Living In Barnes, East Sheen & West Putney - July/Aug

July/Aug 2016

Family fun: What's on locally

Enjoy outdoor living this summer

restaurant review: Bacco

Plus: local people, local lives, local events... and great local businesses

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his issue's Homes feature is about making your garden the best outside space you can this summer - another 'room' in which to sit. There are so many ways you can make use of the space you have, however large or small your garden. I am a keen but very amateur gardener, so it was interesting to read Living In's gardening expert, Valerie McBride Munro, on what is a weed - and do we need to get rid of them all? Read the Homes feature from pg 7 and Valerie's wisdom on pg 11.

Talking of summer - don't forget the wonderful Barnes Fair on Saturday 9 July.

It's a wonderful day out with family or friends, with great food and entertainment.

Read more about what you can look forward to on pg 13.

This issue's A Day In The Life Of... is about Pat Close. Pat has spent the last four years in a care home and she talks about what her life is like now and what it used to be. She was such a wonderful woman to interview, so read her story on pg 19.

Have a great summer!

Pippa, Editor

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Contents 7 Homes Focus: Creating an outdoor space 11 Gardening: What is a weed?

13 Barnes Fair 15 Restaurant review: Bacco 19 A Day In The Life Of... Pat Close 20 FiSH 21 Local talk 23 Health: Childhood obesity 25 Summertime fun 30 What’s On

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Contributors: Valerie McBride-Munro, John Moses, Katherine Sorrell, Alison Runham

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OUTDOOR

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Longer days and, fingers crossed, lots of sunshine, mean it’s time to head out to the garden, writes Katherine Sorrell

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owever large or small your outside space, some careful planning will ensure that it is flexible enough for playing games, entertaining or simply putting your feet up and relaxing.

The days of formal, look-but-don’ttouch gardens, with manicured lawns and ranks of ordered flowers in borders are – most would say thankfully – long gone. Today’s gardens are more like an outdoor room, used for playing, cooking, socialising and resting; in other words, they are multifunctional spaces that look good but also work hard for every member of the family.

It sounds wonderful, but if your garden is in need of an update, just how do you go about achieving this magical blend of practical and pretty? The secret, of course, is in the planning. Look at the bigger picture first. How will you use the space and what do you want from it? To begin with, sketch a plan of your garden on graph paper, and gather samples of the materials you intend to use – such as slate, willow or terracotta – to ensure that they coordinate. If in doubt, consider consulting a professional, whose training and experience means they will undoubtedly come up with practical solutions and inspirational ideas you would never have thought of yourself.

In a large garden, the ideal layout includes separate areas for dining, relaxing and playing – perhaps with a ‘secret’ children’s area at the far end, including structures such as a swing, trampoline, climbing frame or tepee.

A peaceful area away from both the house and the kids would be the ideal spot for a

'Today's gardens are more like an outdoor room, used for playing, cooking, socialising and resting...' hammock or a deck chair. The dining area is best set closest to the house, with space for a barbecue or even an outdoor kitchen.

Consider changes in levels – they add interest to a garden and are easier to deal with than slopes – but if you are carrying a tray out from the house, it’s best to avoid lots of steps between the door and the dining table. Flooring is key, too, dramatically affecting how your garden looks. Will you choose stone slabs, gravel, bricks, decking,

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'Take the indoors outside with waterproof upholstery...' blankets for when it gets chilly. Meanwhile, if space is restricted, opt for folding furniture and play equipment that can be put away when necessary, or consider building seating into your hard landscaping – an extra-wide low wall makes a great bench seat, for example, and you can even build in hinged storage for cushions.

Armed with some basic design principles, the time is right to start planning your stunning summer garden. Before you know it, you’ll be enjoying the sunshine day after day (we live in hope). And who knows, your efforts may also provide a long-term return. Creating more useable space outdoors is far more economical than a new basement or roof conversion, and turning outdoor space into an extra outdoor room may even add value to your property.

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wood chips or perhaps tiles that complement the flooring in your kitchen for an insideoutside look? Just like indoors, where different types of flooring can differentiate, say, a kitchen from a dining room, your choice of garden flooring can signal a change from one area to another. It is also a question of practicality and cost: specify a few stone slabs for the dining area, but save money with woodchips in the children’s play area.

