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BEACON COMMENT
NEW DESIGN FOR THE BEACON
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n this issue you will see a slight revamp of the Banstead Beacon’s masthead and overall design. I am always looking at ways to improve the magazine and you may be interested to know that the new font being used is Frutiger. I hope you find it easy on the eye. It is hard to believe but the first Banstead Beacon was published back in October 2016 and I am always grateful for all the advertisers supporting the magazine and making the publication possible. Please mention the Beacon when replying to advertisements to help advertisers track where they are receiving leads from. I am also grateful for the regular contributors to the magazine - remember
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it is your magazine and I am delighted to receiving any contributions relating to Banstead village life. You can view the latest copies of the magazine by visiting www.mylocalpages.co.uk I have also recently expanded the magazines I publish by taking over three magazines in the Horsham area which include Hosham Pages North, Horsham Pages South and Southwater Life. You can see further details at www.horshampublications.com and I am always interested in hearing from advertisers who may want to reach these areas? Thank you for your support and I hope you like the new look magazine. Richard Milbourn, Editor E: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk
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B A N S T E A D V I L L A G E R E S I D E N T S A S S O C I AT I O N
BANSTEAD VILLAGE LOOKING GOOD
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t was good to see so many people of all ages come together to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. For me it was an honour and a privilege to lay a wreath on behalf of the residents to remember our war dead. A splendid exhibition was held in the Church Institute covering 'Banstead in the Great War'. Our thanks to the Royal British Legion, James Crouch and the Banstead History Research Group for organising the weekend. For more details please checkout our newssheet or our website (www.banstead-bvra.org). It was also good to see our village looking so good with all the decorations, so a special thanks to BVIB and all those who helped with the village decorations and the weather was good despite the forecast! Looking back over the past few months, it's has been another busy year with a great achievement from our colleagues at Banstead Village in Bloom achieving a Silver Gilt award for the village. Well done to all those involved. Our campaign for a new village sign (to go on the plot of land at the junction of Bolters Lane and Winkworth Road) is progressing well with the funding target being met and the order placed. Watch this space for further news in the New Year. Good progress also on our efforts to improve Banstead Railway station, with work underway on some improvements. Social media - if anyone has any
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knowledge of Facebook etc and would like to help us expand our reach into these areas please let us know. Also, if anyone would like to join and help us achieve our objective of supporting our village, please do let us know – our contact address is BansteadBVRA@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to join us as an ordinary member and keep up-todate with what's going on in the village (subscriptions £3.00 per year) please let us know. It only remains for me to wish you all, on behalf of the BVRA, a happy and prosperous new year. David Talbot, Chairman BVRA
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ou may recall that I wrote an article entitled ‘A Sign for our Times’ which was printed in the April 2018 issue urging everyone to get behind the vision of one man, Brian Ransom, who, together with a small band of volunteers has done so much to enhance that all important gateway to our village at the bottom of Bolters Lane. I am delighted to report that a unanimous vote of approval was given from the members of the Planning Committee for the relevant planning permission required for his colourful village sign when they met in October, at which Councillor Lynne Hack was at great pains to thank him on behalf of the residents of Banstead for all his hard work and dedication. As part of this year’s entry for BVIB 2018 the Horticultural Society again ran their ‘Best Front Garden Competition’ which attracted some wonderful examples of what can be done with quite a small plot to make the overall street scene so much more attractive. Very worthy winners were Patricia Payne of 36 Glenfield Road, Alan & Veronica Lansdown of 8 Fiddicroft Avenue and the judges made particular mention of 63 Wilmot Way whose owners Ramesh and Divya Patel had shown that a front garden can be much more than just somewhere to park your car! Under the rules of the competition last year’s outstanding winner Robert Endacott was unable to enter this year, but this has not
