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ROSEBERY PARK POND RE-OPENED - Page 4 Issue No. 3 May 2018
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ROSEBERY POND REFURBISHED n 12th April, the Mayor, Councillor Liz Frost, met with the Friends of Rosebery Park to mark the completion of the refurbishment and partial rebuild of the pond. In 1913, Lord Rosebery gave a horsehead shaped piece of land to the council with the instruction that it was to be preserved and maintained as a public pleasure ground for the ‘resort and recreation’ of the inhabitants of Epsom. It was named Rosebery Park in gratitude. The pond is an iconic part of the park but 100 years had taken its toll. A couple of years ago it became apparent that the council’s routine maintenance was no longer enough. The edges of the pond were being seriously undermined and the banks were in danger of collapse. When repair work got underway at the start
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of the year and the pond drained, it revealed that the damage was far worse than anticipated. There had also been a huge buildup of silt, which had to be disposed. The mayor commented “As specified by Lord Rosebery when he gave the land, the council is accountable to maintain this valued asset, and it is great that in this spirit the pond has now been expertly repaired and refurbished. I would like to thank everyone responsible for the work undertaken – it not only looks fantastic but stands ready for the next 100 years and for future generations to enjoy”. Steven McCormick’s excellent photo on the front cover (see page 4) shows how the pond is now teeming with life and its great that everyone can enjoy it over the summer. Richard Milbourn, Editor Email: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk
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ROSEBERY PARK POND RE-OPENED
Heron looking for lunch at Rosebery Park Pond taken by Steven McCormick.
ell it finally looks like the very changeable weather is behind us. Where to start, let’s go with Rosebery Park first. You may have noticed a fair amount of work being done to the pond in Rosebery Park over the past few months. Well I am pleased to say it is finished and looking amazing, just in time for the summer. The Mayor of Epsom & Ewell, Liz Frost, officially re-opened Rosebery Park Pond on 12th April. If you haven’t been to Rosebery Park, please have a wander around and enjoy. Ponds seem to be a thing at present with work at the Millennium Green’s pond completing recently and is looking amazing! www.woodcotemillenniumgreen.org.uk
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Epsom Downs race course As some may know I’m a keen photographer and always on the lookout for that interesting picture. With that in mind I went up to the Epsom Downs race course one morning and there began a fascination of taking pictures of all the lovely race horses training. We typically only hear about the race course maybe on Epsom Derby day but the racing industry is running all year around. The first race meet at Epsom Downs race course is coming up fast on 25th April. Residents can take advantage of the Investec Spring Meeting Locals Offer which gets you up to 4 free tickets for the first race meeting. The offer code is EPSOMLOCAL18 and is
WOODCOTE EPSOM RESIDENTS SOCIETY only available online. Ladies day and of course the Epsom Derby are events that should be in our diary but check out the other events being run on Epsom Downs at the following address: www.epsom.thejockeyclub.co.uk/event s-tickets/Whats-On To get a better insight into how much work goes on behind the scenes the Epsom Trainer’s Open Day on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August is a must. A chance to see behind the scenes of the racing yards based around the Epsom Downs training grounds, meet the stars of the track, chat to the hardworking stable staff and trainers. More information can be found here - www.epsomopenday.co.uk A fortunate outcome of taking pictures at the race track is I became
aware of The Magnolia Cup. This is a charity event that invites riders who are the leading women of business, sport, fashion, medicine and media, to take part in the opening race of Ladies’ Day at Goodwood race course in August. I happened to capture some pictures of Sarah Cook riding with Ermyn Lodge Stud under the watchful eye of Pat Phelan. She found my pictures and I found out about this great charity event in support of Cancer Research UK. I’ll continue to take snaps where I can and will most certainly be at Goodwood on the 2nd August to cheer her on. Read more about the Magnolia Cup here: www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/qatargoodwood-festival/magnolia-cup C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 6