Verticals are just as important, providing privacy, screening and division, adding visual interest and offering places for climbers to grow. Think about fences, hedges, walls, arches, arbours and pergolas – a simple metal archway over a path, for example, entwined with fragrant honeysuckle, would make a lovely focal point, while a small wooden pergola can provide a link between two different areas of the garden as well as offering a shaded spot in which to sit.

Finally, furniture. Take the indoors outside with waterproof upholstery, outdoor sofas and all-weather rattan, choosing designs and colourways that link with the whole space.

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gardening

what is a WEED? Plants that we love the look of in the countryside poppies, daisies and nettles - aren't always so welcome in our gardens

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hat is a weed? The pure dictionary definition is ‘any plant in the wrong place’, but in my book a weed is a true opportunist, taking advantage of the love and plant food that we lavish on our treasured garden plants. We can marvel at the swathes of those creeping buttercups, daisies, nettles et al in the countryside, but not so welcome in the garden, thank you very much.

However, look a little closer, and the ‘weeds’ can tell us a different story. In the last issue of this magazine I highlighted the amazing display of knitted poppies at the Chelsea Flower Show. The common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is classed as a pioneer plant that will grow where the soil has been disturbed.

Another prolific pioneer plant that we often see on road and railway cuttings is the buddleia (Buddleia davidii) – love it or loathe it, it’s not called the butterfly bush for nothing.

Probably the most common cosmopolitan plant of all is the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), and it does grow all over the world. Where it pops up in a lawn we call it a weed, but not by those who use the leaf as a vegetable or herbal medicine.

Another common ‘weed’ that I meet regularly in local gardens is alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria).

This has delightful forget-me-not like flowers on top, but hidden at the other end it has a root like a carrot, so consequently extremely difficult to remove. How could something so pretty be such a thug? But, one man’s thug is another man’s fortune.

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'How can something so pretty be such a thug?...' is a famous dye-plant and it is also widely considered to be lucky for the purpose of bringing good fortune in business, money matters and games of chance. For this reason it is an ingredient in (and the colouring agent for) the justly famous New Orleans Style Red Fast Luck Oil. Believe it or not, folklore tells us that to increase our wealth, we should mix alkanet root with patchouli leaves, and burn them on charcoal, while reciting the 23rd Psalm (‘The Lord is my shepherd...’). Others say that they blend alkanet with Fiery Wall of Protection or Uncrossing Incense to Ward Off the Work of Enemies who are trying to trouble them in Money Matters or jinx their Luck at Gambling.

Phew, and I was calling alkanet a thug!

While these ‘weeds’ are in the garden they are in direct competition with our cultivated plants for water and nutrients. They may have a place in another part of our human world, but can some not go and be useful somewhere else, please?

Valerie McBride-Munro is a chartered horticulturist offering a plant problemsolving service. Tel: 020 8892 9243

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BARNES F AIR Saturday, 9 july barnes common - 9.30am - 5.30pm

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his year’s floral theme at the Fair ties in with Barnes in Bloom. Barnes is hoping to beat their win of Silver Gilt at last year’s competition. The Grand Parade – always popular – will be following the floral theme with wonderful flower displays and floats as it marches along the high street. The Parade starts at Glebe Road at 11am. As well as the floats, there will be police horses and vintage vehicles.

On the common, there will be more than 300 carefully selected stalls, with a wonderful array of things to buy.

Plus, there will be live music, demonstrations by local groups, including ballet, cheerleading and karate. The traditional fairground will have a host of rides for little ones, plus lots of entertaining sideshows. And, of course, there will be the usual high calibre selection of delicious food and drink, provided by great locals, such as Madame Gautier, The Barnes Green Centre, The Brown Dog and The Treehouse.

There’s plenty of entertainment on stage, too, including a Punch & Judy show and ballet display as well great music from Swingtime Serenaders, Buddy Flame & The Rockets, Mad Stick Dog and the Barnes Concert Band.

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11.30 - 4.00 Free boat ride and a fun day on and off the river at Chiswick Pier Before the main event opens the Canoe Club will be running canoe taster sessions. From 11.00 you can try out your skills on the water.

Our first free trip sails from the Pier at 11.30 on the Princess Freda - a Dunkirk Little Ship, which will be sailing every 45 minutes throughout the afternoon . The boat trips have very kindly been sponsored by Fullers.

