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February Contents

History by Robin Gill 6 Patchwork and Quilting 10 Recipe Caramelised onion and goats’ cheese pizza 14 View from the City 16 Cryptic Crossword 18 Pink House Pottery 20 Parkin’ Some Thoughts 22 Finance 24 News 26 Sudokus 28 Eating Disorders Awareness Week 30 Baking Raspberry & Vanilla Panna Cotta 34 What’s On 37 New Malden Residents’ Association 40 Gardening Velvet Underground 42 Clubs 44 Rotary Club 48 Florally Speaking 50 Kid’s play 52 A Photographer Dreams 58 Solutions 60 Royal British Legion Malden & Coombe Branch 61

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Welcome to Your Village Voice Well, as I write we are having another very cold patch of weather. This morning a burst water main in Kingston has caused chaos on the roads and damage to tracks, misery on the trains. Such a shame as it really was a gorgeous crisp morning – ideal for a dog walk….. But our pets are having a pretty miserable time themselves – spare a thought for our seven poor chickens - Kylie, Mylie, Whitney, Britney, Spotty, Bluebell and Snowey – who have been confined to their rather sparse and muddy run since 6th December by order of the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). This precautionary measure was brought in to reduce the risk of bird flu spreading from wild birds, and the ban, originally brought in for a month was then extended until the end of February. So they’ll have been consigned to this smallish area (luckily bigger than some though) for almost 3 months. No roaming around the garden or allotment as they’re used to. So whilst I’m not wishing February, Valentines Day (hint hint), the start of the 6 Nations and half term away, roll on March I say! Remember that the Village Voice is YOUR magazine so if you are helping to organise an event and would like some FREE publicity then please do email details. Likewise if you are part of an organisation that could benefit from attracting new local members next year then why not send in an article. Did you know that in order to deliver the magazine to most of the KT3 postcode, we split the distribution over a two month period. So if you have had this edition delivered you probably won’t get the next one. There are a limited number of copies available from Waitrose, New Malden library, Tudor Willams and the Malden Centre but don’t forget that it is also published online - you can get the link from our website. So, until next month, best wishes

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New Malden History A prosperous undertaking by Robin Gill

Charles James Paine was born in Iden a small village about 2 ½ miles north of Rye in East Sussex. He was baptised at All Saints Church on 6th December 1846, the third son of William (a builder /carpenter) and Eliza (nee Wood). The other children were in order of age; Thomas Henry bapt 4th June 1843, William Edward bapt 20th April 1845, Edwin bapt 19th November 1848, Eliza bapt 3rd March 1850, Sally(ie) Coleman bapt 28th November 1852, Ellen bapt 19th November 1854, and Emily bapt 11th July 1858. All in Iden. Charles married Mary Ann Hall on 21st August 1869 at St Peters Church in Norbiton. It is stated that they were both living in Washington Road at the time of the marriage, and I suspect that this may have been at the property of Charles’ elder brother William whose first two children had been born in Norbiton in 1870/1. (William and family moved to Lewisham in 1871,

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and then Lee in Kent, before emigrating to Australia). In Lee he was living only a few doors away from his (and Charles’) father in Ronver Road. Mary Ann was born in Icklesham in Sussex in 1853, but during the 1861 census taken 7th April, she was staying with her grandfather James Hall in Iden. She was 9 years old and Charles living a few doors down was 14, and they married just over 8 years later. Growing Paines Charles and Mary Ann set up home in Burritt Road, about ½ mile from their original address in Norbiton, and their first five children were born there firstly Frederick William on 4th April 1870, followed by Bryan Charles Sargant in 1872, Eliza Maria in 1874, Mabel Sargant in 1876, and Patrick Harold in 1879. The family had moved to Longfellow Road in Worcester Park by the time of the 1881 census on 3rd April. Here were born Martin Michael in 1881, Ida Kate in 1883, and Charles Philip in 1886. The last move to New Malden happened around 1886 when William Edwin was born, also born in Malden were Dennis Flynn in 1890, Gladys Ethel in 1892, and Cecil George in 1894. As can be seen from the above Frederick was the eldest of twelve children not eleven as stated in official records. This has been confirmed in the obituary of Charles Paine (Surrey Comet Sept 22nd 1894) “leaves a wife and twelve children”. I think the problem may have arisen with the eleventh child Gladys Ethel who died 9th February 1896 at Station Terrace, Coombe Road, New Malden aged 4. Although she is mentioned on the memorial stone (C2625) of her father and mother (and brother Frederick), she was buried in a separate plot (C 2597) in Kingston Cemetery. The first mention I have found of Charles James Paine in business dates from 15th March 1882 when his (Building) partnership with James Hopkins is dissolved. It does not state when the partnership began, but there is a James Hopkins living next door to Charles Paine (Longfellow Road) in 1881 as a carpenter aged 36, so this is probably our man. It is stated that Charles is to continue the business on his own account. (London Gazette 21st March 1882 page 1297).

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It declares on Paine’s headed notepaper that the business was founded in 1884. In that year, the family were still in Worcester Park, and didn’t move to New Malden until 1886. In that year (1886) on 21st April Charles Paine petitioned for bankruptcy. His address was given as Longfellow Road Worcester Park, Worcester Park Station, and New Malden, and his occupation was described as a builder and blacksmith. (London Gazette April 30th 1886), although he was trading in Malden as a furniture dealer and ironmonger. He duly had his meeting (14th May) at the Griffin Hotel in Kingston where he was assessed, and the bankruptcy order was given 4 days later. His court hearing was fixed for 4th March 1887. He was not released from his bankruptcy until 27th November 1889. A thriving business This explains why the business operated from Station Terrace in New Malden from 1887 was under the name of Mrs Mary Paine or M Paine: Ironmonger and furniture dealer. This was the trading name of the business until 1905, when the name becomes M Paine & Son. This name continues until 1909 when it becomes Frederick Wm Paine Undertaker after being sold by Mary Ann. The upholstery side of the concern was sold to her assistant Walter Ebenezer Ball

who continued to trade from 16 Coombe Road (now Sopranos) for many years. The furniture was sold by auction by Townley & Co of St Andrews Square, Surbiton. It looks as though as soon as Frederick was involved on a regular basis, he started pushing the undertaking side of the business. The first funeral I can find conducted by Paines, was for Cyril Gordon Stephens aged 6 months of Chestnut Grove New Malden. The burial at Kingston Cemetery took place on 23rd May 1890. The first local undertaker in the New Malden area seems to have been John Francis Povey a cabinet maker of Chestnut Grove who carried out his first funeral on 20th November 1882 with the burial of Helen Bedford who had lived in the next-door

