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Welcome to our March magazine.

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Snow drops, multi coloured crocuses and bright yellow daffodils are all putting in an appearance in my garden at the moment; so good to see. It’s also time to prune, so go mad with your secateurs why don’t you! We welcome you Spring!

If you’re looking to get away and relax, why not consider treating yourself to a fabulous cruise? The Surrey Cruise Show is coming to Denbies on 20th March, why not pop along and find out all about what’s on offer? See page 7 for details.

We are happy to include an update from Ashley Medical PPG this month and a date for your diary if you wish to attend their up-coming AGM. See this on page 28.

Mole Valley District Council invited us to attend a ‘Virtual Dementia Experience’ recently. Michelle went along and was quite taken aback by her experience. What an amazing training tool this is, I hope you find her account of the visit as interesting as I did.

You may remember, a few months back, we reviewed a lovely poetry book by local lady, Ana Sampson. We are happy to include another piece about her most recent work entitled ‘Ten Poems for Breakfast’.

We have lots of other interesting bits and bobs for you to discover this month too, the What’s On pages are bursting with events so we hope you can find something which takes your fancy!

Wishing you all a good month,

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SAVE THE DATE - RACE NIGHT

Changes to our expectations?

required for this would seem to place it beyond all possibility. Mr Elkeles said that the money would come by bidding for funds from the Governments allocations for NHS th On the 6 October, we in Leatherhead, capital expenditure. Refurbishment funds withis some Ashtead and NIGHT, the forfun Epsom and put St Helier on the of This the dateguests set for from the second LRA RACE fundraiser on for ushospitals,

by Simon Edmands Bookham, were treated to a face face otherwill hand, could be realised the Leatherhead Rotary. We will keep the entrytoprice at £10, which include a home cooked hotthrough dinner. We had explanation of how our local NHS CEO, Mr. sale land Sutton. rave reviews on last year’s event and hope for an even better oneof thissome year. We areat joining up with The Friends of Daniel Elkeles, is hoping that our hospitals thoseTheir in attendance at this meeting Leatherhead Parish Church to run the event and will split Many the netof takings. part is for Church maintenance, will develop over the next five to ten years. were very sceptical about the possibility of ours for the LRA Project Fund. The venue will again be the Parish Church Hall. Tickets will be available at the improvement at all in the good current There are twoTheatre, main deficiencies, Leatherhead or contact Susan Leveritt, 07793any 283007.

Fun, Food and Financing causes! maintenance of the current buildings anddo planprovision.

Please to come. provision of adequate Acute care. A short People rose inyou their remind the High update things are happening! of locations, mayseats noticetoorange boxes on the videoStreet revealed the- problems currentlyIn a number speaker that such discussions had already ground near poles, topped by cameras, which have been filming the activity below.

This is part of the High Street experienced at St. Helier and Epsom. Mr. taken place some 20 years ago, and the Study dataalso collection, capturing and cyclist activity. Surrey County Council’s Road Elkeles statedwhich thatisthere is apedestrian, lack of vehicle results had been negligible. However, one Safety are alsoprovision undertaking Safety Review which will involve a number of site visits at various times of real, Team joined-up ofaAcute care Unit. valuable change has taken place over the the coincide accessing restrictions to review highway safety. Surrey County Council He day saidtohe wouldwith likethe to current see a building of a last couple of years and that is the method will then modern compile a Acute safety review will form part of the baseline data collection for the Mole Valley single, Care report Unit which where the by which bed blocking has been almost District Council ledbe High Street Study.

Mole Valley District Council will organising a focus group in March patients would in wards having widely it is eliminated inbe Epsom.

The team running spaced to prevent cross infection, to discuss beds the future of the High Street and present the results of the baseline data collection.

Invitations for this the “Epsom Health and Care Partnership.” and, Group most will important ofinall, level Focus be sent out the consultant next few weeks.

Peter Snell, owner of the or popular Bartons Book now Shop has just A local doctor a social worker supervision 24/7. retired and closed the business, which will leave a very big accompanies void at the bottom of consultant the High Street.

Onthe thenurse brighter the and side, our branch of Santander Bank be has about avoidedwhere the national cutassessing of many branches, in Surrey.

But we have when future 12 care of a (usually) However the problem would been tolditby–the anotheror Leatherhead all our bank branches in danger over the next 18 elderly person.

Thisarefacilitates a safe return to site St.manager Helier,ofEpsom Sutton. bank that months.this So, kind let’s get town our High Street and businesses. with thebanks necessary help having been Patients needing ofinto care areand supporthome beforehand. aboutby where they arranged Ausually meetingnot wastoo heldconcerned on 28th February the Environment Agency, for the announcement confirming that, who have to are taken – it is their relatives Allprotection attendees were encouraged in the in spite of all the work that has been done on various flood alternatives since the floodtooffill Christmas endure awkward journeys. For this reason, short questionnaire to guide future decisions 2013, apparently none of these will work. Back to square one? by far the most popular site for our on the Hospitals. residents We were sadwould to learnbe thatEpsom. after all the funds raised locally to support the court case for the classifying of Leach Grove Woodof as aaVillage the decision has now been appealed by Caroline the NHS Brown Property(LRA Services Chairman) The possibility brandGreen, new multi-purpose

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Spanish assets and Inheritance Tax At TWM Solicitors, we are often asked about the situation of expatriates who have purchased a property in Spain with a view to retiring to Spain, or who are already living in Spain but still own assets in the UK. The EU Succession Regulation (650/2012) came into force on 17 August 2015, under which Spanish successions are governed by the law of the last residence of the deceased, unless they made a Will opting for the law of their nationality (i.e. England and Wales) and this is important because it avoids the “forced heirship rules” which form part of the Spanish succession laws.

The choice of a particular Succession Law does not affect the charge to Inheritance Tax, which remains different in each country.

A British citizen could make an English or Spanish Will to cover their worldwide assets, or separate Wills for each jurisdiction.

Spanish Inheritance Tax is charged on the basis of “Tax Residency” of the beneficiary (not the deceased), which depends on having a permanent residency in Spain and spending more than 183 days per calendar year in Spain. If the beneficiary is a tax resident in Spain at the time of the deceased’s death, they would have to pay Spanish Inheritance Tax in connection with all of the assets they inherit worldwide; if they are not a tax resident in Spain at that time, then they only have to pay this in relation to the inherited assets which are based in Spain.

A Spanish Will will be valid, and admitted to Probate, in England and Wales if it was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Spanish law at the time of its execution, as English Law regards this as being valid here.

One argument for having two separate Wills is that the administration can proceed separately in each country, rather than one having to wait for the Will to be proved in the other before it can begin.

When a British citizen makes a Spanish Will but already has an English Will in place, it is of the utmost importance to ensure that the Spanish Will does not inadvertently revoke the English Will; this can be avoided by showing a copy of the English Will to the lawyer preparing the Spanish Will.

In England and Wales, the deceased’s domicile would determine whether Inheritance Tax is to be paid only on the deceased’s UK assets or on their worldwide assets.

Before taking any steps mentioned in this article, you should take professional legal advice. Please also note that this article is based on current regulations which may be subject to change. If you would like further information, please feel free to contact Seila Sanchez Lucas in our Private Client team, who will be happy to assist you.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles Firstly planes. Ashtead residents will have received through their door a consultation flyer regarding changes to Heathrow Airport and new flightpaths. If approval is granted for a third runway at Heathrow, this will mean differing flightpaths to those we experience now. To alleviate noise disturbance, the use of runways will be switched around to “ensure local communities have breaks from aircraft noise.”

They plan changes to the way some planes arrive into Heathrow using the existing two runways, and they will need to change flight paths for arriving and departing aircraft should the go-ahead be given for an expanded airport.

The website www.heathrowconsultation.com allows you to enter your postcode to see how the changes to flight paths might affect you, and also has a link to the Consultation itself allowing you to give your views. The ARA’s web site also contains the same links.

It is important that as many people as possible contribute to this consultation. By the time this magazine is distributed there will be a very short window of opportunity to complete the feedback, which closes at 11.59pm on Monday 4th March.

Also on the “Planes” subject is the newly published Green Paper entitled “Aviation 2050. The future of UK Aviation.” This weighty document seeks to set out a roadmap for the air industry. Those with sleep problems can read all 200 pages by visiting https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/ uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ file/769695/aviation-2050-web.pdf.

Having read though some of the document we were struck by comments on “Environmental impacts” where it acknowledges disturbance from aircraft has negative impacts on health and quality of life of people living under flightpaths. However the thrust of the whole document appears aimed at the aeroplane industry and airports, ignoring other

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“aircraft” such as helicopters. Residents of Ashtead will be all too aware of the loud, reverberating noise from relatively low flying helicopters that, during the summer especially, become the bane of everyone’s life.

The ARA has written to the British Helicopter Association who responded with “We are sympathetic to people impacted by the helicopter transits but as the Minister points out there is nothing in law which takes into account noise pollution from aviation.” There are controls regarding flying height and the avoidance of controlled airspace around airports, but nothing with regard to noise. We see this Green Paper as perhaps a means of getting legal requirements in place to replace the present “advisory” code.

Trains (and by implication – automobiles). Some 18 months ago Network Rail raised the topic of closing the Green Lane foot crossing resulting in an outcry from residents. EACH DAY, 221 trains use the tracks and an average of 297 pedestrian foot/cyclist crossings take place. It is a heavily used crossing. Once again, it seems Network Rail is looking at this crossing with perhaps a view to closure. The ARA maintains that it is an established Right of Way and has been for over 100 years. Surrey County Council’s definitive map shows it as a Right of Way. Despite the train traffic, it is a safer route to school than running the risk of car accidents on the school-time-congested roads of Woodfield Lane and Barnett Wood Lane. We have a statistician working to produce meaningful figures disproving Network Rail’s risk assessment and will vigorously fight any future closure proposals.

Save the Dates This year’s Annual Spring Clean will take place on Saturday 6th April: full details of arrangements will be in next month’s magazine.

