Kingswood Village Voice June 2018

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Bob Gunn Kingsdene, Furze Hill, Kingswood KT20 6EP Tel: 07504 060758 Email: bob@gunn.org 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: Rosemary Akerman Tel: 01737 830257 Sally Fish Tel: 01737 832176 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 Email: pen.chatfield@btinter net.com (Strictly between 5pm and 8pm, Monday to Friday only) Hall Manager Simon Peacock Mobile: 07376 164050 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 1,500 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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CONTENTS JUNE 2018 KVCA Contacts Yo u r C h a i r m a n ’s N o t e s A Rather Ugly Gem Wind in the Willows Memory Lane - Jane Hollington News From KADDS Writers’ Corner Profile - Primrose Drake Tr a v e l Kingswood Residents Association Thirteen Society S a r a h ’s G a r d e n J o t t i n g s Photograph Competition Kingswood Village WI A n n D o b s o n ’s R e c i p e s Probus Club Heavenly Homes K i n g s w o o d L a w n Te n n i s C l u b Flower Arrangement Group Yo u r L o c a l C h a r i t i e s - B a n s t e a d L i v e A t H o m e NSPCC Sarah Lott - The Car Boot Sale Charities - Charity Action List

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ince I last wrote to you the KVCA has held its 40th Annual General Meeting. Quite a landmark for your village organisation which runs the Village Hall and produces this magazine! As you would expect, we paid tribute to our former chairman, Brian Hill, who sadly passed away last November. The current KVCA Committee is dedicated to maintaining Brian’s vision of a village community with a well-used hall and a well-read magazine to sustain it. I reported to the AGM on a year in which there had been quite a turnover in our regular hall users. We have said goodbye to some of our long standing clients – including Penny Neal’s Pilates group and the Kingswood Big Band – but we have welcomed more new ones who we hope will be with us for many years to come. Please look at the separate article in this edition to see what is now on offer.

At the AGM we welcomed our new Hall Manager Simon Peacock and thanked the outgoing one, Kartik Shah.

The KVCA Treasurer, Roger Dring, reported on a sound financial position with a small increase in reserves which will go towards further improvements to the Hall this year. Richard Milbourn was recognised for his work in editing Village Voice, not only an excellent read but also making an important contribution to KVCA funds. Others thanked at the AGM were our trusty Village Voice Distributors and the hard working KVCA committee members, with a special recognition for George Ferguson who stepped down during the past year after many years of KVCA service. Thanks George!

The existing committee was re-elected for another year. You can see the list on page 3. If you are interested in playing a larger role in maintaining the community in Kingswood and think you could contribute on the committee, do please contact me. We would like to expand our representation and we are able to co-opt members between general meetings.

Even if you haven’t the time to join the KVCA committee, do please engage in the many community activities which are available in Kingswood. The more we do things together, the stronger and healthier our community is. So please look at the article on Hall activities and try out the ones you can get to. Send me an article for the next Village Voice, or your views on different topics that Village Voice could include. Offer your skills and time to KADDS, either as an actor or in one of the many important support roles. Patronise our village pub, restaurants and shops. Join the Tennis Club or one of the Golf Clubs, or St Andrew’s Church; they would all be pleased to see you. Or get involved with one of the local charity groups based in or around Kingswood.

I hope you have a wonderful summer, both here in Kingswood and wherever your travels take you.

I Bob Gunn, Chairman KVCA

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A RATHER UGLY GEM! Kingswood Village Hall isn’t a building of great architectural beauty, but it’s a gem of an asset for the village. It enables a great range of activities to take place and it provides a place which can draw our community together. The more we use it, the more effectively it fulfils that community-bonding role.

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fter a fire in the late 1970s which destroyed most of the old Masonic Hall, a small number of local residents came together to refurbish the hall for the benefit of the whole village. Their efforts were recognised by the Borough of Reigate and Banstead, who in 1978 signed a lease with the newly formed Kingswood Village Community Association. This was renewed in 2013 and now runs until 2028.

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build a kitchen, stage and dressing rooms. The target was achieved by putting on a variety of events, with revenue primarily raised from highly successful drama productions. This led to the formation of KADDS as the drama and dance arm of the KVCA. From these early years the KVCA, a registered charity, has managed the hall for use by local associations, charities and clubs, by local businesses which offer dance, drama and fitness courses, as well being available for private functions. Hire charges provide income to maintain and improve the hall. From time to time we are able to obtain grants for more significant improvements, such as the recent installation of a modern audio-visual system and the replacement of the car park lighting with better, more efficient units. We have ambitions for even more significant improvements, but these will require substantial fundraising (or a generous bequest!). We would like to re-model the toilets, modify the kitchen/foyer area to make the intervals at KADDS plays less crowded, improve the dressing room provision and create more storage space. But to do all of that we will need to raise of the order of £100,000.

In the meantime the KVCA wants to help all our current Hall Users to be successful, so that they can continue to offer, or even expand, the activities available to you. Among them are a Fitness Bootcamp, Yoga, a Phyzeek Fitness session, Tai Chi and a Back to Fitness group for those recovering their health. So there is no excuse!

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there is a weekly session at the Village Hall for you. For those wanting to learn new skills, particularly the youngsters, we have CADA (the Carol Anne Dance Academy) who offer sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and also Laird Academy ballet lessons on Thursdays.

The monthly offerings at the Hall include Kingswood Village WI, The 13 Society and The Kingswood, Tadworth and Walton Flower Arrangement Group, each one of which would be very keen to hear from new members, so have a look at their articles elsewhere in this edition.

On the entertainment front, we now also have a wider range of delights to offer you, and all in the heart of your own village. First there is the continued excellence of KADDS drama productions, which have been entertaining audiences since the early 1980s. You can read the review of February’s ‘Wind in the Willows’ on page 12, and you are just in time to buy your tickets for Michael Palin’s ‘The Weekend’ which hits the stage on 30 May and 1 and 2 June. We also have recent-release films once a month from autumn to spring, with the last spring showing, ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ on Saturday 26 May, around the time this Village Voice lands on your doorstep.