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property. Povey’s father (Francis de L’Homme de Lille Povey to give his full name) was also an undertaker in Westminster where John was born. Life may have been confusing in the Westminster Povey household as both John ‘s parents were called Francis/ Frances and his brother and sister were also Francis/Frances. The family originated from Martinique a French governed island in the Caribbean. Prior to Povey, funerals in New Malden seem to have been carried out by various firms, mostly Farebrothers. Povey, then in Coombe Road (Station Terrace) close to the station, conducted his last funeral in April 1891, and it is only after this date that Paines became more involved, 10 funerals in 1891, 3 in 1892, 4 in 1893, 3 in 1894, and 17 in 1895. (first full year Frederick was involved) Charles died in September 1894 at 8/9 Station Terrace, Coombe Road aged 46. It was an impressive funeral cortege and almost every business and private house along the route from the shop in Coombe Road to the cemetery in Bonner Hill Road had drawn their blinds as a mark of respect. The coffin was of “polished oak” and was transported in a transparent car, followed by many carriages. In December, his widow Mary Ann made an announcement that she was carrying on the business with her son FW Paine (Surrey Comet 29th December 1894). It had previously been stated that FW Paine would be carried on the business during Mr Paine’s (senior) illness (Surrey Comet 3rd March 1894). By 1899 Mary Ann was advertising her business as a complete house furnisher, upholsterer, estate agent, valuer and undertaker. Undertaking and taking over When the new council buildings were opened in 1905 there was accommodation within the fire station and stables site (to the right of the main building) for a mortuary and Frederick was successful in bidding for the business against strong counterbids. This may have caused an altercation with Farebrothers the Kingston firm of undertakers. An announcement in the Surrey Comet (20th June 1906) stated that Farebrother was opening in New Malden at 27/29 Malden Road. This was opposite the Town Hall (now Waitrose) and not far from Paines. This in turn may have prompted Frederick to open in Kingston at 24 London Road nearly opposite 8

Farebrothers a year later. This property had for over 40 years belonged to Edward Simpson an established greengrocer/fruiterer specialising in potatoes who had died in 1907. Farebrother’s venture into Malden did not last long, but Paines are still in London Road. Paines acquired Farebrothers in the 1990s. A brave lady On 29th December 1903 Charlotte Read died in Avenue Road New Malden aged 55. (Burial conducted by Paines). The Read family were saddlers by trade, and had lived in New Malden close to the premises Of Paines since at least 1874 moving to 5 Station Terrace (3 doors away) in 1905. After the business had been past to Frederick, his mother Mary Ann married the widower William Charles Read in Titchfield Hampshire in 1909, and lived there, until his death eight years later. Mrs Paine subsequently moved down to Shaldon in Devon, living in a lovely thatched cottage where she died in 1941. She had had a nasty experience almost two years earlier, when awakened by noises in her chimney, which she initially thought were made by owls that lived in the flue. It was only when the room started to fill with smoke did it become apparent that something else was amiss. Eliza, one of Mrs Paine’s daughters who was staying with her, went to a nearby alarm to contact the local brigade who arrived in a short time. Mary Ann who would have been 85 years old, didn’t seem in the least perturbed, just wanting to make tea for the local policeman who had also been called to the scene. Perils of marriage In 1906 scandal swept the Paine family and New Malden, when Frederick was involved in court over a breach of promise case. This was brought by a laundress from Wimbledon Laura Charlotte Mills who had known Frederick for eight years. A contract to marry was agreed on 26th December 1900, and intimate letters from both parties were read out in court. It didn’t help that the officiating judge was Mr Justice Darling. Frederick had given Laura a ring at Christmas during their relationship but asked her not to wear it as an engagement ring as he felt it was not good enough. Frederick denied the charge stated that their relationship was purely platonic, but the court found in favour of Laura and fined Frederick £50. Frederick married in 1908 to Violet Rachel Baron who came from Wigan. It is said that the marriage was not a happy one and little is known about her.

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It may be that she added the name Violet at a later date. The couple separated with Rachel moving to Portsmouth, where she remarried in 1948 after Frederick’s death, and died herself in 1960. As stated above, in 1909 Mary Ann passed the business to Frederick and left New Malden, and in the same period Frederick acquired the property in London Road Kingston. He still carried on trading at 10 Coombe Road between 1912 and 1923 (between the station and Acacia Grove) The business then relocated to 27 Coombe Road (between Alric Avenue and the station) in 1924. Charles James Paine was exhumed in Kingston Cemetery on 25th August 1925, and interred in the same plot as his daughter Gladys (C2597) under Licence 544 345, 223/8. The reason for this is unclear. The business only moved to 118 Malden Road (close to the Fountain New Malden) in 1935. Before that, there had been no buildings between the Police Station (opened 1891) and the Post Office (opened 1933). Illustrations 1) Mary Ann Paine 2) Paine’s shop in Coombe Road 3) Paine’s monument in Kingston Cemetery.

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1 Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the onions. Fry over a gentle heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the sugar and fry for a further 10 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool. 2 Preheat the oven to 220C, Fan 200C, Gas Mark 7. Empty both sachets of the pizza base mix into a large bowl and stir in a large pinch of salt and the chopped rosemary leaves. Stir in 200ml hand-hot water and mix to a soft dough. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. 3 Roll the dough out to a 30 x 45cm oblong. Place on a greased baking sheet and turn up the edges of the base. Spread the caramelised onions over the base, then top with the sliced goats’ cheese, cherry tomatoes and rosemary sprigs. Leave in a warm place for 10 minutes. 4 Drizzle with olive oil and season with a little salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the base is golden brown. TIP Instead of the caramelised onions spread, the pizza base with sun-dried tomato paste then top with some cooked and drained spinach. Scatter over diced mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese and some fresh chopped oregano.

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View from the City by Justin Urquhart Stewart 7IM Did your New Year Resolution make it past ‘Fail Friday’? 2017’s most popular New Year Resolutions (at least according to Twitter) were all about diets and exercise – almost inevitable after the surfeit of indulgence over the festive season. Next on the people’s list of to-dos were to read more and to try to learn to do something new such as learn a language. A survey in December 2016 by the Dutch ING Bank, however, asked whether New Year Resolutions might be linked to financial goals. Here in the UK, according to the research findings, just 27% were planning a financial resolution. This compares to 30% of Germans, 44% of Spaniards, 49% of Italians and 50% of the French. Turks came top of those surveyed with an estimated 69% including financial goals in their 2017 planning. Meanwhile, only 3% of our fellow Brits are estimated to keep their resolution for the full 12 months, with the vast majority having abandoned any good intentions on or before Fail Friday – the name coined for the third Friday each January. So, we have proposed seven financial goals to choose from. Follow up on any of these and you can be one of that 3%. 1.Diarise your deadlines From 31 January’s deadline to file your online tax self assessment, to 5 April to get your latest ISA set up, to insurance renewal dates, through to the variable dates for any VAT and Corporation Tax filings you may need to lodge. Just putting them in your diary with a nice long reminder timeline will help you start to get organised. 2. Spring clean your paperwork From the ancient share certificates you’ve inherited to forgotten childhood bank accounts, chances are that there is a small savings pot that is out of sight and therefore out of mind. 3. Track your cashflow In my latte pension video [https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=h3x97Eqhza8], we show how saving a small amount regularly over a long period of time compounds to quite an incredible sum. Now is a great time to work out what you spend on all those

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5. Switch where necessary Aggregator sites now compile the best options for everything from energy bills and mortgage providers to insurance bills and credit card cashback percentages. Now is the time to see how much you and your family could save. 6. Make a will According to research by the cancer charity Macmillan, only 40% of Brits have a will. 89% of 18 to 34 year olds do not have a will versus 32% of the over 55s. One of the reasons is no doubt the emotional choices you have to make, but at least plan to do this by November when Will Aid 2017 goes live (again) and lists 900 odd solicitors who will help you in return for a charity donation. 7. Review your pension Successive governmental budgets since 2010 have reduced both the lifetime and annual allowances for pensions. It may be necessary to take your pension early or stop contributing to your scheme, even if you haven’t retired, to avoid the benefits exceeding those allowances. Perhaps it’s time to start using another tax wrapper or at least making sure that you are using your other tax allowances, such as the annual capital gains tax, properly. All just common sense really – nothing even vaguely radical!

