Kingswood Village Voice December 2016

ISSUE 139 • DECEMBER 2016

FEATURING

VILLAGE SAYS ‘THANK YOU’

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION R e g i s t e r e d T H E

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Rosemary Akerman Malindi, Sandy Lane, Kingswood KT20 6NE Secretary Michael Hannah, 1 Lilley Drive, Kingswood KT20 6JA Tel: 01737 830893 Email: mehannah@tiscali.co.uk Treasurer Roger Dring Garden End, Motts Hill Lane, Tadworth KT20 5BE Tel: 01737 813719 Email: rpdring@greenbee.net Committee Members: Bob Gunn Tel: 01737 360035 Email: bob@gunn.org Sally Fish Tel: 01737 832176 George Ferguson Tel: 01737 833329 James Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 Penny Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 Peter Wormald Tel: 01737 832866 KADDS Judy Par nall Tel: 01737 830888 Hall Bookings Penny Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 (Strictly between 5pm and 8pm, Monday to Friday only) Hall Manager Kay Shah Tel: 01737 351989 Mobile: 07950 899456 Life President KVCA Sir Brian Hill Life President KADDS Lady Janet Hill The Village Voice Editor Richard Milbour n 3 Mount Hill, Mogador, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7HZ Tel; 01737 222307 Email: richard.milbour n@car nah.co.uk The print run for The Village Voice is 1,600 copies and it is delivered free to all households and businesses in Kingswood. The Village Voice is published four times a year: March/September/September/December with copy dates of 31st January, 30th April, 31st July and 31st October.

Statements and opinions in The Village Voice, unless expressly written, are not necessarily those of the Kingswood Village Community Association. Material in The Village Voice may not be reproduced in any form without the permission of the Editor.

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VILLAGE VOICE - CONTENTS KVCA Contacts A S i n c e r e T h a n k You Yo u r C h a i r m a n ’s N o t e s V i l l a g e S a y s ‘ T h a n k Yo u ’ The Church Of The Wisdom Of God (Part 2) News From KADDS Sarah Lott - Puddles, Cuddles and Christmas Profile - Robin Hollington Desert Island Discs - Judy Parnall Kingswood Residents Association Thirteen Society The Church In Kingswood Photograph Competition Kingswood Village WI Tr a v e l - A n A m a z i n g B r e a k I n T h e S u n School Report Flower Arrangement Group Local Business - Driving Miss Daisy P a t ’s G a r d e n D i a r y S u r r e y P o l i c e - H o w To K e e p Yo u r H o u s e S e c u r e K i n g s w o o d L a w n Te n n i s C l u b Yo u r L o c a l C h a r i t i e s - C a n c e r R e s e a r c h U K K i d s & Te e n s NSPCC - Forthcoming Events A n n D o b s o n ’s R e c i p e s Charities - Charity Action List H e a l t h & F i t n e s s - L a s t i n g We i g h t L o s s Writers’ Corner Advertisers Index

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On the evening of the thirtieth August 2016 we knew there was to be a party – but this is a date and party we will never forget. KVCA and KADDS led by Bob Gunn, Angie Mathers and Maggie Kippen held a party in the Village Hall for us to celebrate our

retirement from Village Hall activities. As we arrived in Waterhouse Lane we thought car parking in the village looked rather full but assumed it was an overflow from the pubs and restaurants.

When we reached the Hall we realised to our great surprise that it was for us.

We were quickly overwhelmed by the warm welcome we received from so many friends and our family – all was a great surprise. In particular it was a joy to see so many who have been involved with us in KADDS for over thirty years. We found it very moving during the evening to be reminded of past events on and off the stage by speeches, well researched photographs and a wonderful KADDS cabaret telling our story in music and verse, specially written by Bob and sung by so many of KADDS members, accompanied by the ever energetic Basil Preuveneers .

We have memories which will never fade of a very special evening. The presentation of the Memory Book, created by our daughter Sarah and made possible by the contributions of so many, will be a constant reminder of past events, together with a DVD which was taken during the evening by our grandson Joseph. We are indeed grateful to Bob & Jill, Angie, Maggie and everyone who was involved in organising this unique evening and of course so many wonderful friends who attended. ■ Brian & Janet Hill

Do you have a piano for us?

The KVCA is looking for a good q uality upright piano to replacc e the one used at the Village Hall..

Our current piano is still playing well, but it is beginning to show its age.

Although we have it regularly tuned, we have been warned that some of its parts might fail and if they do, it would not be feasible to replace them.

We know that people with pianos sometime outgrow them, or need to downsize and can no longer accommodate them. Is that you? Or someone you know?

If so, George Ferguson 01737 833329 would like to hear from you, to see if it would suitable. If so, we could promise that it will be well used and well maintained!

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his is the first time of writing as the new KVCA Chairman, having just taken over from Brian Hill. I must say what a wonderful job Brian has done over the past thirteen years or so, and how much he has contributed to keeping the Village Hall in such good condition. We in the Village have all benefited hugely from the hard work and commitment of Brian and the other Committee members. Thanks go to all of them.

A good many of you attended the memorable party for Janet and Brian at the end of August and a full account of this, with photos, appears as a separate article in this edition.

As I write this the KADDS play PACK OF LIES has just concluded its 3 day run. It was a great success, rated by many as the best play KADDS has performed for years. For residents who have not yet come to a KADDS play – do give it a try. The standard of acting and staging is very high, they are fun evenings and it is a way of meeting and keeping up with other residents. The next event is KADDS’ CAROLS at the Waterhouse Cafe at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 10th December. This is followed by our traditional CHRISTMAS CRACKERS review on 15th and 16th December. Coming to such events helps to foster the community spirit in Kingswood.

The Hall now has a new audio visual system; a huge thanks to Simon Parnall for all his work designing and installing it completely free of charge. Simon was assisted by Peter Dell and Bob Gunn. The much enhanced audio system features wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity and includes video sources, radio microphones, mixer, signal processing, amplifiers and a hearing loop. Funding for this came from Reigate & Banstead Council for which we are most grateful to our borough councillors Simon Parnall, Ros Mill and the late Joan Spiers. Funding for the projector and screen was provided by Surrey County Council and we have Councillor Michael Gosling to thank for that. The new AV system has already been used by the KVCA, The 13 Society, family parties and some others and it will soon be made available to all of our Hall users.

Thanks also go to Michael Gosling for obtaining funding to keep the Hall, the WI Bench, the Village Sign and the nature banks by the shops in good condition.

The Hall needs a new upright piano. Does anyone have one they no longer need and would like to go to a good home? If so, would you please contact George Ferguson on 01737 833329.

I send Christmas Greetings to everyone. I would also particularly like to thank Richard Milbourn (Village Voice Editor), Kartik Shah (Hall Manager), our Village Voice distributors and KADDS committee. Plus a huge thanks to the KVCA committee who have stepped in to run everything since Brian's retirement and whilst I have been unwell.

■ Rosemary Akerman, Chairman KVCA

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VILLAGE SAYS ‘THANK YOU’ At the end of August a lively crowd of over 100 Kingswood villagers sang out “Thank You Janet and Thank You Brian” to the tune of Hello Dolly as the village marked the fact that Sir Brian and Lady Janet Hill were stepping down from the Kingswood Village Community Association which they had helped to found almost 40 years ago.

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n the 1970s, not many years after the Hills moved to Kingswood, the old Masonic Hall in Waterhouse Lane was in a very poor state and the Council threatened to shut it down. Janet, with a few other community-spirited residents, decided it could be a vital asset for the village, so they set about raising money and raising interest in community events at the hall. So was born the Kingswood Village Community Association (KVCA).

Chief amongst the fund-raising activities were music and drama events including the Kingswood Kapers revues and the first of the now renowned Kingswood pantomimes. The efforts involved with these theatrical events led the KVCA to set

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up a sub-group, Kingswood Drama, Dance & Song (KADDS) which has gone on to present more than 120 shows and is still going strong.

