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Issue No. 7 - OCT 2018
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CLARION COMMENT
WHAT HAPPENED IN 1893? n 1893 there was a crash on the New York Stock Exchange which started a depression; the First Matabele War was fought in modern day Zimbabwe between the British South Africa Company and the Ndebele Kingdom; the ‘zipper’ was invented by Mr Whitcom Judson; Wilfred Owen, W.E. Johns, Mae West and Hermann Goring were born; Dundee football club was formed and most importantly from a Cheam perspective the Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society (CCHS) was also founded. Since that time CCHS has maintained close ties with the local community with the object of the Society being the promotion, advancement and enjoyment of horticulture and gardening. On page 12
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you can read about CCHS celebrating their 125th Anniversary on Saturday 8th September with the help of Sutton’s Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayoress. The show took place at St Dunstan’s C of E Primary School in Cheam Village. Annual Membership is only £3.50 for individual membership or £6 for joint for which you receive a membership card, annual booklet with details of upcoming events and the list of classes you may choose to enter their Summer and Autumn Shows. Further details at: www.cheamandcuddingtonhortsoc.org.uk It is a great achievement to be in existence for 125 years and if you are interested in gardening you should join up to be part of the next 125 years! Richard Milbourn, Editor Email: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk
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LATEST NEWS! e have been working hard on getting your views on what should be in our Neighbourhood Plan and have run a number of consultation meetings and workshops where we have discussed issues such as:• How can we improve Belmont Village and Upper Mulgrave Road local centres and make then popular destinations for all to enjoy • The education and skills needs for all age groups in our neighbourhood and maximising the assets we already have, for the benefit of all residents • Improving the health, leisure and well-being requirements of the community • How can we maintain and enhance the great open spaces we have in our neighbourhood? These are just the latest issues for consideration as we have already undertaken public consultations on other important issues such as transport and parking, the London Cancer Hub and housing needs in the neighbourhood forum area and have publicised these in previous newsletters. A Neighbourhood Plan gives communities direct powers to develop a shared vision for our neighbourhood and sits alongside the LB Sutton’s Local Plan but gives more focus and detail as to what we want to see happen in our neighbourhood and plan for the future. It is therefore a powerful document that sets out the
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wishes and aspirations of the community that live, work and play in the area. As reported in earlier newsletters, we have already achieved success in drafting a detailed Character Appraisal for the Burton Estates ASLC (Area of Special Local Character) which has been passed and approved by LB Sutton Council and we have now re-established a Post Office back in Belmont! No mean feat when you consider how many post offices have been closed in villages up and down the country and this new facility is proving to be a very popular addition to the shops in Belmont and of great benefit to the local community. Belmont Post Office at Pet Stop, 37 Station Road, Belmont. Services available: • postal services • Post Office card account transactions • free cash deposits and withdrawals • postal orders • MoneyGram • paying in cheques to most High Street banks • electronic bill payments • e-top ups • pre-ordered foreign currency • home shopping collections and returns Open from 9am – 5:30pm, Monday to Friday and 9am- 5pm on Saturday We have also been consulted by LB C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 6
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Sutton Council on a whole range of local issues from the addition of a new school on the Sutton Hospital site to the new tram coming to Sutton and local traffic and planning issues and as a result, have built up a closer working relationship with Councillors and Officers. We believe this can only be of benefit to the local community in the long term. We are not finished yet and we still have some work to do so we are aiming to have a draft document ready in the Autumn of 2018 for consultation and discussion with a Neighbourhood Panel made up of interested local residents. So, if you would like to be a member of the Neighbourhood Panel, please do get in touch via our website
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www.belmontvision@bscra.com and we will be in touch regarding the next series of meetings. Our aim is still to complete the draft Neighbourhood Plan by the end of 2018, when we will submit the document to LB Sutton for formal approval. There will then be a 6 week public consultation process carried out by the LB Sutton and then an independent inspector will carry out formal hearings and take representations from all interested parties. The final part of the process is for the LB Sutton to carry out a referendum in the Neighbourhood Plan area where a 51% majority of the people who voted is required before the Neighbourhood Plan is adopted. Peter Mattey
