Kings CBSE, Mr. Joshua, the Deputy Principal (non-academics) of Kings CBSE and Mr. Ananda Sam, the Principal of Kings Matric School honoured the students council members with sashes and badges. The ceremony ended with an invigorating speech from the Correspondent encouraging the students council member to be leaders who empower others.
Head Boy
· Ferdin Joe of Class XII A3
Head Girl
· Sanjana A R of Class XII A2
Asst. Head Boy
·
Joywin Algo A of Class XI A3
Asst. Head Girl
· Gaura Priya M of Class XI B
Sports Secretary
· James Bevan V of Class XI A3
Cultural Secretary
· Nehal Pragya A of Class XI A2
House Captains
Kosi House
·
Athin Anand of Class XI A3
· Oviya of Class XI A2
Ganga House
· Krithick Mukesh of Class XI A3
· Elakkia Varsha of Class XI A2
Gandok House
· Siranjeevi of Class XI A3
· Amal of Class XI A1
Yamuna House
· Kishore Ramnath of Class XI A3
· Shivanika of Class XI A2
Tamil Nadu Government announced the +2 Exam result on 8th May 2023 and 10th result on 19th May. Eighty seven students appeared for the +2 exam in the academic year 2022-2023. Shivya Dharshini N got 583/600 marks in the +2 Board exam and stood first in the school. She got centum in Chemistry and Biology. Following her, Swetha A got 575/600 and obtained second position in the school. She got centum in Chemistry. The third place was shared by both Shree Meenakshi V and Francis Rohit. A scoring a total of 573/600.
In the 10th Board examination Sahaya Sheeba J got 489/500 and obtained first rank in the school. She also got centum in Mathematics. Ashlin A who got 482/500, and Sutharson S who obtained 476/500 were placed 2nd and 3rd positions in the school.
The first three rank holders were honoured with their parents in the Assembly on 12th June 2023. Each one received a citation and a memento from the Correspondent amidst thunderclaps from the students. Later in his speech, the Correspondent applauded them for their hard work and wished them well for their future endeavors. Principals of Matric & CBSE, Vice Principal, Section Head and teachers congratulated everyone for their stupendous effort.
www.SurreyChurchesPreservationTrust.org
Sponsorship forms at the back of the church.
Most counties in England hold an annual 'Ride & Stride', on the second Saturday in September, to raise money for church restoration and repair. The idea is that cyclists and walkers are given a list of churches and chapels in the area of their choice. They map out their own route to pedal or walk to places of Christian worship having arranged to be sponsored by friends for a fixed sum or donation per church visited.
The money that is collected is divided in two. Half goes to the church or chapel of the cyclist's or walker's choice, the other half is retained by the Surrey Churches Preservation Trust for distribution to churches in need. The Trust looks more favourably on applications from supporters of the Ride & Stride event. In the twenty-five years that Ride & Stride has been running in Surrey, over £500,000 has been raised.
The Trust, whose trustees are from most Christian denominations, runs the annual event in Surrey, supported by a dozen or so Area Organisers. These organisers give support to Church Organisers, providing the paperwork and any guidance they need for preserving our precious heritage.
Ride & Stride is a fun way to spend time on a pleasant Saturday in September while getting to know some Surrey places of Christian worship and raising funds for this worthy cause. Why not make up a group and join in this year! Some suggested routes are available from the SCPT website. Ask your Church Organiser for lists of participating churches and chapels together with sponsorship forms.
Supporters who prefer not to 'ride or stride', please consider sponsoring volunteers involved in this important event. In addition, joining the Trust costs very little and contributes to its vital work.
Contact: donaldson@haslemere.com
Useful websites: www.SurreyChurchesPreservationTrust.org
www.Rideandstrideuk.org www.nationalchurchestrust.org
1 August-2 September, Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Family exhibition: British Wildlife
A child-friendly exhibition celebrating British wildlife. Something for all ages.
1 August-2 September, Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Exhibition: The Story of Natural History at Haslemere Museum. The study and observation of nature from the Museum’s founding to the present day. Visitors will also be invited to explore wildlife in the Museum and its grounds.
Wednesday 2 August, 1-4pm
Family Event: Falconry Display.
