Kingswood Village Voice December 2019

ISSUE 151 • DECEMBER 2019

FEATURING

ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY

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Figures shown are for comparability purposes; only compare fuel consumption and CO2 figures with other vehicles tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real life driving results, which will depend upon a number of factors including the accessories fitted (post-registration), variations in weather, driving styles and vehicle load. There is a new test used for fuel consumption and CO2 figures (known as WLTP). The CO2 figures shown however, are based on a calculation designed to be equivalent to the outgoing (NEDC) test cycle and will be used to calculate vehicle tax on first registration. For more information, please see www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/wltp or consult your retailer. Data correct at 10/19. Figures quoted are for a range of configurations and are subject to change due to ongoing approvals/ changes. Please consult your retailer for further information. Official fuel consumption figures for the Touareg model range in mpg (litres/100km): combined 25.4 (11.1) – 34.4 (8.2). Combined CO2 emissions 173 – 205g/km.

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KVCA

KINGSWOOD VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Registered Charity No. 275187 THE VILLAGE HALL, WATERHOUSE LANE, KINGSWOOD KT20 6EB

Chairman

Bob Gunn Kingsdene, Furze Hill, Kingswood KT20 6EP Tel: 07504 060758 Email: bob@gunn.org Secretary Michael Hannah 1 Lilley Drive, Kingswood KT20 6JA Tel: 01737 830893 Email: mehannah@tiscali.co.uk Treasurer Antony Hawker The Holt, Alcocks Lane, Kingswood KT20 6BB Tel: 01737 358097 Email: KVCA@Palmerston.co.uk Committee Members: Lindsay Cole Tel: 01737 201199 Sally Fish Tel: 01737 832176 James Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 Penny Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 Peter Wormald Tel: 01737 832866 KADDS Judy Parnall Tel: 01737 830888 Hall Bookings Penny Chatfield Tel: 01737 353248 Email: pen.chatfield@btinternet.com (Strictly between 5pm and 8pm, Monday to Friday only) Hall Manager Simon Peacock Mobile: 07376 164050 Life President KADDS Lady Janet Hill The Village Voice Editor Richard Milbourn 64 Sandlands Road, Walton on the Hill, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 7XA Tel: 01737 222307 Email: richard.milbourn@carnah.co.uk qÜÉ= éêáåí= êìå= Ñçê= qÜÉ= sáää~ÖÉ= sçáÅÉ= áë= NIRMM= ÅçéáÉë= ~åÇ= áí= áë= ÇÉäáîÉêÉÇ ÑêÉÉ= íç= ~ää= ÜçìëÉÜçäÇë= ~åÇ= ÄìëáåÉëëÉë= áå= háåÖëïççÇK= qÜÉ= sáää~ÖÉ= sçáÅÉ áë= éìÄäáëÜÉÇ= Ñçìê= íáãÉë= ~= óÉ~êW= j~êÅÜLpÉéíÉãÄÉêLpÉéíÉãÄÉêLaÉÅÉãÄÉê ïáíÜ= Åçéó= Ç~íÉë= çÑ= PNëí= g~åì~êóI= PMíÜ= ^éêáäI= PNëí= gìäó= ~åÇ= PNëí= lÅíçÄÉêK Statements and opinions in The Village Voice, unless expressly written, are not necessarily those of the Kingswood Village Community Association. Material in The Village Voice may not be reproduced in any form without the permission of the Editor.

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CONTENTS ab`bj_bo=OMNV 3

KVCA Contacts

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Anne Dobson’s Recipes

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Your Chairman’s Notes

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Councillors’ Column

Environmental Emergency

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Tadworth TerraCycle

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Writers’ Corner

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Kingswood Village WI

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KADDS Play Review

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Thirteen Society

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News From KADDS

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Featured Charity - British Heart

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Kingswood Residents

Foundation

Association

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Sarah’s Garden Jottings

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Concert Review

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Desert Island Discs - Jane Searle

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Profile –

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Kingswood Lawn Tennis Club

Malcolm Hearn

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Charity Action List

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The Church in Kingswood

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Hall Noticeboard

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Flower Arrangement Group

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Kingswood Photographs

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NSPCC

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K I N G S W O O D V I L L A G E C O M M U N I T Y A S S O C I AT I O N

YOUR CHAIRMAN’S NOTES

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ingswood High Street (aka the parade of shops along Waterhouse Lane) is a buzzy part of the village and there has been quite a bit happening there

this year.

At Kingswood Wines the draw was made to find the winner of the 150th logo competition in the anniversary September edition of Village Voice. From those who correctly counted that there were 31 logos, Kingswood Wines proprietor Kuda Madzivanyika drew Henry Smith’s name from the hat to receive a boxed bottle of Taittinger Champagne.

Congratulations Henry! Kuda then kindly gave runner-up prizes to Angie Peters and Kevin and Pia Chamberlain. Thank you for your sponsorship, Kuda.

Earlier in the year Post Office services were reinstated at Kingswood Village Store and you can now see the full range of what is available in their advertisement in this edition of Village Voice.

Thank you to those residents who emailed letters in favour of a pharmacy in Kingswood Village. Ravi Patel is currently awaiting a response from NHS England. Your views still matter, so please email Ravi Patel on Kingswoodchemist@gmail.com if you would like to add your support.

The Kingswood Arms changed hands during 2019 and is now part of the Fullers chain. New Manager Dave Connell is keen for the pub to be involved in village activities, and of course keen to welcome you in for a drink or a meal.

More recently the Khyber Tandoori is under new management and Mo and Alom would love to tempt you to try the dishes from their new menu at the New Khyber. They are now also offering a free delivery service in

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And the winner is...Henry Smith!

Kingswood and they are keen to talk to local charity supporters about running charity evenings in the restaurant.

Not to be outdone, No 12 Restaurant put on a splendid autumn dinner and ‘fizz’ evening for the NSPCC in November and are very happy to discuss similar events with other groups.

And all three of our excellent village restaurants have agreed to continue participating in the Early Evening Discount Deal when we are putting on plays or concerts at the Village Hall. See the poster on page 15 for details.

At the Kingswood Village Hall Debbie Henderson is now offering her relaxing Pushti Yoga classes on Thursday mornings as well as her popular Tuesday morning session, so do contact her if you would like to find out what yoga could do for you. You can find her details on the Hall Noticeboard on pages 50 and 51 which also give the full range of different activities available at the Hall. Have a look. There could be something there for you or your family.

I am gradually getting more live music events into the Hall and in October our excellent local band Atlantis made a return visit for another sell-out concert, this time in aid of The Friends of the Children’s Trust at Tadworth Court. You can read Sue Camblin’s review of the concert on page 18. I’m delighted that the event raised nearly £2,500 for the life-transforming work

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K I N G S W O O D V I L L A G E C O M M U N I T Y A S S O C I AT I O N which The Children’s Trust does for children with brain injuries.

And there is more live music to come, unless tickets have sold out before you receive this copy of Village Voice. The Kingswood Big Band Legends are coming back after all! These real stars of the British jazz scene will be playing another of their magnificent Monday afternoon concerts on 9 December.

I would like to put on other concerts next year, so if you have any connections with groups that you think might be appreciated in Kingswood, do get it touch with me.

Something else I would like your help with is photographs of Kingswood. Now that we have our new cover design we want to build up a library of pictures showing the different aspects of Kingswood in the different seasons of the year. So please, when you are out and about in the village, take some photos and send them in to our editor Richard Milbourn.

