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Oyez, oyez his issue of Life in Haslemere is seething with summery communications – starting with the town’s new town crier Christian Ashdown. He features on the cover at the historic Charter Fair, which dates back to the 14th century.

The medieval town criers provided the main method of communication with the people of any town. They used to enjoy royal protection – because they could be the bringer of bad news such as taxes – and even in the 21st century ancient laws are supposed to guard them against heckling.

There was no heckling at the fourth Haslemere Chamber of Trade Awards or at the second Haslemere’s Got Talent show in April, when Town Mayor Melanie Odell chose to put herself in a prickly position by lying on a bed of nails for charity. Our plucky mayor raised more than £1,000 for charity.

For those seeking the great outdoors, there is a guide to ‘Days Out’, while BBC gardening expert Pippa Greenwood offers her ideas on how to give your garden a makeover this summer. Sport features strongly, with news of local cricket, swimming and polo, and a variety of entertainments at Goodwood.

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Town Mayor; Bed of Nails; St George’s Day; Award for HDC; Sensory Garden

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Promotion

Days Out in the local area this summer

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Business News

Meet the team; Hemingways; Photography service

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Interiors

What local people like about their homes

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Food and Drink

Branksome Place; Guide to local eateries

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Events

Haslemere Chamber Awards; Haslemere’s Got Talent; Charter Fair

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Grayshott News

Grayshott Concerts; Fox & Pelican; Grayshott in Bloom; Community Plan

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Community

Haslemere Coat of Arms; Garden Centre Café

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Gardening

Pippa Greenwood: Get a New Look

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Social

Inner child, by Catherine Morrow

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Charity

Gurkha Trailwalkers; Channel Swim

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Pictures of Millie; Haslemere DFAS Evening

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Goodwood; Cowdray; Haslemere Cricket Club

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Competition

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Directory

Local Contacts

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Days out: 6

Business News: 10

Food & Drink: 14

Events: 16

Charity: 24

Arts: 26

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elanie Odell has become Haslemere town mayor for a second successive year. Haslemere Town Council appointed Cllr Odell at a meeting in late May with Cllr Michael Dover as her deputy.

“It is a great honour to be mayor for a second term,” said Cllr Odell.

“While I was sorry that my deputy, Bill Douglas was unable to stand because of ill health, I am looking forward to the next 12 months having thoroughly enjoyed my first year as mayor.”

New Assistant Clerk Kathy Moore, who has been working for the Haslemere Town Council for 14 years, is retiring as Assistant Town Clerk. “I have enjoyed my job and enjoyed working with my colleagues but I’m not sad to leave.” she says.

Lisa O’Sullivan will take over the

Melanie Odell role as Assistant Clerk, having already experienced a number of jobs within the council – including organizing the civic reception and numerous planning meetings. Lisa lives in Haslemere with her three small children and has a background in IT services. She started working alongside Kathy at the beginning of May to become familiar with her new job.

Haslemere Town Council, 01428 654305

Bed of nails for Melanie H aslemere Town Mayor Melanie Odell performed a special fundraising stunt at the Haslemere’s Got Talent (HGT) show in the Festival Hall in April. She lay on a bed of nails to raise money for her mayoral charities – the Everyman (for men’s cancer) and Haslemere Educational Museum.

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V presenter and gardening expert Pippa Greenwood launched the Senses Garden at Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere in April. The Senses Garden will be an important outdoor resource for the patients of Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere and their families.

Holy Cross Hospital works with people with severe disability, helping them achieve the best possible quality of life.

Claire Whitehouse, the garden designer, was inspired by information obtained during visits to the hospital to create a highly original design. It is accessible to very disabled people and highly effective in appealing to the different senses.

Carol Fowlie, Director of Clinical Services, Holy Cross Hospital, says: “Above all, the garden will give variety for patients and opportunities for stimulation and enjoyment with relatives, friends and staff.”

Holy Cross Hospital. www.holycross.org.uk

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The intrepid mayor spent the morning in rehearsal with Ray Cimino, a judge at HGT (see page 16) and a former circus performer. Mrs Odell said that the hard part was repeating the act several times in rehearsal for the benefit of photographers. She has raised more than £1,000.

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eremy Hunt has been re-elected as MP for South West Surrey, with the largest swing of any sitting Tory MP over the Liberal Democrats. Now he has taken his place in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

He said: “The Olympics in particular is going to be huge: 170,000 people directly employed in the largest peacetime logistical exercise in our history. On top of that we have to cope with half a million extra journeys every day in London and the logistics of 24 world championships happening at exactly the same time.

“Most things feel easier the more you get to understand them, but with the Olympics it feels the other way round. At the same time it is incredibly exciting and an opportunity to put London and Britain on the map.” www.jeremyhunt.org

hildren at Camelsdale School were treated to an assembly of princesses, knights and dragons on St George’s Day at the beginning of May. Cllr Melanie Odell, Melissa King, John Orr of the Haslemere Wardrobe and Angie Townsend of Eden Hair and Beauty put on costumes for an exciting performance of St George and the dragon. The audience, a sea of blue uniforms, held replicas of the St George’s Cross flag.

Angie (the dragon) played a convincing death of the dragon when slayed by St George (John) whilst Melanie (the princess) gasped in terror. The children excited by the commotion, then raised hands to take part in answering questions about the culture and traditions of England.

The characters, still dressed up, then took to the playground to be bombarded with curious questions from little voices in awe of the princess’s veil such as how St George was able to slay the dragon with a wooden sword.

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ing Edward’s School (KES) Witley will have a new look from September. Forms 1 & 2 become ‘The Lower School’, with a new uniform and flexi-boarding available for up to four nights a week, Fees for day pupils and boarders in the Lower School have been substantially reduced.

This offers “even better value for the excellent all-round education provided in the Lower School,” according to a school spokesman.

Saturday lessons will be replaced with what the school promises to be “a stimulating programme of activities for boarders and optin for day pupils”.

New Headmaster, John Attwater, says: “This move creates a special identity for our 11-13 year-olds, gives them a better educational experience overall and a shape of the week more suited to their age group.”

The Sixth Form will only have the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on offer. Introduced to KES in 2004, the IB has been a great success, placing the school in the top six best performing IB co-ed schools in the country in 2009.

Parents can find out more if they make an appointment for an IB Information Day on Saturday 19 June at 11am.

KES, 01428 686727, or spraggsj@kesw.org.

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Hollycombe has a large and varied collection of steam-powered machines on show for a fun and educational day out with the kids.

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Marwell Zoo Winchester www.marwell.org .uk

Birdworld Farnham www.birdworld.co.uk

Set in 26 acres of landscaped gardens, Birdworld has a hug e range of birds, from the colo urful parrots of the Amazonian rainforests to the large African ostrich. Visitors are encourage d to take a stroll through the lost trail with its own dinosaur swamp or ride the safari train for a clos e-up view of the world’s largest bird s.

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There will be guided tours with trained herbalists within the gardens explaining uses of common garden plants and growing demonstrations about how to grow you own herbs successfully.

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The Chilli Fiesta is spread over three days this year, on 6, 7 and 8 August, A vast collection of 200+ chillis, grown in restored Victorian Glasshouses, will be displayed in rows in every shape and size ranging from the serene green through to red hot. There will be hot and spicy foods on sale, chilligrowing demonstrations, salsa music and lots of dancing.

