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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2018 KVCA Contacts Yo u r C h a i r m a n ’s N o t e s In tribute to Sir Brian Hill A g r e a t n i g h t a t “ T h e We e k e n d ” Desert Island Discs - Mary Nicholson News From KADDS Tr a v e l - t r a i n t o M a c h u P i c c h u Writers’ Corner Profile - David Haine Tr a v e l Kingswood Residents Association Thirteen Society S a r a h ’s G a r d e n J o t t i n g s Photograph Kingswood Village WI A n n D o b s o n ’s R e c i p e s N e i g h b o u r h o o d Wa t c h Yo u r L o c a l C h a r i t i e s - T W O AT K i n g s w o o d L a w n Te n n i s C l u b Flower Arrangement Group The Church in Kingswood NSPCC Sarah Lott - Have you hit the ‘life’ story wall? Charities - Charity Action List Advertisers index
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hen I wrote in the June edition of Village Voice urging you to get involved in Kingswood community activities, little did I know that an important aspect of our community was about to come under threat! Then in June we received the proposals from the Boundary Commission to redraw the Ward boundaries for our representation on Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Much to our surprise, they recommended splitting Kingswood in two, using the railway line as the new boundary. Although the Boundary Commission have a difficult job to do we felt they had made a bad misjudgement, especially as one of their objectives is supposed to be to keep coherent communities together. A proposal which placed the majority of Kingswood Village in a different ward from our Village Hall, pub, shops, restaurant and station could hardly be said to do that. The KVCA together with the KRA and our three current Councillors mobilised opinion in the village and I am pleased to say that by the end of July many, many of you had responded and sent your objections to the Boundary Commission, either by signing the online petition which was created by the KRA, or by emailing or writing to the Boundary Commission. The 13th August deadline for submissions has now passed, but let us hope that the views of so many Kingswood community supporters will be listened to and will have the desired effect. Also during August we are having repairs, improvements and re-decoration done at the Village Hall, so when you visit the Hall next you should notice a newly sanded and polished wooden floor, interior re-painting and grab-handles at the front entrance for those who have difficulty with the front step. What will not be so evident to most will be dealing with a rotted window-frame behind a scenery panel, a repair to part of the audio-visual system and repairs to the car park surface. If time and weather have permitted, there will also be a replacement shed at the rear for the storage of KADDS and CADA equipment. All things which will, we hope, continue to make our Village Hall a delightful and well-equipped venue for both regular and one-off users. I would like to thank my colleague Peter Wormald for setting up and overseeing the majority of this improvement programme and also Simon Parnall and Sheila & Simon Peacock for their assistance. Finally, another mention of Brian Hill. You will read elsewhere in this edition that The Children’s Trust at Tadworth Court has launched The Sir Brian Hill Volunteer Programme. Please read all about this important initiative and, I hope, get involved with what has been established in Brian’s memory, either by becoming a volunteer if you have the time, or by supporting it financially. It would be a wonderful way to continue to remember the work for children with brain injury to which Brian was so devoted. I trust that the summer has left you tanned but not burnt and warmed but not parched. And I hope that we can all look forward to an autumn of mellow fruitfulness during which we can enjoy the many activities on offer in our singular village. I Bob Gunn, Chairman KVCA
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IN TRIBUTE TO SIR BRIAN HILL One of Kingswood’s key figures, Sir Brian Hill, was remembered at a dinner in London in June, showcasing The Children’s Trust’s innovative volunteer initiative in his name.
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psychology and education. “My time at The Children’s Trust was probably one of the most important times in my life. The staff were hospitable and loving and the volunteers so amazingly kind and generous with their time.” Dalton Leong, The Children’s Trust’s Chief Executive, pointed out that, among other things achieved under Sir Brian’s chairmanship, the charity’s 25-acre site had been transformed to become the modern, national specialist centre it is today. “The Sir Brian Hill Volunteer Programme will help maintain our high standards of volunteering at The Children’s Trust. Throughout our charity, at all levels, we have amazing volunteers,” he said. “This enhanced volunteer programme will encompass a number of initiatives including an annual celebration, and The Sir Brian Hill Excellence Award to recognise those who have gone above and beyond”. “We are hugely grateful to Lady Hill, her son William and the family for their wonderful support. We couldn’t feel more proud to be able to launch The Sir Brian Hill Volunteer Programme tonight”. If you’re interested in volunteering for The Children’s Trust, visit their website www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/volunteer
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t is a long time since my wife and I laughed so much in a theatre as we did during the Kingswood Amateur Drama and Dance Society’s production of “The Weekend” written by Michael Palin and directed by Colin Edgerton at the Kingswood Village Hall. The direction and the cast were all excellent especially Charlie Crowther-Smith who was hardly ever off stage in a very demanding lead role. Even Pippa, the incontinent dog, played by Bella (trained by Anne Thorn), performed flawlessly, although fortunately not being called upon to demonstrate her particular characteristic live on stage! Margie and I strongly suggest that you make a note in your diaries for the next KADDS production which will be staged at the same venue October 25 – 27. I Mike Fox
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MARY NICHOLSON Mary has lived in Kingswood for many years and is well known to Kingswood residents. She has reached the remarkable age of 97, very nearly 98, and is still going strong. She lives with her dog Rose who was a rescue dog and is now a faithful friend.
