Tadworth & Walton Tribune May 2018

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THE PAGEANT IS COMING he Walton May Pageant is being held on Saturday 19th May which is the same day as the Royal Wedding and rather suitably the theme is a Royal Tea Party. The fair has been running since 1969 and starts on the village green from about lunchtime and draws a large audience from the village and surrounding area. At 2pm the parade with members represented from all the groups, schools and clubs winds its way towards the green in Howard Close. The May Queen and her attendants watch as the colourful costumes move into the arena before the Queen is crowned and the festivities can really begin. A great community

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spirit is always in evidence as well as food, drink, crafts, stalls, local charities and activities to entertain throughout the day.

Local businesses can get involved by sponsoring, advertising in the programme or taking a pitch at the Pageant which all helps to cover the cost of running the event. For further details, please email contact@waltonmaypageant.co.uk I hope you all attend and support the many good causes the Pageant raises money for - not only is it a great day out for the family but a great way of bringing all the community together. Further details at www.waltonmaypageant.co.uk Richard Milbourn, Editor Email: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk

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NEW PLANS AFOOT s we go to press, there have been

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Donations of £500 each were also approved for

two significant announcements by

the organ refurbishment funds of both St Peter’s

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for

and the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Housing, Communities and Local

Hopefully you will have noticed the Christmas

Government. He has given approval for 1,800

tree situated outside Nethercott’s Opticians, and

homes to be built on Dunsfold Aerodrome and

enjoyed its festive sparkle. That also was us!

for 300 new homes to be built in Effingham.

Sadly I have to report the loss to our

There are concerns for the future of Wisley

Community of several of its stalwarts including

Airfield. Why mention this? The answer is that

John Allinson, a founder member of Tadworth

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council began

and Walton Oversea Aid Trust (TWOAT), and

many months ago, in consultation with the local

Paul Bingham who was Treasurer of the Walton

community, the process of building a

Forum and who played a prominent role in the

Development Management Plan. The TWRA

refurbishment of the Riddell Hall a few years

monitored its progress, sought the views of its

ago. Our sympathy goes to their families.

membership and gave substantial input into the

A man made in much the same fashion is

final shape of the Plan. Having such an

Mike Fox who sits on our Committee, and who

Adopted Plan means that areas for housing

has just been awarded a Surrey CC Chairman’s

development for the future, have been

Volunteers Award. This is made in recognition of

identified and agreed. It leaves us better

his many and varied contributions as a

protected against unwarranted development

volunteer he works tirelessly in his role as

incursions. See more on the DMP in the

Chairman of the Tadworth and Walton Overseas

Planning section below.

Aid Trust (TWOAT), helping the poor around the

If you would like to learn more about this

world to help themselves. He co-ordinates

and other matters which impinge on the quality

Neighbourhood Watch locally; monitors

of your life here, your best opportunity to do

Police/crime activity and acts as Membership

just that, is by attending our AGM, to be held in

Secretary for the TWRA. He has also been

Breech Lane Community Centre at 7.30pm on

instrumental in maintaining services at

Thursday 17th May. Additionally, you’ll hear

Tattenham Way Library. On behalf of us all,

presentations by John Peacock on the role of

congratulations Mike and thank you from all of

the Banstead Commons Conservators: what

us.

they try to achieve and how, and by Tracy

Would you like to make your mark and

Baxter on the Banstead Live at Home Scheme.

contribute to our Community? As ever, we could

If you have grown up children living here, why

do with more hands to our wheel. If you can

not bring them along as well?

spare a few hours each month, why not give

What have we been up to since our last

one of us a call to discuss informally what might

Newsletter? Well, I’m pleased to report that your

be involved. These were people who gave

Committee approved a donation of £3,000

generously of their time to our Community and

towards the badly needed refurbishment of the

people to follow in their shoes are now hard to

Tadworth and Walton Scouts and Guides Hut.

find. Contact Clive Elcome on 01737 813110.

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TADWORTH CONSERVATION AREA A Conservation Area in Tadworth

Planning permission has been granted for four

We are delighted that the Council has decided

dwellings as an extension to the cul de sac

to designate the central part of Tadworth as a

now being constructed to the rear of 9 – 15

Conservation Area. In the past we had

Shelvers Way

suggested that Chapel Road, High Street and

Planning permission has been granted for 2

the Dorking Road area of Tadworth, become a

blocks of flats on the Farm Fencing site. We

Conservation Area but with no result so it was

hope that the new development will improve

a very pleasant surprise when an item went to

the appearance of this area although it

the January Planning Committee proposing a

currently does not extend into the former

Conservation Area around Tadworth Station.

Tadworth Tyres site.

The area extends from the shops on Cross

The Residents Association with the help of

Rd and the Sorting Office and St. John’s

our councillors, particularly Councillor Turner,

Church in The Avenue up Station Approach to

hopes to improve the quality of the street

the Church of the Good Shepherd. The area

furniture and landscaping in and around

comprises mainly Victorian and Edwardian

Shelvers Hill. The first improvement is the

commercial buildings.

planting of birch trees in front of the garage

The Council will consult on the designation and report back to the Planning Committee but in the interim the area will have added

and we hope to improve the surrounding shrub planting .

We are pleased that the restaurant on The

protection.

Bridge is now operating, although there have

Planning in Walton on the Hill

been problems of noise and inconsiderate

We are still uncertain what form of

parking which we hope can be resolved.

development will take place on the Kitlands

An application for 7 flats, involving an

and Bramley sites, which both have a frontage

extension to the original Barclays Bank

on Chequers Lane.

building on Station Approach, has been

The sales launch took place on 17th – 18th

approved. The Association was particularly

March for the Frith Park 37 dwelling

concerned at the impact on local parking

development accessed off Chequers Lane and

provision.

Sturts Lane.

Following amendments, a new, replacement

We are pleased to report that there have been several unsuccessful appeals against the

dwelling has been granted planning permission

refusal of planning permission in the last few

on the site of 2 Hernbrook, accessed off

months. Appeals have been dismissed for two

Chequers Lane.. This is considerably lower in

new dwellings at the rear of 56, Cross Rd, a

height than shown on previously submitted

house at the rear of 32, Tadorne Rd and a new

plans. The Association did not object although

dwelling on a site near Mill Road fronting onto

there is concern at likely nuisance during

the Dorking Road. We objected to all these

construction as a large basement is proposed

proposals and gave evidence at a Hearing into

as part of the structure.

the latter.

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adopted soon after the National Planning

The Development Management Plan (DMP)

Policy Framework was introduced by the

We have responded to the consultation on the

Government. Several other Surrey districts

Reigate and Banstead DMP, which closed on

were not so fortunate and are now having to

23rd February. (The DMP builds on the spatial

accommodate much higher house building

strategy for the Borough which was set out in

targets based on what is termed ‘objectively

the Core Strategy of 2014).

assessed need’.

