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WALTON MAY PAGEANT

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ts that time of year already for the Walton May Pageant being held on Saturday 18th May commencing with the procession from the pond at 2pm. Its a great family day out and there’s plenty of craft stalls, games, rides, BBQ, tea and beer tents to keep everyone entertained.

All proceeds are donated to national and local charities and so all kinds of support are welcome. The chosen beneficiaries for 2019 are Dyscover, SUDEP (Sudden Death Epilepsy) and the Howard Close Pavilion.

Pageant volunteers will be visiting local businesses to collect money and the Pageant Ladies will be doing a raffle run on the 11th May which will cover all the local pubs including The Kingswood Arms, Inn on the Green, Tadworth Social Club,

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The Dukes Head, The Blue Ball, The Rat, Spaghetti Tree, The Fox & Hounds and The Chequers. Tickets will also be available from Walton News and outside Walton and Bramley Schools. If you would like to donate a raffle prize, contact Karen Breakspear, or if you would like to book a craft or charity stall, please contact Caroline Pepper or Eileen Debski. You can contact them at contact@waltonmay pageant.co.uk or via the website at www.waltonmaypageant.co.uk So put 18th May in your diary and support the Pageant which raises a great deal of money for charity and is a great community event.

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TA D W O R T H & W A LT O N R E S I D E N T S A S S O C I AT I O N

GILLIAN HEIN PRESENTED AWARD

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s ever, we’ve been busy since our last issue. More trees have been planted in street verges; carols sung in the Jubilee Woodland; a living Christmas tree planted at Gun Corner and plans for a Tadworth in Bloom advanced – all in addition to monitoring local planning.

There is good news for the Jubilee Woodland (Do you make use of Tadworth’s only green recreational space?). We are pleased to announce that the Jubilee Woodland Management Committee have been awarded £10.5K under the Government’s ‘Pocket Parks’ Initiative. This scheme seeks to support communities to establish small parks up to 0.4 hectares or refurbish existing parks where people can relax, exercise, socialise and play. Why not come along and see what improvements we’re going to be making?

We still need more hands to help with all this: you don’t have to be a ‘committee person’ to be of value! Just contact one of us

if you’d like to find out more.

Finally, on 10 April at County Hall, our Vice Chair, Gillian Hein, will be presented with a Surrey County Council Volunteers’ Award. This recognises that for some thirty years, she has held a watching brief for TWRA on local planning issues. Gillian has helped to shape for the better, the way both Walton and Tadworth look and feel today.

She is also a Committee member of the Surrey Branch of CPRE (Campaign for the Protection of Rural England). We offer her our congratulations.

STOP PRESS We have received an update from Walton Heath Golf Club re their plans for a new Clubhouse, which confirms “..... that we are still working towards submitting a planning application................ rest assured we will advise you and the Walton Forum when we have submitted the application”. It is likely that the proposal will be submitted after the local elections in May. Clive Elcome, Chairman

BRAMLEY REOPENING AS SCHOOL WALTON PLANNING

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fter several months of uncertainty, we understand that Bramley School will be reopening as a school for children with autism in September.

Developers have approached us re the Kitlands site and we will be meeting with them in the near future. We anticipate they will also be consulting local residents before submitting a planning application for developing the site.

Otherwise, there have been no significant changes in recent months, although we continue to be concerned at

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continuing infill development in the Walton on the Hill Conservation Area and Residential Area of Special Character. Cumulatively, these small scale developments are increasing local traffic and parking problems as well as putting a strain on local services.

We are pleased that the Council has refused an application concerning industrial uses on land off Sturts Lane. Although next to the motorway, the land is in the Green Belt and we have objected on numerous occasions to unauthorised development in this area.

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Pfizer’s application to discharge its obligation to provide transport for its employees has not yet been determined by the Council. We recognise that some routes are poorly used but have objected to the removal of all of them because of the increased car traffic which will result and also because some bus services are already being diverted to serve the Pfizer site to the detriment of bus users in Tadworth and Walton

e have again objected strongly to an application to develop the Inn on the Green car park for a large dwelling, as cannot see how this popular restaurant can flourish if there are inadequate parking facilities.

The third phase of development to the rear of Shelvers Way properties, near the A217, has received planning permission. We now understand that the developers are approaching properties further along Shelvers Way, for a new access, for further back land development. We are concerned that the developers are refusing to provide any affordable housing as they argue that their scheme is three separate developments, each of less than 10 units and so they have no obligation to make an affordable housing contribution.

Developers approached the Residents Association and local residents several months ago on redeveloping 15, The Avenue for 33 flats in a three storey building. We considered this amounted over development of the site, with inadequate parking, but have heard nothing recently.

There have been one or two cases recently of property owners trying to create a separate dwelling either in an extension

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OTHER MATTERS

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or adjacent garage without planning permission. In one particular case, 8 Harpurs, in Tadworth Park, a garage was increased in size beyond what had been approved with signs that the garage was to be used as a separate dwelling. The Council refused the application and we do not yet know if there will be an appeal. In the meantime, local residents are suffering from the intrusive garage extension.

e have responded to consultation on the extra runway at Heathrow as are concerned at the likely increase in noise levels across our area, also to the Surrey County Council consultation on fire service proposals, as it is proposed to reduce night coverage from Banstead. It is also unclear where or if the new fire station site will be relocated, following the sale of the Banstead police site.

A large care facility is being proposed for the Legal and General site in Kingswood but although meetings have been held with local residents, no application has yet been submitted.

Reigate and Banstead Council is currently consulting on changes to the Borough’s Development Management Plan following modifications proposed by Inspector Hockenhull arising from a public hearing.

