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Welcome to another packed edition of New Malden’s Village Voice.

Within the next few weeks you’ll see posters and leaflets around advertising Malden Fortnight. We’ve a great programme again this year and hope that you’ll turn out in force. One new event for this year is ‘Funday Sunday’ to be held on July 10th up at Beverley Park in aid of Lunchbowl Network. I hope the sun will shine and that this great opportunity for New Malden to come out and have fun together can become an annual event – you can read more about this and everything else that’s going on on our website www.maldenfortnight.co.uk, and there’s also an article on page 16. Stalls are still available for Craft Fair Saturday (9th July), but hurry to avoid dissappointment.

On a very sad theme, we’ve just heard that our Malden Fortnight Treasurer, Mr Bob Bridges, has passed away. Aged 90, he was away from home looking after his sister. Always helping others Bob was a truly lovely gentleman who will be very much missed in our community. God bless you Bob. I hope you enjoy our varied mix of articles and puzzles this month. As you may only get the Village Voice delivered every 2nd month you may not realise that a new edition is printed monthly. There are limited copies available to pick up in various distribution centres but it is also easy to read online – and you can still enter the competitions. www.nmvv.co.uk And remember, there wouldn’t be a magazine without all of our terrific advertisers. Try them out and let me know how you get on!

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

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The hanging baskets in the High Street have arrived and are a muchappreciated splash of colour after the long cold winter.

The Maldens and Coombe Neighbourhood Committee of the Council have provided a generous grant, but the majority of the cost is borne by local businesses.

The provision of the baskets is organised by The Rotary Club of New Malden and we are most grateful to the following businesses that have supported the scheme this year.

Pearson Maddin Solicitors Tudor Williams Hawes & Co Estate Agents New Malden Vets Sloane Winckless Accountants Suttles Stationers Waitrose ACS Hards Solicitors Oliver Bailey Financial Services Sandys Menswear Hannatours McDonalds Johnson Shoes Cole & Sharp Mace Sorobel Eye Contact K Mart The Methodist Church Seoul Residential Many thanks to all these businesses.

Peter Hope Rotary Club of New Malden

In order to celebrate these two anniversaries your local Committee is holding a Thanksgiving Service on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm in Saint James Church, Bodley Road.The Bishop of Dorking, civic, medical, clergy, education and business leaders will be present as well representatives from Macmillan LASER Headquarters and other cancer charities. We would like to warmly invite any member of our community who wishes to express their thanks for the work of Macmillan Cancer Support to join us on this very special occasion. You may wish to show your appreciation of the work of the Macmillan Nurses or because you, a member of your family of a friend, have received some kind of support from this charity.Your local Committee will be present, all of whom are volunteers and have worked for this charity for at least 25 years with our President having done the whole 50 years that we have been in existence. Please do come and support us and show your appreciation of the work that Macmillan does for our communities throughout the United Kingdom.

Refreshments will be served in the hall after the service kindly sponsored by Waitrose of New Malden. It will be a bright and enjoyable service with popular hymns and the appearance of the famous Saint James Choir...so please do join us.

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In the late summer of 1870 a couple took up residence in Sycamore Grove. They were called Mr George Case and Mrs George Case; I use her full name, as this was how she publicly described herself (on posters and billboards). These were theatre people, pulling in crowds around the world with their act. They also had an interesting life offstage with more than a little scandal attached.

The case of Grace and her favourite

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The scene George had purchased a number of houses in the grove, setting up home in one (Garden Cottage) with his wife Grace, their housekeeper a widow called Anne Bradley and her daughter Elizabeth who acted as a servant (even though she was only 11 years old). It seems that the interior of the house resembled a miniature British Museum as they had collected many artefacts while touring China, India and Japan. They do not seem to have contributed to the social life of the village, the

nearest they came to performing locally, was an appearance at the Assembly Rooms attached to the King’s Head Hotel at Epsom in December 1872, and at that time they were selling their chattels at New Malden prior to their departure. These included an “elegant white and gold proscenium” which Grace used in her stage work.

This was a large archway which was place at the front of the stage complete with curtains that opened at the centre, behind which Grace was able to change costume.

Also included in the sale was a complete set depicting a drawing room, together with a back cloth, and a travelling luggage van (carriage), and the horse to pull it! They did return to New Malden in 1876 and 1878, living at another of George’s properties in Sycamore Grove called Haven Lodge.

The Cases initially spent about 3 years in New Malden, but a large part of that had seen them travelling the country, and the only mention I have been able to find about them locally, is when George Case complained to the Local Board about the state of the drains in Sycamore Grove (a not unusual complaint in those days).This involved the pipes being taken up and re-laid to enable the surface water to be taken off. Earlier that year (1872), Grace had given birth to their daughter who they christened Grace Dolly Dot, but having such a young child did not stop the family leaving the village on their “Farewell Tour” throughout England in August, before their departure via Naples, to Bombay, which due to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 could now be reached in 18 days.