The Pier House and bar officially open at 11.30. There’s a great selection of stalls, delicious BBQ food and drink from the Fullers bar.

Why not encourage the children to try river dipping? It’s great fun but can be rather muddy! Just bring your wellies and wear appropriate clothes then just get stuck in.

Meet Thames Explorer Trust 12.00 at the Pier House.

For up to the minute information, timings and how to get to the Pier visit: chiswickpier.org.uk.

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restaurant review

BACCO

A busy Italian restaurant in Richmond offers a warm welcome and fabulous food

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here are some restaurants that make you feel like they’re doing you a favour by serving you and others, like Bacco, that welcome you like a long-lost friend, which puts you in a good mood before you even start looking at the menu.

The restaurant is split level, giving you the feel of cosy nooks and crannies, with a relaxed but stylish décor. An extra side room is probably very busy on rugby match days, as the restaurant is next door to the popular Orange Tree pub. Which is why the personal touch in Bacco is so lovely, as they must have so many non-regulars coming through, but each welcome is just as warm.

There were four of us, but only two had a starter, both choosing the butterfly king prawns, Sardinian fregola and shellfish sauce (£9.50). You only get three prawns each, but boy, were they worth it! The delicious, light sauce enveloped the tender, unshelled prawns and tiny pasta balls – truly wonderful.

I had the grass-fed ribeye (£20) for my main course and, while it was one of the best steaks I’ve had in a long time, alongside the crispy zucchini fritti, the others made much more interesting choices.

Eldest son, Jonah, had the grilled yellowfin tuna, peperonata, taggiasche olives and basil (£18.50). The fish, which we were told had been brought in fresh that morning, was cooked rare and was soft and velvety – and a very welcome change for Jonah who had been

'The dessert menu was too tempting for any of us to pass up...' living off pasta every night while revising for his 3rd year university exams.

Our youngest, Finn (the middle one being away in Sri Lanka), opted for the veal scaloppine with mushroom sauce (£18.50).

I think it was the first time he’d eaten such a variety of porcini, and he loved them.

Husband Alex had the lamb shoulder (£17.50) - soft, succulent and melt-in-themouth, he commented.

The dessert menu was too tempting for any of us to pass up: amaretto ice cream and biscuits with more amaretto poured on top, bitter chocolate tortino with hazelnut and ice cream and lemon and vanilla panna cotta with poached rhubarb – all around £5.50 - £6.50. All helped down by a some very good Italian red and a few glasses of Prosecco. Heavenly.

It was a lovely, relaxed family evening. The staff are so friendly and we chatted to the couple at the next table who were obviously regulars. I think we may well become regulars ourselves.

Pippa Duncan 39-41 Kew Road, Richmond TW9 2NQ Bookings: 8332 0348 bacco-restaurant.co.uk

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Our approach is to nurture an atmosphere of care and companionship, all delivered in a luxury lifestyle.

Your Well-being is our primary concern, and we will ensure that you have the highest quality of support for your physiological, psychological, social, and nutritional needs, all tailored to your individual circumstances.

A wide range of healthy exercises, well balanced and freshly prepared fine dining, along with daily activities and outings, are all a part of a supportive lifestyle that will help you enjoy life to the full.

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a day in the life of...

Pat Close

local people

Pat Close is 84. She has Parkinson’s disease and has been living in a local care home for four years. With the help of her daughter, Kate, she talks about life now and how it used to be

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lived in a cottage with a beautiful garden in Petersham before I came here and though I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003, I lived independently until 2011 when I moved to Cecil Court in Kew. ‘The day starts around 9am. I need help to get up, get dressed and get into my wheelchair. The Parkinson’s not only affects my limbs, but my voice, too. I have to do voice exercises to warm up the chords, otherwise my voice comes out as a whisper. Even then, sometimes my voice is just not there.

‘I like most of the people here, although someone’s always asleep. I sit with the same ladies at meals, which is nice, and there are different activities every day, such as yoga, which I do in my wheelchair.

‘Until about a year ago I could still move about and didn’t need a chair. I loved visiting Kew Gardens for a walk or meeting friends at Kew Grill or Ma Cusine for lunch. Now I’m in a wheelchair all the time, but I have friends and family who take me out for tea or a walk.