Details are on the Council’s web site. The RA will be responding, but we are only able to comment on the changes not the original document.

Lastly, we have been successful in an application for a ‘pocket park’ grant to improve the play facilities at the Jubilee Woodland site in Tadworth Street. We are meeting with the company providing the equipment shortly and hope the works will be completed by the summer holidays.

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TADWORTH IN BLOOM 2019

HANGING BASKET DISPLAYS

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he TWRA have been working on a plan to provide Tadworth with an array of flowers this summer.

It was decided that the focus of the floral display would be Station Approach and Cross Road, both of which are in the newly designated Tadworth Conservation Area.

Hanging baskets filled with a selection of brightly coloured flowers will adorn the lampposts and a special hanging basket tree has been commissioned for the grassy triangle at the junction of Cross Road and Ashurst Road.

From the end of May our local residents, businesses and the many commuters that pass through the village, will be able to enjoy the displays and benefit from the health and environmental improvements they offer. In addition to enhancing the street scene, floral displays have been identified with lower rates of crime and

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improved social behaviour. Did you know that just by looking at flowers the levels of Dopamine, Serotonin and Oxytocin, known as the ‘happy brain chemicals’ can increase!

We are most grateful for the generous financial support we have received from the following businesses, without whom the Tadworth in Bloom project would not be possible: Pfizer, One Stop, The Bridge Restaurant, Chapman & Son Butchers, Tadworth Tyres, Nethercott Opticians, Simply Dry Cleaners, The Flower Pot, Studio C Hair Design, Thai Cottage Restaurant, Peter & Co. Accountants and Farm Fencing. We are also very grateful to Councillors Rachel Turner, Victor Broad and George Curry for their support.

We very much hope that you will enjoy the pleasant environment we hope to create with Tadworth in Bloom 2019.

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WALTON-ON-THE-HILL VILLAGE FORUM

RECORD FORUM ATTENDANCE

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he New Year started at a somewhat

Walton Village Forum the beneficiary of its

brisk pace in the village. Our AGM was

Charity Golf Day this year. The Charity Golf

hosted on the 26th February 2019 with

Day will be held on Tuesday 3rd September,

70 members attending, a record for any Forum

will comprise 23 teams and all funds raised on

meeting to date. Agenda items including Mere

the day will go towards key forum initiatives

Pond Regeneration and the replacement

such as the replacement pavilion. I would like

Walton Village Pavilion at Howard Close

to thank the Golf Club for it’s continued

dominated the evening’s events.

support for village initiatives and would like to

During the second half of last year it

offer special thanks to Charles Harvey, Andrew

became clear that the current sports pavilion

Brown & Jane Gandey who are all involved in

at Howard Close was no longer fit for

the organisation of the Charity Golf Day.

purpose. This, combined with a lack of

I’m sure that by now a number of you have

ablution facilities when the Walton Warriors

seen that the heron has returned to Mere

and other groups are using the playing fields,

Pond having being absent for a good few

propelled a handful of concerned residents

months; a sign that the pond life has improved

and the Forum Committee to action.

since the summer drought. The planned work

Meetings held late last year with council

to regenerate Mere Pond continues. A plan is

planners in conjunction with Cllr. George

being drawn up by David Larner, Robert

Curry gave the green light to move forward

Justice & Caroline Walter and in due course we

with a planning application. Preparation of

will be meeting with the council to agree next

the application is now underway, however,

steps. Thanks to David, Robert and Caroline

not before a public consultation was held in

for all their efforts to date and to the Council’s

the village on the 13th February and at our

Green Spaces Team for all their support too.

AGM on the 26th February where

The May Pageant will be held on Saturday

overwhelming support for this initiative was

18th May and the theme will be ‘All that

endorsed. I would like to extend a special

Glitters’. This will be the 50th anniversary of

thank you to Ed Moore who has contributed

the pageant and will no doubt be a fantastic

a significant amount of time to date, both in

fun-filled day no matter what the weather.

terms of drafting plans, and in co-ordinating

The main beneficiaries of this years pageant

the project. Additionally, thanks needs to be

fund-raising will be Dyscover, SUPED & the

extended to the council for their support

Howard Close Pavilion. Thanks to Lorraine

with this initiative.

Smith and her entire committee for their hard

Whilst planning permission for any kind of development is but one hurdle that needs to be overcome, the other has to be funding. At

work again this year; this year’s pageant will no doubt be a tremendous success again.

Finally I’m sure many of you have noticed

this stage it’s not entirely clear what a

the new planting around the white gates near

replacement pavilion will cost but suffice it to

the pond. I’d like to extend a special thank

say it won’t be an insignificant amount of

you to Dena and Terry Rechtern who volunteer

money.

with Walton In Bloom and have been

To this end I am pleased to announce that the Walton Heath Golf Club has made the

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responsible for making this happen. For those of you that aren’t aware Walton in Bloom

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work tirelessly throughout the course of the

in touch with any of the committee members

year to keep our village looking pretty and I

or email us on the email address below.

know their efforts are appreciated. Thanks to

Our next Forum meeting will be held on the

Jean Bye and her team for all their hard work.

Tuesday 25th June at 8pm at the Breech Lane

Whilst resolutely non-political, the Walton

Community Centre, all are welcome so please

Forum enjoys excellent relations with the

feel free to come along and find out how our

borough and county councils. Your local

exciting initiatives are progressing.

councillors who are active in the community

Grant Webster

and have launched many local initiatives,

The Walton Forum committee can be reached

regularly attend Forum meetings to talk about

on info@waltonvillageforum.com.

the council’s activities, local issues, and to hear

Follow and support us on Facebook:

about issues residents should like them to deal

www.facebook.com/Walton-on-the-Hill-

with! Forum meetings are an excellent

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opportunity to make your voices heard.