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Meet the team: Eden Hair A hostess with the mostess, Angie Townsend gets down to business at her salon n 21 April, the Eden Hair team opened its doors and welcomed all 64 of its guests to be part of the Haslemere Chambers of Business and Commerce networking event and put on a spectacular show. A presentation of a live 45-minute 'before and after' challenge put the professional skills and innovation of the Eden staff to the test in which they clearly succeeded. The audience were particularly wowed by an extremely hairy 'man beast' being styled and coiffured into clean-shaven ‘eye candy’.

Angie, Eden’s director, encouraged other businesses to get involved in the evening so stunning outfits were provided by The Haslemere Wardrobe, Clover, Blush and Danielle Taylor for the models to wear.

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The positive team spirit allowed the salon to be a hive of excitement and fun. Angie followed the event by saying “Myself and my team still found the energy for tonight despite swimming 2.5K in last week’s Swimathon

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for Marie Cure. We are so proud to show what Eden is all about and have really looked forward to this evening. We love working with our community.”

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Silent guest Jo Packard, new to the Haslemere area, has been a freelance photographer since 1998, shooting weddings, portraits and special events all over the country

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emingways in Haslemere High Street aims to offer people the chance to escape from the helter-skelter of modern life and relax in a warm and comfortable environment. Nikki and Stuart Dear, new owners of Hemingways, have recently acquired the coffee shop from what used to be Russells.

They are striving for a personal, friendly and continental style, derived from their time spent living in rural France last year.

“Wherever you go, the French are extremely welcoming and always acknowledge your presence,” says Stuart Dear. “Even in busy periods we feel it’s important to greet customers and make them feel relaxed and at home.”

The Dears are thoroughly enjoying being hosts to regular Haslemere customers and passers by. “We have a wonderful eclectic

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range of guests, from ladies that lunch to formal business meetings to people looking for a bit of ‘me time’,” Stuart adds.

Hemingways, with its Cuban-style atmosphere, is named after Ernest, the wellknown American author. It has a new menu and conventional table service so customers only have to get up to browse the gorgeous range of homemade cakes.

Hemingways is in the process of seeking a licence to sell alcohol for carefree evenings with a glass of wine, as well as being open for people searching for a laidback, family atmosphere in the day.

It will also hold a number of events and exhibitions. Scrunch Sundays promise to provide particular fun as people can sit down with a great brunch and play a game of scrabble with friends or strangers.

Hemingways, www.hemingwayscoffeeshop.co.uk

lso known as ‘the silent wedding guest’, she prides herself on her discretion while being sure to capture every little detail and spontaneous moment.

Being a mum of two small children and with a down-to-earth nature, she aims to offer a personal and professional service with charm.

Jo brings many elements to her work, with a background in graphic design and primary school teaching.

Her style is reportage or storytelling; she works with digital technology and conventional film .

She also volunteers her services to two schools in the area as an events photographer and also as the ‘Dreams’ Photographer’ for the Midhurst-based charity Dreams Come True.

“I am ensuring that some of the hundreds of terminally and seriously ill children’s and families’ dreams are made indelible in a beautifully bound photographic book. I feel that contributing towards making a dream become a reality is a unique gift that anyone should offer if they can.”

A recommended supplier to Ramster and The Walled Garden at Cowdray, she also hopes to work as a local photographer alongside NCT Haslemere, Midhurst and District to record some of their special family events.

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River Heartsong, Fernhurst ‘I make the decisions about the décor in our house! My favourite room is my kitchen because I’m a cook. It’s small but light and the best feature in it is a big colourful painting of tulips.’

Here’s how local people in Haslemere view their homes. By Aimee Plant

Mrs Susanne Hawkins, Grayshott ‘My favourite room is my kitchen, as I spend most of my time in there. I have an Aga so it’s lovely and warm.’

Fiona Stanton, Haslemere ‘I think a bit of your personality should come out when decorating your hom e and it has to be comfortab le.

I like to sit with friends in my kitchen which has butter milk walls and a wooden floo r. I have pictures everywher e.’

ing, Clarissa Picker e er m Hasle ‘The most relaxing is room in my house s It’ . om ro the living rs lou co le pa th wi calm t igh br except for my red sofa.’

Claire Cipollone, Interior designer for Dulux Design “My favourite interior scheme for a room, is when the room is of a good size and I can use various patterns, designs and textures that are all linked together by similar colours.

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food & drink

Waist not want not!

The menu at Branksome Place was hard to resist for Aimee Plant on her visit in May

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rriving at Branksome is an experience in itself. The long driveway takes you up to an old Tudor-style building with large grounds looking over the beautiful Surrey Downs, while the interior is a contrasting modern nautical theme.

The restaurant, simple and spacious, was lively and the waitresses were smiley and welcoming as they greeted us and took us to a quiet part of the room.

As we ordered drinks I tried to get an idea of what I fancied from the plates that went by to other tables.

With a holiday on the horizon and a dress to fit into for a wedding in June, the last thing I needed was a delicious three-course meal put in front of me.

The menu wasn’t too overwhelming with hundreds of options and there was a good selection of starters and salads. My ham terrine was delicious with its combination of thick, salty ham and sweet grape chutney but it was so filling I had to make myself stop for fear of not being able to finish my haddock main course.

Fish is always my favourite choice when I go out to eat and tonight was no exception. The spinach and runny poached egg complemented the haddock perfectly and was substantial enough with the bed of mash potato. I insisted that it was only fair if I tried the steak, the other choice of main course in our party of two, which was equally tasty.

When it came to dessert I found it hard to decide but in the end I went for the pear tart with vanilla ice cream, which was light and just right to finish off my indulgent meal. Most impressive of our desserts, however, was the warm treacle sponge with creamy custard. I couldn’t help reaching my fork across the table a number of times for this one.

Our waitress was informative and attentive and did not mind that we spent a while finishing our desserts and sipping wine after most of the other guests had left. But she didn’t believe me when I said that I wouldn’t eat another thing until my holiday.

OK, my diet really starts today!

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Excellent eating Life in Haslemere has searched the 2010 guide books – the 2010 Michelin, the AA Restaurant Guide and the Good Pub Guide – for their favourite local eating places

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he Restaurant at the Lythe Hill Hotel earns two rosettes in the AA Guide.

“The menu is essentially modern British with classical French influences and dishes are unfussy and focused on flavour,” says the AA. The Swan Inn at nearby Chiddingfold is praised by Michelin as a “majestic pub with a modern, stylish interior…. Food is simple, unfussy and classical; specials change twice a day with the latest season produce.”

At Henley (just south of Fernhurst) the

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Duke of Cumberland has an “appealing menu” and “charming service”. The Lickfold Inn, owned by Chris Evans, is “ambitious”; and the Halfway Bridge Inn, has “hearty” British cooking, “pub classics” and “proper puddings”.

