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n this issue you will see a slight revamp of the Cheam Clarion’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 Cheam Clarion was published back in April 2017 and I am always grateful for all the advertisers supporting the magazine and making the publication possible. Please mention the Clarion when replying to advertisements to help advertisers track where they are receiving leads from.

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delighted to receiving any contributions relating to Cheam and Belmont 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.

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B E L M O N T & S O U T H C H E A M R E S I D E N T S ’ A S S O C I AT I O N

BELMONT REMEMBERS

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n 8 August, to mark the beginning of the last 100 days of the First World War more than 2,000 members of the Royal British Legion carried their standards and wreaths along the same route to the Menin Gate as the Great Pilgrimage of 1928.

The standard bearer for Belmont Branch was Russell Speed. He was proud to march with RBL members from across the UK and as far away as the Falklands and Hong Kong. His wife, Denise laid a wreath on behalf of Belmont Branch. The event was titled “GP90”.

Representing the Branch in GP90 was a mark of respect for those many lives lost in an entire generation. Russell said, “The experience was overwhelming. The parade itself was spectacular and the route was lined by an international crowd, including Belmont’s Bill Cuffe. In contrast, we were humbled to see the sites of the fierce battles and the immaculate war graves that mark the loss of so many young lives.”

Belmont village has its own War Memorial commemorating the Belmont people who lost their lives in the two World Wars. On Remembrance Day each year, a large number of people of all ages gather at the Memorial and the church for a parade and acts of worship.

The key act of remembrance is the outdoor service at the War Memorial conducted by the Vicar and including prayers for the Jewish community. The church choir and a silver band lead the signing of traditional hymns. Wreaths are laid on behalf of the various parts of the local community. In the days leading up

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to Remembrance Day, other members of the community plant wooden Crosses, Stars of David and Crescents as their personal tributes. The act of remembrance is followed by a service in the church.

This year's Remembrance Sunday parade was particularly special in that it marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. The Belmont Village Remembrance Sunday Parade was especially well attended with around 400 local residents in attendance to pay their respects.

We were particularly pleased with the large presence of younger members of the community with representatives from 219 Squadron Air Cadets, 1st Belmont Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, 1st Belmont Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, the Avenue Primary Academy and, for the first time this year, the Harris Academy Sutton.

The Parade was led by the rousing tones of the Crystal Palace Band which processed along the Poppy lined route from the California pub to the Belmont War Memorial.

This was yet again one of the largest parades in the Borough, despite it not being the event attended by the Mayor of Sutton (which took place in Worcester Park). 24 wreaths were laid during the Remembrance service. We thank all members of the local community who turned out to show their respects on the day.

Belmont has had a Royal British Legion Branch for 93 years and it has played a key role in the life of the village community. The Branch is very keen to

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ensure that as many young people as possible are aware of the reasons for the parade and to carry remembrance forward into the future.

To ensure that the parades and acts of remembrance continue and allow the Branch to do more as part of the community, the Branch is looking to recruit new members. If you would like to support the Branch and the work of the British Legion, the Branch would really like to hear from you.

The Legion welcomes applications to join the branch from all parts of the community. It does not matter if you have had no relationship with the military as long as you support the Legion's objectives.

If you would like to join the branch or know more about how you could help, please email belmont.rbl@bscra.com

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COUNCIL CORNER

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utton is the second greenest borough in London... with 50% of all waste recycled. Government figures published

by DEFRA show Sutton achieved the 50% milestone in 2017/18 thanks to the second highest recycling increase in the country.

The recycling rate increased by 13.5 percentage points from 36.5% to 50% - the second biggest increase anywhere in the country. Sutton is now one of just three London boroughs that is recycling 50% or more of its waste and now in the top quartile in the country.

Cllr Manuel Abellan, Chair of Sutton Council’s Environment & Neighborhood Committee, praised residents, contractors and council staff for the record success.

Cllr Abellan said: “This fantastic

achievement is down to the hard work of everyone who has put so much effort into recycling in Sutton.”

But not only are Sutton residents recycling way more, they are producing less waste too.

Cllr Abellan added: “What a monumental effort from our residents and waste collection teams. Everyone involved should be incredibly proud!”

SHINING A LIGHT ON FIRE SAFETY

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andles cause more than 200 London fires in 2017. Sutton Council has joined the London Fire Brigade to warn people about candles at Christmas.

