Life in Haslemere

ISSUE 2 FEBRUARY - MARCH 2007

Your local community lifestyle magazine Covering: Haslemere and surrounding areas including Beacon Hill, Chiddingfold, Fernhurst, Grayshott, Hindhead, Liphook

Focus on Grayshott

Open Sesame to local shops

Education

Pupils from Stepping Stones tell you about the school

Sport

Sam Powell invites you for a game in their new

Local Businesses, People, Gardening, Property, Motoring, History and Arts Diary

ground

Contents

Contents Inside Life in Haslemere this issue ...

Welcome

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News A small summary of some local issues

6

Local Business Stories about local companies including David's, J.L.Nobbs, Haslemere Travel and Sportslocker

10

A Week In The Life Of Simon Labrow

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Gardening Take time to enjoy your garden, by Simon Gray

20

History A History of Grayshott, by Nick Keith

22

Shopping In Grayshott, by Jessica Moon

24

Fitness Nordic Walking in the Haslemere area, by Lucy Coates

28

Health Tips from Alison and Paddy at new leaf foods,

by Lucy Coates

32

Motoring Your favourite, first and worst motor cars,

by Jessica Moon

34

Hotels An insight into Lythe Hill, by Nick Keith

34

Local History Local man John Tyndall - scientist, teacher and mountaineer, by Jo Morley

36

Education A profile of Stepping Stones School, by Lucy Coates

38

Property The state of the local market, by Nick Keith

40

Useful Contacts Haslemere and District

43

Arts Diary What's on in February and March

44

Competition Photographic competition in association with Cheeky Monkeys

46

Sports Haslemere Rugby Club, by Sam Powell

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Editor: Nick Keith Fashion editor: Geraldine Onslow Sub-editors: Lucy Coates and Sarah Parson Creative director: Andy Burke Art director: Karen Holloway Advertising manager: Sally Puddick Marketing executive: Cat Jarman Marketing & production director: Gareth Gammon Publisher: Anthony Parson Contributors in this issue: Lucy Coates, Simon Gray, Nick Keith, Simon Labrow, Jessica Moon, Jo Morley, Sam Powell Designed & produced by: www.navigate-design.com

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Editor’s View

Welcome Welcome to an exciting 2007!

T

he New Year in the Haslemere area has begun in upbeat fashion, marked by news of three important

developments: the start of work on the long-awaited A3 tunnel in January, with completion due in four years; the Haslemere Educational Museum winning a prestigious award (the cover phtograph); and the re-launch of Haslemere Initiative's Retail Reward Scheme after a successful pilot in 2006. See the News on page 6 for details of these, the progress of which we will continue to follow.

This second issue of Life in Haslemere has a sporting flavour, with a profile of Haslemere Rugby Club, the story of Sportslocker, and our intrepid reporter's experience of Nordic walking, one of the new ways of keeping fit. We also offer you insights into life with Jerry Schooler at Lurgashall Winery, and profiles of local businesses such as Haslemere Travel, Sheen Botanical, J. L. Nobbs, and David's menswear. And there is news from the Chamber of Trade of developments in Wey Hill and Beacon Hill.

A regular focus on local communities starts in Grayshott, with a historical introduction to this distinctive village straddling the Surrey-Hampshire border, a shopping review, and a visit to the thriving Social Club.

You have given us a generally warm reception for the first issue of Life in Haslemere although we know there is room for improvement. For example some people have found the magazine hard to get hold of, so we have designated distribution points where you will find Life in Haslemere if it is not delivered through your door. A list of distribution points appears below.

You have also given us plenty of ideas for people and places, businesses and topics to include in future editions. It is our goal

Cover: See News Story, page 6. Photograph by Peter Searight, The Remarkable Studio, Haslemere

These are exciting times, and this promises to be a thrilling year for your life in Haslemere and for this magazine. So we wish you all a prosperous 2007, whether you live in Haslemere, Hindhead, Grayshott, Beacon Hill, Fernhurst, Chiddingfold, or any of the villages and hamlets around and about. We look forward to working in partnership with you throughout this year and beyond.

that readers will help to shape the development of this magazine, which is for your broad community. So please tell us your likes

Nick Keith

and dislikes about living in this area - your joys and sorrows.

Editor nick@lifemags.co.uk

Distribution List Nobbs Newsagents, High Street, Haslemere Georgian House Hotel, Haslemere Hammonds Newsagents, Haslemere Station Tesco, Weyhill The Co-op, Weyhill Veuve Venues, Branscombe Devil's Punchbowl, Hindhead Royal Parade Stores, Hindhead Jaycees Foodstore, Beacon Hill Tesco Express, Grayshott Village Post Office, Grayshott Grayshott Pottery Grayshott Spa

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life in HASLEMERE : APRIL - MAY 2007.

Applegarth Farm Shop, Grayshott Londis Stores, Headley Down Martins Newsagents, Headley Passfield Post Office The Co-op, Liphook Gables Newsagents, Liphook Old Thorns, Liphook Forest Mere, Liphook, General Wine Company, Liphook The Post Office, Fernhurst Lythe Hill Hotel, Kingsley Green Cee Gees Village Store, Camelsdale Chiddingfold Post Office

Deadline for copy 9 March 2007 Life

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News Round Up

Rewarding loyalty scheme

Museum gains quality standard The Museum Accreditation Standard sets nationally agreed standards for all museums in the country. This new award scheme replaces the previous

A

second successful year

in Haslemere and the

registration status,

beckons for the Haslemere

surrounding area.

which the Museum

Rewards Scheme, which completed its pilot year in

Typically when cardholders

has held since 1997.

have acquired 100 points

The museum has

February. By mid-January,

(usually 1 point per £1 spent),

been part of town life

some 35 retail outlets had

they receive a discount voucher

for well over one

signed up for the second year.

for £5, £10 or £15. Thus 100

hundred years and has been described

Most of these had taken part in

points yields a £10 voucher at:

the pilot but the scheme –

Church Micros, the Georgian

as a ‘mini British

sponsored by the Haslemere

House Hotel, the Haslemere

Museum’. It has been

Initiative, the Chamber of Trade

Book Shop, Haslemere Health

and the Town Council – has

Foods, Marley Flowers,

attracted a few new names.

Mitchells Fabrics, Grayshott

“The Rewards Scheme has

Pottery, Mark Wayer

been a huge success,” said

Photography, Eden Hair Design

Melanie Odell, chairman of

and XYZ Saloon.

Haslemere Initiative, “and we

(Left to Right) Melanie Odell, Chairman of Haslemere Initiative, Arya Ingvorsen, President of the Haslemere and District Chamber of Trade, Julia Tanner, Curator of Haslemere Educational Museum, Mayor Brian Howard proudly displaying the award.

Now the scheme ceases to

a source of enjoyment, knowledge and inspiration for generations of visitors and local people.

are delighted to keep the

have the status of being a pilot

momentum going.”

and becomes a working model.

H

Perry commented, “Thanks to

It is vital for the success of the

by the UK’s Museums, Libraries

the hard work of Museum staff

Newcomers to the scheme in

aslemere Museum has been officially ‘accredited’

Museum Chairman, Alan

2007 include: Rural Living,

Reward Scheme that

and Archives Council (MLA).

we are delighted to have formal

Applegarth Farm Shop, and

participants continue to spread

The museum’s award proves

confirmation of the high-

Haslemere Health Foods. For a

the word and remind their

that it measures up, meeting

quality service that we provide

subscription of £10 a year and

customers of its value.

the guidelines on how it is run,

for our community and beyond.”

the cost of a Rewards card (£5)

For more details of the scheme

how it looks after its collections

the 5,000 cardholders can enjoy

and participating outlets, visit:

and the services it provides for

loyalty benefits from shopping

www.haslemere.com/rewards

its visitors.

Christmas Market

Special Offer

T

he 2006 Christmas Market

whether the Market went on. It

which stallholders moved

vintage tableware and

in Haslemere survived a

was a last minute decision to

inside Haslemere Hall. “We all

accessories for events such

mighty onslaught by the

hold the market. In spite of the

worked very hard to set up the

as weddings and garden

weather, with torrential rain

bad weather overnight, and a

stalls inside,” said Melanie

parties and offers a 15%

and high wind lashing the town

poor forecast, the Market

Odell, “and after a slow start,

discount on hire charges

on the eve of the event. Simon

worked almost as we hoped.”

the Hall became packed with

for readers of Life In

Labrow, one of the organisers,

The decision to go ahead

visitors.”

Haslemere. Quote HLRO.

said “it was touch and go

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meant a move to ‘Plan B’ in

In 2007, the market will be

Idyllic Days specialises in

Offer ends 31 Aug 2007.

News Round Up

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Quit smoking A

new “Quit and Get Fit”

campaign was launched

for 2007 by Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa. General Manager David Armstrong (right), is leading the way by pledging to give up smoking and get fitter.

David has had a consultation with hypnotherapist, Dr Graham Randall, and was pleasantly surprised at how relaxing the session was. “I was very sceptical about this type of treatment, but now that I have met Dr Randall, I feel much more comfortable about it. I remained conscious and in control and his background in medicine reassures me.”

Dr Randall is a familiar face locally, after 27 years in general practice at Haslemere Health Centre. Having practised hypnotherapy for 18 years and treated hundreds of people, he is confident that hypnotherapy can help people overcome minor addictions and phobias.

“I can only say that I’ve had enough success to continue doing it,” Dr Randall said. “I’ve had some hard cases who’ve done it but you can never

guarantee it.” As well as seeing clients at his home in Liphook, he will help Amarna Spa members at Lythe Hill.

To achieve a healthier lifestyle new members can seek help from the Spa, by consulting either Dr Randall or nutritionist Deborah Ellis. Individual spa membership costs £82 per month, with a joining fee of £600. If you give up smoking a packet of cigarettes a day (at a cost of £150 a month), the saving will go a long way towards your membership.

For more information, contact: Tim Randolph, Amarna Spa Manager, Tel: 01428 744860.

See Profile of the Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa, page 34.

Tunnel vision T

he signal for

team’s confidence

work on the

that the work will be

long-awaited

completed before

tunnel to

2012,” Jeremy Hunt

improve the A3

MP said.

“Virginia began the

at Hindhead

campaign 21 years

began in January

ago and I continued

when Jeremy Hunt, MP for South West

her efforts to secure the

Surrey, and Baroness Virginia

scheme’s go-ahead, so both of

Bottomley (pictured) cut a

us were delighted to be there at

ribbon to mark the start of the

the Boundless Copse site to

£380m project.

mark this milestone in

“I am pleased to have had the

improving the traffic

opportunity to see first hand

infrastructure for the people of

the plans and the lie of the

Hindhead, Haslemere and

land, and welcome the project

beyond.”

Life

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Business Profile

Lurgashall Winery

A veritably fine winery Jerry Schooler of Lurgashall Winery talks to Nick Keith about being an American in British business

G

ive me books, fruit, French

“beam by beam” to be offices

wine and fine weather…”

and fermentation area.

wrote poet John Keats in 1819.

Lurgashall Winery offers three

These sentiments would

main products – wines,

probably appeal to the

liqueurs and mead. The biggest

engaging and erudite Jerry

seller is mead. Says Jerry:

Schooler, although he might

“Mead is the oldest alcoholic

substitute ‘Lurgashall’ for

drink in Britain – over 1000

‘French’ wine. For Jerry

years old. Bottling mead is like

Schooler is the boss of

bottling history.”

Lurgashall Winery.

Jerry established himself in

A proud American who has been based in Britain for 36

the winery business in Britain

years, Jerry offers challenging

in 1984. He was looking to

but constructive criticism of

invest in a vineyard. “My best

this country for its lack of a

friend had been working in the

constitution, the form-filling,

countries have potential

wine trade and knew a lot

the licensing laws, and all the

competitors who can put you

about wine; and I had lots of

rules and regulations.

out of business.”

knowledge about business.”

After searching in several countries, he decided to look

But then Jerry likes a

Jerry Schooler enjoying some Lurgashall wine

Jerry sees a threat from cheap,

can deliver next day.

