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Welcome to our 24 Sizzling Summer issue!

Plenty for you to read and I hope enjoy, in this our double month, summer issue!

For starters, Esher lady, Tamara Melvin recently won the BBC’s Sewing Bee! Essential Esher sends her our warmest Congratulations! We are delighted to hear from her following her television debut and we welcome her handy tips!

On a totally different note, we have an insider’s view of the World Cup, written by Ex Footballer Paul Hall. Paul is currently the under 18 manager for QPR - has over 70 international caps - he has played for Portsmouth, Torquay, West Brom, Coventry, Walsall, and Sheffield United! This man knows his stuff!

Ted Macauley drops a few impressive names, as he talks us through the delicious Porsche Cayman!

Henry Turner visits the ‘Great Cock Crow Railway’ sounds like he had a great day out and if you like trains, you’ll love this!

And finally, there are lots of great events coming up locally and we have information on a fair few within.

Have a totally wonderful summer!

We will be back in September after a short summer break.

Warmest regards,

Ros x

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12 Features and Articles BBC Sewing Bee ................................ 10 Uth Skin Care ................................... 12 Gardening with Selina Botham ....... 18 Football Crazy ..................................... 20 Porsche car review ............................. 24 Medical Matters ............................... 34 Great Cockcrow Railway ................... 36 What’s Cooking? ............................... 40 What’s on in Esher? ......................... 46 Music on the Green ........................ 50 Elmbridge Volunteers ...................... 50

Regulars Crossword Puzzle ............................ 32 Sudoku puzzle ...................................44 Word Ladder puzzle ........................ 44 Puzzle solutions ............................... 52 Advertisers’ index ........................... 54

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n April, we saw local sewing star Tamara Melvin reach the final of the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee. The nation watched on as ambitious Tamara took risks and created many gorgeous garments. She stood out from her co-contestants with her eccentric sense of style and love of bright unusual 60s and 70s fabrics - upcycling everything from old duvets to flea market curtains. This all comes from her sewing heritage and she has inherited a vintage pattern collection from her mum and aunty, which she uses as inspiration for her crazy, but fabulous creations.

Tamara is now national children’s charity, Dreams Come True’s ambassador, supporting their annual fundraising campaign, the Dream Tea. As part of this, Tamara has created a Tea Cosy design. There’s no excuse for naked mugs! You see how this is made at

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And for all aspiring sewers out there, here’s Tamara’s top tips for getting started:

These days you can buy fairly decent, basic machines from department stores or supermarket’s online. Expect to pay from £80 upto £2000 depending on the type of machine.

If you are looking to buy a 2nd hand machine from an auction site, always make sure it is being sold in good working condition and that it has all the attachments and instruction manual.

Most “sewing” shops sell or know where you can buy refurbished machines.

A space to work

Find somewhere you can spread out. A kitchen or dining room table are ideal. The height of the table is just right and you have plenty of room to lay out fabric for cutting.

You’ll need good light too as much sewing involves close work (especially if you need to un-pick!)

A sewing box – to store all your bits and pieces. This can be a tool box; I found mine at a car boot sale for £5!

A pin magnet - is a great tool to use to pick up pins from the floor or work surface quickly if you don’t have the luxury of being able to leave your machine out.

Magnifying glasses - for close work Machine needles and sewing needles universal machine needles can sew through most things unless you are using denim (denim), jersey (ball point), leather (leather), silk (fine) Thread – cotton or a cotton and polyester mix are the best options.

Scissors- flat ended ones for cutting out your pattern pieces and small ones for snipping loose threads.

Seam ripper (un-picker! ) - buy a few as they tend to disappear, a bit like biros!

Pins – ones with the bobble heads are the best. They are easier to put in and pull out.

Tape measure - to take body measurements, and measure fabric and seams.

Dress pattern

Most dress patterns manufacturers state the difficulty of the pattern on the sleeve. Start with an “easy” one. The last thing you want to do is start with a difficult pattern, get frustrated and then be totally “turned off” by sewing.