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moved to Kingswood from Epsom in 1969. I worked as a physiotherapist taking over a clinic at Pentonville Prison and also worked at a convent school in Epsom. My father was a doctor and a dentist, my mother did the books for him and he played rugby as full back for England. My son Christopher is now 62 and is a published author. I have enjoyed living in the area and been active in the local WI, played golf at Walton Heath, organising the junior section, playing tennis and bridge even now and providing the flower arrangements until recently for St Andrew’s Church. I also helped with reading at a local school. I went to school in Hammersmith, St Paul’s, where the music master was Gustav Holst (known as “Gussie”) followed by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. So my first record would be Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets. I remember coming back from school over Hammersmith Bridge, the fare was 2 pence in old money, and listening to the dance music of the day, Henry Hall and Jack Payne. I then went to Bedford Physical Training College. At the end of the term we put on a dance show to the music of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony which is my next record. The war came and my first job was in
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1941 at Northwood School and we were evacuated to Lord Hereford’s country seat in the Brecons where I taught gymnastics and dancing. I lived over a cow shed, cows below and rats above! The music teacher was Ruth Railton, who went on to found the National Youth Orchestra. My next record is Handel’s Messiah which reminds me of that time. I was called up when I was 21 and served for 4 years in the Army ending up as a captain and working in Brussels with Lord Mancroft making the troops do PE every day. I even played cricket for Western Command. From 1946 to 1949 I worked at Leavesden Training College. A one year course to train mature students as teachers. I then went out to Penang after the war to see my sister who was a doctor in the Colonial Service. I met my husband, Alan, playing golf. I had been playing since the age of 9. We had to marry, because we both won 3 spoons and we had to complete the set of 6. I still have the spoons. Back in England Alan and I got married in 1950. We had 2 children. The Beatles arrived in 1962 so my next record is The Bealtes: She loves you. Alan and I enjoyed Scottish dancing which we took part in in Epsom and then at the Kingswood Tennis Club teaching
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sessions conducted by Audrey Packman. We laughed a lot when it all went wrong so to remind me of those days I would like to have the Scottish tune Marie’s Wedding. I would like to have any carols to remind me of Christmas and of course the best performances are from King’s College Cambridge, so any carol from A Festival of 9 Lessons and Carols. The song Climb every Mountain from The Sound of Music sung by Julie Andrews would inspire me as it has done for years and my final record would be Dvorak’s New World Symphony as it was Alan’s favourite. My luxury if I am allowed is a bed. My book would be any book on philosophy, something really tough to read and to help me survive!
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KADDS PRESENTS
BEYOND A JOKE A hilarious comedy by
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Directed by Georgie Lucas THURSDAY 25TH ² SATURDAY 27th OCTOBER 2018 Kingswood Village Hall at 8pm Tickets: Adults £10 Children £5 Tickets available from Londis, Waterhouse Lane & Kingswood News, Buckland Road or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/KADDS
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ADDs continues to stage fantastic shows. The last show was “The Weekend”, a wonderful comedy written by Michael Palin. This is his only stage play, and was full of anarchic wit. It was directed by Colin Egerton who had really got to the heart of the play. The play had all the hallmarks of Palin's anarchic wit with the main character Stephen Febble, originally played by Richard Wilson of "Victor Meldrew" fame, exhibiting sarcastic wit and paranoia in equal measure, and in our production inhabited wonderfully by Charlie Crowther-Smith. The rest of the cast consisted of his long suffering family and friends, and the uninvited foot specialist who joins the family dinner party. The latter was sufficient to drive Stephen to yet more drink and to finally bare his soul to his hapless wife at 4 o'clock in the morning! The volume of laughter from the audience showed just how much they enjoyed it. The next play is Beyond a Joke by Derek Benfield, which Georgie Lucas is directing aand will be performed in October. It is another very funny play, this time with a twist of being a thriller at the same time. There’s another very strong cast and early rehearsals suggest that it will be another joy to watch. In December there will be carol singing in the Waterhouse Café, and Christmas Crackers will be back. Crackers is a
traditional review, with songs, jokes, sketches and more. If you would like to be involved and do a “turn”, please contact Judy Further ahead, there are already plays lining up for 2019 with a really exciting programme of events. We are always looking for new talent to be involved in future productions – be it, on stage in front of tabs or backstage with costumes, makeup, props etc. If you are interested, or would like to be added to our database to be kept up to date with future performances and events, please get in touch. Wishing you all a pleasant Autumn and we look forward to welcoming you to future productions! I Judy Parnall judy.parnall@me.com, 01737 830888
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TRAIN TO MACHU PICCHU t started when my husband decided to check the spam filter and discovered an email from the travel agency which was organising our trip to South America. Did we want to upgrade our train journey up to Machu Picchu for what seemed a reasonably modest amount? We would have the benefit of a glass domed observation carriage, three course meals plus wine on the way up and down and the deal breaker of an extra half hour in bed on a day that already looked very long. Several weeks later on our arrival in Cusco the travel rep handed us a brightly coloured folder containing amongst other sheets of paper a wad of white printed tickets for our visit to Machu Picchu and talked us though them, tickets for the train up, tickets for the train down, tickets for the bus up, tickets for the bus down and entrance tickets to Machu Picchu. I noticed that the start point of the train journey was different to the destination of the return journey but at the time we were more concerned that we were on the upgraded train with meals and wine included. Later that day a telephone call confirmed that indeed we were and thought no more about it as we had other trips and altitude sickness to deal with before what we hoped would be the highlight of our holiday. The day finally dawned and our pickup was eight o’clock, not the expected eight-thirty. Well no big deal, at this point in the holiday we could cope with most things. The tour rep was there on the dot, checked our passports and tickets and
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ushered us on to the waiting minibus. There was just the two of us, no other passengers. There followed a brief exchange in Spanish between the driver and rep and another examination of our tickets. The starting point of the train journey stated Urumbamba and that was where the driver wanted to take us but the Rep wanted us to go to Ollantaytamba. Eventually we set off through the choking morning traffic of Cusco climbing up through the narrow cobbled potholed streets until we reached the shanty settlements of the outskirts of the city. The driver’s phone rang, he spoke one word, hung up and turned to us with a triumphant look on his face and said, “Urumbamba.” We settled back in our seats and decided to trust our driver. His English was as limited as our Spanish but we managed several entertaining exchanges. As we crossed a bridge over a narrow gorge he informed us, “Bunge jump practice.” Around the corner was a large neat, green area of land. “Cemetery,’ was the laconic comment.
