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6 & 7 Malden Fortnight memories 9 History Granny gets the point by Robin Gill 16 Olympic Road Cycling test event 18 View from the City Justin Urquhart Stewart 24 Activities Geocaching the GPS 27 Christ Church Has Got Talent 28 Events Family racing Festval 32 Spotlight On The Players Academy 41 Sport Improving your swing 50 Follow the Plot 53 Safer Neighbourhoods 56 Dad’s Diary An apple for the teacher?

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illage Voice It is remarkable to think that Britain “went decimal” forty years ago. “D Day” was set for Monday 15th February 1971, and although some people thought it would be an ideal opportunity for unscrupulous traders to up their prices, the changeover from £sd went comparatively smoothly.

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This won’t affect the pound in your pocket It was on 1st March 1966 that the British public were first aware that changes were on the way. Jim Callaghan, the Chancellor at the time, announced in Parliament that Britain would adopt a decimal system in 1971. The news was greeted with loud cheers from his supporters, and was regarded as “historic and momentous “at the time.

In 1966 Malden residents had other things on their minds. Malden Road (High Street) was becoming increasingly busy, and a campaign for a pedestrian

crossing was started, although there was a lack of agreement about where it should be sited.

Norton and Martin Houses, near to the Fountain were suffering from damp, with water flowing from cracks in the walls. Local residents also wanted an Adult Education Centre in the former Council offices (now Waitrose).There were a total of 7000 mature students in the Royal Borough, with over 2000 from Malden, and the existing accommodation in Fitzgeorge School, and elsewhere was inadequate. The residents got their way, and the offices served as an education centre until the building of the Malden Centre in Blagdon Road.

Meanwhile nationally, a Decimal Currency Board was set up to see through the complex changeover, and organise everything over the five years until Decimal “D” Day. The penny drops In April 1968 a five penny and a ten penny coin were introduced. These were the same size and weight of the existing shilling and two shilling coins which were their financial equivalent, so could be used as the same both in normal trading, and in slot machines. 1969 saw the withdrawal of the halfpenny (ha’penny) and half crown (2/6). The new fifty pence piece was introduced in October that year as the equivalent of the 10/- note which was withdrawn in November 1970. The elderly in Malden initially found the new ten-bob pieces confusing, especially when paying for items at night.

In June 1970 the first set of decimal stamps were introduced, namely 10, 20, and 50 pence, with the smaller values (1/2 pence, 1, and 2 pence) introduced on decimal day. I am told, you can still use any mint decimal stamps on your post today, even those ending in ½ pence (withdrawn in June 1985) which the Post Office round down. With first class post at 46 pence today, I doubt whether you would have room for the name and address, if you covered the envelope with penny stamps.

In the days leading up to the change over the two television channels broadcasted information programmes about decimalisation. The BBC showed “Decimal Five” every weekday before the six o’clock u

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news, and ITV put out “Granny gets the point” where the eldest member of the family (after refusing to come out of her bedroom in protest against the change) is taught how easy the new system was, by the youngest member of the family.

Home affairs A film about decimal currency entitled “Quick Change” was shown at Malden Library Circle, but did not attract much of an audience. To be fair, residents had other things on their mind; four residences in Malden Road between the by-pass and Bodley Road were to be demolished (including the vicarage of St James Church.

This was to allow the building of the underpass, and involved some houses in Somerset Close losing part of their back gardens, and some houses in Malden Way losing part of their front gardens. The whole process also included the reduction in the size of the roundabout. Meanwhile the area around Thorne Road

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was promised a major facelift. Many of the 115 council houses suffered from dampness, broken windows, with exposed electric wiring. Grants of up to £1000 were to be given to enable repairs, and the provision of inside toilets, together with baths and sinks which would now hold both hot and cold water.

A group potentially without a home was the Malden Youth Theatre, who the council wanted to move from their premises in Barton Green where they would be replaced by the scouts. The theatre group had been at Barton Green since 1958, and were offered alternative premises on a newly built site in Blagdon Road. The scouts had lost their headquarters in Blagdon when it was pulled down in preparation for the new swimming pool. This decision caused a storm in Malden, and many letters appeared in the Surrey Comet and elsewhere, causing a swift change of mind by the council.

All this, coupled with a strike by fuel tanker drivers which caused local schools to close, and bus services to be curtailed, made February 1971 an uncertain time for many people.