We were concerned at some of the

Walton Neighbourhood Plan

proposals for Banstead, which could lead to a

Consideration is being given to the preparation

reduction in community facilities and car

of a Neighbourhood Plan for Walton. Our

parking, but generally supported the policies,

association will be pleased to give support

although making some suggestions where we

where we are able.

felt they could be strengthened. We had

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particular reservations on the proposed

There has recently been a consultation

parking standards for new development which

exercise on changes to the Borough’s ward

we considered could still lead to increased

boundaries. The objective is to increase the

parking on the public highway. As well as

size of each ward to about 8,500 people on the

replacing the policies contained in the 2005

electoral role. This will possibly lead to the loss

Local Plan, which will be used when

of 2 wards in the northern part of the Borough

determining planning applications, the DMP

and result in the ward boundaries not reflecting

also identifies sites for development and

the existing communities. Our ward of

proposes modifications to the Green Belt

Tadworth and Walton could, for example,

boundary. Fortunately for Tadworth and

include Preston or Lower Kingswood, which is

Walton, the Plan elaborates on the housing

currently linked with Kingswood, and land

strategy set out in the Core Strategy, so there

down to the M25.

are no major changes to the Green Belt

The closing date was April 9th and we have

boundary in our area. Most major

expressed concerns that the new ward

development, other than on the De Burgh

boundaries would not reflect existing

playing fields will be to the east of Redhill and

communities.

Merstham and to the south of Reigate.

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(Although the draft revisions to the

The first AGM for the Patients Participation

Government’s National Planning Policy

Group (PPG) attached to the Heathcote

Framework which is currently out for

Practice will take place on May 1st at 7pm at

consultation, could result in higher Borough

Tadworth Primary School. We hope that many

housing targets at the time of the next review.)

patients at the Heathcote Medical Centre will

It is likely that there will be a Hearing into

be able to attend and make suggestions on

the draft DMP in the summer when

how the PPG can assist in improving the

representations will be considered by an

service. There will also be a speaker on

independent Inspector. We aim to give

Healthy Living.

evidence if he wishes for more evidence on the issues where we made objections.

We feel that the Council should be congratulated in getting its Core Strategy 8 MAY 2018

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PAGEANT ON 19TH MAY he Walton Forum was established by residents in 1997; a platform to discuss matters of importance to the village and agree any necessary actions or improvements. The Forum meets 3 times a year, usually in the Breech Lane Community Centre and all village residents are encouraged to attend. The Forum committee can be reached, throughout the year, via email with your ideas and concerns.

We were all sad to learn that Paul Bingham passed away on Monday 19th May 2018. He was a muchrespected member of the community since arriving 15 years ago. Paul was the driving force behind the refurbishment of the Lord Riddell Hall and numerous other Village projects.

He was on the Committee for the M.U.G.A and the Walton Village Forum. His latest role was that of Forum Treasurer and his contribution will be greatly missed. We would all like to extend our sincere condolences to Maggie and family.

The Forum AGM was held on Tuesday 27th February 2018 and was very well attended. Lin Ferg has decided to join the committee and Andy Parkinson has assumed the role of Vice-Chairman. I’d like to thank Lin for volunteering and Andy for assuming increased responsibilities.

Since my last update I’m pleased to say that activity in the village continued at pace notwithstanding the

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icy cold weather we experienced during February and March.

This year’s pageant is due to take place on Saturday 19th May 2018, and as this happens to coincide with the Royal Wedding the theme will be a Royal Tea Party. We look forward to seeing many of you there supporting many of the good causes and participating the in fun events planned for the day. Thank must go to Lorraine Smith and the Pageant committee who do a fantastic job of organising this event every year.

Mere Pond continues to be a focus of attention in the Village and I’m sure many of you have noticed the ever decreasing water level over the past 12 months. George Curry reported at our recent AGM that the gullies which feed the pond from behind Withybed Corner and from the road, have now all been unblocked so rain water can now feed into the pond freely. The bog weed which is gradually taking over needs to be removed and this is being organised in the very near future. A group of concerned residents have approached the Forum and will be setting up a sub-committee to oversee the pond and it’s continued regeneration.

Jayne Nallen from the TWRA is looking for interested parties to help develop a Village Plan for Walton. It would sit alongside high-level planning policies and be more specific to the Village. A plan would enable us C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 2

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to look at our assets such as the shops, pubs and other amenities and would help to preserve the Village.

Anyone interested in getting involved can reach Jayne via the Forum committee.

Dog fouling was raised at the AGM by a concerned resident whose young puppy had been seriously ill since Christmas with a disease likely picked up from dog faeces. It was noted that dog fouling has become an issue on both the Common and Heath and although there are currently no bins to discard faeces, dog owners should be encouraged to take their own bags and discard their pet’s faeces. The Forum plans to work with the Council to see what can be done to improve this situation.

Upcoming and ongoing Village initiatives include: • Mead Court Car Park Project – increase number of bays • ‘20 is Plenty!’ - a speed limit reduction campaign for Walton & Tadworth • Howard Close Playground – refurbishment • Mere Pond regeneration • Parking – various options being considered to improve parking in the village • Dog fouling awareness If you have any views on these initiatives, would like to propose new initiatives of your own or would like to help your fellow villagers and neighbours improve quality of life in the village, please contact the Forum for further details and join us at our next meeting.

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Whilst resolutely non-political, the Walton Forum enjoys excellent relations with the borough and county councils. Your local councillors who are active in the community and have launched many local initiatives regularly attend Forum meetings to talk about the council’s activities, local issues, and to hear about issues residents should like them to deal with! Forum meetings are an excellent opportunity to make your voices heard.

The Forum is directly involved in planning and development applications, which require skilled technical input and are handled by the Tadworth and Walton Residents’ Association on our behalf. We are extremely grateful for their efforts to protect our village from inappropriate development.

Lastly if anyone is interested in joining the Forum Committee please don’t hesitate to get in touch we currently have a vacancy for a Treasurer so if anyone is interested or knows someone who would be interested please let any of the committee members know or email us on the email address below.

The next Walton Forum meeting will be held in Breech Lane Community Centre on Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 at 8.00pm.

Grant Webster The Walton Forum committee can be reached on info@waltonvillageforum.com.

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TADWORTH STATION MOVES TO ANOTHER STAGE IN ITS EVOLUTION

By Dr Bruce E Osborne

Tadworth Station – a 2015 painting by local artist Timothy Edwards.

he establishment of the railway to Tadworth over 100 years ago threatened to change forever the farming community that existed at this downland location. High on the North Downs, Tadworth was a small farming village with a stately home, Tadworth Court. Walton-on-the Hill next door was the principal centre of the community. With the coming of the railway it all changed as a new evolutionary stage became reality.

The first scheme to bring the railway to Tadworth was an unsuccessful 1884 bill for a line through Chipstead promoted by local farmers. Local entrepreneurs promoted an alternative scheme. This was

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based on connecting the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway branch line to Epsom Downs with a new branch line from Drift Bridge to Corner Farm, Tadworth. The Epsom Downs Extension Railway Bill received Royal Assent in June 1892. The first sod was cut on 6 June 1892 but apart from this little work progressed.