Numbers attending the first five films have not been as high as hoped and, unless support for these film nights improves in May and the autumn, they may not survive. I think that would be a loss for the village, so please support them if you can.

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The Kingswood Speakeasy.

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Another new venture has just started – live music nights as your village hall transforms into The Kingswood Speakeasy.

Here is Susie Homes, of Red Carpet Entertainment, to explain: Our idea is to create a friendly environment where people can meet and be entertained by great swing and jazz music, from Silver Screen songs to Broadway favourites. A place for groups of friends, for couples, but also where singletons feel happy to buy a ticket and turn up to see the show, because they love the music and it is their local village hall. They may bump into people they already know, even make new friends. And, as you would expect at a Speakeasy, there is a bar!

After the success of our first show ‘The Legends of Swing’ with Ray Lowe in April, we are proud to present Jenny Green and her live band. They will entertain you with songs from 'Bond to Bacharach' on Saturday 9th June, featuring memorable songs from Bond films and hit tunes from one of the world’s greatest contemporary composers, Burt Bacharach.

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The Legends of Swing.

When The Kingswood Speakeasy reopens on 6 October, after a summer break, we will bring you Karen Bazzell with music from Hollywood to Broadway, then Swing Kings and Jazz Queens on 24 November before Ray Lowe returns in December. We are also planning some Sunday afternoon shows with afternoon tea. Fancy a Tea Dance?

So, if you enjoy first class entertainment we invite you to take a walk down our Red Carpet to ‘The Kingswood Speakeasy’.

For all KADDS plays, for the Curzon film nights and now for the new Kingswood Speakeasy Nights, our 3 village restaurants – Khyber Tandoori, No 12 Restaurant and the Kingswood Arms – will, on production of your tickets – offer you special deals for an early evening meal. Why not make a night of it!

So at this rather ugly gem in Waterhouse Lane we can exercise you, inform you, teach you and entertain you. I hope to see you there.

I Bob Gunn

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WEASELS TAKE OVER A HALL James Chatfield reviews the latest production from KADDS, Wind in the Willows, directed by Eileen Hannah and produced

by Jill Gunn.

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ADDS brought a welcome touch of spring and summer to Kingswood in February with their highly successful production of the children’s classic, Wind in the Willows, directed with charm and skill by Eileen Hannah and expertly produced by Jill Gunn. And rightly for a children’s classic, it was the children playing the Weasels, Rabbits, Hedgehogs and Mice who put on the performance of their lives, delightful and entertaining, and

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The Weasels take over Toad Hall.

obviously enjoying themselves. You would be hard put to it to single any of them out so I’ve listed them all below.

They were all brilliant, but the Chief Weasel, Ben Savage, deserves a special mention for his performance.

We all know the story of Toad and his companions, and Toad’s love of cars that ends him up in prison. However, the freshness and originality brought to the well loved characters by the lead actors proved to be an acting masterclass. Mole was played by Andy Savage, Ratty by Debbie Nichols, Badger by Ed Stonard and of course Toad played by Dick Palmer. The supporting actors, Roger Strong, Mike Hill, Diana Hearn, and Julie and Lilly Palmer, were energetic and tireless in their enthusiasm. The make-up and costumes produced by Maggie Kippen, Janet Taylor and Rosie Akerman, and June Hart with the props, made the animals and scenery truly come to life.

But how to create a world of steaming steam engines, pastoral English pastures, forbidding wintery woods, noisy hooting motor cars, a river bank complete with laid back punting (not as easy as it looks)? Then just ask Peter Dell and Bob Ebert who constructed and decorated a stunning set, David Ames with just the right sound, lighting and effects, Jenny Alger and Bob Gunn to manage the stage for you, and you will be transported back to Edwardian England, on the cusp of the modern world (“If that is the future, the noisy motor car, give me the past!”). Mice: Amelie Davison, Maja Dhanani, Fay Parsons. Hedgehogs: Nabeela Farid & Somer McDougall.

Rabbits: Amy Kershaw, Miriam Farid & Tanush Shah.

Weasels: James Kershaw & Vihaan Shah.

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MEMORY LANE JANE HOLLINGTON

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was born at the seaside, in Freshfield,

the back door. The milkman would also deliver

Lancashire, and moved to Kingswood with my

milk to the back door every day.

parents and older brother when I was six months old. By the age of five, I also had two

The GP, Dr Dunn, lived in a house in Sandy Lane. The surgery was held at his home, but if you

younger sisters. My father worked in London, and

were not well enough to get there, then he visited

always wore a bowler hat to work. We lived in

you in your own home.

Beech Drive, and as I grew up enjoyed many happy hours playing in the lovely garden.

When I look back on my life up to the age of five, Kingswood was a self-contained place to live.

One of my earliest memories is of walking with my

I remember walking with my mother to Miss Yvonne’s Nursery School in Waterhouse Lane, opposite the entrance to Forest Drive. It had a big garden where sheep grazed in the back garden.

Derby Day used to be held on the first

mother to the shops and going to Roberts Stores,

Wednesday in June. Miss Yvonne would walk us

the grocers (now No12). This was before self-

down to the station to stand on the platform and

service supermarkets, so you went to the large

wave to the Royal Pullman train as it went through

mahogany counter and asked the assistant for

on its way to Tattenham Corner. I never knowingly

whatever you wanted. As I was below the height of

saw the Queen, but it was still a great thrill. My

the counter, I went to the side and waited for

brother was also able to walk to his Pre-Prep

Wynne to open her tub of lollies and give me one,

school, St Christopher’s, in Warren Drive. In the

which she always did (Wynne was still working in

summer months we walked to The Sugar Bowl (

the village shops until the mid 1990’s). From there

now the Heathside Hotel ), and we would swim in

we went to the green grocers, and Gordon

their outdoor swimming pool, which we loved.