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D-day dawns Returning to decimalisation, the main banks in Malden closed for four days from 10th February prior to the conversion to enable them to stock up with the new currency, and convert their ledgers. One of the few problems encountered on the day, was through traders who had not had their tills converted to decimal prices. Although there were some shops who were allowed to carry on trading in £sd, they had to give change in the “new money” and had to convert the amount to decimal when items had been rung up. Most of the small change consisted of the new coins introduced on D day namely the ½ penny, one penny, and two pence coins drawn from the bank that morning. Another problem arose with the conversion of the numerous local telephone boxes on 17th February. Because of a strike by postmen at that time the coin boxes could not be empted, and rapidly filled up with the new two and ten pence coins on top of the old money. This meant they could only be used for emergency and reversed charge calls, which made some people think there was a problem with the new coins.

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British Rail went decimal on Sunday 14th February with new fares, London Transport however, decided to delay converting to the new coins for a week, to enable their passengers to use up all their old change on their journeys.

While prices change, most items were converted accurately. The Surrey Comet for instance instead of being 7d became 3p. 2lbs of sugar was 8½ p instead of 1/8, and a large white sliced loaf was priced at 9½ p from 1/11.

Whilst most of the old coinage was rapidly withdrawn from circulation, the penny and threepenny (thrupenny) bit in August 1971, the sixpenny bit (tanner) had retained certain affection with the public and only ceased to be legal tender in June 1980. u

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continued from page 11 Decimalisation has been accused of causing inflation, and of course as prices rose, new coins had to be minted and introduced into the system. The 20 pence piece in 1982 and the £1 coin in 1983, whilst the new ½ penny disappeared in the following year.

The five pence coin was downsized in 1990 and the ten pence coin in 1992 was meant that any old shillings or florins (two shillings) could no longer be used, and a smaller fifty pence coin came into circulation in 1997.

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If you need to make an essential journey on race day, doing so by car or bus may be difficult and you are advised to make alternative arrangements (trains will be running as normal from Kingston train station and pedestrian access to the train station will be maintained at all times).

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This month the best road cyclists in the world will compete in the LondonSurrey Cycle Classic, the London 2012 Olympic Road Race test event. The race will start and finish in Central London, with the riders racing through the streets of Kingston Town Centre and Norbiton on the return leg.

Councillor Simon James, Executive Member for Sport at Kingston Council, said: “It’s really exciting for the borough to be hosting a world-class sporting event. The LondonSurrey Cycle Classic is also a vital opportunity for Transport for London (TfL), LOCOG and the Council to test the arrangements that are being put in place for the Olympic Road Races next year, and all the enormous economic and cultural benefits they will bring to our borough “Having said that, it is also clear that the race will cause severe disruption to traffic in the area on race day, with the Kingston section of the route closed to traffic between 6am and 3pm.

The 140km London-Surrey Cycle Classic will start at The Mall at 9am. The riders will make their way to Richmond Park (Roehampton Gate) via Putney Bridge.

They will leave the park via Richmond Gate, heading through Twickenham and Teddington en-route to Hampton Court.

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London 2012 Chairman Seb Coe said: “This is going to be a fantastic race and our course, with its interesting route and impressive technical elements, has attracted the best nations and pro cycling teams in the world so this really is a trial run for the games in 2012.

“However, as with any major sporting event, in particular one that moves through so many different areas of London and the South East, there will be a significant impact on traffic and transport. We want to give everyone enough time to plan their weekend.”

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by Justin Urquhart Stewart Economists come in all shapes and sizes.

It seems that the theories of economics can also be applied to explain the most varied of topics: from examining why most drug dealers still live with their mothers; how best to master love and marriage; to predicting how many gold medals the US might win in the next Olympic Games. However, for an academic subject known as ‘the dismal science’, it seems ironic that economists are currently employed in explaining, measuring, and improving happiness.

Americans of course are well versed in the theory of this emotional state. They consider it as one their constitutional rights, stated in the United States Declaration of Independence; “……that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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Only fairly recently have economists turned their incisive academic minds to a quantitative study of happiness, or “subjective wellbeing” (can’t you just feel the joie de vivre with which they are imbuing the topic) and quality of life. Politicians, even the British ones of (usually) a more reserved nature, are looking to have public policy be more influenced by happiness economists.

However, in their haste to announce their pro-happiness stance, politicos have ended up saying, well, not much at all.

The UK government’s ‘Action for Happiness’ website states; “Action for Happiness is a movement for positive social change. We’re bringing together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone.” I’m not sure who isn’t in that group - it leaves me wondering whether other, rival movements go around campaigning for societal misery with the help of a small and secretive section of the public.