Over the intervening years Janet Hill has served on the KVCA Committee, chaired KADDS for many years, has acted, directed and produced plays and pantomimes and made the most remarkable costumes and props. Brian Hill interspersed his stage career as pantomime villain and occasional leading man in farces with a city career as chairman of the building company Higgs & Hill, of the board of trustees of Great Ormand St Hospital and of The Children’s Trust at Tadworth Court. He also chaired the KVCA since 2003 until the end of August this year.

The village put on a joyous event in the

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now much redeveloped Kingswood Village Hall to celebrate all that Janet and Brian Hill had helped the village to achieve. After a speech from long time KADDS colleague and friend Maggie Kippen highlighting their many contributions, Bob Gunn announced that the KVCA had appointed Sir Brian as its Life President and that KADDS had appointed Lady Janet as its Life President.

Their colleague from the early days of the KVCA, Don Grimster, unveiled a plaque to commemorate these appointments, in the presence of Pauline Pearce, widow of the first KVCA chairman Stan Pearce. Flowers were then presented to Janet by one of the youngest members of KADDS present 13 year old Lilly Palmer.

After that the party really got going, in true KADDS style, with a mini-pantomime!

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The KADDS choir, which had been groomed for the occasion by Angie Mathers and rehearsed by Musical Director Basil Preuveneers, swept into “Build A Hall” using a tune from the last pantomime Janet had produced and with words re-written by Bob Gunn for the occasion. Then followed a scene in which Dick Palmer and Primrose Drake acted as Brian and Janet misremembering their KADDS highlights to the tune of Maurice Chevalier’s “I Remember It Well”. The younger KADDS members upped the tempo next with a rendition of “Consider Yourselves” to let Janet and Brian know how much young people had benefitted from the encouragement and support they had been given. Finally, the whole audience of KVCA and KADDS members, supporters, audiences, village magazine distributors, friends, family and neighbours of Brian and Janet let rip with the special version of “Thank You” to the tune which traditionally brings KADDS pantomimes to a close.

However, this particular evening had a couple of highlights still to come. Angie Mathers presented the Hills with a professionally produced Memory Book of 10 DECEMBER 2016

their years with KVCA/KADDS, lovingly created by their daughter Sarah Lott from material submitted by many of those present for the occasion. And finally Sir Brian and Lady Janet vied with each other to thank everyone there for a wonderful evening, each trying hard to have the last word!

It was an evening which they said they would remember for the rest of their lives, a view echoed by many of their friends who attended. As the final line of the final song had it “Hope to see you both at lots more shows!”

■ Bob Gunn

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THE CHURCH OF THE WISDOM OF GOD A JEWEL OF THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT Few passers-by, unless they are in the know, will have any inkling of the architectural marvels hiding behind the modest brick faรงade of the little church in Lower Kingswood.

Some might wonder, when looking at the blue notice board on the outside, how this supposedly mainstream Anglican church acquired its rather unusual name. This is the second part of an excellent history by Pia Chamberlain.

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ork proceeded at a brisk pace and the main shell of the building was completed by 17th July 1892,

when three opening services took place, Matins and Holy Communion in the morning and a full service of dedication in the afternoon. The lessons were read by Cosmo Bonsor in the morning and by Edwin Freshfield in the afternoon.

The inside of the church, however, was far from finished. We know that the marble panelling around the apse was in place, as were the two ebony ambos, or pulpits, with matching seats on either side of the

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sanctuary. The design of the ambos (above),

Byzantine tradition, the highest place in the

inlaid with olive wood and mother of pearl, is

church had always been reserved for an

undoubtedly by Sidney Barnsley, but

image of Christ. At the Church of the

whether they were made by him personally

Wisdom of God, however, it was felt that

is not clear. Always a hands-on man in the

such a representation would be too close to

true spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement, we

the viewer and would therefore appear too

know, however, that he painstakingly painted

crude. The second reason, at first seems

the wooden wagon roof in a floral design

simple enough, in so far as the cross was

which was later to be echoed in the apse

copied from the Church of St. Eirene (below).

mosaics.

The latter, although originally built by

In the years immediately following the

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completion of the church, Barnsley moved away from architecture and focussed on developing his skills as a cabinetmaker. This however, did not mean that his involvement with the Church of the Wisdom of God had come to an end. In the late 1890s he took some time off from his furniture-making in the West Country and persuaded some of the mosaicists who had just finished decorating the apse and choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral to come and work for him on the mosaics he had planned for the church in Lower Kingswood.

Following the Byzantine tradition, gold was used as the ground colour for the roof of the apse (above right). As for the design itself, the reason for choosing a cross was twofold. The first one was of a purely practical and aesthetic nature. According to DECEMBER 2016 13

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Another feature of the church is its

Constantine in the 4th century, had last been

collection of capitals dating from the 6th to

rebuilt in the early part of the 8th century

the 11th century which were brought back to

after having been destroyed by fire. The

England by Edwin Freshfield on different

simple black cross on a gold background

occasions over the 41 years of his married

which adorns the half-dome above its main

life. The history attached to those could

narthex dates back to that time and replaced

easily make the subject of another article.

earlier decoration. As such it is a vestige of

Some might say that they should never have

the so-called Iconoclastic period, when all

been removed from their original locations in

figurative images were forbidden by the then

the first place, but one might equally argue

Emperor Leo III.

that they would probably not have survived

The conventional patterns round the arches and the windows were copied partly from St, Eirene and partly from Barnsley’s

to this day had they not been rescued by Edwin Freshfield.

After all the care Edwin Freshfield and

drawings of Osios Loukas. The spring flowers

Sidney Barnsley had taken over getting

in the central part of the apse mosaic (above)

every stylistic detail right, the neighbourhood

– crocuses, roses and fritillaries – were

did not waste much time in referring to the

suggested to Barnsley by Zoë Freshfield.

new church as the ‘Greek Church’, a fact

As already mentioned, the marble panelling

that irritated the Freshfield family so much

around the apse (above right), which was

that Edwin’s son felt

mostly of Roman origin, was completed by

compelled to write a

the time the first service was held in 1892, but

series of articles for

the floor was not laid until August 1906. The

the Parish magazine

marbling of the baptistery walls was only

in 1925 with a view to

completed in 1935. The collection of marbles

putting the record

assembled at the Church of the Wisdom of

straight once and for

God is truly outstanding and deemed to be

all!

unique in England.

■ Pia Chamberlain

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K A D D S

PACK OF LIES

“KADDS best play

Kingswood! Set builder Peter Dell deserves

for years!”

special credit. Costumes, make-up, props

Under the firm direction of Lesley Crowther-Smith,

and lighting were at KADDS usual high standards.

Pack of Lies was an ambitious

the cast of Pack of

undertaking, with a lot of tricky staging

Lies delivered a

issues to overcome. The whole team, lead by

riveting

Lesley and her Producer Jill Gunn, took on

performance. Alex Culff was convincing as

the challenge and delivered triumphantly.

the nervous housewife who gradually comes

DIARY DATES:

to realise her best friend is a Soviet spy. Mike

Carols in the Cafe - Waterhouse Lane,

Hill played her stolid husband with

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authenticity. The mysterious Stewart who

Do come and join us!

comes into their lives had to be part

Christmas Crackers - Thursday 15th &

ominous, part reassuring. Charlie Crowther-

Friday 16th December 8pm

Smith delivered this with assurance.

Join us to celebrate Christmas with sketches,

Julie Palmer became the ditzy, vivacious

songs and a glass of wine.

Canadian neighbour, with Michael Rahman,

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year!

