Cheam Clarion October 2017 by Carnah Events Ltd

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HISTORY ON YOUR DOORSTEP The Clarion aims to keep you informed of all facets of village life in Cheam and engender a greater community spirit n this issue of the Clarion we feature a heritage walk around Cheam (see page 18) which will surprise you with the wide variety of building styles that you’ve probably never noticed before. The walk starts and ends at Whitehall which is very apt because this building is owned by the Council and thanks to funding from the Council and a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund it is being refurbished and due to reopen in 2018 (see page 4). It is a shining example of a joint community project, for whilst the building is owned, maintained and managed by the London Borough of Sutton, through the Museum and Heritage Division, it opens to the public

with the help of The Friends of Whitehall, a voluntary organisation which makes an annual financial contribution towards the cost of the House and has funded numerous purchases within the House as well as supplying willing hands for stewarding, baking cakes, serving teas and maintaining the gardens. Whitehall are looking for volunteers to get involved with the community through heritage - for more information call 020 8770 5670 or e-mail whitehallmuseum@sutton.gov.uk - and help to maintain the rich heritage on your doorstep! Richard Milbourn, Editor Email: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk

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WHITEHALL One of the oldest remaining buildings in Cheam is Whitehall which was built around 1500 and is currently under repair until Summer 2018

Whitehall, Cheam.

hitehall is owned by the council and has been a local museum since 1978. Now thanks to funding from the council and a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund it is being refurbished and due to reopen in 2018. The grant will enable vital repairs to the building to be carried out and a new programme of activities to be launched to encourage more people to use the museum and lear n about their heritage. Inter nal adaptations and two new extensions, including a new lift and stair, will significantly increase access for all into and around the

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building. Built around 1500, Whitehall is a Grade II* listed Tudor house in the heart of Cheam Village. It is owned and managed by the London Borough of Sutton who opened it as a local museum in 1978 following a campaign by the community. Whitehall is currently closed to the public until the summer of 2018 for refurbishment following a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund and with support from the London Borough of Sutton and the Friends of Whitehall. The investment will enable vital

W H ITEH A LL repairs to the building to be carried out and a new programme of activities to be launched to encourage more people to use the museum and lear n about their heritage. Inter nal adaptations and two extensions, including a new lift and stair, will significantly increase access for all into and around the building. Repair work to the building will involve tackling a damp problem and removing some intrusive 20th century fixtures while other original features are restored. Whitehall, Cheam.

What to Expect When Whitehall Reopens There will be a number of exciting projects and themes to celebrate Whitehall. These include: A local history network so that people can lear n, discuss and pool knowledge about their area. A reminiscence project 'The Locals' focusing on the Friends of Whitehall who will be celebrating their 40th anniversary shortly. Displays based on these projects

will be exhibited at the museum. A new schools programme will tie in with a local curriculum exploring local history, environmental awareness and sustainability, comparing the carbon footprint of a Tudor home to a moder n house. Whitehall will have a programme of events and activities for children, families and the local community. OCTOBER 2017 5

ANNUAL AUTUMN SHOW Aimee Blumson from the Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society describes the huge amount of work behind organising the Autumn Show

aturday 9th September was the Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society’s annual Autumn Show. The Summer Show is held 6 weeks earlier. The location of the Show is St Dunstan’s Primary School in Cheam which is a fantastic location as it allows the exhibits to be displayed with lots of space and natural light. Behind the scenes of the Show there is a lot of preparation carried out by a lot of people. There are numerous jobs which need to be done and the society now has a slick operation with everyone

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having their ‘own’ jobs and then helping out the night before and the morning of the Show. Work for each Show starts 2 years in advance with the booking of the venue and reserving judges. Anyone involved with horticultural shows will know that judges have diaries which are as busy as the Queen and they have to be reserved more than a year in advance. The 2 week period prior to the show is when activities increase. Publicity for the show is essential so the publicity officer contacts Radio Jackie, the Guardian and various other forums with