The Walton Forum was established by

The Forum isn’t directly involved in planning

residents in 1997; a platform to discuss matters

and development applications, which require

of importance to the village and agree any

skilled technical input and are handled by the

necessary actions or improvements. The Forum

Tadworth and Walton Residents’ Association

meets 3 times a year, usually in the Breech

on our behalf. We are extremely grateful for

Lane Community Centre and all village

their efforts to protect our village from

residents are encouraged to attend. The

inappropriate development.

Forum committee can be reached, throughout

Lastly, if anyone is interested in joining the Forum Committee please don’t hesitate to get

the year, via email with your ideas and concerns.

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LONGLEY INTERLOCKING FLOORS Tadworth resident, Michael Longley has kindly written a history of Longley’s Perfected patent woodblock flooring used in many local buildings including the Church of Good Shepherd in the Avenue, Tadworth.

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ave you ever walked across a wood floor and asked yourself “I wonder if there is a strong story beneath my

feet?”. I expect the answer is “No”.

If you have been in the Church of Good Shepherd in the Avenue, Tadworth I can tell you there is quite an interesting story! The floor is composed of Longley’s Patent Perfected Interlocking wood block flooring, patented by my grandfather Charles Longley in 1890 and 1893. He also obtained a Royal Letters Patent for his ‘invention’. I will tell you the story without being too technical!

James Longley (born 1836), my great grandfather was a carpenter by trade, living

Patterns of Longley’s Perfected Wood Block Flooring.

at Turners Hill in Sussex. He went into

to confirm the origin of the floor by finding a

business in 1860 and in less than 35 years, he

small hole, left for expansion, behind The Font

and his eldest son, Charles secured the huge

where I could feel the groove. The contract

contract to build Christ’s Hospital, “The

would have been nominated by the architects,

Bluecoat” School, Nr Horsham at today’s

Messrs Goodhart Randall for whom Longley’s

value, probably about £50 million. The

did work in my time in Crawley, where we had

architect Sir Aston Webb ‘specified’ the floors

our headquarters from 1882 until 2000.

in general to be Longley’s Patented wood

Most floors were laid in ‘herring bone’

block flooring covering no less than 20,250

fashion requiring absolute precision in the size

square yards or 4.18 acres! Demand boomed,

of block, the ratio of length to width being 3

architects specified them in churches and

to 1 or 4 to 1. All kiln dried and laid on a

public buildings including town halls, railway

perfectly level and dry cement and sand

stations, schools, colleges, libraries, hospitals

screed. The block layers (always our own men)

and upmarket private houses. The most

worked on their knees, dragging along an

significant jobs after Christ’s Hospital were

oval galvanised ‘bath’, with hot liquid pitch

Dartmouth Naval Training College, 13,400

into which each block was carefully dipped

square yards (2.79 acres) and The Edward VII

(not too much, not too little!), so the block

Sanatorium, Midhurst of 2,900 square yards.

was well stuck but not so much that it oozed

All are still in use today after 100 years of hard wear. At the Good Shepherd I was able

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however, was accommodated by the open joint around the tongue in groove (see diagram). Charles even invented a wood block

spread to roofs in Brighton Road. I still have

Rift sawn with the grain vertical is the most hard wearing selected for use in doorways. The ‘otherwise’ was not best used for sliding in your socks! (After some wear on the floor you could end up with some very painful splinters) Observe the slight void at the ‘tongue and groove’ to accommodate surplus pitch at a low level. All floors were finished off with a sanding machine in modern times.

the bronze plate which was attached to the

deputy managing director from 1967

machine, stating its origin and maker.

becoming chairman of the main company

cutting machine with the help of John Every, an engineer from Lewes. The machine was destroyed in a disastrous fire at our Crawley works on 21st March 1924. The fire even

Oak, teak and pitch pine were the main

1988-89 and chairman of 18 subsidiary

timbers used, the latter being obtained from

property companies carrying out work

the northern climes of Canada, Russia and

throughout southern England. The company

Scandinavia, where slow growth was the norm

ceased to trade in 2000, after 140 years, but

leading to the hardwearing quality which was

the Kier Group traded as ‘Longley Kier’ for

so important.

several years before dropping the Longley

The speciality ceased with WWII, after

name. You may have seen Kier busy in Epsom

which cheap imports flooded the market, but I

town centre, changing the one way system

don’t remember any tongues and grooves!

and causing plenty of hold ups.

I joined the company in 1952 and was joint

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POLICING YOUR COMMUNITY

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his is a brief summary of the number of crimes reported locally in the past three months: Nov All Crime 43 Anti-social behav’r 9 Bicycle theft 1 Burglary 9 Crim’l damage/arson 6 Drugs 0 Other crime 0 Other theft 1 Poss’n of weapon 0 Public order 1 Robbery 1 Shoplifting 0 Theft from person 0 Vehicle crime 4 Violence & sexual offences 11

Dec 31 6 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 5

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Unfortunately scam phone calls, letters and emails continue to plague us all. A recent warning has come out from both the Police and Trading Standards about fake demands for payments or banking details in connection with TV License fees. Approaching £1m has been netted by fraudsters as many people set up automatic methods to pay this annual fee some years ago and consequently do not immediately remember having already made a payment. Action Fraud has received over 100 reports about fake emails that purport to be from Virgin Media. The emails threaten the recipient with “automatic disconnection” due to

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“invalid billing information”. The links in the emails lead to genuinelooking phishing websites that are designed to steal your Virgin Media account login details. The best approach to any unexpected request for information or payment by telephone or email is not to react instantaneously but take your time in checking that the communication comes from a genuine source.