In the September edition I asked for a volunteer who would like to tackle the task of developing a Kingswood response to the Climate Emergency. So far no one from Kingswood has come forward, but I have received an excellent article from a young friend of mine, Ben Tongue, who works in this field.

Please read it and then contact me if you would be willing to discuss how we could take this forward. I don’t think that just carrying on with ‘business as usual’ is an acceptable response, do you? As Ben says in his article, there is hope, but only if we do things differently. Someone who is doing that is Catherine Banks in Tadworth.

Please read her article on page 33 and sign up.

And on that note of hope, I would like to wish everyone in Kingswood a Happy Christmas and a year in 2020 in which you can achieve your goals and help us all to create a better, healthier world.

Bob Gunn, Chairman KVCA

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E N V I RO N M E N TA L E M E RG E N C Y

CAN WE WRITE A NEW STORY OF HOPE? The health of our environment and the future of our planet have become mainstream news. They are no longer topics only of interest to fringe activists and the Green Party. Even Surrey County Council has declared a Climate Emergency.

It is not a party political issue; it affects all of us. What can we – what should we – do about it in Kingswood? A young friend of mine, Ben Tongue, who works in this field, has written the following article which sets the scene.

Is there someone in Kingswood who is willing to pick up Ben’s baton and continue a regular Village Voice article which explores different aspects of what we here could do to write a new story of hope for our precious environment? Please let me know if you are that person. Bob Gunn

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here is now no scientific doubt that manmade damage has been caused to the climate and ecology of our planet.

Rather, scientific models are routinely underestimating the future rate of climate breakdown due to patchy understanding of feedback loops and tipping points.

Up to now global efforts to prevent catastrophic climate and ecological damage have failed. Global carbon emissions are still rising, and species extinction is becoming more rapid. Business as usual is not an option as it will cause the planet’s life support systems to start failing in the coming

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decades, decimating human populations.

Carbon emissions are still rising. Even if all countries hit their current carbon targets it would get us nowhere near what is required in the UN IPCC 1.5 degree report. The UN report is now known to be too optimistic but still requires a halving of global emissions by 2030.

These vast changes are not happening at the scale needed to avoid climate catastrophe.

The window for mitigating runaway climate breakdown has realistically already closed.

Carbon reduction is therefore no longer the primary objective, but now one of the essential levers for successful adaptation and resilience

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E N V I RO N M E N TA L E M E RG E N C Y by limiting the severity of climate breakdown.

The world as a whole is only just starting to wake up to this stark reality, however the current sustainability debate is mainly focussed on mitigation. One reason for this may be the psychological difficulty of accepting climate breakdown and the increased risk of societal collapse.

We are now in the sixth mass extinction, or perhaps the first global extermination – we know we are killing people and still doing it. To make matters even worse fossil fuels have enabled a bloated global population beyond the planet’s natural carrying capacity. This leaves a horrendous Catch 22 around how to provide enough energy, food and water for the world’s population without further worsening our climate.

The primary driver of the climate and ecological crisis is the world’s financial system which ignores many environmental and social costs. This system also locks us into growthdependency to keep the global economy stable, leading to constant rises in resource consumption. As spending increases environmental and social damage increase too.

If the whole world population lived high consumption lifestyles like the UK, we would need 5 planets to support us all.

Global manufacturing industries have an overwhelmingly extractive and linear model leading to huge waste and extreme vulnerability to long term supply resilience. This applies both to organic resources of the food system and non-organic resources of our technical and industrial systems. We extract or produce more than we need, and the waste we throw away afterwards creates more damage.

Climate breakdown is a population health issue too. The world must adapt to create resilient societies that can withstand the health shocks from lack of food and water, disease increases, forced migration and war.

Ben Tongue and Climate Action.

Current discussions about how to adapt to climate change are blinkered, mainly focussed on dealing with extreme weather events in urban settings e.g. heatwaves, floods, droughts, sea level rise. This incremental adaptation misses the key societal level impacts around health and food/water security. There is a dire need to move the agenda onto transformative adaptation which starts to ask the deeper questions around the system-level causes of the disaster we are facing and to seek structural solutions to prevent further damage.

For the first time in recent human history we have on the horizon a constriction in energy and resource availability. Within the narrative of a high consumption lifestyle this feels like a story of less - less flying, less meat, less stuff, less fun. It must now be time to question the narrative - is there a better way?

The world needs a new positive narrative of stable sustainable prosperity to fill the void left by our ingrained 'growth at all costs' model. The new story must be a story of more, but a different sort of ‘more’. A story of community over competition, of co-operation over isolation, of connection to nature over urban living and of fulfilling long term basic human needs over living in this fossil fuel fantasy bubble.

Ben Tongue Who will take up Ben’s challenge and start Kingswood’s chapter in the story of a better, more sustainable future for us all?

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WRITERS’ CORNER I have been sent this powerful and moving poem by Rosie Akerman. Bob Gunn

aç=kçí=aáëíìêÄ Hey there, turn around, I'm not ready to go yet, The notice on the door says "do not disturb".

But here you stand, one hand upon my shoulder, Telling me my time is soon nigh gone.

Do me a favour, take the long way round; Go slowly before you come to my Bus Stop.

I see and delight in precious moments Am lifted up on shoulders high, see Plains and mountains and the glorious sky Here right now!

But the Reaper lurks around the corner .... when?

Before the dappled sun of Spring?

Before the frosts and snows of Winter?

Or before the leaves have fallen?

Hold off, hold off, do not disturb me yet.

Rosie Akerman end Sept 2019

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K A D D S P L AY R E V I E W

SUSPENSE UNTIL THE VERY END Lindsay Cole, with husband Rupert, was at Kingswood Village Hall on 31 October to see KADDS Autumn play. Here is what she had to say – or did she?

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director called Boris, whose ego is matched only by his libido, an ensemble riven with politics and plagued with ineptitude, red herrings thrown carelessly into the dialogue at every opportunity. What can possibly go wrong, who will retain some dignity and will the dreadful performance ever reach a conclusion?

Anyway, back to the play and once again KADDS has staged a marvellous production of this Simon Brett comedy thriller that kept us entertained in suspense until moments before the final curtain. Acted with enthusiasm and wit, this play (Murder at Priorswell Manor) within a ‘play’, seems uncomfortably close to a murder mystery weekend gone horribly wrong; we’ve all been there, where guests imbibe a little too much, forget their lines and eventually give up the will to live – or at least to finish the drunken saga. The one difference is that the leading lady (and Boris’s wife in the real ‘play’ but not in the play) meets her ‘real’ demise on stage, but not in her play – with me so far?

Boris Smolensky (Lars Sawyer) comfortably leads the players (but not in his play unfortunately) through a highly amusing series of hilarious gaffes, wheels within wheels, plots within plots and intrigues within intrigues, where it seems everyone has a past to hide, an affair (or two) to cover up or an addiction to conceal (badly).

Who is the ‘real’ murderer, what is the true motive, is Boris really going to America and how will the Priorswell murder ever be solved now that the ‘real’ cast are playing musical casting couches with their parts? The reluctant Pat (Georgie Lucas) hilariously dons the cook’s apron with a tour de force from RADA, Tim Fermor’s (Geoff Thorn) soprano pistol wielding damaged

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Cast from left: Charlie Crowther-Smith, Laura Worley, Geoff Thorn, Lars Sawyer, Joy Seymour, Sally Moss (seated), Georgie Lucas, Alex Coles.

war hero is superbly awful, Christa D’Amato (Alex Coles) past glories are endlessly recounted to the merciless scorn of her fellow thesps and Harrison Bracewell’s (Charlie Crowther-Smith) alcoholic haze of lost lines and name dropping is finally upstaged and silenced by a cupboard! Clearly the show must go on, but which one – still with me?

