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Editor’s letter March already and the months are flying by with a series of projects. Top of the list for me is getting together with neighbours and planning our Jubilee street party, hot on the heels of the great event we held last year for the Royal wedding. It’s expected that a record number of people will take part in street parties across the capital. And Kingston council has agreed to waive the road closure fee and reduce bureaucracy.

There is some paperwork to complete and you do still need permission so if you haven’t already started the ball rolling then maybe it’s something also for your to-do-list in March.

Don’t forget that British Summer Time (hooray, can’t wait!) starts on 24th March so remember to move clocks forward or risk of being late or missing out on the Sunday morning!

Just a reminder that you’ll generally receive a copy of the Village Voice every second month. So keep hold of your copy until the next one arrives. Remember you can also read the magazine online – have a look at our updated website next time you’re logged in.You can now also take part in competitions from our site www.vvnm.co.uk. Anyway, we have lots of great advertisers so please have a good look at what they are offering. We are committed to supporting local businesses and keeping hold of the shops locally so why not try to visit it as often as you can!

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Best wishes Jenny Stuart Editor & publisher The next edition will be available in the Malden Centre, Library, Waitrose, Tudor Williams other outlets from 4th March Next copy deadline: 17th Feb Published by Malden Media Limited 36 Rosebery Avenue, KT3 4JS E: jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk 020 8336 2915 www.nmvv.co.uk Also publishing Worcester Park Life

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The last hurrah For twenty-six years Barton Green has been the home of the Green Theatre Company – New Malden’s only youth theatre group with its own premises.

Until now, that is. Emma Sullivan explains...

Tucked away in a converted cricket pavilion the theatre group has provided an opportunity for local youth and talent to flourish, put on regular entertainment for the local community and acted as a cultural centre. Primarily run by 14-25 year olds, the GTC has performed over 130 productions and given a launch pad for such renowned talent as David Walliams.

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history, the company has been mainly self-funded, with otherwise minimal grant support. Sadly, with the expiry of the lease and the requirements that this brings, they are in no position to maintain the fabric of the building and therefore renew that lease.

The theatre has become known for performing comedy, tragedy, history, pantomime and one acters by playwrights as diverse as Edward Bond, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane, Mike Leigh, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare and Tom Stoppard to name but a few.

The Green Theatre Company’s final production at Barton Green will be The Rainmaker, by N. Richard Nash. A classic American romance, The Rainmaker is a refreshingly heartfelt fable about a con man, a country girl, and the way that love can overcome cynicism in even the most tired of souls. On a drought-stricken ranch in America’s heartland, a charismatic trickster named Starbuck arrives selling the promise of rain. But when he and Lizzie, the lone daughter of the family, discover a genuine chemistry, they begin to consider the possibility of a real miracle.

The play runs from Wednesday 14th - Saturday 17th March 2012. Tickets are only £6.00 and can be booked online at http://www.greentheatre.com.You can also book by phone on 07587 196378. Payment is by cash or by cheque on the door. Doors open at 7.15 and the performance begins at 7.45pm.

The company’s residency will end at the end of March 2012. They intend to move to the CornerHOUSE, Surbiton. Auditions for their next production The Hound of the Baskervilles will be taking place on the 18th March; for details, please visit their website.

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Food Bank opens in New Malden Every day there are people in Kingston struggling to feed themselves or their families.

They are not always the people you would expect. Some will be saying “I never thought this could happen to me”. Redundancy, loss of money and bank cards, delays in benefits payments or unexpected bills can all create a sudden food crisis.

To meet these short-term needs a Kingston Food Bank was established in December and distribution points are being set up in churches around the Borough. The latest is at New Malden Baptist Church, at the junction of the Kingston Road and Westbury Road. It will be open every Thursday between 10.00am and 12.30pm.

To use the Food Bank, people must have a special voucher issued by one of 50 front line agencies in the Borough. These include doctors’ surgeries, Citizens Advice Bureaux, Job Centre Plus, social services and schools. The voucher entitles users to three days’ worth of food for themselves and their dependents.

“You might assume there is no poverty in this area but around 5,000 Kingston children are in poverty – that is 2-3 in every classroom in the Borough” says Paul Pickhaver of the Kingston Food Bank. “The average unsecured debt in this area is £24,000 compared with the National average of £16,000.”

The Kingston Food Bank is one of 165 Food Banks around the country, linked to the Trussell Trust which set up the first Food Bank in Salisbury in 2000. A central storage depot for Kingston has been provided, free of charge, by Big Yellow Self and distribution points have been set up in churches in Kingston, Chessington and New Malden, each of which holds a supply of food to meet immediate needs.

The voucher system means that users are not subjected to a long wait, endless form-filling or searching questions when they visit the Food Bank. The voucher indicates how many people need food in a family. Food Bank volunteers have a list of appropriate foods. Users can

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relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the church lounge while their food package is being put together.

If they have food allergies or other special needs, adjustments can be made. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly - if they want to stay and chat they can do so while the Food Bank is open.

The food is donated by individuals and local organisations. Waitrose is among organisations that have enthusiastically supported the project at their stores in Kingston, New Malden and Surbiton, allowing Food Bank volunteers to talk to shoppers and invite contributions.

The response has been very positive from both staff and shoppers, says Paul Pickhaver. Other supermarkets may well join the scheme in the near future.

A series of collection points, where people can donate food, is also being set up around the Borough. Lists of appropriate items are available from the Food Bank.

The food is generally non-perishables such as tinned food, cereals and other packeted food. It includes powdered or long-life (UHT) milk; tea or coffee; soups; tinned meat, fish, vegetables and fruit; pasta and instant mashed potato; biscuits and snack bars. “Use by” dates are carefully monitored so that no out of date food is distributed.

In the first two months 260 food packs were distributed from the Kingston distribution point in the United Reformed Church, Kingston.

New Malden Baptist Church moved back into its premises in the Kingston Road in September after an 18-month redevelopment programme. “We are excited by this scheme. I believe the opening of the Food Bank is part of God’s timing for this Church as we seek to be more involved in meeting the needs of the community” says the Pastor, Revd Johnny Pozzo. VVoice For more information see www.kingston.foodbank.org.uk or www.trusselltrust.org.

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When the lights went out by Robin Gill They say you only remember the good times when you look back.

The memories of the seventies for most people who witnessed them will include the various power blackouts we were subjected to. Hardly good times, but for a boy growing up who didn’t really understand the reasons for them, they could be quite exciting.