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deterred him from his determination to continue to improve the corner patch in front of his flat where it proceeds into the back of the churchyard. Together with the help of his son he has removed the depressing and unsightly stinging nettles and bindweed which were all that could be seen before and replanted that corner with all the colour and imagination he has become renowned for. Did any of you see that charming programme in the summer when the Queen walked around the gardens of Buckingham Palace with David Attenborough, talking of her lifelong love of trees and her desire to promote the planting of different native species as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Tree Foundation? As a result of a partnership between Sainsburys, ITV and the Woodland Trust we in Banstead Village were given 5 saplings which have been planted in the land to the rear of Chuck’s Meadow alongside the footpath to the Woolpack. In years to come it is anticipated that these will form a beautiful avenue enhancing that area of the parkland. Our village can quickly be spoilt by anti social behaviour which includes littering and fly tipping as you are all too well aware. This can easily be reported by logging on to the Reigate & Banstead website and contacting the JET (Joint Enforcement Team). Other than entering your name, address and email address so that they may confirm your submission, C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 8
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this is a completely confidential service and your details will not be passed on to anyone else. You will all of course know by now that BVIB was awarded a ‘silver gilt’ this year which recognised all the diversity of the entries submitted and the many hundreds of hours given by a team of dedicated volunteers who worked so hard to enhance our village, and we are looking to build on this next summer as we plan our main focus – which is to work alongside the parishioners and clergy of All Saints Church – seeking to smarten up
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the much loved Orchard and Graveyard area. You will be most welcome to join with us – please contact me if you would like details of the work parties we are organising. Since we are entirely self funding we need to raise all the monies ourselves so please support us by coming along to the Musical Event we are holding at Banstead Prep. School on Saturday April 6th 7.30 – 10pm. You will be guaranteed a lively evening with Breakthru’ – a Shadows Tribute band who have also promised us a rock ‘n’roll finale, and wonderful songs from the C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 0
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PICTURE PUZZLE When Stuart Sweetman, Chairman of the Banstead History Centre, bought a picture online he did not realise it would take so long to track down the location in Banstead the artist had painted.
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e have all grown used to auctions, from the many TV shows that feature people searching for the elusive bargains. For an historian, they can also be a fruitful source of information and objects. I subscribe to an internet service that monitors all auction houses in the UK and notifies me whenever an auction lot is listed with the word ‘Banstead’ in it. A few months ago, one popped up and it
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was for a water colour painting entitled ‘To Banstead’ by Thomas Coleman Dibdin. It was dated 1859. The artist was not someone I knew anything about and it was not initially clear where the scene had been painted. Nonetheless I decided to bid for it – as one of those remote ‘internet’ bidders. I was successful and within a week I had the painting at home – but I still had not worked out where the scene was.
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Clearly a rural farmyard, with the buildings in a poor state of repair – but where? I passed the image around other local historians and a lot of suggestions emerged, but none really matched up with the layout of the buildings. I even went searching the mid-19th century ordnance survey maps we hold in the Banstead History Centre for potential farm sites. Eventually, after much searching, I worked out where it was. If you travel northwards up Park Road towards the village, you approach the Mint on your left. On the opposite side of the road is property known as Place Farm. Whilst the farm buildings in the foreground of the painting have long since gone the southerly elevation of the farm house is quite distinctive and clearly matches that in the painting. The puzzle of the image
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N E I G H B O U R H O O D W AT C H
CCTV
D
uring the last 6 months there
on private property. It would be advisable
have been a number of occasions
to check the situation with the police,
when I have been sent
particularly before resorting to social
photographs or video footage of
media, as they may have some concerns
anti-social or criminal activity in progress. I
about influencing potential witnesses and
am expecting that the situation of criminals
causing problems for innocent people that
being filmed in the act is likely to increase
happen to resemble the apparent
with the proliferation of smart doorbells.
wrongdoer.