The FalconHigh Falconry Display Team will be here so you can experience the beauty of these birds in flight. With talks and static display so you can experience real close up encounters with these beautiful birds. Flights subject to weather. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Thursday 3 August, 10.30am-12pm
Museum Explorers activity for ages 5-11: Wildlife Dioramas. Make a 3D scene inspired by our British wildlife exhibition. What creatures will you add? Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn.
Tuesday 8 August, 1.30-4pm
Family Event: Meet the Tortoise.
Meet the tortoise and ask our expert June Chatfield your questions about tortoises. 25 minute sessions to control numbers. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Tuesday 8 August, 10.30am-12pm
Museum Explorers activity for ages 5-11: Woodland Wonders. Inspired by the Museum’s summer exhibition, children can enjoy some creative wildlife inspired crafts. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Thursday 10 August, 1.30-4pm
Family Event: Teddy Bears’ Picnic & Mini Fete.
Join us for a traditional picnic (at 3pm) and mini fete. Children’s tea, traditional
games and fun stalls. Bring your teddy for a photo with Arthur the Bear. Competition for the Best Wildlife Explorer-dressed Teddy. Free entry. A children’s tea can be bought via HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Tuesday 15 August & Thursday 24 August, 10.30am-12pm
Museum Explorers activity for ages 5-11: Lego Challenge.
Join Brilliant Bricks for an exciting morning of Lego linked to our summer exhibition of British wildlife. Intrepid explorers Betty and Brad are on an adventure around Britain discovering new animal and plant life. Build how they travel around and the things they discover. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn.
Sunday 20 August, 2.30pm
Town Walk with local historian Tim Winter.
Tim Winter will lead a walk around Church Lane, Tanners Lane & Lower Street in Haslemere, lasting 1½ -2 hours. The walk starts from Haslemere Museum, High Street, Haslemere. Please make a donation.
Wednesday 16 August, from 5.30pm
Outdoor theatre: The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny. Join Peter and his naughty cousin Benjamin on their hair-raising adventures in Quantum Theatre's delightful adaptation of Beatrix Potter's much-loved Tales. Outside theatre performance for the whole family in the Museum's beautiful grounds. Doors open 5.30pm. Please bring a blanket to sit on. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Thursday 17 August, 10.15-11.30am & 12-1.15pm
Family Event: Lego!
Join Brilliant Bricks for an exciting morning of Lego linked to our summer exhibition of British wildlife. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/ WhatsOn
Tuesday 22 August, all day
Family Event: Circus Skills.
A day of circus skills workshops run by Primary workshops for schools, with two short demonstrations at 10.30am and 1.15pm. Children will need to be accompanied by an adult and if the adult would like to participate they will need to book a space. Accompanying but not participating adults only need book an accompanying adult ticket. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/ WhatsOn
Tuesday 29 August, 10.30am-1pm
Family Event: Fantastic Fossils.
Explore the fossils in our handling collection and take part in some fossil arts & crafts. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn
Saturday 2 September, 10.30am-12pm
Museum Explorers activity for ages 5-11: Tolkien Fantasy.
50 years after his death join us for a morning of Tolkien based activities. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn.
9-30 September, Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Exhibition: An Abstract View.
Phil Bates’ paintings incorporate primary colours, textures and geometric shapes. Some are influenced by experiences and do not represent recognisable objects. Phil has been shortlisted at the Royal Academy of Arts.
12 September-7 October, Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Exhibition: The War in Ukraine.
An in-depth look at the reality of war with stories and artefacts from the front lines. Uniforms of soldiers, stories from medics, shot-down aircraft components and more, we display artefacts for the first time in a British museum.
Friday 22 September, 10.30-11.30am
Early Years activity for under 5s: Sea Shells on the Seashore. Marvel at the beauty of the shells in the Museum’s handling collection and make a shell picture. Book in advance at HaslemereMuseum.co.uk/WhatsOn.
Sunday 24 September, 2.30pm
Town Walk with local historian Tim Winter.