Candles are one of the most common causes of fire and although they create a lovely warm glow – they need to be used with care.

Last year, more than 230 fires in London were connected to candle use... but if you follow some simple tips, you can use them safely at home.

Philip Morton, Sutton Borough Commander for the London Fire Brigade, at Wallington Fire Station, in Belmont Road, said: "Always make sure candles, incense and oil burners are put out completely and never left unattended.

"They should always be held firmly in

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heat-resistant holders and placed on a stable surface where they won’t be knocked over.

Tea lights get very hot and without proper holders they can melt through plastic surfaces such as TVs." A safer alternative to using candles are LED tea lights as they are safe even if you forget to blow them out and fall asleep.

For more fire safety advice, visit www.london-fire.gov.uk

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE W I T H R O TA RY Cheam and Sutton Rotary is a group of men and women who work together to make a difference in our community and internationally. They endeavor to touch the lives of many in a positive way, enjoy social events and put fun into fundraising.

Santa sleigh.

Rotary May Fair.

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Monday Club.

heam and Sutton Rotary emerged when Sutton Rotary and Cheam Rotary Clubs joined forces in 2016.

Sutton Rotary was formed in 1923 and later in 1951 they helped to form the Cheam Club so the two Clubs were historically related and it seemed right that they come together

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for a bigger footprint in our community.

Cheam and Sutton Rotary has 2 main fundraising events which are both wellknown and popular. The first is the Santa’s Sleigh which runs in the pre-Christmas period visiting the streets of Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park to bring festive cheer as

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well as raising much needed funds for local charities. The Sleigh ran its 53rd year this past Christmas. The traditional Mulled Wine and Mince Pie stand at the Cheam Christmas Evening or members shaking their collections buckets in front of the local supermarkets during the same period are a common sight.

The second main event is the Rotary May Fair which takes place on the late May Bank holiday in Cheam Recreation Grounds. It is an inexpensive day of fun, and between 5000 and 7000 people come along each year.

In addition to these two main events, Cheam and Sutton Rotary raises funds through fundraising dinners, quizzes and other events. They donate money to local charities supporting the elderly, the young, the ill and the needy. They also support some international Rotary causes like “End Polio Now” which aims to eradicate polio forever, “Shelter box” aid to disaster areas and Rotary’s “Sand Dams project” which brings water to needy communities.

Cheam and Sutton Rotary does voluntary work with various charity groups. Their main voluntary work has been the running of the Monday Club at St. Dunstan’s Church giving a group of elderly chair exercises and a quiz time.

You can see the Rotarians painting walls

for a care home or planting trees in our park or organizing a Competition for young people or distributing leaflets as well as greeting you with their collection buckets.

Rotarians gain a great deal of satisfaction through helping others and taking part in activities which benefit both the local and international communities.

Being a Rotarian is very fulfilling and when asked what it means to them to be part of Rotary, Kardar, who has been with the club for over two years now said: “Life after joining Rotary became so much more meaningful” and Jackie who joined just a year ago, said: “With Rotary I have found a great bunch of friends… we have lots of fun together while we work towards many beneficial causes”.

In line with their annual slogan “Be the Inspiration” Rotarians wish to inspire others to join them. Therefore, they have organized an Open Evening for anyone interested in making a difference, making new friends and having more fun in their lives. It will be held on 19th February 2019, at 19.00 hours at the Holiday Inn in Sutton. Anyone interested in attending are asked to send an e-mail to: openevening@cheamsutton rotary.com to book their place. Everyone is welcome.

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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 responsible for the

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Post 137.

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 and C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 2

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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

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been moved to new locations or 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 used for improvements to the north bank of C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 4

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the Thames between Westminster and Blackfriars bridges, in building a viaduct over Holborn Hill, buying land for use as open spaces and defending access to the open spaces already in existence.

The coal duties had always been unpopular and were the subject of attacks by pamphleteers such as Joseph Bottomley Firth. The Coal Duties Abolition Act of 1889 cancelled the duties and the Corporation’s right to act as weighers and measurers of coal were abolished. The duties had been instrumental in helping to preserve Banstead Commons from speculative building.