Newman the butcher, and Chappell’s the

Kingswood has seen many changes over the

newsagent and Post Office, and Hocken the

years, but some things have not changed. As a

chemist.

family we attended St Andrew’s Church, which we

At the Shell petrol station (now Pets Corner)

still do today, and from the age of 11 years, I was a

the attendant came and served the petrol, and

member of Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club, where I

then was paid through the open window, so the

still have the pleasure of playing tennis! The NSPCC

driver did not have to get out of the car. There

Kingswood branch was started in the 1950’s by a

were two banks, Lloyds, and Barclays that was

neighbour in Beech Drive, and continues to raise

next to the Masonic Hall. The Hall later burnt

funds for the charity. There is still a strong sense of

down and was rebuilt and became the Kingswood

community here in the village,

Village Hall. The Kingswood Arms was then The

with thanks in part to the work

Pigeon Pair, and for shoe repairs, the cobblers

of the KVCA, KADDS and the

shop was in St Monica’s Road.

KRA and the use of the Village

At that time, the grocer, green grocer and

Hall by local organisations and

butcher all delivered your order to your home.

classes.

They walked through the sidegate and knocked on

I Jane Hollington

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n enjoyable KADDS /KVCA AGM was held in April with the usual Fish and Chip meal followed by ice cream served between the AGMS. 2018 Diary Dates:

30 May,1/2 June 2018 The Weekend 8pm, written by Michael Palin directed

by Colin Edgerton. Palin investigates family values, which is not only very amusing but also has its darker side – a must see that will keep you entertained throughout.

Tickets priced at £10 for Adults £5 for children are available from Kingswood Village Store, Waterhouse Lane or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/KADDS Thursday 25 - Saturday 27th October a play will be directed by Georgie Lucas.

CAROLS IN THE CAFE – this will be our 6th year singing in the Waterhouse Cafe – a Saturday in December 2018 to be confirmed. A lovely start to the Festive season – we do hope you can join us.

CRACKERS Thursday 20th and Friday 21st December – a Kingswood Tradition enjoyed with a glass of wine and mince pie on the house this is one to put you in the mood just before the Christmas break!

KADDS would like to thank Maggie Kippen and Jill Gunn for their considerable service and time given to KADDS over many years in the creation of posters, banners and programmes. They have brought colour and vibrancy to many productions through their imaginative design and art work. Our village and local environs have been graced with vibrant, original posters, while their well laid out programmes have been enjoyed by many audiences, serving as memorable keepsakes! Their dedication and insight will be missed! Do you have design skills? If so, KADDS would love to hear from you.

We are always looking for new talent to be involved in future productions – be it on stage, in front of tabs, backstage with costumes, make-up, props or design and production skills! We are seeking volunteers to help front of house and there is a free ticket up for grabs for anyone to assist. If you are interested, or would like to be added to our database to be kept up to date with future performances, please get in touch.

We look forward to welcoming you to future productions!

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HOTEL CONTINENTAL, BARCELONA his will be a first for me.

Writing about a place I’ve never been to. We are off to Barcelona, the starting point for a cruise around the Spanish ports of the Mediterranean, then out of the Straits of Gibraltar, then left to Casablanca, up to Cadiz, to singe the King of Spain’s beard, and ending up in Lisbon.

We are quite possibly the last people in Kingswood to visit Barcelona. I know it’s very popular, but to be honest I’ve been a bit put off by the stories of pickpocketing (my bother-in-law was a victim) and overdosing on Gaudi, the architect, not a wine sadly.

And then I was reading a biography that made me stop and think and look at Barcelona from another perspective. The book tells of fighting in the streets, barricades, anarchists, political activists from all over the world, a separatist government, propaganda and a country-tearing civil war without an end in sight. Catalonia in the mid 1930s.

The book is a biography of George Orwell and the chapter is about the time he and his wife Eileen were in Spain. Orwell was fighting for the left wing antiStalinist organisation called POUM, among a confusing array of left wing organisations and fighting bodes, trade unions, Trotskyist and Stalinist sympathisers, all under the

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umbrella of the International Brigade. As the fighting moved back from the fronts at Huesca to Barcelona, the Orwells found themselves back in Barcelona and staying at the Hotel Continental.

Down the road was the Hotel Falcon, at one end of the Ramblas, where the Anarchists had set up a barricaded outpost.

The civil war was coming to Barcelona, but now the Republican government, in Valencia, backed by Stalinist communists began to wage war on all the other left wing factions by using propaganda, characterising all the other left wing organisations as fascists and backing the campaign with a reign of terror and secret police.

So it was in Barcelona, with its government exercising its control of the state, rewriting history and controlling the news outlets and the media with competing truths, that Orwell first put his thoughts together in a way that was to become his book, 1984. And does any of this ring any bells now?

So when I’m in Barcelona shall I seek out the Hotel Continental or Orwell Square (not to be recommended as it is not in a great part of town) or shall I just fret about losing my credit card, passport and cash?

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me and most holidays were spent in Wales during my childhood.

My mother was one of the girls during the War who drove elderly generals about and had a lot of funny stories - she used to make the War seem almost glamorous, but of course it was a terrible time for all of them. My father was a journalist on The Times and they met on a blind date. Much to my amazement I discovered recently that they had only known each other 3 weeks when they got engaged!

For a year during my childhood we all moved from Esher to Southern Rhodesia as it was then called - we arrived just in time for the Queen Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tour. I nearly baked in the hot winter school uniform - a very ugly bottle green. The heat of their winter was something I had never encountered. (About 5 years ago Tom and I visited Mali with WaterAid, and I remembered that intense heat, particularly when imagining what it must be like to walk miles for water.)

Luckily for us we were only a year in Rhodesia, just enough time to visit the Gorongoza Game Reserve and Victoria Falls, so we escaped the difficulties that came to that country under Mugabe.

I have always been a keen singer and throughout my life I have had many very nice opportunities and

PRIMROSE DRAKE been lucky enough to use such talent as I have to entertain for charity, as well as doing little concerts and bits of professional singing here and there. For a time I sang with the BBC Symphony Chorus, taking part in the Proms which was exciting (but very hot and uncomfortable). We had to wear black evening dress and specifically no pearls. I don’t know about diamonds but I didn’t have many of those then. I also sang a solo before Prince Charles at the Guards Chapel. I don’t think he’d remember with so much on his mind at the time.