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Epsom Community Cinema Club Now here is another project of mine in conjunction with the Epsom Playhouse. Last year a question was asked of me at one of my annual general meetings why the Epsom Playhouse has stopped showing films. I followed up and had a meeting with Elaine at the Playhouse who explained the projector in the main auditorium needed updating and replacing from reel to reel film to a digital type projector. The Myers studio in the Playhouse has a digital projector so a plan was created to start the Epsom Community Cinema Club to gauge interest and demand. This will be a not for profit organization and will look to show 2nd/3rd run films, classics, foreign, art-house, basically all types of films. Let me know what you’d like to see and we can likely get it shown. The first films we have scheduled will be shown on Sunday 8th July: 11am – Philomena, a great Judi Dench movie and at 3pm Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman portraying Winston Churchill in an epic performance. Thursday film night will be every third Thursday of the month starting on 16th August. We start with “If” which was made in 1968 and it is its 50th anniversary this year. We will have a special guest appearance from David Wood who costars in the film has written a book about the films making and will be at the Playhouse on the 16th August with his book. More information on the Epsom Community Cinema Club can be found 6 MAY 2018
at www.communitycinemaclub.co.uk Tickets for film showings will be available via the Epsom Playhouse box-office at www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk or via telephone at 01372 742555/742227. Music in the park The Epsom & Ewell Silver band (www.eesb.org.uk) will be playing in Rosebery Park during the summer with dates to be confirmed. Again, a local resident asked me why there was no music in the park anymore. The event is being provided by the Friends of Rosebery Park in conjunction with the Epsom & Ewell Silver band. It will be provided free of charge and any donations made will go to the park. Friends of Rosebery Park www.friendsofroseberypark.org.uk Epsom & Ewell Silver Band www.eesb.org.uk Bat Walks We are hoping to host an informative and educational bat walk in August/September, more information will be available on the Friends web site once dates and details are confirmed. The event will be free. Tree walk guide Juliet Whitten (Friends of Rosebery Park) and Mike Ford (Epsom & Ewell Tree Advisory Board) are working on producing an illustrated tree walk guide leaflet for Rosebery Park. This will be illustrated by an artist friend of Juliet and promises to be a very welcome addition to visitors to the park. Thank you for reading this article, enjoy the summer and until next time. Steven McCormick Email: stevenjmccormick@yahoo.co.uk
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EPSOM CINEMA HISTORY Epsom Cinemas had quite a chequered history with various cinemas opening and closing as the demands for entertainment changed over the 20th century
Epsomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first cinema, the Electric Theatre, opened in 1910 at the foot of Hook Road. Later, when electricity had lost something of its novelty, it was renamed the Pavilion.
psomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first venture into the cinema age came with the Electric Theatre, built in 1910 to dominate the Hook Road/ East Street corner with two vaguely baroque towers. Success came a year later when townsfolk queued to watch the coronation of George V on film, although for many years after this newsreels still had to be shared with a Sutton branch via the railway. Piano music was provided by Herbert Glenister, and the programme
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included films from the Cecil Hepworth studios. After World War I there was a lighter touch with Charlie Chaplin on the bill; but the cinema was in an awkward site and it closed in 1926 to reopen (looking much the same) as the Pavilion Theatre, where small touring companies could appear in melodramas and revues. Three years later the doors closed for good. The Public Hall, which occupied the quadrant between Church Street
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and Upper High Street, was built in 1883 as a social centre for the town. By 1916 it had fallen on hard times and was refurbished as the Epsom Picture Palladium; Herbert Glenister the bandmaster took over and showed official war features as well as early Hollywood dramas. Management was casual, and the fire inspector reported seeing a bottle of petrol beside loose papers in the projection room, where the No Smoking sign was missing its No. Neither the presence of a commissionaire in blue coat and brass buttons nor the use of premises by the Epsom and Ewell football club were enough to keep
the Palladium in business and it folded in 1930, just as the impressive Capitol Cinema opened its doors across the road. The Cinema Royal was built on the High Street/East Street corner by the Thompson family, who ran an independent chain with other cinemas at Reigate and Dorking. It opened in 1910 and was enlarged to seat 630 a few years later, with space for an orchestra of violin, piano and piccolo. The orchestra left early to catch a train one night in 1928, skipped the National Anthem, and were sacked the next morning. Further shocks that year came from C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 0