Tim Winter will lead a walk around Haslemere High Street, lasting 1½ -2 hours. The walk starts from Haslemere Museum, High Street, Haslemere. Please make a donation.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/petworth
22nd July - 3rd September, no booking needed, normal admission applies
Discover games and activities for all the family. From badminton, to jenga, croquet, hula-hoops, space hoppers, bean bag toss, noughts and crosses and more, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Throughout the summer you can also explore the buggy friendly paths to discover ten Elmer sculptures on Elmer’s Art Parade. Pick up your free map from reception on arrival.
Every Wednesday in August, 10.30am - 3.30pm, no booking needed, normal admission applies
Join us in the gardens for free Elmer-themed craft activities. Everything you need to create your own unique Elmer craft to take home will be provided. There will also be games on the lawn for you to enjoy.
Perseids meteor shower and nocturnal wildlife guided walk
Thursday 10th and Friday 11th August, 8-10pm. Adult £8, Child £4
Find out about the bats and owls that roost in the Deer Park. Take a look at the stars and comets of the night sky. Bring along a picnic blanket and look up to the sky. We might be lucky enough to catch the meteor shower before 10pm.
Call 0344 249 1895. Booking online available.
A FREE service for people with NHS hearing aids includes: Basic Maintenance, Battery Supply, Cleaning & Re-Tubing, Trouble-Shooting and Advice
Sessions will be held at The Link (St Bartholomew’s Church) on:
10:00am – 11.30am, every 2nd and 4th Thursday
Our NHS volunteers are trained by the audiology department of the Royal Surrey County Hospital. Visiting the Hear Here clinic may save travelling long distances or the difficulties of access to the hospital.
The Hear Here scheme was launched in March 2013 as a partnership between Guildford Diocese and the NHS. There are now over 200 people trained in hearing aid maintenance. Hear Here was successful in winning the Faith Action & Health Award in 2018 for continuing to provide support for those with hearing loss across Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
Enquiries to:
Hearingchampion@halsemereparish.org
1. Universal suffrage was finally achieved through the Equal Franchise Act of 1928. 2. August 28th, 1963. 3. The last of SA’s discriminatory laws were struck from the statute books on 30th June, 1991. 4. 64, half of which are in Africa. 5. In 2017 a survey showed that 27 countries severely restricted or banned religious practices, not approved by the government. 6. Jews and Romani Gypsies. 7. A world bank survey in 2018 showed 155 countries still have laws which discriminate against women. 8. Elizabeth Fry - prison reformer. 9. 1902. 10. 100. 11. The Second Sex. 12 Life of Brian. 13. George Orwell in his book 1984. 14. The Imperial War Museum, London. 15. Mary Ann Evans - better known by her pen name, George Eliot. 16. A green bycocket.
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Bluebells is a friendly, sharing group for anyone affected by cancer. We laugh a lot, cry a little, share experiences and support each other. Do come along one Thursday to see for yourself!
We meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 11am 1pm ending with a relaxation session.
We like to keep in touch and know how you are at other times too, so please feel free to contact Carolyn Low on 01483 203540 or email
Carolyn.graeme@hotmail.co.uk
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Willow Alma Margot Worlidge - 17th June at St Bartholomew’s
Aaliyah Christine Elson - 25th June at St Christopher’s
Bruce Pinlac Tedder - 1st July at St Christopher’s
Funerals
Alan Hughes Stephenson - 12th June at Guildford Crematorium
Robert Ward Jackson - 16th June at St Bartholomew’s
James John Sanders -7th July at Chichester Crematorium
John Jackson - 28th July at St Christopher’s
Members of the church are reminded that online copies of approved PCC minutes are available on the parish website.
The link is as follows:
https://www.haslemereparish.org/info/minutes-of-the-pcc
This magazine is also available online from the parish website, www.haslemereparish.org, Go to the Community tab
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6 August 9th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s 10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
13 August 10th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
20 August 11th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s 11.30 Praying on Sunday | St Christopher’s
27 August 12th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
3 Sept 13th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
10 Sept 14th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
6.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
17 Sept 15th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
11.30 Praying on Sunday | St Christopher’s
16:00 Families@4 | St Bartholomew’s
24 Sept 16th Sunday of Trinity
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
6.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
10am services are livestreamed via the Parish youtube channel. www.haslemereparish.org/stay-at-home/live-service-streaming/
Please check the website for latest service dates and times: www.haslemereparish.org