The players George Tinkler Case was born in Shoreditch on 27th July 1823, the son of Charles and Elizabeth. When aged only 14 he played a benefit concert on the violin at the Horn, Doctors Commons; his playing was described by critics as “perfect”. He married Selina Catherine Janson in London in 1846; she divorced him in 1860 on grounds of adultery. He had performed in many concerts up and down the country, initially playing the violin, but latterly the concertina which he learned directly from its inventor Charles Wheatstone. In fact, he organised a number of concerts in May/June 1848 to show the public how works by popular composers could be played on two, four, or even twelve concertinas. In 1849 heu

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He married Elizabeth Grace Cruft in Halifax straight after his divorce in 1860. This marriage may not have been legal, as he married her again in Liverpool in 1871.

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bought out the concertina manufacturing business of Joseph Scates in London which he subsequently sold to Boosey and Sons in 1855. He exhibited his concertinas at the Great Exhibition of 1851.Additionally; he was a member of the Covent Garden, (Royal Opera House), and Philharmonic Society Orchestras. He played an annual concert at Exeter Hall, Hanover Square which attracted an audience of 3000. He was a manufacturer, teacher of, author of books about, and arranger of music for, the concertina .Performing, took him away from his first wife on a regular basis. After she fell ill in 1856 and went to stay with her sister, he left their house and never returned, sleeping (he said), wherever he happened to be. He was proved to be living with Elizabeth Cruft another performer, and was the father of her child born in 1857.

Elizabeth Grace Cruft was born in Stepney on 1st May 1835, the daughter of William and Ann. She had a daughter also called Elizabeth Grace born in London in 1856 who died three years later. Another child was born in 1857 christened George Benedict Case, (who was sadly to die on the couples return to England in 1869 from California). Elizabeth changed her name to Grace Egerton, and performed at the Saddlers Wells Theatre as Perdita in Shakespeare’s Winters Tale, and Marion De Lorme in Richelieu in 1858, earning excellent reviews. The following year she decided to become a performer in her own right touring in theatres in the north of England singing excerpts from such productions as “The Invisible Prince” and “Love

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Act one But it was only performing “A Christmas Party” a piece written expressly for them by dramatists Edmund Yates and Nicholas Harrington, that Grace was able to give full reign to her incredible ability to impersonate caricatures of Victorian society.This coupled with George Case’s music, made the performance a wonderful treat for audiences in the provincial theatres.

The couple made their first appearance in London as Grace Egerton (Mrs George Case) and George Case in February 1861 at the Bijou Theatre, a concert hall attached to the Royal Opera House in the Haymarket.

Again they were extremely well received, and the hall was regularly packed. They went to play further venues in London, performing their routine on over 2000 occasions.

It is difficult to describe the act, and it probably wouldn’t

have the same appeal today. Grace was a quick change artist and impersonator. A sort of Victorian Joyce Grenfell, but much more besides. The characters she created were not what we would call politically correct, and were very much stereotypes; amongst them, Katty Mooney a maid from Ireland, Mrs Kubbards a landlady, Norah Wurzel described as a “country bumpkin” , Peregrine Prattelton, who constantly talked, and Mrs Ferret, of course a nosy parker. Her female Cyclops had to be seen to be believed. Grace sung, danced, and acted her way through a host of characters. In the second half of the performance she even took on the part of a “wizard of the east”, amazing the audience with tricks and disappearing from a cabinet. With a brief interval, the performance lasted three hours, with only George, and Mrs George Case on stage the whole time.

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Zealand, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, China, Japan, America, South Africa and Canada. George had the pleasure of introducing the concertina to these far flung outposts, and was received with great applause.

Their shows became increasingly popular, and audiences were astonished as Grace quickly changed costume as she assumed another character. These characters included military men of various ranks, an AfricanAmerican servant, and a Spanish dancer. She was well acclaimed as a “protean impersonator” enjoying an uninterrupted run of popularity for around 20 years.

Their act while advertised as a duologue, found Grace playing the vast majority of parts, with George (when called upon) normally playing a representation of himself.

To ensure the greatest publicity, prior to their arrival in their next port of call, there would normally be posters of Grace pasted all over the walls, and adverts would appear in the local papers. Grace became progressively more famous especially overseas; she had horses and cattle named after her, a gold mine in Australia, and quite bizarrely a Scotsman named James Scott Skinner, “blacking” himself up, and performing as a minstrel named “Mr Grace Egerton”.

The “entertainments” did not always run smoothly, like when they were performing in Durban, South Africa in December 1877. Grace’s voice being completely

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Final act Montréal in 1881 was to be their last performance before they retired, but Grace suddenly fell ill and died, aged only 46.

George returned to England with his wife’s body, and his young daughter Grace. He sold his property in Australia where they were to retire, and his properties in New Malden, it seems he never performed again, and died at home in Leyton High Road in 1892 aged 69.

There is no recording or film of their act, only contemporary accounts in newspapers. Many of their tours were billed as farewell appearances (prior to retirement). Sadly this never happened; maybe their popularity was what caused their ultimate demise.

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We need to give a few days notice of our appointments or other needs, then it easier for them to try to arrange for the help. Although my friend has always been fortunate to have the transport she needed, they may occasionally not be able to help – but I know they will try their very best. On another point, we also need to realise that the cost of petrol is very high these days, and my friend usually gives them a donation towards the cost.

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Do you sometimes wish you could take part when you are watching your little one at school sports day hurriedly completing an egg and spoon race? Or hanker after another go at the 3-legged race? Are you a grandparent with fond memories of your own school sports day?