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the fire inspector who found inflammable nitrate film being cut in open rooms. The Thompsons brought in a manager, Frank Sharp, who made sure that the Royal was the first cinema in Epsom to have sound; there were four shows a day and during Derby week he ran racing thrillers. But the Cinema Royal lay in the path of a road-widening scheme and it was demolished in 1938. After the Cinema Royal was lost, the Thompson family planned to reinvest in another local venue. Seeing a new catchment area in the Stoneleigh development, they built the Rembrandt on Kingston Road; it opened in 1938 with an ambitious programme which was to include the London Philharmonic as well as films, and it had its own tearooms until 1953. Associated British Cinemas acquired the site during the war as part of a programme to expand without commitments to new buildings. They were just making plans for its conversion to a bingo hall in 1971 when the loss of the Odeon left them the only cinema in the Borough. Instead they converted the auditorium into the present twin cinema and improved the quality of the projectors. Ownership of the cinema passed to Cannon in 1986 and it is now part of the MGM chain. Lord Ebbisham opened the Capitol Cinema at Church Street in 1929 - tailor-made for sound, it was designed for an audience of 1500 by a local architect. The ample staff included ten ushers, two doormen and a pageboy. The manager, Richard 10 MAY 2018
Wainwright, had a flair for publicity and brought in boxing, beauty contests and performing bears to attract custom; he also mounted stage shows and masterminded the town’s 1933 Carnival, but when he left Epsom, business stagnated. The Capitol was quietly taken over by Granada in 1947: it was selected as the first cinema to test a deaf aid system for the chain. Stunts were kept up, including a free ticket (and red carpet) for the Mayor to The King And I, but programming in the 1950s was less innovative and the Granada closed in 1960. The Odeon in the High Street was built in 1937 at a time of rapid development for Oscar Deutsch’s chain. Soon afterwards the lights went out for the War, sandbags were piled up in front of the doors, and fire-watching teams occupied the roof. After 1945 the children’s club was resumed for Saturday morning serials, and films (U certificate only and of a ‘healthy’ nature) were allowed to be screened on Sundays. The poll results of the 1950 election were screened at midnight to a not altogether sober audience; five years later Cinemascope was introduced. But the writing was on the wall. Bingo, introduced in 1961, was a flop and the Odeon went upmarket instead with a series of opera and ballet films, followed by midnight horror movies in 1968. It closed in 1971. Published courtesy of Bourne Hall Museum www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk
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FLY TIPPING FINES FOR OFFENDERS ix individuals are counting the cost after being punished for fly-tipping and littering in Ewell. Epsom & Ewell Borough Council received a number of complaints about an accumulation of waste in two access roads off the Kingston Road. Having inspected and investigated the material, those responsible for contributing to the waste have been fined over £1,600. Councils now have the power to issue on-the-spot fines of between £150 and £400 for fly tipping, more serious fly tips are prosecuted through the courts. Epsom & Ewell Borough councillors have stated that for the year ahead they want to see more enforcement around antisocial behaviour. A series of proposals, which includes how the council addresses littering, will be debated at the strategy and resources committee on 17 April. Councillor John Beckett, Chairman of the Environment Committee said: “this council has weekly rubbish collections, we operate daily litter removal in our high traffic areas and we remove fly tips on public land typically within a few days of them being
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reported. Subject to what is agreed on the 17 April, we are determined to proactively go after those who are deliberately blemishing this area. “Everyone has a legal duty of care to dispose of their waste responsibly. If people fail to take steps to ensure their waste is disposed of legitimately, and it’s later found in a fly tip, they could end up being prosecuted or fined.” Fly tipping is defined as the illegal dumping of waste on any street, road, alleyway or park - without the landowner’s permission and with no intention of having it cleared. This can be household, commercial, or industrial waste. Fly tipping is a criminal offence which can result in a significant fine or imprisonment, prosecution and a criminal record.
