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December Contents

Welcome to Your Worcester Park Life

Published by Malden Media Limited Editor Jenny Stuart jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk 020 8336 2915 www.maldenmedia.co.uk 36 Rosebery Avenue KT3 4JS

Having just got home, laden down with goodies, from a day at the enormous Christmas Ideal Homes exhibition at Olympia I’m already feeling the festive spirit and it’s still only November! So the December madness is about to begin and the weeks will no doubt fly by in a flurry of parties, nativies, last minute shopping and panic buying (remember to keep the receipt!) We’re off to Glasgow for a preChristmas wedding – very excited - then staying put here for Christmas and a knees up Hogmanay. Whatever you’re up to I do hope it’s a happy time and let’s all try to spread a little happiness somewhere unexpected this year. Remember that Worcester Park Life is YOUR magazine so if you are helping to organise an event and would like some FREE publicity then please do email details. Likewise if you are part of an organisation that could benefit from attracting new local members next year then why not send in an article. We’ve been successfully going for over 100 editions now so must be doing something right! Thanks so much to everyone who has advertised and contributed - and to you for reading and supporting our advertisers. You may or not know that in order to deliver the magazine to most of Worcester Park, we split the distribution over a two month period. So if you have had this edition delivered you probably won’t get the January one. There are a limited number of copies available from Waitrose, the libraries, Manor Drive surgery, St Marys and also Christ Church with St Philip but don’t forget that it is also published online - you can get the link from our website. So, until next month, best wishes,

History by David Rymill 6 Ruth Jemmett Writes 11 Parenting Learning through play 14 Conquest Art Group 17 Baking Mincemeat & Apple Mini Strudels 18 Christmas Tree Festival 26 A Photographer Dreams 28 Crossword 30 Sudokus 34 Quick Quiz 36 Recipe Pepper And Turkey Stuffed Sweet Potatoes 37 What’s On 38 Gardening Gardening Gifts 42 Bring the rainbow into your plate 44 Hobbies Why collectors love the vinyl vibe 46 Clubs 50 Voice for Wildlife 54 Kids Play 58 Solutions 60

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Worcester Park History by David Rymill

Maurice’s memories: Worcester Park 100 years ago It is 100 years since Maurice Upperton, whom readers may remember as a teacher at Cuddington Primary School for about 15 years from 1955, and as a member of Worcester Park and North Cheam Baptist Churches, moved to Worcester Park at the age of four. Apart from a couple of years in Australia, he remained in Worcester Park for almost all the rest of his long life. This month we feature some of his memories of Worcester Park in the 1910s-20s, which he shared with me in 1999. “We moved from Dorking in 1916, to Lincoln Road, and there I grew up.” In those days that part of Worcester Park “consisted of Longfellow Road, Lincoln Road, Washington, Road, Brinkley Road, and houses on the hill. There was just a handful of shops at the bottom of the hill, but in Longfellow Road there were some people who had a good eye to the future, and they opened little shops in their front rooms: so in Longfellow Road there was a grocer’s, a greengrocer, two sweet shops, a fish shop, a shoemaker’s, and there was a shop that made pies and things like that – a sort of café, old-style. “Lane Brothers [at 105 Longfellow Road] was a real old-fashioned grocers: there were two mahogany counters, one on each side. Everything was weighed in front of you; I used to love to go in there to see the way he packed up sugar: you never bought sugar in a preprepared bag, he always made a cone of sugar paper, and he was very adept at it. He took a sheet of paper and twisted it into a cone and fastened the end, and he’d pour sugar in without spilling it – and he’d judge it almost right first time. Bacon was sliced in the shop, by hand. The son would ride his bike round with a basket on front, delivering.” Near the top of Longfellow Road was the chapel from which Worcester Park Baptist Church was to grow, founded by Frederick Lewis Baldwin, “a magnificent figure of a man; he had white hair and a walrus moustache, and was greatly loved.” The hall was

heated by a round cast-iron Tortoise stove, “and I can remember sitting there as a boy and seeing the cast-iron image of the tortoise on the front of this boiler. “On the corner [of Green Lane and Lincoln Road] is Kingston Cottage, and a dressmaker, Miss Thompson, lived there The Misses Wheeler [of Worcester Park House, off Old Malden Lane] had a carriage and pair, and I came out of my house one day and saw the carriage parked in Lincoln Road - because Green Lane was just a track; the coachman was dozing on the box, and my brother and I crept behind the coach and we wrote with our fingers in the dust on the coach. “When we came to Worcester Park, Jack Saitch was living in a cottage called Tattle Arbour [on the dog-leg in Green Lane, close to Brook View Lodge]; he made a living by horse and cart, and laid the track along to the main road with brickbats to make his cartage easier.” Across the Beverley Brook “was the Albemarle Shooting School, and the gentry would come down from London learning to shoot.” The school was based in Malden Green Farm, and “they would go out and practise in the fields [where Pembury Avenue and Kingshill Avenue were later built]; they had a huge steel tower with machines on the top that threw the clay pigeons into the air. The boys would go up here after the shooting-party had left, gathering up the ends of the cartridges, which were made of brass, and if you got a few hundred of those you could get some money for them; it was always the big boys who claimed them – I never got a single one.” Beyond the brook, the railway station could not be ignored: “At 5 o’clock in the morning the coal train would arrive, and the newspapers, and the fish, and it was a hive of activity – in my house we could hear the trains arriving and there was no sleep after 5 o’clock until you got used to it. All the horses and carts were lined up taking off their quota of coal, and the postmen were there with their barrows for the mail, and the fishmonger was there with a van.”