‘It’s very frustrating being in a chair with such restricted movement – I need help for everything. Even if I want to listen to some music I have to ask someone else to turn it on. It’s very different to the life I used to have. I used to be a physiotherapist and set up my own successful practice in Richmond in Pat in her younger days

1968, as well as being the main physio for Rosslyn Park.

Now someone else gives me physio to stop my joints seizing up.

‘In my earlier years my late husband, George, and I worked abroad and we lived 'I was passionate in Brussels about gardening and when he was used to open mine to Principal Legal Advisor to the public...' the European Union. I definitely want to stay in!

‘My daughter Kate, helped me to re-do my room here, so it reminds me of the cottage, with its wonderful garden. I was passionate about gardening and used to open mine to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, to raise money for charity.

‘The best thing about living here is its proximity to Kate. She visits every day and takes me out, although it’s harder in winter as the weather restricts our outings as I can no longer get in or out of a car.

‘I often eat dinner in bed, at around 5.30, as I have to be careful about not spending too much time in the chair. But I don’t fall asleep until around midnight. When I close my eyes, I imagine I’m walking through the rooms of my cottage, looking at the pictures on the walls that George painted and listening to my grandchildren running around the beautiful garden, shouting ‘Granny!’.

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Neighbourhood support

FiSH is a neighbourhood care organisation, which provides assistance and support to anyone living in East Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes FiSH Tuesday Talks, 11am (coffee from 10.30am) : 5 July Shooting Star Chase, Children's Hospice - Jane De Lay 12 July London's Burning - John Ray, local history 19 July Wild About Barnes - Andrew Wilson, photographer 26 July Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela - Carol Graves, traveller

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CHAIR (voluntary) The Trustees of FiSH Neighbourhood Care are seeking a new Chair for this well-respected charity.

The position is an opportunity to help guide the work of FiSH, to see the difference it makes to the lives of those in need and to meet a wide range of local people. For further information please email: info@fishhelp.org.uk or call: 020 8876 3336.

ASSITANT MANAGER - community transport (part time) The role will support the manager and is 4hrs per day on Mon, Tues, Weds and Fri at £10 per hour.

Applicants should be familiar with the area. Closing date: 9am - 15 July. For an application form, please email: bus@fishhelp.org.uk.

Barnes Green Centre, SW13 9HE Tel: 020 8876 3335 / fishhelp.org.uk

Summertime 1. Which group had a number one hit single in 1970 with In The Summertime?

2. By what nickname is the character of William Simmonite better known in the TV show Last Of The Summer Wine?

3. In Australia, the summer solstice occurs during which month of the year?

4. Which soap opera is set in Summer Bay? 5. In what year did a dachshund called Waldi become the first official mascot for the Summer Olympics?

6. Which city is closest to Balmoral Castle, a popular summer retreat of the Queen?

7. In the Cliff Richard film Summer Holiday, what do the main characters convert into a holiday caravan as they set out on a drive across Europe?

8. The William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set in and around which European capital city?

9. The song Summertime by George Gershwin was composed for which opera?

10. Which 1958 novella by H.E. Bates has a title that is taken from William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 that begins “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” where it follows the phrase “Rough winds do shake”?

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local talk... barnes

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• Barnes in Bloom goes for gold Following two successful years in the Villages in Bloom national competition (winner of the Silver Gilt last year), Barnes is once again entering – and going for gold. Estate agent, Laurent Residential, is sponsoring this year’s entry and they are looking to all locals to contribute some time to keep Barnes looking beautiful. Looking after the natural areas of Barnes also helps to reduce pollution and support biodiversity – and it’s a great way to meet new people, too. Judging ends on 15 July, so all hands are needed!

Contact laurentresidential.co.uk/ barnesinbloom or call 020 8876 4466 for more information

• Get scouted The 2nd Mortlake Scout Group is open to boys and girls, giving them a chance to fulfil their ‘physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials’ – or in other words, have fun and adventure. There are three groups – Beavers (6-8 yrs), Cubs (8-10 yrs) and Scouts (10-14 yrs).