BELMONT FESTIVAL 2018 The Belmont Festival was held on Sunday 8th July and is run on alternate years. Peter Mattey, event organiser, reports on its success he purpose of the event is to give Belmont residents a great day out, to raise the profile of Belmont Village and to raise money for charity. As part of raising the profile of Belmont Village we produce a printed programme to showcase the many business in Belmont. All of the adverts are from Belmont businesses. Set up starts at 7am when the road closures go in and is open to the public from 12 to 5pm. Everything is set up in 4 hours and requires tight management control. Having said that the event is for Belmont residents, we advertise it widely from Worcester Park to Wallington and
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visitors come from that wide area. This year we estimate that we had over 5,000 visitors through the event; slightly down on the previous event due to competing world cup football matches and the weather which was very hot. The event takes place throughout Belmont Village running from Brighton Road through to the A217 Belmont Rise and distance of over Âź mile. It involves several road closures, uses two parks plus St Johns Church and grounds. A large stage is erected across the junction at the top end of Station Road. So what happens? Opening parade with the Mayor and Mayoress of Sutton led by the Gary
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Beer Tent Mason drummers, hat competition competitors and the Shimmy Sisters Belly dance troupe. We had over 70 commercial stalls forming the street market selling jewellery, art, children's toys and much more. In the park we had a bandstand with a 30 piece band, the beer tent, the monster BBQ and large inflatables. In the children's arena there were Punch & Judy, Clown shows and Face painting courtesy of Shanklin Village residents association. We had over 20 fun stalls – spot the local councillors! To entertain children and adults organised by Sara Riley. On the man stage there was a continuous programme of live music featuring 8 bands and choirs all hosted by Radio Marsden. BGT finalist Wayne Woodward was particularly popular with the crowds. Visitors to the Tea Room were serenaded by 7 live performance while
they drank tea and ate the home made cakes. We do not have a lot of spare space but we do manage to squeeze in a number of fairground rides. Amazingly after the event by 8pm everything had been cleared away and it was is if it had never been. Thanks in no small part to the two man team from Veolia who worked with us throughout the day to keep everything tidy. So who helps run the Festival? This is a fantastic community event that brings together so many people together: It is organised and supported by local clubs, residents’ associations, scout & guide groups, schools, churches, Rotary clubs, local shopkeepers and businesses, the police and the Council. Special mention is due this year to the 1st Belmont Scout Group who raised £535 to donate to the Festival's charity pot by running a Swimathon prior to the Festival. C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 0
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Thanks to the Council who provided us with a grant which is recycled to cover the various services they provided to us by way of a Fees and Charges grant plus a contribution towards the stage and the children's entertainer. Who benefits from the Festival? All of the following have benefited from the Festival either from the Grand Raffle we run or from collections on the day. Apart from our main charity, we host stalls from several other charities who raise money from Festival visitors. We also donate 50% of the Tea Room profits to St Johns Church Restoration fund as a thank you for letting us using their premises. This amounted to over ÂŁ300. At the Marsden, our man donation will be to the Children and Young People's unit. The money we have raised will fund special equipment and fund outings that would otherwise not be possible. I am delighted to report that the amount raised from donations, the funs 10 OCTOBER 2018
stalls and the raffle is ÂŁ11,500 and we will be presenting this to the The Oaks centre in the next few weeks. Peter Mattey - info@belmont-festival.co.uk www.belmont-festival.co.uk
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Chairman Neil Blumsom, Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayoress enjoy the exhibits.
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Deputy Mayor helps Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Association celebrate their 125th anniversary heam & Cuddington Horticultural Society (CCHS) celebrated their 125th Anniversary on Saturday 8th September with the help of Sutton’s Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayoress. The show took place at St Dunstan’s C of E Primary School in Cheam Village. It was a beautiful day with a steady stream of visitors. The chairman showed the Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayoress around. He said “They had many questions and were clearly very impressed by the quality and quantity of our members exhibits.”