La Luna in the centre of Godalming also earns two AA rosettes for its “contemporary’” Italian cooking with Sicilian and Tuscan influences. It “oozes style and sophistication”, enthuses the AA. Just off the A3 near Liphook, the Greatham Inn has enjoyed a remarkable rejuvenation. Originally it was called the Queens and in the nineties there was a second pub in the village. But when both pubs were threatened with closure only one could survive. The Silver Birch was closed and is now a housing development while the Queens was rebranded as the Greatham Inn. Kate Jones took over the licence at the end of last year. “I was working there part-time as a bar maid after 20 years as a statistician for a transport planning authority in Woking,”

she said. “ I needed a change of career, the chance to run the pub came along, and I took it. The whole experience has been brilliant and I love it.”

During the week the Greatham serves traditional pub food, with a ‘specials’ board at weekends. The inn prides itself on its fish.

JSW in Petersfield is the closest restaurant to Haslemere with a Michelin star.

“Contemporary cooking: flavourful, wellsourced and confident,” Michelin sums up.

Another Petersfield restaurant to find favour is Annie Jones –“Many towns the size of Petersfield would kill for a restaurant like Annie Jones,” says the AA. Contact Annie Jones 01730 262728 Duke of Cumberland, 01428 652280 Greatham Inn, 01420 538016 La Luna, 01483 414155 JSW, 01730 262030 Lickfold Inn, 01798 861285 The Restaurant, Lythe Hill, 01428 651251 The Swan Inn, 01428 682073 L Issue 22 June/July 2010

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events

Glittering prizes

Photographs by Peter Searight Melissa King with John Telling from The Royal Oak

The Haslemere & District Chamber of Commerce and Trade Business Awards 2010 were announced at a glittering ceremony at The Georgian House Hotel n the fourth year of the awards each of the nine categories saw fierce competition for the coveted accolades. Some 120 guests enjoyed a delicious three-course meal with dancing afterwards.

The award for Customer Service was made to Haslemere Travel. “The quality of Customer Service is the number one priority for the team,” according to Gemma Antrobus.

As a small independent business in a very competitive industry, the commitment of our dedicated team of experienced consultants to the highest levels of customer care, bear testament to 21 years of successful trading in Haslemere.”

Greenest Haslemere Company was GPM Ecology.

Gareth Matthez said: “GPM Ecology is proud to receive this award and wishes to thank the Chamber of Commerce for their recognition of the company’s endeavours to reduce its carbon footprint and involvement in various conservation schemes,

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such as the Dormice Monitoring Programme. Indeed the woodland around Haslemere is one of the 'hot-spots' in the Country for this rare mammal.”

This year saw the introduction of a new category – Best Business Team – won by a delighted Woolmer Hill Technology College. Mrs Bullen, Headteacher of Woolmer Hill, commented: “Modern schools are run very much as a business and, although we do not operate for profit and are government funded, we are, as any business, focused on our customers – pupils and parents. I am very proud of our team.”

The Most Innovative Marketing Campaign went to The Remarkable Studio for their ‘Day to Remember’ promotion offering themed portraits in period costume in conjunction with two other local businesses. The Best New Business was won by Courtshill Lettings, a new business and a new Chamber member. Employee of the Year

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was presented to Charles Blumlein of Transform Landscape Design & Construction Ltd for his work over many years – a recent project was recognised at a national industry award.

The Most Proactive Business in the Community was Haslemere Preparatory School. “We are thrilled to receive this award,” they said.

“We pride ourselves on our presence in and support of the wider local community and this is proof that it really matters.

We are seeking to develop our community commitment still further in the coming months and years, especially in supporting local elderly and vulnerable people. This will include the boys regularly hosting tea parties for local elderly and vulnerable people.”

Haslemere Health Foods was chosen as the most Fabulous Food Outlet with their newly refurbished, bigger, and better

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fter the success of the inaugural Haslemere’s Got Talent last year, the talent show returned in April. Ten acts performed to a capacity audience in Haslemere Hall and the panel of judges.

Resident judges Steve Parker, Nicola McArdle and Ray Cimino (with professional backgrounds in drama, theatre and circus respectively) were joined by guest judge Alexandra Sumner Hughes.

Alexandra Sumner Hughes began her professional career as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz for the Northcott Theatre, Exeter. For the last 20 years she has worked mainly in musical theatre as an actress, notably in Les Miserables, The Pirates of Penzance, Kiss Me Kate; in straight theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and for various companies as an Assistant Director.

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Alexandra’s experience in the professional theatre joined the judging panel’ said Richard Oldham, manager of Haslemere Hall. “Her advice and encouragement added immeasurably to the advice given to the acts on the night.”

After the 10 finalists performed, the judges selected their top three acts to go forward to a public vote. Back on stage, the winners of the first Haslemere’s Got Talent, Circus

premises in Wey Hill. Dominic Upton, of Haslemere Health Foods, said: “Sharing the space at the Georgian with all those other fantastic Haslemere businesses was a terrific experience, and when the announcement came that we had won the award I felt on top of the world! I would like to dedicate it to Phil and the crew at Ainsbrook of Petersfield, who succeeded in creating a shop that would look at home among the most elegant shops in London.”

He also thanked his co-workers Steff and Gemma, and “the hundreds of loyal customers who have been so positive about the new look. It’s a pleasure to be here, and to know that the hard work has been worthwhile”.

Finally, the award for Business Personality of the Year went to Alan Perry (Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Haslemere Museum) in recognition of his many years of work in and around the town.

on the Hill, performed their self-penned winning song and a more recent original composition. The 10 acts were recalled to the stage. The acts chosen to proceed to the public vote were: White Noise, a young rock band; Rebecca Ryan, solo dance; and The Hot Flushes, the oldest competitors in the competition with a comedy tap dancing routine. The judges based these choices on a variety of factors, such as most professional, most improved in a week, most entertainment value, most potential.

The packed auditorium cast their votes, and there was a recount. The finalists were recalled to the stage by compere Sam Rogers.

In third place came The Hot Flushes, with White Noise second. The winner of Haslemere’s Got Talent 2010 was 11-yearold Rebecca Ryan. Rebecca’s acrobatic and balletic dance routine was described by judge Ray Cimino as, “Stunning”. There was a standing ovation as the tiny Rebecca was visibly overcome, but ever the true professional she treated the audience to a flawless reprise of her act, this time with a broad smile on her face!

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Photographs by Peter Searight

Charter Fair

This year’s Haslemere Charter Fair attracted 10,000 people to the town on the early May Bank Holiday Monday. The weather was kind and the event went “incredibly well”, according to chairman Melanie Odell

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here were 120 stalls running up and down the High Street and West Street, and a fairground in Waitrose car park. There were acts on stage throughout the afternoon, steam engines, a ride-on railway and a delicious hog-roast.

The ‘handing over’ of the role of Town Crier took place in the afternoon. Christian Ashdown inherited the title from Terry

Burns who was made town crier at the Charter Fair 25 years ago.

In 1393 Richard II and the Bishop of Salisbury confirmed an Order dated 29 April 1221 allowing a weekly market and an annual fair to be held in Haslemere. The first was reported in 1394 and Haslemere Charter Fair has been running every two years since it was reinstated in 1984.

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grayshott news

Grayshott’s first ever ‘Shakesperience’ G rayshott Concerts are teaming up with Applegarth Farm in July to present the first ever open-air performance in Grayshott of Shakespeare’s comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost.