TRAIN TO MACHU Our journey took us to the Sacred Valley which we had done the day before and we were able to pass comments on the various sites we had visited. We were aware that we had missed two sites and as we passed the turning off to them we got the impression that the driver would have taken us on a brief detour to visit them but we were concerned about timings and the possibility of missing our train. Eventually we turned off the dusty road, down a narrow potholed lane and stopped in front of large modern wooden gates marking the entrance to a hotel and spa complex. The guard emerged from his sentry box and approached our driver. An animated conversation ensued and eventually the guard opened the gates. Another triumph for our driver as he informed us that the guard wanted us to get out and walk but he was determined to drive us to our destination which was a further 200 yards ahead. He stopped the bus beside a dusty football pitch and ushered us out and there in front of us was indeed a shuttered wooden ticket office enclosed with a large chain and padlock, a platform complete with benches and a wondrous large, blue shiny train emblazoned with the Peru Rail logo making muted gurgling sounds. “You wait here, Julio he come.” We thanked him profusely and pressed some dollar bills into his hand and wondered over to the platform which was completely deserted and settled on a bench to await the arrival of Julio. It was 9.15, we were supposed to arrive at 10.00 for a 10.30 departure; we hoped Julio would be as entertaining as our friend the driver. After about five minutes
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our driver reappeared, running up from the football pitch. “My friend, Lady, Julio no come, you wait, is good.” He smiled and departed again. By now we were in total laid back South American mode, what will be, will be. At 9.45 a car drew up and four men got out, one wearing a chef’s torque, they acknowledged our presence with a wave and a smile and proceeded to unload the car and carry the contents up the platform. It looked as if we would at least have food. Five minutes later a young couple rounded the corner and walked up to the platform. They wore jeans and layers of t-shirts and jackets and sported the inevitable backpack. Could they be fellow passengers we wondered. Promptly at 10.00 a tall dapper and it has be said attractive young man appeared as if my magic. He was wearing a smart suit with a discrete Peru Rail badge on the lapel. “Would you like to board the train?” He asked. We scrambled to our feet, pulling passports and tickets from our bags. He gave them a cursory glance and ushered us towards the train which was now hissing quietly in the background. “Where are the other passengers?” We asked. “This morning there are only four passengers,” was the reply. “There are three carriages, here the observation and bar carriage, the dining car and of course the kitchen.” It was like our own private Orient Express, all shining brass and gleaming wood, but who we wondered would be murdered? Kingswood Resident, name witheld Part II to be in the December 2018 edition.
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W R I T E R S ’ As this edition of Village Voice covers the period marking the centenary of the end of WW1, I am including a poignant poem that looks back to the end of that terrible conflict. Jill and I heard this sung in a bar in Kerry on a recent trip to Ireland and were very moved by its imagery and its message. If you would like to contribute something that you have written, or something you have read that you think other readers would enjoy, please let me know. I would be delighted to include it in a future edition. Bob Gunn
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THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE Oh how do you do, young Willy McBride? Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside And rest for a while in the warm summer sun? I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done. And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen When you joined the great fallen in 1916. Well I hope you died quick And I hope you died clean, Or Willy McBride, was it slow and obscene. Did they beat the drums slowly? Did they play the fife lowly? Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down? Did the band play The Last Post and chorus? Did the pipes play The Flowers of the Forest? The sun’s shining down on these green fields of France. The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance. The trenches have vanished long under the plough, No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now, But here in this graveyard that's still no man’s land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man's blind indifference to his fellow man, And a whole generation were butchered and damned. And I can't help but wonder, oh Willy McBride, Do all those who lie here know why they died? Did you really believe them when they told you the cause, Did you really believe that this war would end wars? Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame The killing and dying it was all done in vain. Oh Willy McBride it all happened again And again, and again, and again, and again Did they beat the drums slowly? Did they play the fife lowly? Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down? Did the band play The Last Post and chorus? Did the pipes play The Flowers of the Forest? Eric Bogle
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avid has been part of Kingswood and contributed to our community in so many ways since he moved here in 1995 Born in Malmesbury, he spent his childhood in Stroud attending Rodborough Primary School and then attended Marling School from 1948 1956. His talent and potential as an athlete did not go unnoticed and he was soon a recognized as an all round sportsman playing in the school 1st XI for five years and 1st XV for 3 years, and also held the school Victor Ludorum for three
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years. His reflections of those days were happy ones as he excelled in all sports whilst not compromising his academic studies. As Head Boy, he added worthy achievements to his CV in readiness for university life. It was then 1956 and although David had been offered a place at Edinburgh University he chose to do National Service in the RAF for two years, and was based at Boscombe Down on a RAF Handling Squadron, whilst still enjoying his sports career playing rugby for Gloucester prior to moving up to Cambridge to read History at St Catharine’s College, where he used his rugby talent to raise the bar at the University Club intercollege matches and also played six games for the Wasps. He was also welcomed and excelled in cricket, and was in the college teams which won the Athletics Cuppers 1960 and Rugby Cuppers in 1961. It was then, however, time to decide on a career and David embarked on teaching at Merchant Tailors where much to his friends’ amusement he taught English and Divinity to his own form of 13 year olds and History at all ages up to Oxbridge entry. This only lasted two years as he soon realised he did not wish to teach for 40 years. David started courting Angela who