The Association’s AGM will be at the APMH on April 24th at 7:30pm.

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TUDOR MOTORS SITE - At the fifth attempt, plans for the redevelopment of this old garage site in the centre of Fetcham were finally approved by Mole Valley councillors in early February. The new plans addressed the concerns raised in the previous failed application, in particular altering the roof to a traditional pitched profile to make it more in keeping with surrounding buildings.

Fetcham Residents Association has welcomed the approval of the plans which will provide 10 twobedroom apartments with some retail space on the ground floor. Three of them will be classed as “affordable” units. While the FRA expressed concerns over aspects of the development, it supported the views of most of the village traders, and residents, who wished to see the uncertainty over the site resolved in a positive way.

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FLOOD DEFENCES - There is much disappointment at a decision by the Environment Agency to rule out a flood alleviation scheme for the middle Mole.

The Leatherhead and Fetcham Flood Action Group (LAFFAG) was told that a proposed flood water storage option on the field next to Raymead Way and Cannon Grove would not provide protection from both ground and river flooding. It would therefore fail to meet the criteria for funding. The problem is the presence of natural springs under the field which contribute to the flooding, although the main source of excess water after prolonged rain is the river itself.

The flood action group is seeking further meetings to press its case. The springs in the field, owned by SES Water, are also thought to be the main cause of the persistent pooling of water on the footpath from Mill Lane alongside the railway. LAFFAG is urging Surrey County Council, which is responsible for the path, to examine whether raised walkways could be installed.

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Updates, Security and Protection... the importance of updating and protecting your computers Getting updates to your computer and mobile devices core operating system and programs is so important as the updates protect you against the latest threats. When applying any updates this can be a lengthy process, which your device will (usually) do for you automatically and often the device will require a restart.

We have seen instances where the updates do not apply correctly for whatever reason, in one instance an Apple iMac had all its data wiped and we had to go through a costly data recovery process to recover the data. The moral to the story here is ensure you have a current backup of your data.

Just last week there was a Windows update that caused the machine to lock and blue screen, the entire process to self-resolve the problem took about 2 hours to return a working machine, and involved a number of very laborious restarts.

The dangers of not having your machine updated far outweigh the risks of taking the updates.

Windows 7 is scheduled to go end of extended support on 14 January 2020 Windows 8 is scheduled to go end of extended support on 10 January 2023 As a general rule, Apple will keep their most current two versions of software alive and will retire anything older, using this yard stick V10.13 (High Sierra) and 10.14 (Mojave) are the most recent versions We have also seen a significant increase in the number of hacks coming via older versions of Internet Explorer.

This could be in the guise of a banner appearing on your screen saying you have been caught viewing illicit material and will be reported unless you pay a ransom. These messages are intrusive and indicate that there may be someone logging your keystrokes, meaning your security is at risk. Our advice here is to download and use an alternative internet browser- which is still updated like Google Chrome or Firefox

We are now hearing more about data breaches as they occur, all a part of last years GDPR regulations, but it estimated that 3 billion email account passwords are compromised and on the dark web, if you have had the same password since 2017, we strongly encourage you to change your password, and include upper case, lower case. numbers and punctuation symbols, as a guide this website offers you an indication of how long it will take a computer to crack your password. https://howsecureismypassword.net/ This guide was written by Les Beer, from Tecres in Leatherhead, who have been providing computer solutions since 1989.

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Ashlea Medical

Practice Patient Participation Group (PPG)

It was a big day for the AshLea Medical Practice when in September its PPG organised “A Family Health Day” in the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall to celebrate both the 110th birthday of the Practice and being awarded the national “PPG of the Year 2017”.

We were well supported by many local voluntary organisations and charities.

Several committee members are due to “retire” this year and we are looking for new members to take our successful PPG forward in the future. It’s not an onerous role and it certainly does not require any previous medical experience. We meet about six times a year and try to represent patients’ views, experiences and ideas to the Practice and other NHS organisations. You would be welcomed by a friendly, good humoured team!

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This year we are holding our AGM on Thursday, 25th April at the Fairfield Centre, Leatherhead (next to the Swan Centre). We will be open from 7 pm for tea/coffee/cakes and a chance to meet the PPG Committee, and the meeting will start at 7.30pm. Parking is available on site.

We are delighted to say that, after the formal part of the evening, we will welcome Community Police Officer Bob Apperley and Crime Reduction Officer, Neil Clarke, to be our guest speakers. We are sure this will be extremely interesting and lively presentation!

All patients of Gilbert House and Linden House surgeries are welcome.

If you would like further information, please email ashlea.ppg@talktalk.net or call Richard Garrard on 01372 817 190.

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• Volunteers come from all backgrounds: professionals in related work; those with experience of drug and alcohol related problems; and those who just want to help.

• Operate the helpline from your own home, at no cost to you.

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The Difficulty with Dementia Difficult to understand, difficult to talk about, difficult to deal with. With one in two people now likely to get cancer at some point in their life and with so much information available, we seem much more able as a society to be able to talk about it, understand treatment regimes better and be more able to support friends and family who have it.

Every year 325,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer.

Every year 850,000 people are living with Dementia. And yet, as a society, we still seem to have difficulty truly understanding what sufferers of Dementia are experiencing and how best to support them and their carers on a day to day basis.

At the end of January, Mole Valley District Council’s (MVDC’s) Mole Valley Life team hosted Virtual Dementia training sessions in Leatherhead, giving staff a new and immersive insight into how they might better understand and support local residents who suffer from the diverse symptoms described as Dementia. Look Local were very privileged to go along and join them.

The “Virtual Dementia Experience” took place in a specially converted “bus” which has been designed

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and medically assessed to provide the closest possible experience as to how having Dementia may feel.

We were all fitted out with special aids to help replicate certain conditions that people with dementia experience. Glasses that replicated macular degeneration. Gloves that mimicked neuropathy and the lose of fine motor skills. Shoe inserts that also mimicked neuropathy and the feeling of discomfort and pins and needles that led us to “shuffle” to minimise the feeling. Head phones that “piped” conversations and other noises and replicated the lose of ability to “filter” sounds and how certain noises became magnified. It was truly alarming when a siren went off in our headphones.

Several of us actually screamed out loud. Not a usual reaction for any of us.

During the session the trainer tried to “feed” me with some soup. I couldn’t comprehend what he was trying to do, so when he brought the spoon up to my mouth I hit out. A completely automatic reaction, but not a “normal” reaction for me. He meant me no harm, but the “dementia” made me feel invaded, threatened and scared.

I was given a shirt to button. With the lose of

my fine motor skills it was hard enough to find the buttons themselves and impossible to find the button holes. I could feel myself becoming increasingly frustrated, panicky and quite frightened. Even more so when the trainer tried to take it off me. Was he trying to help me? I didn’t think so. Again, I felt under threat, that he was angry with me for not managing to do the buttons up quickly enough or at all as it turned out. I snatched the shirt back. He took it off me again. I snatched back again and a tug of war ensued.

The problems we experienced trying to carry out simple, every day tasks was quite frightening. After the session we were asked to describe our feelings; disorientated, frustrated, isolated, angry, vulnerable, aggressive, frightened, upset.

Jerry the trainer from Xperience Training Ltd was amazing. He was so good during the debrief in explaining why we had been experiencing some of the things we did, how we could better help people with dementia cope with every day tasks and reduce some of the things that create difficulties for people suffering from Dementia. There is so much to learn about this subject and so much that I could impart

in this article that I just don’t feel I can do justice to here. Whether you know someone with Dementia or not, you undoubtably will at some point, or you will have contact with a Dementia sufferer whilst out shopping, or at a train station etc.. The statistics speak for themselves. So here is my plea to you.

Visit http://www.molevalleylife.co.uk/ for more information on the many services and support that you can access in Mole Valley.

Visit https://www.training2care.co.uk/ Just reading about what training they provide will give you an insight and tips on how to support a Dementia sufferer, and if you are a company in the care industry or one that has contact with the general public or if you just want to provide your staff with valuable life skills, do please consider arranging some training. And finally, look up PK Beville. She is the American founder of this training programme. There are lots of videos to watch surrounding this training and she gives incredible insights into understanding Dementia sufferers and literally turns the myths on their head. Let’s, between us, make a start at taking the difficulty out of Dementia.

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CHICKEN RAGOUT with PORCINI and PANCETTA

This stunning recipe is written by Ursula Ferrigno, an amazing lady who I work with at the Leith’s School of Food & Wine. She is an inspirational author and teacher and her passion is even more excitable than mine!

The recipe has quite a few ingredients in it, but worth every second - it will see you through ‘til the heat of the sun arrives in April. Ursula serves it with her divine home-made gnocchi and if you’d like to know more, then join me at Leith’s!

INGREDIENTS

COOKING METHOD

2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 50g unsmoked pancetta, cut into small cubes 4 skin-on, best quality, large boneless chicken thighs cut into fork friendly chunks 100g pitted green olives 3 fresh bay leaves 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 tbsp tomato puree 125ml dry white wine 50g dried porcini (soaked for 10 minutes in cold water; reserve the soaking water) 100g chestnut mushrooms 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped 150ml chicken stock Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper A handful of flat-leaf parsley

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FETCH’EM FROM THE CUPBOARD IN ASHTEAD TOO!

Fetch’em from the Cupboard originally teamed up with Greenwise in Fetcham in July 2018, and together they are now bringing the best of both worlds to Ashtead Village too.

Both shops give their community and surrounding areas a vital resource to enable them to reduce their plastic use and overall carbon footprint.

The concept and execution are simple; reuse what you already have by bringing your own containers and buying your foods and cleaning products, plastic and packaging free. You can now buy organic grains, pasta, cereals, beans, pulses, nuts, dried fruit, seeds, toothcare, body care, cleaning products and more.

The Ashtead shop will also have loose frozen foods, a

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plant milk machine and a flour mill.