The ‘Shakesperience’ starts with an al-fresco barbecue supper prepared and served by the Applegarth Restaurant team at 5.30pm on Wednesday 7 July, during which guests can sit under the trees and enjoy the excitement of a

professional polo match. Then a little before 7.30pm they can stroll the few yards to take their seats in front of the stage, specially constructed for the occasion, and with a backdrop of beech trees with subtle uplighting.

“It’s going to be a truly magical evening,” says Concerts’ artistic director Vivien Harrison. “We’ve presented operas outdoors before, but this is the first time for a Shakespeare comedy.

We’re pulling out all the stops.”

Applegarth Farm’s Managing Director, Will Benson, is equally excited. “We’ve wanted to have a great outdoor event for quite a while, and now everything’s coming together for a perfectly brilliant evening. The first of many, perhaps.”

Performance tickets are £25 & £20 and supper tickets are £15.

Grayshott Concerts, 01428 606666

Fox and Pelican signboard F ollowing publicity in the Antiques Trade Gazette a year ago the original signboard for the well-known Fox and Pelican in Grayshott was offered for sale by public auction. It has been successfully secured for the village by funding from the Grayshott Pottery Community Fund.

Following strong commission and telephone bidding the sign was secured for £4,300.

Research carried out by the Grayshott Village Archive of the sign’s subsequent fate following its removal from outside of the pub in 1913 had proved somewhat inconclusive until recently. An email from Essex auctioneers Sworders claimed that they had been consigned what they thought to be the original missing signboard from a vendor in Wales.

A visit to their auction rooms suggested that this was the missing sign. The sign was originally commissioned to be painted by Walter Crane in 1899 by the then newly formed Grayshott and District

Sign of the times: Kim Bibby (2nd left, manageress of the Fox and Pelican), with Brian Tapp, Richard Peskett (Grayshott Village Archive), and Phil Bates (Grayshott Society)

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ith 60 local traders and new de luxe hanging baskets on order, this year’s Grayshott in Bloom is set to be a “wonderful multicoloured success” after a disappointing outcome last year.

Dick Smith, who helps to organize the blooming of Grayshott, explains that the baskets are extremely sturdy and the built-in water reservoir will ensure a long-lasting display. The bulbs have been carefully chosen and will be planted by volunteers.

The hanging baskets that have been funded by the Hampshire County Council will be distributed between the companies involved and will be blooming with flora in June. www.grayshott.com

Local plan T Refreshment Association whose original shareholders included George Bernard Shaw and Sir Frederick Pollock.

Run as a temperance house, the Fox and Pelican was never a financial success and in 1913 it was sold to the Peoples Refreshment House Association (PRHA) and then run more on the lines of a public house. At this time the original sign was taken down and a copy put in its place.

Along with the sign has come a second in pressed copper

which dates from the takeover by the PRHA in 1913.

Having now secured the sign and its ironwork, and with its return to the village, it is intended that this important piece of Grayshott history, which also has equal importance as an artefact from the late 19th century Arts and Crafts movement, is to be put on public display. This may be at Grayshott Pottery which will enable suitable public viewing to take place. www.grayshott-archive.org.uk

Outstanding coach T he Hampshire County Coaches Association has nominated Andy Meears, the Grayshott Cricket Club Coach, for the 2010 Sky Sports Coach Award for “Outstanding Coaching Achievement”.

The regional winners will be announced at the 3rd nPower Test England v Pakistan at the Brit Oval on 20 August.

Andy is extremely passionate about cricket; when he’s not playing or coaching the sport he is watching it on

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the big screen. He says he was “surprised” to receive the award but nevertheless “pleased” and he looks forward to attending the event. He puts his nomination down to the unique coaching programme he came up with for the summer and winter seasons.

Andy coaches the girls’ youth team at the Grayshott Cricket Ground which came third for North Hants in the cricket league last season. However, the girls’ team are short of

players so he is urging girls to give cricket a go and is sure he can make the experience sociable and enjoyable.

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he Community Plan was launched at the end of April in the village hall. This government initiative aims to give local people more control over their community and environment.

Linda Munday, East Hampshire District Council Community Planning Coordinator, presented the evening along with a guest speaker, Doug Jones, from Buriton. Doug explained how Buriton has had “amazing success” with their parish plan.

Grayshott fortunate to have so many active groups, committees and individuals working on projects to find ways of enhancing facilities.

This will enable the community’s hard work to be compiled into one document – The Grayshott Community Plan. And the community can ask for funding for new projects, with the proof that the village has asked for these facilities and changes.

The Grayshott Community Plan Steering Committee is: Diana Hewitt, Jo Cooke Yarborough, Janet Edwards and Julie Bevis. www.grayshott.com

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community

A treasured gift The Haslemere Coat of Arms weaving has been handed to the community by the Oriental Rug Gallery aslemere is the first town in the UK to have its Coat of Arms hand-woven on a traditional loom by a Master Rug Craftsman. More than 150 guests were invited by the Mayor of Haslemere, Melanie Odell, to the Haslemere Educational Museum for the official handover ceremony at the end of March.

Guests were formally announced by Haslemere’s then Town Crier Terry Burns, and included: the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Gordon Lee Steere; the High Sheriff of Surrey, Lady Toulson; the Right Honourable Lord Hayter; the Deputy Mayor of Waverley; The Worshipful Company of Weavers; The College of Arms; the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts; and local dignitaries and businesses.

Anas Al Akhoann, who is a fourth generation Master Rug Craftsman and co-proprietor of The Oriental Rug Gallery in Wey Hill with his wife Sandre, has hand-woven and rug-knotted the Haslemere Coat of Arms as a gift for the Town. In his presentation speech, Anas said he had hand-woven over 800,000 rug knots to complete the weaving, “stitch by stitch, knot by knot, breath by breath”, because of his love of Haslemere.

Cllr Odell said it was “a gift to be treasured as part of Haslemere’s history. We can only admire the dedication and enthusiasm that Anas and Sandre have put into this beautiful hand-crafted weaving.”

An Open Weave event was launched by former Mayor and Mayoress William and Carole King in March last year; and there was also a ‘Schools In Stitches’ initiative. More than 1,000 adults and children from the local community and all around the world have visited the Gallery to weave their rug knots and add a stitch in this two-year weaving project.

The weaving was presented to Alan Perry and Julia Tanner, respectively Chairman and Curator of The Haslemere Educational

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Oyez: (left to right): The then Town Crier Terry Burns; Anas Al Akhoann and his wife Sandre Blake, of The Oriental Rug Gallery; Alan Perry, Chairman of Haslemere Educational Museum; Mayor Melanie Odell; Councillor William King; Julia Tanner, Curator at Haslemere Museum; Haslemere Chamber President Melissa King.

Museum. It will go on permanent public display at Haslemere Museum later this year when it has been mounted and framed. “We look forward to welcoming visitors to view this remarkable piece of craftsmanship,” Alan Perry said.

The Worshipful Company of Weavers have made a sponsorship donation for the installation of the weaving at the Museum.

To become a sponsor, contact Julia Tanner, 01428 642112. And see the journey of the Haslemere In Stitches weaving at the Oriental Rug Gallery’s website.