• Environmental concerns – “We have to take great trouble with testing, sterile

challenge and recalls how he

flavoured, fruit wine from

rooms and a clear audit of

learned to meditate in his bath

Eastern Europe.

everything we do in the

Despite the challenges,

production process.”

for a wine company instead

(or when out shopping) so that

and found the Malmesbury

he could resolve some nagging

Lurgashall produces 29

Mead and Wine Company,

problem. He describes himself

products and attracts 30,000

which sold mead in bulk.

as “a rolling pin” – who irons

visitors a year. The goal is to

Being ethical means that if

Almost at the same time,

out the business wrinkles and

expand exports from around

ever you have a complaint,

Malmesbury’s main rivals,

imbalances as they appear.

12% to 40% over time.

you know how to tackle it. At

Davis Wines, founded in 1855

He has a sharp mind, with the

Lurgashall Winery has a

• Being ethical – “Every company should have values.

Lurgashall we sell about

and specialising in liqueurs,

bearing of an academic and the

strong foothold in the US, in 48

500,000 bottles a year and are

came onto the market.

business brain of an

States, but this has taken 11

surprised if we get as many

entrepreneur. Born Jerome P

years and the invaluable

as 5 complaints.”

“I ended up buying both

Jerry has no plans to retire. He

companies,” Jerry recalls. “It

Schooler in New England, he

assistance of its American

was a defensive strategy to

went to Boston MIT and then

importer. The good news is that

wants to learn more about

avoid facing competition from

worked in industry, before

the US market is growing.

modern communication

an owner with unlimited

crossing the Atlantic to gain

funds.”

The merged business was

Despite his misgivings about

technology – “although I have 2

“international experience”. For

Britain’s business culture, Jerry

science degrees, I know less

years he taught corporate

expresses his delight at owning

about computers than many

relocated to his home at

planning and business ethics in

“a British firm, making

10-year-olds!” - build up his

Lurgashall, which is set in 38

British universities.

traditional British products and

wine book library and extend

flying the English flag”. So what

his collection of Lurgashall

colourful life since 1820,

complicated,” he explains, “its

are the Schooler secrets of a

photos.

variously as a brewery, pub,

attraction is that the

good business?

• High quality product– “Tastes

acres and has enjoyed a

“Although Britain is

However, in the 21st century there are plenty of

guest house, tea room and

complications are almost

village stores. To supplement

predictable and it is civilised. I

change but we try to bring

complications and challenges

an existing barn, a 17th

like a challenge, and it is more

back traditional British

to exercise his entrepreneurial

Century building in

difficult to be a winner here

products by revitalizing a lost

mind. The Schooler rolling pin

Billingshurst was bought,

because of the regulations and

tradition.”

will just keep rolling along.

knocked down and rebuilt

because the 26 other EU

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• Quick delivery – Lurgashall

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Local Businesses

David’s

Men swear by David’s for clothes of quality but was then given the chance to try to make a success of the

GANT, which recently won

then called Robert Fuller.

Menswear Brand of the Year Many other designer labels are

store and renamed it in

available at David’s too,

memory of his son, David.

including Tommy Hilfiger, Eden

he has noticed the increase in

Having started out working at

Park, Bass Shoes, and of course Eton shirts and ties.

people shopping locally as they

Joe offers a full fitting and

begin to recognise the value of

altering service and is keen to

a personal and reliable service

listen to his customers’ needs

right on their doorsteps.

and wishes in order to sell what

Joe, a keen golfer “given half

oe Ball, proprietor of David’s

due to its style, cut and fit.

around, Joe Ball bought the

Since it has changed hands,

J

Joe’s favourite designer is

store which he now owns – Having turned the business

Joe Ball outside David’s

shopping here together.”

people want to buy – as he

the chance,” noted that “this

notes with his typical charm

end of the High Street has been

and easy manner, “if you look

given a bit of a revamp and I

good, we look good.”

Dunn & Co in 1966, he rose

welcome shops like Fat Face

Street, has been in men’s retail

quickly through the ranks to

setting up here. Ideally now,

for 40 years and can usually

become Area Manager. From

there would be a women’s

David’s 58 High Street,

judge a man’s size as he walks

here, he went to work at

outfitters right next door to me

Haslemere GU27 2LN.

into a room.

Hemmingway’s in Guildford

so that couples could come

Tel: 01428 643195

menswear on the High

Contact: Joe Ball,

The Haslemere Pilates Studio

A flexible friend for backs I

f you want to increase the

mobility to work more

Weyhill, where a team of six

unique Masai Barefoot

strength and flexibility of

effectively.

professionals offer group mat

Technology training shoes. The

classes for a good general

MBT shoes have many benefits,

rehab, or deal with problems in

became available in the UK,

grounding in the technique.

such as increasing muscle tone

your back and your joints, talk

Carolyn was one of the first to

There are also individual

and strength, aiding back and

to Carolyn Roberts.

qualify as a Pilates instructor.

sessions using specialist

joint problems, and reducing cellulite and varicose veins.

your posture, tackle physical

When teacher training

She also trained with the Swiss

apparatus, particularly suitable

Pilates through her training as

movement specialist, Eric

for remedial and

a dance teacher. She was

Franklin, whose technique and

rehabilitation work.

impressed with how the

approach is complementary to

Carolyn was introduced to

The Studio’s services are

Contact: Carolyn Roberts, The Pilates Studio, Weyhill,

technique built awareness of

Pilates. Both methods benefit

constantly expanding:

Haslemere. Tel: 01428 654252

body mechanics, strengthening

mind and body.

complementary massage and

Mobile: 07976 973503

the core postural muscles and allowing the muscles used for

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In 1999 she established the Haslemere Pilates Studio in

reflexology are available; and Carolyn is also a trainer for the

Life

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Local Businesses

Haslemere Travel

Keeping the traveller satisfied M

ajor changes are

other times they are

happening in the travel

advised to wait.

business, partly because of the

“But the system is more

internet and partly because of

adaptable now – although

cheaper prices. Andrew

the package business has

Brownrigg talks to Nick Keith

adapted less quickly and

about how rebranding has

still offers 7 or 14-night

helped his firm stay on top of

packages. With good travel

the world.

advice you will be able to

Travel agents are having to

combine a variety of deals,

change their physical look and

including low cost flights

their marketing approach.

from local airlines. Even

Where once their offices were

one-way tickets are

lined with stacks of highly

available.”

visible brochures, this approach is less relevant, as

The changes in the travel market have persuaded

customers do not have to rely

Andrew Brownrigg that

on travel packages with charter

Haslemere Travel had to

flights. People can shop around

rebrand to keep pace with

Africa, Thailand, Malaysia,

and plan individual routes and

developments. “For some time

Cambodia, Vietnam and India.

in 1988 with another agency,

destinations.

now we have not been seen by

“We are also looking at short-

moved back to Haslemere to

edged Travel and, after merging

our customers as a travel

haul travel – to Europe and

travel agents any more,” says

agency which simply sells

North Africa. We used to do a

Located above a children’s

Andrew Brownrigg, the

package holidays. We have

lot of business in Greece, and

clothes shop in Weyhill, the

managing director. “We are

taken the brochures off the

that is looking attractive –

business expanded into the

travel creators.

shelves, although we do have

especially with flights available

ground floor in 1990 and then

hundreds stored out of sight as

from Southampton to Crete.”

to its present site nine years

“We don’t regard ourselves as

“Our policy is to go to destination-led places, their history and their culture, rather

useful reference guides.

A local man, Andrew

“Our rebranding has

Brownrigg’s father was

start up again.

ago, just off the High Street in Petworth Road.

than just a hotel from a

identified us as a company

headmaster of an independent

brochure. The world of travel is

which offers travel knowledge

prep school (founded by his

works in the agency) have two

now open and flexible,

and more professional

grandfather), called Fernden

daughters, and as joint owners

holidaymakers can pick their

expertise. We are open with our

(now Fernden Heights above

of the company they are fully

flight and airport, stay where

clients about our service and

Kingsley Green). This year

involved with no immediate

they want, for as long as they

transaction fees. Some people

marks the centenary of the

plans to retire, in spite of the

Andrew and his wife Di (who

want, and create their own

like to do part of the travel

former school, and Andrew is

changes: “I feel that our

individual itinerary to match

planning themselves and we

organising a trip across the

customers have reacted

exactly what they want.

seek to add value where we

Channel to Dinard for surviving

favourably to our rebrand.”

can.

old boys.

“Prices will vary according to how you plan your trip, but

“Last summer the hot weather

Having originally trained as a

New destinations beckon for Haslemere Travel.

don’t pin yourself down to

in the UK and the World Cup

chartered accountant, Andrew

booking a flight because you

made life tough in some areas

has spent 32 years in the travel

Contact: Haslemere Travel, 2/4

may not be able to tie that in

of the travel market. Our

business. “I decided to do

Petworth Road, Haslemere.

with the destination of your

busiest month last year was in

something more interesting,”

Tel: 01428 658777.

choice. The travel market goes

November. In 2007 we believe

he says with a smile. So he

www.haslemeretravel.co.uk

in cycles: some years people

there will be strong demand in

started a travel company in

are urged to book early and at

long distance holidays to

London in 1979 called Gilt-

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Life

Local Businesses

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Sportslocker

A sporting chance

Peter Jones upstairs in the Sportslocker

P

Sportslocker is in a 300-year-

eter Jones has a good

is a hockey stick, a tennis

the local Borders Running

name for a retailer and he

racquet or running shoes. If

Club. They get a lot of

old building on two floors next

has spent a happy working life

you buy the wrong equipment

customers through word of

to Woolworths, with shoes and

in retail. He opened

you can damage yourself.”

mouth and conversations at

racquets downstairs and

school gates.

upstairs (“The Pavilion”) for

Sportslocker just over a year

Peter Jones started with the

ago in November 2005 and has

Hargreaves chain of sports

Staff, who must be sports-

cricket, hockey, lacrosse and

been rewarded for his

shops 30 years ago at the age of

minded, include Peter’s wife

rugby. The store has also taken

diligence, attention to detail,

16 and, during his time there,

Julia, who once worked for

great trouble to make women

and close involvement with

he saw the group grow to 70

Marks & Spencer. “Staff get

feel at home and comfortable,

local sports clubs and schools.

outlets with a turnover of £55

regular training from the

with lockable doors on the fitting rooms.

million. Then he was

brands who send their

traditional look with modern

headhunted to run the retail

technical reps to make sure

Although the work is hard –

knowhow, specialising in

division of the Pentland Group,

sales people know what they

seven days a week in the run-

selling sports gear to sporting

an international branding

are talking about,” Peter Jones

up to Christmas – Peter Jones is

people. That may seem like a

business, where he worked for

says. “It is important that, if

a happy man –“I love it.” Now

statement of the obvious but

five years.

someone is spending over £100

he can take his Sundays off to

Sportslocker combines a

sports clothes became a fashion accessory and part of

But he had always wanted to own his own sports shop(s),

on a tennis racket, they get a

spend time with Julia and their

chance to try some out, so we

four daughters. You can be sure

everyday wear. “Now the sports

and saw there was a gap in

give them demonstration

that, with Peter Jones’

trade is much more like it was

Haslemere, where he has lived

models.

enthusiasm, Sportslocker will

when I started and you get real

for the last 10 years.

sports gear sold to sporty

He spent several months

“The great thing about the

run and run.

sports trade is that is seasonal

preparing to open, and took the

so we get new stock every

Contact: Sportslocker, 3

time to connect with the local

quarter. But experience and

Petworth Road, Haslemere,

become much more technical

sports clubs and the schools.

knowledge in this sector are

GU27 2JB.

in the last seven years, and

Sportslocker sponsors

vital because of the increasing

Tel: 01428 653725. Web:

needs to fit the user, whether it

Haslemere Swimming Club and

technical specialisation.”

www.sportslockerstore.co.uk

people,” Peter Jones explains.

“The equipment has also

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Local Businesses

Sheen Botanical Gardens

Labelling by Royal appointment W

ith the Queen

as a customer, almost everything in the garden is rosy for Haslemere’s Sheen Botanical Labels.