Our self-service scale is designed to weigh your container before you fill up and then offset the weight once you have; you only pay for what is inside. If you forget your container or you are popping by in a hurry, the trusty brown paper bags can be used, however we encourage you to bring your own containers to reduce waste and use of natural resources. Help is at hand if you need it - so please just ask!

We have number of talented Surrey based suppliers now, including chocolates by Artisinal Vegan (Cobham), soaps by Tahmasso (Ashtead), skincare

by Puremess (Guildford), dried plant based snacks by Cut and Dried (Ockley), shaving products by Norse

(Kingston), reusable Kitchen products by Pegasus Gifts (Woking), finally coffee and tea by the experts at Cupsmith (Farnham). From the rest of the UK, we have toothcare by Georganics (West Sussex), zero waste cleaning products Fill by Ideal Manufacturing (Northampton) and grains and seeds grown in the UK by Hodmedods. We are also welcoming new suppliers - made to order bread by Plantissimo (Sutton) and reusable personal care products by Tiny Human (Capel).

We are working with more local companies to bring you even more products which are home grown, high quality and value for money. By working closely with our suppliers, we ensure we are bringing you the eco-

friendliest products we can and at the lowest possible price. If you have a product you struggle to get plastic free, then challenge us to find it for you - it is likely others find it just as frustrating too!

The actions of each of us, working together in our communities, will be what helps to turn the tide on plastic. Be part of the change you want to see in the world - join us in creating a bright future for the younger generations and show some love to our beautiful planet Earth.

Find us on facebook: @fetchemcupboard, Instagram: fetchem and Twitter: @FetchemC Website is now live and shows you details of all the products and prices: www.fetchemcupboard.co.uk

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Back By Popular Demand – Sold Out Last Year!

Leatherhead Rotary proudly presents

British Philharmonic BIG BAND in Concert Featuring the sensational sounds of the swing music era Plus special guest Frank Cognoscenti returns as Sinatra!

LEATHERHEAD THEATRE Wednesday, May 22 at 7.30pm All Proceeds In Aid of Prostate Cancer UK and the Motor Neurone Disease Association

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(Half price for Under 18s) from Theatre Box Office 01372 365141 or www.theleatherheadtheatre.com* from Gary Zabel 01372 800810 garyzabel@ntlworld.com or any Leatherhead Rotary member Box office tickets subject to 50p Restoration Levy

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Leatherhead Rotary Registered Charity No: 1032183, Prostate Cancer UK Registered Charity No: 1005541, MND Association Registered Charity No: 294354

MULTI-COLOURED SWAP SHOP Saturday, 6 April 2019 – Parish Church Hall at 7.15 pm Come and spend a relaxed evening amongst friends, with stimulating conversation, complementary music and an opportunity for a cathartic swap shop. Bring along your own choice of drinks and glasses. We offer a convivial supper, prepared by our marvellous team of volunteers.

Chicken Pasta Bake (or Vegetarian alternative) with green salad and French bread * Selection of delicious desserts * Coffee and Chocolate Mints

Special guest appearance by Hedley Kay Swapshop? Please bring with you between two to four good-as-new items you no longer want but might be 'just the thing' for someone else. It's so much easier to part with treasures when you know it's for a good cause.

During the evening the items will be for swapping, at intervals, for £2 each.

(There’ll be no raffle; with swaps you get to choose your own prizes.)

Tickets are £18 each - why not make up a table of 6 or 8 friends?

Further details and booking forms at http://leatherheadparish.com/ The proceeds will go towards the cost of maintaining Leatherhead's mediaeval Parish Church.

What’s On?

What’s On Ashtead & Leatherhead

Friday 1st MARCH

World Day of Prayer (Formerly Women’s World Day of Prayer) Service 2.30pm at Christ Church URC, Epsom Road, Leatherhead folowed by Tea and Cakes. All are Welcome. This year’s service is prepared by the women of Slovenia, and is entitled “Come - March, Everything is Ready!”

Friday 1st MARCH

Cherry Trees popular and friendly annual Bridge Tea fundraiser makes it’s return at St John’s Centre, Merrow, 1.30pm. Players will need to bring their own tables & table cloths, to play. Tickets can be purchased for £12pp by calling 01483 222 507.

All proceeds from tickets and on the day raffle goes towards Cherry Trees respite home, supporting children with disabilities and their families.

Saturday 2nd MARCH

Come & enjoy a cup of coffee & a slice of homemade cake at the Bookham Choral Society Coffee Morning in The Barn Hall, Bookham on Saturday from 10am.

There will be a profusion of exciting stalls selling Cakes & Jam, Book & Music, Jewellery & Bric-a Brac, Toiletries, Toys & lots more including a Super Raffle!

Saturday 9th MARCH

Mid-Surrey mencap are holding a Spring Jumble sale at Fortyfoot Hall, Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead (KT22 8RY) between 11am and 1pm. Admission is 50p and there will be light refreshments. We should greatly appreciate your support at this events, as we continue our programme of upgrading our hall.

Sunday 10th MARCH

Orchid Day at Ashtead Park Garden Centre, 11am-3pm. Come in & see orchid guru, Dr Manos Kanellos for tips & demonstrations on how to get the most from your orchids! Bring in your orchid for an MOT at the Orchid Clinic or learn how to care for your orchid, make it reflower and when to repot at the Free Talk: Orchid Care and Repotting Demonstration at 11am & 2pm Repotting £3 or FREE when you buy a pot & Orchid Repotting Mix. Full details at: www.ashteadpark.com

Sunday 10th MARCH

World Book Day at Painshill Park, Portsmouth Rd, Cobham KT11 1JE 10am – 4pm (activities from 11am – 3pm). Children can come along dressed up as their favourite book character (prize for the best dressed character). Join in with lots of book themed activities including a special trail around the magical landscape garden to discover lots of wonderful book characters. Free entry for children u16 yrs. Normal admission applies to other visitors. All activities included with general admission to Painshill.

Weds 13th MARCH

Balloon Debate, at Betchworth Park Golf Club, Dorking RH4 1NZ, 7pm 7.30pm. Four famous people in hot-air balloon plummeting to earth... Who will servive? You decide! Tickets: £25 each, including 3-course dinner. More info & tickets contact Simon Edmands on 07753 821964 or leatherheadrotary@gmail.com

Weds 20th MARCH

Leatherhead Horticultural Society Spring Show and Annual General Meeting at Leatherhead Parish Hall from 7.30 pm (AGM 8.00pm). Admission Free - all are welcome. For more information visit www.leatherheadhortsoc.org.uk.

If there’s an event in April that you’d like mentioned, please contact Ros (details on p.6) before Friday 8th March.

All entries appear on a first come, first served basis. Details of the above events are correct at time of print.

What’s On?

What’s On Continued...

Weds 20th MARCH

Amanda Ladies fashion show at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, at 7.30 for 8pm start, in aid of Dyscover. Tickets: £15 which includes a glass of wine and a plate of nibbles. For more information 01372 274333 sales@amandafashions.co.uk

Friday 22nd MARCH

Soundbytes Spring Sing at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, KT21 2BE at 8pm.

Soundbytes will be singing more of your favouite songs in glorious harmony, George Michael, Lordes, Ed Sheeran and many more. Also featuring The Decibelles - Bookham’s WI and Vocal Trio; 3’s A Chord. Concert is Free with a collection to the Mary Frances Trust. info@hazelhannam.co.uk, www.hazelhannam.co.uk

Friday 29th MARCH

Join us for a fun golf day and post competition dinner at Guildford Golf Club, GU1 2HL, to help raise funds needed to expand the facilities at South Bookham SPACE!. Families and teams of four most welcome and no handicaps required! For more details contact Keith Gatford at keithmgatford@gmail.com

Saturday 30th MARCH

Mid-Surrey mencap are holding a Craft Market at Fortyfoot Hall, Fortyfoot Road, Leatherhead (KT22 8RY) between 11am and 2pm. Entrance to this event will be free! If anyone would like to book a table (for £10) please ring Di Warwick, on 07887563102. We should greatly appreciate your support at this event, as we continue our programme of upgrading our hall.

Sunday 31st MARCH

Make Mother’s Day special with a visit to Claremont Gardens, Portsmouth Rd, Esher KT10 9JG. Join us for Mothering Sunday. Stroll through the garden and visit the Camellia Terrace in bloom. Our café will be open for hot lunches and afternoon teas.

Mothers get in free to the Garden when accompanied by their children. For more info visit https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/claremont-landscape-garden

Save the Date in April Saturday 6th APRIL

“This Man” a Modern Oratorio at 7.30pm in Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8JA. Prepare to be blown away! The Easter Story as you’ve never heard it before. Written by Anne de Waal and directed by Dana de Waal. Booking Online: thismantickets.co.uk, Box Office: 07947910002. Adults £12: Concessions - £10: Children - £10.

Thursday 11th APRIL

Ashtead Flower Arrangement Group’s Charity Evening in aid of the Princess Alice Hospice. A flower arranging demonstration by Coral Gardiner entitled “Springtime”, at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, KT21 1QR at 7 for 7.30pm. Open to all.

Tickets: £15 (including a glass of wine and canapés) from Di Stirling 01372 279501

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What’s On?

Regular Events in Ashtead & Leatherhead Friday 1st, 15th & 29th (Every 2nd Friday)

Friday 1st

Friday 1st (weekly -15th & 29th)

Friday 1st (weekly termtime)

Friday 1st (weekly)

Friday 1st (monthly)

Sunday 3rd (weekly)

Sunday 3rd (weekly)

Monday - Thurs (weekly)

OASIS, fortnightly women’s group at St George’s Church, Ashtead, 9.15am.