We didn’t understand the programme before the show began, confusion reigned amongst the cast(s) and audience, schizophrenia would have been helpful on the night, but we were treated to a wonderful display of bad acting (in the play, not the ‘play’!), which proved that when it is this bad it is very funny. Jill Gunn (Jill Gunn) tried to explain the programme to us, but to no avail.

Still, at least her production was excellent!

Lesley Crowther-Smith’s direction must have been challenging, but came out easily on top with a fine display of organised chaos and comic touch. As ever, the excellent set, costumes, makeup, props, lighting and sound matched the acting talents on display and if you haven’t seen it yet, you’re too late now.

If only Boris had got that job in America sooner...

KADDS next production will be ‘The Snow Queen’ on Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd February 2020, when the play will actually be the ‘play’.

Lindsay Cole (or was it?)

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NEWS FROM KADDS

THE BEST THING ABOUT KADDS IS...

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n thinking about KADDs, I’ve been reflecting on my journey with the group and why I’m involved.

Back in 2012, hearing that my son Matthew enjoyed acting, Sir Brian Hill suggested that we took him along to an audition for the coming production of Sleeping Beauty. We turned up expecting him to be there for a quick read through, not expecting a full workshop. Simon and I tried to sit at the side, but soon were dragged in. Barbara Martin spotted that we both sing and very quickly we were taking part in scenes. Rather to our surprise, not only did we find Matthew being cast as a rat, but Simon and I were both courtiers.

A new hobby was born where I would have a lot of fun.

Since then I have mainly hidden behind the scenes. I try to get props in the right place at the right time for the actors to work smoothly. I’ve learnt how to make a lot of “drinks” – apple juice, flat ginger beer and cold tea all stand in for alcohol.

And I’ve become an expert in finding

furniture and other domestic items to borrow. I’ve found sources for dummy cigarettes, raided charity shops for glasses and discovered all sorts of strange items.

But this is nothing compared to the strange staging which is built by Peter Dell, for whom nothing seems to be too hard – a boat, running water, stairs? And David Ames does wonders with the lights, even having “lit” gas lamps.

But the best thing about KADDs is really the friendship. There is a core of people who take part in many of the plays, but the cast and crew vary from one to another. There is a lot of laughter, even in the tensest part of each production (when the actors first run without scripts) and each production traditionally has a cast and crew curry on a Friday night and we always end with a party.

I really enjoy my time with KADDs and would encourage you to join us. The next play is The Snow Queen, the original story that Disney used for Frozen. It will be great fun for all the family. Put the dates in the diary and we look forward to seeing you there.

Judy Parnall judy.parnall@me.com 01737 830888

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WHY NOT

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT? Coming to a concert or a performance at Kingswood Village Hall?

Why not make a night of it and have an early evening meal at one of the village’s three excellent restaurants?

If you have a ticket for a performance that evening at Kingswood Village Hall, New Khyber Tandoori, No 12 Restaurant and Kingswood Arms will each offer you a 10% discount on your bill for meals starting before 7pm. You will need to ring them to book your table, mention this deal when you book and show your tickets when you ask for the bill.

New Khyber Tandoori No 12 Restaurant Kingswood Arms

01737 352813 01737 351157 01737 354053

As you would expect, this offer is subject to availability and can’t be used in conjunction with any other deal the restaurant may be offering.

SO GO ON!

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT! Bob Gunn Chairman, KVCA

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K I N G S WO O D R E S I D E N T S A S S O C I AT I O N

TRAFFIC LIGHTS CALM TRAFFIC

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hilst the primary focus of the KRA and its working group continues to be the proposed IVG Retirement Village development at the L&G Site, I would like to first refer to other items that may be of interest to Residents.

After the success of the KRA Coffee Morning held on 29 June 2019, we arranged a follow-up Coffee “afternoon” for 9th November at 15:00 in the Village Hall. Residents were invited to attend to meet with KRA Committee members, together with our local Councillors, Simon Parnall, Caroline Neame, Tim Archer and Jeff Harris, who were there to answer your questions.

There have been concerns regarding the installation of traffic lights at the Waterhouse Lane railway bridge crossing. The purpose of this is to permit single lane only instead of twoway traffic, to safeguard the weakened bridgestructure. Having been in operation for some weeks, feedback has largely been positive with Residents generally pleasantly surprised by the smoothness of operation. Many have observed that the lights act as a traffic calming measure making it safer both for pedestrians and vehicles. However concerns have been raised about the risk of accidents at the blind corner on the approach from the Chipstead side. The KRA would welcome your views on whether this should be considered as a more permanent feature. One piece of advice from our Traffic Representative, Mike Gibson, is that, when the light is red, drivers should pull right up to the white line as this will “trigger” the quick change to green.

Given that the clocks have been set back, we are now in the winter season with less daylight hours and colder weather. It would therefore

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be a good idea to be extra vigilant from both a safety and security aspect, particularly with regards to our neighbours’ wellbeing, as well as our own. Also, worth a note is that “flu jabs” are now readily available from health centres and local pharmacies.

Much has happened since our last update on the proposed IVG development of a Retirement Village at the L&G Site, with the formal submission of their Planning Applications (19/01548 and 19/01549) on 26 July 2019. The KRA working group has met a number of times to review the application (over 2500 pages) and discuss the Residents Questionnaire results, so as to prepare the KRA response to Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. After much consideration, the KRA letter was submitted on 10 September and is based on the following: i The R&BBC Planners will address through due process the Greenbelt and Employment issues i The Residents Questionnaire directed our response – the “view of the people” i The support of KRA to IVG’s Planning Application is “conditional” to IVG addressing satisfactorily the matters raised by residents and the working group as documented in the KRA letter i There will be a legally binding agreement endorsed by L&G that prevents any further development of the open land in perpetuity.

KRA L&G Site Working Group will continue to engage with IVG over the next months to represent residents’ concerns and the issues raised in the KRA letter. IVG has been proactive in trying to address such issues and have made some amendments to their plans to improve the position for Residents.

Valerie Evans, KRA Chair

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CONCERT REVIEW

ATLANTIS PLAYED ‘THE SOUND TRACK OF OUR LIVES’

Atlantis plays Kingswood! (Laval, Greg, Lisa, Tony and Chris).

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f you were not present for the Atlantis performance in the Village Hall on October 19th, you missed an excellent evening. This versatile band offers music ranging from the 1950s onwards with equally convincing delivery of Bryan Adams, Elvis and even Frank Sinatra numbers amongst many others.

The senior figure in the five strong band is Tony Martin who claimed that he looks like Freddie Starr and sounds like Tommy Cooper. I did not see a resemblance to Starr but his Tommy Cooper had me half expecting him to start performing magic tricks! As a first half closer, Mr Ron Mills joined the band from the audience to sing the Rod Stewart classic “I am sailing” for a special guest performance.

Lead singer, Lisa Davies delivered a warm and upbeat performance throughout an extensive and varied playlist. Both father and son Tony and Greg are also capable singers as well as guitarists and sang a number of the tracks, whilst lead guitar Laval proved himself well able to cope with the tricky riffs including tracks by guitar legends Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. Drummer Chris Stagg kept the

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whole ensemble together and ‘on the beat’.

Very generously, the whole event was fully sponsored by Inspired Villages Group, meaning that everything earned from ticket sales, together with raffle and bar takings were available to be donated in their entirety to The Friends of the Children’s Trust. This meant that the evening has contributed over £2,400 to the vitally important work done at Tadworth Court for children with brain injury.