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Crafts Local resident Vincent McDonnell is starting a new pottery business in New Malden. We caught up with him as he took time out from his workshop. Can you tell us a little about pink house pottery? Before working for Local Education Authorities, I was a teacher. As a teacher, I taught what was known as resistant materials. That is ceramics, woodturning, carving and sculpture. Now, having stepped down from full time career, I have the wonderful opportunity to return to my early love of ceramics. For the last year or so, I have been able to work on developing a range of pottery that I hope to share across New Malden through Pink House Pottery. But why have you established Pink House Pottery? I see it as a great opportunity to grow another locally based offer to our own community. There are a number wonderfully talented local people working independently as artists, ceramists, designers and dress makers, I hope my small enterprise will encourage others to step forward to raise the profile of New Malden. What sort of things do you hope to sell? What I want to make and offer for sale and pieces that will give pleasure. That will bring a smile to the day of the person who is good enough to buy my wares and will bring lasting joy. Ceramics is a difficult market. It is easy to go to a large store and buy a mass produced pot, plate or mug. Everything I make is individual and will be individually glazed but that does not mean it will be expensive. I know I need to make sure people see value. You talked about having home produced candles as well? Yes. One of the lines I want to offer the community in New Malden will be home produced scented candles in pots that I have thrown and glazed. I will also be offering people who want to buy a candle in one of my pots the opportunity to bring it back and have it refilled with fresh wax and wick. In truth this started out through gifts we made over Christmas for family and friends but everybody who received one was so positive in their comments, well I hope it will be well received by others.

So you will be offering a combination of candles and other pots? Yes. What I hope to offer is a range of individual candles in pots, together with other pots, pie dishes, vases and so on. All individual. All dishes and plates will be oven proof but in some cases the colour of the glaze will fade in the dishwasher. When do you launch? First weekend of March. We will be starting with a stall at the New Malden Farmers Market. We are also creating an online shop . Through this we hope to reach a wider audience as we look to build on from the response we receive from our own community.

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Parkin' some thoughts Life on the Ocean Wave.. Whilst at University, I was a member of an 8 man novice rowing crew who, through a slight communication problem, piloted their craft into the lock of a canal. The only way out was to fill the lock, row to the other side and reverse the process to return from whence we came. As the water cascaded into the rapidly filling channel on the outward journey, I first began to question my involvement in a sport that originated as a form of corporal punishment. Two further weeks beginning with a daily 5.30am ritual of literally breaking the ice and the realization that I was too fat to cox and too short to row, brought a premature end to my nautical endeavours. On a recent visit to Suffolk and in an ill-advised effort to revisit my boating credentials for the benefit of the next generation and having checked for water sports cover on my travel insurance, I placed myself in charge of a small rowing boat containing my two daughters. Before stepping into the boat, my eldest, Anna, nervously asked, "Err Daddy, do you know how to row?" "Of course," I replied, displaying a confidence not reflected in my sea legs, "I went to Oxford". However, it was clear that whatever skills I thought that qualification gave me had not materialized through the mere passage of time. After 20 minutes of rowing in circles and having progressed no further than 5 meters from our embarkation point, I suggested a return to shore blaming an unfavourable wind direction and muttering about equipment failure. All of this was under the watchful eye of my wife, who having previously been in a boat with me, elected to remain on dry land and who was, due to an uncontrollable fit of what could only be described as "the giggles", in no position to assist. Safe to say then, that rowing and for that matter sailing are not sports in which I excel. So, it won't come as a surprise to hear that when offered the chance to row the Indian Ocean through a charity I've recently become involved with, I politely declined. In some ways, such a feat might would suit my skills; rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the Ocean. It does though require a level of mental strength, determination and ability to "rough it" beyond that which I possess. Apparently, there are more than 10 times the amount of astronauts that have made the journey into space than there are Ocean Rowers who have successfully crossed that body of water. The

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diagnosis doesn't have to stop even if sometimes and unaccountably, he does... Now, there are clearly less extreme ways of proving that point, but he like so many Young Onset sufferers I've met over the last eighteen months, have the same thing in common. Despite the hand dealt to them having been dipped in the cowpat of life, they won't give up and are determined to make the best of it. You don't have a choice about whether you have Parkinson's, but you have many choices about how to make a positive impact on your own life and those of others. The Indian Ocean 17 crew are doing a fine, if not mongoosingly mad thing and one day, with enough funding, research and people like Robin continuing to draw attention to the condition, the Parky boat itself will come in or at least hove into view carrying a cure. I just hope that, given my luck with boats, I'm not at the airport when that happens! Nick Hazell More information about the row and how to support the crew can be found at www.rowtheindianocean. com

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1:45 p.m. at the United Reform Church (near the Fountain) 8:00 p.m. at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church (corner of Kingston Road and Montem Road) This annual 24hr Day of Prayer takes place all around the world. Every year a different country produces the service. This year it is turn of the ladies of the Philippines. The collections at the services are used to support Project grants all around the world. In connection with this, there also will be a Coffee Morning at New Malden Methodist Church (opposite Waitrose) on Saturday, 4 February 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us at the Coffee Morning and at either service.

Consultation about expanding Heathrow

For more information, or to nominate someone, visit the Mayor’s Community Award webpage. The deadline for nominations is 10am on Monday 13 February 2017.

On 25th October 2016, the Government announced that its preferred option for airport expansion in the southeast was a new northwest runway at Heathrow.

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This year Scouts delivered 600 Christmas cards all around the KT3 postcode area in the run up to Christmas. Thank you to everyone who used the Scout Christmas Post service and to New Malden Methodist Church, Suttles and The Malden Centre for hosting our postboxes and supporting the scheme.

Volunteering Opportunities: Do you know of any? We would love to hear of any volunteering work that is going on around the Borough. We can help promote your good work and any events that you are holding to get more people involved. Please get in touch by emailing neighbourhood_ management@kingston.gov.uk or call 0208 547 6377.