The reason was that local entrepreneurs had turned their attentions back to the earlier Chipstead scheme as a means of avoiding local landowner opposition. Connecting with Purley, the Chipstead Valley Railway Act was approved in 1893. Work progressed with the new railway reaching Tadworth in

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Tadworth Station in 1905.

1900. The section of planned railway from Drift Bridge was abandoned by Act of 1897 and Tattenham Corner eventually became the terminus for the new Chipstead Valley line.

The line became operational to Tadworth and Walton on the Hill station, as it was then known, in 1900. The local paper reported ‘If as will probably be the case, this railway is to be the means of converting quiet villages into mere suburbs of London, there is at least the consolation that it is opening up a lovely district as a holiday ground for Londoners – a district that will take many years to despoil its beauty’. The extension of the railway to Tattenham Corner the following year for race and leisure excursions to Epsom Downs, further enhanced the potential for outdoor recreation and tourism, although Tadworth remained the main terminus for regular traffic. Tadworth became a tourist venue as a result. This situation prevailed until electrification in 1928 when the regular services were extended to Tattenham Corner. Royal

patronage of the Derby, traditionally visited by train, furthered the popularity of the locality.

But has the railway done more harm than good? Since its inauguration we have seen subsequent to the line and service and the prediction that the railway will be the catalyst for urbanisation has proven correct.

Shops and extensive residential accommodation has spawned over what were once farms and downland. The population has multiplied and as the twentieth century progressed road transport has further added to the desirability and convenience of living in Tadworth. However, the efforts of a strong local body of activists determined to maintain the Tadworth idyll has thwarted much adverse development and the commons and heathland remain highly valued freedom to roam open space.

In addition, much of the development has been done in the district styles associated with the early part of the 20th century, resulting in a character that now typifies Tadworth.

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The Bridge â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a new Mediterranean Cuisine restaurant that now provides a desirable experience where once a derelict building dominated the village.

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It can be seen that the arrival of the railway and the distinct station with the high bridge made Tadworth accessible for business, pleasure and residential purposes. It was one of the principal catalysts for the Tadworth we know today.

No wonder that we now treasure the built infrastructure of the railway as we continue to use the line for our travel, particularly to London. This explains the concern that was recently being expressed when, much to local residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; alarm, the distinct station building on the bridge deteriorated into dereliction over a number of years. Concerned local residents who treasured the building seriously considered getting it formally protected. Was this the beginning of the end for what were once an unusually elevated and stylish Victorian booking office, waiting room and general arrival point for those using the trains?

The answer has now proven to be no.

The station building on the bridge has a new life. No longer required for passenger traffic it is a Mediterranean Cuisine restaurant. Substantial restructuring of the interior and the reinstatement of the awning over the entrance means that the external architecture remains similar to when first built but that it is maintained and prized by a new body of people who enjoy the facility for different reasons.

The lesson in all of this is that our valued and prized buildings can move to a new stage in their evolution, whether it be Frith Park at Walton, the water tower, Tadworth Court stately home or even Tadworth mill. In this way they enhance the local environment by adding heritage to our Tadworth experiences. The alternative is decay and eventual replacement with modernism. Give the iconic buildings a new use and they remain with us as a backcloth for our enjoyment of Tadworth.

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HIGHLY RATED FURZE HILL esidents, family members and friends praise local care home in national survey Residents at Furze Hill Lodge Care Home, Kingswood, Surrey are celebrating after it performed strongly in a nationwide survey of care home residents and their family members and friends. The results show Furze Hill Lodge Care Home was given an Overall Performance Rating (OPR) score of 927 out of 1,000 by residents, and 910 by their family members and friends. This compares favourably to the national averages of 878 for residents, and 836 for their families and friends.

Now in its sixth year, the Your Care Rating survey is the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents and now of their families and friends as well. The nationwide survey gives residents and their families and friends a voice, putting their care at the heart of understanding more about how well care homes perform. Over 16,700 residents in 820 care homes across the UK responded to the Residents’ survey, which achieved a 41% response rate. Meanwhile, 48 per cent of relatives and friends of residents living at 686 homes responded to the Family and Friends’ survey.

Each care home achieved an Overall Performance Rating and four statistically derived ‘theme’ scores (‘Staff and Care’, ‘Home Comforts’, ‘Choice and Having a Say’, and ‘Quality of Life’) based on residents’ responses to all questions in the survey. Care homes participating in the Family and Friends’ survey achieved a separate Overall Performance Rating and

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four theme scores (mirroring those of the Residents’ survey).

Furze Hill Lodge Care Home achieved scores of 955 for Home Comforts and 942 for Quality of Life, meaning the residents of Furze Hill Lodge highly rate the standard of care they receive for Home Comforts and Quality of Life. Their friends and families rated the standard of care for Choice and Having a Say and Quality of Life with scores of 956 and 951 respectively.

Joan Harrington, Care Home Manager at Furze Hill Lodge Care Home, said: “It’s great that not just our residents, but their families and friends value the care they receive at Furze Hill Lodge Care Home. Most of our scores across the four themes are really positive, which shows that life for our residents is happy and fulfilling and is recognised by their loved ones. While we’re really pleased with our scores, we obviously want to get even better and the survey helps us do that by giving us direct resident and friends and family feedback. Families can also see at a glance which care homes are committed to raising standards and being transparent as they take part in the survey.

Every care home resident, and their family and friends, should be able to speak up about their care and this is what the Your Care Rating survey does – it gives them a voice.”

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All of this year’s results for every care home surveyed are displayed on the Your Care Rating website (www.yourcarerating.org). The website also shows how homes that took part in the survey last year performed. All of this helps families and potential residents who are choosing a care home for a loved one by giving them vital information on what the current residents and their loved ones actually think of each home and the standard of care.

The survey was compiled by leading research company Ipsos MORI with input from the care home operators taking part, plus the National Care Forum and Care England.

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N E I G H B O U R H O O D WAT C H A S S O C I AT I O N

CRIME SURGE here has unfortunately been a significant increase in crimes particularly burglaries reported in the North of the Borough of Reigate & Banstead. The figures below contrast reported crime for the month of December in Tadworth & Walton between 2017 and 2018.

Dec 2018 Dec 2017 All Crime 54 30 Anti-social behaviour 13 8 Bicycle theft 0 0 Burglary 14 5 Criminal damage & arson 2 1 Drugs 1 2 Other crime 1 0 Other theft 3 2 Possession of weapon 0 0 Public order 0 3 Robbery 0 0 Shoplifting 1 0 Theft from person 0 0 Vehicle crime 7 1 Violence & sexual offences 12 8 The Police were pressed strongly at a Borough Community Safety review in January to improve the reporting of local crimes to residents by means of the

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Surrey alerting system called InTheKnow (ITK) and by other methods such as Facebook. They have responded in the last two months by issuing a weekly report highlighting burglary hotspots. You can sign up to receive these email Alerts on the web by searching for InTheKnow and providing the details requested. I use these reports to produce Neighbourhood Watch summaries which I publish in Tadworth & Walton and to some other areas.