Remember that reputable organisations such as the banks or the police will never ask you to give confidential information over the phone.

The Police and Crime Commissioner, David Munro, and the current Acting Chief Constable, Gavin Stevens, are staging a series of “Policing Your Community” events in each borough. The event for Reigate & Banstead is taking place on Wednesday 24th April at 7pm in the Warwick school, Noke Drive, Redhill. If you wish to attend and hear about plans for the future of policing and raise any issues you have, you will need to book your place at this event via the PCC’s web site. I will be participating in the Reigate & Banstead event as the Chairman of the Surrey Neighbourhood Watch Association and will be happy to raise any relevant issues on your behalf if you cannot attend. You can email me on surreychair@surreynhw.org.uk Mike Fox

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RECIPE

VEGETABLE CURRY Serves 3 Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 2030 minutes INGREDIENTS 2 medium potatoes (around 350g/12oz) peeled and cut into 2cm chunks 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced diagonally 1/2 cauliflower (around 300g/10 1/2oz), cut into small florets and halved 3 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil 1 large onion, coarsley grated or very finely chopped 1 tbsp medium or hot curry powder 1 x 227g tin chopped tomatoes 300ml/10fl oz vegetable or chicken stock

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(made with 1/2 cube), gluten-free if required 100g/3 1/2 oz frozen peas or 2 large handfuls of spinach leaves, or a mixture Plain yoghurt or vegan alternative, to serve Mango chutney to serve

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alf-fill a saucepan with cold water and add the potatoes and carrots. Bring to the boil and cook gently for 8 minutes.

Add the cauliflower florets and cook for a further 2 minutes. Drain everything in a colander and set aside.

Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan or wide-based saucepan. Add the onion, and cook over a medium heat for 8-10 minutes, stirring regularly until well softened and lightly golden. Add the curry powder and cook for 30 seconds, stirring all the time.

Add the tomatoes to the onions and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the stock and bring to a gentle simmer. Add the partially cooked vegetables and peas and simmer gently for 5-10 minutes until everything is tender. If the sauce thickens too much, add a splash of water.

Serve immediately with yoghurt, mango chutney, and rice or naan.

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TADWORTH & WALTON OVERSEAS AID TRUST

HELP FOR BEREGA HOSPITAL

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n TWOAT’s previous article we described how we hoped to assist Berega Hospital in Tanzania to establish a clinic with an outreach worker to treat epilepsy. We are pleased to give you an update - a young man, Charles Mng’ome, already undergoing nurse training at Berega has applied for and been recruited as the outreach worker. He will join a technical training course being run at Kilimanjaro Hospital later this year.

We have transferred £2,000 from our Christmas Appeal fund to pay for his first year’s wages and the cost of the training and his accommodation at Kilimanjaro.

We organised both a tea party and a curry dinner in St John’s Hall, Tadworth, on Saturday March 30 to help us support a project in India. They were a great success in total attracting over 100 people to hear Revd. Anita Matthews, Trustee of the charity called CRS, which is based at the Cathedral in Kolkata, speak about its work amongst the very poorest slum dwellers in that city.

Perhaps the most moving story concerned a community of Dalit people (also known as Untouchables) who had set up a small, “illegal”, shanty town alongside a railway line on a commuter route from the outskirts of Kolkata. The town is “illegal” because the community does not own the land and it is in any case in a highly dangerous location with roughly built dwellings being literally a few feet from fast moving commuter trains.

Anita had asked one six year old girls what she thought about the trains rushing by and received the reply “they kill people”. CRS are trying to arrange some sort of basic schooling for the Dalit children to improve their language skills as otherwise they would be excluded from official Indian government funded schools. Anita explained that

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education is the key to helping the children of slum dwellers to have a chance for a better life. Chairman Mike Fox noted that whilst India was growing as a country in economic strength it was still home to more impoverished individuals than the whole of Africa. The event raised over £1,300, a quarter of which came from extra donations made by participants after they had heard Anita’s inspiring talk.

If you would like to donate to these two projects, or generally to TWOAT, please visit the web site below for links to TWOAT’s online giving page or send cheques made to TWOAT to Treasurer John Tedder at 103, Shelvers Way, Tadworth, KT20 5QQ. Please note TWOAT does not deduct any money from donations for its own costs.

TWOAT’s next events are a Street Collection on April 26/27 outside shops in Tadworth, Walton and Kingswood; a Bottle Stall at the Walton May Fayre on May 18th (please donate bottles via Nethercott’s Opticians, Station Approach, Tadworth); Two Sponsored Walks centred on Brockham on May 31st and June 8th and a Singalong incorporating an Auction of Promises in St John’s Hall on Saturday June 29th.

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CARE HOME

BANSTEAD CARE HOME TO HOST COMMUNITY INFORMATION DAYS Banstead Manor, a new residential, nursing and dementia care home in Banstead, Surrey will host two community information days on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.

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rom 10am-4pm, visitors are welcome to take a tour of the £8m home’s beautiful facilities and have their care questions answered.

Opening in late May 2019, Banstead Manor on Brighton Road will feature award-winning design innovations and home comforts.

Facilities at the home will include; a state-of-the-art cinema, luxurious hairdressers, therapy room and café. Each bedroom will be elegantly furnished, have an en-suite bathroom and those on the ground floor will have access to their own patio.