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PUDDLES, CUDDLES AND CHRISTMAS he excitement was overwhelming and Sarah was at fever pitch. Her dreams were about to come true and her life would be complete. Ruth wasn’t quite so sure but had read all the books and Sam was reticent but quietly keen. The boys were enthusiastic and expectant but reluctant to do the boring stuff. They all knew their life would never be the same. It was a family decision and there would be a shared responsibility. That was the agreement…

The reason for these varied emotions arrived just after Christmas in the form of a gorgeous caramel coloured Cockapoo puppy – a tiny bundle of fluff and nervous excitement who immediately raced round the kitchen and produced a large yellow puddle, in the middle of the floor.

“That’s gross!” Ben complained. “I’m never going to clear that up…”

“She’s still a baby and in a brand new home, away from her brothers and sisters, so she’s bound to be nervous. Until she’s housetrained, this is going to happen and we must share the responsibility. That was the deal, remember?”

They’d agreed to wait until the puppy arrived before deciding what to call her. Sam felt it was important to choose something to suit her personality. He didn’t want to call out some daft name when out on a walk so had quickly dismissed Sarah’s suggestions of ‘Sweetie’, ‘Cuddles’ and ‘Baby Girl’.

It was simply ‘Puppy’ until a decision could be made. Puppy was exhausted after the car journey. She had a nibble of food from a

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shiny new bowl before curling up in her bed, among all the soft toys ‘donated’ from the vast collection in Sarah’s bedroom.

Ruth reluctantly wiped away the first puddle but declared loudly that she was NOT going to do all the clearing up…

“How about Molly?” Suggested Ruth.

“Molly’s no good. There’s a Molly in my class and she’s spiteful.”

“How about Sam? Short for Samantha…”

Ruth laughed, “Ben, I think you’re Dad would get confused, don’t you? Who’d come running if we called ‘walkies’?!”

“How about ‘Piddle’?”

“No way!”

“How about ‘Elsa’ or ‘Anna’?”

“Don’t be stupid, we’re not having the dog named after your favourite film. It’s bad enough that we’ve got a girl dog!”

“It’s a bitch!”

“Daniel, don’t use language like that…”

“It’s a fact! It’s not bad language! She is a bitch!”

This discussion carried on for several minutes. Puppy emerged from her crate and was immediately picked up and cuddled by Sarah. The boys wanted to take her outside for a game of football but their sister wouldn’t let go of her new friend.

Ruth suggested, “She’s a bit too young for football but why don’t you see if she’ll do a wee in the garden?”

Puppy ran round the grass like a wound up toy. The family stood and watched. Ruth looked at them and smiled. It was the first time she’d seen them all in the garden for months. Her family was together. None of them were in front of a screen and they were C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 3

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all smiling. Ruth had a fleeting daydream of family walks, with the dog leaping through the undergrowth, ears flapping. She felt optimistic about all the shared memories they’d make together.

“Ooh, look… She’s sitting down in a funny way… Mummy look! Oh, gross… I can see poo coming out!”

They all gave Puppy a round of applause for being a clever girl. Puppy just looked confused and then promptly put her paw in the small pile that she’d just created.

The arguments immediately began as to who was going to clear up the mess and who was going to clean her paws…

That night, poor Puppy cried for her mum.

It was heartbreaking but they’d been warned it might happen. The breeder had given them a piece of cloth with her mother’s scent but it was still a long night. Ruth felt like she had a newborn baby again when she left her snoring husband at about five thirty in the

morning. She was still tired after the bustle of Christmas and they hadn’t even packed everything away. It was going to be a long day.

When the rest of the family came downstairs at about seven thirty, they found Ruth asleep on the sofa, surrounded by boxes of Christmas decorations and half chewed Christmas cards. Puppy was nowhere to be seen. A moment’s panic followed, before they heard an enthusiastic scurrying sound. Their new bundle of fun leaped out of a box of tinsel with a shiny red cracker in her mouth.

That was it. It wasn’t girly, it wasn’t soppy and it reflected her personality. ‘Cracker’ was the perfect name.

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ROBIN HOLLINGTON Robin Hollington currently sits as a deputy judge in the Chancer y Division of the High Court, a Crown Court Recorder in London and is active in all facets of Kingswood life from the Chuch to the Tennis Club.

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obin was born in

they had no choice but return to the shop in

1955 and brought

Paris to give back a toy Robin had bought!

up in Harpenden, a

Having been brought up in France before the

dormitory town on what

war his mother had no difficulty in

he called the ‘Bed-Pan’

persuading the vendor to give them their

line – between Bedford

money back and despite this detour Robin

and St. Pancras. He was

remembers that they still caught the flight in

one of 6, having four brothers and a sister.

good time, so must have arrived originally

His mother and father were of that generation

hours before the flight!

which were born during or soon after the 1st

Those were the days when any money

World War and entered adulthood just as the

was spent on the boys’ education – his sister

2nd World War broke out. Both parents

going to the local grammar school, whilst he

worked, his father in the family business that

was sent off to a boys-only boarding school

manufactured men’s apparel in Essex whilst

in Hertford, following family tradition. His

his mother had a secret job as one of the

family all excelled in sport, one of his elder

code-breakers at Bletchley Park. She was a

brothers, Basil, in cricket and squash, going

tremendous games player, having won blues

on to play first class cricket for

in tennis and lacrosse at Cambridge. Robin

Gloucestershire and squash for Wales, and

recalls both she and her Northern Irish

his younger brother, William went on to be

mother and English father rather looked

world under-24 real tennis champion for

down on his father’s family as “trade”, but he

several years running. His sister Angela

reflects, ‘at least they had money which her

captained Scotland Universities at lacrosse.

family lacked’!

Robin says he peaked at 16 at all sports,

With limited memories of his father as he

tennis, cricket and rackets! He puts this

had died when Robin was very young, he

partly down to the evenings at home playing

does remember how his relatives rallied

table tennis with his siblings in the days

round, supporting his wonderful mum, and

when there were no computer games. It was

what a devoted mother she was. Reminiscing

the real tennis world which kept him sane

about family life he recalls only one foreign

during the early frustrating years in practice

holiday as a child when they went to Brittany

at the Bar.

with one of his uncles in the days when you could only take out £50. It ended in disaster on arrival at the airport in Paris as finding they had no money to pay for the luggage,

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He used to belong to Queens Club and still belongs to and plays at Lords.

Robin attributes the desire to become a criminal barrister to reading books as a child

about the lives of famous barristers and forensic scientists. Having read law at Oxford University, and done a Masters at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, he went straight to the Bar. Going to the Bar was testing at first. He

occasions.

Robin is also a member of local Walton Heath Golf Club.

Both Robin and Jane have been active members of the congregation at St Andrew’s over the years. They were churchwardens for

recalls it being a real case of joining the Navy

6 and 4 years respectively and in 2014 Robin

to see the world and ‘What do you see?’ -

did the first year of a Graduate Diploma in

‘You saw the sea!’ Gradually building up a

Theology at King’s College, London, where

practice in company and insolvency law,

he was taught by some distinguished people.

Robin wrote the first edition of his book,

In 2015 he started the 4-year course, along

“Shareholders’ Rights”, in 1990, the 8th

with ordinands, at the theological college

edition which is due to be published shortly.

based at Southwark Cathedral, aiming to be

From that he has become one of the best-

a Lay Reader in the Church of England. He

known practitioners in the field of

says he has not yet been asked to leave –

shareholders’ disputes, which could also be

although it has been a close-run thing! And

called “corporate divorces”. He became a QC

he is now enjoying practising his preaching in

in 1999 under the old system that was then

the Parish.

administered by the Lord Chancellor – not, as

Having reached his 60th birthday last

now, run by the profession itself. He now sits

year, he is now considering doing less work

part-time as a deputy judge in the Chancery

at the Bar. “Corporate divorce” work takes its

Division of the High Court, and also as a

toll and the fairly regular trips to the

Recorder in Crown Courts in London.