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Visitors, members, competitors, proud parents and excited, happy children combed the exhibits. Some checked to see if they had won, others compared the quality and variety of locally produced fruit, vegetables, plants, flowers as well as an impressive array of domestic classes. There was also a selection of historic gardening implements and horticultural medals on view. The Autumn Show was success with an increased number of entries and exhibitors over last year. It was the culmination of several projects designed to bring this special anniversary, the Society, its
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contribution and history to the attention of the local community. The Society values its relationship with St Dunstan’s C of E Primary School. In an effort to encourage students to take an interest in gardening, they were each given a bag of soil, a pot, 3 seeds and an instruction guide and encouraged to grow the biggest, healthiest red tomato possible. Over 50 children entered their tomatoes. Some also displayed their tomato plants in the potted plant class. A second project was the design and maintenance of a flowerbed in Nonsuch Park. Started over a year ago, the flowerbed received a great deal of attention from locals who walked past it in the park. Margaret Fisher project managed the bed. The Society was delighted to be
awarded a Sutton in Bloom, Best Community Garden Certificate of Merit for the flowerbed and proudly displayed the certificate on the trophy table at the show. The National Vegetable Society donated a commemorative shield to be presented for the best pair of patty pans (a type of squash). Competitors may have discovered that while growing one patty pan can be fairly straight-forward, growing a matching pair is more difficult. Margaret Fisher won a silver salver which was awarded to the winner of the most points in the special anniversary classes. The classes were selected because the plants, fruits, vegetables and domestic items would have been around when the society was C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 4
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Floral art class – 1st Place winner. The theme was to commemorate CCHS’s 125th Anniversary. C O N T I N U E D F R O M PA G E 1 3
established 125 years ago. Flower classes were asparagus fer n, peace lily and cyclamen; vegetable classes were parsnips, peas and King Edward potatoes; fruit classes consisted of melon, strawberries and cape gooseberries; domestic classes were a tea loaf, cordial and pressed flowers, as well as a floral art class whose theme was to represent CCHS’s 125 years. It was a well-attended event and a fitting celebration for the Society whose object is the promotion, advancement and enjoyment of horticulture and gardening. CCHS has been active in this area since its formation in 1893. Gardening is fun for the whole family and children are welcome to join and enter our shows. There is no need to own a large garden, grow rarities C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 6
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An exhibit from the children’s classes – animal out of a vegetable.
Left to right: Louise Clarke (show secretary), Alice Jump (domestic judge) and Marion Yarwood (committee member).
Pattypan – one of the special 125th classes. The winner received the NVS plaque.
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POLIO IS STILL ALIVE! Cheam and Sutton Rotary is campaigning hard to eradicate Polio
Cheam Village crocus.
4th October is World Polio Day, established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the development of the first vaccine against poliomyelitis. The day which is used internationally, especially by Rotary, to raise awareness of the global fight to eradicate polio from the world. Rotarians, people of action worldwide, working as teams locally and internationally, inspire everyone to get involved with Rotary’s polio story
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and Cheam and Sutton Rotary is no exception. As part of their End Polio Now activities, Cheam and Sutton Rotary is joining forces with a local Community Cinema to show 2 screenings of the film “Breathe” on October 20th. Contact Peter Morley 07940 014463 or peter@morley.life for more details of where and when the film will be shown. The film “Breathe” helps to bring awareness to the fight against polio and how important it is to cleanse the world from this disease. “Breathe”,
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starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, is an uplifting love story telling the real-life story of Robin Cavendish who was paralysed by polio and how his illness affected everyone around him. This year Cheam and Sutton Rotary will combine the film show with a fundraising Curry Evening and a collection to contribute funds to “End Polio Now”, in addition to more than $3,000 collected before. In the past years, Cheam and Sutton Rotarians have given talks at assemblies in Sutton Schools and planted crocus corms in Cheam for awareness. The crocuses planted in October bloom by February and their purple colour symbolise the purple mark placed on the finger of each child to show that they have been vaccinated. Many people are surprised to learn that the deadly Polio virus is still alive and that outbreaks still occur causing
paralysis. Many may have forgotten the outbreaks in this country but those with families in the 40s and 50s will remember the irreversible, devasting effects which they caused. Polio affects mainly children under the age of 5 and is spread person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system, and lead to paralysis or even death. There is no cure but there are safe and effective vaccines to protect against it; Rotary and its partners have immunized over 2.5 billion children worldwide. There are 16 million people walking now who otherwise would not be. Rotary has been involved in the polio challenge to help the “crippled children” as they were known, before the polio virus was discovered and the vaccine to kill it was developed. Once the vaccines were made available, and C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 2
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Rotary had run a successful pilot experiment, in 1985 they made an audacious promise – to rid the world of polio. As a result of world-wide support, in 1988 an organisation called the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was set up. Through the activities of Rotary and the GPEI, the vaccines have been used to reduce the incidence of polio. Since 1988, polio cases have been decreased by 99.9%, reduced from 40 new cases a day globally, to fewer than 40 a year now. At present only 3 countries remain endemic: Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. India which was one of the endemic countries previously has been free of polio for over 6 years and has been taken off the list a few years ago. But the fight against polio needs to continue until the disease is completely eradicated. Until polio ends for good all children all over the world are at risk therefore, with 35,000 Clubs and 1.2 million members, and their “End Polio Now” 22 OCTOBER 2018
campaign Rotarians worldwide continue this fight. In August 2018 Rotary International has announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, this vaccine-preventable disease that once killed or paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year. Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee said: “While this progress is promising, it’s time to redouble our efforts so we can continue to maintain the political and financial support necessary to end polio for good.” www.polioeradication.org Polio facts.