Other communal areas will include; an interactive kitchen where residents can assist in the preparation of meals and

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landscaped gardens designed by the late, award-winning landscape architect David Fountain.

Customer relationship manager at Banstead Manor Care Home, Melissa Jorgensen said: “We have years of knowledge and experience of building industry-leading care homes and we are excited to be able to create an engaging new care community at Banstead.

“Banstead Manor will provide residents with a place where they feel safe and supported to live an active and fulfilled life.”

To arrange a visit to discuss whether they would be able to assist you or your loved one, please call Melissa Jorgensen on 01737 747059 or email Melissa.Jorgensen @hallmarkcarehomes.co.uk.

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adworth Cricket Club is now looking forward and preparing for the new season. We have competitive 1st and 2nd XIs, our ground and wicket are in excellent condition, and we are looking forward to a good season in Surrey Downs League Division 1 and 3.

Our Sunday XI, playing at home, will continue to provide good opposition to our visitors, and will continue to provide the best teas in Surrey.

Over the winter, with the support of Surrey County Council, we have increased our security measures at the club but we appreciate our friends in the village maintaining a watching eye over the pavilion as they use the heath for recreation.

Tadworth Cricket Club is a vibrant, friendly place to play and watch cricket. We are situated on Mill Road in Tadworth, opposite the Dukes Head public house which is on the Dorking Road. We have a beautiful ground and an excellent playing surface. The 1st and 2nd XIs play in the first and third divisions of the Surrey Downs League, and our Sunday XI play friendlies every week at home.

The Club has an excellent pavilion, with space for rent that could be used for small gatherings including yoga classes, art classes etc. If interested in this, please contact the Club Chairman, Craig Stevenson at stevensoncraig@btinternet,com, or by phone on 01737 830917.

The Club is always on the lookout for new players. Maybe those who may want to play their cricket more locally, or

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others that may be looking to reconnect with a friendly village club that play most of their cricket within 30 minutes of Tadworth, at other attractive village grounds.

We have a thriving Junior section (boys and girls aged 4-13) which has coaching on Friday nights throughout the summer and a number of matches against other local clubs. We are accredited with the England and Wales Cricket Board Clubmark standard, which means we are recognised as being a safe, well-run club that is a suitable place for parents and carers to bring their children to enjoy cricket.

We are also in the ECB ALL STARS programme. This is a national programme to encourage cricket participation. We target our sessions to 4-6 year olds on Monday evenings. These run for 1 hour maximum for a period of 8 weeks and is an introduction to cricket. Those that sign up will receive ALL STARS back pack, shirts, drinks bottle etc.

We very much welcome local residents to join TCC as social members.

Membership will allow utilisation of our social facilities and will enhance the community feel of our club If you would like to join the Club as a Senior player, or are interested in Junior cricket , or would like further details and information, please contact: Mike WrenKirkham (1st XI Captain) at: mwk94@sky.com, by phone on 07967 178 989, or find us at: tadworthcricketclub.co.uk If you would like to join as a Social member please contact Bruce Paul (Secretary at 01737 213296 or b.paul1@ntlworld.com).

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FOUR EMINENT SURGEONS WHO LIVED I N WA LT O N O N T H E H I L L During the first half of the 20th Century many notable people lived in the village of Walton-On-The-Hill. There were MPs in abundance, knights by the dozen, barristers, bankers, financiers, golfers, authors, civil servants, newspaper editors, industrialists and four very eminent surgeons who were members of Walton Heath Golf Club namely Lancelot Barrington-Ward, Joseph Cunning, Kenneth Goadby and Henry Simson. By Robert Ruddell.

SIR LANCELOT EDWARD BARRINGTON- WARD (1884-1953)

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orn at Worcester on July 4th 1884, the son of Mark James BarringtonWard, an Inspector of Schools and his wife Caroline Pearson. His father was ordained late in life [1907] and became Rector of Duloe, Cornwall, and a Cannon of Truro. They had five sons and all distinguished themselves, and one Robert becoming Editor of the Times from 1941-48.

Lancelot entered Westminster School as a classical scholar, but became unwell and was transferred to Bromsgrove in his native county, where he was restored to health. He gained a classical exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford, but decided on medicine and entered Edinburgh University, where he qualified with honours in 1908.

He was captain of the University Rugby XV, and was awarded 4 England caps in 1910 and played against Wales in the first international on the new ground at Twickenham.

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Hospital for Sick Children. Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, he volunteered to go to the Balkans as surgeon-in-chief of no. 2 Serbian Relief Fund Hospital, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant – Colonel.

While still a young man his skill as a surgeon was widely recognized. He was much sought after by private patients and operated on several members of the royal family. In 1936 BarringtonWard was appointed surgeon in ordinary to the King’s household and in 1952 was invited to become an extrasurgeon to the Queen.

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He was twice married; firstly in 1917 to Dorothy Anne, the second daughter of TW Miles, of Caragh, Co. Kerry who did much charitable work for the hospitals with which her husband was connected. She died in 1935, leaving three daughters. In 1941 he married Catherine Wilhelmina, only daughter of EG Reuter of Harrogate and they had one son.

Barrington-Ward was a small goodlooking man of great charm, and a perfectionist in his work. He was an author of medical books and articles.

He lived in the village at Amberdene, Chucks Lane c.1930-37 and later.

Lancelot was a member of Walton Heath GC and was captured in The Tatler in June 1932 as one of the celebrities of the club by MEL, the famous Illustrator of Golf Clubs and Golfers in the 1930’s.

JOSEPH CUNNING (1872-1948)

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orn at Victoria in Australia, on March 29th 1872, the third child of J Erskine Cunning, a farmer, and Annie May. He was educated at Ballarat College and Melbourne University. Cunning was a house surgeon and physician at Melbourne Hospital from 1895-9.