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The 16 week consultation includes a series of events to provide the opportunity for local communities to ask questions and express their views. Kingston event: Wednesday 15th February – Kingston University, Penrhyn Rd, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE Each event is open between 11am and 8pm. They’re free to attend and open to all. Staff from the Department for Transport will be on hand to answer questions about the policy and guide people through the information available, including details on the support offered to local communities. More information and the consultation feedback form are available at www.gov.uk/dft/heathrow-airport-expansion

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Binge eating disorder (BED) BED sufferers feel compelled to eat large amounts of food very rapidly. It affects both sexes equally and usually develops between the ages of 30 and 40. Because it’s difficult to define binge eating, it’s hard to assess sufferer numbers, but it’s estimated to affect around 5% of adults. Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) Some people, particularly younger sufferers, may have some, but not all, of the symptoms of a specific eating disorder and will be given an EDNOS diagnosis. Diagnosing Eating Disorders Doctors and healthcare professionals use internationally agreed criteria to diagnose eating disorders, normally using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or International Classification of Diseases (ICD). They will ask patients about their weight, self-image and relationship with food. But how do you know when someone needs to be referred for diagnosis? Warning Signs Often, people with an eating disorder will be in denial or try to hide their symptoms, but watch for them: • Skipping meals or claiming they’ve already eaten, or plan to eat when they’re out. • Only eating tiny or very low-calorie meals. • Believing they’re fat when they’re a healthy weight or underweight. • Repeatedly weighing themselves or studying themselves in the mirror. • Cooking large meals for others yet eating little themselves. • Refusing to eat in public or becoming stressed when they do. • Using ‘pro-anorexia’ websites. If you suspect you or someone else you know may be developing eating disorder, it’s important to get professional help immediately. Treatment of Eating Disorders Rapid treatment increases the chance of a full recovery and minimises the impact on the patient’s body, life, relationships, job or education. However, finding the right treatment can take some time. They may be suffering from more than one eating disorder, and symptoms may change while they’re recovering. A desire to overcome the condition and the support of those around them are vital. Their physical health will be monitored while the underlying causes of their disorder are treated. This may involve:

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Cake and Bake Raspberry & Vanilla Panna Cotta These delightful creamy desserts make the perfect Valentine treat!

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When the jelly is set, use a small heart-shaped cookie cutter to stamp out 4 heart shapes and place each one in the base of a small heart shaped ramekin dish (each about 150ml capacity).

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To serve, cut and trim the halved brownies to make four heart shapes the same size as the ramekins. Dip each ramekin into a bowl of hot water for a few seconds to release the panna cotta then turn each one out onto a heart-shaped brownie. Decorate with fresh raspberries.

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Music in New Malden 3 o’clock, 2nd Sunday in the month New Malden Methodist Church, High Street KT3 4BY an hour of music followed by tea and cake All concerts and programmes are subject to confirmation. Check the website for latest news. web: musicinnewmalden.wordpress.com

Love Kingston Day

Love Kingston Day is on Tuesday 14 February. This year’s theme is ‘Hidden Kingston’, celebrating the gems that make our borough beautiful, best kept old and new secrets and our borough’s talents, places and spaces. Get involved and have fun in fundraising to support the amazing work of our local charity and community organisations who make a vital, often unseen contribution to making Kingston a better place for all. Visit hwww.love-kingston.org.uk for more information on how you can get involved.

Rose Theatre Kingston

24-26 High Street, KT1 1HL www.rosetheatrekingston.org Box Office: 020 8174 0090 (bkg fee) Fri 03 – Sat 11 Feb Silver Lining An English Touring Theatre and Rose Theatre Kingston co-production Written by Sandi Toksvig

On one dark and stormy night in the upper day room of the Silver Retirement Home, five elderly ladies are trading stories of their remarkable lives. With the storm floods rising and no rescue team in sight, the ladies are faced with the sudden realisation that in order to survive they are going to have to do what they have done for their entire lives – do it themselves! Silver Lining is the hilarious new comedy by writer, actor, presenter and political activist Sandi Toksvig. Starring Sheila Reid, Joanna Monro, Amanda Walker, Rachel Davies and Maggie McCarthy. It tells the tale of five extraordinary yet forgotten women, who come together one treacherous night to recreate The Great Escape… senior citizen style! This World Premiere production of Silver Lining is brought to the stage by English Touring Theatre and the Rose Theatre Kington. ETT’s recent work includes Terence Rattigan’s French Without Tears (‘A Hoot of an evening’ The Times) and Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (The Daily Mail). Sun 12 Feb Jamie Raven Live Jamie Raven burst onto an unsuspecting world during the 2015 series of Britain’s Got Talent. His magic amazed audiences and even made Simon Cowell exclaim, “I now finally believe in magic!” Jamie has been perfecting his craft over the past 11 years working as a magician around the world and his ambition was always to take it to a wider audience and BGT finally gave him that chance. His online videos from Britain’s Got Talent have now been seen over 100 million times, making him one of the most viewed magicians in the world. Since finishing BGT, Jamie has headlined in the recordbreaking production The Illusionists at The Shaftesbury Theatre in London’s West End and is excited to present his own UK theatre tour. So, sit back, relax and let Jamie Raven show you some of the magic that he has astounded audiences with around the world. Suitable for ages 5+ Tue 14 – Sat 18 Feb Room On The Broom Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Join the Witch and her cat on their mission to defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The Witch and her cat are travelling on their broomstick when they pick up some hitch-hikers - a friendly dog, a beautiful green bird and a crazy frog. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and - CRACK - it snaps in two... just as the hungry dragon appears!

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Sat 25 Feb – Sun 02 Apr My Brilliant Friend World Premiere A two-part dramatization of Elena Ferrante’s celebrated Neapolitan quartet of novels. Adapted for the stage by April De Angelis. Directed by Melly Still. Elena Ferrante’s intense portrait of an all-consuming female friendship in post-war Italy is brought to life for the first time on the Rose stage. This modern family saga chronicles the lives of friends, Elena and Lila, following them from their childhoods in a poor, tough neighbourhood of Naples, through passionate love affairs, burgeoning careers and family struggles. But even as life repeatedly tries to pull the two in separate directions, Elena and Lila remain inextricably bound to one another. A powerful story of love, violence, sex, ambition, genius and self-destruction, the two-part play is an exploration not just of female friendship and rivalry, but of Italy after the war and the decades of political turmoil and cultural change that followed. Regarded as ‘one of the most exciting and compelling contemporary literary voices today’, Elena Ferrante was chosen this year as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people on the planet. Very little, however, is known about the author - she writes under a pseudonym, explaining: ‘Anonymity lets me concentrate exclusively on writing’. Her first novels were published in the early 1990s, with My Brilliant Friend, the first novel in the Neapolitan quartet, translated into English in 2012, and the final book in the quartet, The Story of the Lost Child, shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. Celebrated for ‘creating astonishingly potent’ theatre, Melly Still has directed for the National Theatre, The Young Vic and Glyndebourne, amongst others. April De Angelis has written for the National Theatre, Royal Court and the RSC to name just a few. This stage adaptation condenses Ferrante’s four novels (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child) into one play presented in two parts. Audiences will be able to see both parts in one day, or on separate days. Please note that customers will be buying both Part 1 & 2 at the same time. Part 1 will begin at 2.30pm and last approx 2.5 hours (incl a 20-min interval). There will then be a two-hour break before Part 2 will resume at 7.30pm (for approx 2.5 hours incl a 20-min interval). The customer will sit in the same seat throughout. Book for Parts 1 & 2 at the same time and save £10 in total. Limited availability.

