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Welcome to YOUR Village Voice from jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk

June We are enjoying a another lovely warm spell as I write. Matty (our lively and dirt loving cockapoo) isn’t getting quite as filthy on walks which is a pretty good barometer for rainfall. Having grown up in a city where it rains a LOT I really appreciate, more than most maybe, living in a climate when it’s a struggle to remember the last rain - or perhaps that’s more of a reflection on my memory these days! I spent most of my 20s and early 30s living in a ground floor sandstone tenement flat which didn’t get much sun and driving to an airconditioned office to enjoy any sunlit hours. Weekends meant late nights and long lie ins and the only exposure my toes got to sunlight was ‘abroad’ or visiting friends ‘down South’. I remember once a June time visit to a friend in Watford - turning up in my year round casual footwear of socks and ankle boots. Roll on to 2003 and my first summer back in London as a non-working new mum. I know I’ve told the story before but a South African friend one day in Richmond Park (lazing on the grass with sleeping babies) quite suddenly exclaimed what beautiful feet I had! Hardly surprising as they’d spent

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most summers cosily cushioned in socks, trainers and boots! And now in 2019 those lovely soft feet are a distant memory, and those sleeping babies have turned into beautiful 16 year olds, all halfway through their GCSEs. And so time flies…

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New Malden History 1908 A Healthy Year? by Robin Gill I read with interest that Britain’s oldest man had reached the age of 111 on 29th March this year. I should really say men, because there are two of them, both born on the same day in 1908. I’m sure some of you statisticians out there can tell me the odds on that. Bob lives in Hampshire, and Alf is in Perthshire, opposite ends of the country, and not surprisingly they have never met.

Both men have lived through two world wars, seen 21 Prime Ministers come and go (could soon be 22), five Monarchs, moon landings, the birth of the National Health Service, and the rise of computer technology amongst a myriad of other events.

Of course, the date itself (29th March) was important this year for another reason, but that’s the only mention of Brexit that you will get from me.

Born 17 days before them in Brixton, was the wellknown comedian Max Wall who spent some of his early childhood life in a large house in Lime Grove in New Malden with his family, and attended the local school.

Post Early New Malden in 1908 was growing and looking for a purpose-built post office. Ever since 1866, when the first postal service started in a small shop on the corner of the Market Place and Grafton Road, the service had been incorporated in premises selling other products. But with other services now to be dealt with by the Post Office such as the Old-Age Pension passed in parliament in 1908, and first paid out in January 1909 to over 80 applicants the eldest being 93. So, an exclusive property was needed, and one was identified at 9 Coombe Road, and with the expansion of the district further sub-offices were in demand. The increasing population also demanded more places of worship, and in 1908 St James’ Church was built at 87 Burlington Road. The church was never consecrated, but served its purpose as a place of worship, where the community could gather.

Church was not the only place you could find compassion in Edwardian Malden. Arthur Francis a hairdresser of George Road had been charged with stealing £6 12/2 from his employer Frederick Morton Crabbe who ran a shop in Teddington. Mr Crabbe decided to withdraw the charge when he learnt Arthur’s mother was a widow who had just lost her eldest son leaving him (Arthur) as her main source of

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financial support. So, not everybody in Malden was well off, and what is not generally known, is that there was a soup kitchen at 2 Kingston Road for the poor on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Health was obviously an enormous concern in those Edwardian times and Malden’s local chemist Cleasby Chorley advertised his own remedy for coughs by the taking “Chorley’s Balsam of Honey and Squills”. Squill is a plant of the lily family from the Mediterranean, and research has gone on to prove that over dosage is dangerous, in fact nowadays it is an ingredient in most rat poisons.

You could be fitted for your artificial teeth at the Tooth Institute run by Mr Parkinson at Woodlands in Dukes Avenue close to the Railway Station.

Park Life Recreation also paid an important part in Edwardian society, and the park which had been requested by residents in 1899 had still not been laid out. The site we know as Beverley Park had been purchased by the council in 1906 despite objections that it was too far from “The Village”. The land was not developed as a park until just before the war. The council wanted part of the site to be developed as allotments, whereas the public wanted purely recreational use. The problem was sorted out (albeit temporarily) with the outbreak of the First World War, when it was seen as patriotic to grow your own fruit and vegetables. The cost to deliver a purely recreational ground in 1908 was £4450, which the council decided was out of the question, and even the laying out of football and cricket pitches did not proceed, the land was firstly used for the grazing of sheep after fences had been erected.

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if they were not paying for them? The ballot papers were distributed by the police in early March on the Monday and collected two days later, the proposal to build was defeated by 470 votes to 426, or 52% to 48% (sounds familiar).

You can’t say that the traders from New Malden lacked a sense of humour, when Thomas Montague a longestablished local baker from the Market Place was told that his 2lb loaf was 2 ounces underweight, he replied it must have been the very windy weather they had had recently, which dried up the moisture in the bread.

You can’t beat a good book in 1908 Councillor Parnaby of the Urban District Council proposed approaching the American Andrew Carnegie to help fund the building of Malden’s first public library. Carnegie, a well-known philanthropist had donated £2000 towards the cost of Kingston’s Library, which he had opened in May 1903, he subsequently sent more money enabling the adjacent museum to be constructed. For whatever reasons, Parnaby’s fellow councillors were against the idea, and a month after the proposal was put forward, it was rejected by 13 votes to 4. One councillor was quoted as saying that Carnegie was not an Englishman which was a reason not to proceed with the application.

The trouble was that people were passing through Malden as it was not recognised as a place to stop. In February 1908, it was announced that His Majesty the King (Edward VII) had driven into Malden on his way to Brighton via one of the large houses in Coombe Warren. This prompted the council to produce the first guide to the local area in 1908 showing the attractions of the healthiest district in the country, together with walks and rambles in the area.

There was a great sadness when it was announced that Miss Louisa Loveless was retiring as headmistress of the girls Church School in Lime Grove. She had been the headteacher for 18 years, and many of the girls had mothers who she also taught. When she started at the school there 94 pupils, and when she left there were over 200. Never was there such a misnomer as Miss Loveless as “she was universally beloved by all the children who came under her care”. Unfortunately, she died within the first year of her retirement at 2 Albermarle Gardens. Typical signs of mourning in the village, were the flag at half mast on the Elm Road School, drawn blinds, and half-closed shops.