The website also claims that while our incomes have increased for the past fifty years, we are still no happier than we were five decades ago. So then, is it true that ‘money can’t make you happy’? This is a worthy topic for consideration; the problem, unsurprisingly, is that economists disagree

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At the Aspen Ideas Festival a fortnight ago, a couple of highly reputable economists, Justin Wolfers and Robert Frank, had exactly this debate. The former tried to take apart the ‘Easterlin Paradox’ which states that within societies, richer people are happier than poorer people but richer societies are not happier than poorer societies. This has given rise to the popular but counter-productive view that for rich countries at least, focusing on growing GDP is akin to treading water. What people really care about is their status relative to others and growth in absolute income for everybody cannot raise everybody’s relative position.

To use an example, this suggests that if you make £10,000 a year more than your neighbour, and during your country’s economic hot streak both of your incomes rise. If you still only earn £10,000 more than your neighbour, then neither you nor your neighbour have increased your relative happiness.

For his rebuttal of the belief that for a rich country, the obsession with growth in GDP is an error, Wolfers turned to considerable data amassed by Gallup surveys of

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happiness conducted in 155 countries. With a high degree of correlation, he showed that higher incomes really do seem to make people happier. But even here there seems to be an argument for relative happiness. An extra 10 units of money will not increase happiness but a 10 percent increase in income will. It is still income relative to what one was making before.

However, Wolfers’ most important point was that within countries, richer people are happier than poorer people and globally, rich countries are happier than poor countries.

GDP growth does exactly what it says on the tin. Intriguingly though, Wolfers left room for the counter-argument put forward by Robert Frank, professing that while he had data to prove that absolute income mattered, he did not possess enough data to convince everyone that relative income didn’t matter.

Frank contended that status mattered too – when people find they can’t keep up with the Joneses, it is natural to be discontent. Moving from a poor nation to a rich one isn’t a ticket to happiness if it means having much less than the people around you - leaving you feeling relatively dirt poor.

To illustrate he points to East Germany, Berliners on one side of the city could pick up television signals from the West and see exactly what they were lacking.

The truth behind the quest for happiness probably lies somewhere in between Frank and Wolfers’ views. The pursuit of economic growth remains a worthy objective for countries, but perhaps it shouldn’t be the sole measure.

How about looking at a combination of both GDP and GNH (Gross National Happiness)?

For pure politicians, this might not appeal - one can’t win votes with charts and tables. The man-in-the-street cares about tangible contentment, not ethereal statistics; and the politician cares (in theory) about the man in the street.

Pure economists will have to put up with policy speeches punctuated with trite phrases of “maximising subjective wellbeing” – but they have to do that anyway. In my view, it’s probably a good idea to cut down on campaigning solely on abstract ideas of happiness, hope and ‘winning the future’.

Just look how well that’s working out for President Obama.

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“Why don’t you switch off your TV set and go and do something less boring instead?” was the irritatingly catchy theme-tune from popular children’s television show “Why Don’t You?” Nowadays, “TV” would have to be replaced with Games-console/Laptop/ Mobile phone or the latest must-have electronic gadget we can’t live without.

But there is a way to convince the whole family out of the house with an electronic device whilst enjoying a good walk or bike ride in the countryside: Geocaching. This involves tracking down hidden items, or caches, with a GPS device and recording your find.You log-on to the Internet to find the coordinates of the cache, and then use your eyes to locate its exact whereabouts – like a good old-fashioned treasure hunt.

Look online and you’ll find videos of cleverly hidden caches – inside sawn-up logs in forests, stuck-up pipes by rivers and even stuffed in plastic bricks as part of the wall of a disused building. They’re usually made up of a logbook sealed in a plastic box or ammo-case, along with small trinkets to keep or swap for something of similar value, and are always found outdoors. And if you’re really lucky, you might come across a “trackable” – a numbered coin or dogtag that’s moved from cache to cache. Each time it is moved, its serial number is logged on-line so it can be tracked. Bought online for a couple of pounds, some have been known to travel more than 10,000 miles over 3 continents.

Geocaching started in the US after early GPS-enthusiast Dave Ulmer planted a bucket filled with videos, books, software and a slingshot, together with a logbook and pencil, in woods near his house. After posting the coordinates online on May 3rd 2000, his package was found twice within two days after word spread rapidly among the online community. The official Geocaching website launched in September 2000 with the coordinates for 75 caches across the world listed on it.

The craze soon took-off and today there are over 1.3m caches hidden in over 100 countries across the globe, with 5 million registered users.

And it’s really simple to start Geocaching – just create a free membership on www.geocaching.com, type in your postcode to find caches near you, invest in a GPS

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And remember to always respect the countryside where the cache is found – don’t leave litter or damage the environment.