Working to rule The first blackouts in December 1970, were as a result of the electricians “work to rule” in support of a pay increase of £5 a week. The ban on overtime, and work to rule, which started in the middle of the month, had an almost immediate effect on the power supply. By the Wednesday

of the week it was impossible to buy candles or anything that gave any heat or light. Many families were shivering around paraffin heaters at home, as schools closed, and workers were sent home early. Those who remained at work did so by candlelight or kerosene lamps.

The random nature of the power cuts meant that on the streets of Malden, one side was dark while the other was lit. This made friends and neighbours of complete strangers, who would journey across the road in search of heat and light.

A thick blanket of fog swept across Malden on that Wednesday causing numerous minor accidents at Shannon Corner where the traffic lights were out due to the cuts. Kingston Power Station had to be shut down the following Monday due to the build up of waste in the four main boilers. The ash had set hard, and had to be removed by high pressure hose.

Serious accidents did occur; an elderly gentleman from Fritham Close was thrown from his kitchen into the hallway, when his camping cooker exploded as he was trying to attach a new canister of gas. Some of the gas leaked out onto his hands, and was ignited by a flame from his boiler. He received first and second degree burns to his face and hands.

The effects of the dispute did have their brighter side (pardon the pun!). Many people remarked that the Rotary Club Christmas Tree frequently looked better when there was a power cut and the street lamps were out, as it was being driven around the district by Ted Clifford on his tractor. The electricians themselves could see that some of the effects of the work to rule were impractical such as having to journey to their call outs by public transport carrying all their equipment!

The dispute was settled very quickly as the electricians agreed to arbitration and the public settled back into normal routine with a postal strike, and decimalisation on the horizon.

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Strike One Our next power cuts came in February 1972, following a shortage of coal, due to strike action by the miners. Due to mild weather, and conservation of existing stock, the cuts were put off for some time, but a reduction in voltage of around 5% had been put into effect. Kingston Power Station had 16,000 tons of coal, equivalent to about three weeks supply, and with picketing miners from the Midlands outside the gates, there was little chance any more supplies would be received.

Lit advertising displays had been cut, and the shops in the High Street had had their window lights dimmed.

Government permission was required for any floodlights to be used in sporting activities. Malden was due for its first cuts on the Sunday along with Surbiton and Chessington.

Maps showing the affected areas together with dates and times of the cuts were displayed in the windows of the LEB shop at 178 High Street (now a greengrocer). The local hospitals which did not have their own generator were guaranteed power, and special arrangements were made for patients who relied on dialysis machines etc.

Malden was listed as area E and the risk of cuts was quoted as medium (possible) and high (probable). So, for instance on Tuesday 22nd February the risk was high with cuts likely between 6am and 9am, 12 midday and 3pm, and 6pm to 9pm. Residents had to plan their lives accordingly.

Local industries were affected in various ways. Decca had their own generators, whereas the production of the Hawker Harrier Jump Jet at Ham was reduced to half

normal capacity, and Gala Cosmetics on the bypass closed down altogether.

A lot of social events were cancelled or rearranged, but the Malden and Coombe Evening Club For The Blind held a successful event at Pine Lodge in Blagdon Road, where they were entertained by blind accordionist Miss Denise O’Neale accompanied by her mother on the piano. The members were unaffected by the blackout, and took great delight in actually helping out their helpers!

The cuts again cut out traffic lights causing jams all over the area, unless relieved by police officers on traffic duty, and this, coupled with no street lights, made driving more difficult. When you needed petrol (and it was available) the pumps of course were operated by electricity; so some garages got around this but attaching the pump mechanism to stationary cars wheels, which rotated when the engine was started, and provided the necessary power.

Candle stocks were exhausted as residents worked and shopped by candlelight. Pubs with hand drawn pumps could still sell beers, but electric pumps stopped, making many a hardened drinker change his tipple, and had to enjoy it by a flickering candle. There was a beer shortage caused by transport problems but this was short lived, as was the sugar shortage and the milk shortage......

Burglar alarms also keep going off, as residents forget to reset them, or forgot they were on altogether. At any one time 10% of the country was without power with the rotating power cuts.

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travelling in the lifts was out of the question. Many aged Malden residents who lived in multi-storey flats spent most of their time in their apartment not daring to venture out. Oxfam had to distribute emergency blankets for those without any heating.

Strike two Further blackouts took place in 1973 and 1974. In 1973, the Rotary Club Christmas Tree was adorned with tinsel, instead of the usual towering tree illuminated with coloured electric lights. It was inaugurated with great ceremony by the Mayor Councillor John Greenwood when it was unveiled outside the Methodist Church. Similarly, the annual mobile Father Christmas and sleigh which usually toured the Malden area was stationary to save petrol, and there were no horses available. It was positioned outside Safeway (now Co-operative) on Friday and Saturdays, and collection boxes were placed on shop counters in an attempt to raise the usual sum collected for old and needy people. People were encouraged to save energy, and the government implemented the three day week Temperatures were lowered in Kingston Hospital wards from 70F to 65F, and dentists were advised not to start drilling teeth with electric drills if a power cut was imminent. All trains were subject to cuts, and those

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running were unheated and with restricted lighting. All adult education classes were cancelled, and a rota had to be worked out amongst the local hairdressers, so that if the power went out whilst a client was under a dryer, she could be taken to another salon where they had power.

Another effect of the power cuts was that some street lights were still on during daylight because the cuts had stopped the time switches working properly; when power was restored they started up again. Of course this also had the opposite effect, in that some lights switched themselves off at night even when there was no blackout.

The miners agreed to arbitrate and take their demands to the Government Pay Board. Pending the result, they also returned to work.

One residue of these power cuts is that most residents over the age of 60 will still have some of the candles they bought at the time somewhere in the house today.

Hopefully, with less dependency on fossil fuels, the country will never be put in the same situation again, but the events of the 1970s did make you realise how much we took for granted, and how quickly life as we knew it could unravel.

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Ursula Lucie Sophie Hulme M.B.E. Ursula Hulme died on 14th January 2012 aged 94. She was born in Germany in 1917, and came to England as a refugee from Nazi oppression shortly before the start of the Second World War. She had studied textile design at the Riemann School in Berlin from 1935-1938, and became a freelance textile designer upon her arrival in this country.

Later, she became a voluntary art therapist at the Middlesex Hospital, and this work grew, as she realised the value of creative art to physically disabled people. Her first patient was crippled with rheumatoid arthritis.

After a meeting with the Head of Occupational Therapy for Surrey in 1960, she managed to find some premises at Pine Lodge in Blagdon Road New Malden where she started her classes.