He came to England and studied at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, took the Fellowship in 1901, and was appointed senior resident medical officer at the Royal Free Hospital. He then became assistant surgeon in 1905 and was senior surgeon from 1919-31. Cunning was also surgeon to the Royal Cancer Hospital and Victoria Hospital for Children. He excelled in the surgery of the upper abdomen.

Joseph was an inspiring teacher, and

a man of personal charm, kindly and debonair. He kept up his Australian connection, served as president of the Association of Australian and New Zealand medical men in England and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1932.

He married Annie Broomhall Thin in 1909 and they had 3 sons and a daughter. Joseph devoted himself to gardening, particularly growing irises, and his other recreations were ski-ing and golf. He was a member of Walton Heath GC and was captured by the cartoonist Mac in Golf Illustrated in July 1928.

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Cunning lived in the village at David Lloyd George’s former home, Cliftondown, now Pinfold Manor c.1922-25, and at Walton Mews c.1925c.1931, both houses being in Nursery Road. He then moved to Broome Park, Betchworth, Surrey.

In 1946 he and his wife gave the house and its beautiful gardens to the Electrical Industries Benevolent Association to be a home for old people, in memory of their son James Erskine Cunning who was killed during the war in 1941.

SIR KENNETH GOADBY KBE (18731958)

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orn at Gravesend, Kent, the son of Rev. JJ. Goadby. He was educated at Henley-on-Thames Grammar School and the University Extension College, Reading and received his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, qualifying first as a dental surgeon.

Kenneth married Constance Eva, a daughter of Mr. G. Olding and they had one son who was a physician at St Thomas’s Hospital.

Goadby was lecturer in oral hygiene from 1902 to 1912 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and in 1913 was appointed medical referee for industrial poisoning in the County of London. During the First World War he was honorary bacteriological specialist for vaccine therapy at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, and a member of the War Office committee for the study of tetanus. At this time he published several papers describing the results of his research on the bacteriology of war wounds. For his services during the war Kenneth was

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appointed K.B.E in 1918.

In 1923 Goadby was a lecturer in bacteriology in the Dental Department of University College Hospital, London.

His publications included Mycology of the Mouth [1903], A Manual of Industrial Lead Poisoning with T.M. Legge [1912], and “Diseases of the Mouth and Oral Mucous Membrane”.

Sir Kenneth was captured both by “Mac” in Golf Illustrated in July 1928 and “MEL” in the Tatler in June 1932.

He was a member of Walton Heath GC and on the Committee in 1937/8. He lived in the village at Duffield, Deans Lane between c.1908 – c.1946 [the house is now demolished and replaced

by Cintra and Hazel Croft]. Goadby died at Walton-on-the-Hill in 1958.

SIR HENRY JOHN FORBES SIMSON KCVO (1872-1932)

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he most distinguished obstetrician of his day was born at Bareilly in India, the son of Robert Simson, who was in the Bengal Civil Service, and

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He was educated at the Edinburgh Collegiate School and then entered the Medical School of Edinburgh University.

After graduating he filled resident posts at the Royal Infirmary, Royal Maternity Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children and the City Fever Hospital.

Simson in 1900, at the age of 28, came down to London to practice as an obstetric surgeon.

In 1908 he married Lena Margaret Ashwell OBE a well-known actress but they had no family. Henry in his early days was a fine athlete and rugby player and was also a good shot, a skilful angler.

Simson was in attendance upon the Princess Royal at the birth of her two sons and the Duchess of York at the birth of Princess Elizabeth and Princess

Margaret Rose. He was a foundation Fellow and member of Council of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Simson was a man of enormous energy and an author of several books.

He lived in the village at The Ship, Hurst Drive c.1925-1932 and was a fine and keen golfer, a member of Walton Heath Golf Club with a 3 handicap in 1923-1924 and on the Committee in 1929-1930.

Robert Ruddell BIBLIOGRAPHY DAVID METCALFE - THE ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF WALTON - ON -THE HILL from 1900-1930.

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A JOURNEY THROUGH ART We all have a vestige of artistic talent but most of us are quite daunted by the prospect of actually creating that masterpiece lurking within.

Where to start? We talk to artist Gillian Lambert (pictured below) and discover that maybe it is not as scary as it seems.

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started sketching from an early age, illustrating letters and postcards and filling sketch books with Cornish landscapes. It's a great way to get started and nobody is going to judge you', she confides.

When she moved to a small Kent village, surrounded by iconic oast houses, medieval barns, charming towns, beautiful lanes snow-white with cow parsley and more cows and sheep than you can shake a paintbrush at, it gave Gillian the impetus she needed to experiment with painting.

‘I still continued to draw and paint country scenes but I began to specialise in painting flowers in watercolour. Not easy!

You start with a very accurate drawing and then comes the tricky bit – flooding it with loose colour. Sounds simple, but as watercolour is transparent, you only get one

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chance at it,’ she explains.

But Gillian's perseverance paid off and several of her paintings were exhibited at shows mounted by the Society of Women Artists and the Society of Botanical Artists.

And more was to follow, as she elaborates, ‘I was later accepted for membership by Tadworth Art Group, a really instructive, friendly and inspiring art club that encourages members to branch out and work outside their comfort zone.’

It was here, at a demonstration in the technique of using pastels by professional artist, David Napp, that inspired Gillian to do just that.

‘I was so impressed by the immediacy of the bright, vibrant colours that I signed up for one of David's painting courses in the South of France,’ she enthuses.