Eat, Drink,Playhouse, Love! 23 February Epsom If musicAvenue, be the food of love, play on! 5AL But if music be Ashley Epsom, Surrey, KT18 the love742555 of food /then play on as well! On the menu (01372) 742227 tonight: the Merry Opera Company presents a musical celebration of Vinten humanBand appetites: for drink, for food, The Jonathan 30 January even for each other! A mouth-watering all-you-can-eat A Return of one of the best Chicago style bands in buffet of favourite cabaret songs... Britain. Swinging at the Cotton Club 25 February Chris Barber Band 3 February Featuring the Lindy Hop Dance & The Harry Europe’s Finest Traditional Jazz &Company Blues Band. Strutters HotOBE, Rhythm Chris Barber this Orchestra year celebrates his Diamond Take a step back into ’30s New Yorkprofessional City and Jubilee as leader of his1920s band&on a full-time through the doors of Harlem’s basis. A band that stands out ashottest one ofnightclub, the finest,‘The if not Cotton Club’! thé finest, of its kind anywhere in the world. ‘Swinging at The Cotton Club’ is the action-packed Barry Steele as Roy Orbison 4 February show Steele celebrating the recognised music and dance... Barry is widely as one of the world’s Bob Dwyer’s ‘Bixplaying & Pieces’ 27 February leading vocalists homage to legend Roy The moreHe’s traditional of jazz across is the bands main Orbison. stunnedform audiences the globe influence. with his uncanny similarity and ability to authentically Marty Wilde 2 March revive the exquisite toe-tapping sound of this music A chance to see live on stage, one of the only giant. performing ‘n’ Roll pioneers in the world today. Ewell CastleRock School Present Bugsy Malone With his many a host of wonderful 8 February (evehits andand mat) 9 February (eve) songs from that era, Marty and his fabulous band, The Wildcats, “Following the rip-roaring success of Oliver The take youEwell back through somepresent of the most exciting Musical, Castle School this slick, slapstick musical comedy. Bugsy Malone follows the rivalry between two half-witted street gangs and the suave and sophisticated Bugsy himself. Along the way he makes finds love, laughter and befriends ... So you think you know about Dinosaurs? 13 February Did dinosaurs eat their own families? Was every Tyrannosaurus rex a fearsome carnivore? Why did Allosaurus headbutt its prey to death? Come and test your knowledge against Ben Garrod (the TV scientist in “Attenborough’s Giant Dinosaur”). With the help of TV film footage and photos of his own... Lady Chatterley’s Lover 17 February “Obscenity only comes in when the mind despises and fears the body, and the body hates and resists the mind” The story follows Connie Reid, a cultured, independent thinker who marries the emotionally distant Sir Clifford Chatterley. Connie turns to the bed of the lowborn... Whitney Queen of the Night 18 February A stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time. This award winning production features a stellar line-up with rising West End star, Rebecca Freckleton, delivering a powerhouse and breath-taking performance as Whitney. Taking us on an emotional rollercoaster... Gary Delaney - ‘There’s something about Gary’ 19 February .. and that something is he likes to write and perform jokes. An awful lot of them. He thinks a good joke should be like a drunk Glaswegian, short and punchy.

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New Malden Matters New Malden Residents’ Association The New Malden Future Group (NMFG) came about when the previous draft planning document for Cocks Crescent was withdrawn in 2014 after criticisms from local residents and Councillors. Councillors turned to the local community to come forward with their ideas and views on how the land should be developed. The NMFG includes representatives from the New Malden Residents’ Association, Groves Association, Community of New Malden Businesses, Kingston Society and a number of interested and concerned individuals. All members either live or work in New Malden and are passionate about its future, and some of the members have planning experience which has been invaluable in dealing with the maze of planning detail. Its members are: Barbara Delamere, Groves Residents’ Association Zbig Blonski (planner), Groves Residents’ Association Niki McGibbon, Groves Residential, Community of New Malden Businesses Richard Allum, Parry & Drewett, Community of New Malden Businesses Justin Cooper (architect), Mohsin Cooper Limited Frances Marsh, New Malden Residents’ Association Val Martin-Gennings, New Malden Residents’ Association Maureen Shilston, local resident Anthony Evans [architect/planner and Conservation Officer), Kingston Society Annie Amos, Kingston Vale Operatic Society Seb Amos, Brycbox Action Group

Our vision received overwhelming public support in the various stages of consultation including a packed public meeting attended by over 100 local people and a petition with over 680 signatures. Over the two years that the NM Future Group has been working with the Council, we have seen a sea change in attitude from Councillors and Officers. This is the first time the Council has worked with the community to formulate a strategy for such a project. It has obviously not been without its teething problems and we have all learned from the experience. The collective attitude of the Future Group is that residents must be at the forefront of the development of the site and that the community and public benefits should lead the development - not the other way round. The implementation of the SPD (Supplementary Planning Document) must ensure that the scale of development does not overwhelm the area and that it is sensitive to and integrates successfully with the surrounding residential area. We do not wish Cocks Crescent to become a cheap political football. We want the whole council and all the local community to unite to deliver a well deserved and brighter future for New Malden, which the SPD offers and which council leadership must deliver. The outcome of this project is vitally important and will reflect upon the Council as a whole, irrespective of party.

With the inevitable increase in population that has been forecast for this country, and especially for the South East, it is absolutely imperative that we do not take away the facilities for sport, leisure and learning that we have been fortunate enough to have in our lifetime. It is essential that these facilities are improved and available for The NMFG developed a vision for a new heart for all of us. This has been at the heart of the New New Malden. The vision was that development Malden Future Group’s work over the past two of the Cocks Crescent area should create a new years and, we are confident from our dialogue with heart and community focus for New Malden to residents, that this is also their vision for Cocks reinvigorate it as a vibrant, interesting, friendly Crescent. However, residents also want clearer and popular place. This should be secured information on the amount of housing units, traffic through high quality development, to include a issues, and increased need for services such as new modern community hub comprising a new education and health and these issues need to be leisure centre, library/cultural resource/art facility, addressed by the Council in order to allay residents’ new town square, and reinvigorated open space, understandable concerns. The Future Group looks delivered through enabling housing development forward to working with the council on the next with shopping, services and other town centre steps in securing this vision. employment uses. Frances Marsh - New Malden Residents’ Association 40 Please remember to mention the Village Voice when you speak to our advertisers

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Gardening Velvet Underground Pippa Greenwood