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Fundraising with a smile A community-minded café can be found at The Haslemere Garden Centre, offering delicious food and drink, served with kindness

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he garden centre is on the A286 just north of Haslemere, between Grayswood and Brook, but most people do not know about Café Café which sits peacefully among the wonderful array of plants, seeds and water features.

Sandra Hanauer, the proprietor, has run the charming Café Café for more than 12 years, and she has also raised a considerable amount of money for charity by selling used books, kindly donated by faithful customers.

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“We’re an individual, family run café,” she says, her famous smile spreading across her face. “So far we’ve raised about £12,000 for two worthwhile charities: Send a Cow who help establish sustainable farming in Africa; and Mary’s Meals who set up school feeding projects in communities where poverty blocks children from gaining an education.”

Café Café has ample, free parking.

Whether you need refreshment after shopping for your garden, a relaxing place to meet or just want to sit and read one of the many books on sale for charity, Sandra and her team will always give you a warm welcome.

Café Café, 07973 688885

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gardening

Get a new look

in your garden

Pippa Greenwood presents nine ideas to ‘glam up’ your gardens in 2010 1 Water feature Introduce the magical effect of water by treating yourself to a small water feature. If possible include a pump, so that you can enjoy the wildlife that the water will bring, and the relaxing sound and stunning appearance of water on the move.

2 Lawns A neat lawn makes a garden look tidier than it really is. Next time you mow, spend a little extra time and use a half-moon edger or sharp spade to neaten the edges.

3 Patios Perk up your patio with a few pots and planters full of summer colour. Bedding plants and some fresh compost are all that's required. Loose patio slabs look awful and are a potential hazard, so carefully lift and replace or re-lay. Alternatively, remove

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the damaged slab, clear out all hardcore and debris beneath and fill the hole with garden soil mixed with potting compost, creating a planting hole to fill with favourite plants that are compact such as small sedums, sempervivums or alpines.

4 Herb gardens A herb garden is not always easy to achieve, plant up a good-sized pot with gritty compost and a selection of herbs you enjoy eating. It'll look good and, if positioned in a sunny spot close to the house, will also be easily accessible for food preparation.

5 Tomatoes Use pots with tomatoes as a colourful and fruitful new addition to the patio. Whether tomatoes are planted in open ground or in the greenhouse, they will need regular feeding with a high-potash liquid

feed to the best possible crop. It's usually sold as a 'tomato feed' and also makes a great fertiliser for any flowering plants.

6 Smells Create a perfumed area close to garden benches, or other seating areas.There are lots of lovely perfumed plants to choose from, such as English or French lavenders.

7 Colour Sunflowers have cheery golden yellow blooms, which will brighten up the dullest plot. Sow them as soon as possible. Later in the year wild birds can feast on the seeds.

8 Window boxes Give your window box or hanging baskets a boost by incorporating some controlled-release fertiliser granules. They make it easier to keep everything well-fed once the plants are growing strongly.

9 New tools Use a small-headed hoe (sold as an onion hoe) to clear weeds between crops such as onions, garlic, French beans – anything that is planted close together. www.pippagreenwood.com L

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Why sometimes we need to see the world through children’s eyes. By Catherine Morrow

hile in a local opticians, I was looking to buy a new pair of glasses. There were several to choose from and so I enlisted the help of my three-year-old daughter, Lucy. Without hesitation, she picked a pair of bright orange Mr Tickle glasses.

I pointed out that, apart from being quite small, “they wouldn’t suit Mummy”. It made me laugh because I realised that children see the fun in everything and we adults often take life too seriously.

So last week, I released my inner child and reversed the pram out of the front door, pretending to be a train, shouting “choo choo choo choo”, much to the bemusement of my opposite neighbour, who looked at me like I was a little mad.

Maybe I am, I often act the fool and dance around the kitchen to make my children laugh,

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but if I am honest, it can be liberating to lose your inhibitions.

Even my language can be childlike, I am so used to driving a “broom broom” that the word car often escapes me. When walking with out my children, it’s my automatic response to say “woof woof ” when I see a canine!

I tell my children to be honest and not tell lies, and my daughter has heeded my advice quite literally. She says exactly what she sees, without sparing anyone’s blushes.

While out and about I hear, “Mummy, he’s got a very red face”. In a supermarket, while deciding which mushrooms to pick, Lucy tugs at my coat and says “She is a very big lady”.

So I did what I thought was best and

pretended I didn’t hear and so she shouts even louder “I said, she is a VERY BIG LADY”.

As adults we are trained to hide our true feelings, but children don’t have a façade. We may think it, but children have the honesty and innocence to say it. As a rule, children bounce out of bed happy and excited about the brand new day, whereas tired adults crawl out of bed dwelling on the problems that lie ahead.

We are forever teaching our children about the dangers of life, from crossing the road to ‘stranger danger’, and yet sometimes we should take a step back and focus on the fun in life, see the world through our children’s eyes and not take life so seriously.

Maybe I should have picked the Mr Tickle glasses after all . . .

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Life changing

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arents from Haslemere Preparatory School and St Ives School will test their stamina and endurance as they take part in Trailwalker on 17 and 18 July from Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Petersfield to Brighton racecourse.

The three ‘Dizzy Heights’ teams are predominantly made up of parents of children in years 3 and 5 of Haslemere Preparatory School and St Ives.

One of the most challenging team events in the world,Trailwalker UK requires teams of four – male, female, mixed or veterans – to cover a 100km course across the South Downs in less than 30 hours.

Teams are completing the challenge in order to raise money for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Trailwalker was started by Gurkha soldiers in Hong Kong in 1981 as a training exercise. The Gurkhas currently hold the record for completing a course – 9 hours 50 minutes.

Charles Lunt, who has a child at each school, said: “I hadn’t realised what they meant by ‘children will change your life’!

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Parents enter one of the toughest team challenges in the world – Oxfam Trailwalker

time in front of computers that we decided to look for a challenge which was both physical and mental. Trailwalker was the perfect event.”

The teams must start together, go through each checkpoint together and finish the course together. Whether they walk or run the course most teams will still be going long into the night, and probably into the following day. It’s tough but with the right training and mental attitude, any reasonably fit team should be able to complete the challenge.

The three ‘Dizzy Heights’ teams must also raise at least £6,000 in sponsorship. These funds will support Oxfam’s work in relieving poverty and suffering around the world, and The Gurkha Welfare Trust’s community projects in Nepal.

Dizzy Heights, www. virginmoney.com/dizzyheights Trailwalker factfile • Trailwalker UK raised £1.3 million for Oxfam & the GWT in 2009.

• The course record is 9 hours and 50 minutes, held by Queens Own Gurkha Logistics

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atherine Pateman, 24, who lives in Rake, is a determined and dedicated swimmer, who plans to swim the Channel.

Having swum for Haslemere Swimming Club from the age of seven and at county level until she was 18, she says that this is a long-term ambition.

“I’m mostly excited but a little scared,” says Catherine. “I had my first practice sea-swim in April and the temperature was a little daunting.”

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Regiment • The average time is 25 hrs.

• Trailwalker is the equivalent of 2.5 marathons and a complete ascent of Ben Nevis.

• The 2,000 people taking part will collectively walk four times around the world, taking a total of 200 million steps.