The Scout movement started in 1919 and has helped thousands of young people to develop and be a part of the local community. For more information: 2ndmortlakescouts.org.uk

east sheen • Free mini bus Wednesdays Every Wednesday until late October you can catch a free minibus around Richmond Park. The bus stops at all the gates, including Sheen Gate and Roehampton Gate as well as stopping at Isabella Plantation. It arrives at Sheen Gate around 11.05, 12.10, 1.15, 2.50 and 4pm.

putney • Get in tune If you love singing, but are nervous about giving it try, The Putney Choral Society welcomes all new singers.

You can just turn up and see if you like it. Their concerts vary from small informal evenings to large-scale performances with soloists and a full orchestra. They meet and rehearse weekly on Monday evenings, 7.15-9.15pm in Putney High School (junior hall). If you decide to join, it’s £75 per term for those employed, £25 per term for students and unemployed. putneychoralsoc.org.uk Tweet me your events or comments @LivingInMag

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health & wellbeing

childhood OBESITY

Alison Runham looks at tackling the problem of childhood obesity

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ost parents would say that their child’s health is vitally important to them. Yet nearly a third of all children in the UK are overweight or obese – increasing their risk of long-term health issues and a shortened lifespan. Last year, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, offered his explanation: ‘Junk food, sugary fizzy drinks and couch potato lifestyles are normalising obesity and, as parents, a third of us can’t now spot when our own child is seriously overweight.’

National Childhood Obesity Week, running from 4 -10 July, aims to raise awareness of this escalating problem.

The 2014 Public Health Survey for England (PHSE) showed that 31% of children aged two to 15 were overweight or obese. The 2014/15 National Child Measurement identified 19% of Year 6 children (aged 10-11) as obese and a further 14% as overweight, while even more worryingly, 9% of Reception children (aged 4-5) were already obese and nearly 12% overweight.

The danger of childhood obesity Obese infants and children often remain obese into adulthood, greatly increasing their risk of serious health problems including premature onset of diabetes, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, disability, musculoskeletal disorders (especially osteoarthritis) and certain cancers.

Dr Sania Nishtar, Co-Chair of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, warns: ‘Overweight and obesity impact on a child’s quality of life, as they face a wide range of barriers, including physical, psychological and health consequences.’

What the government is doing: • The National Child Measurement Programme provides data to help the government understand children’s weight

issues and formulate strategies.

• Initiatives such as the Change4Life programme provide families with information about healthy lifestyles.

• The Sugar Tax may be controversial, but hopefully it will encourage companies to reduce sugar in their products.

What parents can do: - Reduce sitting - Increase their physical activity - Ensure they get enough sleep - Improve their diet: Sugar - children consume three times the recommended amount of sugar. Look out for hidden sugars in sauces and cereals and cut out sugary drinks.

Provide at least five a day - of any fruit or vegetables, although ensure it’s not all from juices, as these contain sugar just as damaging as those in sugary drinks.

Monitor portion size - active teens need more calories, but younger children need smaller portions.

Finally, set a good example. If you spend most of your free time in front of the TV or computer eating unhealthy snacks, it will be hard to persuade your child that following suit will damage their health and life expectancy.

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SUMMERTIME fun Don't worry about how to fill the time as the summer holidays stretch before you - there's plenty to entertain the children Hampton Court Palace Tudor Joust 16 & 17July Over the weekend the palace and gardens of Hampton Court will be a centre of Tudor entertainment and revelry at the court of Henry VIII. The East Front Gardens will be transformed into a theatre of jousting prowess. Events may have to be changed in case of bad weather. Price included in the ticket for the palace, maze and gardens.

10am-6pm. Adult £18, 5-16yrs £9, family of 5 ticket £48.20. hrp.org.uk Artyard - Art & Craft Week 19-22 July Artyard hold their popular holiday workshops in East Sheen. The week gives children the chance to learn new skills in different art and craft forms as well as having fun. £144 for four days, 10am - 3pm. thecrafthouseuk.com Musical Museum 23 July The Musical Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of musical instruments. There's a free Open Day on

23 July, action-packed with mini tours, instrument demonstrations and a look at the Wurlitzer with a short silent comedy. There will be family trails and, weather permitting, street instruments and a BBQ on the lawn.

11am-5pm. 399 High Street, Brentford, musicalmuseum.co.uk Strawberry Hill House - Messy Mondays 25 July -29 August Fun, messy playtime for children of all ages.