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the details for sharing. The signs for the show are put up around the village and exhibitors start the task of walking round their gardens and allotments and despairing because of the lack of/too much rain, lack of/too much sun, insects, birds, diseases etc. If you spoke to any exhibitors 2 weeks before any shows you’d be thinking that there would be 12 exhibits in total, not the 350+ exhibits which we have. Entries have to be submitted by 4pm on the Thursday before the Show and that’s when the serious business starts. The cards have to be prepared for all the entries, judging sheets produced, debtors lists created and everything cross checked. Some of the high finance starts on the Thursday, the cost of entry is 10p so some of our most prolific exhibitors have to pay a fiver. It’s worth it though as they nearly always make the money back in prize money. First prizes are worth 40p!!! Not necessarily the best way to become a millionaire but the sense of pride when you get a little envelope is very

rewarding. The card writing subcommittee has discovered that the promise of a wine and curry once the work is finished is a very good incentive. Friday night is hall set up night. The school caretaker helps with the carrying of what seems like 100 tables. We have a tried and tested method for laying out the tables so that it works well. Although that doesn’t stop our conversations every time about whether things can be improved. Once all the tables are laid out, they are covered and then tricky task of allocating space for the exhibits is undertaken. It’s only on the Thursday that it’s known how many exhibitors will be joining us. The space allocation duo spend a lot of time giggling but they always get the spacing spot on. All Shows need the support network so whilst the hall is being laid out there are other keen committee members and willing volunteers setting up the sales areas and preparing the refreshment C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 8

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areas ready for receipt of all the lovely cakes! Saturday morning is busy! Exhibits can be staged from 8.30 to 11 so there are lots of comings and goings during that time. Luckily all members of the committee, the willing volunteers and the “willing” volunteers are all on hand to answer questions and make sure everything goes according to plan. At 11am staging is closed and the hall becomes very quiet ready for the very serious role of judging to start. I say serious, the judges are all RHS qualified judges so they know their stuff but there is an element of humour as well. We have 3 judges, one for fruit and vegetables, one for flowers and one for domestic and children’s classes. The summer and autumn shows have different judges. The Autumn judges were Gordon, Alice and Mark. 8 OCTOBER 2017

Gordon who is the National Vegetable Society judge wrote to us following the show to say “I must say how impressed I was with the overall quality, not only with the produce but the friendly and efficient way your club is run.” Alice who is our domestic judge has been a member of the Women’s Institute and various other organisations is also suitably impressed. She doesn’t like doing the wine tasting class as some of the exhibits in the past have made her “a little wobbly”. After all the jam tasting though I doubt she sleeps for a week. Mark is the floral judge, his experience speaks volumes. It’s only fair we give him a little plug at www.gardenersden.co.uk Whilst judges are stewarded by some committee members all the others are Old photograph of the front.

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busy taking photos, preparing refreshments, creating beautiful raffle prizes and generally making everywhere look nice. Once judging is finished and the scores have been independently checked it’s time for a quick cuppa and a sandwich before the show opens at 2pm. This is when the fun starts. Exhibitors all want to see how they’ve done and discuss with the opposition which fertilizer is best for tomatoes or dahlias and other such topics. During the show the “back office” team are busy entering judges scores and working out prize money. They also advise who has won the various trophies and certificates for prize giving. The day starts to draw to a close at

4.30 with prize giving, the raffle and some nice words (or cheeky words depending on who won which prizes). Tidy up time is always another busy time but there are always lots of people who want to lend a hand. It’s a long day with a busy build up period but it’s hugely satisfying and a great day out with the prospect of taking home some beautiful silverware.

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heam Fields Club’s Bowls Finals Days were held on 2nd and 3rd September. An exciting two days of play out on the green, and the culmination of lots of hard practice, saw 2017’s winners crowned. There was a very full match schedule to get through, with play spread out over morning and afternoon sessions on both days. Pictured above, enjoying their moment of glory, are this season’s Ladies’ Pairs Handicap finalists. Thinking about playing bowls? Ask anyone at Cheam Fields Club why they play bowls. You’ll get lots of answers but in general it will be: “because it’s fun”; “I enjoy it”; “it’s both competitive and social.” Games are decided based on skill, tactics and luck (not necessarily in that order). It is a sport for all ages and abilities. You can continue to play into old age whilst making many new friends. Indeed one of the most frequently heard comments from new

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bowlers is: “I wish I’d taken bowls up years ago.” It doesn’t take long to pick up the basics of the game but you can spend years seeking to master it. Give Bowls a try at Cheam Fields Club The 2017 Bowls season is now drawing to a close. But the Cheam Fields team would be delighted to welcome you for a taster session next season. Equipment is provided and an experienced playing member will go through the basics and get you bowling. If you decide to take up the game, it’s not an expensive sport to play. And who knows, you could be a future champion. Interested? Then please get in touch with us at Cheam Fields Club by contacting the Bowls Recruitment Team on 07778 881 267. Or visit the Club website for lots more information: www.cheamfieldsclub.co.uk. We’re at 30 Devon Road, Cheam, Surrey SM2 7PD