Well the time has come for everyone to enjoy an old fashioned sports day for all the family.

The Lunchbowl Network, a local charity which exists to feed and care for 450 orphans living in the Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya , is hosting the event as part of the Malden Fortnight on Sunday, 10th July from 12-4pm and everyone is welcome!

A full programme of events, to include assault/obstacle races and family group races, as well as the traditional

ones, will be posted on the Malden Fortnight website www. maldenfortnight.co.uk and everyone is encouraged to sign up before the day, or enrol for your particular race on the day if there are spaces.

Bring your picnic rugs and settle down to a great family afternoon. A BBQ and Krispy Kremes will be on sale for lunch and a beer and pimms tent will be serving drinks and wonderfully the whole day is being match-funded by Barclays Bank, for which we are very grateful.

Due to popular demand, we are holding The Grat NNew Malden Tug-of-War Chleng and are very keen to have as many street/friends/businesses sign up their team to compete for the coveted trophy, kindly donated by local engraver Paul Watkins. Get together a team of 8 or less, and for just £16, (£2 each!!) prove you are the deserved winners!

We will also have a child tug-of war at £8 entry.

In addition, we will be holding a sponsored walk (with optional fancy dress) for little ones round the perimeter of the park, and a 3-legged sponsored run for those slightly older (even grandma can join in!) Sponsor forms downloadable from the website, prize for the child who raises the most sponsorship!

All in all, the day promises to be one of great family fun and we will hopefully build on the wonderful community spirit witnessed at the party in the park for the Royal wedding - and to top it all, every £1 raised will feed and care for 3 children living in terrible conditions, what more reason do we need? So please do come along, participate or support and enjoy!

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Stroll through the visiting markets in the Ancient Market Place, experience the Taste of Kingston with samples from all your favourite local restaurants and cafes, watch the master chefs at work in our Demonstration Kitchen and enjoy free food samples when you take part in the Taste Trail.

New for 2011 are the Market House Tasting Sessions.

Kingstonfirst are partnering with some local food experts to help you explore the chemistry of food and wine, investigate smoked salmon styles, understand olive oils or simply learn more about chocolate.

Tickets are limited, so make sure you book in advance.

Children haven’t been forgotten, and there’s a day especially for them. Test your intrepid little food critic’s senses at a fun free workshop on 2 June, or educate older children’s palates with a chocolate tasting workshop (tickets £2).

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Adding to Kingston’s daily Ancient Market, four visiting markets will be coming to the festival. The Taste of Kingston Market is always one of the Food Festival highlightsKingston’s leading restaurants and food outlets bring their food to you. Why not enjoy tastes of Morocco with Exotic Tagine, including free cookery masterclasses, meet award-winning food producers at the Great Taste Market, or celebrate Quality Eating and Drinking with QED? Don’t forget; over the course of the festival, local restaurants have a range of great special offers for you, plus win some great prizes in the Kingston Food Festival Prize Draw.

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by Justin Urquhart Stewart Here are two sobering facts about our current market.

Firstly someone has agreed to pay $8.5bn – not million – for a loss making online telephone system. Secondly we are about to see a new flotation of a social networking site whose prospectus has the following statement: “we expect our revenue growth rate to decline and, as our costs increase, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to sustain our profitability in the long term”. Hardly the most positive of statements - especially in a prospectus designed to encourage investors to part with their cash. Despite this, the business has an expectation that it will be valued at around $3bn. This would mean that it would be set at around 13 times last year’s sales.

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The second is LinkedIn where they hope to entice investors into buying their shares in the vain hope that one day, at the end of the rainbow, there is a crock of gold for bold investors.

In my view this seems to have all of the investment logic of those dotcom days of over a decade ago.

Just an update on the Greek “non default” default. As I have been warbling on for an age, a default by whatever nomenclature seems inevitable and frankly constructive given the current impasse. Of course the key issue is the strength of those banks that hold this debt and how much pain they could have to suffer.

The FT stated last week that if the bondholders were to take a 50% “haircut” then the pain could be quite significant for some of the lead debt holders, with BNP Paribas taking €1.7bn, Commerzbank €1.1bn, and RBS -whose exposure was thought to be relatively small - an unpleasant half a billion Euros.

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To feature in this section email info@nmvv.co.uk 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 For more details contact Lily on 020 8949 1431.

KEEP FIT OVER 60’s Where: New Malden library hall (upstairs) When: Tuesdays, 1:00pm - 2:00pm Contact: 07986831598 or balanceurlife@googlemail.com ARTHRITIS CARE New Malden branch Where: Crescent Resource Centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden When: 4th Tuesday of month 7.30 -9.30pm We aim to provide back-up support for arthritis sufferers and an opportunity for members to enjoy a social evening through our regular monthly meetings.

Jocelyn King 020 8942 6745 EMANUEL RUGBY Where: Shannon Corner, KT3 4PU When: Adults Mondays & Wednesdays 7.30pm, Saturday 2-3pm.

Children Sunday 1030am Contact: www.emanuelrugby.co.uk info@emanuelrugby.co.uk Fergus McCarthy 0845 8338974 days & evenings THE NEW MALDEN LADIES BADMINTON CLUB When:Tuesday at the Malden Centre from 20.30 till 22.00 We are a mixed ability club looking for new members. Please ring Lynda on 8949 2673 or just pop in to see us any club night.