Caribbean are not all ‘sun, sea and sand’.

Robin met Jane, who grew up in

During his years of practice he says his most

Kingswood, in London in 1986. It took him a

bizarre moment was a case in the Court of

year to ask her out and that was the first

Appeal in 2014, when, like Admiral Byng who

time he really ventured into the depths of

was hanged “pour encourager les autres”, he

Surrey. Fortunately her brother was in on the

was dragged into the criticism from the court

plot and put in a good word for him, and they

for the abandonment by his opponent of a

married in St Andrew’s Church in Kingswood

groundless appeal on the first day of three-

in 1988 and they have lived in Kingswood

day hearing. But at least the premature

ever since. Robin loves being able to

conclusion of that hearing meant he could be

commute into work in London and get home

with his mother when she passed away.

and enjoy the Surrey Hills, with access to

Amongst his future plans Robin is shortly

beautiful countryside and heath land all

about to take on the position as Chairman

around. They were blessed with Daniel in

of the Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club and no

1992 who is now training to be a doctor at

doubt will be exploring

Queen’s University, Belfast.

other avenues of interest

Soon after moving to Kingswood Robin

as they occur. We look

joined the tennis club. He has played for club

forward to seeing more of

teams for many years and, with some

his presence in the

excellent partners, won the men’s and mixed

village.

doubles club tournaments on many

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JUDY PARNALL Desert Island Discs is chosen by Judy Parnall who started working in Kingswood in 1993 and has lived in the village since 2001 with her husband Simon and their son Matthew. She is the current chair of the KADDS committee. n thinking about the music I would like on a desert island (not too hot please, with plenty of shade), I would want my musical choices to have memories and to be associated with people, places and times I’ve enjoyed, an aural memory book.

I grew up in a loving family in Woking, with an extended family of my parents, two older sisters, grandmother and aunt in the house.

We were all very involved in the local Baptist church and I remember many of the family singing hymns around the house, particularly my Mum who even at 92 still has a lovely soprano voice.

My first choice is still my favourite hymn, And can it be?, written by Charles Wesley.

At school in Chertsey, as well as lear ning the standard subjects, we were encouraged to put on plays, both acting and taking on the back stage roles. When I was in the fourth form (or year 10 as it’s now called) our geography teacher encouraged our year to put on Noël Coward’s classic Blithe Spirit and I was asked to be the stage manager - I had great fun setting up the final

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scene when the ghosts destroy the set. Little did she know what an effect it would have on me! Not only would it eventually lead to me joining KADDS but encourage me to mix that with my love for music making and my engineering degree and join the BBC’s research department, bringing me to work in Kingswood. So in memory of this, and in gratitude to Mrs Shepherd, I would like my next song to be Irving Berlin’s Always which is used in the play.

I spent three fun years studying electronic engineering in Bristol. I made lifelong friends and even managed to fit in a bit of work in between being involved in the Christian Union and spending time with friends. I also had the chance to play my violin in the University Symphony Orchestra, hiding at the back of the second violins. My favourite piece that we played, and my third choice to remind me of those days, is Rimsky Korsakov’s joyous Capriccio Espagnole.

When I graduated and started working at the BBC, I moved back to Woking, I thought for a few months, but stayed there for 12 years. Like my parents before me, I discovered choral singing, in both a local choral society and a joint

churches choir, and even took music lessons. My next choice would be, in my opinion, the greatest choral work – Handel’s Messiah, which combines great words with magnificent music. I would be able to put the recording on and sing along very loudly without anyone to overhear me.

I met Simon at work at the BBC. We were friends for a number of years and married in 2001, moving to live in Kingswood. My fifth choice of music is the piece which I walked down the aisle to at our wedding – Gabriel’s Oboe from the soundtrack of The Mission by Morricone, which was played by old friends from my church. This is a very special piece of music to us, and we have used it in both celebrations and sadder occasions.

One of the interests that Simon and I have in common is a love of making music, singing and playing.

We had a wonderful piano as a wedding present from our parents and have spent many happy hours gathered round it as a couple, with friends and now with our son Matthew as well. Our favourite piece to sing together, and my next choice, is Somewhere from West Side Story, one of the best musicals.

We’ve tried all sorts of combinations of instruments and voices, but in all ways the beauty and emotion of the music can shine through.

We encouraged Matthew to choose an instrument and he picked the French hor n. It’s an instrument I knew little about apart from the famous Mozart hor n

concerto (after Flanders & Swann).

But as Matthew has got better and better, not only have I become a taxi service to youth orchestra rehearsals, I’ve had the pleasure of lear ning a completely new set of music. The one I’ve fallen in love with, and that will remind me of him, is Richard Strauss’s First Horn Concerto, a glorious piece, the recording played, of course, by Dennis Brain.

Coming to my final piece, as a family we enjoy going to the theatre together. We love musicals and perhaps our favourite is Les Miserables. We spent a memorable day in the summer watching it on stage in London and then heading to Chinatown for dinner. This is a day I’d like to remember and so the original London cast recording would be the music I would rush down to save from the waves.

The luxury has been hard – I thought about a Scrabble set so I could practice and be able to still sometimes win against Simon and Matthew, but in the end I’ve opted for a cello with the sheet music for the Bach cello suites tucked into the case. I still play the violin so hope that with rather a lot of time on my hands I’ll be able to teach myself to play that wonderful music.

And as for the book, I would have to go for my favourite book of all time as a comfort, which is Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre”. I’ve read it many times, but never tire of the feisty heroine. It would keep me company and give me hope until rescue came.

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THE BOROUGH PLANNING STRUCTURE hose who take weight in planning terms as it progresses an interest in through the consultation process to final planning will approval, though how this will apply in share my resignation actual planning cases over this time frame and impatience as the remains to be seen. new tiered framework The third tier of the Borough Plan is to of planning control for consist of a set of Supplementary Planning the Borough is gradually assembled. The Briefs (SPDs) designed to set out the Core Strategy which is the keystone detail of how planning is to be interpreted document was bounced back and forth and managed to suit the characteristics of between the Council and central each local area. This is the document for government for years Lady before it was atatthe invitation Onslow withfinally some of her which patients, Clandon Park of the Council, the approved. Our Council to its credit stuck KRA prepared a comprehensive draft gamely to its guns and eventually secured having consulted residents on their views. a workable Core Strategy despite repeated That draft was submitted back in January challenges by the then Minister to prove 2014, but it too has yet to be formally that it was capable of delivering what was issued. The Council invited each locality to required. prepare their own draft SPD and although The next tier down in this suite of Kingswood was the first to respond, our documents is to be the Development draft has been on hold until all the other Management Plan (DMP). The first stage draft SPDs were received to ensure of public consultation has just been consistency and continuity between these completed on this at the time of writing. documents and to allow common issues to The DMP is a really important document be elevated into the DMP. A few of the for local residents and I would like to take proposals which were written into the draft this opportunity to thank the members of Kingswood SPD do indeed appear in the the KRA planning team who put in many DMP, but in the main, we are still waiting hours of work going through the draft in to see what eventually emerges at local detail and submitting their comments to level. the Council. However, it will not become The accumulating effect of all these official Council policy until formally issued delays is that the process of updating the and it is understood that this is still over a Borough planning system is still ongoing year away. For the moment, it is still in the years after it began. I fully appreciate that early stages of a lengthy consultation during this period, those Councillors process the timetable for which is central involved with the planning process have government devised and which cannot devoted particular effort and attention to therefore be altered or accelerated by the policing applications, but whilst the policy Council. It is some comfort that the draft framework remains incomplete, coping C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 3 0 DMP should carry gradually increasing

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despite these limitations has inevitably called for considerable effort.

Most of this delay of course has been Westminster imposed and therefore outside the power of the Council, but this depressing saga leads me to hope that Councils generally across the UK are by now collectively pressing the government to streamline this whole process. The present system is so unwieldy that to an extent it defeats its own objectives and arguably imposes an excessive and unnecessary burden on Councils.