Originally, she taught in small groups, but the classes soon started to grow in number, as she took on people

who had suffered from Strokes, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, and other disabilities, including sight loss.

By 1962, further classes were being held in Redhill, Cheam, and Walton.

In 1964 she was a founder member of the British Association of Art Therapists She founded Conquest Art as a charity in 1978. This organisation has some 150 members, who for the most part attend classes run by volunteer leaders and helpers trained in the methods developed by Mrs Hulme. Her simple philosophy was to “enrich the lives of physically disabled people by helping them to overcome the frustration of their disability”. The classes enable the development of manual dexterity or other artistic skills, and give the participants a sense of comradeship, which their disability might otherwise preclude. The charity is based in Cox Lane West Ewell.

Techniques employed are generally based on free expression and creative use of imagination requiring no prior manual skill: for example making a random doodle, and then seeing and working up images such as faces or other objects or patterns which emerge.

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For the visually impaired, use is made of scented pens to distinguish colours, and the placing of blu-tak over lines in drawings, so the artist can feel what they have drawn.

Those members without the use of either of their arms can paint wearing a head band to which a brush is attached. Classes are held in various locations in Surrey , including until recently the Crescent Resource Centre in New Malden (now transferred to Newent House in Browns Road Surbiton), and in Formby in the Wirral, Halesworth Suffolk, and Malvern Worcestershire.

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Can we learn a lesson from the Americans?

Justin Urquhart Stewart shares his thoughts

Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own. Now, of course, their banking system has neither been angelic in its behaviour, nor unblemished in its history of probity.

After all, in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and during a nationwide commercial bank failure and the Great Depression, two members of Congress put their names on what is known today as the Glass Steagall Act. This act separated investment and commercial banking activities. At the time, ‘improper banking activity’ - considered to be overzealous commercial bank involvement in stock market investment - was deemed the main culprit of the financial crash - any of that seem familiar?

In fact it stayed in place until being repealed in 1999

in order to liberate the banks to develop financially engineered products, which would diminish the risk in the entire system. We can probably lay the blame for this at the feet of Alan Greenspan, who told President Clinton that the banks had agreed that ‘they would act more responsibly’ - his words. Heavens, what would have happened if they had acted irresponsibly?

However, it has not just been the major banks. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was the Savings and Loans scandal when the US equivalents of the UK building societies – “Thrifts” - went through a disastrous period following ludicrous lending by badly managed organisations when out of a total of 3234 Thrifts, around 750 went bust along with their customers’ savings, costing the Government some $88bn. Following this, many of these smaller operations were absorbed into larger financial organisations. However, just because banks are large and strong, doesn’t necessarily mean they are good - as recent events have so perfectly illustrated.

In the US, what they refer to as ‘Community banks’ can include a range of savings and loans companies and mutuals, but all focused on providing local services to local residents and especially local businesses. There are at present over 7000 of them in the US which on a per capita basis, would mean that we should have an equivalent number of 1350 such banks in the UK. Although we have a range of some 47 building societies and a number of smaller mutual loans companies, we

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actually have a relatively small number of banks in the UK designed to serve domestic customers (I exclude all those City of London based offices of overseas banks).

More recently we have seen some new entrants in the form of Virgin and Metro, and of course we should not ignore the growing presence of the supermarkets in this area. However, what we have not had is a presence of local banks for local funding. Most of the financial services from the building societies and savings companies, as well as the supermarkets, are all aimed at the private consumer and not for the small business.

This is a key area which is missing.

Now, we could wait for free enterprise to set up such services, or wait for the existing players to expand into this area, but I fear that time is not going to be of any help here. If there was a position for regional investment facilities to be provided then surely this is it? Rather than being funded out of Government debt, let alone the deficit, far better it be funded by way of guarantee or Government tax incentivised investment fund. Some imagination needed here and some courage not just to take action but to be seen to be taking action to counter the negative waves of news washing over us from most outlets. The entrepreneurial spirit is there but it desperately needs the fuel to fire it up, especially as so many are leaving state employment and need to be triggered into having the confidence of ‘doing it for themselves’. VVoice

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of this year I decided, after a lot of thought, to enter Live and Unsigned, a national competition for unsigned talent in the United Kingdom. I auditioned on January 29th and had to travel to a theatre in Hayes, Middlesex.

When I arrived I had to register and then wait for my name to be called.

When it was, I entered a small room where I performed my song to a panel of judges.

After this I had to wait a while for the result.

I then found out that I had made it through the audition. I was very fortunate because a very small number of applicants made it through. The next stage of the competition is the Regional Finals where the acts that made it through will perform an original song and a cover to a large audience. If I do manage to get through this stage I will have the opportunity to play and sing at the O2 in July 2012. As part of the next stage of the competition it is a requirement to gain as much publicity as I can in my local area. I have written a song in preparation and I am very excited at the prospect of performing it at the Regional Finals on 11th March.

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Forteen year old Scarlett Ketteman lives in New Malden and is a pupil at Coombe Girls School.

A few months ago I decided to enter Kingston Young Performer of the Year 2011 after being told about it by Georgia Bell, a member of Kingston Youth Parliament. I knew straight away that this was for me so I entered and was lucky enough to win 2nd place.

Following this I was asked by the co-ordinators of the competition to perform as the entertainment at a local Duke of Edinburgh prize giving in front of a large number of people. The Deputy Mayor of Kingston was there to witness this and then asked me if I would be interested in performing on Kingston Hospital Radio.

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Dead timber is very much a part of the life cycle of trees whereby insects, fungi and other decomposers break down the fibrous mass to be reused in the garden as a nutrient supply. In a garden context though dead limbs can be a major safety hazard for buildings and people so a thorough inspection is recommended.

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that creates a “wild” bio diverse habitat. If the pile is left with good lengths of wood the contrasts in humidity and shade will create a range of habitats for fungi and insects to thrive in. Drilling holes into larger pieces of timber also aids certain burrowing insects to take up residence.

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1. Which two letters of the alphabet have a “tittle” when written in lower case, but not when written in upper case?

2. Which month of the year features in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

3. Which Dutch airline is known by three consecutive letters of the alphabet?

4. Which European country's version of Scrabble is the only version where the letter "z" is worth just one point?

5. What is the total number of raised and levelled dots used in braille to represent a single letter of the alphabet?

6. What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet to have a name in English that doesn't end in "a"?

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Glazed Salmon Skewers with Sesame Noodles This is a great way to jazz up salmon – with a Japanese teriyaki sauce glaze served with sesame flavoured noodles. Soak the wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes before threading on the strips of salmon to prevent them from burning under the hot grill.