Data Privacy You may be aware of new Data Privacy legislation coming into force in late May which requires organisations such as Neighbourhood Watches and Residents Associations to have positive consent from those whose details (such as names and addresses) they hold. If you receive an email or a letter or a request from a road steward asking you to give such consent please do respond to it otherwise you may no longer receive alerts based on police and other inputs warning of criminal activities in your local area.

Mike Fox, Secretary Surrey Neighbourhood Watch Association 01737 350452.

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FREE HEALTH AND WELLBEING he Wellbeing Prescription service, which offers free health and wellbeing support to residents, has just had its contract extended for a further three years. It is now one of the largest signposting services in the country and its team of 14 Wellbeing

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Advisors will see over 4,000 people a year.

The advisors are based in GP surgeries and help residents by identifying their health and wellbeing issues, providing advice and signposting them to local services and activities. The service is jointly run by Reigate & Banstead Borough

LOCA L C O U N C IL N EW S Council, Tandridge District Council, Surrey County Council and East Surrey CCG. The advisors help people with issues such as weight management, fitness, smoking cessation, social isolation and support with depression, anxiety and more.

On Friday 22 June, there will be a Wellbeing Day at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, where residents can drop in for a free Wellbeing MOT with our Wellbeing Advisors, try taster activities and find out more about all the health and wellbeing services on offer in the East Surrey area.

In addition there is Wellbeing Prescription Plus. This is the same service, but offered to high dependency patients, for example people who may already have been diagnosed with diabetes, dementia or arthritis. The Wellbeing Prescription Plus service will visit these patients in their homes to make

sure they are accessing all available services to address their complex needs.

Councillor Ros Mill, Executive Member for Leisure and Wellbeing, at Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, said: “The Wellbeing Prescription service provides a holistic approach enabling our residents to successfully manage their own health and wellbeing to make positive lifestyle changes. Our joined-up approach focused on prevention will reduce the burden on health care providers longer term. Our Health and Wellbeing and Community Development Teams are working with Commissioning Groups, Adult Social Care, Public Health and the voluntary sector to further develop the service to identify vulnerable adults, tackle social isolation and reduce GP referrals.”

To make an appointment with a Wellbeing Advisor, residents should contact their local GP surgery.

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TWOAT SUPPORT IN INDIA WOAT was originally created in the early 1980’s when a number of influential local individuals in Tadworth & Walton became aware of the North/South divide between richer and poorer nations.

They believed that individuals lucky enough to be born in the richer North should not just leave it to their governments to provide aid to the developing world. They decided to raise awareness and money to make a real difference to the lives of poorer communities which had some local link to this area. One of the leaders of this group and eventually the first Chairman of TWOAT was John Allinson.

Sadly John passed away in February. He was a very kind and generous man active as a lay reader in the Good Shepherd and other local good causes as well as TWOAT - he wellmerited the MBE which he was awarded in last year’s Birthday Honours List. John’s widow Deb nominated TWOAT and the Good Shepherd Church to receive donations made in his memory. We were overwhelmed with the response which has so far generated over £2,000 for TWOAT. If you wish to donate in memory of John visit WWW.TWOAT.ORG. We have been discussing with Deb both how to use the money raised in John’s name and how to commemorate him.

John raised many thousands of pounds for TWOAT personally organising and leading sponsored walks. He was aware that his health was failing so led his final 10 mile walk in June of last year. In future we will organise two sponsored walks per year which will be called John Allinson Memorial Walks. This year’s walks will be staged on Friday May 26th and Saturday June 8th. Both will follow the same figure of eight course starting at

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9.30am from The Chequers in Walton passing through Langley Vale to the Headley Tea Rooms and returning to The Chequers for lunch. Walkers will then move south to The Sportsman before returning once again to The Chequers. The figure of eight will enable those who are only able to walk in the morning or afternoon to join or leave the walk at lunch time. The course is designed to visit some of John’s favourite beauty spots and walkers will have opportunities to share their memories of him. See our website for joining details.

We plan to spend the monies raised in two ways: first on continuing our support to St John’s School in The Gambia – the only school for deaf children there. John was personally involved with this project which needs help with expenditure on deaf aids and the transport cost of fetching vulnerable deaf

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children from its wide catchment area.

Secondly we intend to create bursaries to help individual African children to attend school where the State does not provide free education locally. We plan to give the following message to each child that is helped with these “John Allinson Gifts”.

We would like you to know that the money we have sent to help you to attend school comes because a kind and generous man called John Allinson believed that people should help each other. He set up an organisation called TWOAT to raise money in a relatively wealthy part of England to help people in less fortunate communities. John sadly passed away in 2018 but our hope is that you will learn things in school that will enable you also to help other people in future. Thus you could continue the work that John started.

Mike Fox, Chair of TWOAT Tel: 01737 350452 www.twoat.org

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SIR EDWIN LUTYENS INVOLVEMENT WITH WALTON-ON-THE-HILL Robert Ruddell reviews Lutyens involvement with Walton-On-The-Hill from 1906 - 1913, and the early residents who lived in Chussex and The Island ritain’s architectural heritage is one of the nations greatest assets and Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens OM [1869-1944] the foremost architect of his day, gave us some of our most beautiful country houses, public buildings and war memorials. He remodelled Lindisfarne Castle, and converted it into a country residence for Edward Hudson. He subsequently built Castle Drogo and also designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Lutyens was also prolific abroad and designed the Thiepval Arch on the Somme, the Viceroy’s House in New Delhi and the British Embassy in Washington.

Lutyens first commission at WaltonOn-The-Hill was the Dormy House; Deans Lane built in 1906 to accommodate visitors to the Golf Club, followed by Chussex, Nursery Road in 1908 and he then designed an orangery for The Island [originally known as Frogs Island] in Greenways in 1913.

A Dormy House with 16 bedrooms, four bathrooms, a common room, three sitting rooms and a kitchenette, plus quarters for a house steward was erected in close proximity to the Club House for use of Members and their friends. This was a personal enterprise, not a club one. George Allardice [later Lord] Riddell, Sir Alexander Kennedy

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and Edward Hudson, leased it to the club company of which they were directors at £250 a year. Who were Riddell, Kennedy and Hudson? Riddell 40 was the Managing Director of the News of the World and a property developer. Kennedy 58 and recently knighted was an eminent electrical engineer. Hudson or “Huddy” 51 was the proprietor of Country Life and controlled its policy for 35 years.

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houses laid out the famous garden in 1906. Today only the shrubbery at the entrance to the golf club survives, but includes variegated hollies and yew hedge favoured by Jekyll. The main garden to the Dormy House and adjoining walks have been lost and now built over.

After 1927 it became Riddell’s private Walton Heath House, and following his death in 1934, the golf club bought the freehold and re-opened it for business in 1936. By 1939 the building had become a liability, the roof needed retiling, income was low and the room rate was discounted from 10 shillings to 7s 6d. The directors had had enough and made a decision that it would have to be sold. The day that decision was made WWII began and the house was requisitioned, first for wartime use and afterwards by Banstead Council for urgently needed housing accommodation. Not until 1958 was it released, damp, damaged and dilapidated and finally in 1974 Michael

Page Developments of Banstead purchased the freehold and turned the Dormy House into flats.