Sewing is fiddly and you really do need to read the pattern instructions. Patterns are available online. If you find the picture online hard to see, you can always print it out. If you are like me and quite indecisive, it’s sometimes easier to print out front covers of the patterns you like. This way you can compare and hopefully choose one (or maybe 2 or 3!). The pattern books in sewing shops are really heavy and it’s hard to compare patterns in the catalogues.

Fabric

I love using vintage fabric, which I source from scouring charity shops. Just be careful that there are no nasty stains, holes or fading in the middle of the fabric. Duvet covers, curtains, bed sheets are great items to use. If you are buying fabric from a shop, read the

pattern you are using and make sure you buy the correct amount of fabric. I tend to buy ½ metre more than I need. You’ll notice that I’m not metric! Choose fabric suitable for your garment, the pattern will have suggestions.

Remember that the whole point of making clothes for yourself is that they are unique to you. So choose fabric that catches your eye, I’m a lover of “good ugly” fabric!

About the Dream Tea

In the UK there are 50,000 children and young people accessing palliative care services every year. Every child has a dream and Dreams Come True fulfils the dreams of some of these terminally and seriously ill children, bringing joy and creating lasting memories for them and their families. Currently 201 dreams are being worked on, which will cost approximately £502,500 to fund. The Dream Tea’s goal is to raise funds to provide the power of dreams to all these children.

The Dream Tea is a fun excuse to gather friends, family, colleagues, classmates, bake or buy some cakes and take time out to enjoy a good cuppa and a chat. It’s an easy way to raise money, which will make a huge difference to the lives of these very special children and their families. The Dream Tea will take place on 20th June, but people are encouraged to host Dream Teas at any time of the year.

Dream Tea can be as big or as small as the host desires – from a ten-minute tea break with work colleagues, to an indulgent vintageinspired tea party or a school cake sale.

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FOOTBALL

CRAZY ‘Grab every moment as if it were your last!’

‘The World Cup will come and go in an instant, don’t let it pass you by son!’ These words were spoken to me by someone who knew this as a truth, and as a fact. A successful recipient of a World Cup winner’s medal, ‘You’re a lucky lad you are.’ Alan Ball (R.I.P.).

16 years ago, the great man himself articulated his words of wisdom to me as I left Portsmouth, bound for the World Cup of 1998 in France to face Croatia, Argentina and Japan for the Reggae Boyz. I’ve been managed by Terry Venables, Jim Smith, Brian Little, Gordon Strachan, all who have imparted various nuggets of their great knowledge to me over the years. However the advice offered by the diminutive, red haired Ball, was without doubt the truest and most resonating.

If I could offer any advice to any of the players who are off to their first World Cup in Brazil this year, I would simply replicate those words said to me. It came and went in flash. As quick as the first game arrived against Croatia, the second match against Argentina seemed like it was the next day, then came Japan in an instant. Soon the month was all over, and we were on the plane out of France for what seemed like a very quick adventure. It had passed me by.

Playing in a World Cup is an unforgettable experience. Brushing shoulders with the

world’s elite, and realising the opportunity to pit your skills and wits against the very cream of what football has to offer, truly is an experience not many professionals will ever be able to boast. I distinctly recall the time when our group was drawn and reacting to the news that we would be facing 2 of the tournaments favourites in our first 2 games.

We were presented with an uphill task right from the word go. Croatia and Argentina didn’t disappoint.

So who’s looking forward to the World Cup? I know I am! The spiritual home of football as its known is hosting the World’s greatest game. As the wheels of World Cup fever are oiled and are turning, I can’t help but to join in with the excitement. England has a youthful look about the team and will travel to the South American continent with the hopes and wishes of the nation that continue to tot up the amount of years elapsed since the last time the World Cup ‘came home’, 48 at last count. Although the expectation is not as elevated as previous years, I would like to believe that England could be a dark horse this year, and maybe surprise a few!

After all, there is no point travelling all that way and not believing that you can do well.

There are a whole host of teams who are expecting to be triumphant. Surely any of the teams, who finish in front of hosts Brazil, European and World champions Spain, and neighbours Argentina, would like to consider

themselves, ultimate champions.

From my own personal experiences, the psychological pressures will be enormous.