Things were not looking good in other areas of

Harking back to the “Golden Days” the Vanderbilt coach started its run in 1908, from London to Brighton, travelling via Coombe Warren along Coombe and Malden Road, and changing horses at the Norbiton Park Hotel. The service was to continue for six years before the First World War intervened in dramatic fashion.

Nowhere to speak The unusual arrangement of arranging a plebiscite among the New Malden locals was taken concerning whether to build a public hall. This hall which would be on the rates, would accommodate 500 people at a cost of approximately £2250, and built on land behind the council offices (now Waitrose Car Park). Objections rose in Old Malden and Coombe, whose opinion would not be asked for on the question, and would presumably not contribute towards the cost if it came about, but would they be able to use the facilities

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education, with the Surrey Education Committee stating that no more children from Kingston’s Scattered Homes would be able to enter Malden’s schools. Their policy was now that these “Poor Law” children would be educated together, and separately from mainstream education. It turned out that this was a request from the Board of Guardians covering the Homes rather than from the Education Committee.

seconds taking him into the semi-final (1 of 4), where he improved his time to 49.8 seconds, but was still beaten into second place by the winner Wyndham Halswelle who set an Olympic record of 48.4 seconds. As only the winner of each semi final qualified, that was the end of Montague’s Olympics.

Olympic pride We are rightly proud of Mr Frank Dobson from Acacia Grove who represented Great Britain in the 50-metre pistol shoot at the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome. But what may not be more widely known is that he was not the first local resident to become an Olympian. That honour fell to Edwin Herbert Montague of Elm Road who took part in the 400 metres at the London Olympics in 1908. In all 37 runners from ten nations took part. There were no lanes to run in, and the competitors started in a line. In the first round, there were 16 heats with up to four competitors in each heat. Montague won his heat with a time of 50.2

The final resulted in the only walkover victory in Olympic track and field history, after the American provisional winner was disqualified for an illegal move, and his two countrymen refused to run again in protest, leaving Halswelle the controversial winner.

But not all sports were a credit to the local area with rabbit coursing held twice a week between November and May in a large field off South Lane and well patronised by the public.

So, as in any growing town there were reasons to be proud, and reasons to be ashamed and Malden was certainly no exception.

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Fundraising In the memory of Rachel by Helen Marsh You might have noticed some unlikely people doing some improbable things lately. Like non-swimmers (or so you thought) rushing off dressed up like seals to swim in icy lakes, or the non-lycra-crew cycling laps of Richmond park at 5:30am.

We are training for a triathlon in the grounds of Blenheim Palace on 1 June. We are doing it in honour of Rachel Smith (my sister), who died in November. She would have been 45 on 7 June. She did this triathlon herself several years running, even when she was suffering through the effects of her cancer and the chemo treatment.

If you were lucky enough to meet her, you would not have guessed that she was ill nor that she had such a burden to carry. She was a great one for just getting on with things. We all found her determination to live as normally as possible, without an ounce of self-pity, inspirational. Although if you had met her, she would probably have told you quite early on. She was very open, and a great talker!

I think that’s why she made so many friends here in New Malden even though she only lived here for 18 months. (Rachel and Graham and their three daughters moved here in July 2017, to be nearer to family). They had previously lived in a very special village in Oxfordshire, at the heart of a wonderful community that had taken great care of the family since Rachel was first diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2012. We did worry about them leaving this small nurturing place to come to the “city”. We need not have worried. New Malden community outdid itself.

From when they first arrived and were welcomed into Christchurch School, and all the friendships, coffee mornings and netball tournaments that go with that, to the army of volunteers who helped out with every last thing in Rachel’s final few months (meals, childcare, lifts, company, love, prayers, I could go on and on).

So we are gathering to remember and celebrate her, and push ourselves a little (or a lot) in her honour.

Those friends of Rachel who have done this triathlon before, with Rachel, have shared with us some of her wisdom: “once you’ve done the swimming it’s easy

because the cycling bit is just sitting down really, and no one can see you on the running bit so you can walk that”.

We are also doing the triathlon to raise money for Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, where Rachel died. The care she and we all received in the weeks she spent there was exceptional. It was a heartbreaking and tragic thing to lose her, but was so much easier to bear because of the kindness shown to us by the hospice. It was a lovely place to be (not least for children – the big garden, and the playroom with an xbox), and a cheery place too. Only 25% of their funding comes from the NHS – the rest has to be raised privately. We want to help make sure that other people can benefit from the care Rachel had.

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Events Gunpower, Treason and Plot at Christ Church! BY Stephen Kuhrt, Vicar of Christ Church Thursday 13th June at 8.00 pm The Kings Witch is the debut novel of Tracy Borman – the accomplished historian and broadcaster, resident of New Malden and member of Christ Church. It is the first book of a trilogy and tells the story of Frances Gorges, a young woman in the court of James I (160325) who finds herself embroiled within both the king’s obsession with finding witches and the plots of his embittered Catholic subjects.

Surrounded by danger, particularly the twisted scheming of the king’s chief minister Robert Cecil, Frances appears to find someone she can trust in the handsome young courtier Tom Wintour. Or can she?

With its endless tension and intrigue, The Kings Witch, has already won rave reviews. Some have even commented that such is its tension that anyone with a heart condition should warned against reading it.

But now out in paperback, the novel is a must read for everyone else!

Thursday 13th June is the date on which the much awaited second novel in the trilogy is published – The Devil’s Slave – continuing the story of Frances Gorges.

Equally compelling, The Devil’s Slave is further evidence that one of our nation’s finest historians is also a brilliant novelist. We are delighted that Tracy will be speaking that evening on both books at Christ Church. Admission is from 8.00 pm and is free but there will be a retiring collection afterwards for Christ Church School.

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Healthcare HRH Princess Alexandra unveils plaque to celebrate the completion of The Victoria Foundation Wing at New Victoria Hospital Last month, HRH Princess Alexandra unveiled a plaque to celebrate the completion of The Victoria Foundation Wing at New Victoria Hospital, Kingston upon Thames, at an afternoon reception held for 100 guests and staff.

The final phase of the Hospital’s £30m extensive redevelopment is a new reception and outpatient suite. The new entrance leads into a modern, fit-forpurpose outpatient facility with increased capacity.