This term we are going to explore the concept of the ‘happy home’ a not-too serious look as what makes a home a happy one. 1st - Happy Partner! 15th Decluttering & 29th - Family Values. All ladies in 20s, 30s & 40s welcomed, Maxine Simpson: 01372 272177 or maxinesimpson2003@yahoo.co.uk Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Leatherhead Group, Fetcham Village Hall, ‘Lunch Out’ at 12.30pm. Members pay an annual subscription of £5, & £1 per meeting (extra when a meal is involved) Members do not have to have been Civil Servants. Anne Thomson 01372 373258 Martha’s Market 10.30-11.30am Leatherhead Parish Church Hall. New dates with extended opening hours. Come along to buy home-made cakes and preserves, hand-crafted items from cards to knitted goods, eggs and haberdashery supplies.

Or why not book a stall to sell something for yourself or a charity. Mar 1st with Fairtrade and Mar 15th with Hearing Aid checks. Make time to join us for a coffee and bring a friend too. Contact Janine 01372 374914 The Ark is a Christian based toddler group, based at Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead 9.30am - 11am, aimed at children from 0 to 5yrs old. During the session we have toys, games, a craft, a singing and story time. There is a voluntary donation of £1 per family to help cover cost. For more info visit www.leatherheadmethodist.org or email hannahleatherheadfcw@gmail.com Morning coffee and scones served in the Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. Woodfield Lane, Ashtead KT21 2BE.Prepared and served by volunteers to raise money to help run the hall Soup Lunch held in St Michael’s Church Hall, the Marld, Ashtead. Homemade soup, bread and pudding, served with tea/coffee, between 12noon and 1.30pm, all for £5. In aid of Princess Alice Hospice, CAFOD (Catholic Fund for Overseas Development) and BESOM Enjoy a great meal and raise funds for three charities. For more information contact 01372 272267 Leatherhead Parish Church welcomes you to all its services. For full details of our May services and events, check out www.leatherheadparish.com Leatherhead Methodist Church welcomes you to all their services. For more information visit our website www.leatherheadmethodist.org Citizens Advice sessions at The Georgian House, Swan Mews, High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8AE. Drop-in: Mon toThurs 10am - 1pm Appointments: Mon to Thurs 1pm - 4pm. Offer free, confidential, impartial & independent advice on a wide range of subjects. Advice line: 03444 111 444 (Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm) email: leatherhead@camv.org.uk

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What’s On?

Regular Events Continued...

Monday 4th (weekly- termtime)

Monday 4th (weekly)

Tuesday 5th (weekly - termtime)

Tuesday 5th (1st Tues monthly)

Tuesday 5th (weekly)

Wednesday 6th (weekly)

Wednesday 6th (monthly)

Wednesday 6th (Monthly)

Wednesday 6th (weekly termtime)

Fetcham Singers - friendly Ladies Choir meets at the Parish Church Hall, Church Road, KT22 8HD, 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. We have started to practise Faure’s Requiem & various folk songs for the Summer Concert performed by Fetcham Singers on 6th July 2019. New members are always welcome. There are no auditions. Contact Sandra Brown on 01372 276736 Ashtead Choral Society, meet every Monday evening to rehearse at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, at 8pm for 2hrs & tea. Any enquiries please call 01372 278852, email ashteadchoral@gmail.com. www. ashteadchoralsociety.org.uk Toddlers Group for 0-3 year olds with a carer. Toys, craft, singalongs and refreshments. Ashtead Baptist Church, 192 Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2LW. 10-11.30am. Newcomers welcome. Rosemary Bassett 01372 274666 Leatherhead Probus club has been providing fellowship for retired men in the area who have inquiring & active minds, for 50 years. We meet first Tuesday each month at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club for a lunch followed by a talk. In April we welcome Inspector Ken Wharfe MVO, ex-SAS & the police protection officer responsible for Lady Diana & then the two princes. His talk should be amusing & enlightening. For further details call Jon McCarthy on 07947 361 406; or email membership@probusclubleatherhead.org.uk to come as a guest.

Knit ‘n Natter at Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead from 2.30pm - 4pm, it costs 50p pp to cover the cost of the tea and coffee. This is a craft group where people can come and try a new craft or continue their own project whilst chatting with others. For more info www.leatherheadmethodist.org The Downsmen Male Barbershop Chorus, meets every Wednesday, 7.30 pm at the Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8AY. For singing in close harmony - there’s nothing like it! Just turn up, or contact Gary Score on 01372 275177. New singers welcome.

Ashtead WI, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm. “The Aristocrat, The Able Seaman & The Tragic Sinking of RMS Titanic ” - Speaker Angela Young, For info contact Sandra Brown 01372 276736 Ashtead Flower Arrangement Group, Demonstration by Dr Kate Kerr “It’s only Natural” Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. 1.45pm - 4.30pm. Visitors Welcome. Di Stirling 01372 279501 Baby and Toddler Group in Leatherhead Parish Church Hall from 10 - 12noon.

Have you just had a baby or moved to the area ? If so why not come along to meet some of the other parents/carers and their children. Lots of toys and activities plus a welcome cup of coffee. Just pop in or call Jackie 07764686914

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What’s On?

Regular Events in Ashtead & Leatherhead Wednesday 6th (weekly)

Thursday 7th (1st Thurs monthly)

Thursday 7th (weekly)

Thursday 7th (weekly)

Thursday 7th (1st Thurs monthly)

Thursday 7th (weekly)

Thursday 7th (weekly - termtime)

Thursday 7th (monthly)

Friday 8th (2nd Fri monthly)

Sat 9th & 23rd

Sun 10th & 24th (2nd & 4th Sunday)

Sunday 10th (2nd Sun monthly)

Rotary Club of Leatherhead, Police Federation Headquarters, Highbury Drive, Leatherhead. 7pm-9pm. For more info: Simon Edmands on 07753 821964 Mole Valley Quilters, 7.15pm, The Harrison Room, Old Barn Hall, Bookham KT23 3PQ. “A talk about being a quilt judge” by Judi Kirk. Beginners and more experienced quilters welcome. Info from Marie-Louise Oldrey on 01932 865194 or Linda Keets 01372 374160. www.molevalleyquilters.org.uk Ashtead Bowling Club, free coaching sessions for beginners on Thursdays at 2.30 & 6.30 lasting about 90 mins. Just bring a pair of clean flat soled shoes.

Bowls of a suitable size, provided. Club pavilion, Woodfield Lane, KT21 2BJ. Contact Mike on 01372 273142 to arrange a session with one of our coaches.

Ashtead over 60s Lunch Club meets every Thursday in the Ralli Room APMG, for a freshly prepared hot lunch and dessert. Doors open at 10.30am for a cup of tea or coffee. More information call Brenda (chairman) on 01372 813 276 Leatherhead Barn Dance Club, 8pm-10.15pm. 1st Thursday of the month.

Abraham Dixon Hall, Letherhead Institute, £5. Ruth Gwilliam 01403 750844 The Rotary club of Ashtead meets 7.30pm for dinner at The Cock Inn, Church Lane, Headley, KT18 6LE. Visitors welcome. Contact Brian 01372 275860 Ashtead Baptist Church Youth Groups every Thursday 5.15-7.00pm. Dynamite ages 7-11 years; (Games, Craft, Singing Tuck Shop) £1pw. Blast ages 11-14 years (Games, Computers, Snacks, Drama) £1.50 per wk. Ashtead Baptist Church, 192 Barnett Wood Lane, KT21 2LW. Children can be brought & collected by a known adult, All staff are DBS checked. For more info call 01372 202103 Ashtead U3A, 2.30pm, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. Speaker Guest Speaker Ralph Jerram ‘Incorrect Political Correctness’ Annual membership £12. For more information phone 01372 273690 or email memberships@ashteadu3a.org.uk Ashtead Friday Market, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 9am-12.30pm, free entry.

Lots of stalls, cakes, jewelley, plants, collectables, & much more, for the RNLI Family rhymetime at Leatherhead Library, Church Street KT22 8DP. First come first served. No tickets but maximum of 16 per session owing to limited space.

Rhymes for babies and toddlers. For more info email libraries@surreycc.gov.uk Revive Nation is a youth group we run every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead from 12.30pm 2.30pm. We play games, we have a pool table and we serve a light lunch for the young people. For more info www.leatherheadmethodist.org An evening meeting is held on the second Sunday of each month at Park House, Randall’s Road Leatherhead, KT22 0AH. All are welcome to join us in exploring

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What’s On?

Regular Events Continued... a different approach to spiritual worship focusing on silence and stillness. For more info contact Catherine Carr (01483 283693) or catherinemcarr15@gmail.com Monday 11th (2nd Mon monthly)

Monday 11th (2nd Mon monthly)

Tuesday 12th (2nd Tues monthly)

Wednesday 13th

Wednesday 13th (monthly)

Wednesday 13th (2nd Weds monthly)

Saturday 16th (monthly)

Monday 18th (3rd Monday)

Tuesday 19th

Wednesday 20th (3rd Weds monthly)

Leatherhead branch, Royal British Legion, Women’s Section, Leatherhead Community Centre, Kingston Road, 7.00pm, on the 2nd Monday of the month.

Interesting speakes & events. For more info or to book: Jane 01372 811422 Bookham Wine Club, Harrison Room, Old Barn Hall, Bookham, 7.30 for 8pm.

‘New Espanol’ by Pippa Hayward. For more info: membership@ bookhamwineclub.org.uk or web www.bookhamwineclub.org.uk Mole Valley WI (Fetcham), Fetcham Village Hall, The Street, KT22 9QS. ‘Air Ambulance’ by Katie Rose. 7.45pm. Meriel Sexton on merielsexton@hotmail.com An illustrated talk on how the Queen of Sheba has inspired artists and film-makers, and has led archaeologists to search for her land, will be given to The Arts Society Leatherhead at 7:15 pm in Leatherhead Parish Church Hall, KT22 8BD. Guests are welcome, for £5 at the door: please contact info@theartssocietyleatherhead. org.uk or Huw Jenkins on 01372 278728.