Activities include finger printing and footpainting to watergun painting and mud pies!

11am - 2pm. £2 per child strawberryhillhouse.org.uk Just Dance: Summer School 25 - 29 July Have fun, make new friends and develop your dance skills, ending with a Friday performance.

No experience necessary! The Wimbledon Studio, Wimbledon Theatre.

8-18yrs, 10.30am - 4pm. £120 creativelearning.atg.co.uk Stage Coach Workshops 1-5 August You don't have to go to regular classes to join the Stage Coach summer workshops. Children

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Martial arts tuition From age 3 – 6 The kids have fun while learning the skills they need as part of their physical development.

Pee-Wee Karate Web: peeweekarate.co.uk Email: info@peeweekarate.co.uk

From age 7 and up Combining the fun and excitement of sport with time honoured tradition.

Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association Web: fskauk.co.uk Email: info@fskauk.co.uk

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enjoy an action-packed week of singing, dancing and acting, culminating in a great show for parents.

5-11yrs, £140, 9.30am - 12.30pm stagecoach.co.uk/kew. Tel: 020 8487 1456 Pony Week July & August The Stag Lodge Stables in Richmond Park (Roehampton Gate entrance) offers a Pony Week throughout the summer (Tues-Fri).

Children are split into small groups according to age and ability, and each day includes two rides as well as stable management lessons such as grooming and mucking out.

Ages 5-12 yrs. 10am - 3pm, £325. ridinginlondon.com Wetlands Centre July & August There are a range of activities over the summer holidays from bat walks and night safaries to meeting otters, being a nature explorer or playing Wetlands Top Trumps.

Open from 9.30am - 6pm. Adult £11.91, 4-16yrs £6.55, family £33.27. wwt.org.uk

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Read with Children Doorstep Library brings the joy of reading into homes of families in disadvantaged areas throughout Hammersmith & Fulham. We operate a team of volunteers who read with the children, lend them books, befriend the families and offer support.

Volunteer 3 hours a week to share your love of books If you are proficient in English and want to share a passion for reading, please email us at enquiries@doorsteplibrary.org.uk www.doorsteplibrary.org.uk 020 8870 1476 Registered Charity: 1158197

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3 Letters ANT, ARM, ART, MAN, MAR, MAT, RAM, RAN, RAT, TAM, TAN, TAR 4 Letters MART, RANT, TRAM 6 Letters MANTRA

1.Mungo Jerry 2.Compo 3.December 4. Home And Away 5. 1972 (in Munich) 6. Aberdeen 7. A double-decker bus 8. Athens 9. Porgy And Bess 10. The Darling Buds Of May

Tennis Camps July - August Structured coaching, combining learning with fun games and matches in various locations across Richmond and Wandsworth boroughs, such as Leaders Gardens (Putney), Sheen Common (East Sheen) and Old Deer Park in Richmond. Age groups are split into: 5-8 and 9-14 years. willtowin.co.uk

You have two minutes to find all the words of three or more letters that can be made from the letters above. Plurals are allowed, proper nouns are not. The 6 letter word will always be just a normal everyday word.

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Barnes Surgery Chartfield Surgery Danebury Ave Essex House Surgery Sheen Health Centre Seymour House The Surgery Kingston Hospital Queen Mary’s Hospital

Barnes/Mortlake Barnes Primary 020 8876 7358 Lowther Primary 020 8748 3984 St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic 020 8876 6679 St Osmund’s Catholic 020 8748 3582 East Sheen East Sheen Primary 020 8876 7484 Sheen Mount 020 8876 8394 Putney All Saints C of E 020 87885196 Hotham Primary 020 87886468 Our Ladies of Victories Catholic Primary 020 87885196 St Mary's C of E 020 87889591