This includes twelve consulting rooms, a cardiac diagnostic room, five specialist treatment rooms including colposcopy, audiology and phlebotomy.

HRH Princess Alexandra was given a tour of the new facility and met members of staff, consultants and guests. HRH Princess Alexandra has visited the Hospital on two prior occasions - to open the Alexandra Ward in 1986 and in 2016, the first phase of The Victoria Foundation Wing which houses four state of the art theatres, a new fourteen bed day surgery unit and a new CT scanner with cardiac diagnostic facility.

Graham Ball, Executive Chairman, New Victoria Hospital, says “The Hospital is honoured to welcome back HRH Princess Alexandra to unveil this plaque.

It marks the culmination of the Hospital’s extensive redevelopment, which provides top class facilities for patients, consultants and staff alike. We are very proud of our new entrance and outpatient suite – for the first time people will be able to see the entrance to the Hospital from the road.”

David Marshall, Chief Executive, New Victoria Hospital, adds “The Hospital has been here for 60 years. It’s recognised as a leading provider of safe, robust health services and has an excellent reputation.

The redevelopment further enhances our position in the local community. It enables us to treat more patients from the local area and provides us with the opportunity to expand and grow our services.” www.newvictoria.co.uk New Victoria Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, is a private charity-owned Hospital which has provided an excellent level of service to the local community for 60 years.

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New Malden Matters Extinction Rebellion comes to Kingston The Council meeting on 24th April was a lively affair, with a packed agenda and an equally packed public gallery. There were several contentious agenda items and an extraordinarily long list of petitions and deputations; by the time I left at 10.50 pm the public statements on the increased charges for CPZ permits were still being made and the Council’s own agenda had barely been addressed. As will now be widely known, the scale of the opposition to the CPZ charges led the Council to halt the roll out and decide to seek a ‘better way forward’; a modified system of charging had already been proposed prior to the meeting but was insufficient to address the objections. The scheme had been intended to encourage behaviour change (less use of cars) but as objectors pointed out it was a regressive tax (it penalised poorer people who couldn’t afford to replace an old diesel car), it only applied to the part of Kingston’s population that needed a CPZ permit, it focussed on CO2 emissions not the more health-damaging NOx and particulates, it might encourage people to pave over front gardens thus reducing biodiversity, and the focus on scrapping older, more polluting cars ignores the emissions produced in car production.

This debate was striking for the number of environmental issues it raised, but in fact the whole agenda was largely focussed on air quality and climate change. An opposition motion noted that air quality has improved in 24 of the 40 monitored areas, particularly on Cromwell Road and the Tolworth roundabout, but has deteriorated near Cambridge Road Estate. It proposed measures such as antiidling schemes and changes to the relief road. The administration motion declared a climate emergency, noted that the Special Report on Global Warming in 2018 had warned about the enormous harm if temperatures rise more than 1.5o C, and that local government should not wait for national government to act. It resolved to declare a climate emergency and embark on an ambitious programme across the Council which gives responsibility to a director for reducing carbon emissions but equips all Council staff with an awareness of CO2 costs, particularly those involved in planning, building, transport and procurement. Another issue, the level of investment of the Council pension fund in fossil fuels, had already been addressed in a public deputation; investments include Exxon, Amoco and Boeing.

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Earlier in the agenda there were three deputations on environmental issues; Alison Fure spoke on biodiversity in Kingston and the number of species at risk; Chris Walker welcomed the climate change motion but stated that we should reach carbon neutrality by 2025 not 2038, and Paul Rees of Extinction Rebellion argued passionately that RBK should be zero carbon, not carbon neutral, and that the draft Local Plan should be overhauled to address climate change.

Well, the draft Local Plan was launched in early May and doesn’t have much emphasis on climate change, and due to the late hour the air quality and climate change motions were referred to the Environment and Sustainable Transport Committee on 25th June; in the meantime a Citizen’s Assembly on air quality, sitting for 2-4 days in July, is being organised. Practically, the discussion had to be deferred, but sending it to a specific committee raises questions of how the climate change agenda gets embedded across the whole Council, in particular in planning and development, with the difficulty that this government seems intent on deregulating them, with no apparent concern for climate change. A 2014 policy briefing from University College London civil engineers pointed out that the construction industry generates 35% of the country’s waste, and that the balance between the ‘embodied carbon’ in a building and estimates of the ‘emitted carbon’ (energy use) may well shift as more energy is generated from renewables. In other words, the estimate of carbon saved by a new build may be outweighed by the carbon released in its construction (which will include not only building materials, but the carbon released from disturbed ground). An earlier 2008 report from the Empty Homes Agency, New Tricks with Old Bricks, found that 30% of the lifetime emissions of a building came from its construction, and that housing at that time contributed 27% of the UK’s carbon emissions. The building retrofit industry is not well developed and of course it can bring its own risks if done poorly, as the Grenfell fire showed.

No-one should pretend that these questions have easy answers, but we should be asking them and demanding that our Council clearly takes climate change into account in the Local Plan.

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A more sustainable me The one where I take a long hard look at my wardrobe by Ali Warner Summer’s coming. May’s two bank holidays have put a spring in our steps and seen legs that have spent a long winter encased in 70 denier get a well deserved airing.

we would reduce fashion’s carbon, water and waste footprints by around 20-30% each.

Across the capital sunglasses are replacing gloves in handbags and city workers are being thrown into a minor panic about dress down Fridays that include the phrase ‘smart casual’.

If you are goal-orientated and like the idea of a summer challenge that will save you cash and do good for the planet you could join the Collaction’s slow fashion summer at https://www.collaction.org/ projects/slow-fashion-summer-2019/129/details and pledge to buy no new clothes between 21June and 21 September. The rules of the challenge allow you to trade clothes and buy second-hand - just no new clothes. A nice way to get creative and make the most of the 50% of clothes in our wardrobes that we never wear.

It’s also the time of year where we’re most prone to getting rid of last year’s clothes in anticipation of the warmer weather to come. According to figures by WRAP - on average each person in the UK bins eight items in their pre-Summer cull.

It might not seem like much but add those few pairs of shorts and a couple of tee shirts to the pile of clothes we throw away as a nation and you come to a grand total of 300,000 tonnes of textiles that leaves the comfort of our cupboards and end up in landfill each year.