Topic of Cancer is a support group for those with a cancer diagnosis and/or their supporters, The Old Barn Hall, Church Rd, Bookham KT 23 3PQ at 7.30pm. Contact details on our website or just come along to a meeting, www.topicofcancer.org.uk/ Tylney Lunch Club for ladies, Leatherhead Leisure Centre. 3 course lunch followed by a speaker, memberships £10pa & £16 for lunch. Pat Date - 01372 454879 Hardy Plant Society - Southern Counties Group talk at Bookham’s Old Barn Hall, KT23 3PQ (10:00 for 10:30am) on ‘Plant hunting in Manipur’ by Paul Barney, preceded by AGM. £4. Sale of plants, garden sundries & books. Details on www.hps-southerncounties.co.uk or contact us at info.hps.scg@gmail.com The Probus Club of Ashtead meets at Tyrrell’s Wood Golf Club at 12.30 for its monthly lunch and talk. Speaker Terry Johnson “The Profumo Affair” New members welcome. For membership details and other information visit our website www.ashteadprobus.com. Alternatively, contact our Secretary, Stephen Bridges on 07806 791774 or stephen@bridgesuk.com.

The Arts Society Ashtead meets, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall 10.15am. Speaker Nicole Mezey BA MA FHEA FRSA “The Art of Stained Glass” Non-members & those already on the Waiting List welcome to attend the 10.30 lecture: £5 payable on the door. For info contact Pat Anderson, Membership Secretary, 07958 560707 or pat@glasstower.co.uk. Web: www.tas-ashtead.org.uk.

Ashtead Friendship Centre, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 2pm. ‘Edwardian London’ by Ian Bevan. For more information contact Don Butt 01372 274288

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What’s On?

Regular Events Continued...

Thursday 21st (3rd Thurs monthly)

Thursday 21st (3rd Thurs monthly)

Friday 22nd

Sunday 24th (4th Sun monthly)

Tuesday 26th (4th Tues monthly)

Tuesday 26th (last tues monthly)

Weds 27th (monthly)

Thurs 28th

Leatherhead U3A’s monthly meeting will be at 2pm in the United Reformed Church Hall, Epsom Rd, KT22 8ST. Chris Chippendale will guide us through Lasting Powers of Attorney. The U3A welcomes anyone no longer in full time employment or raising a family. For more info come along to this meeting or contact us at lhdu3amembers@gmail.com or check out our website www. leatherheadu3a.org.uk to find details of the many interests we offer.

Messy Lent at Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8AY 3.30 - 5.30pm. A way of being church for families that is found across the world. There will be crafts, game, singing and food provided. There is a voluntary donation of £3 per child to cover the cost of the food and the crafts. For more info www.leatherheadmethodist.org Ashtead Art Lovers, 11am & 7.30pm: Hidden in Plain Sight. Do paintings contain evidence that could influence inheritance? Are landscape paintings an emotional response to a place, or do they capture a moment in time? Did the Impressionists document the French Industrial Revolution? In other words, can a painting be an important historical document? We shall discuss this over refreshments. £10. 01372 272235 or email ashteadartlovers@gmail.com New Fire contemporary worship (ecumenical) held at All Saints Cafe, Kingston Road. Coffee from 6.00p.m. Worship 6.30 p.m. For more information email the church office info@allsaintskingston.co.uk or call 020 8546 5964 or visit us online at www.allsaintskingston.co.uk “Edith & I:on The Trail Of An Edwardian Traveller In Kosova” - Speaker Elizabeth Gowing, Fetcham U3A 2.30pm St Mary’s Church Hall off The Ridgeway. Visitors & new members welcome. Contact 01372 453959 or www.fetchamu3a.org.uk.

Kingston and District Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance Group meet on the last Tuesday at Marion House, Girl Guides Hut, Tadworth Ave, KT3 6DJ, 2pm - 4.15pm. In addition to our main function of keeping in touch with local & national issues concerning pensioners, we arrange a variety of speakers to entertain us. This month we hear from our HQ office about proposed future changes to our national organisation. limited car parking & on public transport routes. For further info: Brenda Denby, tel 0208 398 6054/email brendadenby@live.co.uk.

Ashtead Townswomen’s Guild, Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Ln, Ashtead KT21 2BE. 7.30pm. ‘Annual General Meeting’. For more information contact Di James on 01372 273948.

Open meeting of the Ashtead Cancer Group, a support group for cancer patients, their families, friends & carers, providing support. Free. 7.00pm-9.00pm St George’s Christian Centre, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead. Workshops and occasional speakers. Call: 07843 620295 email: ashteadcancergroup@gmail.com, or visiti us online at: www.ashteadcancergroup.org

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BBC Young Musician to perform with Epsom Symphony Orchestra on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at The Epsom Playhouse

Epsom Symphony Orchestra’s next concert, on Saturday 2 March, will entertain with the famous Scheherazade, a solo by an award-winning young musician, as well as raising funds for The Children’s Trust new music therapy.

Starting at 7.30pm at Epsom Playhouse, the concert ‘Legends of Romance’ will feature Scheherazade,

which describes the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor in glittering musical colours, as well as Tchaikovsky’s ‘Francesca da Rimini.

Also, Matilda Lloyd, aged 22 years, who won BBC Young Brass Player of the year 2014, will perform the Trumpet Concerto by Artunian.

The concert will also support The Children’s Trust, whose guest speaker will give details of the new music therapy offered by the charity. The Music Therapy Campaign focuses on how music can help a child with brain injury reconnect with the world around them. Music therapy, which is completely voluntary funded, can inspire a child with brain injury to walk, talk and smile again.

Claire Wood, Music Therapist at The Children’s Trust, said: “It cannot be understated quite how much music can lift a person’s mood and transform a situation, but for children with a brain injury, music can have a life-changing influence. When a child has a brain injury, they often lose the ability to move and communicate, to focus, or do anything for themselves.

Music can help to inspire and motivate a child with brain injury to reconnect with the world around them and relearn the skills they’ve lost.”

Tickets are available from The Epsom Playhouse Box Office on Tel: 01372 742555.

They cost £15 each (£13 senior citizens and students, £5 children).

For more information on the local orchestra please visit www.epsomsymphony.co.uk.

For more information on the charity please visit www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk.

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What’s On?

MOLE VALLEY

Spring Sing

Friday 22nd March. 8pm Soundbytes will be singing more of your favourite songs in glorious harmony, George Michael, Lordes, Ed Sheeran, Bill Withers and many more...

AGE Concern FREE COMPUTER COURSES

Also featuring The Decibelles - Bookham’s WI and Vocal Trio; 3’s A Chord Concert is FREE with a collection to the Mary Frances Trust - Working with people suffering emotional or mental health distress.

Doors open 7:30pm

Bar available before & after the concert Ashtead Peace Mem. Hall, KT21 2BE Need more? info@hazelhannam.co.uk www.hazelhannam.co.uk

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Using the letters in the Wordwheel, you have ten minutes to find as many words as possible of three letters or more, none of which may be plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Each word must contain the central letter and no letters can be used more than once per word unless they appear in different spokes of the wheel. There is at least one nine-letter word to be found.

Nine-letter word(s):

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If you are over 55 and live in the Mole Valley area, you can use Age Concern’s free computer courses based in either Dorking or Leatherhead.

The course runs once a week for 6-8 weeks. Topics covered will include: browsing on the internet, basic keyboard and mouse skills, using an iPad/Tablet, setting up and using your own email or skype accounts and how to shop on the internet as well.

Those who already own a laptop or an iPad/Tablet are encouraged to bring that to learn on. Computers can be provided as well - it’s up to you!

Before coming to the course, you must register your interest by telephoning

07442 017169 / 01306 899104 or by email:

info@ageconcernmolevalley.org.uk Registered Charity No 1111678

You could do a lot worse than get involved with ailway modelling. I myself am a tad obsessed with t to be quite honest.

around to it, I will have a go at building a kit of the Lickey Banker locomotive. The prototype pushed trains from Bromsgrove to Blackwell for very many years and it was so powerful that it had been said that the fireman could hold a shovelful of coal about a foot from the firebox door and the draught from the exhaust would suck the coal into the fire!

Are you retired, bored looking Are you retired, bored and and looking for somethinginteresting interesting toto do? for something do?

f you are at all interested in the hobby but do not have the space or money to start a layout of your own, you might like to have a think about joining me on my large project. Even if you have never had an You interest but need towith do could in dotrains a lot worse thansomething get involved around to it, I will have a go at building a kit of beBanker a working museum of prototype old engines, o relieve the modelling. boredom of being am at home 24/7, withThere railway I myself tad obsessed the will Lickey locomotive.

You could do a lot worse than get ainvolved with railway Lickey Incline at 1 in 37.75 and The when I get around probably Radstock and part oftothe layout for will be hen just along to see what you make of my it tocome be quite honest. pushed at trains from Bromsgrove Blackwell modelling. I myself am a tad obsessed with it to be quite to it, I will have a go at building a kit of the Lickey given toyears a tribute light railway present 60 square metre layout in a purpose built veryover many and itline wasto sothe powerful that it had If honest. you are at all interested in the hobby but do not Banker locomotive. The prototype pushed trains from been said that the fireman could hold a shovelful hed along with the 83 square metre extension king, Colonel Holman F. Stephens and his various have the or moneyintothe start a layout If you arespace atbeing all interested hobby but do of notyour have locomotives Bromsgrove to Blackwell for very andloco it was of coal about a stock. foot from themany firebox and the hat is own, presently built. and A good few years of door his you might like to have a think about joining the space or money to start a layout of your own, you types so powerful that it had been said that the fireman could draught from the exhaust would suck the coal into can be found on Ebay from time to time, me on my large project.

Even if you have never You will might not need to have spend a single penny byme on my hold the fire! like to a think about joining a shovelful of coal about a foot from the firebox an interest in trains butyou need something to doeither in ready to run or in kit form. helpinghad me with theEven layout and can get large project. if you have never had anas interest in door and thebe draught from museum the exhaustofwould suck the There will a working old engines, to relieve the boredom of being at home 24/7, I mentioned near the top of the letter, this much funtrains in building a layout as operating it. boredom As coal butcome need something to do to relieve the into the probably atfire!