D AV I D H A I N E lived in the same village. He had spotted her from a distance some years before as she sang in the church choir. She was only thirteen years old at the time, which he felt was an unlucky number so he waited patiently until 1 November 1957. For their first date they went to see a film. He says that he always recalled exact day and the film they saw which was The Navy Lark, starring Peggy Mount. Angela said that the only reason he remembered that date was because on that day he also scored the first try for the Gloucester Club. He recalls somewhat maddeningly ‘but I didn’t convert it’! He was nonetheless sure ‘she was the one’ for him. They married and soon the two of them became five. Meanwhile on the work front David joined the civil service and worked for the Inland Revenue from 1963 to 1980, initially posted and trained in Stroud, then in charge of the Bournemouth district, and then to Somerset House in London to which he commuted from their home in Sutton. He told me that of all the qualifications he had gained over the years the exam to become HM Inspector of Taxes was the by far the most difficult. To redress the balance after working as a civil servant, David took a position for Whitbread as Group Tax Manager and Advisor. As he comments it was like jumping the fence - ‘gamekeeper turned poacher!’ He stayed until 1995 when he retired aged 58. Or so he thought but within no time he took on the part time role as Regional Community Affairs
Director for Whitbread, running its community investment programme within the M25 for the next six years. ‘A soft landing after retirement’ he described it. His passion for cricket never waned and he was soon involved in playing locally for Tadworth. David had always been involved in local groups; Round Table for 14 years and the Rotary Club for 39 years. In his retirement role he sponsored ‘grass roots’ cricket in primary schools in conjunction with Surrey CCC, running ‘quickie cricket’ competitions in four boroughs, the winners of each borough were rewarded with an all day competition. It was this connection with Kingwood Primary School that led to him to become becoming a governor of the school for 17 years, and its Chairman for thirteen years. David has also been very involved in and continues to enjoy the ‘Thirteen Society’ in Kingswood as member of the committee. Following Angela‘s death in March 2005 David’s pleasures in life now revolve around his loving and very supportive children and grandchildren. He continues to strive to embrace modern technology with his computer and I-pad and I noted that his daily paper is covered in squiggles and numbers as he works through the Mind Puzzles and Word Wheels each day – that analytical mind and memory still sharp as ever. I Sally Fish
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y the time you to lead to less efficient local government. read this, the I have no doubt that our Councillors consultation would strive to work in a consistent period for the manner for the benefit of the community Boundary Commission wherever possible, but it would certainly proposals for our area will make their working life more complicated already have expired. However I hope that and I would argue that it is simply through the joint efforts of KRA and KVCA pointless and unnecessary to put them in volunteers and the unanimous support of that position in the first place. our Borough Councillors, we have Other residents have expressed managed to alert all residents to the concern that if implemented, the revised situation. Hopefully too, Commission Ladythe Onslow with some of her boundary patients, at would Clandonmean Park that the village of may by now have accepted that the Kingswood could no longer be regarded proposed boundary put forward would as a single community. Let me assure split a long established and active anyone so concerned that nothing is community. This would be directly further from the truth. Whatever the contrary to their declared aim of avoiding decision to be announced in October, day the division of established communities in to day village life will carry on exactly as the course of completing their task. before, for our community is certainly not Some residents may be wondering defined by political boundaries. In fact what all the fuss is about and feel that this what the KRA, the KVCA and our is a rather low priority issue, undeserving Councillors all advocate is rather that the of so much attention. After all would it political boundaries should be defined by really make that much difference if we our community. were to have separate Councillors for I sincerely hope therefore that our different parts of the village? My concern petition which is happily clocking up is that if we found our community divided signatories even as I write, together with into separate wards, addressing any local individual letters of objection submitted by government issues which affected the residents, will achieve the desired result whole village would be inherently more and keep Kingswood as a single difficult. We would be represented by community for local government purposes. Councillors covering separate patches, so We have certainly done all we can to that we would have to make our case to convey this message to councillors from both wards. Furthermore the Boundary they may not necessarily view the issues Commission, but of we raise with them in quite the same way course time alone will or necessarily share the same priorities. tell. I Des Camblin As a result they might favour different (Chairman KRA) solutions and inevitably this must be likely
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or those of you new to Kingswood, the Thirteen Society meets in the Village Hall and hosts an evening series of six illustrated talks, held in the winter months and open to all, either as paid up members or on a “pay at the door”