These can use motion sensors to detect and film suspicious behaviour, passing the video data onto secure remote storage devices
You can find reports of crimes in your area by accessing WWW.Police.UK We continue to receive a two-weekly
and phoning the owner’s mobile to report
summary of burglaries in the Borough
and even show some sort of activity taking
produced by Sgt Pat McCann, I include
place in the vicinity of their property. Two
relevant extracts from the latest report and
incidents of thieves being caught on camera
his comments on property marking kits:
took place recently in Copley Way and
Burglary summary 14 days to 25/09/18
Vernon Walk both in Tadworth during
Preston Lane, Tadworth – 08:15-10:30 –
attempted and actual car thefts. Footage
Attempted; Holly Lane, Banstead – 15:05-
was taken of a man actually pushing a car
15:20 – Attempted; Hurst Drive, Walton-on-
out of a driveway at 2am so that it could be
the-Hill – 08:00-18:30 – Attempted; Rowan
started further away from the owner’s
Close, Nork – 22:30 – Attempted; Outwood
property.
Lane, Chipstead – 12:35-18:15; Stagbury
The law with respect to CCTV is such
Avenue, Chipstead – 12-day time frame
that property owners can set up equipment
The Drive, Nork – 04:00; Eyhurst Spur,
incorporating cameras to protect the
Kingswood – 18:30-23:15; Fir Tree Walk,
environs of their own property. However,
Nork – 12:00-16:00 – Attempted;
care has to be taken that cameras are not
Greenhayes Avenue, Banstead – 02:40 –
positioned so that they cover significant
Attempted.
areas outside the property and they should
“We are currently in the process of
not intrude on any neighbour’s privacy.
updating our data for burglaries with a
Once an image has been created the
view to deciding where best to deploy our
copyright belongs to the person who owns
newly replaced SelectaDNA (property
and set up the equipment and they are
marking) kits, however we won’t be able to
certainly entitled to pass that material to
provide every premises with one of the
the police if they so wish. The extent to
kits. With this in mind, you may wish to
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their immediate neighbours or the wider
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CORPORATION OF LONDON COAL TAX POSTS By Robert Ruddell
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ave you ever noticed when walking in Tadworth, Waltonon-the-Hill, or over Banstead and Walton heaths that there is an abundance of white posts with an inscription: ‘24 & 25 VICT CAP 42’? They are the ‘City posts’ or ‘Coal posts’ and they mark the point at which duty became payable on coal coming into London - the revenue being used for a variety of pubic works. There are five main types, the most common being classified as ‘Type 2’ which are normally found by the side of roads, but may also be seen in open countryside by tracks and on boundary lines. The cast - iron bollards of a standard design, are about 2 metres high, of which 1.2 metres would be above ground and were made by Henry Grissell sometimes known as “Iron Henry” at the Regents Canal Ironworks, Eagle Wharf Road in Hoxton, London. He was an English foundry-man who was
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responsible for the ironwork in a number of prestigious buildings in England, Russia, Austria and Egypt. The company also made ironwork for Covent Garden Opera House and the gates and railings round Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. The inscription on the front 24 & 25 VICT/CAP 42 is the parliamentary reference number for the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act of 1861, which was made up as follows: ‘24 & 25’ refers to the 24th and 25th years of the monarch’s reign. ‘VICT’ to the reigning monarch at the time, Queen Victoria. ‘CAP’ is short for ‘caput’, the Latin version of ‘Chapter’. ‘42’ as it was chronologically the 42nd Act of that period. They have a raised shield, which is the coat of arms of The City of London bearing the red cross of St. George and the upraised sword of St. Paul. Since medieval time the City had exercised the right of metage of coal
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and other commodities coming into the city. The two Charters of James I confirmed those rights. After the Great Fire of London in 1666 the Corporation of London found itself in debt to the extent of about £240,000 and appealed to Parliament for help and was authorised to collect duties on all coals brought into the Port of London and certain areas around London. The first Rebuilding Act was passed in 1667 authorising the Corporation to levy a temporary duty of twelve pence [5p] per ton on all coal entering the Port of London. The sum raised was to aid the Corporation in rebuilding its fire damaged city. Although £10,000 had been raised a year, this was too little to make much impact on the rebuilding of St Paul’s Cathedral and 51 Churches destroyed in the Great Fire. A Second Rebuilding Act of 1670 increased the duties to three shillings [15p] per ton and extended the payment to 1687. In addition to the rebuilding of St Paul’s and the Churches some City properties namely the Guildhall, the City’s markets and Newgate Prison were included. Of the original 250-260 posts some 211 are currently extant, some which have been moved to new locations or Please mention B E A C O N when responding to adverts