So for a fantastic family day out that doesn’t cost a fortune, often set in stunning countryside, why don’t you give Geocaching a go? It’s certainly less boring than watching TV. Be careful of Muggles near a cache though – Muggles are nongeocachers who are sometimes near caches, such as people innocently walking their dog. Cachers try not to reveal what they’re doing to Muggles! VVoice

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As part of the celebrations for head teacher Brenda Mitchell’s retirement, Christ Church New Malden Primary School hosted a “Christ Church Got Talent” night at the church.

by Heidi Gomes

The acts, from reception class’ Magic Max through to year 6 winners Jake and Emily , who sang “Can you feel the love tonight?” were all wonderful, and everyone was hugely impressed by their confidence.

Children from the school were invited to audition and after the children had voted their favourites through to bootcamp, the final 14 acts were chosen and were set to perform in the final.

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Surely the most unexpected and astounding item of the evening’s entertainment was “Diversiteach”, 18 of the teaching and office staff who had spent weeks preparing and rehearsing for their dance routine, choreographed by dance teacher Maggie O Connor.

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The next time you wander down New Malden High Street keep a close eye on the youngsters passing you by. For chances are in just a few years you’ll see them vying for top spot on “Britain’s got talent” or the “X-Factor”.

Indeed it seems there’s a fair amount of home-grown theatrical talent being nurtured on our door step right now. Take New Malden residents Adam Stickler (14) and Anna Eddolls (nine) who both attend The Players Academy musical theatre school in neighbouring Raynes Park on Saturday mornings.

These budding performers are enjoying the summer holidays having just taken enthusiastic part in the school’s “Thank you for the Music” performance, which saw the youngsters singing, dancing and acting their way through a foot-tapping production featuring hits from both Abba and Queen.

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“I love performing,” says Adam who lives in Montem Road and who is gifted enough to play a range of instruments, including the guitar, saxophone, drums and trombone.

Like Adam when he was younger, fellow “Players” performer Anna Eddolls attends Christchurch New Malden primary school and when we spoke she was busy preparing for the finals of the school’s recent talent competition, which she had got through to with four of her classmates.

“We are a dance troupe and we are busying putting the finishing touches to our J-Lo moves,” Indeed tracking down Anna is a job in itself, as when she’s not at Players she’s in New Malden attending dance classes or joining her friends at 1st New Malden brownies.

“I would love to be a professional actress, or maybe a dancer or singer when I grow up,” beams Anna.

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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.

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. tolworthbadmintonclub.co.uk or ring Pat on 0208 395 9175 or just turn up on a Thursday

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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.

The meetings were held at the Ex-Service Club, Coombe Road, New Malden, Surrey If anyone missed seeing us on 16 April in the High Street and would like to know more about the Legion perhaps they could contact the Secretary on telephone number 0208 949 2342.

MALDEN AND COOMBE FLOWER DECORATION SOCIETY . At St.James Church Hall Bodley Road New Malden Surrey. KT3 5QD 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.

Contact: Joyce Clay on 0208 540 6578.

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Friday 1st to Sunday 17th July Malden Fortnight Come on out and enjoy the festivities Full diary of events on page 27.

4th Worcester Park Scout Group Pirate Summer Fete at the HQ on Balmoral Road, Worcester Park Saturday, 2 July 12.00 noon – 4.00pm Grand Raffle sponsored by Brontide Limited (www.brontide.net) who have kindly provided an Acer Aspire 5742 Laptop for first prize, plus there are many more prizes.

Many stalls including: Good As New Books Plants Tombola Aerial Walk-way Bouncy Castle Beer Tent Coconut Shy Burgers/Hot Dogs Face painting Sat 9th & Sun 10th July Kingston’s River Celebrations 2011 - see page 19 for full details Sunday 10th July 12-4pm at the Sacred Heart RC School, Burlington Road, KT3 4ND. We have a wonderful fair planned with the Mayor of Merton in attendance. We have Fairground rides, a mega slide, a surf rider, BBQ, Fire engine & police car in addition to the usual fair activities & attractions!

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To mark our 90th Anniversary we intend to hold short five/ten minute service at the War Memorial in the High Street at 1200 hrs on Friday the 12th of August 2011 plese come along and join in with us.

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Now to learn the grip requires no physical talent, so there are no excuses for playing golf with a poor grip, and to practice your grip doesn’t mean you have to stand on the driving range hitting lots of golf balls, it can be done at home, or in the back garden, so ask your local golf professional to check your grip, and if incorrect start to make the necessary adjustments.