MALDEN CAMERA CLUB Where: New Malden Library, Kingston Road When:Thursday evenings throughout the year at 7.45pm Contact: www.maldencameraclub.org.uk MALDEN & COOMBE SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE BLIND Where: Christ Church Vestry Hall, Coombe Rd When: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 2pm to 4pm Anne Lieberman 0208 546 9368 NEW MALDEN ROTARY CLUB Where: Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane,When: Monday evenings at 6:15 for 6:45pm Contact: Barry Collins on 020 8949 8080 MONDAY NETBALL CLUB When: Mondays 8.30pm Contact: Ching Lee 07813 556184 SATURDAY DEMENTIA CLUB Age Concern Kingston 2nd Saturday of the month 11am and 2pm in New Malden for people living with dementia, their family and carers, Call 020 8942 8256 and ask for Jyoti or email saturdayclub@ageconcernkingston.org ST JAMES PLAYERS Where: St James Bodley Road When: Mondays 8pm MALDEN BOWLING CLUB Where: Lime Grove, New Malden Tel: 020 8942 0296 SUPREME BOWLS CLUB Where: junction of Thetford Road and Windsor Avenue in the playing field opposite Woodies pub in New Malden. Contact Mick or Diana 020 8942 0294 TOLWORTH BADMINTON CLUB Where: Play at Tolworth Recreation Centre When: Club night Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30 Standard: Intermediate/advanced level Contact: www.

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WEST WIMBLEDON SOCIETY TABLE TENNIS CLUB Friendly social table tennis club in Raynes Park welcomes new members (sorry not complete beginners). For more details call 020 8947 3564 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION MALDEN & COOMBE The Legion meets every second Wednesday afternoon from 2.30pm at the Grafton Club. Any interested parties in joining please contact Mary Gillett on 020 8949 2342 who will be very pleased to give any information to help or assist.

As this is the Royal British Legion’s 90th Anniversary, and in particular Malden & Coombe’s 90th Anniversary being a founder member, the Branch decided that a recruitment drive would be invaluable.for the future of the Branch. We hope that during the course of the year we will hold one or two events to commemorate our Birthday. The Branch still holds the original certificate sent to the Legion Headquarters 26 Eccleston Square, SW1, which is dated 12th August 1921.The Officers elected were President: Dr H R Crow, Chairman: Mr T A Cost, V. Chauirman: Mr S Thornton, Treasurer: Mr P A Pratt, Secretary: Mr J T Frost.

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

ENGLISH CONVERSATION / LESSONS FOR KOREANS Where: Christ Church Centre, Coombe Road When: Mondays & Tuesdays, 10.00 am - 12.00 noon All welcome: contact Chris Coke 020 8942 7388 MALDEN ARTS ASSOCIATION This is a Club for anyone with an interest in the arts. Everyone is welcome including non-artists. We meet once a month on a Friday afternoon in the Malden Centre, Cocks Crescent, Blagdon Road, New Malden, Surrey at 4.00pm.prompt. Visitors are welcome.

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Watch out for local lady walkers June Moon Walks

New Malden residents Jane and Sue are about to take part in their 5th MoonWalk. Even though they are not runners, they put in a lot of training because power walking a marathon at pace is a challenge not to be underestimated. The event isn’t a race, but people clock up some good times.

Jane and Sue aim to walk at over 4 miles an hour. They don’t treat it as a competition, but they try to maintain a walking speed that sees them home in around 6 hours.

And it’s not just them. They train by walking from New Malden in all directions – Richmond, Kingston, Esher, Cheam, Banstead, Putney, and frequently use paths along the Thames in both directions. They think they are lucky because New Malden offers so many good walking routes that are interesting, safe and clean. On almost every session they see other Moonwalkers (identified by their

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caps and distinctive bra tops). They take at least 3 months to train for the MoonWalks and the organisers, Walk the Walk, recommend that participants gradually increase the walking distance until walking one long 20-22 mile walk about 3 weeks before the event. So when you see ladies marching through the Village wearing a pink hat or top, you know what they are doing.

This year’s London MoonWalk took place on Saturday 14th May. So a big “well done!” to all the local supporters of this (including the occasional lad or gent who takes part). You may have seen some of the TV coverage of the 15,000 mostly ladies in their decorated bras, power walking a marathon around London to raise money for breast cancer charities. It’s quite emotional many people take part because a loved one or friend has been affected by breast cancer.

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This year Jane and Sue have decided to participate in the Edinburgh MoonWalk on 11th June because they think it will give them fresh impetus to walk in another city. If you want to take part in any of the MoonWalk events have a look at the Walk the Walk website on www. walkthewalk.org You can apply to join the MoonWalk via the website in October. You can register your interest at any time and Walk the Walk will notify you when the registrations are open. As well as the MoonWalks, there are other linked events. Not all of them are so physically challenging, so everyone can find an enjoyable event to suit them. For example there’s a fun SunWalk on 24 July in Battersea Park which is really easy for people in our area to get to. You don’t need to invest a huge amount of money in equipment. All you really need are good, comfortable walking trainers and socks. And a lightweight waterproof, of course.

Jane and Sue have taken part in four London MoonWalks.