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clubs, groups & societies Barnes Community Association 020 8878 2359 Barnes Literary Society 020 8876 3817 Barnes & Mortlake History Society 020 8392 8505 Barnes Music Society 020 8876 1563 Barnes WI barneswi.co.uk FiSH Neighbourhood Care Scheme (For help and to volunteer) 020 8876 3414 Friends of Barnes Common 020 8392 2566 Friends of Palewell Common 07771 970017 Friends of Richmond Park 020 8549 8975 Mortlake with East Sheen Society 020 8876 7744 Neighbourhood Watch 020 8247 5807 OSO Community Arts Centre 020 8876 9885 Putney Music putneymusic.org.uk Putney Bridge Club 020 8892 9429 Putney Scouts 5thputneyseascouts.btik.com Putney Society putneysociety.org.uk Putney Theatre Company 07900 216 197 Richmond Orchestra 020 8876 4728 WI barneswi.co.uk putneywi.wordpress.com

sports clubs & activities 144 (Richmond) Squadron Air Cadets Barn Elms Sports Centre Barnes Sports Club Barnes Runners Pools on the Park Putney Leisure Centre Rocks Lane Tennis & Football Centre Sheen Common Bowling Club Shene Sports & Fitness Centre Sheen Shufflers

020 8940 2223 020 8876 7685 020 8876 1270 020 8241 6574 020 8940 0561 020 8785 0388 020 8876 8330 020 8878 6279 020 3772 2999 020 8876 6819

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Secondary Schools ARK Putney Academy Christ’s Grey Court Richmond Park Academy

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local police Barnes Police Station Richmond Police Station (8am-8pm) Putney Safer Neighbourhood Teams East Sheen Mortlake & Barnes Barnes Putney

020 8392 1212 101 101 07879 433 391 020 8721 2007 07768 178 731 0208 247 7860

libraries Castelnau Mon, Tues, Fri 9.30am-6pm, Weds 10am7pm; Thurs & Sun closed. Tel: 020 8734 3350 East Sheen Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9.30am-6pm; Weds 10am-7pm; Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun 10am-2pm.

Tel: 020 8734 3337 Putney Mon, Weds, Thurs 9am-8pm, Tues closed, Fri 9am-2pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm.

Tel: 020 8871 7090

recycling Richmond Borough (Townmead Rd) Opening Times Mon 10am - 6pm; Tues-Sat 8am - 6pm; Sun & Bank Hols: 9am - 4pm. Closed: 25, 26 Dec, 1 Jan. Richmond residents only. Last admission 15m before closing time.

Wandsworth Borough (Smugglers Way) Mon-Fri 9am - 4pm; Sat 8am - 6pm; Sun 8am - 5pm If you have a club, society or association that you would like listed here please email me the details at: pippa@livinginmagazines.co.uk

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what's on LOCALLY Theatre... French Without Tears Until 30 July

A group of young men arrive at Monsieur Maingot’s French school for the summer to learn French and cram for their Diplomatic exam, but their concentration is disrupted by the beautiful and alluring Diana Lake, who is on the hunt for a man, while not quite sure who she wants – Kit, Bill, Alan or Jack? Terrence Rattigan’s comedy was a huge hit when it launched in 1936 and has lost none of its sexual passion in Paul Miller’s revival with a great young cast.

Tickets from £15, limited £12 tickets for under 30s.

Box office: 020 8940 3633. Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence St, Richmond. orangetreetheatre.co.uk

Sculpture… the Hive Until November

Look out for the Hive in Kew Gardens this summer. It is a unique structure, which was originally created as the centrepiece of the UK Pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo by UK based artist, Wolfgang Buttress. The installation is made from thousands of pieces of aluminium which create a lattice effect and is fitted with hundreds of LED lights that glow and fade to the soundtrack of buzzes and hums. Incredibly, the multi-sensory elements are actually responding to the real-time activity of a beehive behind the scenes at Kew, so the intensity of light and sound surges or fades with the real beehive.

Included in the entrance fee to Kew Gardens. kew.org

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Jazz & Blues…

Zeeteah Massiah & The Disciples 8 July Zeeteah returns to the Bull's Head in Barnes fresh from the release of her new album, Maybe Tomorrow.

Zeeteah is a jazz, blues and soul singer, who has sung with Tom Jones, Paul Weller and Phil Collins and is best known for US number 1 dance hit, Slide On The Rhythm and in the UK for Sexual Prime.

Tickets £16 on the door.

The Bull's Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes Opera… Puccini and Gilbert & Sullivan 2 July Porcupine Productions present an opera double bill of Suor Angelica by Puccini and Trial by Jury by Gilbert & Sullivan at St Mary's church, Putney, in aid of HomeStart Wandsworth.

Tickets £10 or £20 to include picnic supper and a glass of bubbles. brownpapertickets.com/event/2555230

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