The demands will come from all sides; you’re teammates, the manager, the country’s supporters, the media, and you’re family, that’s just to name a few! All of these pressures carry their own super powers that can put you off your game, or give you strength and confidence at any time.

If you can get over these psychological hurdles, then you’re ready to play football!

The psychological impact of selection/ non selection is probably the most damaging, or uplifting one, depending on which side of the fence you are on. Playing in a World Cup is a dream that 99.9% of players will have as a youngster. How do you notify someone that they haven’t made the squad? How do you inform the player who has played well all season, the unfortunate news that he won’t be selected to play in the most important game of his life? Roy Hodgson and the other 31 managers will have put many players through this heartbreak. This will never stop for a manager, who will be experiencing his own pressures too.

So you manage to get through the selection process, your family are all rooting for you, the media are beginning to whip up a frenzy in anticipation of the first game, your manager has shown you the belief you wanted him to. Then you have to line up against players who know you inside out, or who are simply better. These players know your every move. Veron, Batistuta, Prosinecki, Ortega, Simeone to name a few. Pressures again, but of a different kind!

You still have to perform. You could say the pressures of our group were stacked in favour of Argentina and Croatia, and that Jamaica and Japan weren’t expected to progress and further and were there simply to make up the numbers. However, we had our own pressures as it was our first World Cup, and we wanted to give a good account of ourselves. I hold great memories of my adventure in the 1998 World Cup and will

be watching this competition in Brazil with great interest. Some of the world’s greatest players will go head to head to prove who will be returning to domestic football with the bragging rights. It will be interesting to see who will grab the chance to shine and not let this amazing opportunity for all to pass them by.

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CAR REVIEW

C AY M A N Travelling down Memory Lane, the road to nostalgia,can be a trip to savour especially for shameless name-droppers like me.

Here we go. The scene was a ritzy restaurant in Arizona. Paul Newman...yep...THE Hollywood movie heartthrob...was at my table sitting on my left, and beside him was Nigel Mansell...yep...

THE Formula One world champion.

I was covering for a national newspaper Mansell’s debut in Indycar racing in the USA. Newman had rented a private jet in Miami,where he was filming, to watch our mutual pal warming up for his first race in Phoenix.

I had not a clue that when Mansell told me we would be joined for lunch by a fan of his it would be Newman. Imagine my shock when I walked to the table and he was sitting there.We spent the whole week dining together.

And the talk was all about cars.Newman’s favourite subject.Porsche in particular.His dream machine. He had raced them spectacularly in the terrifying Le Mans 24 clash and been a winner and a four times US champion.

“One day, I would bet any money, Porsche will produce a road car that will be every sports car fan’s desire to own,” he forecast,”The ultimate pleasure.The perfect mix of performance and panache.And affordable.Take my word.”

He must be spinning gleefully in his grave right now because two decades or so on Porsche

honoured Newman’s dream on behalf of the German automotive geniuses.

The newcomer then, now in a third-generation settled phase, is a triumph of engineering, excitement and economy rolled into one desirably superb package.It is called the Cayman.

And for my money, quid for quid, it is the best sportscar of them all.Forget the Ferraris, Maseratis and Aston Martin wallet busters the much,much cheaper Cayman is priceless in its worth as an oject of desire and just as quick and racy as any of them.

I hope I’m not sounding over the top - but my view, I know, is shared by fellow motoring journalists worldwide.

Why? It rides beautfully and safely at flat-out speed, is quiet,roomy, comfy, smart inside and has a kerbside profile befitting a superstar.Push it. Coast it. It takes all in its faultless stride.

I prefer the 2.7 to the more muscular 3.4 S version because I fail to see the point of paying thousands of quid more for an extra spec or two, another split-second off the 0-60mph time or a sports exhaust system.

Trophy Wife, a competent and quick driver, is fussy over fashion statements on wheels and an avowed fan of style on the move. She and I enjoyed the car so much on a try-out we bought one.Perhaps, and hopefully, one day she’ll let me drive it.

Specification: Porsche Cayman S. Engine : 3.4. Top speed: 176mph.0-60 mph 5.0secs.