George Riddell around the time he took over the golf club had begun to acquire land: notably in Deans Lane, in the area that is now Nursery Road, near St Peter’s Church and along Chequers Lane. In 1908 he commissioned Chussex in Nursery Road; designed by Lutyens, and occupied by Herbert Fowler the architect of Walton Heath Golf Club. It is one of the finest examples of its era to be found in this part of Surrey and is built in classic Lutyens style with its fine chimneys and symmetry of elevation. Lutyens, to quote Christopher Hussey of Country Life, “established the mode of domestic architecture for a generation”. The gardens also retain some of their Edwardian features and Gertrude Jekyll may have influenced their design while she was working on the Dormy House.

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by Lutyens [1908] as the original access road to Chussex with a fine avenue of plane trees, which frame the house. The section from Chussex to Glebefield is by Percy Morley Horder [1913] and finally the part from Chussex to Walton Mews is probably by Morley Horder [1916].

The Lutyens part of Nursery road was originally called Walton Road. The extension to Walton Mews was partly built on a nursery - hence the later change of name.

The Island [originally Frog’s Island] in Greenways believed to have been built

by SF Monier Williams in 1908. The Countess of Londesborough owned the house from 1913-c. 1917 when she commissioned Lutyens in 1913 to design an orangery to the east elevation of the house, together with a design for a small formal garden. It is unclear why Lutyens was involved, there may have been a family or business connection or alternatively, as the Londesboroughs had several homes, perhaps Lutyens hoped to work on another more substantial project for them.

Chussex had 3 notable early residents, William Herbert Fowler 19081920, Sir Frederic Howard Hamilton circa 1920, and Sir Hedley Francis Le Bas circa 1922-1926.

WILLIAM HERBERT FOWLER [1856-1940] Born in Tottenham, Fowler first came to prominence as a cricketer playing for Essex, Somerset, and MCC. A tall and powerful man at 6ft 3in and approaching 15 stone, he was a mighty hitter and reputedly once drove a ball over Lords Pavilion.

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In 1890 Herbert married Ethel May Brand; her sister was married to Sir Cosmo Bonsor who played the vital role in establishing Fowlers ultimate career.

His brother in law, proposed to him in 1899 the idea of building a golf course on the heath land at Walton-On-The Hill.

This was to be Fowler’s first design effort and may have been his finest. He spent 2 years between 1902-04 building the course that opened in May 1904, having been seeded the previous summer.

Fowler was described by Bernard Darwin as one of “the most gifted golf course architects” of his time and he went on either alone or in partnership to be credited with work on more than 50 courses including Westward Ho! The Berkshire [red and blue], Royal Lytham

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He was a fine golfer who played for England v Scotland in 1903, 04, 05, and had been a member of various top golf clubs all over the Country including the Royal & Ancient, Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, Princes, Rye, Royal St Georges and Westward Ho! Fowler was Walton Heath’s first secretary until, after 8 years, the pressures of being the managing director, club secretary and a golf course architect grew too heavy.

Herbert had left Somerset in 1902 with his wife Ethel and their daughter Phyllis, and they eventually moved into an 8 bedroom villa in Nursery Road near to the golf club. The house, named Chussex, after the plain on the heath that was the site of the Roman villa, was specially built for them in 1908, designed by the rising young architect Edwin Lutyens who had previously designed the Dormy House by the Golf Club. They lived at Chussex until 1920.

Fowler was a keen gardener, and in the 1930’s the club regularly exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Fowler was an inveterate investor worldwide in real estate and railways, oil, copper and gold and in 1928; Darwin’s “erratic genius” was made bankrupt with liabilities of £6,563 against assets estimated to produce £634, a deficiency of £5,929.

SIR FREDERIC HOWARD HAMILTON [1865-1956] London born, a son of a doctor, educated at Mill Hill School, and Caius College Cambridge. Frederic was a multi-faceted character: Cambridge

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graduate, lawyer, journalist, politician, businessman and political prisoner; a man deeply involved in the intrigues of late-Victorian South Africa.

After reading for the Bar at the Inner Temple, in 1889 he went to South Africa, in his twenties and eventually became the editor of the influential “Johannesburg Star”. The flashpoint came when he met and befriended Cecil Rhodes. The liaison involved Hamilton getting involved in the Jameson Raid affair. He was judged to have been some sort of collaborator, was fined £2,000, and imprisoned. On his release after 4 months, he resigned his editorship and returned to England, where he became largely interested in financial undertakings in South Africa, Australia and elsewhere. He was the former Chairman of the National Liberal Council and was knighted in 1936 for his work for the National Liberals.

Hamilton and his wife bought a house at Colley Hill, Lower Kingswood, which on the outbreak of World War I, became an “open house” for soldiers from all parts of the world, who were encamped on Walton Heath digging trenches.

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first nominated committee. He emerged as a giant in Walton Heath’s history and as a director steered the club through the difficult times of the 30’s and 40’s.

In 1944 he was elected Captain and served from 1944-1953. Hamilton enjoyed bridge and was absorbed with chess.

Hamilton lived in the village at Sturt Priory [originally Homefield House] c.1920 – c.1930, and was connected with Chussex, Nursery Road around 1920. In later years he lived at Russet House, Tadworth, next door to Chinthurst School, which is now a sheltered accommodation complex.

SIR HEDLEY FRANCIS LE BAS [1868-1926] Hedley was born at La Retraite, Samares in Jersey. He was educated at Parlett’s School and on leaving he ran away from home and enlisted in the 15th Hussars. After serving for seven years, he left the Army, and worked in publishing and by 1899 had founded the Caxton Publishing Co. He is most well known for the largely successful advertising campaign for recruiting Kitchener’s Army during World War I. He was a keen sportsman undertaking swimming, golf and football and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Medal for rescuing two ladies in the sea at Frinton-on- Sea in 1911. In 1913 he became MP for Watford. Le Bas was granted a Knighthood in 1916 in recognition of his work and contribution to the war effort. He was a member of the National War Savings Committee and Hon. Organiser of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Fund. In 1923 together with Ernest Holderness he was 28 MAY 2018

responsible for the formation of the Surrey Golf Union and was Hon. Treasurer of the English Golf Union.

Sir Hedley lived in the village at Walton Heath Cottage, Heath Drive c 1918-1922 and Chussex, Nursery Road c 1922-1926 where he died.

THE SECOND EARL AND COUNTESS OF LONDESBOROUGH WILLIAM FRANCIS HENRY DENISON [1864-1917] GRACE ADELAIDE DENISON [FANE] [1860-1933] William and Grace Denison the Second Earl and Countess of Londesborough were landowners owning 53,000 acres Denison who was the President of the MCC in 1910 and was the son of the 1876 President also a William, the First Earl of Londesborough. The Denisons were closely associated with the Scarborough festival, and the Second Earl who was 45 when he took office, was as keen as his father to keep the Festival as a central event in the English cricket season. Denison was not particularly known as a cricketer himself, though his passion for the game is well documented.