You can sponsor them in Edinburgh www.walkthewalkfundraising.org/Susan_Hammond Why do they do it? Because they can!! And that makes them very lucky people. VVoice

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1611 Celebrations

7.00 pm. A Pageant Through the Ages.

(An evening of early music and words).

Open to all. Free Admission. Disabled parking only.

22nd June at 8.00pm and 23rd June at 10.00 am A talk on Bible Translation and the Authorised Version.

25th June: Maeldune Fayre on Plough Green from 11.00am – 3.00pm.

Church open 2.00 – 4.00 pm.

26th June: 9.45 am Patronal Festival – celebrating what God has done in the Parish since 1611.

Church Open 2.00 – 4.00 pm.

2011 is the 400th Anniversary of two important events in the life of this Parish.

• The re-building of our Lady Chapel (the original church) • The publication of the King James Bible To celebrate these two anniversaries the following events will be taking place in The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Old Malden.

Church Road, Worcester Park.

18th June: The church will be open between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. with exhibitions about: a) how the church and parish might have looked in 1611; b) the King James Bible. 7.00 pm A Jacobean Evening (history, music, food). Ticket only event.

19th June: 8.00 am Said and 9.45 am Sung Eucharists.

Church Open 2.00 – 4.00 pm.

The church has a long and interesting history. First mention of the Saxon church at Maeldune (which means the cross on the hill) was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. Walter de Merton became the Lord of the Manor of Malden in 1240 – he later became Chancellor of England and Bishop of Rochester.

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Malden. To this present day Merton College has the right to appoint the vicar of this parish. By 1585 the church was decaying and the Malden villagers petitioned Queen Elizabeth 1 asking for help – but nothing was done. By 1609 the church was beyond repair so another appeal was launched, successfully this time. Thomas Ravis, Bishop of London, who was born in Malden, and John Goode, Lord of the Manor, were both involved in the rebuilding, with contributions from many in the parish and beyond. The nave and tower were entirely rebuilt in red brick but the lower part of the old flint and stone chancel walling was patched up and retained. The work was completed in 1611. By the late 19th century the church was too small for the growing village so a large Victorian extension was built in 1875 (which is now the present nave and chancel), and the old church became our Lady Chapel. In 2004 a two-story contemporary extension was built for much needed rooms for informal services, children’s ministry, choir vestry and long awaited kitchen and toilets. VVoice

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This is probably the most non-technical TechnoBlog so far. The numbers listed above don't refer to anything digital. They are not the sizes of any binary file I can think of apart from 16 which coincidentally does happen to be the bit-rate of a CD. Those numbers actually refer to the various rotational speeds utilised over the last 100 years to extract sound from a round bit of plastic called 'The Record�.

The history of its name is as simple as the basic electromechanical process required to recover the sound from its surface. It is not a slang for 'Recording' as many might believe. In the early history of recording, the choice of what to capture to the rotating black disc was simple...The human voice. Once realized, it was not a giant leap to capture singers, small groups, famous speeches and finally orchestras. The equipment required was more or less portable.

What we now know as a recording studio simply didn't exist. The discs produced were generally a 'one-off' so they were therefore , a 'Record of that performance'. These 'records' were 78rpm Shellacs mostly destined for libraries, public or private. However, as you might imagine, it wasn't very long before the idea of those 'records' being used for public performance occurred, and the rest, as they say...

Setting the Standard...

By the mid 1950's the 12'' vinyl microgroove record standard had been set and has remained ever thus.

Here we are over 50 years later and there is no sign of it going away. It has survived every battle waged against it?...Why? Part of the answer, I think, is simply history. Until the sales of CD's eventually overtook that of vinyl in the late 80's every single music milestone since the 1920's had been committed to the Record first.

From Robert Johnson to Eric Clapton, Stokowski to Solti, Louis Armstrong to Weather Report. Presley, Miles Davis, Ella, Beatles, Dylan...the list goes on and on.

Nostalgia? Possibly. I am not saying that everything that came after 1988 didn't matter. I am suggesting that as a medium, the CD, USB stick or even a download simply doesn't have the gravitas of the Vinyl LP. Then there is the cover artwork which is so much more tangible, and when it's spread over a gatefold sleeve! The care required to extract the LP from that sleeve, place it on the turntable, clean the Stylus and then listen out for that click and crackle from the 'run-in' groove. Finally that sound...it has a naturalness which is absolutely unequalled. It's real!!

There is also the very real sense of ownership of something that has been crafted, not just manufactured.

It is true that the steady increase in bit-rates over the last 20 years have vastly improved the sense of 'realism' of digital recordings.

The recording industry has always recognised that 16, 18 and 20-Bit were never high enough numbers to capture the analogue wave form accurately, for either recording or remastering. Don't get me wrong though, my enthusiasm for the vinyl record doesn't mask the fact that you did (and still can) get a duff pressing or two. But you can also get a duff CD. Your internet connection can go down and ruin that download you almost finished. But

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if the record is looked after, regardless of whether the original recording is analogue or digital the sound of your chosen artist from that bit of vinyl is still more natural. It's analogue and that's how we (as humans) hear.

Finally, here's an interesting number...24. Another is 55...

Vinyl records are now 55 years old, and 24-bit is now the standard used to record in the digital domain. So how do the two meet? Here's why...