They may be known as ‘velvet coated gentlemen’, but believe me if you have a problem with moles in your garden, it is highly unlikely that you will be inclined to call them anything quite so polite! For years I thought people were over-reacting when moles appeared, but having now come across them in great numbers in my own garden, I too have started to have some rather unfriendly thoughts. So what can you do if all of a sudden your lawn becomes decorated with mounds of finely turned soil, or if plants in your beds and borders suddenly start to disappear beneath soil level as subsidence occurs within the flowerbed, or an entire row of vegetables is excavated from below? Moles can do a lot of damage to a lawn, largely because that fine soil acts as an excellent seedbed for weeds and is also inclined to make the surface of the lawn rather slippery. If their runs go beneath your lawn or, worse still, beneath flowers in a flowerbed or vegetable plants in your vegetable plot or allotment, then because they tunnel quite close to or in amongst the plant roots, they can occasionally cause the plants to suffer from drought because the soil is no longer in contact with the roots. Often, when the tunnels collapse subsidence occurs, everything starts to topple inwards, and plants can literally fall over. Moles can sometimes be deterred by high-pitched sounds or vibrations. To this end you could try inserting children’s windmills over the mole infested areas, as the vibration that passes down these into the soil is often said to send moles scampering away. It is an inexpensive and relatively decorative solution AND I’ve seen gardens where it really does seem to work. Similarly, you can try plunging glass bottles into the soil so that just the neck is protruding. As the wind whistles over the mouth of the bottle the noise and vibrations created may also discourage moles. Very smelly substances can work against moles. It is possible to buy mole smokes which seem to work, in the short term at least. These are rather like fireworks and are inserted into the run where the smoke they produce is unpleasant to the moles. Unfortunately, however, with these and indeed most other smelly deterrents, it is likely that once the smell has subsided the mole will return. 42

Traps are available from some garden centres or online stores. In order for these to be effective you must set them carefully, and because the moles are very aware of human scent it is essential that you wear gloves when setting them up, so you never actually touch the trap with your hands. The trap needs to be correctly set or else there is a risk that the mole could suffer a lot before it dies. Some gardeners find traps work well but I must admit I know many who have found that they don’t seem to do the job, as it is very difficult for a nonexpert trap setter to get it right! Perhaps the most effective means of control is to hire in help by employing a mole catcher. Many of these specialists have worked with moles for many years and are adept at trapping them. Since they often charge only on the basis of moles caught, it need not be too expensive a process either. Moles do eventually decide to go elsewhere, and although this does not imply that your garden will then remain free of moles, if the problem has been very bad one year it may not be quite so severe the next. It is sometimes said that the plant caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus) will deter moles. I have never found that this has any effect whatsoever, but it does seem to work for some gardeners and as the plants are fairly attractive it is worth giving it a try! Some gardeners report success with ultrasonic devices that can be inserted into the ground. Once again, I am afraid that it seems the majority of you find these ineffective and indeed I will never forget once seeing a molehill which appeared directly around the base of one of these gadgets in a friend’s garden - so they are not a method I recommend.

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Mondays

New Malden Rotary Club Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane Monday evenings 6.15 for 6.45pm Barry Collins 07740 257 255

Monday Netball Club Mondays 8.30pm

Katie Leason 07910 256107

English Conversation / Lessons Christ Church Centre, Coombe Road. Mon & Tues, 10am - 12noon Chris Coke 020 8942 7388

St James Players If you enjoy acting do come or help backstage. Mon and Weds 8pm St James Church Hall, Bodley Road New Malden. Mem Sec: linda@dunnz.net

St James Cafe, Bodley Road, New Malden runs on the 3rd Monday of every month (except August) between 9.30am and 11.30am. Everyone welcome. Come for a chat over a hot drink and a tea cake. Dates for the rest of 2016 - 17th October, 21st November and 12th December (note earlier date). Contact Heather 020 8336 1582.

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 1.45-3.15pm at Christ Church Centre, Coombe Rd Lily 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. Secretary 020 8942 1926

Malden Bridge Club When: Tuesday evenings 7.30-10.30pm Graham Spicer Institute, by entrance to Waitrose car park. John 020 8942 7560

St. John’s Hall is open between 2.00 and 4.00pm for Tea And Chat. If you are on your own please feel free to drop in for a free cup of tea and some company. 411 Malden Road (between Worcester Park station and The Plough). 213 Bus stops nearby. The Malden and Coombe Townswomen’s Guild welcome new members. We meet at 10am on the third Thursday of the month at the United Reformed Church hall in New Malden. We are a friendly group of women of all ages and backgrounds. We have interesting speakers from various organisations; outings, clubs, bring and buy sales and competitions. We charge just £3 for your first visit which includes coffee and biscuits.

Act For Justice New Malden Baptist church; Westbury Road. KT3 5BE. first Tuesday of every month, 8 - 9.30pm. This group aims to combat human trafficking. We’ll discuss issues of Deirdre Banks on 020 89494743 forced labour, sexual exploitation and Malden Camera Club domestic servitude, raise awareness New Malden Library, Kingston and fundraise. Road Thurs evenings throughout ellykeevil@hotmail.com the year at 7.45pm

Wednesdays

Malden & Coombe Social Club For Tuesdays The Blind Alternate Wednesdays Arthritis Care New Malden Branch 2pm to 4pm Mike Ball 020 8942 0819 Arthritis Care Kingston and District Volunteer drivers/helpers VERY Meetings 3rd Tuesday of the month welcome 7.30pm in the evening at Alfriston Talking Of Trains In Surbiton House Berrylands Road Surbiton Talks at the Surbiton Library Hall each Jocelyn King 0208 942 6745 The New Malden Ladies Badminton Wed evening throughout the winter months. 1st meeting free, cost £50pa Club When: Tuesday at the Malden www.talkingof trains.co.uk Centre from 20.30 till 10pm We are Colouring Club a mixed ability club looking for new members. Lynda 020 8949 2673 or just A soothing and enjoyable pastime for adults with no skills needed. 10-11am pop in. at Cafe Galio. NHS Retirement Fellowship Are Royal British Legion, Malden and you retired or about to retire from Coombe Branch meetings are held the NHS? Why not join us on the 1st at the Grafton Club on the second Tuesday of every month from 10am Wed of the month at 2.30pm. -12 at Christ Church Hall, Christ New members welcome. Jan Feist: Church Road, Surbiton, KT5 8JJ. We have speakers, activities, coffee & chat.Other outings & activities are also arranged during the month.

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Malden Centre Orchestra Malden Centre, Blagdon Road, 10am-12noon every Thursday (term time only). Come and enjoy great symphonic music in a friendly group of players under the leading of an experience conductor. newmaldenorchestra.weebly.com Contact: pbuttaboni@yahoo.co.uk Tolworth Badminton Club Tolworth Recreation Centre Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30 Intermediate/advanced level tolworthbadmintonclub.co.uk Pat 0208 395 9175 or just turn up

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. Christine 07966661015

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Kingston Association for The Blind Lunch Club at The Mefas Hall, rear of Malden Centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden - for people with a severe sight loss for a sandwich lunch on the last Thursday of every month 12.30 to 2.30 pm. £3 per person and friends or family are welcome.Kerry at K.A.B. 020 8605 0060

Come and join our friendly local bridge club at the Shiraz Mirza hall (behind Norbiton station). We play 24 hands of duplicate bridge - with electronic scoring - every Thurs from 7.30pm.Host system so partners always available. £5 table money. Parking available outside the hall. Also buses and trains from very close by. Rosemary Vase 0208 5468719 or Pauline Finn 0208 549 3270 or just turn up

Malden And Coombe Flower Decoration Society St.James Church Hall Bodley Road 3rd Thurs of the month 7.30pm. Why not come along to these evenings and

dazzle your family and friends with your expertise! Visitors £6 Alison Honor 020 8949 8036

Malden Wanderers Badminton Club 22, Cambridge Avenue, KT3 4LE When - 8.30-10pm We are a friendly club looking for new members. Bobby 07946 532 846

New Malden Women’s Institute Shiraz Mirza Hall, Manor Park Hall, Malden Road, New Malden, KT3 6AV. 2nd Thurs of each month at 7.30pm Barbara 0208 546 1495 or twocavs@ googlemail.com

Kingston Debating Society An evening of lively intelligent debate, where you get to have your say. Thurs7.45pm 10 March Kingston Methodist Church, Avenue Road, off Fairfield South, KT1 2UJ kingstondebating.org.uk

New Malden Voices for all adults 8-9pm every Thursday in term time at New Malden Methodist Church.