I recently performed in a concert for our very own charity, TWOAT, when I was joined by some of the members of Banstead’s St Cecilia Chorus for an evening of supper and entertainment to celebrate St George’s Day. My first singing engagement in Kingswood was as the Prince in Snow White for KADDS in 2005! I lost serious ‘street cred’ when my then three year old granddaughter Gracie called out “there’s Grannie” when I walked onto the stage. (I didn’t get to wear fishnet tights and short hose either). I have also sung for several Mayor’s Balls at the RAC Woodcote, and regularly entertain for Age UK, and other societies as well as singing with two madrigal groups.

Tom and I met when I was working at Thames Water and representing them as a WaterAid Speaker. Tom was at my first talk and became very dedicated to WaterAid - we both met Prince Charles, President of WaterAid, at Clarence House as a result of our work for WaterAid and Tom has also

recently received the MBE. I also worked at IBM for 15 years, during which time my manager and I started up the IBM Music Day, which then became a Chiswick based choir it’s still going strong - starting off called the Meistersingers, then a few years later becoming known as the Hogarth Singers. It was great fun and I am still in contact with many of my IBM friends - who pop up everywhere, WaterAid, Rotary, in music and even NADFAS. Tom and I married in 2005, having known each other for 5 years - we went to Barbados to tie the knot in a sugar mill and came back to our home in Sandy Lane. I have inherited four charming step children who I am pleased to call my friends, and my three children and 7 grandchildren all get on very well with “Grandad Tom”.

Christmases are very busy these days, noisy and fun. Our children are all happily married with good careers and together we have 13 grandchildren, from ages 24 down to nearly 2. Our children mainly live fairly near, apart from my son who lives in Seattle - a most beautiful part of the world which we visited last year and hope to do so again soon.

I have had so many wonderful opportunities since living here in Kingswood, and I am pleased to have taken on the Presidency of KIngswood Village WI for my sins. I am hoping that our membership will grow and new girls to our area will come along to Kingswood Village Hall on Thursday afternoons and meet some friends.

Primrose Drake

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have just returned from a city break to this amazing city and would like to share my experiences with you all.

We were due to leave on the day that Storm Emma and the Beast from the East would bring the whole of the UK to a standstill, but guess what our BA Gatwick flight left bang on time !

The forecast was pretty awful for our city break, as Portugal received all the rain that then turned to snow here in the UK, but it could in no way spoil our break and the charm of Porto.

We opted to arrange for a private guide and we can thoroughly recommend this for any city break as the knowledge of these lovely guides is a real treat and our guide knowing we were British took the initiative to guide us around the city on the history of the relationship between Britain and Portugal. So you may find it of interest, as we did, that the relationship dates back to the Middle Ages, and in 1373 the Kingdom of

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England signed the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, the oldest alliance in the world still in force.

Standing at the mouth of the great River Duoro, Porto is synonymous with the fortified wine that originated here. The Cellars of the great names of Porto are of British origin, names like Crofts, Grahams and Taylors Fladgate. Taylors was my personal favourite, still family owned (no shareholders) and dates back to 1692.

Their port wine is exquisite and a visit to their cellars is a must. Part of the estate, which has wonderful views of Porto, is The Yeatman Hotel a 5 star deluxe hotel with a Michelin restaurant that has to be experienced.

Porto is a hilly labyrinth of narrow cobbled streets which meander down to the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge which is buzzing with cafĂŠs, restaurants and there is a tramway all along the seafront with the most delightful trams that have come over from San Francisco. Great fun!

We stayed for 4 nights and in that

A time we walked our feet off, climbed endless hills and even saw the famous bookshop that JK Rowling used to visit during her time in Porto teaching English, and the famous staircase in Harry Potter films was the very staircase of this bookshop.

You can travel from Porto by a really efficient train service, which links many of the other historical cities and you can depart from the Sao Bento station in the centre of the city. Standing in the main hall of this beautiful building is a bit like being inside a gigantic crockery cabinet.

An experience you don’t get very often on public transport, so making it a worthy entry onto the list of transport beauties.

I would like to end this ‘blog’ by saying that Porto is one the best value cities I have visited. An example

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is a really high class Patisserie in the city centre serving 2 cappuccinos and a couple of their delicious custard tarts for a mere 4 euros!

Do give me a call, we would love to help arrange and book your trip. Sim For further information on Porto or to book your next holiday, please call Symphony World on 01737 362626 or 01372 37536. www.symphonyworldtravel.com

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ach spring brings we have been promised a significant around our Annual improvement in rail services to General Meeting Kingswood. Changes to the timetable will leading us to be introduced from May and we are assured review what has been that these will deliver a more reliable and happening over the last punctual service than has been available for year and to consider what challenges the quite some time. Later trains from London coming year is likely to bring. This year once will also now be run at weekends. again the AGM was very well attended and There naturally remains a continuing high understandably produced lively debate level of concern over crime in the area and during the presentation by the Police and at the AGM; preparations by a group of Crime Commissioner and Angie outlined LadyInspector Onslow with some of her residents patients, atwere Clandon Park for the introduction Austin in view of the frequent burglaries of private security patrols to combat crime, residents have suffered in recent months. initially in the area which has suffered most Over the last year the scheme for the of the recent burglaries, but with the Station site was approved. Construction has potential to extend the service more widely now commenced and we will be liaising with thereafter. the developer with the aim of minimising On a date to be selected over the disruption during the work. During the year, summer, the KRA will be organising a village L & G finally moved out of their campus and clean-up and nearer the time, volunteers will are now considering the future of this very be sought to assist with this. The clean-up large property which incidentally has now last year was very successful and it is hoped been listed. We have established a good that we can repeat this success once again. contact with the company and will seek to We continue to liaise with our ensure that any development proposed will Councillors with regard to planning matters be designed as sympathetically as possible and in particular to support and assist to the surrounding area. where we can with Council action to tackle The long awaited Development breaches of planning permission as they Management Plan has been released by the arise. In the past, enforcement of planning Council for public consultation and is controls by the Council has not always hopefully now nearing finalisation. This been effective, but this issue is now document is important because it receiving a much greater priority which is to establishes up to date written planning be welcomed. criteria for the Borough and on completion All in all it is already will remove the last of the planning clear that the forthcoming uncertainties which have lingered since the year will be no less busy expiration of the previous Local Plan several than the last one!