4 x salmon fillets, skinned 6 tbsp teriyaki sauce 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 250g packet medium egg noodles 2 tsp sesame seed oil 1 tsp grated root ginger 6 salad onions, trimmed and thinly slices 40g radishes, trimmed and thinly sliced 2 tbsp sesame seeds 30ml honey, warmedpepper 4 tbsp soured cream Boiled potatoes, to serve Fresh chopped parsley, to garnish

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Slice each salmon fillet widthways into 2 strips and place the strips in a shallow dish. Mix together the teriyaki sauce and garlic and pour over the salmon.

Cover and leave to marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.

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Meanwhile, cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain well. Heat the sesame oil in a wok or large non-stick frying pan and add the ginger, spring onions, radishes and sesame seeds. Stir fry for 2-3 minutes then Add the noodles and toss well to mix.

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What’s on Malden Fortnight The following events have been confirmed.To add yours email events@ maldenfortnight.co.uk Parade on 30th June, Craft Fair 7th July, Lunchbowl Funday Sunday in Beverley Park on 8th July with the ‘fortnight’ ending with the Dog Show on Sunday the 15th July.

Give blood www.blood.co.uk tel:0300 123 23 23 St James’s Church Hall, Malden Road, KT3 5QD Wednesday 7 March 2pm to 4.30pm, 5.30pm to 8pm Wednesday 21 Mar 2pm to 4.30pm, 5.30pm to 8pm

Sainsburys, London Road, North Cheam, SM3 9AA Monday 12 Mar 9:30am to 12.30pm 2pm to 4pm

AFC Wimbledon Football Club Jack Goodchild Way 422A Kingston Road KT1 3PB Thursday 22 March 2pm to 4.30pm, 5.30pm to 8pm North Cheam Sports And Social, 658 London Road, North Cheam, SM3 9BY Wednesday 14 Mar 2pm to 4.30pm, 5.30pm to 8pm Worcester Park St Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park, KT4 8LH Wednesday 04 Apr 2pm to 4.30pm, 5.30pm to 8pm The Rutter Requiem Saturday 10th March, New Malden Methodist Church, High Street KT3 4BY Emily Armour Soprano, Peter Bullett Conductor, John Colet Singers and Orchestra. Come and sing the Requiem with us (rehearsal at 2 o’clock, register with p.f.bullett@blueyonder. co.uk) or come to listen to the performance at 6.30 pm.

Tickets £8 in aid of Shooting Star Chase (Trust) Handel’s Messiah (Part 2), Good Friday 6th April at 8 pm, New Malden Methodist Church, High Street KT3 4BY Heather Higgins – Soprano, Grace de Grouchy - Contralto.

Graham Currie - Tenor, John Kelsey – Bass, Peter Bullett Conductor, Local Ecumenical Choir with Orchestra Retiring collection for charity, If you would like to sing with us, please contact p.f.bullett@blueyonder.co.uk for rehearsal details.

from: Wednesday 14th - Saturday 17th March A classic American romance, The Rainmaker is a heartfelt fable about a con man, a country girl, and the way that love can overcome cynicism in even the most tired of souls. On a drought-stricken ranch in America’s heartland, a charismatic trickster named Starbuck arrives selling the promise of rain.

But when he and Lizzie, the lone daughter of the family, discover a genuine chemistry, they begin to consider the possibility of a real miracle.

Tickets are only £6.00 and can be booked online at: www.greentheatre.com/box-office/book-tickets-for-the-nextshow2.You can also book by phone on 07587 196378 Book early to avoid disappointment!! Payment is by Cash or Cheque on the door. Doors open at 7.15 and the performance begins at 7.45pm.

The Rose Theatre Box Office: 08444 821556 (bkg fee) www. rosetheatrekingston.org (bkg fee) Pretty Ugly Wed 7 Mar 3pm Tickets: £5.50 Katie was 15 years old when she made a New Year’s Resolution - to lose weight. The following years of anorexia, hospitalisation, recovery and relapse are all recounted candidly in her book, which inspired playwright, Geoff Lawson to write the play for Powerhouse Theatre Company.

Loving Linda Sun 11 Mar 7pm Featuring stand up comedy from the following superb comedians: Andy Hamilton (Old Harry’s Game, QI), Shappi Khorsandi (Shappi Talk), Mark Steel (Mark Steel’s In Town), Robin Ince (Infinite Monkey Cage) and Susan Calman (News Quiz). With live music from Sarah Jane Morris (The Communards). All Tickets £30 Time To Talk with Joely Richardson Mon 12 Mar

The next concert in the Music in New Malden series features Jennifer Morsches playing violoncello piccolo and baroque ‘cello with Robin Bigwood playing harpsichord.

Sunday 11 March 3pm New Malden Methodist Church.

Proceeds from this concert will be sent to the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association.You may like to view their website at www.pspeur.org 17th March. The Malden & Coombe Horticultural Society are holding their Spring Flower Show at the Malden Centre in Blagdon Road. The Show will be open from 2.00pm to 4.30pm and includes flower, vegetable, domestic, arts and crafts and childrens sections as well as a plant sale, tombola and raffle. Entrance to the show is free.

The Barton Green Theatre will be closing at the end of March 2012. The company will be moving to The cornerHOUSE in Surbiton. We ask that you give us your support and help us sell out our last show:The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash (directed by Brittany Rex) will be running

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5:30pm Stephen Unwin chats with the award-winning film and television actress about her impressive career, and her return to the London stage as the leading lady in Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea. Tickets: £5 (£3 for concessions) Fascinating Aida Sun 18 Mar 7.30pm Three times Olivieraward nominated and now a global internet sensation, Fascinating Aïda are still Britain’s best comedy cabaret trio.

This brand new show will include several numbers hot off the press, plus a few old favourites including Cheap Flights (7 million plus hits on YouTube) as well as The Dogging Song, a fond homage to the joys of al fresco sex. Tickets £15-£19.50 The Winter’s Tale 7.30pm Tue 20, Thurs 22, Fri 23; 2pm Sat 24 Henry V 7.30pm Wed 21, Sat 24; 2pm Thurs 22 Propeller is an all-male Shakespeare company which seeks to find a more engaging way of expressing Shakespeare and to more completely explore the relationship between text and performance. Mixing a rigorous approach to the text with a modern physical aesthetic, they have been influenced by mask work, animation and classic and modern film and music from all ages. Tickets £8 - £25 Rich Hall Sun 25 Mar 7.30pm Rich Hall’s renowned grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and king of rapid-fire wit. Tickets £8 - £15 Comedy Store Saturday 31 March 7.30pm The Comedy Store continue their monthly residency presenting the best stand-up from around the globe on your doorstep. Tickets: £10-12 (£14 on the door) Kingston & Sutton Concert Band Showcase Sun 1 Apr 6pm Kingston and Sutton Music Services are joining together

in an exciting concert showcasing their six Concert Bands.