Christopher Ashton-Jones and his wife

Christopher and Carmen Aston-Jones meeting Her Majesty the Queen at their stand at the Chelsea Flower Show

Carmen acquired the business,

their stand. “We were delighted

most of their clients are in the

which they re-

to show her some examples of

UK, they have also supplied

named Sheen

our labelling as well as a

labelling for clients in France,

Botanical

specially labelled display we

Italy, Norway, Majorca, the US,

Labels, five

had constructed to

Japan, Tanzania, New Zealand

commemorate Her Majesty’s

and the West Indies, some

80th Birthday.”

being in foreign languages.

years ago.

Christopher and Carmen Aston-Jones

Christopher

though the Lord Chamberlain,

had left his job in City PR

for a transfer of the Royal

consultancy, they had moved

Warrant, which the previous

Sheen’s clients include stately

taken them to the Mimosalia in

from Godalming to the Lythe

owner had been granted,

homes, National Trust and

the South of France, where they

Hill Estate, and they had been

having given the necessary five

English Heritage properties,

were the only non-French

looking for some time for a

years of loyal and consistent

botanical collections, public

exhibitor.

business to buy.

service to The Queen.

gardens, educational

They came across a specialist

Apart from the Royal Palaces,

Their exhibition travels have

Each order is unique, with

establishments, landscape

clients often requiring different

labelling company based in

from individuals to many well

gardeners and a large number

information on their labels.

East Sheen, near Kew Gardens,

known national and

of private gardens and

Each label is individually

which the owner wanted to sell

international companies, all

arboreta. One of their clients is

engraved, spellings are checked

after running it for 10 years.

having the common feature of

The Alnwick Garden in

with ‘bibles’ such as the RHS

“He wanted to dispose of the

being in ‘trade’.

Northumberland, which has

Plant Finder and then each

company; we got on well with

Royal Warrant holders range

been developed by The

label is proof-read. The labels

him, and so we did the deal

joined the national Royal

Duchess of Northumberland.

are usually, although not

early in 2002.”

Warrant Holders’ Association

The Garden was given special

always, engraved in black

and then the nearest of the four

permission to incorporate a

laminate with white lettering.

small industrial unit closer to

local Associations, that being

garden of poisonous plants, so

They can slide snugly into

home and near the centre of

the Windsor & Eton

Christopher and Carmen had

angled holders on aluminium

Haslemere to house Sheen’s

Association. In 2005,

some fun engraving lots of

stems, matt-black powder-

manufacturing plant, some of it

Christopher had the honour of

labels containing a skull and

coated, which the company

fairly heavy. As luck would have

being elected its President for

crossbones. Both of them are

also manufactures in a range of

it they came across a perfect

the year.

jacks of all trades, putting their

lengths and sizes, or be

hands to all that happens in

punched with a hole for

their compact unit.

hanging. It also engraves larger

The first task was to find a

self-contained unit in Old

Like most grantees, Sheen

The company has exhibited at

Bakehouse Yard, behind the

the Chelsea Flower Show for

Poacher’s Pocket Restaurant in

four years and last year was

Petworth Road.

delighted to have had a

on the books, although not all

personal visit by The Queen to

are active all the time. Although

An early priority was to apply

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They have about 800 clients

commemorative plaques.

In addition, the company can supply special spring-loaded

Local Businesses

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Locally, Sheen has got

has been bought by a developer

fittings for attaching labels to

pleasure to be associated with

mature trees. Spring and early

them,” says Christopher. “Most

involved with projects in

who has now been granted

summer are usually the busy

clients have their own label

schools, the Haslemere

planning permission for five

times and orders typically

formats and requirements –

Educational Museum and in

houses on the site. It is unlikely

range from 20 to over 500

The Walled Garden at Cowdray

providing labelling for the

that their tiny gardens will need

labels. From an order being

Park, for example, likes its

sponsored plant tubs that are

Sheen’s labels!

received to its delivery usually

labels in a deep yellow”.

throughout the town.

takes between two and three

“We get a lot of business

However, not quite everything

Sheen Botanical Labels Limited, Old Bakehouse Yard,

weeks, sometimes a little longer

through recommendation,

in the garden is rosy. The cloud

Petworth Road, Haslemere,

at really busy times.

although we also advertise

on the horizon is that Sheen

01428 656733.

from time to time in gardening

has to move soon because the

www.sheenbotanicallabels.co.u

and horticultural magazines.”

whole of Old Bakehouse Yard

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“All our clients have a passion for their gardens and it’s a real

J L Nobbs

A true and proper family business J

ulianne Evans, proprietor of

has brought

J L Nobbs on Haslemere

much of the

High Street, is the third

practical side of

generation of her family to run

this service into

the newsagents. Despite the

the 21st century.

years, Nobbs has managed to

“I have made

keep up its competitive rates

some changes

without losing charm or

since I became

quality.

Julianne’s grandfather bought

the boss. The biggest one was

the store in 1935, having been

installing the

inspired by the successes of W

electronic till

H Smith. Not even World War

system and all

Two put him off – when he

the computer

enlisted into the armed forces,

technology.

his wife took over the ropes.

Julianne’s father was born in

“I think it is important to

Photographs: (Left to right) Dawn Butler, Sue Panter, Julianne Evans, Cathy Davy, Bev Marden

an upstairs room in the store

keep these things

and became proprietor in the

up to date. However, I hope we

mother started working for the

put a name to nearly everyone

1960s. He retired in 2006.

have managed to retain the

Nobbs family in 1945 when

who comes into the shop, and

quirky character along with the

Julianne’s grandfather returned

we often bump into old school

quality and value for money.”

from war. Sue herself used to

friends who have come back

babysit Julianne who is now her

from the city to have children

boss!

or settle down which is always

An ecologist by profession, Julianne had not planned to take over the running of the store originally but changed

There has been little need for training the staff in what it

Indeed, if generations of staff

lovely and adds to the chirpy

her mind when the opportunity

takes to provide good service

arose, as it meant she could

using these traditional values -

do not endorse the wonderful

bring her own children up in

many of the staff have

atmosphere of the place, then

Haslemere where she herself

inherited such skills from their

Dawn Butler deserves a

Contact: J L Nobbs, 27 High

relatives as even the employees

mention, as she started

Street, Haslemere, GU27 2HG. Tel: 01428 643996

had grown up.

have handed their jobs down

working there at the age of 16

business,” explained Julianne,

through their family

for her Saturday job and has

“the atmosphere is friendly and

generations.

now been there for 23 years.

“This is a proper family

happy which is reflected in the

Ellen Clarke, who works on

Julianne noted that “what is

standard of service and the

Saturdays at Nobbs, is the third

wonderful about employing

customers’ experience.”’

generation of her family to

local people is that it makes the

work there as she follows in the

experience more enjoyable for

traditional service is extremely

footsteps of her mother, aunt

customers and staff alike.

important to Julianne, but she

and grandmother. Sue Panter’s

Between us all, we can usually

Maintaining the ideals of

atmosphere of the place.”

Life If you want the story of your business in Life In Haslemere, contact 01730 235669 or e-mail info@lifemags.co.uk

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Local Businesses

Haslemere Chamber of Trade

Wey Hill traders unite immense – there should be no need to go anywhere else.

People don’t expect it, but nevertheless, we have many really great businesses in Wey Hill.”

Arya Ingvorsen, President of Haslemere Chamber of Trade, has worked with the Wey Hill businesses over the past few months and has designed the new Wey Hill promotional material. She says: “It is fantastic that the traders want to take such a proactive approach to stimulate business in the area. Even knowing the area, I was surprised at the Wey Hill retailers weigh in with a cooeprative marketing effort to promote the area, with the Chamber’s help

B

usinesses used to be out

shop In Training, said: “One of

customers are surprised by the

for themselves, paying

the great benefits of shopping

variety in Wey Hill. “People do

little attention to what was

in Wey Hill, aside from the wide

not realise what a great choice

going on with neighbouring

range of shops is the free

of shops we have, so we

companies. But in Wey Hill the

parking at the top and bottom

decided to join forces in order

traders have united and have

of the hill. You can now park

to let people know exactly what we have to offer.”

just launched the first of a

for up to three hours in Tesco,

range of marketing materials,

which makes a great difference

Alan Baker from Alan Baker

supported by Haslemere

to people who want to shop in

Flooring adds: “It’s great to feel

Chamber of Trade, to promote

Wey Hill.”

such a buzz in the area. The

the shopping area.

Vicky Gordon, from the sports

Emelia Jordon, owner of Smarty Pants, has found that

diversity and accessibility of shops in only one street is

wide range of businesses that there are in Wey Hill.

“There are a number of specialist shops such as The Art Department, Aerial Systems and Haslemere Wardrobe. The area also benefits from many other traditional shops –selling anything from carpets, to flowers and gifts, and a number of restaurants, hairdressers, as well as the Library.

“We are still lucky to have a traditional butcher and baker in Wey Hill! I would very much urge people to surprise themselves by walking along Wey Hill. We all need to support our traditional independent shops, which are disappearing so quickly in other areas of the country.”

So if you want to support your local shops, pop along and give Wey Hill a go.

• In Beacon Hill, 12 businesses have recently joined the Chamber. This is part of a scheme where, with the help of the Chamber, they will cooperate to promote the area.

Life

A group of 12 Beacon Hill traders meet to celebrate after joining the Chamber with cooperation in mind

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Week in the life

A week in the life of...

Simon Labrow financial adviser for all his

fixed rate mortgage was

Friday

working life, Simon

coming to an end and they

Advice for a client with

Labrow spent 15 years with

needed advice on whether to

substantial credit card debt,

Legal & General before setting

stay with their existing lender

which had mounted so that the

up on his own seven years ago.

or move to another one.

monthly payment was almost

A

In the evening I attended a

Now aged 40, he has lived in

as much as the mortgage.

Haslemere for 28 years and is

meeting of Haslemere

Credit card debt is becoming

active in the local community.

Chamber of Commerce. We

an increasing problem for

were working out an events

many people. So I advised

schedule for 2007. I look after

them to consolidate their credit

publicity for the Chamber.

card debt into their mortgage.

Simon says that financial services has become much more complicated than it once

sometimes, and I do my utmost

was, because there are so many

to keep it interesting for

different categories, offerings

customers, but there is great

Wednesday

will be more affordable every

from lenders, and specialities.

variety and it is a subject which

Set aside five hours for admin

month, even though the debt

“I am an owner of my own

affects all our lives.”

and form-filling. I am regulated

will take longer to pay.

This means that the payments

small business, Labrow Ltd, so

Here’s Simon’s diary for a

my association with my clients

typical week which includes

Authority and every month I

stages’ – so that the high costs

tends to be longer term than

business, community work and

have to provide a report on my

for couples with small children

banks or larger financial

weekends with his wife and

business activities. This means

go down when the kids are

services providers whose

three children.

filling in an online form which

grown up and have left the

is 40-pages long and can take

nest. This may be a good time

up to 5 hours to complete.

for them to consider

account managers are likely to move on.

“My advice to clients can

Monday Mortgage meeting with a lady

by the Financial Services

I try to schedule people’s ‘life

In the afternoon, I had a

captialising and downsizing

become personal – so when

client who is buying a flat in

discussion with a client who

their home – although many

someone is buying a property I

London. She is a first-time

has a number of different

people take longer to pay off

may be able to help with the

buyer who has been referred to

pension plans and was

their mortgage than they used

purchase negotiations as well

me by her sister. Before

considering consolidation to

to. I encourage my clients to

as find the right mortgage.

Christmas she wanted to buy a

tidy them up. He was looking

look at their whole financial

Some of my time is spent on

flat which had a high service

for or at a self-invested

picture – savings, investments

research and keeping in touch

charge and some tricky terms

personal plan which could give

and costs. Many people come

with what is going on and what

in the lease. She took my advice

him greater flexibility.

to me without a will and this

is available in the market.

to think carefully about this

may be the first thing they need

property deal, and now she has

Thursday

to do, because it can give them

through changes and there are

found another property which

I had to review and advise a

a clearer idea of their ‘estate’.

many different service

looks more promising, so she

retailing client who has the

providers today. So, while

came to see me about

chance to buy the freehold of

Weekends

people may find cheaper

mortgage options.

his rented shop premises.