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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,

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Mention that you have an allotment and invariably someone will ask what you grow. If you say “a bit of everything: veg, fruit, herbs, flowers”, you can get a look of amazed incredulity. People have very different ideas about what allotment growing means.

On our site, there’s a wide range of styles.

There are persuasive reasons for growing a bit of everything together, or companion planting as it’s known. Plants release secretions into the soil that can influence -for good or bad- the growth of those nearby. Take the humble parsley, for example: lettuce and peas don’t like it but tomatoes and onions do. (I keep a photocopy of a companion planting chart in my shed on the plot to consult as necessary).

For some, it’s all about straight lines and vegetables in rows with maybe a strawberry bed and a clump of rhubarb in a shady corner.

Other plots are actually more like orchards.

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Growing flowers with your veg also saves space and attracts pollinators, making the plot more productive. The smell of onions is said to deter some predators; so far this year, I found that the only rows of carrots left untouched by squirrels have been those interplanted with shallots and French marigolds. Another plotholder has an equally successful variation on the mix-‘em-up approach: he grows beautiful carrots in broad, unthinned patches amongst lettuce and flowers. As an experiment, I planted gladioli amongst black kale plants, normally a favourite target for pigeons. They survived unpecked, so perhaps the bright pink flowers put them off!

But togetherness has problems as well as advantages.

Overcrowding can lead to poor growth caused by lack of air circulation and competition for food and water.

Some plants, such as soft fruit, do seem to prefer a bed to themselves. Since most need netting and like rich, acid soil, it is convenient to group gooseberries and currants together. They have cropped prolifically this year, particularly the blackcurrants: for the first time, we even had enough to make into jam and jelly. But there’s one crop that never makes it back to the kitchen- the perpetual fruiting strawberries Mara des Bois. Unlike the standard, sun-loving varieties such as Cambridge Favourite, these grow well in the semi-shade beneath the fruit bushes.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of gardening is experimentation: trying out new combinations just to see the effect. After all, anything’s better than bare earth.

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a teacher herself, said that the survey also revealed that teachers do not want extravagant thank you gifts from pupils or parents.

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“We make a life by what we give.” Sir Winston Churchill

‘We are aware that society is getting more commercialised and in some schools giving gifts to staff can get quite competitive between pupils and their So, you managed to dodge the request parents. Although most staff like getting presents from to run the candy floss stall their pupils to show their hard at the school Summer Fayre Like the dizzying rise of party bags, the work is appreciated, they don’t but how did you handle the end of year gift is even showing signs of expect them staff certainly don’t playground Queen Bee when spawning its own mini-industry. Never want their pupils to feel they have she emailed you about the end slow to catch on to a trend and then to give presents and feel humiliated of year present for your child’s cultivate it madly, the greetings-card if they can’t afford to do so. Staff teacher? Did you go it alone or chains have invented a whole new are delighted by a handmade gift or pitch in with the class? subsection -Thank You Teacher cards card which shows a pupil has put and those awful World’s Best Teacher thought and effort into thanking If you go it alone you and ornaments. them for their hard work - the risk being sucked into thought really does count.” what the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) describe as the The world’s worst increasingly commercialised and extravagant The BBC’s children’s programme present giving. If you go with the class you Newsround spoke to one hundred might be pressured into giving more than you teachers to find out what are the want or can afford: an acquaintance told me worst things you can give them. The that at their children’s school, one of the worst thing pupils can possibly give their parents takes it on them self to collect ten teachers for Christmas are really tacky pounds per child – if you don’t donate ornaments. At number two was outthen your child’s name doesn’t go in the of-date or half-eaten chocolate. The class card. third worst thing teachers said pupils A survey of a thousand members of the can give them was perfume that smells really bad.

ATL found that ninety percent of teachers in state and independent schools had received gifts from However, canny teachers don’t let that put them off. pupils. Chocolates, flowers, toiletries, alcohol and mugs Apparently one former teacher, not of my acquaintance I topped the list of most commonly-given gifts but some hasten to add, would towards the end of the school year parents pushed the boat out. write the words “sauvignon blanc” on the board for the Breakfast at Tiffanys.

Among the items received by teachers were a Tiffany bracelet, tickets to an England cricket Test Match and £1,000 in gift vouchers.

Other extravagant presents included a Mulberry handbag, an Yves St Laurent scarf, champagne, a brace of pheasants and theatre vouchers.

9 out of 10 teachers had received a present Almost half received two gifts a year Most teachers estimated that parents or children spent less than £5, but some exceeded £20 4 in 10 teachers in state schools received alcohol compared with almost three-quarters in independent schools

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