All Tickets £5 - £8 The Crucible Fri 6 & Sat 7 Apr 7.30pm Fri 6 & Sat 7; 2pm Sat 7 Parallels between Salem’s infamous witch-hunt and 1950s McCarthyism have been studied in schools across the world. Rose Youth Theatre and Rose Plus Players combine forces to present a sumptuous and exciting version of this classic masterpiece.

Here Thu 19 Apr - Sat 12 May Rarely seen on stage, Here is a touching and brilliant razor-sharp comedy about a young couple facing the challenge of organising their new apartment and their new relationship.

Comedy Store Saturday 29 April 7.30pm The Comedy Store continue their monthly residency presenting the best stand-up from around the globe on your doorstep. Tickets: £10-12 (£14 on the door) Time To Talk with Michael Frayn Tue 1 May 5:30pm Playwright and novelist, Michael Frayn talks to Stephen Unwin about his career in both drama and prose fiction.

Tickets: £5 (£3 for concessions) Time To Talk with Jo Brand Wed 9 May 5:30pm Since leaving her job as a psychiatric nurse in 1987, Jo has built a large following across the UK resulting in a nomination for the Perrier Award in 1992. Jo Brand is the star and writer of Getting On, the BBC’s BAFTA award winning series, Jo Brand’s Hot Potatoes (BBC1) and the award-winning Through the Cakehole (Channel 4). Tickets: £5 (£3 for concessions) VVoice

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We set up the butchers shop in 1982 because I had managed and made a success of other peoples businesses and wanted to do it for myself.

What do you love about it?

I just love helping people get the best meal possible and them coming back with a smile because we had done a great job for them.

What is your favourite local shop? Why? My favourite local shop has to be ADORN the jewellers on the High Street because David made my wife a lovely new wedding ring.

What is great about New Malden and what would you change?

I love the village atmosphere that you get from New Malden and it also has such a vast contrasting cultures which make for a good variety of shops. The thing I would change is the layout of the high street. The person who ok’d the plans should look at themselves with shame.

What is your all time favourite song? Title/artist My all time favourite song is such an impossible task. It has to be made up of a selection but here are my top 3: The Cryin’ Shames - Please Stay Tom Petty - American Girl Led Zeppelin - the whole of side 1 of Zeppelin 4

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I get up between 5 and 5.30am, walk Charlie the westie and then set off for the shop. Lay out the counter and do deliveries during the day. Finish at 5pm and maybe if needed I have to take out a few deliveries on my way home.

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I have just come back from a lovely wintery wonderland trip to Bulgaria with my wife.

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Why not create your own custom designed jewellery? From bangles to pendants, rings to earrings, we will help you through the design process to create a totally unique piece.

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Malden memories In this occasional feature, Margaret Freeman (nee Treble) who lived in New Malden and went to Burlington School shares some memories.

“I have always felt a second-class citizen because I was female, as there were so many things I wasn’t supposed to do, like climbing over gates, as I tore my dresses – there were never the sensible jeans for girls in those days – and one had to look like a ‘dainty little girl’, as an aunt of mine once said. I was never one of those, my two cousins Chum and Dave always saw to that, and

I returned home torn or soaking, whichever activity we’d been following, climbing, or fishing, of just sitting by the stream. We used to play across the road from where I lived [in New Malden, Surrey] which was a small road but has now become the Kingston by-pass.

Several friends played there too, where we had feasts of berries etc, which was brought to a swift end when one of our number ate deadly nightshade berries, and had to be rushed to hospital for a stomach pump.”

“My parents were very poor and my father, [pictured above], only earned £3.10 a week. My mother never worked but we had good plain food – no bought cakes unless my aunt and cousins were coming to tea and then we had five jam doughnuts, one for each of us, bought at Rowlands at the top of Queens Road, Malden, where we lived.

I attended Burlington Road school, taken there at first by my elder cousin Chum with Dave attached, and we crossed the road together. We went there for some years with two other second cousins, Roy and Alan Treble, and earned the reputation of the Terrible Trebles – not very amusing, but the teachers really thought it hilarious. It was at this school that I first met Mrs King*. who taught us singing – my cousin frequently being asked to stop singing as he was flat – and she could also be seen running up and down in the playground taking us for netball, where I was shooter, as I was then tall for my age, but seemed to stop later. When my cousin Chum left the school and came to say goodbye to our teacher Mr Grant, he said: “There goes the brains of the family. I’ll have to see what I can do with what’s left.” I never forgave him, and I’m not sure if Dave did either as we were in the same class. After another couple of years we separated and he went to Beverley Boys and I to the senior girls’ school in the same playground. It was there that I learned cookery and housewifery and laundry, not liking the last two, but enjoying cookery, and on one occasion after we had moved to Tolworth I carried an Irish stew in a jug up the hill from Berrylands [station], swinging along gaily until I realised what a mess my gymslip was. My poor mother, she was forever making do and patching my things, as I never really cared too much what I looked like.

If anybody remembers Margaret or any of the “Terrible Trebles” perhaps they could contact her son Greg gfreem@ntlworld.com VVoice

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Growing Peppers

by Pippa Greenwood

Growing your own peppers is not much more involved than growing tomatoes, so why not give it a try? Pepper plants can be unbelievably pretty too, with fruits in a range of shapes and colour, generally on compact plants and preceded by small and very pretty white flowers.

This is a plant with great ornamental as well as edible potential.

Both chilli and sweet - or bell - peppers can be grown in a greenhouse border, in a sunny spot in the garden in warmer parts of the country, or on a sunny, sheltered spot on the patio. The heavier, earlier crop will come if you grow the plants in a greenhouse or conservatory, but it is well worth growing them outside too.

Sweet peppers, especially the red ones, are very high in vitamin A and both red and green peppers are also very high in vitamin C. Chilli peppers also have a good supply of vitamins C and A and in addition, contain both beta-carotene and something called capsaicin which is believed to have a useful effect on blood cholesterol levels.

The seeds are readily obtainable from many catalogues or garden centres but make sure you take into account the level of heat that each type delivers.