I Des Camblin years ago now.

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he 2017/18 season of six monthly talks came to an end with another alteration to the programme, the second this season so my apologies are due. Our original speaker Ian Boyd Livingston has progressed from volunteering to working full time for the Woodland Trust. He had to cancel at the last minute due to work commitments but kindly found two local volunteers to take his place. Ian is a totally inspiring speaker and I can only apologise on his behalf to those of you who heard a very diluted version of the activities of the Woodland Trust. When he rang me to cancel I learned why trees live longer if they are “managed”, why it is good for my immune system to walk in woodland and almost enough information to have given the lecture myself. I too was enthused. Ah well!

On a happier note the January talk was voted by many as the “best ever”. Bertie Pearce brought along his combination of wit, magic and education and made us all smile, keeping our interest from start to finish.

Another interesting evening concerned the Mary Rose. Our speaker, Dawn Perrier, was one of the seven original full time divers on the wreck and again kept our attention. A visit to Portsmouth was discussed and, as I write this in late April, a coach party is about to visit both the Mary Rose and the D day exhibition at Portsea. Our thanks are due to Pia Chamberlain and St Andrew’s Events Committee for organising this.

While on the subject of thanks, our enormous gratitude is offered to Bob Gunn without whom all the new audio visual equipment would not be nearly so well managed.

Next years programme is nearly complete and will begin on October 8th with a talk by a cameraman who has worked for the BBC JUNE 2018for many years, filming in extreme conditions from hot and humid jungles to the freezing Canadian Arctic with people such as Bear Grylls.

We hope to see you there, meanwhile have a wonderful summer.

I Frances Rosbotham, Programme Secretary

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n March we had a few days of glorious sunshine after what seemed endless months of rain, cold and snow. You may have a few plants, which have not survived the dreadful weather – in my garden the Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) looks very dead but I’m going to take off the leaves and see if it will come back to life. The main trunk is green under the bark so I have my fingers crossed. Other shrubs which are looking a bit sad are the Myrtle, Drimys and Pittosporum, but they are usually hardy so I’ll wait for new growth.

If you have some trees or shrubs, which are still looking dead, it is worth waiting 12 months, if you can bear it, as they may well survive.

The sight of blossom in April certainly raised the spirit and I think that the Magnolia, Crab apple and ornamental cherries were better than usual. If you don’t have trees with early blossom think about planting some next autumn as they not only provide early pollen for the bumblebees but do light up your garden before the rest of the trees come into leaf.

Gardening jobs A few jobs for the next few months: • Make a note of where your bulbs were and begin to plan where to put new ones for next year.

• Keep weeding your borders.

• Watch your Hosta for slug and snail damage and, if you want to, sprinkle a few slug pellets around them.

• Feed your roses with a rose feed and as they fade remove the old flowers.

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Magnolia soulangeana.

• Prune or trim your spring flowering shrubs such as Spirea, Choisya, Forsythia and tidy up your evergreen hedges • Keep an eye on your climbers and make sure they are tied into the trellis or wires.

• Keep sowing lettuce seeds so you have a constant supply of “cut and come again “ leaves • Keep your sweet peas and runner beans tied in to their supports as they can quickly take off, especially if you go away for a week.

Gardens to visit The next three months are very popular for garden visiting so here are a few ideas: Borde Hill is an RHS partner garden and is free to RHS members in July. It is well worth a visit and has a good tearoom but also encourages you to bring a picnic. It is open from 10 – 5pm and is at Haywards Heath. The postcode is RH16 1XP and the entry costs £8.55 for adults.

June 2nd and 3rd is the NGS festival weekend and one of the local gardens open is 15, The Avenue, Cheam SM2 7 QA – a lovely modern garden with some striking C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 3 4

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Look for the details on the NGS website www.ngs.org.uk Finally, please come and visit my garden

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at Shieling on May 27th. We are on The Warren and open from 11am to 5pm with delicious homemade cakes and coffee or tea available all day. The tea sales are for the Children’s Trust and the entrance fee of £5.00 goes to the NGS charities, which include Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie. Please support us – there are lots of new plants and garden features this year.

Look out for the yellow posters.

I Dr Sarah Wilson

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e had an unusual speaker in February.

On one of the nicer afternoons that month dished up to us!

Lakshman Somanathan addressed us on Child Aid Lanka, a body set up in 1998 and of which he is a locally based trustee – in Cheam, in fact.

Founded initially to relieve hardship, poor health and to promote education.

The ultimate aim being to break the cycle of poverty which then prevailed in Sri Lanka. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami affected many countries bordering the Indian Ocean and tsunami relief was a huge immediate challenge. However, the focus has most recently been on the Wells Project which provides the greatest benefit to the greatest number, especially in the arid regions of north Sri Lanka around Jaffna. Buy-in from local partners was essential for help with the building of each well and organisations such as Rotary assisted greatly with funding. Essential, as each well costs £1000 to construct. Since November 2017 sufficient funds for the construction of 38 wells has been raised and the spin off has seen local benefits such as improved health and greatly improved agricultural yields. We were shown in detail how the wells are constructed and were very impressed by how clever they are and by this worthy initiative. Information like this

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could be of great interest to schools locally, showing how effective appropriate technology is in improving lives.

March was a non-starter for our WI as the meeting had to be cancelled due to snow! Not what one expects when planning the calendar of annual events and the committee manned the phones to inform even the most intrepid members, who had thought to attend in spite of the weather, that there would be no meeting.

Our April meeting proceeded without incident and we were fortunate to have a local speaker, Colin Egerton, telling us about his time in the diplomatic service. He gave us some background history which we found very interesting, right back to the start of the service when kings sent trusted advisors out on embassies to foreign countries – which could prove disastrous if their message was illreceived. Hence diplomatic immunity was a necessary result, for the peace of mind of all concerned!