The band has a very engaging style and involved the audience from the outset, creating a lively buzz in the room. This was their second visit to Kingswood this year and word seemed to have got around that they were well worth seeing as the hall was absolutely packed. This band certainly knows how to create an atmosphere and soon had feet tapping and lots of audience participation throughout the room, so much so that some people were literally dancing in the aisles.

What better endorsement could there be?

Sue Camblin

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They re back!

The Kingswood Village Community Association proudly present

THE KINGSWOOD BIG BAND LEGENDS playing for you once again at

THE KINGSWOOD VILLAGE HALL Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood KT20 6EB

Monday 9 December 2019 at 2pm Tickets £15 from Kingswood Village Store, Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood from mid October or online from Ticket Source www.ticketsource.co.uk/KADDS Watch their fabulous TV performance on Len Goodman’s Big Band Bonanza at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02f20b6

Then buy your tickets to see and hear them live in the very same hall!

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PROFILE

MALCOLM HEARN - DRESSMAKER TO THE STARS In the September edition of Village Voice we heard how Forest Drive resident Malcolm Hearn got into the Ballroom Dancing world and eventually set up his company Dance Sport International Ltd in Croydon in the year 2000.

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001 was an important year in our development – we managed to capture the services of an ex-competitor of ours, Gerald Schwanzer, who found himself ousted from his own company. Gerald brought with him years of experience in dress making, and suddenly we had access to all the fabrics, laces, fringes and rhinestones that we needed to make more dresses. Now we needed even more space to house thousands of metres of lycra, crepe, georgette etc. Fortunately our neighbours had just moved out… so we were able to expand the premises again.

Not only did we manage to get Gerald’s services but, through his connections, Erin Boag of “Strictly’s” Anton & Erin fame also joined us. Gerald’s previous company had ‘sponsored’ Erin’s dresses and we were delighted when she became our first “Elite” dancer. She has been an absolute pleasure to work with over the years – a true professional in every sense of the word.

When it was announced that the BBC were going to bring back “Come Dancing” I groaned – would the industry have to endure another round of inane commentaries and being told that by day “so and so” was a plumber by trade, and in the evening he would sew on his sequins – it was always a mickey-take and I hated this because competitive dancing is someone’s passion, their hobby, their whole life and every spare moment is spent travelling and training and

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having lessons. A lot of blood sweat and tears goes into ‘making it’ to a certain position, be that at Amateur or Professional levels. So it always upset me when the BBC commentators seemed to belittle the amateurs who took part in the show.

How wrong was I – ‘Strictly’ seems to go from strength to strength. Going back to when it first started, another local company to us were the preferred choice as the dressmakers – HOWEVER, as Erin was contracted to us, she could not wear this other company’s dresses – she had to wear ours!!! What a result for us …..

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PROFILE

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was our first foray into the TV world.

We always ensured Erin’s dresses were special, and week in and week out she looked fantastic. So much so that I think some of the other contestants started to realise that her dresses were always better and, one by one, they defected to us, the first being Lilia Kopyalova. Lilia and her husband Darren Bennet, who both won a series, are now working with us as they head up ‘Dancing with the Stars’ on Irish TV. Vicky Gill joined us in 2002 as our new designer and in 2007 Vicky was asked by the BBC to become the head of wardrobe on the show – so suddenly we were making and tailoring everything from suits, jackets and Latin outfits for the men to the beautiful ballroom and Latin costumes for the ladies.

I am always asked if the celebrities come down for measuring. Whilst this was possible at first, it became a logistical problem as it required us to close off our showroom to our normal customers. Nowadays Vicky sees everyone in advance of the show – she meets the Pros and Celebs in the summer to discuss their wants and needs. With the Pros she focuses on the general fit, skirt lengths, volume, movement and so on. The Celebs are entering the unknown; they need to settle into their new role and Vicky is very aware of how they are feeling and asks what they want to achieve from the ‘Strictly’ experience.

She reassures them and puts them at ease whilst hopefully they all have a bit of fun and games dressing up along the way. Vicky receives all the information from song choices, lighting ideas, set, props etc. from the production team and she works from this basis to create garments that answer the brief whilst keeping the performers at ease and hopefully filling them with confidence to go out and perform.

We have a team of 25+ people in three

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production rooms, 16 machinists, 2 production managers, pattern cutters, fabric cutters, ancillary staff plus 4 who do all the decorative stone work (rhinestones all stuck on by hand). No sequins to be seen! ‘Strictly’ is a mammoth undertaking and can involve creating up to 500 dresses and using up to 3.5 million rhinestones. The launch show alone saw the team clock up 600 man-hours encompassing design, manufacturing, styling embellishment, dressing and studio time. And once a series is over – there’s not much time spare until the ‘Strictly Tour’ starts in January!

Another question I am asked a lot is “What happens to the dresses after the show?”. Well, some are sold immediately, but we also help to dress the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ shows in France, Austria, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Lebanon. So once the BBC have finished with them they are returned to us, cleaned and made good and are rented out again to these countries and eventually, when they come back to us, we try to sell them.

Currently we are making dresses for the British Championships that are held in Blackpool every May. This is the competition every dancer wishes to win – it is to Dancing what Wimbledon is to Tennis.

Then, once this is finished, summer will be upon us and it will be time to think ‘Strictly’ again!

As told to Sally Fish

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THE CHURCH IN KINGSWOOD

PEACE, JOY AND CELEBRATION

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s we gather to celebrate Christmas, another year has passed with many events, public and private, touching our lives and those of the people in our parish in different ways.

Traditionally, we see Christmas as a time of peace and joy, a time to celebrate with family, with friends and loved ones.

I do hope that your Christmas will have something of that peace, joy and celebration. Such joyful celebrations may not be possible for everyone, for whatever reason. If you are such a parishioner, I want to assure you that, as a parish community, we do care and offer you our support.

Maybe the Christmas message this year

is a challenge for all of us to become more involved. It’s not so much a question of giving more; it’s a question of giving more of ourselves. But then, that’s what God was doing when he got involved with us and our world at Christmas. Christmas belongs to believers, to those who believe that Jesus Christ, Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary to reconcile us to one another and to the Father. This is why he came. God will fill us with his peace if there is room in our lives for him.

May you be blessed with peace and joy this Christmas and in the New Year.

Rev’d Chris Colton

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FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GROUP

CHRISTMAS CREATIONS KINGSWOOD, TADWORTH AND WALTON FLOWER ARRANGEMENT GROUP Held in the Village Hall, Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood every 2nd Tuesday in the month. ollowing a busy summer celebrating our Diamond Anniversary with our Strawberry tea and Summer lunch, it was quite relaxing to get back to normal!

We welcomed back Graham King to our September meeting with an aptly named demonstration ‘Mad about Flowers’. Not only is Graham passionate about flowers, he is also passionate about how, and in what, they should be displayed. With a family background in upholstery, Graham was brought up surrounded by textiles and accessories and, as a consequence makes or decorates, all his own containers – these ranged from driftwood and metal stands to a hand crafted picture frame to complement his stunning floral displays.

He shared some gerbera conditioning tips with us (after soaking in 2 inches of fresh water, hang from a cooling rack for straight stems) and how easy it is to dye sisal to match any flower colour.

Our members’ competition to make a small arrangement in a kitchen utensil/container showed a creative use of kilner jars, sieves and a meat grinder!