You see, the major record companies are now very reluctant, for obvious reasons, to use the original master tapes of classic albums.Virtually all of them are now archived on 24-bit hard drives anyway. However, all of those record companies continue to reissue iconic titles on vinyl. Indeed, modern artists also release their catalogues on vinyl and their recordings are digital. Recording entirely in the analogue domain is a rare occurrence nowadays.

It is a matter of fact that modern high quality 180g and 200g reissues and all the latter day recordings released on vinyl are more often than not cut and pressed from 24-bit digital files. And there is nothing wrong with that because those files are generally of a very high quality. In fact, if the original source tape(s) and the 24-bit archive were presented back-to-back, most people would struggle to detect a difference.

So the ancient format that is the Vinyl Record is actually bang up to date. It is more than capable of reproducing high bit-rate digital recordings and, by virtue of that fact, it generally sounds better than most Compact Discs. Don't forget, CD is still only 16-bit! Vinyl sounds better than just about any other format we can think of as well.

Yes, we did have SACD and DVD-Audio for a while and both of these digital formats were 24-bit, but both of those carriers have more or less died...yep, you guessed it. Another format war! But irrespective of all of this, we are still left with the Vinyl Record happily playing 24-bit resolution in the analogue domain.

Full circle?...Literally!

Has this article been an unabashed and poorly disguised advert for the vinyl department at Unilet Sound & Vision? You bet it has.

We currently carry over a thousand new titles on vinyl. We also have a similar number of immaculate and beautifully presented pre-owned records to purchase as well. All of which have been professionally cleaned using a VPI wet vacuum record cleaning machine. Cleaning your old vinyl is a service we can also offer.

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send your listings to info@nmvv.co.uk 2-12th June - Kingston Food Festival - see page 19 for more information.

Fundraising Jumble Sale and Open Day for Cancer Research UK that we are holding on Saturday 11th June at the Malden Centre. The open day is on between 10.00 and 4.00 and the jumble sale is 2.00 - 4.00pm.

The main event will be a jumble sale, we will also be offering free swimming , free tots funtime, face painting, and free courses in return for a donation to the charity.

Saturday 11th June 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St James Malden Summer Fair, in St James Church Hall, Bodley Road, New Malden, KT3 5QD. Celebrate summer with home-made cakes and jams from Carol’s Country Kitchen. Pick-up a bargain from our books, bric a brac, toys and plant stalls. Face-painting and games for kids. Good quality bottle raffle. Refreshments served all day.”

Music in New Malden is pleased to announce the final concert of the 10/11 Series. The programme will be performed by Marcus Barcham-Stevens, violin Jennifer Morsches, violoncello John Irving, fortepiano. They will play a programme of Haydn - Sonata in F major for Violin and Cello Hob.VI Nr 1 Sonata in A major for Violin and Cello. Hob.VI Nr.2 Mozart - Piano Sonata in B flat K.570 Mozart - Piano Trio in C K.548 New Malden Methodist Church (the church on the High Street) June 12th at 3pm. An hour of music followed by tea and cake!!

We will be supporting Disasters Emergency Committee in aid of the Japanese Earthquake victims with the retiring collection after the concert.

Malden and Coombe Flower Decoration Society A Demonstration ‘Eastern Delights’ At St James Church Hall Bodley Road On Thursday 16th June 2011 Doors Open 7-15pm for 7-50 pm start Sunday 19th June - Meet Star Wars characters at the Bentall Centre - see ad on page 7.

Burlington Infant & Junior Schools Summer Fair, Saturday 25 June, 12pm – 4pm, Adults £1, children free.

BBQ & International Food, Games & Tombolas, Beer & Sangria, Strawberries & cream and Pimms, Secondhand toy stall, Silent auction and Raffle, Bouncy castles, Face painting ...and lots more Thanksgiving Service on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm in Saint James Church, Bodley Road for Macmillan Cancer. (see page 6).

Rose Theatre Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1HL 020 8546 698 Wed 1 June, 7.30Pm Live Suggs Fri 3 June, 7.30Pm Penguin Cafe Sat 4 June, 7.30Pm Jimmy Tarbuck Mon 6 June, 7.30Pm Lady Antonia Fraser Sat 11 June, 7Pm Carnival Vibes In Kingston Mon 13 June, 5.30Pm Time To Talk With Gyles Brandreth

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Society Presents Verdi Requiem Fri 24 June - Sunday 26 Junethe Gruffalo’s Child Epsom Playhouse Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5AL Box Office: 01372 742555 Website: www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk Wed 1 June - Saturday 4 June at 7.45pm Little Women Wed 1 June at 2pm & 7pm Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Tues 2 June at 2.30pm Stig of the Dump Sat 4 June at 8pm The Fabulous Shadows Mon 6 June at 8pm Gambit Jazzmen Mon 20 June at 8pm Dave Hewett’s Condonians Wed 22 June - Sat 25 June at 2.30pm & 7.30pm Trial By Jury & Thespis Mon 27 June at 8pm Burlesque (12a) Thurs 30 June at 7.30pm Beyond The Barricade Richmond Theatre The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1QJ Box Office: 0844 871 7651 (fees apply) www.ambassadortickets.com/richmond (fees apply) Cowardy Custard Thu 2 Jun @ 7.30pm Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell Mon 6 Jun @ 7.45pm Yes Prime Minister Mon 13 Jun @ 7.45pm The Jungle Book Tue 21 Jun @ 7pm Communicating Doors Mon 27 Jun @ 7.30pm VVoice