They lived in the village and owned a property in Greenways No.4, The Island [originally Frog’s Island]. The Countess commissioned Sir Edwin Lutyens to build the Orangery extension in 1913.

Robert Ruddell BIBLIOGRAPHY PILLEY, PHIL - HEATHER AND HEAVEN WALTON HEATH GOLF CLUB 19032003 METCALFE, DAVID - A SURREY VILLAGE IN ITS HEYDAY 2000 SIR FREDERIC HOWARD HAMILTON [1865-1956]

L I V E AT H O M E

SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE ive at Home was established in 1989

by MHA, a charity providing care homes, housing and support services for older people throughout Britain. Over 60 Live at Home Schemes now operate across the UK. There are currently two in Surrey, Reigate and Redhill Live at Home and Banstead Live at Home.

It isn’t hard to identify the things that help most of us feel content. We want to be able to get around, live securely and have company when we feel like it. Most often these needs can be met while we continue to live in our own home, even as we grow older. That’s what Live at Home Schemes are for: Schemes offer services and support to

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help older people lead independent, active and fulfilled lives and to live securely. The services aim to relieve social isolation, promote health and wellbeing and courage older people to take an active part in the communities in which they live Banstead Live at Home Scheme offers services across Banstead and surrounding areas. We were established in May 2017, our office is based in The Church of the Good Shepherd in Tadworth.

As we become more established these services will grow and we will expand into other areas of Banstead.

If you would like any further information please contact Tracey Baxter, Scheme Manager on 07968 351211.

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THE IHT TIMEBOMB n increasing number of families are being dragged, in many cases unwittingly, into the Inheritance Tax net.

It is predominantly a South East tax with families around the capital paying 50 times the IHT paid by those in the North East, due in most part to the substantial rise in property values over the past 30 years.

We believe there is a great danger many families are walking into an IHT bill which, with the benefit of some planning, could be reduced, enabling you to leave more of your assets according to your wishes, rather than to HMRC! The basic principles of IHT are as follows: • Charged on the value of assets at the date of death in excess of the current threshold of £325,000 per person – effectively £650,000 for a married couple.

• Tax is charged at a rate of 40%.

• Potentially for a husband and wife with combined assets of £1m – this could result in a tax bill of £140,000.

Given a choice, most people would be keen to leave as much as possible to their chosen beneficiaries.

A recent survey by Canada Life highlighted the relatively poor awareness of this potential tax hit, with the following alarming results: • 27% of people likely to pay IHT do not even have a will – if you do not have a will your estate is distributed in accordance with the laws of

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intestacy, unlikely to be what you had planned.

• 70% of adults over the age of 45 with assets in excess of £325,000 were not aware their assets exceeded the threshold.

• 55% of adults over the age of 45 did not know the IHT tax rate.

In one of his last budgets as Chancellor George Osborne did give some further relief, when he introduced a main residence nil rate band which has the potential, given certain criteria, to raise the family limit to £1m from 2020/2021 but this is a complex area.

Having raised the alarm, the good news is that with careful planning there are things you can do to mitigate IHT and hence retain more of your family wealth.

We are offering potential clients a free initial IHT consultation to help identify their current IHT exposure and appropriate strategies and plans to reduce this.

Please call Paul Davies or Paul Dewey on 01372 742323 or email paul.davies@tudorjohn.co.uk or paul.dewey@tudorjohn.co.uk if you feel you could benefit from this free consultation.

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TADWORTH CRICKET CLUB

NEW SEASON BECKONS ith the new season just starting, we look forward to welcoming back members of all age groups to Mill Road and also look forward to welcoming new members to join our small but successful family friendly club.

We have Colts cricket for boys and girls aged 4-6 and 7-13 and we run 3 senior Cricket Teams, two that play league cricket on Saturdays and one that plays competitive but friendly cricket on a Sunday (nearly all home games).

We would welcome new players of all abilities and any social members that may be interested in watching or being

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involved in any of the non-playing components of running a village cricket club.

We would also encourage anyone that is looking for a small space to rent for medium and long term business purposes to contact the Club Chairman, Craig Stevenson. The space in our pavilion would suit a Yoga/Pilates class, an art class or something similar We look forward to seeing you at Tadworth Cricket Club during the 2018 season.

Craig Stevenson, Chairman Tadworth Cricket Club, on behalf of the TCC committee. Tel: 07969 594438.

SCHOOL REPORT

MY FAIR LADY WOWS AUDIENCES he Senior School Production of 'My Fair Lady' involved a demanding script, gruelling rehearsal schedule and complicated song and dance routines but Manor House girls rose to the challenge and performed over three 'sell-out' nights to a packed house.

The Senior School Production is always one of the highlights of the School year at Manor House School, Bookham, It is an event which holds many special memories for both current and past pupils and staff and sees many of them returning to watch the show.

This March, Manor House School embraced the challenge of a demanding script and complicated song and dance routines to perform a more traditional piece

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of Musical Theatre in Lerner and Loewe's 'My Fair Lady'. The script is adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Play and Gabriel Pascal's Motion Picture "Pygmalion" and was performed over three nights to a packed house from Monday 19 March to Wednesday 21 March.

Mrs Teresa Williams, Head of Drama who produced and directed the performance said "The play has only recently become available again for school and amateur groups to perform and the cast rose magnificently to the challenge."

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MY PAINTING ADVENTURE eborah Kreczmer tells us about her experiences and the techniques that have made her an accomplished and sought after artist.

‘I well remember our art block at school,’ she says. ‘Old trodden-down wooden floorboards splattered with the paint of a thousand failed projects. Pots, posters, paints and brushes everywhere.’

Deborah had a great interest in art, but was never fully inspired by the art teacher or the surroundings. ‘I always wanted to paint something completely different and at the time I had a fascination with pattern and design,’ she recalls.

Aged 17, having sent her portfolio to St Martins School Of Art, she was offered an interview - but never went. ‘I don’t know why, I think it was nerves or a lack of confidence,’ she laments.’

Deborah’s life began to move in a different direction; a career and then a family but when her daughter started school she began a City & Guilds art course. ‘I learned a lot, but wanted to progress.’ By jumping into the world of mixed media she added a new excitement and energy to her work.

‘Using acrylics, inks, pastels and collage allowed me to develop, always ready to take on a new challenge or approach,’ she explains.

‘There is a process I will usually follow when planning a painting. It includes sketches, or other source material such as my photos. A composition for a simple still life could be pondered over for hours.

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important role and is essential for the mood I want to create but there is a fine line between planning and being free with my work. I do not want my paintings to be so exact and this is where mixed media will come into play allowing for those happy unexpected surprises.

‘For me it is important to never stop learning. I often attend artist’s workshops and paint on my travels, especially in Cornwall and the Greek Islands. It is always a pleasure when someone buys one of my paintings and truly inspiring,’ she adds.