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As you get closer to the birth we'll be sure to care for your growing girth we'll taper our moves as we go along so when the day comes you'll be feeling strong . Once your small one arrives you'll be pretty weary might feel tired and fat and sometimes quite teary that's where I come in with an exercise plan and I'll cheer you on, be your biggest fan
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CHANCE TO TRY A NEW SPORT egistrations for the county's largest multi-sport youth competition - Specsavers Surrey Youth Games 2018 is open! For a chance to be part of Team Epsom & Ewell sign up online today at www.epsomewell.gov.uk/syg Now in its 22nd year, the annual Specsavers Surrey Youth Games offers young people aged 7-16 a fantastic opportunity to experience free coaching in a wide range of sports – badminton, boccia (a sport for young people with learning difficulties and physical impairments), boxing (contact and non-contact), cricket, football, hockey, judo, lacrosse, High 5 netball, netball, touch rugby, squash and tennis. Free training sessions take place from April to June. Please register online as soon as possible as some sport entries may close if they reach the maximum number of registrations. Participants selected to represent Team Epsom & Ewell at the Specsavers Surrey Youth Games finals weekend on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June will compete with teams from ten other Surrey boroughs and districts. This year the event will be hosted at two venues, Surrey Sports Park in Guildford and Woking Leisure Centre. Team Epsom & Ewell will once again be sponsored by Better. To be eligible to compete for Team Epsom & Ewell at the Games,
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participants must live or go to school in Epsom and Ewell and meet the specific eligibility requirements of the sport(s) they have chosen (age, gender and playing standard). All of the sports only allow players of subcounty standard to participate and in many of the sports participants must be non-club members. Last year 220 young people represented the borough at the Games. The free training sessions led by local sports clubs, offer participants a chance to play their chosen sport after the Games have finished. Councillor Barry Nash, Chairman of the Council's Community and Wellbeing Committee said, “The Games offer young people a unique opportunity to try a new sport, take part in free coaching sessions, make new friends and experience competition in a fun and supportive environment. "Your borough needs you! We hope many young people will sign up for a chance to be part of Team Epsom & Ewell at this prestigious sporting event." If you are too old to compete in the Games and would still like to be involved, there are plenty of volunteer opportunities available too! To sign up and for details of the sports on offer for this year's Games, eligibility criteria, the training schedule and volunteering opportunities visit www.epsomewell.gov.uk/syg
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EPSOM CHORAL SOCIETY
psom Choral Society was founded in 1922 by Sir Humphrey Milford, Publisher to the University of Oxford, to give his son Robin experience as conductor and choir-trainer through participation in the Leith Hill Musical Festival. Robin had begun his composition studies at the Royal College of Music with Ralph Vaughan Williams the year before. He passed the baton in 1934 to William Cole, under whose 3 year spell the choir was to do extremely well, winning many trophies in the competitions. Richard Fentiman, the Society's conductor from the end of the war until 1976, started the popular Christmas concerts in St Martin's Church, Epsom. Under his son, also Richard, the Society began its regular summer concerts. He was succeeded in 1980 by Peter Chase, organist at St. Peter's, Eaton Square, and lecturer at Trinity College of Music.
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In his tenure the Society added a third concert to its programme while retaining its involvement in the Festival. There then followed a period of a few years in which several conductors made a contribution: Clifford Tucker, Graham Lea-Cox, William Llewellyn, Murray Stewart, Nicholas Kok and, for very nearly 24 years until 2015, Robin Kimber. Under Robinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure the choir grew and improved significantly, currently having a membership of over 120. Our present conductor, Julian Collings, was appointed in November 2015. Julian was educated as an organ scholar at Tonbridge School in Kent, before winning an organ scholarship to Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College, Cambridge in 1999. He gained the Associateship diploma of the Royal College of Organists whilst still at Tonbridge studying under Thomas Trotter and Sarah Baldock. He continued
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plays for choral societies and operatic companies and coaches singers. She has accompanied the Epsom Choral Society in rehearsals and concerts for very many years. The choir has performed a wide ranging repertoire including most of the major oratorio works, and added significant venues outside Epsom to its schedule such as Chichester Cathedral, Hampton Court and, in London, St Martinin-the-Fields and St James, Picadilly. We now perform five or six times a year in addition to the Leith Hill Musical Festival and have enjoyed many summer tours, mainly to the magnificent Churches and Cathedrals of Western Europe At Christmas time we enjoy singing carols for local charities in Epsom town centre, always under cover in the Ashley Mall. We are a friendly welcoming choir and also enjoy a highly active and entertaining social life, culminating at the start of each New Year, or thereabouts, with a party usually themed on our most recent choral tour. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 7.45pm to 10.00pm in St. Martin’s Church House, Church Street, Epsom KT17 4PX in three terms, usually commencing the second Wednesday in September. We welcome new members at any time but especially at the beginning of each term. If you are interested please contact our Membership Secretary Helen Phillips, email: membership@epsomchoral.org.uk For more information about Epsom Choral Society visit our website at www.epsomchoral.org.uk. David Pettigrew Vice Chairman & Publicity Epsom Choral Society MAY 2018 21
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BOXING DAY DANCE or some, Boxing Day is a day for sport or going to the sales but in Ewell Village it is the day when hundreds turn out to watch the colourful Ewell St Mary’s Morris Men’s traditional Boxing Day dance tour of Ewell. Commencing at the Famous Green Man the tour culminates at the Mill, opposite the Wheatsheaf, with a traditional, Mummers play. Aiding the Morris men with the Mummers Play this Boxing Day was Epsom & Ewell’s Mayor Liz Frost who sportingly stepped in to deliver extra lines of infamy. The generosity of the visitors attending the Morris Men tour contributed £1167.00 for charity which was divided between St Mary’s Church Ewell and The Mayors Charities which includes: E&E Citizens Advice, Lower Mole Countryside Trust and
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Mayor Liz Frost receiving cheque from, Morris Men Ray Watson (Squire) and Alan Greenwood.