Cast into the middle of a busy French market and trying to ignore the muttered

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‘I discovered I was no longer intimidated by painting ‘en plein air' and David’s French course set me off on years of pastel painting, a medium I now love and have had most success with,’ she adds.

So much so that Gillian now has a little house in Roquebrun in France.

‘The countryside consists of vineyards, olive groves, chestnut woods and mountains, and I use all this stunning scenery in my paintings, some of which I have exhibited locally. But we are all still learning and recently I started using oils and acrylics, especially exciting when applied with a palette knife,’ she concludes.

You can view Gillian's latest work at TAG's next exhibition from 10th - 12th May at Peter Aubertin Hall, Chipstead, CR5 3SG. TADWORTH ART GROUP SUMMER EXHIBITION 2019 Peter Aubertin Hall, Elmore Road, Chipstead Village, CR5 3SG Fri. 10th May 18.30 - 22.00. Preview evening.

Meet the artists over wine and nibbles.

Sat. 11th May 10.00 - 18.00 Sun. 12th May 10.00 - 17.00 Our gallant band of 35 local artists have been hard at work to produce a whole new and exciting range of over 250 original paintings with something for every taste and every age group. We have everything from watercolours to oils, acrylics, pastels, collage and charcoal. There are traditional landscapes, breathtaking seascapes, atmospheric still life, stunning portraits, gorgeous animals and much more.

We pride ourselves on being one of the most prestigious art groups around as borne out by our recent achievement of being voted national runners/up in the Leisure Painter magazine 2018 Art Group of the

Year, so we guarantee you will not be disappointed. Who knows, you may even find an original piece of art to replace that tired old print above the fireplace. Charity raffle. Refreshments available. For more details go to www.tadworthartgroup.org.uk THE ARTS SOCIETY CHIPSTEAD

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s part of the 2019 Banstead Arts Festival, the Arts Society Chipstead is sponsoring a lecture on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the renowned Scottish architect, stained glass designer and water colourist. The lecture will be given by Anthea Streeter, who specialises in architecture and buildings, on Friday, 3rd May at 7.30 pm in the Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead SM7 3AJ. Tickets £10 from BAFS (www.bansteadarts.co.uk), Banstead Library, www.chipsteadarts society.org.uk or on the door on the night.

The lecture traces Mackintosh’s career including his major commissions and interiors and his artistic talents. In his lifetime, only a handful of clients recognised his outstanding ability and originality. The recent tragic fires at The Glasgow School of Art, perhaps his most famous building, and its restoration will also be covered.

Our local members come from Banstead, Chipstead, Nork, Woodmansterne, Carshalton, Coulsdon and Purley. We meet 10 times a year on the first Wednesday of the month at 10.30 am in the Banstead Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead SM7 3AJ for a lecture on a subject associated with fine arts delivered by professional lecturers with first class presentations with projected images. If you would like to attend a lecture as a visitor (£5) with a view to becoming a member, please follow the link below. info@theartssocietychipstead,org.uk or www.theartssocietychipstead.org.uk

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THE DORKING GROUP OF ARTISTS SPRING EXHIBITION MAY 2019

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he Dorking Group of Artists, probably the largest art group in Surrey, will be holding their popular annual Spring Exhibition at Betchworth Village Hall.

Exhibiting members, many professionals among them, will be displaying over 250 pieces of new and original art, all for sale at affordable prices. The paintings will appeal to all tastes with different subjects and styles, and in a wide variety of prices and media. There will be large selection of unframed paintings for sale too. Entrance to the exhibition is free.

The exhibition, at Betchworth Village Hall, Station Rd, Betchworth, Surrey RH3 7DF, is open: Saturday 4th May – Monday 6th May 10.00am – 6.00pm. The exhibition closes at 4pm on Monday 6th May. The Dorking Group of Artists meets on Tuesday afternoons at Beare Green Village Hall from September through to Easter.

Membership is open to artists of all abilities, from beginner to professional and costs just £25 for non exhibiting and £30 for exhibiting members per calendar year. The activities programme is varied and includes workshops and demonstrations.(Outdoor painting and sketching during the summer months). For more information contact Jane Anderson Wood Tel: 01372 375123 Email j.andersonwood@gmail.com SURREY ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS 2019

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his year, 182 studios will be opening their doors to the public, many of them for the first time, with 300 artists showcasing their work, in this year’s SAOS event.

Throughout Surrey and its borders, people can visit studios, meet artists and makers, see works in progress and completed works,

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gain an insight to how work is produced and even try your hand at some of the events.

Demonstrations and techniques are being showcased by some artists and most artists love nothing better than to talk about how they make their work.

Studios will be open between Saturday 1st June and Sunday 16th June 2018.

Please see brochure for full details of individual opening times as not all studios are open daily, or visit www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk Visit several studios and you can vote for your favourite artist, enter a free prize draw and win £150 voucher to spend in any of the studios which are opening this year.

Local Artist Alison G Saunders is taking part again this year and is showing alone again but like last year, she will have a number of other Surrey artists work on display to give you a taste of what other artists are doing. She would be delighted to welcome you to visit her exhibition.

Alison is an awarding winning artist who works in a number of different media with her real love being the use of colour (examples on page 22). Continuing with her charitable works this year she has worked on a couple of fibreglass hearts for St. Catherine’s Hospice ‘Heart to Heart’ fundraiser which launches in Crawley.

Alison continues to raise funds from the sale of her art to help people in Ethiopia who suffer from Podoconiosis; a debilitating but curable condition which continues to cause the death of millions of men, women and children.