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are in museums. Only a few of the posts are on land owned by the City of London, in areas such as Epping Forest and the commons in Kent and Surrey. They were erected under the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act, 1861, within the Metropolitan Police District, the area within which duties were payable. The duties consisted of four shillings per ton on wine and two separate duties of twelve pence and one penny on coal, culm and cinders brought into the above-mentioned area. The posts encircled London at a distance up to 20 miles from the General Post Office as well as the City of London and Westminster. Some were originally set up under earlier nineteenth century acts. The City was later permitted to set up “a Boundary Stone, or some other permanent Mark” where any turnpike road, public highway, railway or canal entered the district. The surviving boundary marks define the London district after it was changed in 1861. Very little coal actually came into London by road or canal. Coal had been brought into London by sea and it was only in the nineteenth century that the railways became the most important means of transporting coal. TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT EDITION JANUARY 2019
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CITIZENS ADVICE
LAW AND THE COURTS
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t can be hard dealing with legal problems. The court system can be unfamiliar and confusing. Citizens Advice helps you understand your rights and what to do if you face discrimination, need legal advice, or have to go to court without a lawyer. We provide direct help to many clients facing legal problems and help many more with straightforward online information. Check out our online information at www.carbs.org.uk Or contact Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead on 03444 111 444, 10am-4pm Mon-Friday. You can also drop-in at The Horseshoe Banstead: for opening hours go to www.carbs.org.uk
discrimination work and who is protected. Also find out what to do if you've been the victim of violence or hostility because of who you are. BREXIT If you're from the European Union (EU) and already living in the UK, you can apply to stay after Brexit. We can help you understand your rights and make your application. Civil rights We can help you understand your most important civil rights, including human rights and young people’s rights. Also how to complain to an ombudsman. PARKING TICKETS
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How to appeal a parking ticket and stop being chased because of one. Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead We are CARBS, your local Citizens Advice. We have 70 skilled and trained volunteer advisers supported by a small staff team. We provide a free, confidential and impartial service to the local community. As a small, independent charity, we’re wholly reliant on local funding and are grateful for any donations. Find out how to get involved at www.carbs.org.uk or Twitter @ReigateandBCAB
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ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH
CHOIR WITH A DIFFERENCE
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ommunity Choirs are springing up everywhere as people discover the benefits to mental and physical health of singing together. Not so often do we hear of the choirs that keep alive the English Cathedral tradition in their local communities. Here in Banstead at All Saints’ Church we are fortunate to have just such a choir. We welcome all ages: children join from age 7 and receive a free musical education, alongside learning how to sing the services normally found only in our great Cathedrals, but on a smaller scale. Adults from all voice parts are welcome but in particular we would like to have more tenors and basses. On Sunday mornings the choir sings five hymns, a psalm and a short anthem while once a month we sing a full Choral Evensong. For this we are often joined by former choristers who
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have moved away to work or study. The choir prides itself on being a family where all ages mix and Juniors are given responsibility. We have a tradition of producing a larger work in the Spring such as Fauré’s Requiem or Stainer’s Crucifixion and welcome any singers who would like to take part on those occasions. Our next offering of Fauré’s Requiem is planned for 14th April, with the performance at 6.30pm at All Saints’ Church: if you can sing, we’d like to meet you, and if you can’t sing, do come and listen it’s free! Our practices are in the church on Friday evenings: Juniors from 6.007.00pm, Adults and Juniors 7.008.00pm. Come and see for yourself, or contact choir@bansteadallsaints.com or our Director of Music, Jan Pringle, on jpp@eltham-college.og.uk, to find out more about us.