‘Art for Art’s Sake’ was the theme for our October meeting and Neil Bain delighted us, not only with his floral arrangements but with his accompanying commentary. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Neil fell into the world of flowers and has never looked back. He g~åÉ=eçääáåÖíçå works with flowers,

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teaches floristry, studies flowers and art and still finds time to demonstrate. As well as entertaining us with trivia chincherinchee flowers look like little frogs, condition hydrangeas and ginger by submerging the heads in water for 2 to 3 minutes - Neil reminded us of some of the more interesting common names for flowers – Miss Wilmot’s ghost (eryngium giganteum), love lies bleeding (amaranthus caudatus) and we discovered that Wow roses really do Wow! ‘Backward Glance’ is the title of our November demonstration and we all look forward to ‘Christmas Creations’ on Tuesday 10th December in Kingswood Village Hall at 2:00pm when we will celebrate the festive season with our Christmas tea. Visitors are welcome to all our meetings (cost £5) which are normally held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:45pm. Other than our December meeting (cost £10) you don’t need to contact us in advance – just turn up on the evening. For more information contact either Chris Harris (833726) or `Üêáë=e~êêáë Jane Hollington (354208).

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NSPCC - EVERY CHILD IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR

THE NO HOPERS WIN

Quiz night Nine tables joined together once again in the Kingswood Village Hall to rise to the challenges set by our quiz masters. It was a very closely fought match with only 3 points between the winning team and the two teams that tied for second place. Congratulations must go to the winners “The No Hopers” (pictured above) and to “Barking Mad” and “Malcolm’s Minions” for coming joint second.

Our grateful thanks must go to once again to Richard and Adrienne Lewis for a fun and challenging quiz and thanks also to Seine Rigger for a delicious fish and chip supper.

Our biggest thank you goes to our guests on the evening who helped us raise £1,450 for the NSPCC.

FUTURE EVENTS Quiz Night Saturday 1st February 2020 Kingswood Village Hall 7pm for prompt 7.30 start. Tables of 8. Tickets £20 to include a fish and chip supper.

For more details or to book a table please contact Gill – gill.talpade@gmail.com Annual Kingswood Tennis Day Monday 11th or 18th May 2020 (date to be confirmed in March issue) Matches will be played on three local courts, semis and finals at Kingswood Tennis Club. £25 per player to include a two course lunch and afternoon tea. Please contact Jane – janehollington@btinternet.com for more details or to reserve a place.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and a huge thank you to all our supporters for your continued support helping us raise funds for the NSPCC/Childline.

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ANN DOBSON’S RECIPES

A TASTE OF WINTER

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he last embers of autumn’s fire have died away, bare branches stand stark against leaden skies as the chill wind of winter blows in but the kitchen is warm and full of the delicious scents of cooking.

Comforting split pea and ham soup, made with the stock from boiling the Christmas ham, tastes earthy with a touch of salt, smooth and thick enough to satisfy after a cold winter walk.

The heat of ginger adds a spicy kick to flapjack, giving it an extra quality of warmth, tasting sticky and crunchy at the same time.

and simmer gently for 40-45 minutes until the peas are tender. Mash with a potato masher to make a thick, creamy soup (or blend smooth if you prefer).

Shred the ham and add to the soup.

Heat through and serve.

GINGER FLAPJACK (MAKES 16)

SPLIT PEA AND HAM SOUP FOR 4

200g dried yellow split peas 1.5 litres ham stock 1 small carrot, peeled and diced 1 small onion, chopped A bay leaf About 100g left-over ham or pulled ham hock Rinse the peas in cold water and drain and then put in a pan with the ham stock, carrot and onion. Bring to the boil

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175g butter 60g soft brown sugar 1 piece of preserved ginger, finely chopped 25g golden syrup (or you could use the syrup from the jar of preserved ginger) 1 tablespoon ground ginger (less if using ginger syrup – to taste) 250g oats Heat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Line a 17cm square tin with baking parchment.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar and syrup and heat gently until blended. Mix the ginger with the oats and then stir in. Mix well. Turn into the tin and bake for 20 minutes until just beginning to brown. While still warm mark out into squares. Cool in the tin and then cut into squares to serve with a cup of tea by the fire.

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COUNCILLORS’ COLUMN

RECYCLING

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ou will be pleased to hear that Reigate and Banstead’s rubbish recycling rate has risen to an amazing 54.9%, reducing the amount going to landfill, generating income and reducing costs, and placing us amongst the top ten councils in the whole country. The Council has an ambitious target of 60%, and to achieve that we are expanding collection from flats. Initially, because of practicalities, flats were not included in the scheme - but they are being progressively added.

Also, many residents have very reasonable questions about what can and can’t be recycled and into what bin particular items should be placed. The Council is exploring ways in which this information can be better conveyed and explained. The more we are all aware, the better our overall recycling rate will be.

Development Management After many years of hard work and extensive public consultation, the Borough Council formally adopted its Development Management Plan (DMP) at Full Council on the 26th September, after a Government Planning Inspector found it sound and legally compliant.

The DMP’s adoption follows scrutiny of the plan, including public examination sessions led by the Planning Inspector and various rounds of public consultation over the last three years for which we thank the KRA and all those Kingswood Residents who participated. The final plan includes modifications recommended by the Inspector in her initial findings, which were consulted on earlier this year.

The DMP sets out long-term planning policies (to 2027) to guide what development looks like in each area of the Borough, the standards it should achieve and how the Borough’s character, heritage and environment will be protected. The plan also identifies sites where

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new homes, businesses, shops and facilities could be built, so that we can achieve Government targets.

From our County Councillor - Jeff Harris You might well be aware that, in addition to the planning application for the Legal and General site, there is also one for Fidelity UK in Lower Kingswood. Fidelity’s application seeks to increase the number of car parking spaces to allow for the re-location of staff from their Tunbridge Wells office to Lower Kingswood.

This would mean a potential doubling of staff over the next couple of years!

If this application is approved by the Borough Council I believe there will be considerable impact on local residents. One of the important factors the Borough Council has to take into account is a report from County Highways officers. I’ve seen this report and the Travel Plan for ‘new’ staff and on behalf of residents and Councillors I have robustly challenged them across the board - they are unacceptable in my opinion.

Finally, if you add the proposed M25/A217/J8 works starting in January for a YEAR - again robustly challenged by Councillors - we are in for a year of more traffic and congestion affecting us all. Look for details at www.roadworks.org, or www.surreycc.gov.uk/highways. I will update residents via the KRA as I receive more information.

Simon Parnall, Caroline Neame, Tim Archer and Jeff Harris. Contacts: cllr.parnall@reigate-banstead.gov.uk 01737 830888 cllr.neame@reigate-banstead.gov.uk 07767 782473 cllr.archer@reigate-banstead.gov.uk 07854 175053

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TA D WO RT H T E R R AC YC L E

SINGLE USE PLASTIC RECYCLING TerraCycle is a single use plastic recycling scheme set up by Catherine Banks to remove certain types of plastic from landfill while also raising money for The Alzheimer Society.

Above are some small pictures, to give you an idea of what can be recycled but contributors must refer to the full details to ensure that Tadworth Terracycle do not receive incorrect items.

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atherine Banks has set up Tadworth TerraCycle, a single use plastic recycling scheme which removes certain types of plastic from landfill, that cannot be recycled with Reigate and Banstead refuse collections.

The plastic is shredded in the UK and sold for re purposing into long term plastic items, so its not only saved from landfill but also kept in the UK for which points are received and redeemed to donate money to charities. The main charity beneficiaries are currently The Alzheimer Society and the RSPCA. Most importantly, the whole organisation is run on a voluntary basis.