I try not to work at weekends

“Financial products are going

products at a supermarket or

In the evening I went to a

Commercial property in the UK

but sometimes there is research

on the internet, they are

meeting with Melanie Odell of

has proved extremely popular

or admin to do. As I am keen

coming to realise that products

Haslemere Initiative and Ian

in recent years. It could be a

on food I love to cook for the

are affected by many big issues

Lynch of Waverley Council for a

good time to buy work

family. During the week I don’t

and they need advice before

review of the Christmas Market

premises – property is an

see much of the children

they can decide which one is

in December.

investment and ownership of

because I am often out in the

the building offers security for

evenings – at the Chamber, the

your business.

Round Table or other

the best for them.

“Financial circumstances

Tuesday

change and I can offer holistic

Meeting with an older couple

advice, client by client. While

who are new clients. They

bricks-and-mortar valuation of

Sabina is doing a law degree

customers may come to me for

wanted to review their pension

a client’s complete property

and we have twin girls, Eleanor

advice on a specific financial

plan and this was an

portfolio I can get the best

and Catherine, aged 7, and

job, they may have concerns

introductory meeting to get to

possible mortgage (commercial

Henry, aged two and a half.

about several areas. Financial

know each other and to review

or residential).

Labrow Limited 01428 651010

services can sound dull

some possible options. Their

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Gardening

Take time to enjoy your garden

Top tip: Combine a floral display with your pruning.

The fragrance is intensified

By Simon Gray

especially when brought into the home where the raised temperature helps to

t last it’s February, it’s light

A

that show any sign of wind-

until 5pm and gaining

rock, preferably with a size ten

three minutes extra daylight at

boot. Choose a dryish day

the end of every day!

perhaps after some good hard

Sometimes it seems that

night-time frosts as this will

January will never end and we

prevent you from squashing

are destined to spend the rest

the soil and destroying its

of our lives in darkness but as

structure.

back to the normal working day

in February. There are many

my head starts to lift along with

excellent flowering plants at

the daffodils’.

this time. Three of my

in the garden. The oak trees have only just decided that now

Vibernum bodnartense dawn excellent for February flowering

• Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ • Sarcococca hookeriana var

cut back straight away. Don’t

producing new leaves and my

make the mistake of cutting too

rosebuds have stopped swelling

flush to the stems, leave at least

after an initial burst in

50mm (a few inches) on the

December. Perhaps it’s yet

trees to allow for the wound to

another sign of climate change

callous round or at least 6mm

decorative and wonderfully

or just Mother Nature

(a quarter of an inch) for the

fragrant flowers which bloom

reminding us never to take her

shrubs.

throughout February and

Cut back all tall fast growing

digyna • Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’

buddleia to about half their

years of pleasure.

things will wait as you

height. These should really

gradually ease into the year.

have been cut back in the

Simon Gray is a lifelong

Autumn as they are particularly

horticulturist and is MD at

own garden is the general

susceptible to winter wind

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them to a stem long enough for your vase and that is competing for space with other stems of the plant. Cut at a 45 degree angle and approximately 6mm above

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stems which are bunched

take some stems from round

shrubs especially after the very

rubbing branches should be

If you look carefully at each shrub, you can identify

the centre of the plant which

March. They are perennial

there is plenty to do but most

All torn limbs or grossly

to prune out for an indoor

remain attached to the

shrubs so will give you many

The first thing I check in my

carefully select some stems

the bud on the stem that will

These are all excellent

shrubs such as mallow or

I love February in the garden,

plants in your garden then

your secateurs and take

is not really the right time to be

for granted.

have any of my favourite

together too tightly. So take

favourites are:

This has been an unusual year

you are lucky enough to

display.

Take time to enjoy the garden

soon as those light levels get

release their aroma. So if

it, a wonderful bunch of the sweetest flowers. You could add in some great winter foliage, Eucalyptus or Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’

Firm up around all the shrubs Life

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Grayshott Focus

History factfile G

“

raveshotte” (Grayshott)

the Whitakers, l’Ansons,

means “clearing in the

Lyndons and Vertues gave

woods.”

Once small farms, cottages – a “haunt for brigands.”

1850s: Act of Enclosure and

land for the village school (1871), the laundry (now Grayshott Potteries), St Luke’s Church (started 1898,

arrival of railway (1859)

consecrated 1900), Fox and

attracted Victorians to the

Pelican pub (1899), and

healthy and attractive area

Village Hall (1902).

1920s and 30s: Growth of

they called “Little Switzerland.”

Victorian residents included Flora Thompson (author of

small properties, such as Beechanger and Whitmore Hill cottages.

Since Second World War:

Lark Rise to Candleford) who worked in old Post Office in

Large residential growth with

Crossways Road.

estates at Kinswood Firs and

Victorian families such as

Waggoners Way.

Dick Smith, Chairman of the Buy In Grayshott Campaign

The Design Statement G

“

rayshott is on the margin of northeast Hampshire... A small part of the settlement lies in Surrey. The original centre of the

village and its later additions have been built on high ground between and beside three deep wooded valleys and westwards towards open sandy heathland… Enhanced by much protected land around and within the Parish owned by the National Trust, the Ministry of Defence, and Grayshott Heathland Trust…”

Fox and Pelican Public House

Here are some key points from Parish Council document in 2004 (derived from a questionnaire, presentations, and a public workshop in 2002): Development to take into account: Location: safeguard wooded valleys History and settlement pattern: preserve landscape features and Victorian and Edwardian buildings Conservation area: maintain or enhance views of St Luke’s Church and greens; maintain traditional shop fronts.

Building style: retain building lines Traffic management: better calming measures; encourage lower speed limits and smaller delivery vehicles; priority for pedestrians; maintain character of rural roads and lanes.

Signs: avoid brightly coloured street furniture and shop fronts; preserve views of greens and buildings.

The Square in Grayshott

Infrastructure: overstretched drainage system.

Open spaces: respect green spaces in Village Green and Lyndon Green (main) and Waggoners Bend and Beechanger End (informal).

Bridleways and footpaths: preserve and maintain; ensure careful

To see details of the Design Statement, visit: www.grayshott.com/VDS/v ds.htm

tree management.

The Church

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Grayshott Focus

Shopping in Grayshott Open sesame!

Grayshott is a wonderful place to shop in the Haslemere area. There are a number of little boutiques, hairdressers, restaurants and even a local greengrocers. Jessica Moon went to discover more about some of what Grayshott has to offer.

Gallery One

GalleryOne. Founded in London in 2001 by Marian

The Gallery hosts between five and eight exhibitions

Orchard-Webb, GalleryOne

annually, incorporating a

moved to Grayshott in 2006

variety of artists from the fresh

and has matured to become a

botanical art of Stephanie

highly respected presence on

Andrew to Mastergraphics such

the contemporary art scene in

as Picasso, Miro and Chagal.

the UK. It has a reputation for

Sculptures by Carol Peace and

exhibiting a broad range of

Isabel Miramontes are featured

artwork of the highest quality,

as well as a selection of

establishing an innovative

respected glass and ceramic

exhibition programme,

pieces.

nurturing new talent and

With St Valentine’s Day just

developing relationships with established artists.

Marian continues to pass on

Simmons Interiors (above and below)

her enthusiasm and passion for

f your home or office needs

art, meeting new clients as well

a revamp, then why not pop

as long-standing friends at the

I

gallery. She also manages the

into Simmons Interiors’ inspirational showroom on

GalleryOne Art Consultancy

Crossways Road? Simmons

Service, working with corporate

Interiors comprise a team of

and private clients and

qualified and experienced

enabling them to find the

interior designers providing an

perfect works of art for their

integrated interior design and

interiors.

architectural service.

They have an extensive fabric and furnishings library and advisors always on hand. The team are currently engaged in

contemporary yet classic

residential and commercial

country house interiors they

projects as far away as Moscow

are equally comfortable with

and Sicily and have many years’

creating highly contemporary

experience in advising on

solutions, as well as working

renovations and sourcing.

Highly regarded for their reputation in creating

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sympathetically with historic heritage interiors.

A short walk down the road is

Elizabeth Gordon Janis Davey

Grayshott Focus

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Magical Rooms (above and below)

around the corner, it is always worth popping into The Flower Room which has just moved to Grayshott from Bramley in order to expand to almost twice its previous size. Flowers from all different walks of life burst forth from their vases and can be arranged in any combination you wish, for any occasion. You could surprise a loved one by taking advantage of their delivery service – a

quality and luxury products,

bouquet of their favourite

such as Lexington, which you

blooms could be waiting at

won’t find in big stores.” Their

home or delivered to their

attractive shop is bedecked

office to the envy of all their

with Scottish linen, Abahna

colleagues.

bath products, and antique

In Crossways Road you will also find the husband and wife

furniture.

Just around the corner on

team of Ken and Janis Davey at

Headley Road is Magical

Elizabeth Gordon – the middle

Rooms, a veritable Aladdin’s

names of a youthful looking

Cave filled with everything

couple who surprisingily have

magical. Tooth fairy cushions,

five children and four

treasure boxes, make-up and

grandchildren. They opened on

jewellery cases, wooden soldier

9 November having lived for

skittles, puppets, glow yos,

two years in Grayshott where

practical joke toys and fancy

they have been “doing up a

dress costumes. Magical

property”. They sell beds, bed

Rooms also offers balloon

linen and accessories, because,

decorating with free local

they say, “it’s difficult to find

delivery if you pay a minimum

things to do with bedding”.

price. Indeed all the children’s M

Janis adds: “We look to serve Life

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Life

Grayshott Books

Peter White at The Coffee Shop

Coffee Shop. A family-run

so you won’t have to trawl the

Grayshott Books sells however:

business, the service, food

other shops looking for

their produce includes book

here as there is a wide range of

(freshly made sandwiches,

accessories, shoes or hats to

tokens, cards, gift wrap, pens,

table sets: Winnie The Pooh,

paninis, quiche or delicious hot

match – they will even equip

social stationary, toys and even

homemade soup) and drink

you with a matching pair of

napkins!

(hot or cold available) are all of

tights!

party equipment you could ever desire seems to be sold

The Incredibles, and Scooby Doo – the list goes on!

If that isn’t enough, they can also design your children’s bedrooms for you through their sister company, Magical

Applegarth Farm Shop, the

an excellent quality. There is a

KUDU’s range of wear is all

family-run business which has

lovely, relaxed atmosphere and

brought in especially for each

traded in Grayshott for over 27

customers are attended to with

season, so this month they will

years, will add a full

efficiency and good manners.

have pale pinks, greens and

delicatessen counter at the end

staple black and white shades.

of March. The counter will offer an excellent range of

Bedrooms. Here they design

After a well-earned break, try

and make themed, bespoke

walking further along the same

The clothes are all made of

front of shops and nip into

quality materials and are from

charcuterie, including artisan

encourage your child to go to

KUDU for something really

some of the more exclusive and

brands such as Brindisa (from

bed on time!

special to wear. Specialising in

off-the-street brands such as

Borough Market) and Negroni.

furniture which might just

clothes for the Mother Of The

Peter Martin, Bianca, Fransa

to The Square (which is on your

Bride, they boast being able to

and Kasbah. Well worth a look.

left) and have a break in The

kit you out with an entire outfit

From here, why not walk up

It is possible to buy almost any book from Grayshott

watering menu for breakfast, lunch and traditional afternoon

Books in The Square. There is a

tea. There will be capacity for

very well stocked children’s

40 inside and a delightful

section with colourful pictures

outside seating area for another

to inspire younger readers as

30 overlooking views from the

well as a large selection of

farm in Headley Road.

novels, biographies and factual

Grayshott hosts many other

books so there is sure to be

exciting and beautiful shops –

something for everyone.

so why not pop down there and

Those books which are not on

support your local outlets while

the shelves can easily be

saving yourself a trip to the

ordered at the counter and

hideously impersonal city?

picked up (usually) within 24 hours. They can even deliver it to your home directly. Books are by no means all that

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605354

Headley Road, 01428 712777 Magical Rooms, 01428 Applegarth

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Headley Road, 01428 871277 Simmons Interiors, Elizabeth Gordon,

Harlequin House, Crossways

1 Crossways Road, 01428

Road, 01428 608436

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Gallery One, 5/6 Victoria

01428 606023

Terrace, Crossways Road.