As far as CO2 production is concerned fast fashion creates five times more than the aviation indus-try.

Just one cotton tee shirt takes 2,700 litres of water to make. Worldwide the industry uses up 1.5-2.5 trillion gallons of water each year. All of which add up to making the fashion industry the second largest polluter in the world.

OK, so these are massive stats, and I’m not for one minute suggesting that we simply wear clothes until they fall off our backs (though it’s fair to say Mr W has the odd tee shirt from his Uni days that meets that brief).

What I am suggesting is that we be more mindful before we put that item in our shopping carts. Livia Firth who is responsible for the hashtag 30 wears uses this simple premise. “Every time you shop, always think, ‘Will I wear this a minimum of 30 times?” Worth a pop?

If you no longer want that dress or shirt or pair of shoes pass it on. If we all extended the use of the items in our wardrobe by an extra nine extra months

So how do you do that extending bit Al? Well, you could donate you clothes to charity, pass them on to a bud, repurpose them into something else, add a patch to the elbow or knee if it’s a tear you’re worried about.

Or last but not least you could come to a swap. And, here’s the big - TA-DAH. We’re hosting one in Room 5 of the Malden Centre as part of the Malden Fortnight.

It’s called WHAT THE FROCK CLOTHING SWAP and will take place on Wednesday 10 July be-tween 7-10pm in Room 5 of the Malden Centre. It’s £3 entry, you can bring 10 items of clothes to swap - no kids clothes, lingerie, socks, nightwear. No bobbles, tears, broken zips, stains - bring clothes you want to live on.

All the profits from the evening will go to the Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund to help parents of chil-dren with cancer. All the clothes left over that are in good nick will go to charity.

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Do you have jewellery you no longer wear?

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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.

Handmade Gifts Adorn will create the perfect personalised gift for your loved ones that reflect their favourite pastime.

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Here are some gifts we made recently: • Golf ball markers • Guitar plectrums • Bookmarks • Fishing hooks • Keyrings • Poker chips

David Sutcliffe, your local Goldsmith and owner of Adorn Jewellers, will give you free expert advice on all your jewellery needs.

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Folk Law by Pearson Hards “Good fences make good neighbours” Robert Dell looks at the tricky subject of boundary disputes “The dwelling house of every man is his castle”. This was the legal position in the 1800’s and remains the position today. But what if the boundaries of that “castle”, be it a residential property, or a piece of land, become the focus of a dispute between neighbours.

The resulting conflict can cause stress, acrimony and expense, as neighbours become locked in an emotive and personal dispute.

Establish your boundaries The best way to avoid any conflict is to ensure that boundaries are clearly understood at an early stage, and normally when a property or piece of land is purchased. Your conveyancing solicitor will advise you on the legal boundaries of a property and the extent of the land being bought or sold. This is normally set out in the title deeds (which should describe a property with sufficient clarity to enable the extent of the boundary to be determined) and on the Land Registry title plan.

When you buy a property it is essential that you compare the boundaries shown on the title plan with the situation on the ground. Does the legal boundary match? Is a boundary line marked by hedges, fences or walls? Does it differ from the title deeds and Land Registry plan? If there is any doubt then appropriate enquiries need to be made with the seller in order that the boundary is clear. It is important to remember that Land Registry plans will only indicate the general boundary line –the exact line of the boundary is left undetermined by the Land Registry, unless an application is made for it to be fixed.

Is there a boundary agreement?

If there is a lack of clarity around the exact location of the boundary, enquiries should also be made to establish whether previous owners had a boundary agreement. This can be an informal agreement intending only to mark out or identify a boundary, or a formal transfer of land from one party to another. The Courts have recognised that informal agreements may exist between parties that use ordinary and non-legal language, that are not in writing and that are used to settle a boundary issue. An agreement could be inferred from action taken by parties or could be based around conversations between parties. In the event of a dispute the Court would have to consider all the relevant facts.

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In the event of a disagreement?

In the event that two (or more) neighbours dispute a boundary, the issues involved can become complex and, if the matter proceeds to court, the final outcome can be unpredictable. The Courts have frequently stressed the challenges faced when hearing a boundary dispute case and is succinctly summarised

by Lady Justice Arden in the Court of Appeal case of Joyce v Rigolli who said “Boundary disputes are costly in terms of money, court resources, and the strain they impose on the parties individually and in their relations as neighbours”.

To many it may seem obvious where a boundary might be. Simply establish the boundary from the title deeds and plans, or look at the position of a particular fence or wall. However, if the parties have differing views the Courts have reason to be concerned. It becomes necessary to consider whether a boundary agreement has amended the position, or, possibly, whether there is a claim for adverse possession (where one party has held land for a period of more than 10 years).

Problems can include plans with the Land Registry that indicate a general boundary; title deeds that are not clear; behaviour by one party which another party believes is relevant to the location of the boundary; or a lack of evidence of an informal requiring the to decide between conflicting facts.

In one leading case the Court said that “a party can litigate over a tiny strip of land, although I would certainly agree that it is usually economic madness to do so, but a person remains entitled in law to protect and preserve that which is his or hers”. The difficulty arises when the opposing parties are both trying to protect and preserve what they believe to belong to them. There are of course other ways to do that, by informal discussion or by mediation, and indeed compromise is often the way these disputes are resolved. If a dispute does arise it would be prudent to seek legal advice as soon as possible and before any neighbourly relationship is damaged beyond repair.

If you have any concerns regarding the boundaries to property that you own and would like some advice please do not hesitate to call us.

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Malden Wanderers Club News Clean sweep on opening day by James Kuhrt The 2nd XI won by an emphatic margin of 201 runs in their opening fixture at home to Beddington. Their victory helped secure wins for all four teams – notably a feat which had never occurred last season.

Daniel Hammond got Stags off to a steady start with a score of 32 as he partnered Tom Gould. This paved the way for a dominant display during the middle overs from Alex Redmayne and recent acquisition Andrew Scobie – the pair bullying Beddington’s bowlers.