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New Malden Youth Choir for children 7-15 years old 6.15-7.15 every Thursday in term time at New Malden Methodist Church Contact Jane on 07775654854

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Craft Group We meet at New Malden Baptist Church on the 1st Friday of the month from 7.30pm - 10pm to knit, crochet, sew, papercraft, bead. Fiona on 0208 949 8269 or ron_fibb@tiscali.co.uk.

Friday Morning Running A mixed group, consisting mainly, but not restricted to, mothers with children in school, meet each Friday morning at 9.50 am in the Pembroke Lodge car park TW10 5HX, for a run of between 3 and 4 miles in Richmond Park. This is a social group of runners with no pressure on ability. New runners are more than welcome

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RSPB Epsom & Ewell Local group 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. rspb.org.uk/ groups/epsom.

Over 60’s club St. James Church Hall. Bodley Road, New Malden from 1pm to 2:30 pm (Doors open at 12:30) We have musical entertainment, a raffle and refreshments. Coach outings are organised during the Summer months. Sheila 0208 949 5118

Saturdays

Saturday Dementia Club staywell Services 2nd Saturday of the month 11am to 2pm in New Malden for people living with dementia, their family and carers, Call 020 8942 8256 and ask for

Cathy or Marion email saturdayclub@staywellservices.org Learn to sew and knit! Do you want to learn to sew or knit, improve your skills or just meet other knitters and sewers to work and chat? Join the Sew and Sews on the second and fourth Saturdays at 10.30 a.m. at St. James’ Bodley Road. Everyone welcome. 50p for refreshments.

Woodies pub at the junction of Thetford Road and Windsor Avenue, New Malden, KT3 5BF. Mick or Di on 020 8942 0294. supremebowling.org.uk.

West Wimbledon Society Table Tennis Club

Friendly social table tennis club in Raynes Park welcomes new members (sorry not complete beginners). 020 8947 3564. Surbition Bowls Club Alexandra Rec, Tolworth. Roll ups Tuesday evenings from 5,50pm. Small friendly mixed club (35 players.) David 020 8224 2385 From The Ground Up local affordable organic box scheme - Kingston’s own - fresh organic veg, fruit, bread, cheese and preserves at exceptional price. Collection every Saturday from Kingston or Surbiton. fgu@ttkingston.org

Surbiton Croquet Club

Where: Alexandra Drive, Berrylands. Croquet is a game for all ages and abilities. All welcome at very friendly club, including (especially!) complete beginners. Free introductory croquet coaching sessions. Chris Osmond 020 8330 6698 Malden Manor Bowls Club, Manor Park, Malden Road. New members will be made very welcome. Roll ups, league matches, internal and external competitions; we offer bowling for all levels of interest and ability. Men’s Secretary Gerald 020 8949 4623 or Ladies Secretary 020 8394 0877.

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Emanuel Rugby Where: Shannon Corner, KT3 4PU When: Adults Tuesdays and Thursdays,7.30pm, Saturday 2-3pm. Children: Registration at the club is 1030am with training starting at 11am on Sundays

emanuelrugby.co.uk info@emanuelrugby.co.uk Fergus McCarthy 0845 8338974 Malden Lime Grove Bowling Club, Lime Grove New Malden Both new and experienced bowlers are assured a warm welcome at our friendly club, with trained coaches on hand to guide and advise. April to September sees us bowling on the green for the outdoor season, but social events for our members are run throughout the year. Sue 0208 395 6778 or John on 0208 949 4315 maldenlimegrovebowlingclub

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Organisations Rotary The Rotary Club of New Malden becomes very visible in December both in the High Street and trying to visit every road in the KT3 area with Father Christmas and his sleigh. The people of New Malden are exceptionally generous and welcoming and at the time of writing it looks as though this year will be a record collection. All the money we raise in our Christmas collections is used to help the community and charities in the New Malden area. This Christmas we have distributed food vouchers to many families that are struggling financially as well as supporting Christmas dinners organised by St James Church and St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Malden. We do organise the Christmas Lights in the High Street, but this is

financed by a separate collection from local businesses and a grant from the Council. Throughout the year we have helped many local charities including a sensory garden for Home Farm Trust, Staywell, Kingston Carers Network, the Food Bank and the Kingston Hospital Dementia Appeal. We are also approached by individuals in need and have helped a family purchase a bespoke wheel chair for their severely disabled son and helped several young people travel abroad to help in other communities. The Club runs several projects helping young people including a public speaking competition, mock interviews for sixth formers, business games for junior school children and a Youth Leadership challenge. Each June we join with other Rotary Clubs in providing a fun day out for children at schools with special problems. The Club has just over forty members, all people who have been in business in the area or who live in the area and wish to give something back to the community. Although our aim is to help others at home and abroad, we also have a very active social life with parties, theatre trips and even a trip to a gin distillery earlier this year. We have a weekly meeting at Malden Golf Club where we have a meal and usually a speaker. We always welcome new members and if you would like to know more, please contact Jean Skinley (8942 3797 jandpskinly@btinternet.com) or Barry Collins (07740 257255). Finally a large thank you to the people of New Malden for their support and generosity over the years and please feel free to contact us if you feelFulham, and in comparison with our day out in New Malden I know where I am glad to live. New Malden!

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Florally Speaking By Catherine Rose There is a silent language that spreads its roots far back into ancient cultures from the Ottoman Empire to the Chinese Dynasties. Long captivating us with their beauty, individuality and scent, for centuries flowers have been a tradition at every human celebration and ceremony, from birth to marriage and death. In the same way, conveying messages with flowers has been used throughout history as a form of botanical code and these fertile metaphors can be found across art, literature and religion. The lily, for example, was often painted as an emblem by artists during Renaissance times to represent the purity of Christ and the Virgin, and it crops up in many religious-themed paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In literature, Shakespeare often used flowers for added emotional emphasis and meaning in his plays. But it was the Victorians who truly embraced the concept and elevated flower symbolism into an art form which they called floriography. The famous group of Victorian artists known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were great admirers of the painters who had led the early Renaissance, and they resurrected the lily in several of their religious works such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Girlhood of Mary Virgin (1848). And fellow artist John Everett Millais borrowed from Shakespeare when he painted his much-admired work Ophelia (1852), using flowers mentioned in Hamlet for the background: rosemary for remembrance, pansies for thoughts, a poppy to represent sleep and death, and fritillary for sorrow, amongst others. Not only would their meanings have been clear to the Victorian viewer, they would also have been understood by Shakespeare's audience 300 years earlier. During the sexually repressed Victorian era, using 'the language of flowers' was easier to convey a sensitive message, via a bouquet or with flowers printed on a greetings card, than expressing it verbally. Each flower was imbued with a subtle meaning so putting them together in a carefully chosen posy could say so much more than words. Today, the modern example of this is the red rose that has became synonymous with love and remains a popular and traditional way to say 'I love you' on St Valentine's Day. However, there are actually many other flowers that also offer specific declarations of love, including the red tulip (passionate love), anemone (unfading love), gladiolus (love at first sight) and the self-evident forget-me-not. These little bouquets so beloved by the Victorians were