Radstock and part of the layout will be then just along to see what you make of my project will cost you nothing except the petrol in layout income aclean purpose built givenwill over a tribute line to theengines, light railway present 60atsquare of being home 24/7, along be to a working museum of old probably The existing layout is in metre needthen of ajust good upto assee There your car to get here. The intention is to form a shed along with of themy 83present square king, Colonel F.layout Stephens hisover various t appears that mould has60metre settled what youairborne make squareextension metre layout at Radstock andHolman part of the will beand given to a small, select, private club whereby everything that presently built.grateful locomotives andlight stock.

A good few of his loco F.is everywhere and I would be along very some in aispurpose builtbeing shed with the 83for square metre owned tribute line to the railway king, Colonel Holman and paid for by myself.

Basically, I will types can be found on Ebay from time to time, help here. extension that is presently being built. penny by Stephens his various locomotives and good You will not need to spend a single need helpinand to build to stock. run itAproperly either ready tothe run layout or in kitand form. helping me with the layout and you can get as You will not need to spend a single penny by helping me afterwards. few of his loco types this can bearticle. found on Ebay from time to Hence As I mentioned near theor top letter, this much funlayout in building a can layout asmuch operating it.

Evercreech Jct c.1962 with the and you get as fun in building time, either in ready to run in of kit the form. rather vivid imagination and the the plans are project will cost you nothing except 1966)of a good clean up asI have a layout as operating it.in need As I amentioned near the top of the letter, thispetrol projectin The existing layout(closed is yourhead car to get here.

The intention is to form a in my at the moment but I am pretty open it The appears that airborne mould settled existing layout is in need of ahas good clean up as it will costselect, you nothing except thewhereby petrol in your car to getis small,and private everything minded I will most club certainly listen to anyone everywhere I would behas very grateful for some appears that and airborne mould settled everywhere and here.

Theand intention is toby form a small, Basically, select, private club owned paid for myself.

I will else’s ideas. help here.

I would be very grateful for some help here. whereby everything owned andand paidtofor need help to buildisthe layout runbyitmyself. properly Whilst on the oftoarticle. model railways, afterwards.

Hence this Basically, I willsubject need help build the layout andI would to run Evercreech Jct c.1962 likeit to mention the fact that I have several 00 properly afterwards.

Hence this article.

I have a rather vivid imagination and the plans are (closed 1966) gauge locomotives for sale. I and shall be writing up a Iinhave ratheratvivid are open in my myahead theimagination moment but I the amplans pretty listhead of them very soon. are open largely, at the moment but IThey am pretty minded and I minded and I will most certainly listen tobrand anyone new, ex shop stock and I doubt that many, if any, else’s ideas. will most certainly listen to anyone else’s ideas. have ever been removed from their boxes.

Whilst on the the subject of of model railways, railways, II would would Whilst If you areon at all subject interestedmodel in any of the above, I like to mention the fact that I have several 00 gauge like to mention the fact that I have several 00 would be delighted to hear from you. gauge locomotives I shallup bea writing up a locomotives for sale. I for shallsale. be writing list of them Once the building work has finished in the new I very prefer email contact to start with, so if you list of them very soon. arenew, largely, brand soon.

They are largely,They brand ex shop stock extension, we can get on with erecting the new, exthat shop stock I doubt that many, ifat: any, have facility, please me and I doubt that many,and if any, have contact ever been removed baseboards and supports, followed of course by a have ever been removed from their boxes. brian.davis1947@btinternet.com Once the building work has finished in the new from their boxes. pot of tracklaying.

If you are at all interested in any of the above, I extension, we can get on with erecting the baseboards If you are all interested inphone anyfrom of the above, Iiswould Failing that,tomy number would beatdelighted hear you.

The layout as a whole is generally based on the old and supports, followed of course by a spotinofthe tracklaying. be delighted to hear from you. I2.15 preferpm email contact to 01372 374584 (after please).

Once the building work has finished new Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway that ran I prefer email contact to start with, so if you The layoutwe as can a whole is generally based the on the old start with, so if you have that facility, please contact me extension, get on with erecting have that facility, please contact me at: between Bath, Templecombe and Bournemouth andDorset supports, of course by a baseboards Somerset and Joint followed Railway that ran between at: brian.davis1947@btinternet.com.

Failing that, my brian.davis1947@btinternet.com with the branch from Evercreech Junction to spot ofTemplecombe tracklaying. and Bournemouth with the branch phone number is 01372 374 584 (after 2.15pm).

Bath, Highbridge but on the present layout there is a line Failing that, my phone number is from Evercreech Junction to Highbridge but The layout as a whole is generally on on thethe old hat goes to Bristol Temple Meads and based the north 01372 374584 (after 2.15 pm please).

Somerset and Joint Railway that ran Temple present layout there a line yard that goes to Bristol which is actually allDorset in a isfiddle at present. between Bath, Templecombe and Bournemouth Meads the north which is actually all that in a fiddle yard There is also aand large double tracked oval with the branch from Junction to that at old present.

There is alsoEvercreech a large tracked oval orms the South Western maindouble line which Highbridge but on the present layout there is a line forms oldSSouth Western main line which Templecombe as itmeets did up meets up withthethe & D at that goes to Bristol Temple Meads and the north many years life. oldyard line had the years with ago the Sin&real D atall Templecombe as it at did many which is actually in aThe fiddle present.

MendipThere Hills toreal overcome, soline I built the model ago inis life.

The old had the Mendip Hills to also a large double tracked oval that accordingly. overcome, so ISouth built the model accordingly. forms the old Western main line which Templecombe as of it the did meets up with thethere S & be D In the new shed, willatabe a representation of n the new shed, there will representation many years ago in real life. The old line had the he Lickey Incline at 1 in 37.75 and when I get Mendip Hills to overcome, so I built the model 74 accordingly.

In the new shed, there will be a representation of

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What’s On?

Book Reviews March

‘Asymmetry’ by Lisa Halliday (Paperback, £8.99) On a Manhattan park bench Alice, a young editor, is charmed by Ezra, a much older and well-known author. Their differing ages and finances begin as a playful setting for a connection which grows beyond their initial light-hearted meetings. Halliday writes their relationship from the outside; we are observers.

At Heathrow, economist Amar is detained by immigration on his way to Kurdistan. Intelligent and patient, he talks us through his experience first-hand, exploring the practical and emotional delicacies of immigrant life in the US, and family visits to Baghdad. Halliday’s narrative versatility and the many other lives glimpsed in Assymetry open up a wide, rewarding and complex world.

‘In Your Defence’ by Sarah Langford (Paperback, £8.99) Sarah Langford, a bannister, skilfully demonstrates the workings and failings of the underfunded family court system. In each chapter we follow a different character, meeting people from all walks of life.

Langford seamlessly weaves us through the law’s process and procedures, and the everyday rituals and routines of barristers. The gripping storylines of each individual are told with heartache and humour, high drama and quiet pain, along with her own feelings as she defends them.

Chéri’ by Colette (Paperback, £7.99) The recent film about Colette’s life is a great reminder to enjoy the delicacy of her writing. Here she explores with wit and poignancy the conflicting demands of society, self-interest and the heart. For six years Chéri, a beautiful young man, has been living a life of idle indulgence with Lea, an elegant courtesan approaching the end of her career. Parted by Chéri’s suitable marriage, the lovers blunder through denial into the realisation of the depth of their loss amidst the deliciously artful malice of society friendships.

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What’s On?

Charity Children’s table-top sale Saturday 2nd March 2019 10.00am - 12noon St Mary and St Nicolas Church Hall, Leatherhead KT22 8AY

(opposite the Church) Lots of car parking facilities nearby

Good quality babies’ and children’s clothes, accessories, toys, books, maternity wear etc. Come along and bag a bargain or two, whilst enjoying some yummy cakes and drinks!

Entrance by donation - all proceeds donated to the Maternity War of Epsom General Hospital on behalf of Bus Stop Pre-School.

Tables cost £20. You keep 100% of what you make on the day.

Email ecmwatts@gmail.com to book a table space.

Ashtead Baptist Church invite you to-

Sunday 17th March at 4pm till 6pm This is a family gathering where all are welcome, what ever age, to have fun together, celebrate and share a free meal.

More details email Paul & Sue at messychurch.abc@gmail.com

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Speaker: Inspector Ken Wharfe MVO “Guarding Princess Diana” on Tuesday 2nd April 2019 at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club

The Probus Club of Leatherhead has organized a range of Celebrity Lunches over the past few years.

These Lunches have created high interest locally and have raised funds for various Charities; and we hope April will be another such triumph.

Inspector Ken Wharfe will be a most interesting speaker and one whose background is with the Royal Family. This SAS trained Officer from Scotland Yard’s elite special operations was in charge of the round-the-clock security both at home and abroad for the late Princess Diana and the two Princes - William and Harry. He organised a range of itineraries for eight years.

Ironically, the Princess decided she did not need the experience of Ken Wharfe and his police security team and cancelled their professional back-up - just a few weeks before her death!!

The Inspector has a fund of stories - some funny - some very sad. He is an experienced enthusiastic speaker - albeit sometimes a little indiscreet - who

will be thoroughly entertaining.

The Queen made a personal gift to Inspector Wharfe in recognition of his service to the Royal Family and appointed him as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order and she asked him also to organise the security of the St. Paul’s Memorial Service for Princess Diana.

Funds raised at this event will go to the Lord’s Taverners Charity whose aim is to give disabled and disadvantaged youngsters a chance to participate in sport by providing specially adapted wheelchairs and minibuses.

Guests, including ladies, would be made very welcome this Celebrity Lunch.

Tickets will cost £40 each and early reservation will be essential.

Contact: Jon McCarthy on membership@probusclubleatherhead.org.uk or 07947 361406 Ian Nayler

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Ashtead WIng is part of a new generation of WI’s. We meet on the second Monday of the month from 8pm to 10pm in Ashtead Baptist Church Hall.

Our 2019 programme includes the following: Amnesty International / food tasting / voyage around the Antarctica flower arranging / Regency dancing & much more.