01428 609001

The Flower Room, 7a Victoria Terrace, Crossways Road,

Grayshott Books, 8 The

01428 608387

Square, 01428 604798

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Sunday 11 February “Best Dressed Shop” Competition, Kapadokya Sunday 23 June Grayshott Jamboree Day Saturday 7 July The Barber of Seville, by Rossini Grounds of Grayshott Primary School at 7.30pm Social regulars (left to right) Nick Butt, the steward, Doug Holman, vice chairman, Peter Hatch, treasurer, and Russell Cupitt

Sung in English, by Opera Box. Sponsored by The Fox & Pelican and Tony Purslow Ltd

T

he proud claim to fame of

golfing society; and barbecues

Mercedes-Benz.

Grayshott Social Club is

and children’s parties.

Supported by EHDC and Hampshire CC.

that it is “Hampshire Village of

“The club brings together

Tickets at £20 and £25 will be limited to 500, available to the

the Year’s Best Kept Secret”.

men and women from all walks

public from 2 April.

That is no empty boast,

of life,” vice chairman Doug

Contact: Peter or Vivien Harrison at Grayshott Concerts during

because it probably is.

Holman proudly told Life in

office hours. Tel: 01428 714119.

Haslemere. “It is a true

Email: peter@grayshottconcerts.co.uk

Seeing is believing when you arrive at the Club, hidden away

community partnership. We

down Hill Road, which is

have a mixed membership of

slightly off the beaten track,

about 650 people, with no

and yet close to the village

cliques – only interest groups.

centre. On the outside, the club

“We had a very successful

OPENING SOON The Bath Room (Grayshott) Ltd Heatherleigh House, Crossways Road, GU26 6HG

looks nothing special,

New Year party when the place

Bathroom design and supply service from Simon Closier, his

something like a working men’s

was humming with some 90

wife Charlotte and Susan Bampfield.

club. Inside you find a Tardis-

people. In 2007 we want to get

Launch evening on 27 February from 6-9pm. All welcome.

like choice of facilities,

more use out of the excellent

Contact: 01428 606080.

including two bars (one non-

facilities. So in the summer we

Email: info@bathroomgrayshott.co.uk

smoking), two high-definition

plan to introduce simple bar

TVs, and a function room.

That is by no means all as

snacks – good value and low cost. ”The club costs only £15 a

Grayshott Social Club offers

year and £5 for the entrance

regular live music; quiz nights

card when you join. Contact

and cabarets; prize draws and

the chairman, Dave Phillips, or

raffles; discos and karaoke;

the treasurer, Peter Hatch, at

snooker, darts and pool; a

Grayshott Social Club, Life 01428 604041.

Sunday league football team, a

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Fitness

Andy Webb demonstrates the Nordic Walk

Put the spring in your workout

Walking endorsement than

Some Nordic Walkers enjoying the sunshine.

chance to go with her poles.

but there is no greater Nordic Andy’s 13 year old daughter Sally who refuses to go on “boring” walks but jumps at a Andy dropped me off at the

Nordic Walking is fast becoming one of Britain’s leading new sports. Nearly 25,000 people are Nordic Walking at the moment in the UK and over 100 of those people are in Haslemere. Lucy Coates went for a training session with local instructor, Andy Webb to find out more.

station with a final pep talk: “I can’t speak highly enough of Nordic Walking. It’s challenging and fun. It adds a new dimension to walking because

ndy Webb is an extremely

A

becoming an expert but please

silly to begin with but this left

you use the upper body as well

enthusiastic, friendly,

don’t let the large number put

very soon and as only one or

as your legs. Give Nordic

professional Nordic Walking

you off. By the end of a 40

two lessons are required to

Walking a try; you’ve got

Instructor who moved to

minute session, I had learned

master this sport, you can

nothing to lose and everything

Haslemere 14 years ago. He has

level 9 but not mastered it so

quickly go to the hills where no-

to gain. Nordic Walking turns a

loved sport and fitness since

that was really encouraging.

one will look twice as you walk

walk into a workout.”

being in the forces where he

Andy is very patient and said,

upright with an open chest

captained the champion skiing

“out of over 100 pupils, I have

filling your lungs with fresh air.

team. I met him at the station

only ever had one man who

It was time for a warm-down.

on a blustery afternoon in

couldn’t do it after one hour.

We walked back to the carpark

January.

“Picking pupils up from the train is all part of the service,” Andy told me. “We drive to

Everyone else has got to level 7

and did some simple stretches

or 8 (a profficient nordic walker)

using the poles for support.

so there is no need to worry.”

Once you get the hang of it,

Haslemere Recreation Ground

Nordic Walking is much more

where we begin our warm up.”

rewarding than a normal walk

This consists of a short, slow

experience itself was not unlike

support, 10 light squats (to

dancing for me as I had to

warm up thigh muscles). Then a

concentrate on my technique

rowing action with poles to

but, instead of moving to a

warm up our arms and backs.

rhythm created for me by music, I moved at my own pace

for all abilities and weather

by finding my natural rhythm

conditions: if you struggle, I give

which was extremely gratifying.

you something else to try and if

Using the poles burns 120

it’s cold, we get walking to keep

calories more than a normal

warm.”

Next up was learning how to hold the poles (usefully labelled

walk (280/hour) but the best thing about it is that you don’t feel as tired. Nordic Walking UK

L and R). Once you are all

notes, ‘you can work at a higher

Velcroed in, it is time to learn

intensity, for longer and with

the first step.

more ease than in other sports.’

There are 10 steps to

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To book a beginners’ session or to find out more about Nordic Walking, contact Andy Webb on 07950031538 or awpt@uwclub.net

Andy explained that this releases muscle tension to stop you feeling stiff.

I had had a wonderful time

as there is an art to it. The

walk and, using the poles for

Andy said “the warm up caters

Life

Admittedly, I did feel a little

Frequently asked questions Q: Where does Nordic Walking come from?

A: Finland where skiing is taken very seriously. It was developed to train the correct muscles for skiing even when there was no snow.

Q: How young/fit do I have to be to start Nordic Walking?

A: Andy has taught everyone from 13-87 years and is happy to increase that margin. Health professionals often send their patients to Andy because of the large benefits.

Q: Does N.W. tone muscles?

A: Yes - ‘bingo wings’, pectorals, bums, stomachs, legs, backs, shoulders and more.

Q: Can I do it with other people?

A: Yes – everyone can walk at the same speed but can workout at different levels by using their arms more. Individuals who complete Andy’s beginner session can join a group and arrange a Nordic Walk with other people in the area anytime you like.

Q: Do I have to buy the poles to go for my lesson?

A: No, Andy is happy to lend you some.

Q: How much do poles cost?

A: At The Sports Locker, £80-£85.

Andy suggests that you buy these Exel poles as they’ll last forever and won’t bend like the aluminium ones.

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Health

Paddy’s Useful Tips For Being Healthy: • Plan your food intake for the day and surround yourself with healthy snacks such as nuts (a good source of vitamins and oils), seeds or dried fruit. If those don’t appeal to you, why not try Cacao nibs? These taste like chocolate but have none of the fat or the chemicals.

• Start the day with a healthy breakfast – porridge is brilliant as it is inexpensive and gives you loads of energy but muesli covered in a fruit smoothie is a tasty alternative.

• Get a veggie box delivered to your home and try out some

Turning over a new leaf

alternative vegetable recipes as well as trying new varieties.

Alison’s ‘superfoods’:

• Get a good night’s sleep. This can

These are foods which are completely organic and are

be achieved by going to bed

considered to be the most

before midnight and cutting

nutritionally rich fruits on the

down your caffeine and alcohol

planet.

intake. Instead of a morning coffee or tea, try adding some

Tibetan Goji Berries are very

Lucy Coates explains how she is eating healthily, ethically and locally this season.

A

your home.

already been shelved for

night before or that very

another year, I have decided to

morning so it is as fresh as if

watch my food intake instead. I

you lived on a farm yourself.

have always liked to know

This is good news because the

s my New Year’s resolution to go to the gym has

where my food comes from and

All the veg is picked either the

more fresh a vegetable, the

ground Maca root into a

popular at the moment as they provide your body with:

smoothie as this will provide you

• 18 amino acids

with a kick of energy without the

• 21 trace minerals

downtime afterwards. Try

• Carotenoids including beta-

drinking some caffeine-free

carotenoids

Rooibos tea before you go to bed

• Vitamins C and E

as a tasty alternative to normal

• B1, B2, B6

tea or an alcoholic night cap.

• Polysacharides

• Having a healthy conscience is

They are small and pink and

also a great way to get healthy –

come from Inner Mongolia,

try to stick to your exercising

Ningxia, and the Tian Shan

goals by setting yourself

am not particularly fond of the

more minerals and vitamins it

Mountains of western Xinjiang,

idea of my food travelling

retains, making each of them

reasonable targets, this way you

despite their name suggesting that

even better for you and your

won’t feel guilty about having to

hundreds of miles before it gets

they come from the Tibet. Either

miss any. Also, do things to help

to my table, so I went to Paddy

family’s health.

way, they are not from in or

your environment more: walk or

around Haslemere but don’t let

cycle into town and buy recycled

Morton and Alison Miller at

The scheme is extremely

new leaf foods for some helpful

flexible – you can have a local,

advice.

organic box if you wish and if

that put you off as they are fairly

stationary to reduce your carbon

traded and very, very good for you.

footprint.

• Your skin is your biggest organ so

you want a certain vegetable

For information about vitamins,

local food does not have to be

one week and not the other, you

go to: www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

inconvenient,” Alison told me.

can simply ring up and swap.

exposed to by using Ecover

“Buying healthy, ethical and

it is important to cut down on the amount of chemicals it is

You do not have to have your

Also, if you don’t have time to

many English apples still

washing up liquid and special

own farm to get fresh, local

get to the shops that week, then

available such as Coxes,

organic skin products such as

food if you live in and around

you can give Paddy and Alison a

Bramley, Jonagold and Cameo.

Haslemere now as local, fresh

call to request that they pop

Some slightly less usual veg is

food can be delivered to your

some extra things into your box

also beginning to be in season

door.” Things were looking up.

to keep you going (free range

allowing you to experiment

(organic) eggs, shampoo,

with various squashes and

She said that the seasonal diet is fast becoming the most

muesli, fair trade chocolate,

popular in this country and

washing up liquid etc).

new leaf foods ‘Veggie Box’

This season’s veg includes

Faith In Nature, Skin Food or Australian Organics to avoid the chemicals in common cosmetics.

• Lastly, look up our nutritionist (who also works in the shop) on our website in order to ask any

watercress.

questions you might have, or share your successes with others

To find out more about the

on our nutrition forum. This is a

scheme is a great way to buy

leafy greens which are a good

‘Veggie Box’ scheme, pop into

completely free service. The

vegetables that are in season

source of iron, vitamins and

new leaf foods or visit their

address is

without having to even think

minerals, and root vegetables

website at

www.newnatural.co.uk and will

about it - or even leave the

which are great for making

www.newleaffoods.co.uk.

house - as they are delivered to

soups and roasts. There are

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Motoring

First and favourite cars Local people talk about their motoring memories to Jessica Moon (whose dream car would be a life-size model of Lady Penelope’s pink car, complete with gadgets, Parker and several handsome young men to rescue her at the touch or a button).

Name: Michael Occupation: Retired 1st Car: Ford 8Y Favourite Car: “None of them particularly Name: Oliver

stand out as being the best one but I drive

Place of Work: Brewers

a Vauxhall Astra now.”