Most seed packets and catalogues do make it very clear.

Sow the seeds between now and early April. I use a multi-purpose or a seed compost, but for good germination you will need to provide a bit of extra warmth, ideally from a heated propagator positioned in a spot where it receives plenty of natural light. If you don’t have the time or facilities to raise your own from seed, you can always buy a few plants in a garden centre or send off for them. We offer two tasty varieties as part of my ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ system (see www.pippagreenwood.com for details).

Keep the plants a tiny bit drier than you would a tomato plant and feed regularly with a high-potash liquid feed (most readily available as a ‘tomato food’).

This helps to keep the plants growing strongly and the potash will encourage plenty of flowers and so fruits to form.

If you are going for plants in pots, choose a planter that has good drainage and is 30cm (12in) or more in diameter, adding broken pots for extra drainage. Once

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there is no danger of late frosts you can put them outside in a sheltered, sunny spot.

If you’re after the hottest possible heat from your chilli peppers, then you’ll find this comes from fruits that are totally ripe and from peppers that are grown in warmer conditions.

If you are growing sweet peppers in patio pots then you are likely to find that there are still some unripened fruits on the plants when temperatures start to fall at the end of summer and well into autumn. To increase the chances of these ripening and increasing to full size, move the pots to a warmer spot or, if possible, to a porch, conservatory or greenhouse where they’ll get extra warmth and also plenty of natural light.

If you want chillies that look particularly good on the patio there are plenty to choose from. ‘Black Pearl’ is a hot chilli pepper with a distinct blackish tinge to the mature leaves and fruits that are black early on and mature darkest red. For classic chillis with bright red, finger shaped fruits try ‘Thai Dragon’.

Visit www.pippagreenwood.com to make veg growing easy.

You’ll receive garden ready veg plants PLUS every week Pippa emails you hints, tips and advice about your chosen veg. From just £39 for up to 66 garden-ready plants, 6 packets of seed and the weekly emails. VVoice

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Clubs

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NEW MALDEN ROTARY CLUB Where: Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane,When: Monday evenings at 6:15 for 6:45pm Contact: Barry Collins on 07740 257 255 MALDEN EMERGENCY FIRST AID SOCIETY (MEFAS). Members meet each Thursday evening at 7.30pm for First Aid training. New members required.

Everyone welcome. Hall available for hire. Contact Christine on 07966661015.

MONDAY NETBALL CLUB When: Mondays 8.30pm Contact: Ching Lee 07813 556184 ENGLISH CONVERSATION / LESSONS FOR KOREANS Where: Christ Church Centre, Coombe Road When: Mondays & Tuesdays, 10.00 am - 12.00 noon All welcome: contact Chris Coke 020 8942 7388.

ST JAMES PLAYERS Where: St James Bodley Road When: Mondays 8pm.

Tuesday

ARTHRITIS CARE New Malden branch Where: Raleigh House 14 Nelson Road, New Malden, KT3 5EA When: 4th Tuesday of month 7.30 -9.30pm We aim to provide back-up support for arthritis sufferers and an opportunity for members to enjoy a social evening through our regular monthly meetings. Jocelyn King 020 8942 6745.

THE NEW MALDEN LADIES BADMINTON CLUB When: Tuesday at the Malden Centre from 20.30 till 22.00 We are a mixed ability club looking for new members. Please ring Lynda on 8949 2673 or just pop in HALF SHARES We are a group of widows who meet together on the 1st Tuesday of every month. We have a speaker and enjoy a cuppa and a chat. Come and join us at 1.453.15pm at Christ Church Centre, Coombe Rd For more details contact Lily on 020 8949 1431.

THE NEW MALDEN INVESTMENT CLUB Our meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at the Grafton Club, Grafton Road, New Malden. We do have a few vacancies and new member are always welcome.Contact the secretary on 020 8942 1926 for further information.

Wednesday

MALDEN & COOMBE SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE BLIND WHEN: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 2pm to 4pmContact; Mike Ball 02089420819 Volunteer drivers/helpers VERY welcome

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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION MALDEN & COOMBE The Legion meets every second Wednesday afternoon from 2.30pm at the Grafton Club. Any interested parties in joining please contact Mary Gillett on 020 8949 2342 who will be very pleased to give any information to help or assist.

Thursday

MALDEN CAMERA CLUB Where: New Malden Library, Kingston Road When: Thursday evenings throughout the year at 7.45pm Contact: www. maldencameraclub.org.uk MALDEN CENTRE ORCHESTRA Where: Malden Centre, Blagdon Road When: 10.00-12.00noon, every Thursday (term time only) Contact: Conductor David Benke on 02087868517.

TOLWORTH BADMINTON CLUB Where: Play at Tolworth Recreation Centre When: Club night Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30 Standard: Intermediate/advanced level Contact: www.tolworthbadmintonclub.co.uk or ring Pat on 0208 395 9175 or just turn up on a Thursday MALDEN AND COOMBE FLOWER DECORATION SOCIETY At St.James Church Hall Bodley Road WHEN the third Thursday of the month at 7.50 pm

Friday

MALDEN ARTS ASSOCIATION Everyone is welcome including non-artists. We meet once a month on a Friday afternoon in the Malden Centre, Cocks Crescent, Blagdon Road, New Malden, Surrey at 4.00pm.prompt. Visitors are welcome.

Contact: Joyce Clay on 0208 540 6578.

RSPB Epsom and Ewell Local group. We meet the 2nd Friday of every month at 7.30, apart from July and August, at All Saints Church Hall Fulford Road, West Ewell with guest speakers who illustrate their enthusiasm on a variety of natural history subjects.

We also have several birding outings throughout the year which is arranged to suit all ages. There is a small charge for non-members of the RSPB. www.rspb.org. uk/groups/epsom.

Saturday

SATURDAY DEMENTIA CLUB Age Concern Kingston 2nd Saturday of the month 11am and 2pm in New Malden for people living with dementia, their family and carers, Call 020 8942 8256 and ask for Jyoti or email saturdayclub@ageconcernkingston.org

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EMANUEL RUGBY Where: Shannon Corner, KT3 4PU When: Adults Mondays & Wednesdays 7.30pm, Saturday 2-3pm.

Children Sunday 10:30am Contact: www.emanuelrugby. co.uk info@emanuelrugby.co.uk Fergus McCarthy 0845 8338974 days & evenings.

GRAHAM SPICER SNOOKER ROOM Availible for hire during the day and evenings.

Contact Secretary for availibility on 020 8942 2157.