Ambassadors, supported in some countries by a large staff continued to exist for many centuries but, of late, electronic media has made most large diplomatic staff complements irrelevant. However, personal contact is still very important so the takeover of machines has not been total. To prevent the possibility of staff “going native” and tending to serve interests of the country in which they are based, rather than the Crown, the period of

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duty is wisely limited to 4 years. Mr Egerton served in Sri Lanka, Lebanon , Dubai, Spain and Chile. Ever the diplomat, he did not tell us which country had been his favourite posting.

As usual the afternoon ended with delicious tea and cakes – and much happy chatter.

Also in April about 10 of us attended a meeting of the South Heathlands Group. This is a cluster of WI’s in the area who get together to foster community spirit and this very interesting afternoon certainly did that.

In fine weather up on Box Hill we enjoyed a fascinating talk by Angela Young on “The aristocrat, the able seaman and the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic.” This well researched talk told us of the Countess of Rothes and the Welsh able seaman, Thomas William Jones, who was in charge of lifeboat number 8. The boat in which the countess and her 28 companions were saved after the “unsinkable” Titanic, on her maiden voyage, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11.40 pm on Easter Sunday 1912. This maiden voyage from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg and Queenstown in Ireland had been advertised as the ultimate in luxury.

First class passage for the 6 day voyage cost £86 – about £9000 today!

The White Star line provided better facilities in third class than any other liner at the time had for second class passengers. Wireless telegraphy was very new in 1912 and the Marconi office on ships shut down late at night.

It was only 4 minutes to shutdown that the distress call from Titanic reached Captain Rostrum of the Carpathia,

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close enough to rescue the survivors in the lifeboats. The ship had sunk after only 2hours and 40minutes and those lucky enough to be on lifeboats spent 8 hours in the freezing cold before being rescued. Those for whom there was no room in the too few lifeboats died very quickly of hypothermia. Of the 2200 passengers there was lifeboat space for 1178 and one of the many accusations levelled at Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star line, was this gross inadequacy. In the end 706 people survived the disaster. Shortly after launching his lifeboat which was not full to capacity, Able Seaman Jones asked for a vote on his boat as to whether they should go back to pick up more survivors. JUNE 2018The vote was a resounding negative after which Jones said, “Ladies, if any of us are saved, remember that I wanted to go back.” After the tragedy, maritime law was changed so that a.) all vessels were required to have wireless, b.) there had to be permanent ice patrols and c.) there should be enough lifeboats for the numbers on board.

There are many more fascinating facts and stories which space prevents me from mentioning but I must tell you that the Countess and Mr Jones kept in touch until her death in 1956. What a worthwhile afternoon and I am not even thinking of the truly delicious cakes!

Should you be interested in joining the KVWI, please do give us a try. We meet on the first Thursday of each month at 14.00 in the Kingswood Village Hall. You would be most welcome.

I Nettie Cooper, Press Officer

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ild roses are scattered over hedgerows like confetti for a summer bride and blackbirds sing from dawn to dusk, their haunting song filling the air. Drifts of hawthorn blossom glow in the sunlight and lanes are edged with cuffs of lacy cow parsley. In the meadows starry ox-eye daisies and gleaming buttercups sway in the gentle breeze.

Chilled watercress soup the vibrant colour of new beech leaves will bring a peppery flavour to a summer lunch in the garden. Children will love to help decorate these bite-sized cupcakes to enjoy with a picnic tea. I Ann Dobson WATERCRESS SOUP FOR 4 Tablespoon of oil 1 medium onion peeled and chopped 1 large potato peeled and chopped 1 large pack of watercress (100g) 1.5 pints chicken stock A splash of milk Heat the oil and fry the onion for about five minutes, add the potato and cook gently for a few more minutes. Pour in the stock, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Take the pan off the heat, stir in the watercress and allow it to wilt. Cool slightly. Add a splash of milk and whizz in an electric blender until smooth and creamy. It’s a good idea to hold down the lid of the blender with a towel or tea towel to prevent the hot soup from spurting. Serve hot or chilled.

BITE-SIZED CUP CAKES – makes about 30 30 paper petit four cases 65g softened butter or margarine 65g caster sugar 1 medium-sized egg, beaten Few drops vanilla extract 65g self-raising flour ½ teaspoon baking powder Pre-heat the oven to 160/gas 4. Arrange the paper cases in mini muffin tins. Cream the fat and sugar until fluffy, stir in the egg and vanilla extract, sift the flour and baking powder together, and then fold gently into the mixture. Using two teaspoons, half fill the paper cases, allowing room for the cakes to rise. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes until well risen and golden.

25g softened butter, 50g sieved icing sugar, sifted, a little milk Cream the butter, stir in the icing sugar and add a little milk to loosen the mixture. Pipe or spoon little swirls onto each cake. Top with a Smarty or coloured sprinkles.

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n April, a group from Kingswood Probus Club visited the Churchill War Rooms.

The timing was appropriate because many of us had enjoyed the film ‘Darkest Hour’ and this visit helped to bring it to life.

Guided by an informative audio tour, we explored the underground labyrinth of corridors and rooms under Whitehall offices where Churchill and his war cabinet worked and often slept during the Blitz and beyond, imagining the swirling smoke of his cigar in the airless, cramped conditions. We saw his bedroom, the map room, the ranks of telephones, the overcrowded typing pool and even his private dining room, all still much as they would have been at the time.

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There were recordings of some of Churchill’s famous speeches and vivid anecdotes from his staff. They had to use sun lamps to help counteract daylight deprivation as sometimes they were on duty for several days and nights. It all served to remind us of the dedication of so many to help to win the war.

Kingswood Probus Club meets for lunch on the first Thursday of each month with guest speakers during the winter months, organises walks on the second Thursday and occasional outings such as the above.

Retired professional and business men are welcomed as members. If you would like to find out more, please contact Geoff Dobson, email gjdobsonltd@yahoo.co.uk

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his year pupils at The Hawthorns School in Bletchingley have been actively fundraising for the international charity WE. WE was created by children, for children, to fight the root causes of poverty through projects at home and abroad.