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EPSOM ROTARY
ROTARY FUND MALAWI AMBULANCE
psom Rotarian Ruthie Markus set up and runs a charity called AMECA to offer primary healthcare in Africa. She has managed to fund a £300,000 clinic in Chilaweni, Malawi, almost single handedly. The patients come from 11 outlying villages, but have to walk to the centre as fuel is scarce and motor vehicles cannot get through on the rough
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paths. Epsom Rotary has funded an initial batch of three bicycle ambulances for the village chiefs to manage and young fit locals will pedal the patients to hospital! If the trial is successful, then we will fund 8 more bicycles. If you want to know more about the scheme look at epsomrotaryclub.org and ameca.org.uk. Clive Richardson, Secretary Epsom Rotary
AGE CONCERN
NEW MEN’S GROUP ge Concern have recently been awarded national lottery funding to set up a pilot scheme to form a New Men’s Group for men living in Epsom & Ewell who are of retirement age and above. The design of the group is to enable likeminded men to get together and make friendships around activities they chose to do for themselves. We are open to all suggestions of activities and will assist members to achieve their choices as best possible. The aim of this model is to broker the group with members running as
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much of the activity as they can independently. Skilled volunteers will support the group, as needed, throughout the forming and running of the group with the emphasis being on members making decisions on the direction their group goes and having fun on the way. The term Men’s group may well be an umbrella term for several groups engaging in a variety of projects. We can help with transport if needed For further details, call Ian on 01372 732453 or email ian.parsons@ageconcernepsom.org.uk
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WHAT’S ON BARISONS SINGERS n Sunday 24th June 2018 Barisons Singers in collaboration with the Epsom & Ewell Town Twinning Associations will be bringing a Vivaldi Gloria workshop for all choir singers in the areas, to come together and join them for the 100 Voices performance that evening. Professional coaching will be supplied throughout the day from Soloists who have worked with the English National Opera, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne and the English Touring opera. The performance will be accompanied by a professional orchestra and conductor.
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If you love Vivaldi, if you love singing the Gloria then you will love our come and sing with 100 Voices day. If you would prefer to listen rather than sing, then you are very welcome to come along as a member of the audience Entry fee will be £5.00 per person. Part of the proceeds will be going towards the local mental health charity Love Me Love My Mind, which is based at St Barnabas church, the venue for the workshop and performance.” For workshop applications, contact Brian Hill on 07885 842 636 or email barisons@aol.com
E W E L L H O RT I C U LT U R A L A S S O C I AT I O N A talk: ‘Colour in the garden all year homemade cakes round’ by Claire Brown, owner of a cut Displays of - summer flowers, home grown flower farm in Surrey vegetables, cookery, photography, craft & Date: Tuesday 8 May 2018 and floral art plus plants and garden Participants gather for Round the Borough design Bike last year in Horton County Park. Time: 8pm sundries for sale Place: Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell Website www.ewellhortassn.co.uk KT17 1UF fully accessible venue Email – eha_details@ewellhortassn.co.uk Parking: on-site car park, evening parking Autumn Show fee 40p. Cost: £3 members, £4 visitors Date – Saturday 22 September includes refreshments and raffle, visitors Time – 2.30 to 4.30pm very welcome Venue – Blenheim High School, Longmead Website: www.ewellhortassn.co.uk Road, Epsom KT19 9BH, fully accessible Email: talks@ewellhortassn.co.uk venue Summer Show Public Transport – 418 bus (Epsom to Date – Saturday 30 June Kingston) Ewell West Station (Waterloo Line) Time – 2.30 to 4.30pm Free Admission - all welcome, free parking, Venue – Blenheim High School, Longmead a raffle plus refreshments with delicious Road, Epsom KT19 9BH, fully accessible homemade cakes venue Displays of - late summer flowers, home grown Public Transport – 418 bus (Epsom to vegetables, cookery and floral art plus plants, Kingston) Ewell West Station (Waterloo Line) bulbs and garden sundries for sale Free Admission - all welcome, free parking, Website – www.ewellhortassn.co.uk a raffle plus refreshments with delicious Email – eha_details@ewellhortassn.co.uk 26 MAY 2018
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WHAT’S ON ROUND THE BOROUGH BIKE
Participants gather for Round the Borough Bike last year in Horton County Park.