Following a good example of running between the wickets, Stags were let off soon after as both batsmen found themselves stranded in the middle, however the attempted run out was unsuccessful. Stags made their opposition pay for the missed opportunity - Andrew Scobie hitting back to back sixes. Redmayne rather suitably pulled the ball towards the home team area to bring up a well deserved 50, much to the appreciation of his team mates who had toiled so much last summer. The pair of them were dismissed in quick succession before James Marks guided Stags to a total of 234 with a well made 31 not out.

After the interval, Beddington got off to the worst possible start as one of their openers was run out.

Stags ripped into their opposition – Michael Cottrell claiming five wickets and Beddington were bowled out for 33.

‘He has a clean strike on him’ were the words Rob Graham used when referring to Andrew Scobie, whose arrival this season has strengthened the squad. The 2’s skipper reckons the squad has been strengthened considerably over the last two seasons and that last summer’s dismal campaign should not hinder the belief amongst the players. There may be even more strengthening to the squad if Jesper Winn continues his form. The 3’s bowler had Dulwich 8-2 early on that day. With Jesper continuing such form, Graham revealed that the hope is to find a place for him at some point, although competition will be fierce with six seamers being fielded in the 2nd XI on the opening day.

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The First XI also beat Beddington, but by a much finer margin. Andrew Carson played a vital innings, scoring 74 and almost carrying his bat to the end. Stags won by 18 runs and kept their bowling accurate throughout the match to keep Beddington at bay. The 3’s won as well – Andy Cabirdassou with 5-19. They went on to beat Dulwich by 7 wickets.

The 4’s have been in fine form, securing a comfortable victory over Ashford on the opening day, followed by a trip to Egham where they just got over the line thanks to a great partnership between Adam Barlow and Arhant Mathur. Adam Barlow ended on 66 not out – the experienced captain played a graceful innings.

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Clubs Mondays

Christ Church Community Cafe (In the Lounge) Monday and Tuesday at 10:30 to 12 for Refreshments and Chat. Trained Listeners available. All Welcome!

Katie Kuhrt 07449333123

New Malden Rotary Club Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane Monday evenings 6.15 for 7pm Secretary 07946526783 Barry Collins 07740 257 255

English Conversation Group meeting during term-time from 10.00 to 12.00. Chris & Elspeth Coke; telephone 0208-942-7388 mobile 07903618159

St James Players If you enjoy acting do come or help backstage. Mon and Weds 8pm St James Church Hall, Bodley Road New Malden. linda@dunnz.net Weekly Peer Support for parents with mental health conditions.

Crafty Mondays 9.30-12noon Hatha Yoga 1.30-2.30 53-55 Canbury Park Rd. KT2 6LQ Tel: 02085463258

Tuesdays

Kingston and District Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance meet on the last Tuesday every month except July and August, and December when we hold a Xmas Lunch. In addition to our main interest of keeping in touch with local and national issues affecting pensioners, we arrange a variety of speakers to entertain us on lighter subjects, such as 24th April, Round the World on a reclining bicycle, 29 May a Quiz and 26th June slide show on Central America.

Venue: Marion House, Girl Guides Hut, Tadworth Avenue, New Malden KT3 DJ, from 2pm to 4.15pm. Mrs

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Early Morning Running Group Hill training on The Hamptons, covering 6-8 miles. Mixed ability group. No fee. Meet: The gates of Sir Joseph Hood Playing Fields, Marina Ave, Motspur Park, KT3 6NE. (Three minutes walk from Motspur Park station). Time: 6.00am at the gates.

Finish 7.30-7.45am. Olwen 07941 898896, olwenseear@gmail.com.

Arthritis Care New Malden Branch Arthritis Care Kingston and District Meetings 3rd Tuesday of the month 7.30pm in the evening at Alfriston House Berrylands Road Surbiton Jocelyn King 0208 942 6745

The New Malden Ladies Badminton Club When: Tuesday at the Malden Centre from 20.30 till 10pm We are a mixed ability club looking for new members. Lynda 020 8949 2673 or just pop in.

NHS Retirement Fellowship Are you retired or about to retire from the NHS? Why not join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 10am -12 at Royal British Legion, Hollyfield Road, Surbiton, KT5 AL. We have speakers, activities, coffee & chat.

Other outings & activities are also arranged during the month. Lorna 020 8337 4121

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 Katie Kuhrt 07449333123 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

trafficking. We’ll discuss issues of forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude, raise awareness and fundraise. ellykeevil@hotmail.com

Wednesdays

Malden & Coombe Social Club For The Blind Alternate Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm Mike Ball 020 8942 0819 Volunteer drivers/ helpers VERY welcome Talking Of Trains In Surbiton Talks at the Surbiton Library Hall each Wed evening throughout the winter months. 1st meeting free, cost £50pa www.talkingof trains.co.uk

Colouring Club A soothing and enjoyable pastime for adults with no skills needed.

10-11am at Cafe Galio.

Royal British Legion, Malden and Coombe Branch meetings are held at the Grafton Club on the second Wed of the month at 2.30pm. New members welcome.

Jan Feist: janfeist@hotmail.com

Thursdays

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 back-grounds. We have interesting speakers from various organisations; outings, clubs, bring and buy sales and competitions. We are currently offering a first visit free of charge.

020 8337 7423

Post-natal Coffee Morning.

10-11.30am last Thursday of the month.

53-55 Canbury Park Rd KT2 6LQ Tel: 02085463258 Chair Yoga 10.45am-11.45am at Avenue Hall (West Wimbledon Society), 70 Richmond Road, West Wimbledon, SW20 0PQ. Join Jackie (Jackie

Malden Bridge Club When: Tuesday evenings 7.30-10.30pm Graham Spicer Institute, by entrance to Fencing Club, every Tuesday from Waitrose car park. John 020 8942 7560 7:00 to 9:30 pm at Coombe Boys’ School, College Gardens, New Malden Act For Justice New Malden Baptist KT3 6NU. Children & adults, beginners church; Westbury Road. KT3 5BE. first Tuesday of every month, 8 - 9.30pm. & experienced fencers are all This group aims to combat human welcomed. Equipment is provided.

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JJC Yoga) for accessible yoga in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Either sitting on a chair or using the chair as a prop, everyone can enjoy the benefits of yoga. No equipment or experience needed. £5.00 per class.

group. No fee. Meet: The gates of Sir Joseph Hood Playing Fields, Marina Ave, Motspur Park, KT3 6NE. (Three minutes walk from Motspur Park station). Time: 6.00am at the gates.