It is estimated that more than 663 million people live without access to safe drinking water, while at least 2.4 billion still lack access to adequate sanitation facilities. On Friday 27th April children from the Hawthorns’ Nurseries and Pre-Prep, along with their older school “siblings” in Years 7 and 8, completed a sponsored walk around the school grounds to raise money for the WE Villages initiative which supports water

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provision in India, Africa and South America.

Having set an initial fundraising target of £750 which would have provided water to over 50 people, the children raised an incredible total of £2400! A fantastic achievement for the dedicated pupils who worked tirelessly to promote this hugely successful event.

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instrumental in negotiating, a first in the club’s

year or so making changes to

history, valuable sponsorship by local estate

Kingswood tennis club to cater

agents, Kennedy’s. This dynamic duo continue

for every member of our local

to be very closely involved in all aspects of the

community covering Kingswood and the

Club’s activities, focusing now particularly on

surrounding villages.

the social side, having handed on their duties

We have:

as Club Captains to Hefin Bowen and Gillian

• our experienced and popular coach, Valentin

Wyatt.

Pusnava who has increased coaching hours

But Joel and Trevor’s energy would not have

from 10 to 50 hours per week

enjoyed the vital support of the Club’s existing

• put in place 3 new artificial clay courts under

loyal membership and achieved the success that

floodlights, alongside 2 state of the art astro

it has without a financial and administrative

courts. We will shortly be improving the court

structure which is sufficiently resilient to deal

coverage of the floodlights, including replacing

with the growth. For that we have to thank the

the bulbs.

other members of the Committee:

• A full year of social events in place and club

• Steve Kippen, membership secretary whose

tournaments

portfolio includes just about everything that

• A full weekly programme of coaching and

needs doing around the Club

social tennis.

• David Smith, records, communication and

• Family Funday with BBQ, steel band and other

membership secretary. David, with Steve’s

entertainment on Saturday 16th June

assistance, has shouldered the considerable

• Finals Day Sunday 8th July

burden of preparing the Club for the coming into

• Junior Finals Day Friday 13th July

force of the formidable new Data and Privacy

• Increased the number of teams playing in local

Law on 25th May 2018.

leagues from 2 to 14 over the past 2 years with

• George Thornton, grounds. We are glad to see

our 1st team men and ladies competing in some

George come back after a well-earned break.

of the highest leagues in Surrey

• Paul Hawker, treasurer. Paul keeps the Club’s

• And best of all: our membership fees remain

finances with the aplomb that one would expect

one of the most competitive you will find in the

from a man of his considerable experience.

county.

JUNE 2018He has also recently led our move

This has all been achieved through the

towards the adoption for certain limited

commitment and hard work of an amazing Club

purposes of our web-site court booking system.

Committee and I would like to take this

The Club has seen such a substantial increase in

opportunity to acknowledge their contributions.

the pressure on the five courts that we are

Trevor Fannin and Joel Wormald, two of the

looking hard at better ways of managing the

top players at the Club, took the Club by the

usage of courts.

scruff of the neck a couple of years ago and

• Glen Grainger, club secretary. Glen has to deal

have transformed it into its current vibrant and

with the considerable volume of communications

forward-facing state. They have been

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ways of improving the Club’s facilities within our

that flood in and yet manages, like other

financial resources. He is also planning for 2019.

members of the committee, to maintain a sense

And last but not least

of humour.

• Valentin, coaching and juniors

• Nigel Catlow, court maintenance. Nigel has

It is a pleasure to chair such a great

recently joined the committee and has tackled

Committee. And I would also like to mention

the complex issue of court maintenance, which

Yvette Bryant who has recently retired from her

is at the very heart of the Committee’s

many years of duties keeping the Clubhouse in

responsibility. We always knew that the new

neat and tidy order.

artificial clay surface would be a challenge,

In short, without these guys, no club. And,

particularly given its novelty. Nigel is leading the

needless to say, we are always looking for new

floodlights improvement programme.

blood to assist in the management of the Club -

• Simona Hartley, junior coordinator and welfare

particularly from the lady membership where the

officer. Simona has kindly taken on the role of

Committee could clearly do better.

welfare officer, an important role in the modern age, and is working with Valentin on the junior side.

Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club, The Glade, Kingswood, KT20 6JJ For further details and contacts, please visit

• Brian Jeffreys, premises. Brian is another new

our website www.kingswoodltc.com or follow us

member of the committee and has already

on facebook

proved a fount of new ideas and experience on

www.facebook.com/kingswoodlawntennisclub

such matters as leaking roofs. He is looking at

I Robin Hollington, Chairman

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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 e have had a good start to 2018 and a very successful AGM in April.

We were sad to say goodbye to Joy Clatworthy our treasurer, who has moved from the area and to our secretary Suzan Evans. Our sincere thanks go to them both for all their support over the years.

We are delighted to say we have welcomed Jane Hollington and Chris Harris to the committee.

We have started our new year of demonstrations which are listed until November. It will be updated in the Christmas edition of Village Voice. We have a very exciting agenda ahead and will be delighted to welcome any new members.

As we have said before if you are a newcomer to the Kingswood, Walton and Tadworth 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. If anyone has difficulties in transport to meetings please let me know.

I Janet Hill and the Flower Club Committee Janethill5@outlook.com (please note new email) Tel: 01737 832424.

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Tuesday July 10th 7.45 pm ‘A Floral Workout’ Jennifer Thompson Competition Floating Flowers Tues August 14th 12.30 pm Fund Raising Flower Club Luncheon.

Venue: Corner Oak, Glen Cl Raffle and Competition Tues Sept 11th 7.45 pm ‘Autumn Ablaze’ Dennis Van Wanderen Competition. Dress Corsage

Tues October 9th 7.45 pm ‘The Link is Green’ Robin White Competition Arrangement of Flowers and Twigs Tuesday November 13th 7.45 pm ‘Stand Up’ Sophie Beany Competition ‘Leaves and Berries’

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maintain independence while offering opportunities for companionship, trusted support and advice. We have services to support people living in their own home, as well as group activities in a place where they can be welcomed and be among friends.