From the point of view of residents, it means that the updating of our planning policy remains incomplete long after the issues which require amendment have been identified. In some cases it must lead to uncertainty as to what is

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permissible which in turn may lead to an increase the number of planning appeals.

This is why I believe that Councils collectively should lobby Westminster to streamline the process before the next time it becomes necessary to review planning policy.

I appreciate that this task itself would be far from easy, but change has to begin somewhere and it is in the interests of Councils, developers and residents alike that this be addressed. Meantime as I look back on our journey so far, I am reminded of the driver lost in country lanes who asked the way only to be told “Well I wouldn’t have started from here.”

■ Des Camblin (Chairman KRA)

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SOUND IMPROVEMENT he first meeting took place on Oct 10th when we were delighted to welcome both new members and visitors. The lecture on The Fire of London was very well received, not least because the speaker, Barbara Askew, was superb both in her research and delivery.

The new audio visual equipment installed in the Village Hall during the summer was in full use and we thank Bob Gunn for all his help in teaching us how to use it. The drop down screen was a much better height than our own screen and stand and the clarity of the presentation and the sound were both a marked improvement.

Our December 12th speaker is speaking about, and illustrating, Gilbert and Sullivan and their much loved musical productions. It's a Chrismassy subject and there will be mince pies and wine available.

The second half of our programme begins on January 9th with “ London's Lost World of Sound” recalling and hearing street cries and city life from 1880-1950's. The speaker is Ian Rawes who is a former archivist at the British Library.

Our February 13th talk is “How to Make a Pound” . This time the speaker is a Kingswood resident, Geoff Kitchen, who has worked both at the Royal Mint and at Spink and Son. Finally in March we welcome a retired Professor of Toxicology,Tony Dayan, who will speak about the link between poisons and plants. All talks begin at 8pm. Full programme details are on the Village website, kingswoodvillage.org, under clubs, where you will find details of time and contacts.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

■ Frances Rosbotham, Programme Secretary

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Community Coffee Morning In an attempt to widen the age group attending, the last coffee morning, held on October 16th, was combined with an art exhibition by Kingswood children. Each child was given a small present and the two winners received a ten pound voucher to spend in Lorimers in Banstead.

The winners were decided by popular vote and the under eight prize went to Joshua Ruddmore for his splendid pirate picture and the eight to twelve prize went to Mia Parsons whose wildlife drawing drew much admiration. Thank you to all the children who took part.

The coffee morning itself was, as usual, a pleasant social opportunity to meet other Kingswood residents and, if you haven't been in the past, please consider popping in next time. The coffee and cakes are free, though we do appreciate a small contribution, and we will have a spring plant stall. No date has been set yet but it's likely to be before Easter and will be advertised on the village website.We look forward to meeting you.

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THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD e’re into that season where, often, we can easily find ourselves reflecting on the year as it draws to a close. As the nights draw in, the leaves fall, and the central heating goes on, we snuggle up with our thoughts and memories of another year that’s marched on all too quickly.

This season in the Church is also a season for remembering and giving thanks. Harvest Thanksgiving has come and gone, All Saints Day celebrated, and our own dear departed commemorated in the All Souls’ service. Then comes the formal and solemn occasion of Remembrance where, it seems, the hearts of our nation are touched once again as we pay tribute to the many who gave their lives for our freedom and peace.

There are few left who remember what it was like to exist daily with the fear and reality of bombs being dropped on their homes; few left who said goodbye to their loved ones who never returned from the two world wars; few left who are familiar with the hardships and austerity of those times but there are still those in our world who live with these experiences today.

Our news is full of reports of refugees, from various situations in their home countries. So many see these people as a nuisance, as

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scroungers, or as lawless criminals causing trouble to the countries where they seek asylum. What we have to remember is, “there but for the grace of God go I.” Had things have been different in the war years, our parents and grandparents could have been fleeing from the tyranny of war, we ourselves could have been those unaccompanied children, orphaned and alone, seeking basic needs amongst others scrabbling for survival.

Occasionally we get an account of an individual, rather than the masses, and that’s when it’s important for us to try to relate to the sheer desperation of the refugees we see daily on our screens.

They are real people, each one of them with tragic recent experiences to recall.

As you sit in the warmth and comfort of your own homes, please consider how you can do your part to alleviate the suffering of these desperate people, whether it be through immediate action, financial means, or by prayer.

Remember that Jesus and his family too were refugees and as we look forward to celebrating his birth once again this year, your church here in Kingswood has a range of occasions at which to welcome you: Crib and Christingle services, Christmas Eve communion, and family service on Christmas Day to name but a few. (See the Christmas Card insert for details.)

With very best wishes for the coming season, ■ Rev’d Chris Colton, Priest-in-Charge, Parish of Kingswood DECEMBER 2016 33

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VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE e have enjoyed a good mix of activities in the past three months, both socially (always) and with excellent, interesting monthly meetings.

In August, Dr Charlotte Bar nett addressed us on What is Chiropractic? A fit and articulate young woman, she was an excellent advertisement for her profession which numbers some 3000 practitioners in the UK. There are 80,000 in the US. Are we deprived?

Her talk about aches and pains and what can be done to alleviate them in terms of better posture, diet, exercise and combating stress elicited many questions from the floor. She gave good advice on the easy gentle moves we can all practise to relieve tight muscles to avoid, or put off, professional consultations.

Weather forecasts were gloomy for the September garden tea so it was decided that the Village Hall was the safest bet. A delightful and friendly after noon with an abundance of delicious eats and good strong tea, sent our members home in good heart.

I am sure that everyone who attended our October meeting found it most enjoyable. Captivated by the vibrant personality of Kerry Fisher who told us of her jour ney from

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“Pipe Dream to Publication.” A voracious reader as a child, she never strayed far from the printed word. After university she wrote guide books, then became a jour nalist as part of which she wrote book reviews. Gradually she began to think, so I can do this! We heard about the American online writing course she took and which she loved. Also her travails in trying to get published. Eventually, with much proof-reading and editing she self published her first novel. This book was well liked and pretty soon she had a book deal from Harper Collins and is now a published author with several books to her credit. She pursued her dream – I can, I will, watch me. Inspiring!

Just a few days ago some of us attended a South Heathlands WI Area meeting to hear a couturier, Katherine Cusack, give an interesting, well-researched talk on the magic of clothes. She took us from Nefertiti, via Eleanor of Aquitaine, Botticelli’s Venus and on through the centuries to today, dealing most particularly with texture and colour. It was such a worthwhile after noon for everyone, especially for those really interested in clothes.

Don’t forget you too can enjoy the fun, friendship and interest found in a WI membership by joining us on the first Thursday of the month at 14.00 in the Kingswood Village Hall.

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After 10 minutes in the car we arrived at the hotel, it was so beautiful, clean and spacious. The staff spoke perfect English and helped all our needs.

Our first vision was the amazing large pool in the shape of a crescent with beds immersed in the water and with easy slopes to access it.

The following day we hired a guide who took us around four temples, a market and the amazing gardens of Yves Saint Laurent, the president’s house where his four legal wives lived!

All the floors were of colourful tiles with their wooden ceilings carved out in very intricate detail. The visit to the market and souks were so fascinating and colourful. We had a talk about how they make Argon oil and all the herbs and their qualities. We would never need a Doctor again!

We visited a carpet weaver where we

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saw beautiful rugs in all sizes.

We sampled the traditional Moroccan Tagine with fresh bread, listening to the calls from the Mosque whilst watching the sun go down over the Temples, absolutely stunning.

We strolled through parks with Mosques and all the beauty of flowers and shrubs.

As we walked around the market amongst the sellers, the snake charmers and the henna stall, the sun shone all the time with clear blue skies.