basis. The name derives from the thirteenth platoon of the Home Guard during WW2 whose members continued to meet after the war as they quite liked each other’s company. The coming season brings a mixture of old favourites as well as new speakers to entertain us on Monday evenings, always the second of the month. We begin in October with Martin Pailthorpe, new to us, who is a tv producer specialising in wildlife and expedition films in remote and challenging locations. Returning to us in November is Caroline Shenton to give us part two of the story of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after it was devastated by the fire she so ably described when last she visited. Another new speaker, Ian Bevan, will bring the spirit of Christmas alive at our December meeting. Ian is a City of London guide and historian but on this occasion he, and his wife, will entertain us with verse and readings selected for their reflection of the festive season. With a glass of wine to drink, instead of our usual coffee and tea, we should all end the evening feeling quite mellow and ready for writing the cards and packing the presents. That’s hopefully enough to whet your appetite for the first half of our programme and we all look forward to welcoming you back after this long hot summer. The full programme will shortly be posted on the Village website. The annual subscription is £16 for 6 talks or £5 per evening at the door. Full programme and further details are available from Adele Hawkins (tel 355653) our Membership Secretary. I Frances Rosbotham, Programme Secretary
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s I write this I have no idea if the hot dry weather, which we had in June and July, will continue into August. Getting used to such weather conditions may mean we have to rethink how we plant our gardens. In the Mediterranean there are lovely gardens but they don’t have the bright colours we are used to and instead of soft green lawns they have spiky, drought resistant “Bermuda grass “ Our parched, yellow lawns will recover once we get a lot of rain and be thankful for the fact that you probably haven’t had to cut your lawn more than a couple of times all summer! Perhaps our love of hanging baskets and bedding displays will wane as we find it increasing hard to keep them watered. Late summer flowering shrubs I have chosen a few quite unusual late summer flowering shrubs, which will withstand both winter cold and summer drought and will give you colour and scent when there is little else in the garden. The first is Itea ilicifolia - an evergreen shrub that produces glamorous pale green “tassels “ in the summer, which are very attractive to bees. Another one is Pileostigia viburnoides – again evergreen and can be used as a climber and has large panicles of scented white flowers in August and September. Another choice might be Olearia haastii – the “daisy Bush “ which has small, dark, shiny evergreen leaves with small white scented flowers. If you don’t want white flowers then why not try one of these purple flowered shrubs, which
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Leycesteria formosa.
free entry for RHS members. If you want to visit a local garden then go to Woodbury Cottage, Colley Lane, Reigate, RH2 9JJ. This garden is open on the 8th, 9th and 11th of September from 1-5. Finally, to see a lovely show of colourful Dahlia go to Dunsborough Park near Ripley, GU23 6AL which is open on the 9th of September from 11.30 til 3.30. You can get homemade teas at both open gardens. Happy Gardening! I Dr Sarah Wilson
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n May our members gathered on the first Friday of the month, local elections having taken possession of the Village Hall on our usual meeting day. Under discussion were the resolutions, one of which would go forward, with our vote, to the National AGM in Cardiff in June. These resolutions show how closely the WI has its finger on the national pulse, for example, one of them was the End Plastic Soup campaign. Anyone who watched Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet was made aware of the deleterious impact on marine life of tiny plastic particles from car tyres and other synthetic materials. However, our vote went to a resolution aimed at breaking down the stigma associated with mental health and this indeed was the one that went on to the national meeting where, with a 98% vote in favour, members recognised the importance of parity and resolved to take action to make it as acceptable to talk about mental health as it is about physical health. Something quite different to engage us in June when Colin Parrish gave us a detailed account of the Cambridge family, Queen Victoria’s colourful cousins. We had to keep our wits about us bearing in mind that George lll and his Oueen, Charlotte, had had 15 children of whom 12 were still alive when in 1817, the young Princess
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Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent, the future George lV, died in childbirth. This threw the long term future of the succession up in the air and a spate of royal marriages and births followed. The Duke of Cambridge as the seventh son, with whose fascinating history and that of his family, our speaker regaled us, was never going to succeed to the throne. As royal cousins, however, the Cambridges were very much at the heart of the royal family. The message of this talk was, “When one is royal, precedence is VERY important.” Our July speaker sent me, and I am sure many of our members home in thoughtful mood. Leonie Wright addressed us on Eating the Wright Way. This busy and dynamic lady , speaking on the birthday of the NHS, gave us some grim statistics, 25% of people are obese, 1 in 3 born before 1960 and 1 in 2 after 1960, are obese; nearly 4 million suffer from Type 2 diabetes. Leonie’s aim is to make the UK a healthier place, not 24th in Europe as it is at present. She emphasised regularity of habits, healthy eating, hydration, recreation, exercise and positive emotions as key to health and wellbeing. To me the most important message of the day was that sugar is our greatest dietary enemy. Believe me, I am trying and I hope my WI colleagues are as well! There was a lot going on this quarter which saw the 100th birthday of the Surrey Federation but I will
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mention only two very special events. The Heathlands Surrey Centenary Tea held in the Banstead Community Hall was packed with members who enjoyed a delightful afternoon with exciting competitions of work to a very high standard – as one would expect of the WI - and the most delicious tea – also as expected. The other event took place at Wisley and was a Surrey Federation Centenary celebration, with three bands providing musical entertainment and a mouth-watering barbecue on offer. The brief for this event was for the Surrey WI’s to create a perfect pollinator to be shown at the Wisley event. Our craft group rose to the challenge, creating a lovely butterfly which they christened Flutterflame. Only last week, Sir David exhorted us to spend time in our