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heam Kitchens has just won Sutton in Bloom 2017 best community Garden joint first place with Seers Park, Cheam, Surrey In fact Alyia, the lady that designs the community garden works at Cheam Kitchens has a very famous Great Grandfather, Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel. Gustav was a German botanist and garden designer who was best known for his work at the Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens in Bangalore and for planning the avenues of Bangalore. As well as producing fantastic bathrooms at Cheam Kitchens, Alyia who is his Great Grand daughter, is credited with helping save many trees in Bangalore and is now working in her spare time with Voice of Asian elephants Society and the film Gods in Shackles which is going to be shown at The Royal Geographical Society Kensington on 7th October.

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FRAUD & SCAMS his is the second in a series of articles on frauds and scams, currently the fastest growing area for crimes attempted in the UK. Neighbourhood Watch has an important role to warn people how to avoid these attempts themselves and the things they should watch out for if they have potentially vulnerable friends or relatives. Crimes committed in or around a person’s home often cause the most distress as victims typically feel that their own personal security has been compromised. Criminals will often target the elderly and a sad consequence of this is that victims are significantly more likely to have to move into a care home within months of an incident. Distraction burglaries are an example of theft combined with deception where criminals pretend that they have a legitimate reason for coming to a person’s house such as reading a meter or looking into a gas or water leak. They distract the resident whilst an accomplice effects some form of theft. A robust door safety chain system is to be recommended and admittance denied until adequate credentials have been checked. Another potential scam can be doorstep offers to do work cheaply because the tradesman is already doing something similar in the vicinity. In the event the victim finds that sub-standard work has been done or that they have been inveigled into a contract for expensive work that they do not need. Note that contracts for work entered into in a person’s home normally must have a 14 day cooling off

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period and Trading Standards can provide window stickers telling non-invited traders not to call. Physical intimidation can be involved with the scammers insisting on payment and sometimes marching victims to a cash point or bank. Bank staff are being trained to watch out for situations where a vulnerable person arrives to make a significant cash withdrawal accompanied by another person. If you have a potentially vulnerable relative, as a step before getting Power of Attorney, some banks will agree to set up a Third Party Mandate on a specific account so that you have the ability to monitor transactions to detect any unusual withdrawals. Some banks are now trialling systems whereby online transactions for certain accounts can have an automatic delay built into them. Relatives and neighbours should look for evidence of a series of jobs being done on a property belonging to a vulnerable person that does not appear to need the work. If a successful fraud has been perpetrated on yourself or a relative you should report this to the Police using the non-emergency 101 number or online reporting mechanisms. If you are aware of a failed attempt at a scam this can be reported to Action Fraud, the agency that monitors trends in frauds and assesses the likelihood of a successful prosecution before deciding whether to pass details to local Police or Trading Standards as appropriate. Action Fraud can be contacted online or via 0300 123 2040. Mike Fox, Secretary Surrey Neighbourhood Watch Association 01737 350452.

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CHEAM HERITAGE WALK If you follow this heritage walk around Cheam you will begin to understand why many of the buildings are listed as of historical and architectural interest and why Cheam Village was designated a conservation area in 1970. The walk begins and ends at 1 Malden Road, Whitehall and takes about an hour.

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C H E A M H E R I TA G E WA L K he visitor who takes time to look will discover a rich historical background and a wide variety of building styles in Cheam. Cheam was one of the Saxon settlements which developed along the Thanet sand belt between the chalk downs to the south and the London clay to the north. Early man settled here because water could easily be obtained from wells along this spring-line. Cheam, in a variety of spellings including Cheyham and Keyham, was divided into East and West Cheam manors. The Domesday Survey of 1086 indicates that about 300 people lived in Cheam at that time. Farming and allied activities dominated the local economy for many years. The building of Nonsuch Palace begun by Henry VIII in 1538, and later the presence of Cheam School, must have played an important part in Cheam life. The railway came to Cheam in 1847 and piped water in 1863. In the 1920s and 1930s much of the old village centre was redeveloped and building began on the fields surrounding it. The central part of the walk, excluding the buildings and sites marked with letters (see map opposite), takes approximately one hour and the privacy of residents in houses listed should be respected. The walk begins and ends at Whitehall, 1 Malden Road. Whitehall (1) is a Tudor timber-framed building of around 1500. The timbers of the original structure were infilled with wattle and rye-dough covered with plaster and this may still be seen on the inside. Jetties ran the length of the house at the front and the back, with a chimney at the north end, and a closed porch in front with a room above. The