Local schemes are run by Live at Home Managers, and supported by a dedicated team of volunteers. New volunteers are always welcome to join our team and our opportunities include: telephone or visitor befriending, driving our members to our activities, helping run activity groups and fundraising events.

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Farewell to Djina On behalf of the Committee Lori said a big thank you to Djina, who is retiring from the Kingswood NSPCC committee after being our Treasurer for the past 15 years. She has worked with us over that time to keep our books in order and the Committee is hugely grateful to her for all her hard work and patience, Djina was then presented with a gift and flowers from the Committee. Lori then welcomed our new Treasurer Jackie.

Annual Kingswood Tennis Day Monday 14th May 2018 Winners to be announced in September edition of Village Voice

Spring Quiz Night Saturday 28th April 2018 Ten teams joined together in the Village Hall to rise to the challenges set by our quiz masters at our Spring Quiz night. It was another very closely fought match and our congratulations must go to the winners ‘The 59 ers’ , and to the 3 teams who tied for 2nd place. Thanks to all the teams for supporting us and to The Posh Plaice for a delicious fish and chip supper. And our grateful thanks once again to Richard and Adrienne Lewis for a fun and challenging quiz which helped us raise £1,500 for the NSPCC.

Save the Dates Tribute Evening Sat 24th November 2018 No 12, Kingswood Village Further details in September edition of Village Voice

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THE CAR BOOT SALE

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uth saw a poster advertising a car boot sale in the grounds of the local Leisure Centre and decided it was a great opportunity to get rid of some of the family clutter.

She handed everyone a black bin bag to fill and offered the bribe of a share in the profits if they helped. The three children suddenly became a whirlwind of entrepreneurial zeal as they charged around the house, randomly stuffing their bags, leaving a trail of uptur ned boxes and ransacked cupboards.

Ruth's husband, Sam, didn't get further than the bookcase where he agonised over which books he could possibly live without. After half an hour, he’d identified an instruction booklet on making your own wine, a Dan Brown paperback and ‘The Good Pub Guide’ from 1986.

On further examination, the children's bags contained several prized possessions and there was a great deal of squabbling over ownership and potential profits.

Ben was very prudent and wanted to keep old toys as an investment for the future. He was convinced that a grubby, broken 'Tinky Winky' Teletubby would be worth a fortune in twenty years time. Daniel, on the

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other hand, had shoved several revision guides and a couple of school text books into his bag.

Sarah couldn't bear to part with anything.

By the following Saturday, Ruth had found enough surplus clutter to fill the car. Sam retrieved several items but Ruth surreptitiously retur ned them to the pile. She couldn't think of a time when they’d need that novelty penguin umbrella stand. It had been consigned to every loft since their wedding, together with the 'playing card' coffee set, bought

by Aunty Sylvia for Bridge evenings. They’d never played Bridge and Aunty Sylvia had been dead for six years.

Early that Sunday mor ning, the family was full of optimism as they set up their rickety old wallpapering table and laid out their wares. Daniel was put in charge of the biscuit tin containing the float and they were ready to go.

Their first visitor seemed to be a professional buyer. Although he examined and rejected everything with sneering disdain, he did provide reassurance that there was nothing of real value. Their first actual sale was a box of Action Man stuff. Ruth started the bidding at £10 but was knocked down to half price pathetically easily.

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Sarah insisted on visiting other tables, each time retur ning with a new purchase. She bought a large box of 'Bratz' dolls and a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle of puppies in a basket, which Daniel promptly sold to an old lady with a miserable looking basset hound on a lead.

Fortunately, Sarah didn't notice and Daniel made a £3.00 profit on the sale. Sam couldn't find his favourite cap and Ruth couldn't find the box of sandwiches she’d made. Daniel clearly had a flourishing sales career ahead of him as he deposited another £10 into the money tin.

Eventually the stallholders started to pack up and, as Ruth gathered their unsold items, she

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noticed four bulging black bags under the table. They were full of new clutter. Even Sam had bought several things, including a box of rusting carpentry tools, which would go nicely with the rusting carpentry tools he already had in the garage at home.

There was £112.25 in the tin but magically there were more bags than before and she struggled to shut the boot. Ruth wasn’t sure what to say when the children suggested going again next month…

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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.

Congratulations to anyone from Kingswood who

July dates below: Gatton

ran the London Marathon for charity. We would

Community Theatre

love to hear your story!

present “The Wind in the Willows”

Saturday 26 May

Performances will take

and again on

place on:

Friday 8 June

Saturday 14, Sunday 15,

9.30am start

Saturday 21, Sunday 22

(Likely finishing

July 2018 at 2.30pm

time ~ 5pm)

in the grounds of Gatton Park, Reigate RH2 0TW

The TWOAT 10 mile Walk

Kenneth Grahame’s wonderful story of life on the

Dick Shelley and Adrienne Elliott will be leading

riverbank, adapted for the stage by Mike Kenny,

these popular circular walks in our delightful local

will be brought to life by a cast of 30 adults and

countryside, starting at the Chequers Inn, Walton

children. Tickets - £12 adult, £8 children 3-16,

on the Hill. Along the walk there will be information

family ticket £30 (2 adults + 2 children)

on the history of the area. We stop for morning

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break. At each stopping point, there will be transport to take walkers back to the start if they feel they have had enough! The walk is suitable for anyone in reasonable trim (16 to 70 plus!). There is a £5 entry charge. But what about getting your

Sunday 5 August 2 to 5.30pm 41 Shelvers Way,

family and friends to sponsor you as well?

Tadworth KT20 5QJ

If you would like to take part, contact Dick on

Keith Lewis’ Open Garden

01737 817930 or dickshelley@ntlworld.com

Part of the National Garden Scheme and always worth seeing. Entry £5. Afternoon Tea, Coffee

Monday 28 May (Bank Holiday Monday) 1 – 4pm

and cakes provided by TWOAT to help

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fund their overseas aid projects.

Fairytale Treasure Hunt by Gatton Community Theatre

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100 MILE CHARITY BIKE RIDE

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