• Participants have come from the US, Nepal, the Cayman Islands, Australia – as well as the UK. • A third of the teams taking part are from the corporate sector.

• 230 Gurkha soldiers, including 13 chefs, will provide logistical support. Over three days the

Gurkha chefs will produce 10,000 Nepalese curries and 2,000 cooked breakfasts!

• Oxfam supporters will make 15,000 cups of tea, and provide massages and cheering throughout the 30-hour challenge.

• Trailwalker is a worldwide event, which take place in the UK (Trailwalker in the South Downs and Trailtrekker in the Yorkshire Dales), Australia (Melbourne and Sydney), Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and Ireland.

Kate Pateman takes to the sea

she is in awe of soldiers in Afghanistan. She hopes to raise more than £1,000 for the charity, but first she is looking for a sponsor for at least £2,000 to hire the escort pilot and boat to see her across the Channel safely.

Catherine aims to swim the 22 miles from Folkestone to Calais in less than 14 hours. Her fuel of choice will be hot Ribena, which will be fed to her by friends from the escort boat.

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Millie Kohler

Pictures of

Millie Brain tumour helps photographer Millie Kohler to achieve better vision. By Lesley Hussell

hen Millie Kohler almost lost her eyesight during a series of operations on a rare type of pituitary brain tumour, she had no idea it would lead to a new career. She suffered from a rare form that had been present since she was a child but was only diagnosed after the birth of her third daughter in 2002.

Millie became a professional photographer after suffering temporary virtual blindness – then discovering that when her sight returned, she was able to see with such amazing intensity that colours now appear far more vivid than they do to other people.

“I feel I see things that other people just don’t notice, such as a particular lily, or a stone in

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an autumn pond. Things I call ‘Millie’s Moments.’ It is almost as if I am storing memories for the future, just in case,” she said.

Now she is using her dazzling new vision to capture the glorious tones and contrasts of local landscapes and beautiful gardens in the Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire countryside.

“My tumour was very persistent and kept coming back,” said Millie, a mother of three daughters, from Haslemere. “My eyesight deteriorated so badly throughout each day, I could barely see. It took four operations to destroy the tumour finally.

“But it’s given me something extra and I just love photographing gardens and landscapes, with the flowers, the trees, even the bees. Life as a

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aslemere DFAS are holding an evening lecture called “Art inspired by Wine” on 11 June. The event at Haslemere Educational Museum from 7.00 to 9.30 will include drinks and canapés in the museum garden (weather permitting) before the one hour lecture by John Ericson.

Recently retired from Director of Studies at the School of Education, Bath University, John Ericson is now a freelance lecturer. He will examine paintings of wine being made and consumed in celebration

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since the time of Noah.

He will also discuss more contemporary artwork, on wine labels and in catalogues, by artists such as Chagall and the cartoonist Ronald Searle.

He says "Life without Art is like dinner without wine. Why bother?"

Attendance is by ticket only, open to HDFAS (Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society) members and their guests. Anyone wishing to join can apply for tickets.

HDFAS, 01428 645054, www.haslemeredfas.org.uk

mother of three is chaotic and can be stressful, but being in a garden is just heaven.”

Pictures taken by Millie can be of wide, sweeping views or of vibrant ‘macro’ details, offered to clients as canvases or framed prints. Sets of four are popular – perhaps the same scene shot in each season, or four different flowers, water scenes, views or favourite places.

Her photographs, which have been shown at the Haslemere Museum, are bought by homeowners who’ve worked hard to create a wonderful garden – big or small. Perhaps they want a reminder of a summer scene to be enjoyed on a winter’s day; as a memento for people about to move house; as a present for parents who love their garden;

or simply as a stunning dash of colour to decorate a home.

Millie would welcome contact from others diagnosed with a pituitary tumour. “It would be nice to give something back to someone in need of some support after finding out they are in the same position,” she said.

Pituitary tumours are a type of brain tumour that attack the pituitary gland, a small ovalshaped gland found at the base of the brain below the optic nerve (the nerve which leads to and from the eye).

Millie Kohler, www.milliesmoments.com Lesley Hussell, Editing Edge, www.editingedge.co.uk

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ernhurst Choral Society’s spring/summer concert this year will be a joint performance with the renowned International Choir of Hildesheim, Germany, of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle literally his small solemn mass.

The title of this mass is a classical misnomer, for it is a substantial work written in the grand operatic style for which the composer is perhaps better known: Rossini wrote 38 operas, including those still prominent in the operatic repertoire such as The Barber of Seville and William Tell. Although the latter was his last opera, it was composed when Rossini was just 37; with the notable exception of his Stabat Mater (1842) he

composed nothing of musical significance until Petite Messe Solennelle in 1863, five years before his death.

Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle is full of memorable tunes, musical intensity and buoyant rhythms and is a delight to sing and hear.

Fernhurst Choral Society and the International Choir of Hildesheim will be jointly singing this master work three times; twice in Germany during the Society’s visit to Germany at the end of May and once again in England in June.

The concert in England will be at 7.30pm on Saturday 26 June at St. Paul’s Church, Chichester.

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In the swim aslemere Swimming Club finished eighth in the National Arena Swimming League ‘B’ Final at Pond’s Forge in Sheffield. Now ranked 18th in the UK, the club improved two places from 2009 in its second successive appearance in these national finals.

With five firsts, two seconds, two thirds and nine fourth places, Haslemere scored 248 points, 29 more than the previous year.

The team has strength in depth and most swimmers produced personal bests.

The winners were: men’s captain Tom Kennedy in the 100 metre butterfly; national silver medallist Sasha Stalker in the girls’ under-13 100m backstroke; Matt Powell in the closest race of the final, the 100m fly; Charis Dowson, who left the field in her wake in the girls’ 10-11 years 50

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T metres breaststroke; and Sarah Baldwin in the under-15 100 metres freestyle with a time which qualified her for the National Championships in August.

Head Coach Lawrie Thomson said, “We are a small club, we are achieving great things through the commitment of many people, in the pool, poolside and behind the

scenes, and we’re looking to go onto greater things!”

Haslemere has a population of only 15,000 but finished ahead of Derby (more than one million), and Norwich (376,000).

Haslemere Swimming Club, www.haslemereswimmingclub. co.uk

Cowdray polo centenary

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idhurst has been prime polo territory for 100 years, since the formation of a polo club by the Hon Harold Pearson on his father’s Cowdray Estate in 1910.

By the 1930s crowds of 5,000 were attracted to the famous Lawns during the celebratory week.The Second World War saw polo come to an abrupt halt. The 3rd Viscount, John Cowdray, who inherited the Estate in 1933, survived the war despite losing an arm in the battle for Dunkirk.

He set about reviving polo in the UK. Importing 50 ponies by ship from the Argentine, encouraging friends and new players into the sport, and bravely playing with the aid

of a prosthetic arm, he is recognized as the post-war saviour of polo. John Cowdray’s most famous legacy is the Cowdray Park Gold Cup which he launched In 1956.

Leading champagne house Veuve Clicquot has sponsored the Gold Cup since 1995 and the partnership has blossomed into a perfect synergy – the champagne house’s bright yellow label exactly matching the paintwork of the houses and cottages owned by the Cowdray Estate. The colour is a reference to the 1st and 2nd Viscounts’ support for the Liberal party in the early part of the 20th Century.