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gardens, counting the numbers and varieties of butterflies which are enjoying a wonderful summer. Reader you cannot but be impressed, is the WI not on the ball, ahead of the curve? If you would like to join us, please do give us a try on the first Thursday of the month at 14.00 in the Kingswood Village Hall. I Nettie Cooper, Press Officer
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eadows of purple and white clover brighten the countryside and tall grasses sway in the gentle breeze. Sprays of rose hips gleam scarlet in the afternoon sunshine and leaves are just beginning to show a tinge of colour. The season is changing and autumn is on its way. In the garden courgettes are growing almost too fast to eat them. Stuffed with tomatoes and crisp bacon lardons, topped with cheese and baked to a burnished gold they taste full of gutsy flavour. Crunchy jacket potatoes will help soak up the delicious juices. Autumn winds tear ripening apples from the trees, a good excuse to turn a few into a cake to enjoy on a last picnic or tea in the garden. I Ann Dobson STUFFED COURGETTES FOR 4 2 medium courgettes 1 small onion, chopped 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 4 ripe tomatoes 50g strong cheddar cheese, grated A handful of breadcrumbs Heat the oven to 200C/gas 6. Halve the courgettes, scoop out the seeds and discard. Place the courgettes in an ovenproof dish which will hold them snuggly. Fry the chopped onion and bacon until beginning to brown. Skin and chop the tomatoes, add to the pan and cook long enough for the juice to evaporate and the sauce to thicken. Now use the sauce to stuff the courgette halves. Sprinkle with plenty of grated cheese and a few breadcrumbs. Bake for 20-30 minutes until the courgettes are tender and the top brown. APPLE CAKE 225g self- raising flour Pinch salt, pinch cinnamon 115g light soft brown sugar 85g sultanas. 3 small apples Rind and juice of half a lemon.115g butter 2 eggs, beaten. Demerara sugar for sprinkling Heat the oven to 160/gas mark 4. Grease and line a deep 18 cm diameter cake tin. Rub the butter into the flour, add the salt and cinnamon. Stir in the soft brown sugar and sultanas followed by the rind and juice. Peel and core two of the apples and cut into smallish chunks. Stir into the mixture, followed by the eggs. Mix well and then turn into the cake tin, levelling out the top. Now peel, core and slice the third apple and arrange it around the top of the cake. Sprinkle with a little demerara sugar to make a crunchy topping and bake in the centre of the oven for 1 hr 30 minutes.
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reviously I have highlighted the reported crime figures for Dec 2017 which totalled 57 including 14 burglaries. I am pleased to say that in the three months reported below the reported crimes total has not exceeded 36 and the highest number of burglaries was 4. In this period the Police have reported successes in catching some suspected active burglars so it is to be hoped that the reduced trend will continue. Here is a brief summary of the local crime information for the past three months:
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he two walks organised to commemorate our Founding Trustee, John Allinson, who sadly passed away in February of this year, attracted a record sixty participants. The sponsorship money raised is expected to be around £2,500. From this we have already sent £700 to a college we support in Tanzania which is run by nuns and teaches practical skills to both boys and girls. This money will enable half-a-dozen children to continue their training at the college for the next two years. These are children whose parents could not otherwise afford the contribution the school needs to meet its costs. We have also allocated other money donated in John’s memory to pay for the schooling of a young girl called Kasonde in Uganda. Some schools can only continue with our help and are very vulnerable to unexpected events. The Mothers’ Union School for younger children in Madagascar, where we are now providing daily school lunches for all thirty pupils, were recently told by the Madagascan Government that they had decided to delay the national exams until August. This was because many schools had been disrupted by a tropical cyclone. Our school had no reserve funding to pay teachers and provide lunches during July and August as they had expected it to be closed for holidays from mid-June. We sent an emergency gift of £500 which covered these unexpected extra costs. We sent £1200 to a school for the children of refugees from Myanmar (Burma) to fund one school lunch per week for each of the 150 pupils. The school has not previously supplied regular lunches so we guaranteed to provide this funding for two years so the school can plan ahead. We really want to provide more
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meals each week as food supplies in the camp have recently been cut back. The cost of providing lunch for one child for one day per week for the whole academic year is about £8 in UK money. If we can reclaim Gift Aid of 25% from our Government on your donation then a gift of just over £6 would fund this. During the last few years we have raised over £3,000 as a result of holiday accommodation being donated by TWOAT supporters to be used by other TWOAT supporters in exchange for a donation to TWOAT. Accommodation donated has included a villa in France, a house near Norwich, a static caravan on an exclusive site in West Wittering and a flat in Poole. If any of you own a holiday property and would be prepared to offer some time please contact us or if you want to become a TWOAT supporter and be eligible for the offers please check out our web site www.TWOAT.org or phone Chair Mike Fox on 01737 350452 The next TWOAT event will be a BBQ organised by Roger Ponsford and his friends in his garden at the end of Meadow Walk in Walton on Saturday Sept 8th. Our Annual Social Meeting, including a dinner and reports on our activities, will be on October 6th in St John’s Hal, Tadworth. Mike Fox
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From left to right: Gillian Wyatt, Lesley Gale, Hannah Rudolfo and Jane Chalkley.