1st Car: Yellow Mini

Ideal Car: Red Jaguar

Favourite Car: Mercedes 230

Name: Berry Occupation: Retired 1st Car: Hillman Minx Favourite Car: Renault 21 Ideal Car: a dark grey/charcoal Alpha

Ideal Car: Black Range Rover Sport

Romeo Anecdote: “I once got some very strange looks as I clambered into my car through the convertible roof because I couldn’t undo the lock on the doors. However, I also once parked very close to another Ford Anglia in the same blue and found myself Name: Sarah Occupation: Runs Haslemere Framing

trying to break into another person’s car by mistake!”

Company 1st Car: A Fiesta that didn’t work Favourite Car: Peugeot 406 that does work Ideal Car: “If you gave me your lottery winnings, I would NOT spend it on a car!”

Name: Barbara Occupation: Runs the Muscular Dystrophy Charity Shop 1st Car: Morris Minor Convertible Favourite Car: Lotus Land Sprint because it was so easy to drive Ideal Car: Porsche 911

Name: Margaret Place of Work: Between The Lines 1st Car: A black Morris Minor with a split Name: Darrel Place of Work: Pets and Gardens 1st Car: Vauxhall Corsa Favourite Car: “The Corsa is the only car I’ve ever owned.”

Ideal Car: Silver BMW Sports

windscreen Favourite Car: Her Morris Minor - even though it broke down on the way to her honeymoon so the newly weds were forced to spend their savings on getting it fixed instead of going on their honeymoon – which they never had!

Ideal Car: Mercedes or a BMW

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Hotels

Photos: (left) Head Chef, James Peyton and (right) General Manager, David Armstrong

Where people come first Nick Keith visits Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa to check out the £1m refurbishment programme ythe Hill is ready for its ‘re-

L

suite bedrooms, lounge, plus

because we specialise in our

September. He plans to hold

launch’ on Saturday 10

principal function room and

people. If the people are not

another series of masterclasses

February, and David

restaurant will be given a warm

right, it doesn’t matter how

this year, showing his

Armstrong, the General

boutique look in red, grey and

much you spend on facilities

techniques and the ingredients

Manager, is very excited about

black – the feel is to be

and products.

he uses.

the prospect. “ I know the

animated and arresting with a

changes are going to be good –

dash of urban ‘hip’.”

they will make a real difference.”

“We let people make decisions and have

James, who is 30, already has five years’ experience as Head

David Armstrong says: “I love

responsibility and ownership of

Chef at Amberley Castle. A cook

working at Lythe Hill because it

what goes on. I am very close to

from childhood, his mentor was Brian Turner, who trained

is independent”. He is also

the 55 staff and we don’t have a

revamp is Georges Karam, an

ambitious for Lythe Hill and

huge hierarchy. Of course we

him in both classical French

award-winning French

wants it to become one of the

have managers in our core

and classical English. He wants

designer. He specialises in

Small Luxury Hotels, like its

areas - banqueting, the Spa,

put the Lythe Hill Hotel on the

creating large-scale exclusive

partner, Dorset Square Hotel,

weddings, the restaurant and

map as “a dining destination”

residential interiors for VIPs in

London. (Lythe Hill’s other

conferences.”

and, with the refurbishment, it

Europe and the Middle East.

partner hotel is Château La

His clients have included

Cheneviere, an 18th century

Moroccan royalty and Bahrain

château situated between

main planks in Lythe Hill’s

International Airport (where he

Omaha Beach and Bayeux in

business drive for 2007. They

Special offer

redesigned the first class

Normandy).

have good conferencing

From 1 February to 30 April,

facilities (a bonus in the area)

customers can enjoy a special

The man behind the £1m

lounge).

He arrived at Lythe Hill in

Indeed the Spa, weddings and conferencing are three of the

will attract business in many other areas.

March 2004, having started at

and they have taken back in-

rate from only £99 per person

public areas of the hotel,”

the bottom of the hotel ladder

house management of the Spa.

per night, to include dinner, a

Georges Karam explains, “and

18 years ago. He has been in

features exclusive furniture and

management at hotels such as

lighting, and bespoke soft furnishings, to a timeless ‘classic contemporary’ theme.

Bath, Bournemouth, and

fan of Pennyhill at Bagshot and

Highlights are the BFCA award-

Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire.

Langshot Manor (which is a

“This revamp takes in all the

Favourite hotels outside Lythe

bottle of wine, breakfast and

Hill? “My favourite London

accommodation in one of the

The Compleat Angler, Marlow,

hotel is The Lanesborough,”

newly refurbished bedrooms.

The Grand, Brighton, The Royal

says David. “I am also a great Life

winning armchairs inspired by

Then he was general manager

small oasis in a surprising

Home and Wedding Fair

the voluptuous era of big ocean

of The Mitre, Hampton Court,

location near Gatwick).”

At Lythe Hill Hotel on Sunday

liners.

and Frimley Hall, Camberley.

“Similarly the Ingo Maurer ‘Yayaho’ hanging lighting

While Head Chef James

So, what is the secret of a

Peyton is a relative newcomer,

good hotel? “People,” he says

he became familiar locally with

system gives the restaurant a

without hesitation. “That is

his masterclasses during

‘poetic’ quality. The bar, en-

how we make a difference here

Haslemere Food Festival last

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History

Man of the mountains Jo Morley tells the tale of an unsung hero of the Haslemere area, John Tyndall – scientist, teacher and mountaineer

B

orn the son of a cobbler in

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in

County Carlow, Ireland,

East Anglia, which

John Tyndall was to

conducts research

become a Fellow of

into the

the Royal Society,

Greenhouse

Superintendent

Effect and

of the Royal Institute,

Global

Scientific

Warming,

Advisor to

was

Trinity

founded

House and

in his

the Board of

name because he

Trade and

was one of

Professor of

the first

Natural Philosophy at the

John Tyndall

Royal Institution of Great Britain. A celebrated

scientists to investigate what effect large amounts of

and famous scientist, it is little

gasses, like carbon dioxide,

known that he lived in

have on the atmosphere.

Hindhead and was a great

As early as the 1860s, Tyndall began to suggest that slight

large hands and facial features, Tyndall was famous for being a brilliant but ‘mad’ scientist, as he supported Darwin’s views on evolution and was

could give rise to climate

longer wavelengths. When we

change. Without water vapour,

look up at the sky we are seeing

changes in

he concluded, the Earth’s

scattered light from the sun.

“

the

surface would be ‘held fast in

The sun is yellow because this

atmospheric

the grip of an iron frost’.

is the colour left after the blue

A tall man with large hands and facial features, Tyndall was famous for being a brilliant but ‘mad’ scientist...

composition

friend and neighbour to Alfred Lord Tennyson.

A tall man with

This copy of the London News clearly shows just how popular Tyndall’s lectures were.

always asking questions such as ‘why is the sky

“

The term ‘Tyndall Effect’ in

is removed.

could bring

Physics describes the way in

about

which light scatters from

1849 and returned every

climatic

particles in ‘colloidal

summer he could afterwards.

variations.

distributions’. It is often used to

He suffered greatly from severe

He identified

tell the difference between a

insomnia, headaches and

that there

solution and a suspension.

problems with his digestion in

was a

Particles in solutions such as

England. When in the

greenhouse

salt in water are so small that a

mountains, however, all his

effect,

beam of light will pass straight

ailments improved

whether

through them. The particles in

considerably – ‘Hail to the

a suspension, such as milk,

Alps!’ he wrote in his journal.

Tyndall first visited the Alps in

blue?’ and ‘how do glaciers

natural or anthropogenic, by

move?’

showing that water vapour,

however, are large enough to

carbon dioxide and ozone are

scatter a beam of light. This is

given by Tyndall at the Royal

the best absorbers of heat

why you can see shafts of light

mountaineer. Fleming notes

Institute in London produced

radiation in the atmosphere

in a dusty room, or the beam of

that ‘no longer was Tyndall an

queues stretching right around

and that, even in small

a car headlight in fog.

the corner from the entrance,

quantities, these gases absorb

Many of some 300 lectures

Tyndall explained that the sky

He soon became known as a competent explorer and

odd man with a long face, silly beard and narrow shoulders

as he was one of the most

much more strongly than the

is blue because the air scatters

[…] such was his presence that

respected scientific speakers of

atmosphere itself. Thus, even

blue sunlight, with shorter

he came across as a giant.’

the period: the David

slight changes in levels of water

wavelengths, more than red,

Attenborough of his time.

vapour and carbon dioxide

yellow and green light with

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On one trip to Mont Blanc he felt sick when he began the

History

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Here is an example of the ‘Tyndall effect’

Spy Cartoon of John Tyndall

Tyndall’s gravestone at St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere

Contemprary cartoon depicting Tyndall with Darwin and Huxley

expedition and proceeded to

considered the next best place,

would only fall over in years to

The John Tyndall?

feel considerably worse as he

Hindhead. Here he built a

come and look untidy. His

Bibliography: ‘Killing Dragons

went on, but did not give in.

house in the area now called

grave was therefore set into a

The Conquest of the Alps’ by

Instead, he spent a record

the Tyndalls, opposite Tyndall

plinth on the ground and can

Fergus Fleming (London, 2000).

twenty hours on the summit at

Woods, and lived with his wife,

still be seen today – looking

5F below freezing, firing pistols

Louisa Charlotte, whom he had

respectable and tidy - on the

to test transmission of sound

married in 1876.

waves, lighting candles to see

It was here in Hindhead that

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right of the graveyard as you enter it from the road with your back to St. Bart’s.

how fast they burned, sending

Louisa accidentally killed

rockets up to check on the

Tyndall by giving him an

speed and extent of their

overdose of chloroform to help

is so little to commemorate this

If you would like to

It is a great shame that there

combustion and making

him sleep. An inquest found

great man in Haslemere. I

support Jo in his campaign

careful observations of

her not guilty and they are both

would like to set up a

or have your own idea for a

transmitted and reflected light

buried at St Bartholomew’s

campaign to rectify this, and

local campaign, please do

at sunrise.

Church in Haslemere.

hope that local people will help

send your comments to

me do so. Perhaps we might

info@lifemags.co.uk - we

ill to travel to the Alps, he

quirkiness was to prclaim that

change the name of the

look forward to hearing

retired from the Royal Institute

it was ridiculous to have a

Wetherspoons Pub on the High

from you

and moved to what he

standing gravestone when it

Street, now called The Swan, to

When he finally became too

Tyndall’s final touch of

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Education

Ten steps forward, no steps back Stepping Stones School is an extraordinary school for children with hemiplegia/mild disabilities and must boast one of the best staff-to-student ratios in the country. Lucy Coates went to find out more Amie using her laptop

S

tepping Stones is situated in

confidence. All the regular

school. This warmth and care is

hemiplegia so I did sometimes

a wonderfully equipped

lessons like English, Maths,

a significant feature of the

feel left out.”

building on Tower Road in

Science, History, Geography

provision.” However, this is a

Hindhead. It is a school which

and ICT are included into each

school based upon its pupils so

boasts a bespoke curriculum for

pupil’s curriculum but they also

to give me the best idea of what

Jessica: “Loads of things – I

each of its pupils in order to

offer Food Technology,

it is like, I was invited to ask

have learned to sail which I

improve their standard of

Childcare, Art, Music, RE and

some willing volunteers about

really enjoy but I also built up

education while boosting their

PSCHE which includes their

their school.

the confidence to learn how to

Sitting in their snazzy, new

What do you do for P.E. here?

swim as I never could before.

confidence and independence

specially formulated social skills

in a safe, supportive

program, sex education and

mezzanine extension, I

I’ve also done horse riding.”

environment.

career guidance.

discussed the school with Amie,

Amie: “We have physiotherapy

Jessica and Amy, three very

each week. I share my session with Amy and the boys share

It is truly inspiring to visit as

In a recent OFSTED Report, it

the school strikes the right

was noted that “staff have

confident and outgoing girls

balance between stimulating its

excellent relationships with

who happily chatted away.

pupils academically without

pupils which result in a positive

dampening their self-

atmosphere throughout the

‘Cinema Club’ The pupils from Stepping Stones warmly invite you all to their 'Cinema Club' which is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month from 4-7pm.

Join us to make fresh popcorn, play games, watch a film or do a quiz.

Everyone between the ages of 7 and 16 is welcome so why not go and bring a friend with you too?