We also have smaller interest groups eg crafts, book clubs, theatre visits and walking. New members and guests always welcome – why not pop by and meet us! Alternatively send us an email to arrange your visit.

Next meeting 11th March 2019

Email: ashteadwing@gmail.com Website: https://www.ashteadwing.co.uk

MOLE VALLEY W.I. FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT It is our birthday, 54 years old, and there are banners around the hall with the words “Happy Birthday” on them. We were greeted with a glass of red/white wine or juice which started off the evening very well.

Ann Layman, our President, opened our meeting by welcoming everyone to the meeting as well as 4 visitors. She then went on to wish our WI a happy birthday as well as the members whose birthdays are in February and we sang happy birthday to them all. After a brief business we then welcomed our entertainment for the evening in the way of “Wind and Words”, Clarinet and Poetry with Chris Hooker and Valerie Fry. As it is our birthday and Valentines Day this week, they directed their entertainment to “Let There Be Love” by playing various tunes, many of which we knew, and poetry to the Romantic (or not) theme. It was a very enjoyable evening.

After our romantic entertainment we then had tea/ coffee and cake and carried on with the business.

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Our annual jumble sale takes place on Saturday 16 March at the village hall from 2pm. Any jumble can be taken to the hall from 9am.

Our WI will be going to Calendar Girls - The Musical in Woking on 28 March, and we were given notice of 3 new outings this year - Houses of Parliament on 26 April, Hirst Castle on 4 June and Vintage Essex on 18 September, all of which sound very interesting.

Mole Valley WI meets at Fetcham Village Hall on the second Tuesday of the month at 7.45 and on 12 March our talk will be from Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance. You will be made very welcome. Throughout the year we have various activities available for members - badminton, bridge, homecraft, bookclub, rambling, knit and natter, mah-jong and scrabble. Further details can be found on our website molevalleywi.btck.co.uk’ From Carol Murray

ASHTEAD W.I. FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT We were pleased to welcome 3 visitors to our February meeting, and had reminders of our coming coffee morning, the Emlyn Downs AGM and lunch in March and also the Surrey W.I. Council Meeting at Dorking. An outing is proposed to Hatfield House in the Spring, and we had final details of our Calendar Girls outing to Woking Theatre, which a large group of us are much looking forward to.

Biff Raven Hill, our speaker this evening, gave a remarkable insight into the lives of her mother, grandmother, and indeed herself, all needing to be extremely strong, resourceful women, living their lives before, during and after the two world wars. It seems their menfolk did not live up to expectations with all the practical aspects of their lives, so thank goodness the women had learned to cope with the difficulties. We heard of Biff’s grandmother’s banana (parsnip!) sandwiches, and mock duck (lentils!), how they made and altered their own clothes, and kept baby equipment to use down the generations.

Hearing Biff’s reminiscences of knitted swimming costumes was absolutely hilarious, and she produced 12 domestic items (some making us shudder!) for a light-hearted quiz. We enjoyed pouring over the very many exhibits she had brought along – magazines, medical equipment, kitchen gadgets, etc. from wartime days. Good news – Biff has finally met a man who cooks, cleans and sews the wife she always wanted!

As always, we finished with info on our sub-groups, our coming monthly lunch, and the next meeting which will be at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall on Wednesday 6th March when our speaker will be Angela Young, on ‘The Aristocrat, The Able Seaman and the Tragic Sinking of the Titanic’.

FROM SANDRA BROWN

FETCHAM VILLAGE W.I. JANUARY REPORT Our regular newsletter started by thanking the many members who braved an early January evening to indulge in the annual Beetle Drive. Best wishes were sent to those who were unwell or indisposed. It was good to welcome visitor Rosemary and we hope she will come again. Sheila read out a thank you letter relating to the angels project, and her daughter Heather promoted the Pose panto. Treasurer Pat made great inroads into the business side of things with renewals and new memberships. Secretary Sylvia carefully explained the proposed 2019 resolutions which were then voted on to start this annual process.

This was our first meeting back in the larger hall for some time and all did not go to plan. The necessary small tables were in the other hall and had to be accessed via the car park on reluctant trolleys. Added to this the two lady manoeuvre bringing the tea trolley down from a higher level plus steps to consider, then the ‘workings’ of the stage located microphone cupboard!

As many of us know, so much goes on behind the scenes before a Meeting that an appreciative insight now and again is never a bad thing. The Christmas lunch on 13th January catered for 36 members and was an exceptional success thanks to Treasurer Pat and her assistant Janice.

If you would like to visit us please note we meet on the first Wednesday of the month (except August) at 7.30 pm in Fetcham Village Hall.

MAUREEN WEBB

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As The Doors Close…

Copyright Sarah Lott, February 2019

www.thememorybook.co.uk sarah@thememorybook.co.uk | @thememorybook | facebook/thememorybook A beetroot faced and panting Ruth leapt into the no longer in a railway carriage, sitting next to a train carriage just as the familiar ‘beep-beep-beep’ bedraggled, newly deafened mother of three. She announced its imminent departure. Her dramatic was in the ‘phone zone’ - the place where phone users entrance was barely acknowledged by the other go when they are in a train – totally oblivious to the passengers who were already plugged into their world around them and completely unaware they are devices or rustling behind the crumpled newspapers broadcasting to a carriage full of people. left on the seats. It was six o’clock and the commuting “How was it last night? Did it work? Did she do it?”

Shops & Services crowd was on its way home.

Ruth’s interest was piqued… How did what go? Did Ruth had been to London for a meeting and had what work and what on earth did she do…? completely misjudged both the season and her “That’s really sick. What about Jam? Did she do it too?” footwear. In typical March fashion, the weather Who was Jam? Who or what was ‘sick’? Did some had been unpredictable. There was torrential rain jam make someone sick? as Ruth walked ‘umbrella-less’over Waterloo Bridge “That’s so unfair, what a cow. He’s hench. Why is she and there was blazing sunshine as Ruth raced back giving him agro?” to catch her return train. Her smart grey winter coat What does hench mean? Ruth caught the eye of hadn’t yet recovered from the earlier soaking and another passenger and they shared a bemused smile.

Ruth was convinced she was leaving a trail of rising “You’re jarring me… Wanna chill later? Yeah? Need to steam as she ran. She should never have worn high check with home. Sure it’s cool… Laters” heels. The leather had expanded, contracted and Before this girl had the chance to put the phone in pinched, leaving blisters that longed for the comfort her pocket, the dulcet tones of ‘Uptown Funk’ filled that only her Christmas slippers could bring. the carriage once more.

Ruth manoeuvred her way towards the final vacant “Yeah? You’re jokin… Yeah? You’re jokin… Yeah? You’re seat, giving a fleeting scan of her surroundings for jokin… That’s legend! That’s so sick. You’re jokin me… any pregnant or elderly people with a slightly more You’re jokin me… Does Jam know? She’ll crack up… urgent need. Reassured, she sat down, strategically She’s lairy man…” placed her bag in front of her feet and slipped her The ‘beep-beep-beep’s’ at Leatherhead station jolted shoes off with a soundless sigh.

Ruth from her seat. She shoved her feet into her She closed her eyes for a couple of seconds and tried pinching court shoes and grabbed her things. As the to relax. doors closed, Ruth hadn’t discovered if Jam did it, “Uptown Funk don’t give it to ya! Uptown Funk don’t whether she knew, what was give it to ya!!!” so ‘sick’ or why she was The sound was so loud that Ruth jumped in her seat. so ‘lairy’… Perhaps Her neighbour casually answered the phone. one of the other “Hi, yeah it works. Bit loud though. Scared a woman… passengers would Yeah, I know… Cool…” find out before they Ruth quickly recognised that her companion was reached Dorking.

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Hampton Cottage Gets A Historic Makeover Scaffolding currently around Hampton Cottage at 64 Church Street, home of Leatherhead Museum, marks the first major refurbishment work at the 17th century building since its formal opening to the public in October 1980.

Built at some point between 1649 and 1682, the cottage was bought by the local history society in December 1976 to house its growing collection of artefacts and then underwent transformation of its external timber framework. Although the upstairs had survived surprisingly well, the ground floor level had badly deteriorated and the whole building had to be suspended on jacks while footings were dug out and all the outer walls underpinned. This time the upper timber framed parts are being restored. The Museum is due to reopen after Easter on Thursday, 25 April.

The cottage was a private residence as recently as 1975.

Dressmaker Hilda Hollis was still working there then from her front room with her cat Poppet lying in the sunny position in the bay window. It had been her family home for the previous 56 years since moving in as a child with her parents William and Maria Barnard in 1919. William’s brother had rented the cottage for the decade before that.

William, former coachman to Thomas Cook, founder of the tour operating firm, ran a business taking people to and from Leatherhead station. Frank Hollis, a cousin, moved into the cottage when he married

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Hilda. They were there during World War 2. Frank became superintendent of the Leatherhead telephone exchange and maintained a shed in the garden where he recharged the accumulators for wireless sets in his spare time. Hilda’s parents lived there too until their deaths and Frank and Hilda remained there until his death in 1973. Two years later Hilda moved into a Leatherhead care home where she died in 1977.

She left Hampton Cottage 100 years after it had been bought for £135 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in December 1875. The new owner then, widow of a local brewer, was already living at the adjacent Devonshire Cottage. After her death in 1886, both cottages were left to a niece, Caroline Ockenden who moved with her large family to Devonshire House and is thought to have named its neighbour after her former home at Little Hampton, Sussex.

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Spring has sprung and the sap is rising and everything is growing fast. It’s a time to really enjoy the spring treasures in your garden and look forward to the summer as plants burst back into Photo By: Sean Ellis life. If your garden is under control then spring brings so much pleasure, but if tackling the garden is still on your list of things to do, spring can feel overwhelming. It’s at this time of year that I get those urgent phone calls - “Help my garden is a mess - I don’t know where to start!”