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When the Herbert family moved out of central London they had never owned their own property before, let alone undertaken a building project. The family’s budget didn’t

extend to the three bedrooms they would’ve liked so they decided to purchase a twobedroom house with the potential for a loft conversion to give them the space that they craved.

The family decided to start on the work soon after moving in and with a clear vision of what they were hoping to achieve, enlisted the help of an architect to fully develop their plans.

“Some building companies we saw were quite inflexible with a one-size-fits-all approach, but L&E took our ideas on board and were able to work with them as well as making their own suggestions,” remembers Ali. Using a company who were able to manage the whole process was also crucial to the family, “We thought about doing it ourselves initially but as it was the first house we’d bought we decided we’d rather get a company who could manage the whole job, as with moving, changing the kids’ schools, starting life in a new area and having left a business behind, life was already pretty hectic” laughs Ali. “L&E talked us through the process and explained how everything would work. We then met the foreman who we got on with absolutely brilliantly and we realised this was someone we could work with.”

The conversion started and Ali and Nick couldn’t have been happier with the workmen.

As Ali explains, “The team we had were absolutely brilliant. They were really flexible and were able to work around the family. I also work from home and they were really considerate of that.”

One of the things that was most impressive

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Being new to the area also meant that the effect of the building project on their neighbours was of great concern to the Herberts. The foreman from L&E made sure they had nothing to worry about. Ali remembers, “The foreman actually went and spoke to our neighbours and gave them his phone number so they were reassured as well. That was amazing and made a difference, especially as we’d just moved in.”

Life in the Herberts’ new home is now everything they could have hoped for and they have already recommended the L&E team to friends. Gracie and Josiah love having their own rooms and the space works perfectly for the family. “It was as pain free as it could have been. They kept within time and on budget and having the extra rooms has really transformed our home.”

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‘The Seven Ages of Tax Planning’ SPOUSE OR CIVIL PARTNER

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Spouse or Civil Partner This article looks at some tax planning opportunities which are generally available to all those who are married or in a civil partnership (this article refers to spouses, but the rules are the same for civil partners).

Equalising incomes If spouses have different levels of income and, as a result, are paying income tax at different rates then there may be savings to be made by trying to equalise the incomes.

For straightforward salaries there is clearly nothing that can be done, but investments or bank accounts could be transferred to the lower-income spouse.

If you have your own business, then opportunities exist for employing a lower income spouse or for creating a partnership or transferring company shares. These should only be done with care as there are complex tax and other considerations to take into account.

Equalising capital gains Each person has an annual exemption from capital gains tax of £11,000. If assets are split between spouses so each makes a gain on the sale two exemptions can be used.

Transfers between spouses are not subject to capital gains tax so a re-arranging of assets can be done, however bear in mind the income tax consequences and consider inheritance tax as well.

Great care is needed if the asset is a property which is or has been a main residence as there are opportunities for increasing the relief as well as the possibility of losing it!

This is a surprisingly complex area which will be looked at in a later article.

Equalising estates for inheritance tax It is not actually necessary to equalise the assets of spouses, but it is important to ensure that each has sufficient assets to make gifts to use up inheritance tax exemptions (such as the £3,000 a year) and to make life-time gifts which fall out of consideration for inheritance tax once the giver lives for seven years afterwards.

Non-dom spouses Gifts between spouses are normally free of inheritance tax, but there is a serious trap for anyone with overseas connections.

If someone has come to the UK from abroad but retains any connections with their original country it is likely they are not UK domiciled (they are one of the so-called ‘non-doms’). Such a non-domiciled status can have considerable income tax and inheritance tax advantages (including no inheritance tax on gifts of assets outside the UK), but has one large tax disadvantage: gifts from a UK domiciled spouse to a non-dom spouse are not ignored for inheritance tax but are only exempt up to a total of £325,000 for all gifts to a spouse.

After seventeen years resident in the UK a non-dom is deemed to be UK-domiciled so the problem (along, of course, with the benefits) disappears.

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The Great Cockcrow Railway, a scale-model railway built on land owned by Ian Allan OBE, sits near the village of Lyn and offers rides to visitors.