Please RSVP to jonathan@steppingstones.org.uk or phone him on 01428 609083

their session together as we have similar exercises to do. It’s

What is different about Stepping

much more fun sharing as we

Stones when you compare it to

can have a giggle and a natter at

your last school?

the same time.”

Amie: “It is the little things that make a big difference. At my

I see you all have your own

last school, we had hardly any

laptops – what do you use those

time to get changed for P.E. so I

for?

could not do it fast enough. I

Jessica: “Well, my mum uses it a

had someone to help me

lot when I get home as she likes

change but that took away

to play the games but we use it

some of my independence as I

in the classroom, to listen to

was not allowed to do it for

music, to do homework on and

myself. Here I get loads of time

for school council too.”

to change as they understand

Amy: “Yes we do video

that I like to be given that

conferencing using our web

freedom.”

cams to discuss school stuff

This Easter there will be a Digital Creativity Workshop for anyone who is interested in learning about digital technology.

Jessica: “I used to get picked on

with the teachers even when we

at my last school because I was

are at home so they can support

The dates for this workshop are 26th - 30th March 2007 so if you are aged between 11 and 16 and want to take part, please RSVP to Jonathan Furness at jonathan@steppingstones.org.uk or phone him on 01428 609083

different to all the other pupils –

us at any time of day. We can

Easter and Summer Workshops

I used to miss lessons because I

use them to help each other too.

had locked myself in the girls’

The school uses technology A

bathroom to avoid it. At

LOT to help us learn.”

Stepping Stones however, I am

Annual Hemi Fun Day Sponsored by Oasis Solutions www.oasissolutions.co.uk

Each year, Stepping Stones hosts a Hemi Fun Day in which about 200 young people with hemiplegia take part in a wide range of activities altogether including horse riding, sailing, arts and crafts, trampolining, scuba diving, and much more.

If you have hemiplegia too and would like to take part in the next one (in September), keep an eye on their website to find out all the details www.steppingstones.org.uk/activity_day

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just like everyone else and I

What is special about Stepping

don’t have to worry about

Stones School for you?

getting picked on or getting my

Amy: “I don’t get stressed here

maths homework in on time

because we are pushed to our

because we get a whole week to

ability and work at our own

do it!”

pace. We can ask for help

Amy: “I really enjoyed my last

whenever we need it too so I

school and had loads of friends

have become much more

but I was the only one out of

confident in myself as I don’t

four hundred pupils who had

get embarrassed to ask so many

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questions. I can even ask for

own, joined in the pantomime

help with my homework as we

at Christmas and in the

each have our own laptop to

Remembrance Day play. I am

take home with us.”

proud of myself for doing it as I

Amie: “It’s like a big family here

never thought I would, let alone

– I have only been here for one

actually doing it!”

term but I can already notice

Amy talking to Jessica by video conferance at a BAFTA event in November

Fact File: What is hemiplegia?

Childhood hemiplegia (sometimes called hemiparesis) is a condition, similar to cerebral palsy, affecting one side of the body (Greek 'hemi' = half ). It is caused by damage to some part of the brain, which may happen before, during or soon after birth (congenital hemiplegia), or later in childhood (acquired hemiplegia). The effects are similar to that of a stroke and it affects around one child in a 1,000.

What causes hemiplegia?

The causes of congenital hemiplegia are mostly unknown, and usually parents only become aware of their child's hemiplegia gradually during his or her infancy. There is a higher risk in premature babies but usually the damage occurs during pregnancy. It would appear to be mostly a matter

the difference. I used to get

It’s time for your English lesson

worried about the tiniest things

now but do you have any quick,

– I still do worry sometimes but

final comments?

much less than before. I have

Amie: “Yes, I am the furthest

done more new things here in

away from school – it takes me

that one term than I ever

40 minutes to get here each day,

thought I would. I sang on my

but it is worth it!” Life

of chance.

Acquired hemiplegia results from damage to the brain during childhood. The most common cause is a stroke, but it can also result from an accident or infection.

What are the effects of hemiplegia?

It affects each child differently. The most obvious result is a weakness or stiffness with poor hand function or mobility on the affected side. The weakness may be associated with spasticity (stiffness or tightness of the muscle). In one child this may be very obvious (he or she may have little use of one hand, may limp or have poor balance); in another child it will be so slight that it only shows when attempting specific physical activities.

To find out more about Stepping Stones School, please visit their wonderful website www.steppingstones.org.uk, e-mail enquiries@steppingstones.org.uk, or call Jonathon Furness on 01428 609083.

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Property

Market remains robust T

his January has provided a

family house” with a large

busy start to the year for

garden for £625,000. Also they

Haslemere, for £830,000.

bungalow in Crossways Road

Some 60% of Lane Fox

for just under £500,000, and a

Safford Dixon, who are reaping

have shown a four-bed home in

customers come from London.

second floor two-bedroom flat

the benefit of mailing out

Cherry Tree Avenue for

Simon English notes that

in Headley Road for nearly

14,000 leaflets. Martin Dixon,

£425,000 and a four-bed, single

“sellers in commuter towns

£250,000.

the principle, reported a good

storey house for £675,000.

response to the mailshot which

A keen sportsman, Martin

around London may be the

The market in Grayshott is

target of buyers with City

less well supplied, as it attracts

entailed a string of valuations.

Dixon has enjoyed surfing,

bonuses that some analysts

many retired people who tend

Safford Dixon sell properties

long-distance running, and

predict will be the biggest ever.

to stay put, so houses do not come on the market very

across the board in the

rugby – he has run the London

“It is widely accepted that

Haslemere area. In 2006 the

marathon twice and is a former

most competition for houses

regularly and there is a slower

most expensive property the

President of Haslemere Rugby

occurs in the first half of a full

“turn-round”.

firm sold was £2m in Marley

Club.

year, and this is likely to be

“Grayshott houses are well-

especially true in the 2007

regarded because this is a good

expensive a one-bedroom flat

you will find Lane Fox who

ahead of the Government’s

place to live,” Perry Leete says.

for £93,000 in Beacon Hill. “We

have had an office in

controversial Home

“There are fewer properties

had a good year in 2006 but

Haslemere for 16 years. Simon

Improvement Packs which

available here than in Headley

there is not so much stock in

English, Senior Associate

become compulsory from June.

Down, where people tend to

the property market at

Director, says the market has

present,” said Martin Dixon.

been “very buoyant” for over a

the first half of 2007 is good,

“But generally we are busy and

year, since Autumn 2005. “ We

but it is hard to predict further.

Common, and the least

At the top of the High Street

“The vision on property for

move home after seven to 10 years.

“We will have to wait to see

achieving good prices, and any

have sold 33% more houses

The market is rarely strong for

the effect of the recent rise

property at the right price will

than average this year, but

more than 12 months and we

interest rates. In the long term

sell quickly.

there is never enough stock.

have seen strength in the

the A3 development should

What is more we have sold at

market for 14 months.”

have immense benefit to the

“I have stopped predicting market trends since the

5% or 10% above the original

property crash in the Seventies.

guide price. For every family

Peter Leete moved from South

whole area. ”

London and opened in

While there is no accounting

home on the market for around

Grayshott in the early 1970s in

Contact:

what governments will do, the

£1m in 2006, we had 12 people

premises which were

Lane Fox, 18 High Street,

Bank of England are most

chasing that property.”

previously occupied by a

Haslemere, GU27 2HJ.

Lane Fox operate in the

hairdressing salon. Now Peter

01428 661077.

the market is now more

middle to upper end of the

Leete & Partners is run by his

settled.”

market. Their top sale of 2006

sons, Perry and Jason.

careful about interest rates so

Last year was good and the

Peter Leete & Partners, The Green, Headley Road,

Safford Dixon cover a wide

was the North Breache Estate

area, and in the last year have

in Ewhurst for £7.75m, against

firm experienced plenty of

Grayshott, GU26 6LG

sold property as far afield as

a guide price of £7m. In the

supply and demand in the

01428 604480.

Pulborough. Around

local area, their sales have

market. “We sell a lot of house

Haslemere, typical properties

included: Watchers Hall, with 7

in Headley,” Perry Leete says,

Safford Dixon, 7 Petworth

marketed by the firm include

bedrooms, nearly 13 acres and

“and we have loads on our

Road, Haslemere, GU27 2JB.

two houses in Longdene Road –

3,500 sq ft of outbuildings, for

books there and in Headley

01428 664455.

a three-bedroom house for

£1.4m; and Vine Cottage, with

Down.” Examples in Grayshott

£350,000 and a “substantial

five bedrooms in Bell Vale Lane,

included a three-bedroom

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Useful Contacts

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Useful Contacts in Haslemere & District Emergency Services: Fire: Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, St Davids, 70 Wray Park Road, Reigate RH2 0EJ Telephone: 01737 242444 Gas, Water and Electricity: Electricity Emergency: 0845 770 8090 Gas Emergency: 0800 111 999 Southern Water: 0845 278 0845 Health: Dr C Taylor & Partners, Haslemere Health Centre, Church Lane, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2BQ Telephone: 01483 783000 Dr C.P. Taylor & Partners, Fernhurst Surgery, Crossfields, Fernhurst, Haslemere GU273JL Telephone: 01428 651040 Haslemere Health Centre Telephone: 01483 783000 Haslemere Hospital Telephone: 01483 782000 Holy Cross Hospital, Hindhead Road, Haslemere GU27 1NQ Telephone: 01428 643311 Homecall Doctor, Warrenden, Weydown Road GU27 1DS Telephone: 01428 654786 Royal Surrey County Hospital Telephone: 01483 571122 Police: Haslemere Police Station, 46 West Street GU27 2AB Telephone: 0845 125 2222 Surrey Police, 6 Carshalton Road, Sutton Surrey SM1 4RF Telephone: 0845 125 2222

Arts Groups: DanceArt (3-18 years) Telephone: Kahli 07830325426 www.danceart.org.uk Haslemere Performing Arts Telephone: 01428 652360 E-mail: Haparts@aol.com Haslemere Players Telephone: 01428 643334 www.haslemereplayers.com Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Telephone: 01428 605612 www.hmsconcerts.info Haslemere Thespians Telephone: 01428 643585 Haslemere Town Band Telephone: 01252 331828 HHH Concerts Telephone: 01798 831242 www.haslemere.com/music Opera South inc. Opera Omnibus Telephone: 01428 684291 The Grayshott Stagers Telephone: 01428 751898 www.grayshottstagers.co.uk

Care In Haslemere: 01428 652505 Cats Protection: 01428 604297 Celebrate Marriage: 01428 652368 Childline: 0800 1111 Citizen’s Advice Bureau: 0844 8487969 Crossways Counselling Service: 01428 644333 Environment Agency: 08708 506506 Friends of Holy Cross Hospital: 01428 683144 Guide Dogs for the Blind: 01428 727617 Haslemere and District Volunteer Bureau: 01428 661166 Haslemere and District Macmillan Cancer Care: 01428 605185 Haslemere and District Round Table Society: 07717836809 Haslemere Blind Club: 01428 643971 Haslemere Gateway Club: 01428 654496 Haslemere Hard of Hearing Support Group: 01428 658190 Haslemere Library: 01428 642907 Haslemere Stroke Club: 01428 645855 Haslemere/Midhurst Committee for Macmillan Cancer Support: 01428 652238 HAV4D: 07930905016 Hazlehurst Trust through Surrey Community Foundation: 01372 861609 Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre: 01252 792400 Hindhead Community Group: 01428 607816 Home-Start: 01252 737453 King’s World Trust for Children: 01428 653504 Natural England (was Countryside Agency): 020 7932 5800 Relate: 02392 827026 Royal British Legion: 01428 642675 Samaritans: 08457 909090 SPACES Young Parents Group: 01428 723910 The Haslemere Society: 01428 661379 Visitor Information Centre: 01428 645425 Women’s Royal Voluntary Service: 01428 605498

Helplines, Support Groups & Charities:

Places to Stay:

Alzheimer’s Society: 01428 642055 Arthritis Research Campaign: 01428 724741 BLISS: 01428 642320 Books On Wheels: 01428 604558 British Heart Foundation: 01483 419774 Canine Partners for Independence: 08456 580480