Finish 7.30-7.45am. Olwen 07941 898896, olwenseear@gmail.com. jackiejjcyoga.com/chair-yoga 07940 St. John’s Hall is open between 2.00 575628; email: jackie.jjc.yoga@gmail. and 4.00pm for Tea And Chat. If you com or just drop in. are on your own please feel free to KINGSTON U3A SINGERS! 10.30 drop in for a free cup of tea and some - 12.30, Glenmore House, 6 The company. 411 Malden Road (between Crescent, Surbiton KT6 4BN. We Worcester Park station and The enjoy singing many different styles Plough). 213 Bus stops nearby. of music. There is no formal audition New Malden Women’s Institute but we are looking for the ability to Shiraz Miraz Hall Manor Park Hall sing in tune, a willingness to practice Malden Road New Malden KT3 6AV at home between rehearsals and, 2nd Thursday of each month except above all, an enthusiasm for making August at 7.30pm. 0208 9490694 or music. A quarterly charge is levied monicaddrake@yahoo.co.uk to cover choir expenses. Please ring Malden Camera Club Helga Randall 020 8397 8712 or New Malden Library, Kingston Road Roger Dench on 07759 020433.

Thurs evenings throughout the year Early Morning Running Group at 7.45pm Speed work on tarmacked areas, www.maldencameraclub.org.uk totaling 6-8 miles. Mixed ability

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 Kingston Association for The Blind Lunch Club is held on the last Thursday of every month from 12.30 to 2.30pm at The Mefas Hall, Next to the Malden Centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden. This is for people living

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with sight loss and their carers. A Sandwich lunch is provided at the cost of £3 per person.

020 8605 0060 or kingstonassoc@btconnect.com

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 2UJkingston debating.org.uk 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

Fridays

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.

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.

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.

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Emanuel Rugby Shannon Corner, KT3 4PU 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, New Malden Both new and experienced bowlers are welcome at our friendly club with coaching on hand to guide and advise. We bowl outside from late April to the end of September, but social events for members are run throughout the year. For enquiries ring Sue on 0208 395 6778 or John on 0208 949 4315 www.maldenlimegrovebowlingclub.com

Supreme Bowls Club

We welcome new bowlers of both sexes, all ages, and all abilities from late April to end of Sept. Come and try bowling for free. We are a friendly club with around 70 members on the Kings College Sports Ground close to 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 8874 1654. www.westwimbledonsociety.org.

Surbition Bowls Club Alexandra Rec, Tolworth. Roll ups Tuesday evenings from 5,50pm. Small friendly mixed club (35 players.) David 020 8224 2385

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.

Men’s Secretary Gerald 020 8949 4623 or Ladies’ Secretary Maureen 020 8337 5472.

Kingston & District Branch Of The Embroiderers’ Guild Saturday, 8th June 2019, at Kingston Museum,

National Celebration of Stitch –a little Home, Stitch Saturday (adults), 11.00am – 1.00pm, Young Embroiderers, (ages 5-17), 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Sheila 0208 949 5118 Friday, 28th June 2019 - Members’ Evening (nonmembers also welcome! there will be demonstrations and techniques to try - shop and have tea, biscuits and a chat) Saturday Dementia Club 7.30pm, St Marks C of E Church Hall, Surbiton (nonstaywell Services 2nd Saturday of the month 11am to members very welcome) Check website for contact & 2pm in New Malden for people living with dementia, details: www.kingstonanddistrictbranch.co.uk 30 Please remember to mention the Village Voice when you speak to our advertisers

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What’s On Bereavement Café

In partnership with the Princess Alice Hospice, New Malden Methodist Church will be hosting a Bereavement Café. This will run on the second Tuesday of every month from 2.30pm to 4pm, beginning in April, and will be held in the Church’s coffee bar.

A Bereavement Café is a comfortable and welcoming place, where guests can meet with others who have been through their own loss, and who can understand something of what you’re going through. Being able to talk about your experience and be listened to is so important, and that’s what a Bereavement Café offers.

This is not a counselling service, but is a place for you to talk and be heard.

All are welcome to drop into the Bereavement Café, enjoy a tea or coffee, and join in the conversation, whether or not you see yourself as having a faith. The Café is here for anybody who feels it could be helpful for them. 11th June.

You are warmly invited to The Space New Malden United Reformed Church

Free Wednesday Lunchtime Recitals.

Time:13.10-13.50 www.facebook.com/newmaldenurc

June 5 Piano—Louis Ng (R.C.M.) June 19 Violin—Carolina Blaskovic (R.C.M.) July 10 Suri Duo: Flute and Harp (R.A.M.) Come and hear musicians at the start of their career performing exciting Classical Concerts R.C.M—Students from the Royal College of Music R.A.M.—Students from the Royal Academy of Music

Summer Fair Christ Church School is hosting its

annual summer fair on Saturday 15th June at the infant site on Lime Grove from 12 to 4.

There will be lots of fun for the children and parents with face painting, inflatables, bouncy castle, photo booth and plenty of other games. Popcorn, candy floss, waffles, ice cream, BBQ, Korean street food and a bar will be available for all to enjoy.

There are some amazing prizes to be won in the raffle including a Nintendo Switch, a family pass to the Hampton Court Food Festival and tickets to the live show of X-factor amongst others.

Summer Fair Sacred Heart RC Primary School Burlington Road, New Malden, KT3 4ND Saturday 22nd June, 12-3pm Join us for an afternoon of Jungle Fun including

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50th Anniversary

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School will be holding our 50th Anniversary Open Evening for Past Pupils & Parents on Friday 21st June from 7-9pm. Welcome drink, nibbles and cash bar will be provided. Please email the school at CC50@corpuschristi.rbksch.org to inform us if you would like to attend and to help us with numbers. All are welcome!

Euphonix, Kingston’s Community Choir, presents “Sounds of Summer” a lunchtime concert at 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday 17 July 2019. The concert will be at All Saints Church in Kingston Market Place and the programme will include favourites like Sailing, Here Comes the Sun, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Peace White Dove, An Acre of Land, Sunshine on Leith, and Walking on Sunshine as well as other summer songs. The concert is being given in aid of a local charity Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness.