Catherine Banks said: "TerraCycle offers a range of free programmes that are funded by conscientious companies...to help you collect and recycle your hard-to-recycle waste. There is also a Facebook page called ‘Tadworth & Local Area Recycling Page’ so please like and follow this.”

She continued, “All this work is done on a voluntary basis, I receive no monetary gain

myself, however, I do receive points, which can be turned into a donation for my nominated charities. I also provide feedback on the amount we have kept out of landfill and the amount raised so far.”

Facebook provides much of the information required to allow anyone to recycle acceptable waste. Albums provide the schemes, how to sort, package, where and when a drop off can be made, they also provide photos of acceptable and unacceptable waste for each scheme to guide you.

There are very specific rules to this recycling, so please refer to these albums and if in query, please post an enquiry or send Catherine a private message.

If you do not have Facebook, please email her at TadworthTerracycle@gmail.com and Catherine can give you access to her google drive where all the necessary information can be found. Alternatively, visit www.terracycle.com

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IMPROVING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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he past quarter has seen us informed on

goddess of poisons, the Greeks their poisoned

widely differing topics and our general

chalice which spelled the end for Socrates and by

knowledge benefited accordingly. Lucky

54AD the world saw the first recorded serial killer,

indeed to have three such excellent speakers. Long

Locusta. Moving through the centuries to more

may this winning streak continue

modern times we heard about the 1829

First off was Jo Mabbutt who addressed us on

parliamentary act when Sir Robert Peel and his

“The Thames, Theatre of Pageantry and Pleasure.”

new 1000 strong police force were ready to a man

Herself a member of a London guild she spoke

to fight murderous plots. Plots often for financial

with authority and her talk was jam-packed with

gain, sometimes for love, like Dr Crippen for love

information, covering many centuries, starting with

of his secretary, Ethel. Examples of deadly activities,

the oldest civic procession, the Lord Mayor’s Show.

greedy motives; inheritance, insurance, or politics,

This first took place on the river in the 13th

over the years, brought us right up to the present.

century and continued so until, due the pollution

Surely everyone remembers Alexander Litvinenko,

of the Thames, it became a street procession in the

poisoned with radioactive polonium in 2006 and,

1800’s, always taking place on the first Saturday in

more recently still, the novichok poisonings in

November. Thames pollution led to mention of the

Salisbury.

Great Stink of 1858 and Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s

The topic of our most recent meeting was a real

work on the sewer system of London. Jo told us

stunner, The Crop Circle Mystery. Andy Thomas

that from 1189 the first Lord Mayor occupied his

held us fascinated from the word go. He started by

elevated position for 24 years after which the

saying that “many think it a hoax, made by chaps

custom changed – a new one being chosen each

with garden rollers.” In spite of our inbuilt

year. The Thames has seen much, funeral

scepticism the sheer beauty and complicated

processions like Nelson’s, up from Greenwich to

design of crop circles which appear overnight and

the Abbey and a century and a half later, that of

have been so doing since 1678, when they were

Winston Churchill, from St Paul’s to Waterloo. It has

first noted, had us enthralled. The first photograph

inspired music, most importantly that of Handel,

of a crop circle appeared in 1932 and we saw

Water music for George I and, for George II,

images of many varied and very complicated

Fireworks music. The Thames provided a backdrop

designs in the course of the afternoon. An art

for the pleasure gardens of Vauxhall and Ranelagh

show really and quite inexplicable that such beauty,

and in 1860, a challenge for a ropewalker, Selina

such huge and complicated patterns could appear

Young, from Battersea to Cremorne Gardens.

overnight – like magic or paranormal activity? Not

These are but a few of the fascinating facts to

one nodding head and many many questions

which we were treated and I would require many

afterwards. The talk went on over our delicious tea.

more pages to do justice to Jo Mabbutt’s saga of the Thames.

Our September speaker, Sheila Willis, addressed

All the other interesting items will have to stand over and those that bear the delay will get a mention in the next KVWI

us on Poisonous plots: devious and deadly deeds.

report. Do come and join us on

She started by telling us how many garden plants

the first Thursday of each

are capable of great harm, aquilegia, boxwood,

month in the Kingswood Village

belladonna, and of course varieties of mushroom.

Hall at 14.00.

As long ago as 2500 BC the Sumerians had a

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THIRTEEN SOCIETY

NEW SEASON OF TALKS STARTED

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ur first meeting of the 2019/20 season was held on October 14th when a retired air traffic controller came to speak to us. There was a full house which included many new faces whom we warmly welcome.

We learned that we live under an area of crossing plane routes that is probably the busiest and potentially as dangerous as any on earth. Comforting to hear then that the average age of controllers is quite young.

We cover a variety of topics, so Bee Conservation was next, and is followed by a light-hearted talk about Giles, the cartoonist, on December 9th.

January 13th sees the return of a very good speaker, Martin Pailthorpe who has made films for the BBC with people such as Bear Grylls, visiting extreme places and situations and as you might expect his photography is exceptional. He spent some time re-living the hardships endured and

escapades of the Telemark WW2 resistance fighters in the winter snows of Norway.

Describing this will be part of his lecture.

Surrey Spies follow on February 10th and the end of the season lecture on March 9th is all about Handel.

This season we celebrate our 75th anniversary. The first meeting of the Thirteen Society was on July 20th, 1945, shortly after D Day. We intend to celebrate the occasion in the summer and hope you will join us, details to follow later.

If you are not already a member and would be interested in joining us on Mondays at 8pm in the Village Hall, either as a full member or as an occasional visitor, you might find looking at further details on the Village website helpful, under clubs, where you will also find our full programme.

Frances Rosbotham, Programme Secretary

Christmas Carols at The Waterhouse CafĂŠ Saturday 14th December Members of KADDS (Kingswood Amateur Drama Dance and Song) will be singing Christmas Carols to Waterhouse Cafe customers at 11am for about half an hour.

You are very welcome to join us while enjoying a delicious breakfast.

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y desire to support the British Heart Foundation and all the wonderful things they do started when my father passed away on the 25th December 1999. Losing him was a great loss to me and our family, and grief makes one think differently. So one day a good friend and I decided to make a difference. We decided to attempt the London to Brighton Cycle Ride.

I was not a cyclist. I had a bike, like many of us, tucked away in my garage, which only saw the light of day when we went out with the children for a cycle around our area. But this only ever happened on a good day, as I’m strictly a fair weather cyclist!

We soon realised that a few miles locally was not going to help with a ride of 60 miles with many hills of different degrees and hours of sitting on the saddle; this needed some serious training and so we began. Good job I started with my old steel mountain bike which was extremely heavy and not really something to use for this sort of distance on the road. In a perverse way it helped by making me work harder and built my strength where I needed it.

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advantage you can get and when my friend John was not able to join me one year due to work commitments in Barbados, of all the places to work, he was definitely the lucky one. He kindly lent me his light weight road bike. Wow what a difference! I suddenly found I had renewed strength, more power and way more speed, complete contrast to my heavy mountain bike. Ditchling Beacon here I come!

Now, my children had seen their Dad collect his medal at the finish line every year as the ride always runs on Father’s Day. I think the organisers do this on purpose to remind all the men to look after themselves or they may never see another Father’s Day! My son Lorenzo and my daughter Gina joined me for the first time when they were only 14 years old. I was so proud of them, and

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Anthony and son Lorenzo (14) at the Finish 2010.

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it was fun spending more time training with them and watching them work towards raising money for such a good cause.

Suddenly we found over the years we went from a family of four plus my friends, to a group of 10 or more with more friends and their children joining us.

The fundraising also began to be more competitive between us, with my children collecting from their school friends and my friends and I collecting through our respective places of work.