On the way back to the hotel we noticed many lovely hotels and restaurants all along the way, including the Buddha Bar, a fantastic bar and night club.

All the restaurants had shades protecting you from sunlight and water sprays for cooling you.

The selection of non-alcoholic drinks and cocktails were mouth-watering.

The sun always shines in Marrakech!

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HIDE AND SEEK AT HAWTHORNS throughout the School to survey birds and wildlife from a hidden location.

With a focus on outdoor learning, the bird hide is one of many initiatives the School has been putting in place to develop their grounds and woodland area as a space for outdoor learning.

Alongside the woodland classroom, pupils take part in weekly Conservation lessons including practical woodland management skills and upils at The Hawthorns School in

National surveys such as the RSPB Big Schools’

Bletchingley have been observing birds and

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Christened ‘The Rookery’, The Hawthorns’ pupils and staff would like to thank our parents’

from their very own bird hide!

Funded by the School Parents’ association and

association, FROTH, and in particular former

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KINGSWOOD, TADWORTH AND WALTON FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GROUP Held in the Village Hall Waterhouse Lane Kingswood every second Tuesday in the month at 7.45 pm irst of all I must give you two big reminders: Our meeting in December which will include a Christmas tea will be held in the Village Hall Kingswood commencing at 2.00 pm, and there will be not be a meeting in January.

Our meetings in September, October and November were very successful and our demonstrators excellent. We would still like more members to enter our monthly flower competitions and we sincerely thank those who regularly participate.

We are gradually getting closer to starting our New Year and our AGM in April. I know this sounds a long way off, but after the excitement of Christmas and no meeting in January it will be upon us before we know it.

I know I keep saying this but if you are a newcomer to the area and are looking for opportunities to meet people and participate in local activities or maybe someone who has lived locally for years and would like to try something new, please give a thought to your local flower club. It doesn’t matter whether you are skilled or not so skilled with flowers, we are a very friendly helpful group. We have excellent demonstrators so all you have to do is to enjoy their skills, knowledge and tips. Our demonstrators are also happy to answer questions. Why not find out more? Please come along to one of our meetings as a visitor and hopefully you will enjoy it so much you would like to become a member. The Hall has kitchen facilities and its own car parking spaces. We raffle the demonstrators’ arrangements each month so you could go home with a beautiful bouquet.

■ Janet Hill, Chairman branet@home.3b.co.uk Tel: 01737 832424.

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Meetings start promptly at 7.45 pm in the Village Hall.

Here is the programme for 2016 and 2017.

December 13th Christmas

February 14th

April 11th

Meeting starts at 2.00 pm

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A.G.M Starts at 7.30pm Followed by Garden Question

‘Ho! Ho! Ho! Angie Hyde

March 14th

Competition: Decorated

‘Spring Again’

Christmas parcel

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Our new programme for 2017

2017

Competition: Your Choice

will be published in March.

January 2017 no meeting

Arrangement of Spring Flowers

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WINTER G ARDENING ow that the cold, short, icy days of winter are here, our garden birds rely on us more and more to provide food and water. To prevent diseases spreading among the birds, rinse feeders regularly with clean water. Every few weeks, give them a more thorough wash with soapy water. Scrub bird tables with a brush and soapy water and also wash out bird baths. Here are a few more ideas to keep you busy!

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ORNAMENTALS While away a few pleasant hours with seed catalogues and make plans for the next glorious growing season.

If we have a heavy fall of snow, carefully brush it off branches to prevent them being broken by the weight!

Prune wisteria in February by cutting the growths shortened in August back to two buds.

This may seem drastic but encourages flower buds.

Chelsfield.

EDIBLES Any winter pruning of apple trees should be completed before the end of February.

After leaf fall, grapevines need to be cut back to within two buds of old spurs on the main rod. This should be done before Christmas!

Unused ground in the vegetable garden should be roughly dug over and left for the frosts to break up the soil. Remove as many weeds as possible!

GREENHOUSE If plants require watering, this is best done as early in the day as possible. Take care to avoid splashing the foliage.

Tender fuchsias in pots need to be kept only just moist.

Stored dahlias, bulbs, etc. should be checked for signs of C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E

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On sunny days it is a good idea to open the vents for a while to reduce condensation on the glass.

GARDENS TO VISIT We are lucky have beautiful Surrey gardens opening for the National Gardens Scheme. You can find Gatton Park. lots more details on their website (www.ngs.org.uk).

A nearby one is - Gatton Park, Rocky Lane, Merstham, Surrey, RH2 0TW. 01731 649068. www.gattonpark.com Open on Sunday 12 Feb 2017. Admission £4.00, children free. Free activities for children.

Light refreshments available at Gatton Hall. Plants for sale. Dogs welcome.

Partial wheelchair access.

3m NE of Reigate. 5 mins from M25 J8 (A217) or from top of Reigate Hill, over M25 then follow sign to Merstham. Entrance is off Rocky Lane accessible from Gatton Bottom or A23 Merstham Gatton Park is the core 250 acres of the estate originally laid out by Capability Brown. Gatton also boasts a Japanese garden, rock and water garden and Victorian parterre nestled within the sweeping parkland. Stunning displays of snowdrops and aconites in February and March. Happy Christmas! ■ Pat Gibson

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S U R R E Y

P O L I C E

HOW TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE SECURE Here are some guidelines below to keep your

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home safe and secure:

bins out the front – they can be used to step

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Consider a sensor light outside your home.

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Consider parking the car in a garage and

lock your car, garage and any side gate. ●

CCTV cameras are available and may deter

car crimers and burglars. ●

If you go on holiday ask a neighbour to

keep an eye out for the home and vehicle. ●

Ask a neighbour to pop in and remove the

Do not leave your recycle bins or rubbish

on and over your side gate. ●

Put away all gardening tools which could

be used to open windows and doors. ●

Make sure the curtains are shut and some

lights are on if you are going out in the evening or the day time. ●

Consider timer lights throughout the day and

night if you’re going away and leave the radio

post which may be showing through the door

on suggesting that someone is at home.

identifying that no-one is home.

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Do not leave keys and personal

Consider the use of IMMOBILISE which can

register your most valued items on the

possessions on show at any window. This

internet for us to check when we may find

includes any Christmas presents in the

them in a warrant at an address of a suspect.

months ahead.

Your Banstead Safer Neighbourhood

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If you do not have a Neighbourhood watch

Team: PC 3519 Carmen Lambert Singer

please do consider this as it does have many

Please ring 101 for non emergency or 999

benefits.

for an emergency.

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K I N G S W O O D

L A W N

T E N N I S

C L U B

A SEASON FOR CHANGES

his autumn has seen some very significant changes at the village tennis club. The Club decided at the beginning of September to terminate its coaching agreement with INFX Tennis, because they had been unable to deliver the coaching programme that it had promised and that the Club required. The process to recruit a new permanent Head Coach is now well underway and in the meantime KLTC has been very fortunate, on an interim basis, to obtain the services of Patrick Gorman, an experienced and highly qualified coach. Patrick has not only maintained the coaching groups that were running earlier in the year, but has shown that there is additional demand to be tapped by starting a number of popular new coaching sessions.

In September the Club also launched a new initiative to attract younger families, instigated by Committee members Joel Wormald and Trevor Fannin. A series of free Sunday afternoon tennis sessions were put on, with separate coaching sessions for advanced players, adult beginners and children. The sessions attracted both existing members and potential new members. T-shirts for the children were funded by Heritage Windows, as an added attraction. Directly

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resulting from these sessions some 30 new members have joined the Club.

In early November KLTC held its 2016 AGM and this meeting led to a third important change for the Club. Bob Gunn has retired at Chairman and handed the reigns to Robin Hollington, a past Club Champion and 1st Team Squad member.

Bob has served on the Committee for more than 10 years and has been Chairman for the past 5. He told the AGM that he was proud that membership had now reached a record high, just over 300.