My first advice is, don’t panic and don’t rush into anything. I have visited too many people who had rushed into a patio, steps and even walls and summer houses, often at great expense, only to find they had made a big mistake. Not many people have the money to start again and there is often little that I can do once the hard landscaping is done.

As with everything the best people may be too busy to help you immediately (landscapers and designers tend to be booked up several months ahead) and the design process takes time. Time is needed to work out what the needs are and also what the garden already has to offer. The creative process of ideas and discussion is something to be enjoyed as ideas develop. If your garden needs money spent on it then you’ll want it to be a lasting investment and not something that doesn’t quite work for you. A designer will help ensure that the garden is what you want and works

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In the course of the anthology we find Billy Collins buzzing around his house after several espressos and Lani O’Hanlon walking barefoot to the hen-house to collect eggs, both relishing the quiet solitude of being up early and contemplating the day ahead.

For others, the first hours of the day are to be shared with loved ones; slices of toast flying from the toaster provide a vivid childhood memory.

The selection also includes three brand new poems that were chosen by Ana as winners in Candlestick’s national breakfast poem competition. Even if you’re not a morning person, these tender and beguiling poems are a reminder that there’s always something very precious about the start of a new day.

One of the most original and successful anthologists at work today has chosen the poems for this enticing new mini-anthology. Ana Sampson has chosen poems that introduce us to all manner of morning delights and remind us that it can never be too early in the day to read a poem. Ana says: “I’ve edited a fair number of anthologies, but this was

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The Arts Society Ashtead held its AGM on 19th February, at which the existing committee was re-elected for another year.

We then enjoyed a fascinating lecture entitled “Opera, The Melting Pot of Culture”. Other lectures over the winter months have included “Edouard Manet and His Milieu” and “The Art of Stained Glass”.

As the weather warms up, so does the pace of our activities. We have four visits planned over the Spring, Summer and Autumn months, including Standen and Saint Hill Manor, Taplow Court and Dorney Court, The Musical Museum and Syon House, and The D-Day Museum Portsmouth. Two cultural tours are planned, namely to Lincolnshire, and to Vienna. Finally in October, a Special Interest Day on the subject of “Enigmatic Art” - sounds fascinating!

Further information can be seen on our website www.tas-ashtead.org.uk. Visitors are most welcome at our monthly lectures in the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall (3rd Tuesday, 09.30 for coffee, 10.30 lecture).

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Here at AllSaints we are happy to wave goodbye to winter bugs!! With the constant rounds of flu & tonsillitis our thoughts turn to boosting our immune system and shedding a few pounds. What better way than with a sensational smoothie!

Some fun facts about a few of Mother Nature’s clever gifts.

Banana’s - high fibre content, which protects bowel health & helps to regulate digestion. High in potassium, good for heart health, fighting anaemia, blood pressure & blood sugar regulation.

Blueberries - the king of antioxidant foods. Low in calories but high in nutrients. Known to reduce DNA damage which may help protect against ageing & cancer. May also help to lower blood pressure.

Carrots - rich in vitamin A. Full of antioxidants & nutrients and can help reduce the risks of cancer & cardiovascular disease. They improve eye health and are weight loss friendly!!

Ginger - Can reduce pain, help digestion, reduce nausea & help to fight the beastly flu & common cold.

Mango - aids digestion & weight loss, boosts immunity, promotes eye health, lowers cholesterol, clears the skin.

Spinach - one cup of spinach has 40% of your recommended daily serving of magnesium & a third of your daily recommended dose of iron!! It is a valuable source of vitamin K, contains more potassium per 100g than bananas!! Lowers the risk of osteoporosis & stroke. Contains Lutein - one of the most important vitamins for your eyes.

Kale - The Queen of greens!! Great for digestion. High in iron - per calorie Kale has more iron than beef.

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Passion fruit - enhances digestion, boosts immunity, improves eyesight, boosts circulation, improves eyesight & skin health, lowers blood pressure, reduces signs of premature ageing, improves sleeping habits & has shown to reduce asthma attacks.

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Kale Kick - Mango, Spinach & Kale Strawberry Split - Strawberry & Banana Pash n Shoot - Mango, Pineapple & Passionfruit Detox Zing - Blueberry, Carotenoid, Ginger & Banana We look forward to seeing you at AllSaints soon and for those not aware we are a speciality coffee house, set up as a social enterprise to support local young people aged 16-21 by providing them with employment, training & confidence!! So, every coffee, tea or smoothie you drink at AllSaints helps us to continue supporting local people in Leatherhead.

I now have a lovely assistant manager working alongside me, called Nicki. Together we have huge passion & drive to help as many young people in Leatherhead as we can. Thank you for your support & let’s continue to create change together. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Working Towards a Sustainable Ashtead What on earth is true?

Is eating a tomato an ethically good choice? This was a dilemma in an American sitcom, ‘The Good Place’ (not seen it but read about it!) which is about the characters having their moral actions scored to see if they deserve to go to a fictional ‘Good Place’ in an afterlife. In the story, eating tomatoes is a healthy choice, scoring positive morality points but loses points due to industrial farming methods, carbon-emitting transport and underpaid labour, giving an overall negative morality score. The sitcom’s storylines neatly demonstrate how our choices can so easily lead us to cause harm unknowingly, even if we have the best of intentions. But can we all be sufficiently well informed to make the ‘best’ choices?

A survey of attitudes to genetically modified (GM) foods showed that people who were most concerned about the dangers of these products were those who knew least about them. The report claimed that the less people knew, the more opposed they were to scientific consensus ie that GM foods pose little environmental or health risk. This is in line with an observation by the naturalist Charles Darwin, who commented that “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge’, an idea more recently described as the Dunning-Kruger effect, which talks about the notion that ‘those with little expertise think they know it all.’

So I’d like to suggest that we all have a duty to find out what we can about environmental issues, particularly things that affect our day-to-day choices of what we eat and how we spend our money and leisure time. What can we do to reduce our personal carbon foot prints? It’s not easy - we live in a complex world, in the era of fake news and sponsored, biased research with contradictory information coming at us all the time. The internet is awash with information of every different shade of opinion. And that is the problem, opinions are not the same as facts. So, is it possible to make choices that are good for ourselves and the planet amid all the confusing contradictions?

Here are a few pointers that may help…

1. Check the source of info. Celebrities, business people and politicians may well have an agenda that isn’t fact-based. You wouldn’t ask a plumber to fix your teeth, so why would a lawyer or journalist, for example, be an expert on environmental issues?

2. Be critical. It’s easy to get caught out by snake-oil salesmen and scammers, so pause and think before you believe what you read.

3. Has the information got more than one credited source? Or is it hearsay, anonymous or just an opinion?

4. Use your common sense – does it sound right?

Going back to eating tomatoes, one way to get a higher ethical score would be to grow your own… But don’t believe me…check out other sources of information too!

Chris Ellis website: www.transitionashtead.org.uk email: info@transitionashtead.org.uk

Burglaries and securing your home this spring Let’s hope that, by the time you read this, we will be starting to see some warmer weather and, perhaps, even some decent sunshine? As we move into spring and look towards summer, it’s important to remain vigilant about the security of your home.

It’s tempting to leave your doors and windows ajar to let some air in, but a refreshing breeze may not be the only thing you invite into your house.

Unwelcome guests such as opportunists and sneakin burglars could enter your property through these insecurities.

Due to the seasonal increase in burglaries it’s so important to be extra careful during the summer months. In three out of ten burglaries the thief doesn’t even have to break in, they gain entry through an open door or window. Burglaries have been known to take place when the home owners are in, or out in the garden. Unfortunately, some Mole Valley residents may well become victims of this type of burglary this summer.

Surrey is one of the safest places in the country, but Surrey Police is continuing to crack down on burglary in the county. To ensure we keep burglary to a minimum, it is important that you take these simple steps to make it harder for opportunist thieves to get away with their crimes.

Please ensure that when you go out, even for just a few minutes to see a neighbour or pick up the children from school, lock all doors and close ground floor and easily accessible first floor windows. If you

have an intruder alarm, then please set it.

When you lock up at night check that all ground floor windows are closed and preferably locked. If you have a bedroom on the ground floor and like to leave a window open for air, fit a security stay which allows ventilation with security.

Also, it is traditionally a time when people go away for short breaks and holidays. If you’re leaving your property empty, try to reduce any giveaway signs. Cancel deliveries, cut your lawn and ask a friend or a neighbour to pick up your post and generally keep an eye on your property.

It’s also worth setting timers to bring on lights inside your home in a staggered pattern to convey an impression of movement and occupancy. Nowadays, there are even timers that will fit over normal wall light switches and they can be programmed to bring on the lights very much like a timer for central heating. If you have internet access, you could search for “timer switches for wall lights” to see examples of what is now available on the market?

It’s always wise to be alert, but during the summer months we all need to pay a bit more attention and check that windows and doors are secure when your home is unattended. It is possible to let the air in and keep the burglar out.

Don’t make it easy for the burglar, taking a few sensible precautions to keep them out, will ensure they are the ones that are left hot and bothered.

NEIL CLARKE, 13362 CRIME REDUCTION ADVISOR EASTERN DIVISION

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A digital buddy is able to help with computer queries, using the branch PC, their own laptop or tablet. If you would like any computer related help, then please book a slot at the desk or ring 0300 200 1001 and ask for Ashtead Library.

Weekly Rhymetime Session: This is a great opportunity to have fun with your baby/toddler through rhythm, actions and singing and introduce children to all the library has to offer.

The Rhymetime session is available on Friday 10:15am for 30mins.Places are limited so please arrive early.

Come to Ashtead Library to see our new refreshed lobby and pick up a bargain in our Book Sale.

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We’ve recently started up a new children’s Lego Club, which meets once a month on a Wednesday after school. There is a small charge of £1 per session. Please speak to one of the Library staff if you have a child who would like to participate. eNews Have you ever forgotten your library card when visiting the library? If you own a smart phone it is very easy to download the free Library App “Solus”.

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