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porch, now open at the sides, is still a dramatic feature of Whitehall today. Later in the sixteenth century an attic floor, reached by a newel staircase, and a chimney at the south end were inserted. A two-storey rear wing was added in the seventeenth century. The building was covered with weatherboarding during the eighteenth century, when it was the home of the Killick family, who lived there for over two hundred years, and who made alterations and additions including a nineteenth century kitchen/bathroom extension. Whitehall is owned and maintained by the London Borough of Sutton through Sutton Museum and Heritage Service. It is currently closed for refurbishment. For more information: Telephone 0208 770 5670 E-mail: whitehallmuseum@sutton.gov.uk Malden Road Cottages (2) The detached house next to Whitehall, No.3 Malden Road (originally known as ‘Laurel Cottage’ and now called ‘Nonsuch Cottage’), was built in the seventeenth century. The fine door surround and hood may have been added in the eighteenth century when the house was first weather-boarded. At C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 0

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C H E A M H E R I TA G E WA L K Palace. In 1638 the Patronage of Cheam (the right to appoint the rector) was acquired by St. John's College, Oxford, in whose gift it still remains. The building was the home of the Rector of St. Dunstan’s Church until the late 1990s. Now walk back along Malden Road,

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the rear of No.5 there is a concealed underground room which was once probably used for food storage as part of the Whitehall property, as Whitehall owned all the land up to the Rectory boundary.

The Old Rectory.

The Old Rectory (3) The late sixteenth century core of the building was remodelled in the Stuart or Queen Anne period. The south-west corner is timberframed with a covering of mathematical or simulated brick tiles, which were renewed in recent years and are now mellowing to match the brickwork of the rest of the house. Five out of six rectors of Cheam in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries became bishops, because of their connections with the Court and Nonsuch 20 OCTOBER 2017

Broadway Cottages.

past Whitehall until you come to Broadway Cottages (4) This terrace of shops, nearest to Whitehall, is timberframed and weatherboarded and was built in the seventeenth century as dwellings. On the east side of the crossing, on the corner of The Broadway and Park Road, is the site of White Lodge (5). Built in 1740, the square white house was demolished in 1964, to make way for modern buildings. When the land behind the house was cleared following demolition, the remains of a complex of brick-lined vaults was found, dating from the late seventeenth century. On the opposite corner of Malden Road and Park Road stands the Baptist Church (6). The foundation stone was laid on 29 May 1907 by Thomas Wall of Sutton, a local benefactor and creator of the Wall's sausage and ice-cream empire. Another stone laid in 1923 is inscribed to Mrs. C.F. Bethell, of Cheam Park. Further along Malden Road is the site

C H E A M H E R I TA G E WA L K of the West Cheam Manor House (7), which stood between the present Malden Road, Church Road and Park Road, and was demolished in 1796. The site is now occupied by Cheam Library, which was opened in 1962, the design receiving a Civic Trust award. The famous Cheam School, which at one time was known as the Manor House School, may have been housed here before 1719 when it moved to the Tabor Court site (24). The War Memorial, in front of the library, was designed by the architect and local historian, Charles Marshall. The Manor of West Cheam, formerly held by the see of Canterbury, was acquired by Henry VIII on the dissolution of the monasteries. This was granted to John, Lord Lumley by Queen Elizabeth I in 1585. Vaults which had been below the manor house were revealed when building work began on Cheam Library. An octagonal pigeon house remained on the site until 1902. (East Cheam Manor House was in Gander Green Lane.) Until 2009 several nineteenth century workshops (8) survived on the north

The Old Farmhouse.

side of Church Road, now there is only one. On the same side of Church Road, The Old Farmhouse (9) formerly divided, and known as Church Cottages,

St. Dunstan’s Church.

has been restored. This sixteenth century building with later additions was probably used as a house by the priest attached to St. Dunstan's Church before the Reformation made a large family home necessary. The neo-Gothic Lychgate (10) built in 1891 leads to St. Dunstan's Church (11). The parish church was built in 1864 from a design by F E Pownall with a stone exterior and an interior of red and black brick in the French Gothic style. The rose window at the west end contains scenes from the life of St John the Baptist. The glass dates from 1872 and was made by Clayton and Bell. The lancet windows below depict scenes from the life of St. Dunstan, who lived from 909-988 AD. The spire is an important landmark in the village centre. The present church was built to the north of the former Saxon or Norman church which had been altered in the eighteenth century. The chancel of this survives as the Lumley Chapel (12), the oldest building in Cheam. The chapel takes its name from John, Lord Lumley, who for a time C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 2