For two rides I came up with the idea of companies I deal with sponsoring space on my Tee-shirt for the ride – great advertising for them and good monies for the BHF, one teeshirt would give me over £2000 in sponsorship.

We have seen some amazing people who would cycle on Penny farthings, Mono cycles, Chopper bikes, Music bikes, Light show bikes and every conceivable bike you can think of.

Not forgetting the costumes – Superman, Batman, the ladies dressed as Fairies with beautiful wings attached to their backpacks.

Then in 2012 a number of us in our group were entering that special age of 50 so we decided to wear Hawaiian Shirts and registered our group as the Hawaii 5 O’s!

This year, 2019, our group was known as JJ’s Warriors, a tribute to my good friend who started with me at the beginning and managed to complete this year’s run despite the appalling weather conditions, the wettest

I have ever experienced. Just as well that he has a strong heart as he is fighting cancer in both kidneys.

The weather has always been a challenge down to the coast. We have had the whole spectrum of weather on one event. On another it was the hottest day of the year with temperatures over 30 degrees, causing the road to melt. On that run when we passed the finish line at Brighton’s Marine Drive and collected our medals we all promptly ran into the sea! What a great feeling! You could hear the sea sizzle! But on every single event just at the approach of Turners Hill and Ditchling Beacon, you are always praying that you don’t get a puncture or your chain breaks. What spurred us on to get up those hills were the ice creams we would treat ourselves to as we took a welldeserved breather!

When I started back in early 2000 there were only about 10,000 cyclists, every year. Since, the numbers have increased to an incredible figure of nearly 40,000. The logistics in trying to get to the start at Clapham Common has also led to very early starts from home and cycling to Epsom to catch the first train to London. When the timetable was changed the First Train was not early enough to get us there for 7am. So my wife would take us in the car fully loaded with the bikes as close as possible to the start which was not always as close as you would hope, as many roads in London were closed for

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our Bike run. We always ended up riding well in excess of 60 miles adding in the additional distance just to get to the start. The other halves would head to Brighton and have a wonderful day, breakfast by the sea, shopping, luncheon and head to the finish line to cheers us on as we finished.

With the last vestiges of strength we would load our bikes ready for the return journey and then, through the courtesy of a local hotel, we would shower and change ready for our big celebration dinner. Then we would enjoy a few well-earned beers and eat. And boy do we eat!

After that we would begin our journey home, somewhere around midnight leaving late to avoid sitting in traffic for hours as 40,000 bikes and their families all headed home. I would gently nod off in the car safe in the knowledge that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all over until the

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next time. The London to Brighton Bike Ride is such a wonderfully inclusive event, for a very important and worthy cause, The British Heart Foundation.

I wish to extend my sincerest thanks to all those who supported me with their generous donations thus helping me to achieve my 10 cycle rides, and ultimately making it 10 out of 10! Anthony Raffaini

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SARAH’S GARDEN JOTTINGS

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• Something interesting to look at from your windows • Something colourful and/or scented close to the house Firstly, providing something for the birds and insects over the winter is not difficult – as well as regularly providing bird food and some water you can leave logs and dead grasses and perennials as shelter for animals and insects. You can also grow plants , shrubs and trees which have berries in autumn – in November in my garden there are fruits and berries on Pyracantha, Viburnum tinus, holly, Fuchsia, the arum lily – Arum italicum, Iris

foetidissima, Crab apple, Strawberry tree, Cotoneaster , Skimmia japonica and honeysuckle as well as clusters of luscious hips on many roses. As well as producing fruits and berries these are all easy to grow, reliable plants which also have attractive leaves or flowers over the rest of the year.

When looking from your window in autumn or winter you should have a few eye-catching plants in the middle or end of your garden to lighten up the dull days. In autumn it is desirable to have a couple of trees with autumn interest – brightly coloured leaves – red, orange, purple or yellow.

Some of the best, for a medium sized garden, are: Acers (Japanese maples) especially Acer griseum and Acer palmatum ‘Ozakazuki’ Liquidambar styraciflua – the ‘sweet gum tree’ with reliable red colour in autumn Ornamental cherries such as Prunus ‘Shogun’ or ‘Imose’ which have brilliant

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coloured leaves in autumn and lovely spring blossom.

Ginkgo biloba (the ‘maidenhair tree’) which has butter yellow leaves for a least a month in autumn.

Euonymus alatus and Viburnum Mariesii are shrubs with bright red leaves in autumn and lovely shape and colour in spring.

Another striking plant, growing over a pergola or up a tree, is Vitus coignetiae, an ornamental vine with amazing leaves, coloured yellow and purple in autumn.

Near the house you can have a variety of shrubs and plants which will provide colour and or scent right through the winter.

At ground level you can plant Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen coum, Iris unguicularis, Nerine bowdenii, heathers, Erigeron karvinskianus and Sempervivum arachnoideum (the ‘cobweb’ sempervivum) Some shrubs and small trees that will give you flowers long into winter are: • Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ • Arbutus unedo - the ‘strawberry tree ‘ • Hardy Fuchsia such a ‘Mrs Popple’, ‘Riccartoni’ and ‘Hawkshead’

• Skimmia japonica with bright green leaves and red berries and flowers • Abelia grandiflora which has masses of scented pink flowers • Jasminium nudiflorum, the winter jasmine, with star shaped yellow flowers all winter There is little to do over the garden in winter except enjoy the view from your house whilst you wait for the bulbs to emerge in spring!

If you want to go a look at some lovely snowdrop collections in January or February there are three National Trust gardens nearby which have lovely displays – Polesdon Lacey, Winkworth Arboretum and Gatton Park. Before you set off do check their websites in case the snowdrops are not in flower yet.

Enjoy the winter and start to plan your garden for next year – use the many magazines and blogs available to get inspiration.

Happy gardening in 2020.

Sarah

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DESERT ISLAND DISCS

JANE SEARLE Jane Searle, musician, singer, teacher and Leader and Director of the Parish of Kingswood Choir let us know which discs she would choose if cast away on that mythical desert island. Eagle-eyed readers will spot that Jane has chosen 9 tracks rather than the usual 8. However, as she hasn’t chosen a luxury we can let her have her ninth record as that!

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’m not sure how long I’m going to be on this island, and it seems a shame to spoil the initial pleasures afforded by a period of unlooked for solitude by dwelling on a lost past. Since a bit of such moping is probably unavoidable, I’d try to accompany and stir my memories with some of the music, which provides their soundtrack.

My mother had a collection of Frank Sinatra records, and recalls that I used to perform a pretty accurate rendition of ‘ Chicago ’ while I enjoyed playing on my swing, so that would be the first of my choices.

Visiting my grandparents in Headley Hampshire, my first request was to be left alone with my grandfather’s pile of records. My favourite of these was Nat King Cole singing ‘ When I Fall Love ’. No one sings ‘and’ better than Nat! My first classical concert was at the Royal Albert Hall. I was utterly overwhelmed by the beauty and vastness of the building. The concert opened with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony . I’d never heard music so exciting or loud. The short lull before the final burst of sound at the end of the first movement sent me into rapturous applause… the only person in the auditorium to be breaking the silence.

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As teenagers, my brother and I watched ‘Top of the Pops’ every week, choosing a song to buy at the local record shop in Teddington, on Saturday.

Each week, we’d spend our combined pocket money on a single, sometimes arguing, (how did he let me get away with buying Sweet’s ‘Little Willie’?), but never over Alice Cooper or T. Rex! A little later we discovered The (by then disbanded) Beatles, buying every songbook of this band we could to play on our guitars. ‘ Penny Lane ’ would be in my collection for sheer energy, inventiveness and instrumental colour.