Carers’ Week 2011

If you look after a friend or relative who couldn’t manage without your help, join in the celebrations

“The True Face of Carers” 11am - 12.30pm, Friday 10 June, Guildhall, Kingston KT1 1EU

Meet Ed Davey M P and Zac Goldsmith M P to hear about the coalition’s plans to support carers, talk about what’s important to you as a carer help shape local support and services for carers

Places are limited. To book a place, find out more, or to make a comment, suggestion or put forward a question, contact Kirstie 020 8547 6124

Managing and Coping with Stress

11am - 2.30pm, Monday 13 June Noble Centre, 109a Blagdon Road New Malden KT3 4BD

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3.30 - 6pm Wednesday 15 June Surbiton Fun time out for 5 - 18 year olds looking after mum, dad, brother, sister or someone else at home. For more info or to let Diane know you’re coming call 020 3031 2756

Hampton Court by Boat 10.30am - 3pm, Tuesday 14 June Starting & ending in Kingston, this is a great way for carers who haven’t been on the trip before to take time out & meet other carers.

Lunch and boat trip paid for. To book call Kirstie 020 8547 6124

Mental Health Carers’ BBQ 6 - 9pm Thursday 16 June

Noble Centre, 109a Blagdon Road New Malden KT3 4BD

Live music and BBQ for carers of people with mental health problems - families welcome. RSVP 020 3031 2751

Pampering, Health Check, Money Matters and Information Day for carers 11am - 2pm, Saturday 18th June

Noble Centre, 109a Blagdon Rd, New Malden KT3 4BD Drop in to find out about looking after yourself, have a quick health check and make sure you’re getting the service and benefits you’re entitled to.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK ‘This exhilarating, rip-roaring show ticks all the boxes for a great family treat’ – Time Out Mowgli the man-cub, Baloo the bear and Shere Khan the tiger – with a little help from Disney these Rudyard Kipling creations have become some of the best known children’s story characters ever created. Now you can see them live on stage as the wonderful children’s classic Jungle Book comes to Richmond Theatre for daytime and evening performances from Tue 21 to Sat 25 June.

The Jungle Book tells the exciting story of Mowgli, a young boy who is raised in the jungle by a family of wolves. When Shere Khan, the tiger, swears to kill the child, Baloo, the bear, and Bagheera, the panther, agree to take the boy to the man village for his safety. But the jungle holds danger and surprises for them all in this adventure of a lifetime!

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BEYOND THE BARRICADE returns to the Epsom Playhouse by overwhelming public demand on Thursday 30 June at 7.30pm with a brand new production.

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Harry: Did you read that article about Malden Care last month?

Joyce: Yes, It was really interesting – full of accounts of people they have helped.

Harry: I called them the other day and asked how I might help.

Joyce: But you live such a busy life – how could you fit anything else in?

Harry: Well – first of all if I was willing to be a Duty Officer – I would only need to be available for one day a month at the most.

Joyce: It sounds an important job – would you need training and where are their offices?

Harry: I asked just those questions; and they reminded me that I would be linked with an experienced Duty Officer and need no more than a morning’s ‘training’.

Also there would always be someone I could contact if I was not sure what to do. Also the work is done from our own home, so there is no travelling to do.

Joyce: That sounds very organised and much simpler than I thought.

Harry: As I drive, I offered to take people to hospital appointments etc.

Joyce: How often might you be asked to do that?

Harry: They couldn’t answer that, but said that I was always free to say ‘No’ if the day or time was not convenient.

Joyce My car might not be suitable for all people, as it only has two doors.

Harry: All those details they would record when you offer your help.

Joyce I know I would be a volunteer, but the price of petrol these days would make it impossible for me to do many journeys.

Harry: Malden Care realise this and they also ask clients to consider making donations towards the cost of their journeys – if they are able to.

Joyce: Thanks for reminding me about the article and the good work the scheme does.

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MADE TO MEASURE BLINDS At JKN Hanging we come to you with a free measuring and fitting service, so all we require of you is to choose from our wide range of fabrics with a little help from ourselves.

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We also provide handmade curtains/ pelmets/curtain track and poles.

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Fun for the under 5s Monday 10am to 11.30am Tots In Tow St John’s Church, Kingston Road Contact Penny Welsh 0208 288 1801 1.15 pm 3.15pm. St James Tiddlers Group We welcome all parents and toddlers, plus big sisters and brothers when they’re on holidays. St James Church Hall, Bodley Rd Contact Angie: 020 8942 2093 Tuesday 10am to 11.45am St Joseph’s Toddler Group St Joseph’s R C Church, Montem Road 9.30am to 11.30 am Sparkles United Reformed Church, Cavendish Hall, Cavendish Road Contact Peggy Cox 020 8949 3402 to visit 9-11.30 Stay and Play New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Wednesday 10am to 11.45am Tots in Tow (see Monday) 10am and 11.45 ST Joseph’s Toddler Group (see Tuesday) Thursday 9.45 to 11.30am Methodist Church Parent and Toddler Group Methodist Church,