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LOCAL LEGAL ADVICE
WHOSE FAULT IS IT ANYWAY? A DIVORCE GUIDE ou may have recently read in the National Press about the case of Mrs Owens, forced to remain married to Mr Owens as the judge did not consider that her husband’s behaviour as stated in her Divorce Petition had been unreasonable. The case serves as a reminder that the divorce process in the UK is not necessarily as straightforward as you may think. There is only one ground for divorce and that is, that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. However, this must be proved by one of five available facts: Adultery, unreasonable behaviour, two years desertion, two years separation with consent or five years separation. To proceed with a divorce immediately, you can only rely on the first two facts, the other three involving separation of at least two years. Experience tells us that the fact relied upon is very rarely the reason for the breakdown of the marriage and more the symptom of that breakdown. Regardless, you must fit your situation into the available facts. Proceeding on adultery can be tricky if the other party refuses to confess. Many arrive at the conclusion that an unreasonable behaviour Divorce Petition is their only way forward. This requires 4-6 examples of behaviour which satisfies the Court that the responding party has behaved in such a way that the petitioning party can no longer tolerate living with them.
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The case of Mrs Owens has demonstrated the need for a Divorce Petition to be skilfully drafted to succeed through the court process. For two years desertion, the petitioning party has to want the deserting party to return to them and a two year separation divorce can only proceed if both agree. A divorce based on five years separation would appear fairly simple on the face of it but can be defended on the basis of financial reasons or religious grounds. An experienced family lawyer will always try to limit the potential for unnecessary conflict despite the current blame-based system. By far, the best approach is to agree matters at the commencement of the process. However, the case of Mrs Owens has highlighted that this is an area of law desperately in need of reform. There are calls to introduce a “nofault” divorce process whereby both parties can jointly apply without the need to provide any so-called facts. This can only serve to reduce anguish in what can often be a traumatic life event. Watch this space! Deborah Bailey is a local family law solicitor with over 25 years experience. For a free initial consultation email: DeborahBailey@gowenandstevens.co m or call 0208 661 5940/5941.
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ROUND UP OF WI MEETINGS WOODMANSTERNE EVENING WI
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ormer BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and valuer Michael Laikin visited Woodmansterne Evening WI at their Michael Laikin October meeting where he surprised members by revealing that some of their possessions were worth more than they had thought, the best of all being a beautiful bronze bird which when opened, revealed an inkwell. Michael valued it at £350, which was a lovely surprise for its owner, Denise. An amusing and experienced story teller about the fascinating world of antiques with anecdotes gleaned from a lifetime in the trade. He was bubbly and amusing and had a story for everything, one of them being when he took his brother to an antique fair and saw a vase that he told his brother he thought would sell for around £50 (auction price guide £70), but he didn’t tell him he didn’t like it. When the sale started nobody bid on it until it got down to £5 and Michael thought he would bid as it would be well worth having for £5. Someone else started bidding and Michael carried on his last bid being £30 and the other person outbid him at £35, so he stopped. After the sale his brother went up to him with a big smile and handed him the vase ‘I got this for you’ he said ‘I paid £35, unfortunately it kept going up as someone else was bidding against me but I had to get it as I knew you liked it’. Michael still has the vase in memory of his brother who has unfortunately passed away.
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ollowing the business part of the meeting Susanne Martina, Convener, welcomed 71 members to a very lively meeting at the Banstead Community Hall, Banstead on 30th October. The speaker was Aly from the Silent Pool Distillers, who gave an informative and interesting insight on how the gin, vodka and various drinks are made by them, mostly sourced from locally grown products, including the lavender from the Lavender Fields in Carshalton Road for their speciality gins. Following the talk members were invited to sample the drinks which gave them a chance to know if they liked them before purchase. (Maybe this was why the meeting was so lively!). This was W I Adviser Chris Butterfield’s last meeting with the North Heathland Group and members were sorry to lose her, but Chris assured everyone that with Angie Leach and Toto James who were taking over for them the group would be in safe hands. The Anthony Rose Bowl was won once again by Woodmansterne and the Bowl was presented to president of Woodmansterne, Lesley Earl. The next meeting of the Group is on the 13th February for the annual quiz.
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anstead Evening WI meet at the Banstead Centre, the Horseshoe, Boulters Lane, Banstead on the fourth Thursday of the month, 7.00pm to 9.00pm and visitors are most welcome to come to our meetings. Hazel Hoare was re-elected President at the AGM and would like to encourage any prospective new members to come along and join us working for tomorrow’s women in the world.