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lunch was devoured by an excellent crowd of players and spectators, enthused by the Pimms provided by our club sponsor Kennedys. And, to highlight the success of the drive for success and inclusion across all sections and age groups in the club, the worthy winners of the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open mens and ladies titles were juniors: James Beaven (13), who outlasted club captain Hefin Bowen in the heat (2-1); and Holly Gale (15) who beat Sophia Clarke (13) in an enthralling match, in which Holly proved too strong but Sophia visibly improved as the match went on. The mens doubles title went also to James Beaven, playing with his comparatively aged father, Neil, who triumphed against Trevor Fannin and Mike Smith in a match of hard hitters. Lesley Gale and Gillian Wyatt beat Jane Chalkley and Hannah Rudolfo in the ladies doubles in a C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 5 2
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close match. Clifford Stretton and Holly Gale beat Ruth Hunt and Trevor Fannin for the mixed doubles title. In the veterans section, the winners were: Nigel Catlow beat the Chairman (retired overheated!) in the mens singles; Julia Kohnert and Ann O’Donnell beat Sue Higham and Brenda Wormald in the ladies doubles in a marathon (2-1); and Peter and Gillian Wyatt beat Paul Hawker and Val Lazarus (2-0). Throughout this spring and summer, the club has continued to make its resurgence in competitive matches against other clubs across the board. In particular the 1st mens team finished the season with a strong win against local rivals Banstead in the final match to gain promotion to Division 1 in the men’s Dorking & Leatherhead league. This is a great achievement, and we have discussed an open bus tour round the locality if they win the top division next year! As for social events, our Family Fun Day on Saturday 16 June from 2-6pm was a huge success. An excellent BBQ was enjoyed by all, and we were magnificently entertained by a steel band made up of teachers from South London schools, who were both charming and extremely talented. It is not often that you see Caribbean jiving and limbo-dancing at the club, enthusiastically led by member Alan Lazarus, but we hope that this will become a regular feature of our summer club day.
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And we look forward to the following upcoming excitements: • Bollywood Night on Saturday 8 September with Indian food and attire, with entertainment provided by Jay Kumar Dance. • Quiz Night on Saturday 22 September with fish and chips, ice-cream, and our general knowledge tested by resident vets chamption and quizmaster Nigel Catlow (who has been instructed not to make it too difficult!) Our ethos is to cater for every member of the household covering all ages and all standards and so the club has a constant buzz about it that we are all enjoying. Thanks to every member and supporter who makes this possible. I Robin Hollington, Chairman Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club, The Glade, Kingswood, KT20 6JJ For further details and contacts, please visit our website www.kingswoodltc.com or follow us on facebook www.facebook.com/kingswoodlawntennisclub
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KINGSWOOD, TADWORTH AND WALTON FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GROUP Held in the Village Hall Waterhouse Lane Kingswood every second Tuesday in the month ur year continues well. We have enjoyed excellent demonstrations, which have been interesting, imaginative and very informative. The raffle winners of the demonstrator’s arrangements have been delighted with their prizes. Our ‘in house’ competitions have continued but we still do not have enough participants. I think we may have to change some of the categories to interest more members. Our Strawberry tea in June was our first social and fund raising event of the year held at the home of the Geddes family in Walton. The weather was perfect, hot but not too hot. The committee and a few friends prepared a sumptuous tea, we held a plant related competition and a raffle. Our funds are now much improved thanks to everyone’s generosity. We do not hold a meeting in the Village Hall in August but hold a social and fund raising summer lunch which is always very popular. This is held at Corner Oak, Glen Close. As we have said before if you are a newcomer to the Kingswood, Walton and Tadworth area and are looking for opportunities to meet people and participate in local activities or maybe someone who has lived locally for years and would like to try something new, please give a thought to your local flower club. If anyone has difficulties in transport to meetings please let me know. I Janet Hill and the Flower Club Committee Janethill5@outlook.com (please note new email) Tel: 01737 832424.
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Tues August 14th 12.30 pm Fund Raising Flower Club Luncheon Venue Corner Oak Glen Close Raffle and Competition
Tues October 9th 7.45 pm ‘The Link is Green’ Robin White Competition Arrangement of Flowers and Twigs
Tuesday December 11th Meeting with Christmas Tea. Starts at 2.00pm ‘Christmas Pleasures’ Phyllis Taylor. Competition: Christmas table decoration
Tues Sept 11th 7.45 pm ‘Autumn Ablaze’ Dennis Van Wanderen Competition Dress Corsage
Tues Nov 13th 7.45 pm ‘Stand Up’ Sophie Beany Competition Leaves and Berries’
2019 Monday January 8th No meeting. Full update in December issue of Village Voice.
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at such occasions. In the coming weeks and months there will be very many opportunities to see inside our historic buildings apart from Sunday mornings. On September 15th and 16th are the Heritage Open Days; Sunday November 11th marks the centenary of the ending of WW1 and there are special services on that day as well as other events in the Village Hall on 10th November. Looking further towards Christmas there will be many other opportunities to come and connect with the life and work of your Parish Church – look for further details on the opposite page advertisement. I hope that you will feel able to come along and I look forward to meeting you. I Rev’d Chris Colton, Priest in charge, Parish of Kingswood
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NSPCC Tennis Day The NSPCC tennis tournament at Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club was played on a glorious sunny day. Lori Kerr, Chairman of Kingswood NSPCC committee thanked Rosie Akerman and Jane Hollington for all their hard work organising the tournament. She also thanked Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club for the use of its tennis courts and wonderful Club House and to Carrie Barden, Caroline Houlding and Pam Maslin whose garden courts were used for the preliminary rounds. Before the finals were played all the players enjoyed a 2 course lunch prepared by the Kingswood NSPCC Committee. The final was played between Kate Cannaway and Joan Mockord, who were beaten in a close match by Pam Maslin and Ann Nicholson. Bob Gunn and Valentin Pusnava were the umpries. ÂŁ1,150 was raised for the NSPCC/Childline for the vulnerable children who so desperately need our support.