Sir John William Cradock-Hartopp acquired Kingswood Warren House and estate in 1873 and began to buy up the freeholders’ rights of grazing etc., on Banstead Commons, his object being to purchase all 1,300 acres to sell as building land. The Banstead Commons Protection Society was formed in 1876 and they secured the support of the City of London Corporation and of Sir Charles Russell, the Lord of the Manor of Tadworth.

Litigation began between Hartopp and the Commons Preservation Society who were called in to advise. The commoners finally won their appeal and the Commons Preservation Society then applied to Parliament to regulate the Commons by the establishment of a Board of Conservators. The Bill was passed in 1893 and this stopped any further attempts at enclosure.

The boundary between Banstead and Walton heaths is defined in the present day by the City [Coal Tax] posts and this is the Walton to Colley Hill bridle path on Banstead Heath. In the past the drove road between the heaths became the limit of the Metropolitan area at that point.

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Tadwoth was in the area and Walton outside, but rather than erect posts in the middle of the track they were placed 12 feet on the Tadworth side. The situation arose because Tadworth was in the old Parish of Banstead, which came within the Metropolitan area, while the Parish of Walton was outside that area and If you walk from Tattenham Corner to Tadworth [2.5 km], Tadworth to Colley Hill [5 km] and Colley Hill to Kingswood [6 km] one passes 26 posts - more than an eighth of the surviving total - all are Type 2 posts.

In the District of Reigate and Banstead, 3 are in Tadworth 134-6, 4 in Walton on the Hill 137-140 and 9 over Banstead Heath 141-148.

You will see post 136 at Withybed Corner by the footpath leading to Motts Hill. Post 137 is at the junction of Walton Street with Deans Lane, on the corner of Deans Close. [Before the close was built the post was nearer to Walton Street.]

Posts 141- 144 are found on the east side of the Walton - Colley Hill public bridlepath, on Banstead Heath between the 2nd and 5th holes of the Old Course.

144a – 145 are on the west side of the bridlepath and 145 is sited on the side of the golf course by the 6th tee.

Martin Nail the Historian created a unified Coal tax numbering system starting from Dagenham in Essex on the north side of the River Thames running round in an anti-clockwise direction to Crayford Ness in Kent on the south side.

The sketch map is a guide to the approximate location of the various marks.

The posts were given Grade II listed status in 1985 and are listed monuments.

They remind us of the times when those duties helped to rebuild St Paul’s Cathedral and many other fine London

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buildings and also of an Act that was to eventually benefit our neighbourhood and to this day remains part of our heritage.

Robert Ruddell BIBLIOGRAPHY WALTON ON THE HILL AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. KENNETH R CLEW - WALTON AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. MARTIN NAIL – THE BOUNDARY MARKS TODAY - BANSTEAD HEATH WALK. CITY POSTS. MAURICE BAWTREE – THE CITY OF LONDON COAL DUTIES. CORPORATION OF LONDON COAL POSTS. ROGER W HAWORTH – COAL AND WINE TAX POSTS. EPSOM AND EWELL HISTORY EXPLORER. GRACES GUIDE. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

DO YOU NEED A SOCIAL DETOX?

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anuary is the traditional time for a detox after the excesses of the festive period, so how about a social detox?

Do I need one? If there is someone in your life who drains your emotional energy, then that person is likely to be toxic and you are better off without them.

Fortunately, our seven-step plan will free you from social toxicity in 2019 Identify – Toxic people are manipulative and selfish. They are impossible to work with.

They rarely apologise for or own their mistakes. If you dread spending time with a person, they are probably toxic and it's time to move on. If it's a colleague or a boss start looking for another job.

Be determined - The person might be part of your social circle, or your immediate superior, or they might recognise that you are distancing yourself and try to claw back the friendship. You need to be clear in your own mind and create a mental separation, even if you can’t create a physical one right now.

Set boundaries – Don’t respond to texts, block their number if you can. If it's a work colleague, only respond to work-related matters and keep the relationship strictly professional. Social media is trickier. Blocking or unfriending can make life awkward if you share mutual friends or work together. I would suggest you unfollow rather than unfriend, and don't interact with them. The algorithms of most social media sites tend to flag up people you interact with regularly, so by not commenting or responding to them they will gradually disappear from your online world. Stick to your boundaries because toxic people exploit weakness.