MALDEN BOWLING CLUB Where: Lime Grove, New Malden Tel: John on 020 8949 4315 SUPREME BOWLS CLUB Where: junction of Thetford Road and Windsor Avenue in the playing field opposite Woodies pub in New Malden. Contact Mick or Diana 020 8942 0294.

WEST WIMBLEDON SOCIETY TABLE TENNIS CLUB Friendly social table tennis club in Raynes Park welcomes new members (sorry not complete beginners). For more details call 020 8947 3564.

FROM THE GROUND UP local affordable organic box scheme - Kingston’s own - fresh organic veg, fruit, bread, cheese and preserves at exceptional prices.

Collection every Saturday from Kingston or Surbiton.

Contact fgu@ttkingston.org for details.

New Malden’s Village Voice successfully provides a platform for community information on a level and in a way that had not been achieved before. Here at last was a high class, good quality, highly readable product that appeals to people, businesses, churches, clubs, charities and other organisations. Jenny has applied her consummate skills to provide something for everyone. The Village Voice is a must for advertisers and I can speak from experience.

If you want to get the community's attention the Village Voice does it for you and gets results. Few would argue that our community in New Malden, through Village Voice, has regained its pride and community spirit in being what it has always affectionately been referred to down through the years - namely "The Village".

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There’s lots going on for pre-schoolers in New Malden (term time only) Monday 10am to 11.30am Tots In Tow St John’s Church, Kingston Road Contact Penny Welsh 0208 288 1801 1.15 pm 3.15pm. St James Tiddlers Group We welcome all parents and toddlers, plus big sisters and brothers when they’re on holidays. St James Church Hall, Bodley Rd Contact Angie: 020 8942 2093 9.30 - 11.30 Stay and Play (0-18 months) - New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561.

Tuesday 10am to 11.45am St Joseph’s Toddler Group St Joseph’s R C Church, Montem Road 9.30am to 11.30am Sparkles United Reformed Church, Cavendish Hall, Cavendish Road Contact Peggy Cox 020 8949 3402 to visit. 9-11.30 Stay and Play New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Wednesday 10am to 11.45am Tots in Tow (see Monday) 10am and 11.45 ST Joseph’s Toddler Group (see Tuesday). 12.30pm - 3.pm Stay and Play (0 - 5 years) - New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Thursday 9.45 to 11.30am Methodist Church Parent

and Toddler Group Methodist Church, High Street, Contact Greta Curry. 9.30am to 12.30pm 9.30 - 12 noon Childminders’ drop in including school holidays, Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Road, 0208 942 2559 10.30-11am, Story time aimed at age 3+New Malden Library, Friday 9.30am to 11.30am Christ Church Parent and Toddler Group Christ Church, Coombe Road Contact Susie Gregerson 020 8241 9423. 9.45am to 11.15am Tadpoles Parent and Toddler Group New Malden Baptist Church, Kingston Road 020 8942 6912 – not a drop in session so call first. 10.30-11am, Rhyme time aimed at age 0-3 Kingston Library. 9.30-12.30 Toy Library New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561. Also at NMCC Breastfeeding Support Group 10.00 - 12.00 - first week of the month Twins Support Group - 10.00 - 12.00 - Second and fourth weeks of the month, Tuesday-Friday Parent and Toddler Play Sessions Dickerage Lane Adventure Playground Dickerage Lane, Daniel Slocombe 020 8942 1707, Saturday 10-12noon Who let the dads out is at Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Lane, New Malden Runs the third Saturday of every month. 10am-12pm Stay and Play - Dads group - first Saturday of every month New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561. VVoice

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When the time comes to find childcare will you be looking for the high-quality, flexible, professional home based childcare that Ofsted Registered Childminders provide?

Kingston Childminding Association (KCMA) supports parents with advice and information when seeking an Ofsted Registered Childminder within the Royal Borough of Kingston. Contact our Support and Development Worker or visit our website to find out more about how we can help.

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Saturday 10th March - ‘MEET A CHILDMINDER’, an informal event bringing together parents and childminders. Drop in and see how we can help you, 10am ‘til noon, at the United Reformed Church, Eden Street KT1 1HZ. Contact our office for further information.  

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We have successfully advertised in the Village Voice since we opened three years ago. It is a great way to effectively reach local residences in New Malden and Worcester Park. I would thoroughly recommend it as a 'must' to any local businesses.

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Call for friendly helpful advice Parts & Accesories • Child Carriers Baby Seats • 2nd Hand Bikes 137 Kingston Road • New Malden • KT3 3NX 020 8949 4632 57 Approach Road • Raynes Park • SW20 8BA 02085424076 We participate in Cyclescheme

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This power walking class, with a mix of cardio, strengthening & toning exercises is proving to be the answer to shifting postnatal weight & re-toning your body after giving birth!

• Burns fat, improves posture & strengthens , N O IT core muscles • A one hour social class with SURB LDEN, A M time to chat to other Mums • For all levels NEW STON G KIN of fitness • Suitable for all buggies/pushchairs • It’s fun & your baby or toddler comes too!

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ELECTRICIAN Martin Flanagan

Part P Registered . 17th Edition Full Re-Wires to Single Sockets Fault Finding ■ Garden Power & Lighting ■ Consumer Unit (Fuse Box) Replacements ■ Test & Inspection Certificates ■ P.A.T - Portable Appliance Testing ■ ■

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Safer Neighbourhoods by Sgt Nick Ellis Dear Local Resident, I thought it would be useful to remind everyone of the key issues which your Safer Neighbourhood teams of Beverley and Coombe Vale are focussing upon.

As defined by your local representatives on our ward panels these remain: Beverley : Pick pocketing, Anti social behaviour by youths causing noise and nuisance & Burglary Coombe Vale : Shoplifting, Road Safety, Burglary We are currently working on a newsletter which will be delivered shortly to all our households which give details of the progress we are making in these areas.

In the meantime, you can access the websites for our two wards on www.met.police.uk/Kingston/team, view the members of our teams and you can also find the latest published crime statistics for your ward and the Borough of Kingston. Kingston remains, you

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will be pleased to note, the safest borough within the Metropolitan Police area.

As we speak plans are being drawn up for the support which will be required of us for the Olympics and also for our own Kingston event - the road cycling race passes through on Men’s race: Saturday 28 July 2012, 10am to 4pm Women’s race: Sunday 29 July 2012, 12pm to 4pm Unless you are planning to watch the race Bushy and Richmond Parks may well be places to avoid at those particular times.

Borough Commander, Martin Greenslade, has committed to Safer Neighbourhood teams retaining a strong presence in all wards despite the central demands upon resource.