The scale of the club’s expansion might astonish its

founder – around 450 matches take place annually. Most of it took place during the 60-year guardianship of his son, John Cowdray. He would, however, feel completely at home with the vivacious colour still pervading the Estate and surrounding its polo pitches!

Liz Higgins

Cowdray highlights 20 June, Midhurst Town Cup 26 June, Cowdray Centenary Ball (with fireworks against the backdrop of the Ruins) 23 June to 18 July, Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup www.cowdraypolo.co.uk

Changes of leadership at cricket club

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or the 2010 season the Haselemere Cricket Club 1st XI have elected veterans Graham Boxall and Andrew Hastilow as captain and vice-captain, Jo Morley writes. Graham Boxall’s unorthodox approach endears him to the youngsters in the team and he likes winning. Will the team like it when he exerts authority? Will his head go down if things go badly? One thing for sure is that we shall be living in exciting times.

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All go at Goodwood

The 2009 season, although excellent in many respects, ended in disappointment for the 1st XI. Having won eight games out of nine, they were in contention for promotion at the end of July. But they only won one of their last six games (and that from a concession) to finish fifth in the league, 17 points behind champions Lingfield whom they had defeated seven weeks earlier.

The 2nd XI have chosen Neil Cooper and Paul Sturt as

captain and vice captain, having ended the 2009 season 4th in their division. Neil Cooper is as enthusiastic a cricketer as you can hope to meet.

Off the field, Haslemere Cricket Club has been raising funds. Their Dinner and Dance at Branksome Place was a tremendous success thanks to Sara-Jane Gray’s organization and enthusiasm. www.haslemerecc.co.uk

he horse racing season offers 23 meetings, most of them with seven races on the card. There are also five evening meetings – four as usual every Friday in June and two more in August. The evening of 11 June features Goodwood’s first ladies evening – or ‘Frankie (Dettori), Fillies and Frocks Night’, as it has been dubbed. The famous Goodwood Festival is from 27 to 31 July. The ‘Moving Motor Show’ on 1 July is a special extension to the Festival of Speed, offering buyers an exclusive preview day of the latest new car models. The cars will be taken on a special evaluation route that includes the world famous Goodwood hillclimb.

The Festival of Speed is on 2 to 4 July with an Italian theme (Viva Veloce) and the Revival Meeting on 17 to 19 September.

A new and exciting event for 2010 is ‘Vintage at Goodwood’ from 13 to 15 August, celebrating five decades of British fashion, from the fifies to the nineties.

Local businesses such as The Haslemere Wardrobe and Eden Hair & Beauty offer special help and advice for this chic occasion. Lily Allen launches her new fashion label.

The summer exhibition at Goodwood House from 7 June to 27 September tells the story of the magnificent house parties which it has held over the years.

Great food can be found at The Kennels, the clubhouse for golfers which is open to members of all Goodwood clubs.

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JUNE

If you would like your event listed here, email details to info@lifemags.co.uk Wednesday 2 June HDFAS Outing Venue: Arundel Castle & Arundel Cathedral Carpet of Flowers Time: Daytime Tel: 01428 642 720

Thursday 3 June – Sunday 6 June Haslemere Players present their annual Music Hall Venue: Haslemere Hall Time: 7.30pm (Saturday also at 2.30pm) Tel: 01428 643334 Sunday 6 June Farmers’ Market Venue: In the High Street and behind Collingwood Batchellor Time: 10.00am - 1.30pm (1st Sunday of every month) Tel: 01483-523 088.

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Friday 11 June HDFAS Evening Function: Art Inspired by Wine with John Ericson Venue: Haslemere Educational Museum Time: Evening Tel: 01428 01428-643 129

Sunday 4 July Farmers’ Market Venue: Haslemere High Street and behind Collingwood Batchellor Time: 10.00am - 1.30pm Tel: 01483 523088.

Wednesday 7 July Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” Venue: Applegarth Farm 30

Saturday 12 June Walk on Haslemere’s Wild Side Venue: Starting from Well Lane, Haslemere Time: 11.00am Tel: 01428 645425

Saturday 12 June Grand Auction in aid of the Parish and Community Room Building Fund Venue: Fernhurst Village Hall Time: Viewing 11.00am 2.00pm, bidding for Lot 1 at 2.00pm prompt Tel: Roy Woodward, 01428 652175 Friday 18 June Haslemere Society Summer Drinks and Canapes Venue: Haslemere Educational Museum Garden, indoors if wet Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm Price: £10.00 per head Website: www.haslemere. com/haslemeresociety

Sunday 20 June Opera South: ‘The Marriage of Words and Music’ with Ryland Davies and Students from the Time: Daytime Price: £10 - £25 Tel: 01428 606666 Sunday 11 July A F.R.O.G. event for the Church charities Venue: Four gardens around Haslemere Parish Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm Price: £7.00 to include tea Tel: 01428 644 578

Royal Academy of Music Venue: Rumbolds Farm Barn, Rumbolds Lane, Plaistow (RH14 0PZ) Time: 2.30pm Price: £20.00 to include afternoon tea Tel: Sarah Barnes, 01428 643129 Sunday 20 June P.I.G’s World Cup Safari Venue: Lyndon Green Time: 1.00pm Tuesday 22 June HDFAS Lecture: Trompe L’Oeil - The Art of Illusion Venue: Haslemere Hall Time: 2.00pm for 2.15pm Price: Members free, member’s guest £5.00 Tel: 01428 642720

, Saturday 26 June Beacon Hill Summer Fayre Venue: Beacon Hill Summer Primary School Time: 12.30pm - 3.30pm Tel: 01428 606 761

Task then BBQ Venue: Haste Hill Time: 10.00am, BBQ at 12.30pm Tel: 01428 654681 Sunday 27 June Haslemere Cricket Club Six a Side Tournament and Family Fun Day Venue: Haslemere Recreation Ground Time: 9.00am onward Price: £30 Tel: 01428 645963 Sunday 27 June Fernhurst Fun Walk Venue: Red Lion Pub, Fernhurst Green Time: Registration from 9am, walk from 10am Tel: 01730 816065

Monday 28 June Toast and Roast Venue: Haslewey, Lion Green Time: 12.30pm Price: £7.50 (£6.50 with Diamond card) Tel: Sue, 01428 65819

Sunday 27 June Haslemere & District Conservation Volunteers: Monday 12 July Godalming Student Arts Festival Venue: Tuesley Lane campus Time: 6.00pm and 9.00pm Web: www.godalming.ac.uk Wednesday 14 July Godalming College Open Evening Time: 4.00pm and 9.00pm

Web: www.godalming.ac.uk Monday 26 July Toast and Roast Venue: Haslewey, Lion Green Time: 12.30pm Price: £7.50 (£6.50 with Diamond card) Tel: Sue, 01428 658190

competition

CLOSING DATE 9 JULY 2010

Win one of four family admission tickets to

Hollycombe - Steam In the Country For your chance to WIN One of four family tickets to Hollycombe answer these three questions correctly:

Steam has been applied to many forms of engine since the mid 18th century and became the foremost method of power for transport during the 19th century. ollycombe Working Steam Museum, run by volunteers, has the most varied collection of working steam-powered machines on show in Britain.