Be less 'nice' - Not to everyone, just to toxic people. Toxic people take advantage of

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kind people. They thrive by draining your good energy. There is no need to be nasty, simply stop being overly accommodating.

Accept you can't save them - Toxic people show up when they need something: attention, money; a shoulder to cry on. They want a way back into your life. Be determined and maintain your boundaries. If they are in real straits direct them to resources that specialise in the help they currently require. Solving their problem is not your responsibility.

Family matters - Toxic family members are particularly difficult to deal with as a clean break is often impossible. But you can still establish clear boundaries, even if they are in your head. Limit interactions, perhaps only phone a toxic parent once a month for 20 minutes, or restrict visits to three times per year, whatever works for you. The point is, take control, visualise your boundaries clearly then stick to them.

Treat it like a relationship break- up - Be kind to yourself. We are primed as humans to need relationships, but we don’t need unhealthy relationships. The more time you spend away from toxic people, with positive, loving people who bring joy to your life, the more uplifted you will feel. Make time for people who bring you happiness and let go of those who bring you anything less.

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DIARY LIKE PEPYS

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ven in a digital age diaries are surprisingly popular Christmas gifts. Perhaps you found yourself sitting pen-poised on January 1st.

On January 1st, 1660 Samuel Pepys was in the same position. That was the day he began his diary. He could have had no idea what an important document it would become. It is one of the most important documents for historians studying the English Restoration period, which coincidentally also began in 1660.

Pepys’ diaries are special because for just under a decade he recorded the minutiae of his everyday life. It helped that he was quite wellconnected. His cousin, Edward Montagu, was a high-ranking naval officer who found a position for Pepys at the Navy Office in the City of London. His hard work and talent saw Pepys promoted through the ranks very quickly. His cousin's position also meant that Pepys was present at many important events, all of which he recorded in his meticulous shorthand.

For example, Pepys was aboard one

of the ships which sailed to Holland to bring Charles II back to England.

He attended King Charles II's coronation, and he was also President of the Royal Society for a while.

Pepys recorded everything. He gave vivid accounts of the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. It is from him that we are able to relive the theatre of the period, as well as fashion and popular food and drink.

His diary has been of invaluable assistance to historians and has given much pleasure to its many readers.

We are in turbulent times right now, and about to enter an extraordinary year for our country.

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ingswood Court Nursing Home on Warren Lodge Drive, Tadworth (just of the A217) is looking for volunteers to work with its activity team.

Kingswood Court came under new ownership in March 2018. The new owners are a husband and wife team with two nursing homes in mid Sussex. Both of these homes are rated by the CQC as ‘OUTSTANDING’ (the top rating – only awarded to c.1.5% of nursing homes).

There has been a lot of focus in the early months to build on the excellent care and reputation that Kingswood Court enjoys.

Recognising that, on average, nursing home residents are becoming more frail and less able to play active roles within their communities Kingswood Court would now like to bring more of the community to the home – to create a community hub.

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“We are lucky in as much as Kingswood Court is a magnificent building with ample space, both inside and within the grounds. In our volunteers, above all else we look for good people with positive energy who are going to enrich the lives of our residents. If you have a passion that you would like to share with others or if you would just like to give back then we can find a role for you” Some examples of what volunteers have done in the past include: • Read to partially sighted residents • Lead a music groups • Lead a knitting group • Sing – play music – chat • Lead a baking group • Reminiscence activities To find out more contact Tina on 01372 830 480 or email management @kingswoodcourtnursinghome.com.

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CHEAM & CUDDINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

GARDENING TALKS IN 2019

Growing for the Kitchen.

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erhaps someone has given you a 2019 calendar for Christmas? Now is the time to make plans for 2019.

Pencil in these talks hosted by Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society. All talks take place from 8-10pm at St Christopher’s Church Hall, Dallas Road, Cheam, SM3 8RU. These evening talks are free to members, but you can join on the night for £3.50 or attend as a nonmembers for £2. There will be coffee, tea and biscuits on sale and there is ample parking, but for many locals, it makes a nice evening stroll.

On the 10th April 2019, Martin Boiling from the Woodland Trust will be coming to speak on the Langley Vale Centenary Wood Project.

Langley Vale Wood is just south of the village of Langley Vale in Surrey, and 3.2km (two miles) south of Epsom.