known as 'tussie-mussies' - a term that dates from the 1400s and was used to describe a bunch of sweet-smelling flowers and herbs that had a symbolic meaning. As well as being a meaningful gift, such bouquets were somewhat of a necessity in medieval times where living conditions were fairly unsanitary. Carrying fragrant flower tussie-mussies or nosegays (the word 'gay' means 'ornament' in old English) was also a good way to disguise body odour and the stench of the streets where open sewage ran freely. Moreover, flowers and herbs were also considered essential to wellbeing as they were believed to ward off disease. Becoming fluent in the language of floriography is by no means an easy task, as many plants have more than one meaning and different cultures place their own interpretation on them. Additionally, the colour of the flower is important and can even change its meaning - for example, giving a yellow rose would mean friendship while a pink rose signifies affection. The Duchess of Cambridge paid homage to floriography when she chose her wedding bouquet. Sticking to the Royal tradition of using only white flowers, she carried lily of the valley (a return to happiness), sweet william (gallantry), hyacinth (constancy in love), ivy (fidelity) and myrtle (marriage). Appropriately, the myrtle is said to have come from a bush that was grown from a sprig in a nosegay originally presented to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert's grandmother. While Kate Middleton may have been following Royal tradition, most observers would not have noticed the hidden symbolism. Today, floriography is something of a 'lingua morte' (dead language) on a par with ancient Latin but once, there were even specialised dictionaries so that people could look up the meaning of different flowers to convey precisely the right message. It is believed that the first floriographical dictionary to be published was Dictionnaire du Language des Fleurs by Joseph Hammer-Pugstall in 1809. But before and since, there have been many more references to the symbolic meaning of flowers. This Valentine's Day, instead of the usual red roses, why not try resurrecting a very old, charming and thoughtful tradition by giving your mister or missus a mussie? Just ensure you refrain from giving your true love a bouquet that includes basil, candytuft and dogbane, as you would be sending a message of hatred, indifference and deceit!

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A Photographer Dreams by Hugh Griffiths www.creativelight.org.uk Last February my son and I went to watch Wales play France in the 6 Nations in Cardiff (we won, in case you ask). And I’m writing this on the day Wales play South Africa in the Autumn Internationals. Dod ar Gymru! -Gall chi ei wneud! We won. Anyway – that is a fairly tribal introduction to my first picture this month. We had to go down a day or so earlier because no hotel would allow booking for one night, but some had rooms for two nights (don’t ask!). So, we had a day to spare and spent some of it going around Cardiff Castle. Some of it is ruins – the central keep for example – but there is a large section that was refurbished in the 19th Century and transformed into a ‘neo-Gothic dream palace’. It’s got to be seen to be believed … and there are a lot of photo opportunities throughout the buildings. The ceilings of the rooms are awesome, and the decorations in the banqueting hall are amazing as well. This photo of a part of the

wall shows a medieval prince demonstrating his love for the princess (well, maybe). This type of picture is called a ‘record’ shot as it is primarily a faithful record of what was in front of the camera. They need to be very sharp and illustrate the object exactly as it was without any image manipulation to the photo. There will usually need to be a bit of tidying up and changes to the contrast and other similar things in the picture

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(a bit of ‘curves and levels’ for the Photoshop readers here), but you should never make any changes that result in the picture being different from the original. I don’t take many record shots, as I prefer landscapes and wildlife, which don’t lend themselves to these records. But they are an important part of a photographer’s armoury even if, today, it is not that common. I like leaves and trees, but (as I have said before) find it hard to get good satisfying pictures from them. But I do like the sight of almost dead leaves hanging on grimly to their parent tree through the winter. For me, they symbolise an inner strength that continues to fight back against the way the world is driving it … hanging on and refusing to let go. But it is ultimately doomed when the new buds push through and knock it off its grip. A bit fanciful maybe, but making up stories like this and seeing them in the environment around you is a great way to become a better photographer. I am always impressed that the great photographers very rarely see themselves as picture-takers, but see themselves as artists, reflecting the world for the benefit of their viewers. Ansel Adams, an American landscape photographer of the 1920s, said that there are two people in every picture – the photographer and the viewer. And creating a picture that interests the viewer as well as being nice to look at makes for success.

You know that I love the sea and going down to the south coast is always a fun and rewarding time for me. We had a competition at the Malden Camera Club recently in which I had a series of 5 sunrises: the judge’s main comment was that these are usually the work of a person who wants to show that he/she can get up early and is dedicated to their photography. Well, maybe, but the sunrises can be spectacular, and it is worthwhile forcing yourself out of bed in time to see them. Incidentally, that is why many of my sunrise pictures are taken in the early or late parts of the year when sunrise happens at a more civilised time of day! I find these pictures to be very satisfying and lookable-at. Perhaps it’s the range of colours – no pastels here – giving a fierce start to the day ahead. In this photo, the golden clouds and the sun’s rays illuminating the water make it reach out to you. The curves of the wave on the beach give some symmetry and a (perhaps) sense of peace. There are no storms in this picture; just a start to another beautiful and hopeful day. And the Malden Camera Club meets on Thursday evenings at the Library in Kingston Road. We are a welcoming group, all aiming to take better photographs, but all the while enjoying it. Come along one evening. You will be very welcome!

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Organisations Royal British Legion Malden & Coombe Branch Even though the weather in January has turned really cold and wet, our meeting on 11th January at the Grafton Club was very well attended by members. It was decided that this year, we will endeavour to try to increase our membership numbers and hope that more Malden residents will join our happy group.We are aware that much of the public believe that membership is only allowed for those ex service or families of ex service persons. This is NOT so. Anyone can join if you care about the welfare of our Armed Forces and the fee of 40p per week will help towards those that need the care. Persons of any age can join but please remember, you do not have to commit to meetings or events. We have many members who are just happy to be part of RBL.We are also hoping that this year it will be agreed by head office that the youth membership will be free up to the age of 17 years. We arranged a meal around Christmas time in the Watchman and had a brilliant evening.Heres hoping for more this year. In addition Malden and Coombe are planning other social events for our local members which will include visits to the Poppy factory ,BBQ and visits further afield to places of interest.Any costs of outings will of course come from personal funds.So come and join us !We need new members to help us improve the profile of the Legion and we will be taking part in local events ,putting on talks and hopefully thoroughly enjoying ourselves !!. If you are interested please let me know at janfeist@hotmail. com or on 07900482379. This number and email are only for queries regarding the Malden and Coombe Royal British Legion matters You can now follow us on social media: Twitter @MaldenCoombe Facebook Malden and Coombe Royal British Legion TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING #

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