At the heart of Hollycombe is a working Edwardian Steam Fairground complete with period fairground organs and traditional fairground rides.

From ‘The Golden Gallopers’, the classic merry-go-round ride, to the ‘Razzle Dazzle’, regarded as one of the world’s first ‘whiteknuckle’ rides, to the oldest mechanical fairground ride, ‘Mr Field’s Steam Circus’ built around 1870.

The museum has three steam railways one of which is ‘Jerry M’, a Hunslet Saddle Tank built in 1895, who takes you through pretty woodland on the narrow gauge Quarry Railway up to spectacular viewpoints. ‘Jerry M’ was named after a successful racehorse belonging to the quarry owners. Her working life was spent at the Dinorwic Slate Quarry near Llanberis in North Wales and she came to Hollycombe in 1967.

There is a wide variety of steam powered road engines at Hollycombe. ‘Emperor’ is the oldest surviving showman's engine in the world. She was built by Burrells in 1895, and can be found in the centre of the fairground generating

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electricity for the lights. Visitors can enjoy a leisurely ride behind Hollycombe’s first engine, a Burrell steam tractor, named ‘Sunset No.2’.

The application of steam to agriculture spurred on change in the countryside. Agricultural engines were designed for use on farms, but as they were too expensive for every farm to buy, they often travelled from farm to farm, performing duties such as threshing. The drivers would live in their living vans which were hauled behind the engines.

More specialised agricultural engines were the large Ploughing Engines. ‘Prince’ is a Fowler type BB 16nhp ploughing engine, now used at Hollycombe to carry out occasional demonstrations of steam cultivating, pairing up with the sole surviving engine made by John Allen & Co. of Oxford.

Hollycombe has an open barn containing a range of machinery driven by belting from a lineshaft. It also contains stables for the resident horses as well as a dairy and cider room.

The steam engine and fairground collection at Hollycombe is set in acres of woodland, planted over the past 130 years. There are spectacular views across the Sussex Downs, which you can view from the railway. There

1. Which era is Hollycombe’s steam fairground from?

2. What type of engine is ‘Jerry M’?

3. When was ‘Emperor’ built?

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are places to sit with a picnic or walk along the Azalea’s or enjoy the listed woodland gardens.

Hollycombe runs special events through out the year, many featuring activities for children such as the popular Railway and Fairground Weekends in June, July and September. For more information log onto the website.

Hollycombe Steam Museum, 01428 724900 www.hollycombe.co.uk

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WINNER

This month’s competition winner is Deborah Rooke from Haslemere, who was having a spurt of entering competitions when she came across the gorgeous Hanson leather handbags in Life in Haslemere. Deborah was awarded her handbag by Sheila at Enchantment, in Grayshott.

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Local Contacts Emergency Services

Fire Surrey Fire and Rescue Service St David’s, 70 Wray Park Road, Reigate RH2 0EJ 01737 242444 Haslemere Police Station, 46 West Street, GU27 2AB 0845 125 2222 Surrey Police, 6 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4RF 0845 125 2222 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 01483 783000 Dr C.P. Taylor & Partners, Fernhurst Surgery, Crossfields, Fernhurst, Haslemere GU27 3JL 01428 651040 Haslemere Health Centre 01483 783000 Haslemere Hospital 01483 782000 Holy Cross Hospital, Hindhead Road, Haslemere GU27 1NQ 01428 643311 Homecall Doctor, Warrenden, Weydown Road, GU27 1DS 01428 654786 Royal Surrey County Hospital 01483 571122

Arts

Haslemere Art Society 01428 642291 www.haslemereartsociety.org Haslemere and District Recorded Music Society 01428 605002 www.thefrmsco.uk/hasle.htm Haslemere Camera Club Clinton 01428 727403 www.haslemerecameraclub.co.uk

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Churchill Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Lighter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Claire Cipollone Interior Design . . . . . . . . 12

Lower Roundhurst Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Collingwood Batchelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Lythe Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Courtshill Lettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Meon Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cowdray Park Polo Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MTS Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Cowdray Park Ruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Nectar Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

De Vere Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 & 15

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard . . . . . . . . . . 8

Doughty Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Richard C Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC

Eden Hair and Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Angel Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Everybodies Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The Haslemere Framing Company . . . . . . 1

Gayle Vickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Workwear Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC

Godalming College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Tingdene Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Grayshott Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Waterlooville Carpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Grayshott Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Winchester Garden Machinery . . . . . . . . .22

Greenbanks Homecare Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Cruse Bereavement Care 01483 565660 Childline 0800 1111 Citizen’s Advice Bureau 0844 8487969 Crossways Counselling Service 01428 644333 Friends of Holy Cross Hospital 01428 683144 Guide Dogs for the Blind 01428 727617 Haslemere Blind Club 01428 643971 Haslemere and District Volunteer Bureau 01428 661166 Haslemere and District Macmillan Cancer Support 01428 751524 Haslemere and District Round Table Society 07717836809 Haslemere Educational Museum 01428 642112 Haslemere Gateway Club 01428 654496 Haslemere Hard of Hearing Support Group 01428 658190 Haslemere Library 01428 642907 Haslemere Rotary Club 01428 643416 www.haslemererotary. co.uk Haslemere Society 01428 661379 Haslemere Stroke Club 01428 643966 Haslewey Community Centre and Age Concern Day Centre 01428 648716 Hindhead Community Group 01428 607816 Home-Start Farnham 01252 737453 Home-Start Butser 01730 233 755 Hoppa Community Transport 01428 681701

King’s World Trust for Children 01428 653504 Royal British Legion 01428 642675 Samaritans 08457 909090 Visitor Information Centre 01428 645425 Women’s Royal Voluntary Service 01428 605498

Sports and Leisure

Haslemere Bowls Club 01428 656431 Haslemere Cricket Club 01428 654459 www.haslemerecc.co.uk Haslemere Hockey Club Membership Secretary Peter Hall 07850 981304 Haslemere Karate Club Hasleway Community Centre 07876 577675 www.haslemerekarateclub.com Haslemere Lawn Tennis Club 01428 661486 Haslemere Recreation Association 01428 661486 Haslemere Rugby Club 07771530510 Haslemere Sub Aqua Club www.hsac259.co.uk Haslemere Swimming Club The Herons Leisure Centre, Kings Road, Haslemere, 01428 645006 admin@haslemereswimmingclub.org www.haslemereswimmingclub.co.uk Haslemere Youth Football 01428 656215 Nordic Walking and Outdoors Fitness 07950031538 www.fitterbyfar.co.uk Shottermill and Haslemere FC John 07770568793

Travel

Public Transport Information 08706 082608 www.traveline.org.uk Train tracker 0871 200 49 50

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Grayshott Applegarth Farm Shop Fox and Pelican Grayshott Pottery Grayshott Spa Grayshott Village Post Office Tesco Express Grayswood Wheatsheaf Hotel Haslemere Georgian House Hotel Hammonds Newsagents (Haslemere Station) Haslemere Museum Inn on the Hill Land of Nod Marley Flowers Royal Oak Pub Waitrose White Horse

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