You may have seen some recent publicity on the first anniversary of our Korean speaking service which aims to ensure the presence of a native Korean speaker at the 12.30 - 3.00pm shift on a Tuesday. I am grateful to our three volunteers for their exemplary support for this and for our new monthly drop in sessions for all our residents at the Methodist Church coffee shop in the High Street. Again you can find the dates of these sessions on our website.

When on duty we can be reached by telephone or texted on Beverley : 0208 721 2750 Coombe Vale : 0208 721 2515 or emailed on Beverley.snt@met.police.uk or CoombeValesnt@met.police.uk If matters are urgent then you should call 999 or, if it is not suitable to contact my teams or we are unavailable, then please call 101.

If you have any questions or specific concerns you can contact me on the details shown below or come and see one of the team at one of drop-ins. On the first Wednesday of every month we are in the café at the Methodist Church on the High Street (Near Tudor Williams) between 2pm and 4pm. We are also there between 10am and midday on the third Wednesday of every month. Please come and see us and we would be happy to discuss any issues you have.

On a final note, a reminder of our opening times here at CI Tower, Monday - Friday 12.30pm - 5.30pm Saturday 10.30am - 3.30pm Sunday - Closed Nicholas ELLIS PS 46VK Beverley Safer Neighbourhoods Team VVoice

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Dad’s Diary

by Ian Duncan “Dogs are our link to paradise.

They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -it was peace.” - Milan Kundera

never have I been approached by so many women as when our dog was young. If only I’d know the impact a puppy could have when I was young, free and single!

There’s no such thing as the Dog Poo Fairy!* However, there is one thing that really annoys me about having a dog - other people’s dog’s poo left lying around. It annoyed me before we had a dog, now it really annoys me. Surely, one of the questions you consider when thinking getting a dog is can I scoop? Is it the nicest part about owning a dog? No, but it is an essential one. If you can’t scoop the poop then don’t get a dog! In every pocket in every item of clothing I own is a stash of small plastic bags. So, not only do I scoop but I rustle as I do it!

The Golden Ticket Poop It’s a Dog’s Life Dog Facts Bag You may not agree with Milan There are 8.3 million dogs in the UK Taiwan’s New Taipei City has Kundera, author of The Unbearable Dogs were first domesticated from wolves at come up with a novel way of Lightness of Being, but there are least 17,000 years ago solving the all-too-common many good reasons for owning a The most popular dog breed in Great Britain problem by encouraging dog dog: is the Labrador retriever owners to pick up their pet’s Firstly, it’s good for your health.

The oldest dog on record was an Australian droppings and hand them into According to a report on the BBC cattle dog named Bluey who lived 29 years the appropriate authorities in News website, dog owners tended and 5 months exchange for a lottery ticket. in general to be healthier than the If you’re in possession of a average member of the population. lottery ticket, you’re in with Dr Deborah Wells, psychologist from Queen’s University, a chance of winning the top prize: a gold ingot worth Belfast reviewed dozens of research papers which $2,200 (£1,400). looked at the health benefits of If fining people, like we do in Dog Facts pet ownership. She says that dog the UK doesn’t work, perhaps There are 8.3 million dogs in the UK owners tended to have lower we should start a lottery?

Dogs were first domesticated from wolves at blood pressure and cholesterol. least 17,000 years ago There was also the suggestion * Keep Britain Tidy has The most popular dog breed in Great Britain that dogs could aid recovery from launched a national dog is the Labrador retriever serious illnesses such as heart fouling campaign, featuring the The oldest dog on record was an Australian attacks, and act as ‘early warning’ dog poo fairy, to encourage cattle dog named Bluey who lived 29 years to detect an approaching epileptic irresponsible dog owners and 5 months seizure. to clean up after their pets.

Puppy Power If that wasn’t enough, according to research conducted

by Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, having a dog could increase your chances of finding a love match. Of seven hundred respondents to a recent survey, sixty percent said that owning a dog can make people more attractive, while eighty-five percent think people are more approachable with a hound at their heels.

We all know it’s tough starting a conversation with someone new, but owning a dog can ease the awkwardness. In fact nearly all of those surveyed (over 95%) said they would feel more comfortable speaking to someone they didn’t know, if they had a dog. According to the research the best canine conversation starter is cute puppy - this is backed up by my own experience:

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When business is slow you have to STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD Be seen and heard by the your local market in the Village Voice and Worcester Park Life.

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Index of advertisers Call 020 8336 2915 to advertise www.nmvv.co.uk Design

Accountants DG Accountancy Services

Beauty

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Building, decorating & repairs

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Car hire, maintenance & repair

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Buggyfit 51 Kingston Childminding Assoc 50 Rascals 45

Cleaning & ironing & Help services Aroma ironing Bits & Bobs Ovens2New Time for You

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Cycles

Department Stores

Driving lessons Mike Fisher

Education & courses

Interpave 27 Ray Sloly Carpentry 27 Robinson & Son painters & decorators 53 Stewart Handyman 51 Tolworth Fencing 60 TSD Building 36

Children

Abbey Mills Studio 19 37

London International Study Centre 39 The Study School Westbury House School

Electrical

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Martin Flanagan (Electrician) 53 Unilet (Hi fi)

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Daal Handi The Glasshouse Lake Thomas Cakes The Real Butchers The Royal Oak

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Elegant Curtains The Bed & Suite Centre

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Food, Drink

Furniture & blinds Gardening

AC Gardening 29 BF Gardening 42 Cypress (Garden Services) 19 FL Gardening 53 RJ Trees 24 Turner Tree Care 53 Genealogy Robin Gill 9

Health & Wellbeing

Brookdale Clinic/Sally Harris 26 Kim Robinson Hypnotherapist 16

New Victoria Hospital Riverside Chiropractic Clinic Rosemary Conley Slimming World

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Hotels & B&B Antoinette 31 Jewellery

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Kitchens, bathroom & plumbing Andy Reeve Plumbing Dream Doors Interalia Services Kitchen Wizard Mark Howell Smith & Byford Opticians Eye Contact

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Green Lane Farm Boarding Kennels

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Kids Love to Dance 47 King George Indoor Bowls 26 New Malden Tennis Squash and Badminton Club 20 Splish Splash 47 TaeKwonDo 47

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All in-house artwork and editorial presented in this magazine remains the copyright of Malden Media Ltd. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored on any retieval system, or transmitted in any form - electronic, mechanical. recording, photocopying, or otherwise without prior permission from the Publisher.

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