Information about the Euphonix Choir can be found on their website www.euphonix.org.uk.

Beverley and Coombe Vale safer neighbourhood policing

Cuppa with a coppers 5th June 4pm – 5pm Caffe Nero , 101 High Street, New Malden Street Briefing 12th & 28th June 6pm – 7pm The CUT entrance opposite New Malden BR Station Drop- in Surgery 22nd June 2pm – 4pm New Malden Police Office, CI Tower, St George’s Square

Malden Fortnight’s full programme will be published next month. Also online www.maldenfortnight.co.uk

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Clubs Rotary Club Of New Malden Summer Celebratory Concert.

May is, this year in particular, a short month for us since we meet on a Monday evening and miss two meetings due to Bank Holidays. In spite of this we will have held our Annual General Meeting, enjoyed our Club 90th anniversary on 31st May and also have run our annual Golf Competition which is one of our main fund raising events where we try to get all holes sponsored. The competition is followed by a dinner and auction.

During this coming month we will be putting the final touches to our plans for the following Rotary Year.

Meanwhile plans progress for the big Schools Concert Advertised by this flyer. As mentioned before, this is the first concert of its kind, bringing all four schools together, and it is sure to be a resounding success. Get your tickets early!

please contact our Secretary on 07946526783 or Barry Collins 0774025725 Street where it is expected we will have a Shelter Box and Literacy Box on display. These two items, in particular, are always very high on our list to donate to communities worldwide who have lost their homes and schools through war or other tragedies. Your donations help towards their cost.

David Powers - Club correspondent.

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The Malden Fortnight parade theme this year is Screen Heroes and we are looking for some of our members to perhaps grow a moustache and take on Charlie Chaplin. We shall also have the usual stall in the High

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Fitness Why not try Kookhak Ki Gong in New Malden for free!

About 6 years ago I walked into the Body and Brain centre in Epsom. My wife and I wanted to find an exercise class that went a little deeper than the normal classes offered. I had been a professional rock musician for about 10 years, which was not conducive to healthy living , and needed to improve my health. I was so taken by this form of exercise, that eventually I decided to become an instructor and share what I had experienced with a larger audience. So what am I talking about here?

Ilchi Lee has created the Brain Education System based on ancient Korean traditions and modern brain science.

The two are actually unifying with each other with the deeper understanding we now have with quantum science. The Brain Education system has five steps. Brain sensitizing, Brain versatilising, Brain refreshing, Brain integrating and Brain mastering. This system has been recognised by the UN and is now being implemented in South Korea, America, El Salvador and Vietnam to mention but a few countries. It is now starting to be recognised here, a recent presentation was warmly received by staff at the Care Quality Commission in

London. In a recent study in the peer reviewed ‘Medicine’ journal, Brain Education meditation showed to have very positive effects on the body and state of mind. LDL cholesterol was reduced.

Concentration, self confidence, relaxation and happiness were increased. Fatigue, anger and loneliness were decreased. So these are very good reasons to give Ilchi Lee's Brain Education system a try. Kookhak Ki Gong is under the umbrella of the Brain Education System.

The good news is that you can try it for free. There are workshops happening in New Malden in August which are based in the ancient healing art of Ki Gong. Every Sunday in August at the Graham Spicer Institute from 10.50 am to 12.15 pm there will be Ki Gong classes. There are also places available in July but you need to book them. Please contact Peter on 07770 930949 or email peter@peterpaulparker.co.uk if you require a space. We look forward to meeting you and helping you experience this wonderful healing exercise system from South Korea.

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Kids Play There’s lots going on for pre-schoolers Mondays

10am to 11.30am Tots In Tow St John’s Church, Kingston Road Contact Dave on 02089425643 Bumps and Babies under 1 NCT coffee morning, Mondays. 10am to 11.30am. The Glasshouse Pub, New Malden. All welcome. NCT members and non-members.

For more information and to confirm the next meeting date please contact Coordinator.Kingston@nct.org.uk

Tuesdays

9 to 11:30 Bumps and Babies at Christ Church in the new hall off the carpark.

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

Tuesday-Fridays

Parent and Toddler Play Sessions Dickerage Lane Adventure Playground Dickerage Lane, Daniel Slocombe 020 8942 1707,

Saturdays

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.

Every second Saturday of the month, New Malden Library 10.30-11.00am. Free Saturday Rhyme Time for under 5s.

Dads especially welcome. Join us for 30 minutes of rhymes, songs and instrument shaking!

Men behaving Dadly is a group that meets on a Saturday morning once a month in the Christ Church lounge.

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10am to 11.30am 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

Thursdays

9:30 to 11:30 Toddlers in Tow at Christ Church, in the new hall off the carpark.

9.45 to 11.30am Methodist Church Parent and Toddler Group Methodist Church, High Street, Contact Julia Morton 020 8942 1288. 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 for age 2.5+ at New Malden Library

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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. 10.30-11.00am Rhyme Time for age 0-3 at New Malden Library 9-12.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,

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Parkin’ some thoughts The art of appreciation

They say it takes a long time to grow an old friend. One of my oldest friends is Emma, who along with a group of school mates I’ve known for 35 years. Emma too has had a life changing illness and like me has used the experience to rethink what life has to offer.

In her case, she’s gone all hippie, exchanging the pressured life of lingerie sales (I’m over simplifying for effect) to teach children’s yoga and embrace mindfulness in Ibiza. I’m unlikely to follow her example, but there are aspects of her daily regimen which have rubbed off on some of the residents of Hazell Towers. One of these is the regular or in my case, the rarely sometime-ly creation of a “gratefulness list”. The idea is simple. You just take 10 minutes at the end of the day to think about, record and share the things that you have been grateful for that day.

It’s a way to avoid taking everything for granted.

As I write this, my list consists of just one thing. In fact I’m as thankful as a miniature schnauzer in a room full of one legged postmen, that I’m not currently at an Olly Murs concert. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Mrs H. Through a negotiation strategy that back-fired spectacularly, she has been compelled to accompany Anna and two teenage friends to the other side of London to be subjected to an assault on the ear drums courtesy of the Witham Warbler.

The build up to the event has seen the barometer of excitement reach Defcon Versuvius levels. Mind numbingly constant playing of his greatest hits and the mysterious appearance of 63 screen shots of his mug on her computer have left Victoria calculating the appropriate ratio of responsible adult to alcoholic beverages necessary to get her through the evening.