Deborah will be participating in the Surrey Artist Open studios in June, and as a member of the Tadworth Art group exhibits twice yearly. Other times you are welcome to visit her studio in a lovely garden setting in Chipstead by appointment.

Contact www.deborahkreczmerart.co.uk or Instagram To see Deborah’s latest work visit Tadworth Art Group’s forthcoming summer exhibition (details opposite).

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Ladies in waiting, Mumbai by Deborah Kreczmer.

Sea Spray by Deborah Kreczmer.

Tadworth Art Group Summer Exhibition at Peter Aubertin Hall, Elmore Road, Chipstead Village, CR5 3SG. Fri. 11th May 18.30 - 22.00 Preview evening.

Meet the artists over wine and nibbles.

Sat. 12th May 10.00 - 18.00 Sun. 13th May 10.00 - 17.00 Our gallant band of 35 local artists have been hard at work to produce a whole new and exciting range of over 250 original paintings with something for every taste and every age group.

We have everything from watercolours to oils, acrylics, pastels, collage, charcoal and pencil. There are traditional landscapes and modern townscapes, breathtaking seascapes and atmospheric still life, stunning portraits, gorgeous animals and many more.

We are one of the most prestigious art groups around and we guarantee you won’t be disappointed. You may even find an original piece of art to add a splash of colour in your life. Cash, cheques and credit cards all welcome.

For more details visit www.tadworthartgroup.org.uk

The Dorking Group of Artists – Spring Exhibition 2018 The Dorking Group of Artists will be holding their popular annual Spring Exhibition at Betchworth Village Hall. Exhibiting members, many professionals among them, will be displaying over 250 pieces of new and original art, all for sale at affordable prices.

The paintings will appeal to all tastes with different subjects and styles, and in a wide variety of prices and media. There will be large selection of unframed paintings for sale too. Entrance to the exhibition is free.

The exhibition, at Betchworth Village Hall, Station Road, Betchworth, Surrey RH3 7DF, is open: Sat 5th May – Mon 7th May 10am – 6pm (closes at 4pm on Monday 7th May) The Dorking Group of Artists meets on Tuesday afternoons at Beare Green Village Hall from September through to Easter.

Membership is open to artists of all abilities, from beginner to professional and costs just £25 per calendar year. The activities programme is varied and includes workshops and demonstrations.

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HEAVENLY HOMES We talk to Paul Jones from Castle Conservatories, Surrey and Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier design and build company, about how extending your property with an elegant orangery can enhance your home and we hear about a recent project that Castle undertook for Surrey based residents Mr & Mrs Knight. So, what is an orangery?

rangeries originated in Renaissance Italy in the 17th Century and were originally built to protect precious citrus fruit from the elements in the grand homes of the day. Seen as a symbol of wealth, they became a room for entertaining and the ultimate addition to some of the grandest buildings in Europe.

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The modern orangery is a luxury extension of your natural living space creating home gym, games room or dining area that enhances your home and adds value to your property.

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Working closely with our customers and building relationships is what we really value at Castle, so we asked Mr and Mrs Knight from Epsom in Surrey to share their experience.

About the Project Mr and Mrs Knight commissioned Castle Conservatories to design and build a substantial orangery for their home in Surrey. Their brief was to build an orangery that would seamlessly extend their home from the existing property. The project that Castle designed and built was sympathetic to both the internal layout of the property and great care

was taken to match the external elevation of the existing house. Using the latest roofing technology light floods into the orangery whist the insulating perimeter gives them a room they can use 365 days of the year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We used Castle Conservatories for our beautiful orangery. The C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 3 6

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Gemma & David Knight, Epsom.

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personal service and a great extension to your home. We will carefully advise you of the best options to enhance your property and ensure that we match both the style to your property but also ensure that it meets your expectations in terms of lifestyle enhancement. To really experience Castle Conservatories, why not visit our Showsite, based at Woodcote Green Garden Centre, Wallington, where you can view, first hand, our workmanship and designs.

Paul Jones Castle Conservatories Contact Paul on T: 020 8669 1500 E: Paul@castlecon.com www.castleconservatories.com

www.roofsofesher.co.uk Once a farming community. much that we take for granted in Tadworth is the result of the careful managed evolution of our local heritage. Today Tadworth is what we envisage as a traditional English village. The village shops in their arts and crafts style date back to when the railway was built.

They offer a wide range of individual services ranging from travel agent to greengrocers, butchers, fishmongers and fresh bread bakery. Tadworth has its own selection of fine schools for children of all ages, It has good communications, health facilities and even a bank. Surrounded by the North Downs, the locality retains its late 19th century vintage charm and scale yet offers all the modern services necessary for living in the 21st century. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tadworth the Village on the Downsâ&#x20AC;? looks at aspects of Tadworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development in order to provide insights into how what we have today has been carefully sculpted from the past. The book seeks to cover in particular, aspects of local history that have not been detailed by earlier historians.

In A4 format with more than 50 pages and well-illustrated in colour, copies of the book are available from Bruce Osborne at Tower House, 15 Tower Road, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5QY for ÂŁ10.00. Tel: 01737 213169. Email: b.osborne2@ntlworld.com

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THE CHILDREN’S TRUST

SURREY CYCLE CHALLENGE he Surrey Cycle Challenge, a brand-new event, has been launched by The Children’s Trust. Taking place on Sunday 9 September, the challenge is encouraging cyclists to get on their bikes to raise money for children with brain injury and neurodisability.

Cyclists are given the choice between a 46 or 68 mile route. Both challenges will start and finish at the charity’s specialist centre in Tadworth and promises a picturesque ride through Surrey’s stunning

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countryside, passing areas such as the Low Weald and the North Downs.

Cyclists will be able to look forward to the all-important after party at The Children’s Trust headquarters where they will enjoy a complimentary sports massage, food and music.

Early bird offer, signup before 1 April and pay a £20 entry fee. Usual entry fee £35.

To register or for further information and visit: www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/cycle

SPRING EXHIBITION t is that time of the year when The Friends of Children’s Trust start planning for their Spring Exhibition of Arts fundraising event. This will be our 32nd event and we want to make it bigger and better than ever, raising as much money as we can for The Children’s Trust.

The three-day exhibition will be open from 6pm to 9pm on Friday 27th, from 10am to 5pm on Saturday 28t and from 11am to 3pm on Sunday 29 April. Admission is free.

We are pleased to announce that the exhibition will be opened by Dalton Leong, Chief Executive, The Children's Trust on Friday 27 at 7pm.

This year the exhibition includes a special artistic exhibit in memory of Sir Brian Hill, former Chairman of The Children's Trust. Works of art from local artists will be available for sale,

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including paintings, sculptures and photographs. We are also pleased to showcase a selection of art from our guest artists from Uganda.

Schools competition Our schools competitions always form an important and significant part of the annual Exhibition. This year there is a schools art competition featuring work by six local schools: Epsom Downs Primary, Rosebery, Kingswood Primary, Banstead Preparatory School, Walton on the Hill and Tadworth Primary.