he annual Round the Borough Bike takes place on Sunday 13 May. Beginners and keen cyclists alike are invited to explore this mostly off-road 20 miles route that joins up some of the most stunning scenery in Epsom and Ewell, including Epsom Downs, Epsom Common, Nonsuch Park, the Hogsmill and Horton Country Park. Epsom and Ewell Borough Council launched the Round the Borough Bike in 2014, to build on the legacy of the London Olympics and the borough hosting stage 7 of the 2013 Tour of Britain. Last year over 200 individuals took part. Although the way is permanently
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marked, for the event marshals are in place at various points around the route to ensure no one gets lost and participants who complete the route will receive a certificate in recognition of their achievement. Off-road cycles are recommended. There will be a staggered start at Horton Country Park with the fastest leaving at around 9.15am with those wanting a more laid back experience departing at 9.30am Registration is online via the Council website (www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk) until Thursday 10 May. Those unable to register on-line should aim to be at the start for 9am on the Sunday for registration.
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Work o ks shop cost: £15 per pers rson (b (bri ring your own wn copy of Gloria) or £25 per pers rson (includes purrc (i chase of a copy) y) Cost includes ref efrreshments. Aud diience tickets: £5.00 Closing date fo for workshop applica ati tions: Monday 4th June 2018 (Sub bjject to avaiillabilility ty of places s) For more inforrm mati tion and to re request an applliication fo form rm pleas se contact: Brian Hill ll Tel: 07885 842 636 Emaiill: bari risons@aol.com The perrffor orm mance is sponsored by the Ep Epsom and Ewellll Town wn Tw Twinning Association in support of Love me Love my Mind d,, a local menta tal health chari rity ty based at St Barnab bas Churc rch, Ep Epsom
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WHAT’S ON BOU RN E HA LL EVEN TS Further information available from David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 020 8394 1734. Email: dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/BourneHallMuseumClub.html The 1918 flu pandemic Saturday 12th May 1pm to 2.30pm The 1918 flu pandemic was a lethal outbreak of influenza which infected 500 million people around the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million (three to five percent of the world's population) making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. It killed the young and not the old, and was spread around the world by troops returning home after the First World War. It was known as Spanish flu because the other warring countries of Europe would not admit to having it – Spain did because it was neutral, and its King almost died. Discover the effects of this outbreak and the efforts to counteract it. Cow finds Epsom salts! Saturday 9th June 1pm to 2.30pm This year is the 400th anniversary of the Discovery of Epsom Salts Find out how it was discovered with the help of a cow! This made the name Epsom known around the world and would lead to the Derby, a battle and England’s first Spa town. Hear how the spa took off as Epsom grew from a village to a town and was visited by the great and the good and the great and not so good! Find out what a good night out was like out at the height of the spa. Epsom salts has many uses even today – discover some of them. 30 MAY 2018
Discover Dad’s Army Wednesday 30th May 2pm to 3.30pm On Friday 10 May 1940, the Germans had started their attack on Belgium and the Netherlands using soldiers dropped by parachutes. British troops in mainland Europe were pushed back to the Channel ports. Many people feared that the Germans would soon invade Britain. To protect Britain, a new part-time force was to be set up, the Local Defence Volunteers. The Government made an urgent appeal on the radio to all men aged between 17 and 65 to become parttime soldiers. Within 24 hours of the radio broadcast a quarter of a million men had volunteered. Many of the men who joined the Home Guard were those who could not join the regular army because their day-time jobs were necessary to keep the country running. They included farm workers, bakers, teachers, grocers, bank staff and railway workers. Other men who joined were either too young or too old to join the regular army. They were given military style training, although at first they had no uniforms and little equipment. The public were invited to give shotguns and pistols and within a few months over 20,000 weapons were handed in. At the end of July they were changed from Local Defence Volunteers to the name we remember them by, the Home Guard.
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