Again this year, book marks decorated with different feathers designs ‘symbolizing peace’ will be sold with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity and a percentage of other works being donated too.

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of her printing processes during the open studio and is always happy to share tips and give art advice. Please visit her at Gullfoss, The Glade, Kingswood. (on the corner of The Glade and Outwood Lane). Tel: 01737 830439 refreshments will be available. For

more information please contact ags@ntlworld.com Opening times for all studios are 11am – 5pm on weekends and 6pm – 8.30pm on Thursday evenings. Alison’s studio will be open this year on 1st and 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th, and 14thand 15th June.

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BRIGETTE TRUST

LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS SUPPORT

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t seems that nowadays so many people are touched by cancer - a family member, friend or business colleague. It can be a wearying and lonely time and sometimes difficult to share the many feelings and fears a serious diagnosis brings.

Brigitte Trust volunteers offer a free service of support for people facing any life-threatening condition when it’s increasingly hard to cope. We’re looking for volunteers now to visit local people in

their own homes. Weekly visits build relationships at a time when routines are often dictated by medical needs. Sitting and listening can be the most valuable help of all.

Our free training course will give the skills and ongoing help you will need.

Our next courses run in April and September. Call us on 01306 881816 and visit www.brigittetrust.org/volunteering to watch our videos.

WHAT’S ON SURREY HILLS ARTISTS at Denbies If you head out into the towns and villages of Surrey this Spring you are quite likely to see local artists sat at their easels sketching iconic views. In this beautiful county the hobby artists and professional painters are out in force and painting is flourishing. Never more so than at the brushes of Surrey Hills Artists – a group of twelve painters and friends who exhibit their work twice yearly at the Denbies Vineyard Gallery in Dorking.

Over the past decade this group have built up a wide following and you can see their latest exhibition featuring paintings from 10 members from 6th – 19th May. 9.30 -5.30 daily. The exhibition is free and features a wide variety of subjects and styles. Examples of their work and further details about this group www.surreyhillsartists.com

2012 which circles Epsom and Ewell Borough.

The ride adjoins neighbouring Mole Valley, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and Reigate and Banstead. The 20 mile route joins up beautiful spaces across Epsom and Ewell, going through quiet Nature reserves, parks, bridleways and takes in Epsom Downs close to Walton.

This year it is being held on Sunday 12 May , starting and ending at Horton Park.

It is a most enjoyable day out, everyone is welcome and can go at their own pace as the route is clearly marked, just needing a mountain or hybrid bike. Minimum age 16.

There is no entry fee but everyone must register in advance by visiting Epsom and Ewell website www.Epsom-ewell.gov.uk/RBHB The same route is available for walkers to Hike in September.

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his year’s Festival includes a wide range of events, full details of which will be available on Banstead Arts Festival Society’s website www.bansteadarts.co.uk The evening concerts will be held at the Banstead Community Hall.

Community Hall, Park Road, SM7 3AJ. Tickets are £15 and school pupils free.

The Festival opens on 27 April with the ZRI ensemble. ZRI is short for Zum Roten Igel (At the Sign of the Red Hedgehog) referring to the tavern in 19th Century Vienna where Brahms went to hear gypsy and folk music. ZRI will be presenting the Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet along with Hungarian dances, gypsy tunes and Jewish klezmer melodies.

Then on the 4th May the welcome biennial visit of the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra (pictured above), under their charismatic new Music Director Oscar Colomina i Bosch. Finally, on the 11th May, there will be the

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annual Young Musicians’ Showcase.

There will be two lunchtime concerts in All Saints’ Church, High Street, Banstead presenting young musicians from the Royal College of Music – on 30th April star tenor Joel Williams and on the 7th May the Chloe Piano Trio.

Admission by programme £8 on sale at the door Two coach trips on Wednesday 1st May and Thursday 9th May will explore ‘Legal London’, taking in Lincoln’s Inn, the Old Bailey, the High Court and the Inner and Middle Temple.

Poet Joshua Seigal again adjudicates our Schools Poetry Competition and as always, the participation in the Festival by other local societies will ensure a truly varied fortnight.

Box Office: [from 30th March 2019] Banstead Library, The Horseshoe, Banstead or www.bansteadarts.co.uk To reserve tickets: 01737 350288 or email: marionh.bafs@hotmail.co.uk

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Event

Saturday 27 April

Mini - Exhibition The Orchard Banstead Art Group High Street ZRI ensemble Community Hall Brahms and the Gypsy Park Road Walk: Canons Farm Canons Farm and Banstead Woods Canons Lane, Burgh Heath Lunchtime Concert All Saints’ Parish Church Joel Williams, tenor with Keval Shah, piano Coach Visit: Outside Banstead Library Legal London The Horseshoe Metropolitan Police Choir Community Hall Banstead Area U3A Park Road Charles Rennie Mackintosh Community Hall Arts Society Chipstead Park Road May Queen Procession The Orchard Crowning and May Fayre High Street Yehudi Menuhin School Community Hall Orchestra Park Road Lunchtime Concert All Saints’ Parish Church Chloé Piano Trio Schools’ Poetry Competition St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School Coach Visit: Outside Banstead Library, Legal London The Horseshoe Banstead at Leisure Community Hall Banstead History Park Road Research Group Walk: Flowers and Butterflies Holly Lane Car Park Young Musicians’ Showcase Community Hall Park Road Inspiration – Children’s Workshop Community Hall The Wonderful World of Park Road Creative Gardening Tom Hart-Dyke Plant Hunter and Gardener with Passion Banstead Horticultural Society Choral Evensong All Saints’ Parish Church

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Friday 3 May Saturday 4 May

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