Unlike my eldest daughter, I was never really a concert goer as a youth. This was possibly due to a formative experience at an AC/DC concert where, due to the underaged consumption of too much Southern Comfort, an adjacency to (although no intentional inhaling, M’Lord, of ) illicit substances and a past bedtime return to a Basingstoke Station glowing in the heat of a nearby sky scraper fire, the highway to hell appeared a bit too real.

An evening with Olly is, whilst less likely to be joined by lank haired head bangers in ill fitting leather jackets, not really for me and thus my single item for today’s list, which as I wrote it down reminded me of the lyrics to one of his early works in which he sought to excuse his own writing due to an inability to stop his hands from shaking. I think the causes though were of a different nature.

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A Photographer Dreams...

June

by Hugh Griffiths www.creativelight.org.uk This picture illustrates some of the daily activity; the fisherman has clearly been out picking up the day’s crabs and lobsters, and now, late in the afternoon, is cleaning the pots ready for them to be put back overnight in the cold Atlantic waters. I like the mix of colours – lobster pots don’t need to be bright colours, but they often are – and the yellow of his sou’wester keeping him dry and warm. In terms of composition, it works, because there is enough to keep you interested as your eyes wander from right to left across the photo; looking at the pots, the working fisherman, the ladder… even the space at the right acts as a help by implying that this is the end of the scene.

I am going to start off with memories of our annual June holiday: we go to Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. Padstow, of course, is best known for the various Rick Stein establishments in the town, but there are a lot of other great places to eat and stay, and a huge number of things to do there and in the county. We always love our time there and are always very sad to leave at the end of the holiday; although we do make sure that we book into our favourite rooms for the next year before we leave the town!

Padstow is not only a holiday place but is a very real fishing village. There are trawlers and smaller fishing boats constantly moving around, and there is a ship repair yard there as well. That makes it a lot more interesting than simply being a pretty village and a base to tour Cornwall. The Camel river, on which Padstow sits, is tidal – and there is an inner harbour which has huge gates to keep the water in at low tide, but the outer harbour is where most of the fishing boats moor (a couple of the larger trawlers moor in the inner harbour, and then vanish for days at a time in to the Atlantic). Every day fish and shellfish are brought in to the port and most of it seems to be trucked south to Spain … but there is always some action on the harbour walls, as the lobster pots are cleaned, and the nets repaired, fuel and water tanks filled up. In fact, those harbour walls are where I sit for my last couple of hours in Padstow before coming home. Just watching the gulls and cormorants, the boats going into and out of the harbour … but mainly just sitting and enjoying my last few minutes before leaving this happy place.

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The Camel estuary is notorious as a place where ship wrecks happen. Maybe not these days, but in the past, there were hundreds of them, and, apparently, the river bed as it nears the sea is littered with sunken wrecks. You may have heard of (in my view, one of the best beers around) of Doom Bar bitter from the Sharps brewery just across the river in Rock. Well, it is named after a notorious bar of sand that moves and traps unwary ships as they try to come into harbour.

The Doom Bar is visible as a small standing wave about 500 metres up river from Padstow towards the sea. Clearly this is not a great idea for all the yachts and boats that use the river, so there is a dredger – the ‘Sand Snipe’ – that goes out every day to keep the sailing channels open: here it is, surrounded by gulls as it drags up the sand and stores it in the body of the ship. I don’t really understand how come so much sand can be dredged up so constantly without wearing a hole in the river floor, but all that sand is unloaded at the harbour and taken off – and most of

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it is used “to spread on the farmers land to enrich the soil, for our sand is rich in lime.” This has been done for hundreds of years, with early references to the practice happening during the 16th Century. And the river floor doesn’t seem to have suffered from all this!

This is a reminder photo for me – I have a similar one of the Rock-Padstow ferry which brings back loads of happy thoughts and memories of sunny days and lazy reading on the beach. This is where I can eat great food, stay in a great hotel, enjoy lovely weather (almost every time!) and relax and be at peace. Lovely place!

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Royal British Legion Malden & Coombe Branch The date 6th June 1944 seems a very long time ago. In fact 75 years ago this month. On that day all those years ago the largest seaborne invasion force in history set sail for France on a mission to liberate Europe. Each man carried a pack, a rifle and the world’s hopes for freedom.

If they didn’t succeed German forces would have had a chance to launch new V weapons against British Cities. That day would go down in history as D Day. The Royal British Legion will be commemorating this event and remembering those brave men, many who gave their lives, leaving families without a father, husband, brother. The RBL helped and continue to help many of those families in their hour of need.

The Royal British Legion will mark the day all over the British Isles but locally Malden and Coombe will be holding a service at our War Memorial on 6th June at 6 pm. We hope that many residents will be able to join us in Remembrance.

The RBL are holding an event at Brookwood Military Cemetery on 9th June. Each part of the cemetery relates to a different country of the world and is worth a visit.

It was also 78 years ago since the Blitz of the London area. Local New Malden residents have memories of living here during those terrible times. Ada who lived in Kingston Road remembers the local siren alerting residents of incoming bombers. They had to run to Blagdon Road shelter until the “all clear” was sounded.

She remembers 2 large houses near the Fountain Roundabout that were bombed to the ground. Ada’s uncle Victor Robinson was killed 12th December 1940 and his name is on the memorial in New Malden.

Alan of Chatsworth Gardens remembers a bomb landing in his road damaging 2 of the houses. He also remembers seeing a British plane fly over where he could see the pilot and wave to him !His father tried to dig a shelter in their garden but it filled with water from an underground stream!

Have you ever noticed an item on top of the Wetherspoons Watchman and wondered what it was?

It is where the siren was placed to alert residents!

I’d love to hear your story of those times.

Malden and Coombe RBL are making plans for Malden Fortnight ‘s Parade on 6th July and street stall on 13th July. We have so much fun making and preparing the items. Such a talented group!!

If you would like to join our lively group please contact RBL on 0800 307 7773 or myself janfeist@hotmail.com. For £19 per year you will be helping those veterans and families who are in need. To contact the emergency team please ring 0808 802 8080 .Our next meeting at Grafton Club will be 12th June at 2.30pm. Come along and meet us!

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