He was also very pleased that younger members were now playing a more active role in moving the Club forward. All of the other members of the Committee were reelected, so Robin will have a strong team to support him.

Off the courts, there was a scary time for our younger members with a Halloween Party on Sunday 30 October.

The Clubhouse was transformed into a spiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lair, the food looked gruesome (but tasted delicious), and an excellent face-painter was on hand to change the young faces in a suitably creepy way. The kids (or was it their parents?) entered fully into the Halloween spirit with some amazing costumes and Flossie the C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 5 6

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Magician kept them all entertained. Some of the dads made fabulous efforts at the apple bobbing. It was great fun. A whacky, ghoulish, spooky spectacular time was had by all, while outside other members played tennis as usual, oblivious to the weird world inside the Clubhouse!

Many thanks to Nikki Martin and Hannah Rodulfo-Flatt for organising it and to Lada Muir for the incredible, but edible, cup cakes.

The Club’s adult members are looking forward to an equally enjoyable time on

10 December, but with a very different decoration theme, when they get together for a Christmas Meal in the Clubhouse.

Brenda Wormald is organising festivities and the food will again be prepared by the Club’s favourite chefs Andy and Claudine Trowell.

If you are interested in joining the Club, please contact Membership Secretary Steve Kippen at kltcmembership@gmail.com or check out our new website www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/KingswoodLTC ■ Bob Gunn

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L O C A L

C H A R I T I E S

GOLF CLUB SUPPORTS CHARITY

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ingswood Golf Club’s charity

Hoe Down themed summer party and in

fundraising in 2016 is supporting

December there will be a children’s party and

Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens

evening of carols.

campaign.

Every day around 11 young people in the

Molly Learoyd-Hurst from Cancer Research UK said: “Our mission to save the

UK are diagnosed with cancer. Despite

lives of more children in Surrey, and across

improving survival rates, cancer is the leading

the UK, relies on every hour of research,

cause of death in children, teenagers and

every pound raised and every person who

young adults.

gets involved. So we’d like to say a huge

Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens

thank you to everyone at Kingswood Golf

campaign aims to accelerate research to find

Club for supporting Cancer Research UK Kids

kinder treatments and cures for children,

& Teens and helping to bring forward the day

teens and young adults with cancer. Thanks

when all children survive.”

to the generosity of supporters like

To get involved with Kingswood Golf Club’s

Kingswood Golf Club, the charity has helped

fundraising please contact molly.learoyd-

to transform the outlook for children with the

hurst@cancer.org.uk

disease. Around three-quarters now survive

To find out more visit cruk.org/kidsandteens

their cancer beyond 10 years compared with more than a third in the 1970s.

The club’s fundraising activities this year have included a Pro-Am competition and a

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N S P C C

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT DINNER On Saturday 1st October 171 guests attended a

NSPCC trying to

black tie dinner in the Member's Dining Room in

reach other

the House of Commons. After private tours and a

children to save

pre-dinner drink guests sat down to a delicious

them from taking

three course meal. Many thanks to everyone who

such devastating

attended and helped us to raise £5,000 for 'Liam's

actions after being

Fund' (see below) at NSPCC/ChildLine. We

bullied. Huge

received many private donations after the event as

thanks to Aaron

guests were so moved by our speaker, Aaron

and also to The Rt Hon Tom Brake MP for

Hearne, brother of Liam, who now works for the

hosting the evening on our behalf.

Aaron Hearne and The Rt. Hon. Tom Brake MP (left).

LIAM’S STORY Aaron Hearne remembers his family being numb

he was always there to talk to but Liam didn't want

and in disbelief after his brother Liam's suicide.

to talk about things. After Liam's death Aaron

Liam was an artistic, smart and big-hearted 14

began to think how speaking anonymously to a

year old boy but had become withdrawn and

trained counsellor from the NSPCC's ChildLine

subdued before Aaron found him dead. Aaron had

could have helped Liam. Aaron believes his life

become concerned after his brother had come

should be remembered positively and now works

home from school with unexplained bruises and

for the NSPCC and has raised more than £100,000

was getting late night phone calls. Aaron told him

for the Charity as a tribute to Liam.

QUIZ NIGHT The 'brains' of Kingswood will be coming together

Foods for providing the fish and chip supper.

to attempt to win our annual quiz night just after

A huge thank you to Richard and Adrienne for

this issue went to press. Thank you in advance to

running yet another brain testing Quiz and helping

all our teams for supporting us and to Fishers

us raise money for the NSPCC.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Wine and Supper evening

May Ball

Saturday 17th or 24th March 2017 (TBC)

Saturday 20th May 2017. RAC, Epsom

Annual Tennis Tournament

7pm - Midnight. Tables of 10.

Monday 24th April 2017

For more details or to book a table contact Angie -

Matches to be played at four local courts, semis

at peters@btinternet.com or 833043

and finals to be played at Kingswood Lawn Tennis

200 Club

Club. £25 per player to include a two course lunch

For £12 a year you have the chance to win cash

and afternoon tea. Please contact - Rosemary -

prizes! If you would like further details to to join our

akermanjr@msn.com or 830257

200 Club please contact Lori -

Jane - janehollington@btinternet.com

lori.kerr60@live.co.uk or 830907

EVERY CHILDHOOD IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR NSPCC HELPLINE 0800 800 500 help@NSPCC.org.uk ChildLine 0800 1111

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A N N

D O B S O N ’ S

R E C I P E S

A TASTE OF WINTER he last leaf of autumn has glided soundlessly to the ground and the smell of wood smoke fills the air.

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Trees are bare against the cold grey sky and mist shrouds the drab countryside. Nature has shut her wardrobe until spring but colour can come from the kitchen instead with oranges, lemons and limes;

glowing red and yellow peppers, steaming soups and crisply roasted meats. ■ Ann Dobson

This pepper and goat’s cheese tart with its

bake for a further 5-10 minutes, checking to make

Christmas colours makes a cheering veggie

sure the pine kernels don’t burn.

offering over the festive period, served with a salad

Frost turns grass into shimmering crystal spikes

of watercress and baby spinach leaves.

and puddles into ice rinks, gleaming in weak winter sunshine. It may be cold outside, but in the kitchen the oven is on and the warm, spicy smell of baking fills the air.

PEPPER & GOAT’S CHEESE TART for 4 450g puff pastry 2 small red and 2 small yellow peppers 1 tub spreadable goat’s cheese (150g) A scattering of pitted black olives & pine kernels Heat the oven to 220oC/gas 7 and put a baking

SPICY STAR BISCUITS

sheet in oven to heat. Roll out the puff pastry as

200g self raising flour

thinly as possible. Cut out a large circle or

1/2 teaspoon of mixed spice

rectangle and put it on a greased baking sheet.

50g caster sugar

With a sharp knife, mark a 1 cm rim round the

50g light soft brown sugar

outside and prick the centre. Chill. Halve and de-

100g butter & 1/2 orange (zest and juice)

seed the peppers and grill under a high heat for 10

Heat the oven to 180oC/gas 4. Mix the flour, spice

minutes until blackened. Put in a plastic bag to

and sugars and rub in the butter. Add the grated

cool, then peel off the blackened skins and slice

rind and orange juice and mix to make a stiff

the flesh into strips. Spread the goat’s cheese over

dough. Roll out and use star shaped cutters to cut

the pastry case and scatter the red and yellow

different sized stars. Place them on greased baking

peppers over decoratively with the black olives

trays and bake for about 15 minutes until golden

between. Place the tart on the heated baking sheet

but not overcooked (or they will go too hard). Ice

in the oven and cook for 20 minutes. Turn the oven

with orange-flavoured icing, using juice from the

down to 200 o/gas 6, scatter pine kernels over and

remaining half orange, if liked.