Georgian House Hotel High Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2JY Telephone: 01428 656644 mail@georgianhousehotel.com Inn on the Hill, Lower Street, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2PD Telephone: 01428 642006 info.hill@tmp.uk.com Lythe Hill Hotel and Spa Petworth Road, Haslemere,

Surrey GU27 3BQ Telephone: 01428 651251 lythe@lythehill.co.uk Wheatsheaf Inn, Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2DE Telephone: 01428 644440 the.wheatsheaf@talk21.com

Sports and Leisure: Broadwater Park Golf Club: 01483 429955 Camberley Health Golf Club: 01276 232258 Champney’s Forest Mere Health Resort: 01428 726013 Cowdray Park Polo Club: 01730 813257 Cranleigh Golf and Leisure Club: 01483 268855 Dean Farm Golf Course: 01420 489478 Haslemere Hockey Club Director of Hockey: Heidi Wells 07973 345547 Director of Junior Hockey: Mandy Jackson 01428 604643 Haslemere Recreation Association: 01428 661486 Haslemere Cricket Club: 01428 654459 Haslemere Educational Museum: 01428 642112 Haslemere Lawn Tennis Club: 01428 661486 Haslemere Rugby Club: 07771530510 Haslemere Youth Football: 01428 656215 Hindhead Golf Club: 01428 604614 Hurtmore Golf Club: 01483 424440 Kinetika Gym, The Herons Leisure Centre: 01428 658484 AND The Edge Leisure Centre: 01428 644577 Milford Golf Club: 01483 419200 Nordic Walking: Andy Webb 07950031538 Shottermill and Haslemere Football Club: John 01428642296/07770568793 The Herons Swimming Centre Telephone: 01428 658484 The Wild Wood Country Club: 01403 753255 West Surrey Golf Club: 01483 42127

Travel Numbers: Public transport information: Telephone: 08706 082608 Website: www.traveline.org.uk Train tracker: 0871 200 49 50

If you would like your contact details listed here, please e-mail info@lifemags.co.uk FAO Lucy Coates

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Arts Diary

Arts Diary [From January] to Tuesday 13 February Paint it Black - The Art of Rock and Roll Legend Ronnie Wood.

Gallery One will be displaying a selection of his artwork, including portraits of Mick Jagger, Elvis, Pete Townsend, Jim Morrison and two new prints of Bob. Venue: Gallery One, Grayshott Time: Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm Information: 01428 609001 Friday 2 February Jazz With Dinner Venue: Georgian House Hotel, High Street, Haslemere Time: 8pm Book Tickets: 01428 656644 Musical Postcards Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society Guest speaker: Les Warner Venue: Shottermill Hall, Holy Cross Hospital Time: 7.45pm Sunday 4 February Vic’s Busker’s Open Mic Venue: Crown and Cushion, 4 Wey Hill, Haslemere Time: 8pm Information: 07917 403052 Friday 9 February - Sunday 11 February Petersfield Antiques Fair Venue: Petersfield Festival Hall Time: 10.30am-6pm (closes at 5pm on Sun) Telephone: 0870 350 2442 Website: www.penman-fairs.co.uk

Saturday 10 February HHH Concerts Performers: Sally Price (harp) Juliette Bausor (flute) Venue: St. Christopher’s Church, Wey Hill, Haslemere Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 652448 Tuesday 13 February – Saturday 17 February Utopia Limited by Gilbert and Sullivan Godalming Operatic Society Conductor: Robin Wells Venue: Borough Hall, Godalming Time: 7.30pm, 2.30pm (matinee on Saturday 17 February) Book Tickets: 01252 703376 Friday 16 February Brahms Sonata Opus 99, Britten Suite no 3, Chopin Polonaisefantaisie Opus 61, Mendelssohn Sonata in D, Opus 58, Alexander Baillie (cello) and James Lisney (piano) Venue: Hindhead Music Centre, Hindhead Road, Hindhead Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 604941 Tilford Bach Society Concert Sheida Davis (cello), Helen Reid (piano) Venue: Farnham Castle, Castle Hill, Farnham Time: 8pm Book Tickets: 01428 713338 Inspired by the Swan of Avon Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society Speaker: John Weekes Venue: Shottermill Hall, Holy Cross Hospital

Time: 7.45pm Tuesday 20 February-Saturday 24 February (no performance on Thursday 22) The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti Opera South inc. Opera Omnibus Ltd Alastair Digges Nemorino, Eliana Pretorian Adina, Dominic Barrand Dulcamara, Hakan Vramsmo Belcore Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra Director: Ian McKenzie-Thurley Conductor: Tom Higgins Venue: Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, Haslemere Time: Tues 7pm, Weds/Fri 7.30pm, Sat 5.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 642161 Friday 23 February Songs From The Shows – Friday Lunchtime Recital Guildford School of Acting Conservatoire Singers Venue: The Guildhall, High Street, Guildford Time: 12.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 444035 Friday 23 February – Saturday 24 February One Act Play The Grayshott Stagers Venue: Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 605194 Utopia Limited by Gilbert and Sullivan Godalming Operatic Society Conductor: Robin Wells Venue: The Leatherhead Theatre, Church Street, Leatherhead Times: 7.30pm, 2.30pm (matinee on Saturday 24 February) Book Tickets: 01252 703376

Saturday 24 February Chamber Music For Charities Concert in aid of the Mobile Physioptherapy Service Cerys Jones (violin). Christopher Jepson (cello), Sheila Blow (piano) Venue: United Reformed Church, Portsmouth Road, Guildford Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 440188 Tuesday 27 February Alton Organ Society Concert Oundle Recital Winner Venue: St Lawrence Parish Church, Alton, Hampshire Time: 8pm Book Tickets: 01420 543628 Black Atlas inspired by George MacDonald Fraser’s novel Black Ajax London Shakespeare Workout Venue: Bedales Olivier Theatre Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01730 711511 Wednesday 28 February Optomistic Futurism a talk by Richard Seymour Venue: Bedales Olivier Theatre Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01730 711511 MARCH Wednesday 1 March – 23 March (closed Sundays and Sat 17) Head/Hand/Heart 3 Optomisitic Futurism Presented by Paul Martin Design Company Venue: Bedales Gallery Time: 2-5pm (Mon-Fri), 10am-1pm (Sat) Friday 2 March Jazz With Dinner Venue: Georgian House Hotel, High Street, Haslemere Time: 8pm Book Tickets: 01428 656644 Spring Serenade Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra Venue: Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 444777 Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society Guest speaker: Siva Oke Venue: Shottermill Hall, Holy Cross Hospital Time: 7.45pm

Ann Hughes Chamberlain of the Hindhead Music Centre - look out for profile in the next issue

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Saturday 3 March Verdi Requiem H.M.S. Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Darrell Davidson Venue: Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road,

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Book Tickets: 01428 642161 Tuesday 6 March Schubert Notturno D897, Dvorák Piano Trio in F minor op. 65, Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat op. 97 (‘Archduke’) Rosamunde Trio piano, violin, cello Venue: Bedales Olivier Theatre Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01730 711511 Wednesday 7 March Bartok Improvisations Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Rachmaninoff Variations on a theme of Chopin Venue: Hindhead Music Centre, Hindhead Road, Hindhead Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 604941 Friday 9 March – Saturday 17 March Petersfield Musical Festival 2007 Celebrity Concert: Friday 9 – Michael Hurd Tribute, Friday 16 – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen Band Choral Concerts conducted by Paul Spicer: Saturday 10th and Saturday 17 The Petersfield Orchestra: Thurs 15 Youth Concerts: Monday 12 and Wednesday 14 Book Tickets: 01730 261638

Friday 9 March – 24 March Guildford International Music Festival 2007 Artists from all round the world Book Tickets/More info: 01483 686517 Saturday 10 March Elgar The Music Makers, Sea Pictures, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, The Lark Ascending Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Vivace Chorus and Forest Philharmonic Orchestra Venue: Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 444334 Friday 16 March Music for Diverse Instruments Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society Guest speaker: Peter Conway Venue: Shottermill Hall, Holy Cross Hospital Time: 7.45pm Saturday 17 March Bach Book One Preludes Bella Hartmann Venue: Hinhead Music Centre, Hindhead Road, Hindhead Time: 7.30pm

Book Tickets: 01428 604941 Brahms Requiem Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton Venue: Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 444777 Saturday 24 March HHH Concerts – Contempo Quartet Haydn Quartet in D Op. 20 No.4, Smetana Quartet in E minor From My Life Elgar Quartet in E minor Op. 83 Venue: St. Christopher’s Church, Wey Hill, Haslemere Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01428 652448 Sunday 25 March Verdi Requiem Godalming Choral Society Conductor: Michael Veazey Venue: Charterhouse Chapel, Godalming Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01483 425257 Verdi Requiem The Waverly Singers and Tilford Bach Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Hicks Venue: The Anvil, Basingstoke Time: 7.30pm Book Tickets: 01256 844244

Tuesday 27 March Alton Organ Society Organ Concert Thomas Trotter – international concert organist Venue: St. Lawrence Parish Church, Alton Time: 8pm Book Tickets: 01420 543628 Tuesday 27 March – Saturday 31 March Titanic the Musical Haslemere Players Venue: Haslemere Hall Time: 7.30pm (Sat matinee at 2.30pm) Book Tickets: 01428 642161 Friday 30 March An Introduction to the Zarzuela Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society Speaker: Joy Davis Venue: Shottermill Hall, Holy Cross Hospital Time: 7.45pm If you would like your arts event listed here, please send details to info@lifemags.co.uk FAO Lucy Coates

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Sport

Haslemere Rugby Club Team Photo

Too hot for Jonny?

Jonny Wilkinson

SAM POWELL takes you behind the scenes at the Haslemere Rugby Club Haslemere Rugby Club trying their best

you feel you can help in any way - please let us know.

We are always on the look out for supporters whether on the pitch or off it. If you are not a player, come and shout from Last year Haslemere Rugby Club hosted a tournament

progress from mini to

the touchline. Keep warm in

veterans’ rugby, while all the

our wonderful clubhouse and sample the excellent beers and

againt Finland’s national XV as

time enjoying the friendship of

aslemere Rugby Club was

the current Finland national

those wearing the blue and

food that are on offer. Why not

established in 1950 at the

coach used to be Haslemere’s

white of Haslemere.

watch the rugby Internationals

H

Our very successful Mini and

on our large screen TV where

Recreation Ground in

1st team captain! Currently,

Haslemere, and moved to its

there are no International

Junior sections meet every

you will also hear many an

present site in the mid 1970’s.

fixtures lined up for this year,

Sunday morning at 10.00am.

expert comment from the bar?!

Many players in the early years

Haslemere’s 56th season,

Teams are run from under 6 to

To join Haslemere RC or to

preferred to play at Haslemere

although we are hoping to send

under 17, so come and play or

find out more, call Sam on

rather than play at more

a team over to France to watch

help coach. Our Senior and

07771 530510, or just turn up to

established clubs around

(but probably not compete in)

Development (U17) teams train

training at 7.30pm on a

London.

the World Cup later in the year.

on Tuesday evenings from

Tuesday.

Indeed, in 1963 the Club

Haslemere RC was one of the

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7.30pm and play on Saturdays.

played a President’s Invitation

first to support the concept of

We will soon have FOUR

XV containing many Oxbridge

mini rugby and now fields at

pitches to play on. The new

Life In Haslemere wants to

Blues and at least one

least one team in each of a

land has now been seeded and

include various profiles on

international – and won 12-3!

dozen age groups from under

will be ready for the start of the

local sports clubs. If you

It is also widely held to be the

7s to over 70s. For the past 25

2007/8 season.

case that Jonny Wilkinson

years, the Seniors have toured

played some of his earliest

every year: the mini and junior

rugby at Haslemere, before

sections are now keeping up

local businesses. Please

hear from you. Call 01730

defecting to arch rivals

this proud tradition. There is

support the fund raising events

235669; or e-mail:

Farnham.

now a clear path for players to

throughout the season and if

info@lifemags.co.uk

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Haslemere RC is run by volunteers and sponsored by

would like a profile of your sports club in the magazine, we would love to