Langley Vale’s First World War Centenary Wood has pockets of ancient woodland, diverse and fascinating wildlife and flora, and stunning views over the rolling hills of the North Downs. In the coming years, the Woodland Trust’s ambitious

woodland creation scheme will transform the existing arable land into both a natural haven and a living memorial to those who sacrificed so much in the Great War. During the conflict it was used as a base for military exercises and a gas training school was in the section known as Round Wood. At 640 acres, Langley Vale is the largest of the Woodland Trust’s four Centenary Woods. Parts of the site are already designated Sites of Nature Conservation Importance and the Woodland Trust will be planting new woodland to buffer these vital habitats.

Work has already begun and, with the help of the local community, 160,000 native broadleaved saplings will be taking root. Over the years, it will develop into a mosaic of established woodland, grassy clearings, poppy-filled meadows a memorial area for quiet reflection.

Langley Vale is brimming with birdlife – 59 species have been recorded on the site. It’s the perfect place to listen out

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for the first cuckoo of the year, watch the dramatic aerial display of strikingly crested lapwing, and appreciate the melodic song flight of the skylark.

In spring, you can wander among the ash, oak, beech and sweet chestnut of the ancient woodlands and enjoy a glorious display of vivid bluebells. And in summer, the site is a wildflower enthusiast’s paradise where you can hunt the chalk grassland for orchids and discover rare gems such as the red hempnettle along the field margins.

The woodland is part of the North Downs National Character Area (NCA), a chain of chalk hills across the south east.

Chalk grassland is a notable feature of this landscape and is of ecological importance due to its ability to support rare species. To learn more about Langley Vale, come along on the evening.

On Wednesday 15 May, Paul Patton, plant pathologist, writer and BBC broadcaster, will give a talk on Growing for the Kitchen.

Paul is a regular gardening question time panellist and a grow your own expert from the website LoveTheGarden.com. Paul’s enthusiasm and knowledge will shine during this marvellous presentation which will touch on the cultivation of vegetables, soft and hard fruits and herbs as well as other aspects of gardening. He will give advice on how to make preservatives, jams, chutneys and jellies. Paul thinks you can’t beat the excitement of growing, picking and eating fresh fruit and veg from your own patch. He will give you some great ideas on how to start your plot or develop what you’ve got, as well as help solving some common problems. Before

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you know it your patch will be bursting with delicious crops and you’ll be eating juicy strawberries, peas from the pod, aromatic herbs and so much more.

On 12th June Dr Mike Berwick from The Wildlife Aid Foundation will talk about Problems facing the European Hedgehog.

Since 1980 the Wildlife Aid Foundation has been rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife and offers wildlife advice and referral via a 24 hour emergency hotline. They deal with 20,000 wildlife emergencies including hundreds of hedgehogs every year. Dr Berwick has been one of over 350 volunteers with the charity for 12 years. As well as being an Educational Speaker, he is a Team Leader in the Intensive Care Unit on Monday mornings and an on-call rescuer. He is also a Genealogist and a former University Lecturer (Physics & Engineering).

In addition to giving an overview of the charity's activities, his talk will focus on the natural history of our wild European Hedgehogs including their conservation status and causes of their decline by up to 97% over the past 50 years. The talk, illustrated with photos and videos, will explain what the charity does for both juvenile and adult hedgehogs and what everyone can do to help to protect and save this iconic and much-loved species.

On 18th September, just as the garden starts to die back and go dull, Claire Brown will dazzle those her audience with her talk on how to create Colour in the Garden All Year Round.

For more information about the society, go to their website: www.cheamandcuddingtonhortsoc.org.uk

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Winter t 2018/19 tree e planting

Langley Val ale Wood o d Commu unity Pla anting Day Saturday 26 2 January 10 0am - 3pm

Plea ase dress appropriately for the weather. Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult.

Sorry, no dogs allowed at thiss event.

Join n us at this FREE event to help p plant thousands of saplingss at Langley Vale Wood. Stay for the day or pop in for an hour.

All welcome!

More information and sign up: u bit..ly/2QSpaQj or sear s ch ‘langley vale’ on woo odlandtrust.org.uk/events t or call c 0330 333 3300

The Woodland Trust logo is a regisstered trademark. The Woodland Trust is a charrity registered in England and Wales number 29 94344 and in Scotland number SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guar g antee. Registered in England number 1982873.

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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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