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C H A R I T I E S

CHARITY ACTION LIST Feeling charitable? Or just want to get involved in some interesting local activities? Or both!

Here’s what’s coming up in the next 3 months. Bob Gunn Monday 5 December 7.00pm Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ The Children’s Trust Christmas Concert Join The Children’s Trust for an evening of glorious Christmas music hosted by BBC news presenter Nicholas Owen. Nigel Hess conducts the vibrant Amici Ensemble with special guest performances by Piers Adams (of Red Priest) on recorder and by soprano Anna Maria Rincon. There will also be appearances

by Samantha Bond, Amanda Burton, and Alistair McGowan.

Tickets £25 from www.cadoganhall.com/whats-on Friday 16 December Starting at 7.15 pm Meet at the gates of St Peter’s Church, Walton-on-the-Hill TWOAT Street Carol Singing Fancy adding your voice to the TWOAT songsters who will continuing the festive tradition of singing carols door-to-door – or at least street-to-street and pub-to-pub – around Walton. All voices welcome, however rusty or rarely used! Offers of mince pies and mulled wine guaranteed. Further details from Mike Fox 01737 350452 or Mike.fox2@NTLWorld.com Friday 16 December 8.15 pm All Saints Church, Battlebridge Lane, Merstham, Surrey, RH1 3LH PATH Choir Christmas Concert A number of Kingswood singers are in the PATH Choir and would love you to join them for their concert of Christian songs and words for this special time of the year. Retiring collection.

Saturday 28 January 7.30pm at Tadworth Court Mansion, Tadworth St, Tadworth KT20 5RU Friends of the Children’s Trust Annual Quiz Join the contest to become The Friends Quiz Champions for 2017. Make up your own team, or come by yourselves and we will match you up with teammates. Tickets are £15, which includes a Fish & Chips supper.

For tickets contact: Jane 07943 576002, or Gerry 01737 812655, or friendsofthechildrenstrust@virginmedia.com If there is a local charity event in the period March, April, May 2016, not otherwise covered in Village Voice, which you want to tell our readers about, please send brief information to Bob Gunn by 20 January bob@gunn.org

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H E A L T H

&

F I T N E S S

LASTING WEIGHT LOSS ENERGY IN - VS - ENERGY OUT

by someone else’s choice.

Weight gain is all about how much energy

GET ACTIVE, BURN CALORIES

(calories) your body takes in through eating and

Watching what you eat is just the first step to a

drinking compared with how much energy your

healthier lifestyle. To lose and maintain a healthy

body uses. This is the principle of energy in vs

weight, you also need regular exercise. You

energy out. Your body will stay the same if you

should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate

take in roughly an equal amount of energy as

exercise per week. A brisk walk is a great

your body burns up through your daily physical

example, or any activity that makes you feel

activities. Similarly, if you regularly take in more

warm and slightly out of breath. You could

energy than your body burns up, you will gain

achieve 150 minutes a week by doing five times

weight. But if you regularly take in less energy

30-minute sessions, or even three 10-minute

than your body burns up, you will lose weight.

sessions five times a week. As well as your 150

HEALTHY EATING OUT TIPS

minutes, you should do some muscle

You control what, how much and how you cook

strengthening activity at least twice a week.

when you’re at home, but things are not so simple

MAKE EXERCISE ROUTINE

when you eat out. There are lots of ways you can

Many people use the excuse that they just don’t

eat more healthily when you’re not at home:

have the time to exercise. The key is to find

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Avoid fatty foods where possible, such as pies,

activities that fit around your normal daily routine.

bacon and other fried or battered food, and choose

Try going for a 10 minute walk during your lunch

non-fried chicken without the skin, or fish.

break or set up a walking group where you work.

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Ask for salad without the dressing. They tend to

be oil-based and high in fat and calories. ●

Choose a tomato-based sauce rather than a

cream one. ●

Opt for boiled or steamed potatoes, instead of

creamy mashed potatoes or chips. ●

Swap high-fat puddings such as cake for a

sorbet or fresh fruit. ●

Ask for a smaller portion size. You could even

request a child’s meal.

Other ideas include walking the kids to school, getting off the bus /tube a stop early or parking your car further away than normal in the car park.

BENEFITS - ITS A WIN WIN As well as burning more calories, being active has so many other advantages; more energy and stamina; lower blood pressure and cholesterol; reduced risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, stroke and Type 2 Diabetes; better

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Consider having a starter instead of a main meal.

sleep quality; improved stress relief; stronger and

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Skip side orders such as bread, but do ask for a

more toned muscles; lower risk of osteoporosis;

side order of vegetables if they donít come with

and best of all, a sense of well being.

your meal.

■ Anne Davidson FTST, IIHHT

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Drink a glass of water with your meal to help

you feel full. ●

Feel free to leave food on your plate if your

portion was too big. ●

Be the first to order so that you’re not swayed

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W R I T E R S â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

C O R N E R

In this edition I am printing a poem requested by one of our avid readers, John Viccari.

John and Sue were long-time Kingswood residents who now live in Tadworth.

They are still members of Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club. However, the poem John has requested isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about tennis, but about golf, although the sentiments it reflects could apply to the volunteers who help to run almost any sports club.

It is a poem written by the former Poet Laureate John Betjeman about St Enodoc Golf Club in Cornwall, very near where Betjeman later died and is buried. And it is about a very particular person at that club. If there is a poem you would like to appear in Village Voice, please let me know. Bob Gunn.

The Hon. Sec. by John Betjeman He knew the ocean mists that rose And seemed for ever staying, When moaned the foghorn from Trevose And nobody was playing; The flip of cards on winter eves, The whisky and the scoring, As trees outside were stripped of leaves And heavy seas were roaring.

The flag that hung half-mast today Seemed animate with being As if it knew for who it flew And will no more be seeing.

He died when early April light Showed red his garden sally And under pale green spears glowed white His lilies of the valley;

He loved each corner of the linksThe stream at the eleventh, The grey-green bents, the pale sea-pinks, The prospect from the seventh;

The garden where he used to stand And where the robin waited To fly and perch upon his hand And feed till it was sated.

To the ninth tee the uphill climb, A grass and sandy stairway, And at the top the scent of thyme And long extent of fairway.

The Times would never have the space For Ned's discreet achievements; The public prints are not the place For intimate bereavements.

He knew how on a summer day The sea's deep blue grew deeper, How evening shadows over Bray Made that round hill look steeper.

A gentle guest, a willing host, Affection deeply planted It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.

A D V E R T I S E R S

I N D E X

Aberdour School

Page 11

Furze Hill Court

AJS Tyres

Page 43

Garden Buildings Woodcote Page 40

Page 22

A K Gulati and Co Solicitors Page 32

(The) Hawthor ns School

Page 69

Anne Davidson

Page 64

JP Electrical

Page 19

Balcombe Care Homes

Page 34

Julian Batcheler

Page 62

Bramley School

Page 15

Kennedys

Page 18

Burge and Gunson

Page 71

Kingswood Golf and Country Page 44

Capel Tree Surgeons

Page 48

Lester Designs

Page 56

Carpets 4U

Page 5

LT Electrical

Page 57

Christine Barrass

Page 51

Memory Book

Page 58

Coulsdon Home Hardware

Page 20

Norsat

Page 30

Dave Ford Tree Care

Page 48

Romans Inter national

Page 67

David Legg Tree Surgeon

Page 51

Saunders Estate Agents

Page 28

Derek White and Sons

Page 53

Stoneman Funeral Services

Page 42

Drift Bridge Volkswagen

Page 2

Surrey Downs Golf

Page 4

Duckworth Gardener

Page 23

Sutton High School

Page 39

Dunottar

Page 54

Symphony World Travel

Page 46

Fadi

Page 36 & 37

Taurus Waste Recycling

Page 60

Total Security Systems

Page 52

Fine & Country Estate Ag’ts Page 72

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