The subject of the school competition is ‘Heroes’. In 2018 we celebrate 100 years since the end of WW1, and remember all our war heroes. 1918 was also the year that brought in the right to vote for women and working men, a second centenary that children will have sought inspiration from.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

MEMORIES OF FRITH PARK FARM erhaps I can add a little information about the early post World War II years on the farm. It was managed by Mr Tee. Whether he and his family were there before the war is unknown and your previous article referred to the estate (see Tadworth & Walton Tribune issue no. 5) being auctioned in 1948 so perhaps they arrived then when we first met them. It was a functioning working farm employing local men - one was Mr Peters from 34 Breech Lane, Lower Kingswood living there with his wife.

The Tees had two children, Audrey and Ken born in the mid 30’s. My brother was a great friend of Kenny’s and helped on the farm. They lost touch when farming presumably ceased with the arrival of D.E.P. (DEP still had their own slot on the Tadworth Sorting Office Frame in the 1980’s) early/mid 50’s and the Tee family moved to a farm in Southampton. Kenny subsequently emigrated to Australia where he still lives.

Audrey married Jack Curd (from a well known Walton family) so they moved to Southampton. Jack’s father had been stockman (cows) at Rookery Farm, Lower Kingswood and Jack’s sister Peggy is still living in Rookery Way. Audrey and Jack are now in the Basingstoke area so it might yet be possible to learn more.

Especially relevant with the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence (1947-2017) was the Maharajah of Baroda who arrived around 1947. Freinds were certain recently that he lived in the

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mansion but owned the most majestic palace on wheels - a huge metallic blue/silver caravan but more opulent. I’ll never forget it!

The other thing that clearly stands out in my memory was where the main path forks - to the left takes you to Headley Cricket Ground. The pasture there had a magnificent sweet chestnut tree, huge/mature with low branches to climb and beautiful large chestnuts. Obviously long since felled, ploughed and lost since I last looked 65 years ago. The only work I ever did on the farm was spud bashing - potatoe picking - when every pair of hands were welcomed.

John Bass, Lower Kingswood

Trees have a vital role to play in every communiity, providing a wide variety of benefitss and improving th he quality of life fo or people who livee, work, learn or speend their leisure tim me there.

The Tree War a den scheme waas launched by thee Tree Council in 1990 1 and it has co-ordin nated it nationally ever since.

The Tadwo a rth & Walton Tree Warden group caame together as a team of like-minded volunteers in 201 16, working togeth her for the good of o trees in our area.

If you would like to join us, or find out more about what we do, please contact c Patricia Brookw wick at p.brookwick@ @btinternet.com or ca c ll 07949 209234 Further inform mation can also be found at: www.treecouncil.org g.uk & www.tadworthwaltonra.co.uk or follow us on Faceb book @tadworthw waltontreewardenss

WHAT’S ON Kingswood, Walton & Tadworth Horticultural Society will be holding their 2018 Shows at the Church Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd, Tadworth, KT20 5AS on Saturday 14th April, 30th June and 25th August from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. Do come along to admire the exhibits.

Why not join the Society? Membership is £4 per member or £7.50 per couple living at the same address. Non-members, £1.00 on the door. Please contact our membership secretary, Chris Betts, at kwthortsoc@btinternet.com Epsom and Ewell Round the Borough Bike Ride This is an off road cycle ride, organised by the Council and building on the success of London 2012 which circles Epsom and Ewell Borough. The ride adjoins neighbouring Mole Valley, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and Reigate and Banstead.

The 20 mile route joins up beautiful spaces across Epsom and Ewell, going through quiet Nature reserves, parks, bridleways and takes in Epsom Downs close to Walton.

This year it is being held on Sunday 13 May starting and ending at Horton Park.

It is a most enjoyable day out, everyone is welcome and can go at their own pace as the route is clearly marked, just needing a mountain or hybrid bike. Minimum age 16.

There is no entry fee but everyone must register in advance by visiting Epsom and Ewell website www.Epsomewell.gov.uk/RBHB If you don’t want to cycle but would be happy to marshal on 13 May there is another form on line asking for Volunteers.

The same route is available for walkers to Hike in September.

Tadworth & Walton Residents’ Association AGM which will include a range of speakers on different topics, will give you further insight into our activities. It will be held in the Breech Lane Community Centre on Thursday 17th May, beginning at 7.30pm Walton-on-the-Hill Forum meeting will be held in Breech Lane Community Centre on Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 at 8.00pm. There is currently have a vacancy for a Treasurer so if anyone is interested please contact info@waltonvillageforum.com

Local visitors to Denbies Vineyard will be aware of the regular art exhibitions held in their first floor gallery. With a high standard it is well visited and offers both professional and amateur artists an attractive venue to display their artwork.

From May 7th until 20th the popular local group Surrey Hills Artists will be celebrating their tenth year together with their newest selection of paintings in all media. Eleven artists will be showing work ranging from abstract to traditional landscape – much of their work inspired by the beautiful Surrey Hills area where they paint and live.

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WHAT’S ON B A N S T E A D A RT S F E S T I VA L D I A R Y O F E V E N T S

Saturday 28 April Banstead Art Group 10am – 3pm The Orchard, High Street, Banstead Young Musicians’ Showcase 7:30pm Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead Monday 30 April Banstead Organ & Keyboard Club Chiho Sunamoto 7:00pm All Saints’ Church Institute, Banstead Tuesday 1 May Lunchtime Concert 1:00pm Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin Thomas Kelly piano All Saints’ Parish Church, Banstead Wednesday 2 May Coach Visit Meet 8:30am Banstead Library Abingdon & River Cruise from Oxford The Gage Players & Banstead U3A 8:00pm Vintage Hitchcock Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead Saturday 5 May May Queen Procession 11:30am Procession starts from United Reform Church Crowning and May Fayre 12:00 noon Crowning in the Orchard, High Street Tim Vine 7:30pm Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead Sunday 6 May Festival Walk Birdwatching at Canons Farm & Banstead Woods Meet at 9:00 at Canons Farm, Canons Lane, Burgh Heath Tuesday 8 May 42 MAY 2018

Lunchtime Concert 1:00pm Duo Dec & Lajdorf All Saints’ Parish Church, Banstead Art in the Garden 8pm – 10pm Banstead Horticultural Society Priory School Bolter’s Lane, Banstead Wednesday 9 May Schools’ Poetry Competition 6:30pm St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School Thursday 10 May Coach Visit Meet 8:30am Banstead Library Abingdon & River Cruise from Oxford Friday 11 May Banstead History Research Group 7:30pm The Banstead Local History Detectives Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead Saturday 12 May Festival Walk Flowers and Butterflies of Park Downs Meet 10:30am at Holly Lane car park, Banstead Woods The Oxford Clerks 7:30pm Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead Sunday 13 May Choral Evensong 6:30pm All Saints’ Parish Church, Banstead Please see the website www.bansteadarts.co.uk from the end of March for full details. Tickets will be on sale from 31st March online at www.bansteadarts.co.uk and at the Banstead Library. Tickets will also be on sale at the door if still available.

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