Next, we managed to get our mother to agree to our purchasing a worn out old piano from a junk shop by asking her when she was deeply engrossed in something else and uttered an absent minded, ‘yes’, just to put a stop to our intrusion. Its arrival came as an absolute shock, but, she was immensely understanding as she rearranged our home to accommodate it. My parents paid for piano lessons and thus started my formal music education.

I soon discovered the South Bank Concert Halls and discovering singers such as Janet Baker, Felicity Lott and Jessye Norman, decided I wanted to be a singer. Again, my parents paid for lessons. I sang the title role of ‘Savitri’ in Holst’s opera, whilst at Richmond College where I was taught by Bob Chilcott.

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DESERT ISLAND DISCS Janet Baker’s recording of ‘ Savitri ’ would be a must.

I read Music at the University of Surrey and it makes me very happy that I still sing with my professor. I was particularly keen on 20th Century music and Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto is my next record.

Having become a teacher, I met and married Ron. Every Christmas for over 30 years has started with Poulenc’s motet ‘ Hodie Christus natus est ’ and Christmas on the island wouldn’t be Christmas without it. ‘ Pie Jesu ’ from Faure’s Requiem would remind me of our three great loves, our two children and The Parish Choir. Lizzie sang it aged 10 at the Remembrance Service and I received a call from the Headteacher at the school for autistic children Richard attended, telling me he had heard it being beautifully sung by

Richard, all alone in the school hall. Of course, the choir has sung Faure’s Requiem a number of times and it will always remind me of the wonderful friendships we enjoy as a team.

Finally, it’s back to the Royal Albert Hall, where Ron, Lizzie and I took Richard for the relaxed Prom for disabled people. It was a joy to see Richard thrilling to ‘ Jupiter ’ from Holst’s ‘The Planets’.

My chosen book would be the ‘ Complete Poems of John Keats ’ which I’ve loved since I studied them for A level.

Mind you, as I’ve indicated, I find nostalgia almost as uncomfortable as neuralgia, so I may just take nine records I’ve never heard before and create some brand new memories.

Jane Searle

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KINGSWOOD LAWN TENNIS CLUB

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t is a pleasure to report a successful end to the summer season. We have enjoyed the new garden area by the clubhouse. We continue to look to keep up-to-date by improving facilities for members, and we are now thinking about installing a bar in the clubhouse – watch this space!

JUNIORS The Junior Finals were held in beautiful weather on Sunday 15th September. The whole day was very well supported by mums and dads, uncles and aunts, grandparents, friends and siblings.

The tennis was competitive, but not a cross word was said, not a single line call was disputed, and all the players had a wonderful time. In short, it was the most splendid atmosphere. We are hugely indebted to Valentin, our head coach, who organised and ran the event (not easy with the busy diaries of families). Mums and dads and Valentin can be proud of instilling the best spirit of sportsmanship into these kids. And everybody was delighted to hear of Valentin’s recent engagement. It is almost invidious to name the winners, but they were: Boys U16 - Christopher Grainger, Runner Up Nijay Sivarajan.

Girls U16 - Sammy Hartley, Runner Up Ellie Hartley.

U12 - Finn Hartley, Runner Up Anna-Li Flynn.

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Mini Green - Gaby Beaven, Runner Up HannahLouise Fyfer.

Mini Orange - Gaby Beaven, Runner Up HannahLouise Fyfer.

Mini Red - Grace Fyfer, Runner Up Harry Hallet.

Many congratulations to everybody.

Valentin ran his traditional Half-term Junior camp in the week commencing Monday 28th October. As usual, it was very well supported.

The Kennedy Cup (donated by our sponsors, Kennedys) will be presented to the most improved junior at our AGM on 21st November.

The younger kids, together with a lot of friends, had a whale of a time at their Halloween Party on Sunday 27th October in the clubhouse (see photo). Many thanks to Amanda and Joel Wormald for organising and running this event, supported by Sarah and Hefin Bowen.

TEAMS The grown-ups have had their best season ever.

Dorking and Leatherhead League Men’s 1 won Division 1 by half a point on their first appearance in this league – an exceptional achievement. Men’s 2 came second in Division 3 Men’s 3 won their division- so both will gain promotion. The two Mixed Vets teams also did well in their divisions.

Wilson’s Surrey league The Men’s midweek team and the Men’s over 55

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team were far too strong for the opposition and and won all their matches. The Mixed team came second in their division, as did Ladies 1. All these teams will gain promotion going into next year’s summer season.

Chaucer League The Mixed team has again enjoyed some very good games, only losing one match.

SOCIAL EVENTS On the socials side, there was a reprise of the Quiz Night with fish and chips and our most talented home-grown quizmasters Nigel and Janet Catlow on Saturday 22nd September.

Somehow it did not matter who won – everybody had a great time. All that can be said is that members are probably better at tennis than they are at identifying the flags of the countries round the world! And perhaps we will not make it yet a condition of membership the ability to answer the question: who was the

“mare of Flanders”?

And we eagerly look forward to our Christmas bash on Saturday 14th December, with an “Abba” band.

As always, I end with a plug for new members.

We would really like to sign up as many local residents as possible to what is a great local club to belong to. If you are considering joining, please do come and see what the Club has to offer in terms of facilities and friendly faces, or contact kltcmembership@gmail.com. To join or for more information, please go to our web-site at www.kingswoodltc.com, or visit us on facebook at www.facebook.com/ kingswoodlawntennisclub. Go online to join.

Valentin, the club coach, can be contacted on 07919 453206 or his new email address coaching.kingswoodltc @gmail.com Robin Hollington, Chairman

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WHO LIKES CHRISTMAS CAROLS? Feeling charitable? Or just want to get involved in some interesting local activities? Or both! Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming up in the next 3 months.. Bob Gunn Tuesday 10 December 6.30pm at Christchurch URC, Walton St, Waltonon-the-Hill TWOAT â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sing Carolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TWOAT (the Tadworth & Walton Overseas Aid Trust) invites you to join them and the Walton Primary School choir for a seasonal service and celebration. Further details from Mike Fox 01737 350452 or Mike.fox2@NTLWorld.com

Friday 20 December Starting at 6pm Meet at the gates of St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, Waltonon-the-Hill TWOAT Street Carol Singing Fancy adding your voice to the TWOAT songsters who will be continuing the festive tradition of singing carols door-to-door â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or at least streetto-street and pub-to-pub â&#x20AC;&#x201C; around Walton. All voices welcome, however rusty or rarely used!

Offers of mince pies and mulled wine guaranteed. Further details from Mike Fox 01737 350452 or Mike.fox2@NTLWorld.com

If there is a local charity event in the period March, April, May, not otherwise covered in Village Voice, which you would like to bring to the attention of our readers, please send brief information to Bob Gunn before the next copy date.

Wednesday 11 December 7.30pm Holy Trinity Church, 5 Trinity Churchyard, Guildford, GU1 3RR. The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trust Christmas Concert Join The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trust for an evening of glorious classical Christmas music hosted by BBC presenter Nicholas Owen with London Soprano, Joanne McGahon, and St Catherine's School Major Choir. Tickets from ÂŁ20 from www.thechildrenstrust.digitickets.co.uk/ Saturday 14 December 7.45pm All Saints Church, Battlebridge Ln, S. Merstham, Surrey, RH1 3LH PATH Choir Christmas Concert â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I Belongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A number of Kingswood singers are in the PATH Choir and would love you to join them for their concert of Christian songs and words for this special time of the year. Retiring collection.

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