High Street, Contact Greta Curry. 9.30am to 12.30pm 9.30 - 12 noon Childminders’ drop in including school holidays, Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Road, 0208 942 2559 Young parents drop in 1-3pm New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 Friday 9.30am to 11.30am Christ Church Parent and Toddler Group Christ Church, Coombe Road Contact Susie Gregerson 020 8241 9423. 9.45am to 11.15am Tadpoles Parent and Toddler Group New Malden Baptist Church, Kingston Road 020 8942 6912 – not a drop in session so call first Toy Library New Malden Children’s Centre, Burlington Road 020 8336 1561 10.30-1.30 Tuesday-Friday Parent and Toddler Play Sessions Dickerage Lane Adventure Playground Dickerage Lane, Daniel Slocombe 020 8942 1707 Saturday 10-12noon Who let the dads out is at Norbiton Children’s Centre, The Mount School, Dickerage Lane, New Malden Runs the third Saturday of every month. VVoice

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Last month’s announcement that the review of local government’s statutory duties could threaten the future of allotments caused a public outcry, so plot holders were relieved by the swift denial that followed. In response to a question at Prime Minister’s Question Time on 4 May, the Prime Minister stated the following in relation to the press reports: “I was concerned when I read that report.

I immediately checked that that is not the case. It is extremely important that allotments are made available. Many Members will find that when they ask about that in their constituencies there are massive queues for allotments as many people want to grow their own vegetables and understand more about where food comes from. It is a great movement, and it has my full support.”

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Allotments are often the only green space plot holders can call their own. It would be an act of environmental vandalism to remove the statutory duty to provide them: essential green space would be lost for ever if allotments were to be built on, as they almost certainly would be if the statutory duty were removed. Allotments have been a vital resource of food during war time and other periods of economic hardship, including that being experienced by many people today. Growing your own makes financial sense: working an average-sized plot can reduce food bills by over a £1,000 a year-- much more for organic produce.

Addressing criticism that the Big Society idea was too vague, Mr Cameron said back in February: “What this is all about is giving people more power and control to improve their lives and communities.”

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A fete worse than death?

Keeping up with the Joneses An average local primary school can expect to raise several thousand pounds at its summer fair. This is a paltry sum when compared to a Primary School in Islington, which apparently managed to raise a remarkable forty three thousand pounds from an auction.

Lots included a tour of the House of Lords with then Schools Minister (and parent) Lord Adonis, signed books from Nick Hornby and sundry signed items from its local football team, Arsenal. Baking cakes and selling raffle tickets just can’t cut it by comparison.

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“Summer afternoon Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language” - Henry James

It is that time of year when little notices appear tacked to trees and lamp-posts (BBQ, Beer Tent, Bouncy Castle, Bring Your Friends!), each morning you are ambushed by a crazed woman waving I sometimes feel that, rather than raffle tickets under your nose (just buy them, it’s easier) devoting hundreds of reluctant hours of parent labour and that Alpha Mum who usually cuts you dead in the to make up for what the government fails to provide, playground suddenly starts being rather pleasant - don’t asking for a straightforward donation would be simpler get excited, she’s not about to invite you to join her book and easier. I guess that is to miss the point, that the group, she’s just hoping to sweet talk you into running annual school fete is not just about money - this very the Lucky Dip.Yes, it’s the School British tradition certainly does Summer Fair - usually the biggest How many words can you think of in English unite people in a common purpose which have two different spellings, both annual fund-raising event for any and helps create a great sense of of them correct? Once we held humble Parent Teacher Association.

Summer Fairs but then organisers got a bit community.

On behalf of the committee mock-medieval and started putting up notices So, while manning the Candy Floss For those dedicated souls on the saying “Summer Fayre”. And when does a Fair Stall (see picture) might be your become a Fete? And should it have one of committee, it represents months idea of hell, there are certain things those little accents on the ê? of back-breaking toil and fruitless you can do to protect yourself the asking for help. Friendships are next time you see the PTA SWAT buckling, power struggles are team bearing down on you: being played out, committee meetings are seething with • Get together with a friend and offer to look after a stall frustration. as a team.That way you won’t find yourself marooned for hours on the bric-a-brac table when your promised relief There are those veterans who have been knocking worker fails to materialise. around for years having put several children through • Offer to help set up stalls beforehand. Then you’ll be the school. They like to do things Machine-spun candy floss was first introduced free to socialise and enjoy the their way. (There’s Olivia and Jack to a wide audience at the St. Louis World’s afternoon having “done your bit”. who always run the barbecue. And • Pick a popular stall were Fair in 1904 as “Fairy Floss” with great then there’s Ruby, who has run everything on offer is likely to be success, selling 68,655 boxes at $0.25 the tombola for about fifty years.) sold quickly like the cake stall.

Then, there’s the cabal of keen new • Run the bar. mums eager to take control of • Avoid anything requiring muscle the committee and do things differently. Pity the poor (swing boats anyone?) or creating mess (see Candy Floss). chairperson who has to try to strike a happy balance.

Nevertheless schools who have a committed group of parents (usual a fraction of the total number of parents) benefit hugely and the parents benefit by becoming part of a vibrant local community.

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