Built to â&#x2026;&#x203A; scale, the site consists of well over two miles of track, two train lines and is operated by a team of volunteers.

The locomotives themselves are owned by individual contributors to the railway. Many were and continue to be painstakingly built and maintained, with the oldest dating from 1913.

Visiting earlier last month on a rather warm and sunny day, I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d see what the line had to offer. I bought a ticket for the red line from the ticket office and proceeded to wait for a train with various other visitors.

Waiting with me were various young families, among whom the young boys seemed

enthralled by the trains as they entered and departed the station, each locomotive running off steam just like their larger counterparts.

The station itself, the most active out of the several on the railway, consciously harkens back to the days of steam, prior to the nationalisation of the railways, and sports the livery of Southern Trains.

The station consists of two platforms, a signal box for the fully functioning signals system across the railway, a working turntable for reversing the locomotives and a maintenance workshop.

When the time eventually came to board, we were shown to one of the small box cars.

Sitting upon planks on either end, adults have a tight squeeze to fit both their feet in, which for we tall types led to a rather awkward bowlegged pose.

The strength of the locomotive when it finally got under way was quite a surprise, and it gathered a steady pace as it pulled its six laden passenger cars into the light woodland ahead.

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Most of the engines themselves were built from kits by members, at a cost of great time and expense, but maintaining them is clearly a community effort.

Though those getting their hands dirty were evidently exercising a niche enthusiasm as far as hobbies go, it seemed clear that the magic of railways themselves has a broad appeal.

The kids that rode seemed to love the experience, in spite of the long wait, and the excursion constitutes a good excuse to enjoy the sun. Perhaps then, Cockcrow is a great destination for families looking for a good broad base of appeal.

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Bridges, tunnels and some odd stuffed animals decorate the route, which twists and turns past signal boxes, other stations and even past the M25.

After my ride, I was able to speak with Chris Bishop, a senior volunteer at the club, who showed me some of the maintenance work being done on the locomotives.

Chris is one of the few volunteers who was present when the railway was moved from a private garden, the owner of which had died, to its present location in 1962. The railway is now run as a commercial operation.

Among the old hands, the number of young volunteers who were working on the machines was quite encouraging. It seemed reassuring to see new blood showing an interest in history and technical skills.

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The5th Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road - 17th August 2014 The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA Open Tuesday toFountain Sunday 11.30am - 5.30pm (closed Mondays) 5th 17th August 2014 The Gallery, 26 Bridge Road Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA 020 8941 5865 Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA Open Tuesday to Sunday 11.30am - 5.30pm (closed Mondays) 020 8941 5865 020 8941 5865 The Fountain Gallery, 26 5865 Bridge Road 020 8941 www.fountaingallery.co.uk www.fountaingallery.co.uk www.fountaingallery.co.uk Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA www.fountaingallery.co.uk The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road 8941 5865 ROSALIND MOYSEN www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk CAROLINE TATE www.ctate.co.uk ROSALIND MOYSEN www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk CAROLINE www.ctate.co.uk Hampton Court, East020 Molesey, Surrey KT8TATE 9HA ROSALIND MOYSEN www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk CAROLINE TATE www.ctate.co.uk JANET STANLEY www.surreysculpturesociety.org.uk FURTHER INFORMATION caroline@ctate.co.uk ROSALIND MOYSEN www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk CAROLINE TATE www.ctate.co.uk www.fountaingallery.co.uk JANET STANLEY www.surreysculpturesociety.org.uk FURTHER INFORMATION caroline@ctate.co.uk 020 8941 5865 JANET STANLEY www.surreysculpturesociety.org.uk FURTHER INFORMATION caroline@ctate.co.uk JANET STANLEY www.surreysculpturesociety.org.uk FURTHER INFORMATION caroline@ctate.co.uk www.fountaingallery.co.uk ROSALIND MOYSEN www.surreyopenstudios.org.uk CAROLINE TATE www.ctate.co.uk JANET STANLEY www.surreysculpturesociety.org.uk FURTHER INFORMATION caroline@ctate.co.uk

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