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owned Nonsuch Palace, and it contains the magnificent alabaster tombs of Lord Lumley and his first and second wives. The filled-in 13th century arch on the south side was a bay which once divided the aisle from the nave. The tombs, together with its fine plaster ceiling and the memorials removed from the old church when it was pulled down, make the Lumley Chapel a treasury of local history. The key to the Chapel is available for a returnable deposit weekday mornings 6 from St. Dunstan’s Parish Office; and during opening hours from Whitehall The narrow pathway to the south of the chapel passes a section of the brick boundary wall of West Cheam Manor House and the chalk block wall which formed part of the stables and outbuildings of the house. Chalk, as well as flint, was once a traditional local building material, sometimes combined with flint as chequer work, but little now remains visible in Cheam. The front of this building was extensively restored in 1986 as the Old Stables (13). To the left, in Springclose Lane, is 22 OCTOBER 2017

Church Farm House.

Church Farm House (14) partly hidden behind a high wall and hedge. It may be seventeenth century in origin, but the building was altered considerably in succeeding centuries. Farmer Hales, who cultivated the extensive lands of Church Farm, lived here, the last farmer to do so. The large road bridge, which carried the bypass over the railway and replaced the original brick bridge which gave access to the farmland, is still known as Hales Bridge. Church Farm Lane, where a row of cottages are marked with their date of completion, 1881, leads to Love Lane, one of the old routes from Sutton to Cheam which went from St. Nicholas’ church along what is now Camden and Western Roads to Love Lane, continued through Park Road (then known as Red Lion Street) down Park Lane (called Pudding Lane in medieval times) through Cheam and Nonsuch Parks to Ewell. Each year, on 15 May, both arms of Park Road become the setting for Cheam Charter Fair. The origins of this Fair are obscure, but are reputed to go back to the time of Henry II, and it C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 4

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Bay Cottage.

of an older building is said, by local tradition, to have been made with timbers and other material from the site of Nonsuch Palace (demolished 168283). The front was later redesigned in the style of Robert Adam. The Cabin is an altered wing of Bay Cottage refaced in yellow brick in the nineteenth century, with a more recent extension on the west side. Turning back into The Broadway, on the east side, past the site of White Lodge (5) stands the Parochial Rooms (19), built to a design by the architect Sir Thomas Graham Jackson on land given by Spencer Wilde of Cheam House. A stone over the door, dated 1869, bears the words "Serve God and be Cheerful". This was the motto of the Revd. John Hacket, Rector of St. Dunstan's from 1624-62). His motto was incorporated into the arms of the former Borough of Sutton and Cheam, and is the motto of Nonsuch High School for Girls. The Parochial Rooms, which were restored a few years ago with a grant from the London Borough of Sutton and the activities of local well-wishers, are administered by Trustees on behalf of the community. Part 2 of the Cheam Heritage Walk will appear in in the next edition.

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bubbly & Canapes, £50 (£100 VIP) Casino money to spend on roulette table, 3 course meal (half bottle of prosecco VIP), disco. We also have Raffle, Auction and Photobooth. Prizes: UK breaks, spa experiences, Chessington Adventure tickets, river cruise with lunch, London theatre tickets, garden furniture, vouchers, meals out and lots more! The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders Autumn Fair on Sunday, 24th September at The Diamond Centre, Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4DT. 11 am until 4 pm. Adults £4 Children £1 Telephone: 020 8643 7764 e-mail: admin@diamondcentre.org.uk Website: ww.diamondcentre.org.uk Our Autumn Fair is The Diamond Centre's biggest fundraising event of the year and features a Novelty Dog Show, Scurry and Fun Agility, Donkey Rides & Petting Farm, Steam Train Rides, Punch & Judy, The Firestone Rock Band, Farrier Display, Diamond Horses Riding Display, Craft Stalls, BBQ, Pimms bar and refreshments. So bring the family and the dog and enjoy a great day helping a very worthwhile local charity. ISS Sutton Education Service, Sensory Impairment service Rock n Roll Bingo on 28th Sept at The Old Bank, 2 High Street, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1HN. 6pm. We are collecting £18000 to buy new equipment for 12 Deaf children in a hearing impaired unit in Sutton. There is rock and roll bingo and a raffle at the pub that night for us.

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