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CHARLES CRYER THEATRE SHORTLIST hree local organisations into the final round to decide the future of the former theatre in Carshalton Three organisations have been shortlisted to go into the final round of scrutiny to decide the future of the former Charles Cryer Theatre in Carshalton High Street. The organisations are all based locally and offer community-focused use of the building. Presentations will be given by the bidders to community representatives and stakeholders prior to a final decision currently scheduled for the Strategy and Resources Committee in October. Cllr Steve Penneck, the council's lead member for arts and culture, said: "It's really positive news that the wide range of interest at the start has led to these three strong proposals. The final stages of the process should enable us to bring the Cryer back into use as soon as possible." The three shortlisted organisations are as follows: Carshalton Baptist Church Christian organisation seeking to become a visible, accessible and supportive resource in the community. Intending to use the property for Church, community cafe, provision of training and development to residents and offer space for use by community groups, and as rehearsal and performance space for local theatre groups, artists and musicians. To also
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run activities and services extended to the community that includes, youth club, parents and toddlers, counselling and support groups for the elderly and for carers. Cryerarts Limited A start up company formed for this bid by founders with experience of running successful leisure, construction and entertainment businesses. Intending to use the premises for mixed events including music, film, theatre, comedy, food and drink tasting and TED type talks with a new bar and eating space in the existing restaurant. Nickel Support CIC A partnership bid by three organisations - Nickel Support, Tom Franck Productions and Spilt Milk Kids Cafe. Intending to use the premises for theatre productions and workshops, annual arts festival, child-focused and multi sensory cafe and as a centre for developing enterprises managed and run by trainees with learning disabilities. Will also open a shop for selling upcycled furniture made by trainees and will deliver training and workshops from the premises.
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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. The
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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 “no-fault” 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: Deborah Bailey@gowenandstevens.com or call 0208 661 5940/5941.
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Saturday 20th October 2018 London Bridge Trio with Gary Pomeroy, viola Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493 Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op 11 Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25 One of Britain’s leading chamber ensembles, founded in 2002, the 28 OCTOBER 2018
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Mendelssohn, and finish with the Romantic splendours of Brahms’ great G minor quartet, with its thrilling Gypsy-style finale. Saturday 17th November 2018 Emmanuel Bach, violin with Alexandra Vaduva, piano Bach: Sonata No 2 in A minor Schubert: Sonata in A major, D574, Gran Duo Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP119 Debussy: En Bateau, arr. Choisnel and Beau Soir, arr. Heifetz Saint-Saens/: Caprice d’après l’Etude en Forme de Valse Supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Violinist Emmanuel Bach, winner of the Royal Overseas League String Competition earlier this year, and award-winner at many more, is a rising star equally at home as concerto soloist and chamber musician. One of Bach’s most sublime solo violin sonatas begins the evening, after which Emmanuel is joined by multi-prize winning Romanian pianist Alexandra Vaduva for major sonatas by Schubert and Poulenc and salon delights by Debussy and Saint-Saëns. 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 The Castalian Quartet, prize-winner at the Banff and Lyon International Chamber Music Competitions, and 30 OCTOBER 2018
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 Saturday 9th March 2019 Ashley Fripp, piano Schubert: Impromptus, D899 Chopin: Four Impromptus, Op 29, 36, 51, 66 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op 12 Chopiun: Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54 British pianist Ashley Fripp 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 [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. BOX OFFICE: [from 4 weeks prior to event] Ticket price is £15 for adults with School Pupils being Free Banstead Library, The Horseshoe, Banstead or www.bansteadarts.co.uk To reserve tickets: 01737 350288 or email: marionh.bafs@hotmail.co.uk
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