A big thank you to Rosie Kingswood NSPCC would like to thank Rosie Akerman (pictured left) for over 20 years support of the NSPCC. She spent some years on the Committee back in the early 1990s and has been running the Annual Tennis Tournament throughout this time. Rosie prepared all the paperwork and persuaded 40 ladies to play in the tournament raising considerable funds the Charity. Everyone has had fun playing in the competition and then enjoying a delicious lunch prepared by the Kingswood NSPCC Committee. This annual event has always been well supported and we are eternally grateful to Rosie for her many years of support. Kingswood Committee presented Rosie with a personal gift as a thank you for all her efforts and the thousands of pounds that she has raised on behalf of the NSPCC, which have gone to help children in Surrey who so desperately need our help through the work of the Charity. C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 6 2
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nstead of writing my usual story about Ruth, I thought I’d share a few tips with you about life story writing. I have several clients at the moment who are writing their own memoirs but are in need of a bit of mentoring support. Have you ever thought of writing yours? Have you hit that ‘Life Story Brick Wall?’ Writing can be tough. There’s nothing more daunting than staring at a blank screen or pristine piece of paper. Where do you start? Will you remember everything correctly? What will people think when they read it? Will your life story be boring? Sometimes, an initial burst of enthusiasm leads to a few carefully written pages that are soon abandoned at the back of a drawer or filed away
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on an old laptop. Often the task seems overwhelming. If you’ve already started writing your life story, the first thing I would say is, well done! Well done for wanting to get your family memories written down. Your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will certainly thank you for it. We live in a modern and hectic digital world, where photos remain on phones and emails and texts are sent instead of precious treasured letters. Capturing social, domestic and family history is really important. It won’t be long
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• I know this sounds obvious but, if you’re writing by hand, try very hard to make your words clear and legible. You don’t want to go to all that effort only to find that your family can’t read it! A few months ago, I ran a series of life story writing workshops in the local area and was so pleased that the attendees found them really helpful. I’ll be holding some more in the autumn, so if you’re interested, then please get in touch with me and I’ll book you in. I now also offer a mentoring service where I can guide and help you through your own life story writing journey. If you’d like some more tips and hints, visit my website and click on the link on the right hand corner on my home page. You can then safely download my ‘Free tips for preserving family memories’. I hope you find this useful. If you want to read more Ruth stories, I also put them up on my website! Website: www.thememorybook.co.uk Email: sarah@thememorybook.co.uk Tel: 01372 373844 Twitter: @thememorybook Facebook: The Memory Book The Memory Book Company – Helping you capture family memories
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CHARITY ACTION LIST Feeling charitable? Or just want to get involved in some interesting local activities? Or both! Here’s what’s coming up in the next 3 months. Saturday 8 September from 12.30pm TWOAT BBQ TWOAT (the Tadworth & Walton Overseas Aid Trust) invite you to their annual BBQ at Kaprifol, 56 Meadow Walk, Walton-on-the-Hill, the home of supporter Roger Ponsford. Licensed Bar. Tickets £12 per person (children under 12 £6) from Mike Fox 01737 350452 or Mike.fox2@NTLWorld.com Saturday 29 September 7pm for a 7.30pm start at Tadworth Court Mansion, Tadworth Street KT20 5RU The Friends Quiz Get your team together and come along to challenge for the prizes or just to enjoy yourselves. All proceeds will benefit the children recovering from brain injury at Tadworth Court. Fish & Chip Supper. Donations bar. Tickets £15 from Bob Gunn bob@gunn.org or www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-the-childrenstrust Saturday 6 October 7.15pm at St John’s Hall, Tadworth TWOAT Annual Social Meeting and Meal Hear how your donations are helping to improve lives in Africa, Asia and Central/South America. Share a delicious meal! No charge (donations only).
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Tuesday 16 October 7.30pm at Tadworth Court Friends of the Children’s Trust Annual General Meeting Support for the work done by the Children’s Trust and the fund-raising efforts of The Friends. Help them to plan events for the coming year. Free of charge. Friday 9 November 6.45pm for 7.30pm at Riddell Hall, Walton KT20 7UA Jive Aces + Aimi Macdonald The Friends of the Children’s Trust present the UK’s No 1 Jive & Swing Band from Britain’s Got Talent! With Guest Star Aimi Macdonald. Tickets £18 from Michael Siggers: 01737 360330 or mj-siggers@sky.com or www.ticketsource.co.uk/friends-of-thechildrens-trust Tuesday 27 November: 5.30pm to 9pm Tadworth Primary School, Heathcote, Tadworth KT20 5RR Craft Fair in aid of the Friends of the Children’s Trust. The Friends of the Children's Trust are hosting their first Craft Fair. Come along and support a fantastic charity and also local businesses in time to buy all your Christmas gifts. Free entry (although donations warmly welcome). Prosecco bar. If there is a local charity event in the period December to February, not otherwise covered in Village Voice, please send brief information to Bob Gunn by 20 October.
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