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Above is our last member’s meeting on Tears of the Dragon, all about jewellery , which was well attended. Future meetings include a talk on the History of John Lewis, the department store. Pictured right is Hazel Hoare, President (left) and Mary Coleman attending the Memorial Service in Banstead High Street on Sunday, 11th November, laying a wreath on behalf of the members of the Banstead Evening Women’s Institute.
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W H AT ’ S O N B A N S T E A D L O C A L H I S T O RY & RESEARCH GROUP - THE CHANGING FA C E O F L O N D O N
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very generation leaves its mark on this continually changing city of London .The Romans with their wall and gates, Saxon villages, Norman castles and churches, Tudor palaces and theatres, Stuart plague and fire, Georgian terraces, squares and docks, Victorian railway stations and sewers, modern Metroland, suburbia and tall buildings. No other city in the world has so successfully reinvented itself over so many centuries and the evening will explore this extraordinary story with Andrew Davies, Arts Society, Open University and British Museum lecturer. Banstead Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead at 7.30 pm, Saturday, 16th March, 2019. Tickets ÂŁ7.50 available from Richard Mantle 01737 357055 and probably the door.
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Banstead History Centre Banstead Local History Centre is based in Banstead Library, and you can use the local history centre resources at any time that the library is open. Even better, visit us at the following times each month when volunteers are available to help you use the resources and equipment. First and third Tuesday 2.30 - 4.30pm Saturday 10am - 12noon Banstead Local History Centre exists to encourage interest in local and family history in Banstead, Burgh Heath, Chipstead, Hooley, Kingswood, Lower Kingswood, Netherne-onthe-Hill, Preston, Tadworth, Tattenhams, Walton-on-the-Hill and Woodmansterne. We offer an extensive range of resources including census records, parish registers, large scale maps, directories, illustrations and photographs. We provide a microfilm and microfiche reader-printer and there is access to the internet on the library computer terminals. If we can't answer your question, we can refer you to local experts or Surrey History Centre. When the centre is not staffed you can leave a written enquiry. The centre is a partnership between Surrey Libraries, Surrey History Centre, Banstead History Research Group and other local community and history organisations. The Banstead History Research Group has a very good website www.bansteadhistory.com and has published many books on local history. To advertise call 01737 222307 or visit www.mylocalpages.co.uk B E A C O N
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Saturday 2nd February 2019 Castalian Quartet Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op 20 No 2 Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op 83 Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2 he Castalian Quartet (above), prizewinner at the Banff and Lyon International Chamber Music Competitions, and selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2016, is rapidly emerging as an exciting voice on the international chamber music scene, with future engagements that include débuts in Washington, the Lincoln Centre and the Konzerthaus, Vienna. Its programme ranges over three centuries, placing mature Haydn and fiery Brahms on either side of Elgar’s autumnal masterpiece from the end of his career. Saturday 9th March 2019 Ashley Fripp, piano Schubert: Impromptus, D899 Chopin: Four Impromptus, Op 29, 36, 51, 66 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op 12 Chopin: Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54 ritish pianist Ashley Fripp (right) is a Gold Medallist of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and acclaimed recitalist at such venues as Carnegie Hall [New York], Concertgebouw [Amsterdam], Musikverein
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[Vienna], Bozar [Brussels] and the Royal Festival, Barbican and Wigmore Halls. His fascinating programme of Romantic keyboard masters is ideally suited to his virtuosity and poetic flair: Impromptus by Schubert and Chopin are placed side by side, and contrasted with those passionately poetic miniatures, Schumann’s Fantasiestücke. Banstead Arts Festival – concerts at 7:30pm in the Community Hall, Banstead Box Office: Tickets are £15 for Adults and School Pupils are Free. Tickets will be available at Banstead Library and online at www.bansteadarts.co.uk four weeks before the event or at the door as available. To reserve tickets: 01737 350288 or email: marionh.bafs@hotmail.co.uk
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