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Maurice began his schooling at Cheam Common Infants’ School, housed in a tin building on the corner of Balmoral Road. Behind the school “there was a big field and an oak tree, and I can remember sitting under that oak tree, and it’s still there today [1999], but a little bigger. We played hopscotch, and the boys had tops which you had to spin, peg-tops we called them; the girls had tops, but theirs were funny little things, called whip-tops.

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“In those days the village had a big day once a year, the village flower show. It was more than flowers – it was flowers, vegetables, craft work, handwriting, all sorts of things that children could be expected to do. The fête was held on the school field, which included all that area today occupied by the new school and its playingfield. There were big marquees with all the exhibits in, and there was a pleasure area – I expect they had a roundabout or swings – and then in the evening there was dancing to a brass band.” After passing through the Infants’ School, Maurice moved on to Malden Parochial, and I hope to include some of his memories of that school in a future article. The individual photograph is dated 23rd August 1930, and the group picture shows Maurice with his sisters Winifred and Vera, and his mother Mary Upperton, at 1 Dundela Gardens to which they moved in the 1930s. David Rymill David.Rymill1993@alumni.aber.ac.uk Worcester Park, Old Malden and North Cheam: History at our Feet Published in 2012 and available at £10 (plus £2 towards postage if required) from the Rymill family. Ring 020 8330 6563 for more details. This 300-page book tells the story of Worcester Park from the Iron Age to the present day, and includes memories of local life from 1908 onwards, and over 150 maps, photographs and drawings - mostly never published before.

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Ruth Jemmett Writes Time For Tinsel A Journey Through The Month Of Mince Pies and Mistletoe By Ruth Jemmett I hope that this month (which gains its name from the latin word ‘decem’) finds you in a good state of mind following the excitement of the recent American election! Personally I am still coming down to earth after my three 70th birthday celebrations in October! Getting older certainly has a good side! It seems that only yesterday I was sweeping up Autumn leaves and thinking how far away Christmas was - and now it is upon us, with its tinsel, Christmas trees and tantrums. The ‘Things To Do’ list is frighteningly long, but we know that eventually those cards WILL be written, those gifts WILL be wrapped, and yes, we will eventually feel exhausted but happy. I

started doing Christmas shopping a few weeks ago, as it seems that as each year passes Yuletide goodies start appearing in the shops earlier and earlier. If things continue in their present vein, in time we might be purchasing Xmas baubles next to bikinis in the summer!

When I was a girl (many moons ago) I would accompany my mother to nearby Kingston during the festive season, where butchers’ shops would have their wares hanging outside their premises. Turkeys, hams and chickens would dangle temptingly above our heads, doubtlessly gathering untold dirt from passing traffic and flies. The Health and Safety fanatics of today would have fainted from the shock of witnessing such lack of hygiene. Somehow we all survived! Although we are used to seeing carol singers at this time of the year, in days past they were a much more common sight, with mini-choirs appearing on most doorsteps, hoping to receive a mince pie or a few coins for their efforts. I remember, back in the day, warbling away inside Worcester Park’s Hogsmill pub with my Youth Club. The tradition of carol singing eminates from the old tradition of ‘Wassailing’. The word came from the Anglo-Saxon words “Waes hael!” meaning “To your health!”. In ages past poor people would have a wassail cup that was usually used to drink wine from. They would deck it with flowers, and go from house to house, singing carols and begging for money. This is, of course, the pantomine season. For many years the entertainer Bryan Burdon, was a resident here in Salisbury Road, and was a well-known ‘Dame’ in pantos at The Theatre Royal in Windsor. Many friends and neighbours would go to watch his antics. Other admirers of his were the royal family, who just happened to live in a rather large castle across the road from the theatre! He said that one Christmas the then young princes, William and Harry, misbehaved, and threw sweets at the stage!

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This is of course a magical time for children. One Christmas when my son was young, my husband dressed up as Santa Claus and appeared in our back garden with a sack on his back. Our security light lit up the Christmassy vision. Unusually we had snow that year, and the look my son had on his face as John disappeared into the snowy darkness will stay with me forever. The concept of Santa Claus is a fairly new one. The 6th of December is the feast day of St Nicholas, who was The Bishop of Myra (now Turkey) in the 4th Century. There were various legends about

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his good deeds, and he became the patron saint of children. In The Netherlands and some other European countries, he is said to bring gifts to good children on 6th December. The tradition went to the U.S.A., where ‘Santa Claus’ appeared, and he went on to become ‘Father Christmas’ in our own country. On the 16th December we celebrate the birthday of Jane Austen. I was recently fortunate enough to visit the Hampshire home where she wrote her major novels. The house is now a museum, and extremely interesting to visit. (See pic). On the 17th of December the ancient Romans used to celebrate the festival of Saturnalia, which was a seven day orgy, when slaves were allowed to be masters for a while. As centuries went by it gradually got toned down to fit in with modern niceties, although some office parties seem to pay homage to it nowadays! This month, for all its happy connotations can be a time of great stress for some people. Families on low incomes or those who are ill or bereaved can find this time of year difficult to contend with. Although charities beseige us with begging letters from November onwards, it is just as well to remember that poverty and loss are, like a puppy, ‘not just for Christmas’…….. If you can, invite others less fortunate than yourselves, to share your festive table. Women, in particular, can feel very frazzled at Christmas, as the lion’s share of preparations and gift buying often falls to them. As the comedian Frank Skinner once said “My mother used to put the sprouts on a low boil in November”!!!

“May you have the gladness of Christmas, which is hope, The spirit of Christmas, which is peace, and The heart of Christmas, which is love”. May you all have a wonderful time, and hopefully find the gift - or the person (!) that you want, waiting under the Christmas tree. Ruth Jemmett is a Member of The Society of Authors

The Winter Solstice falls on 2lst/2nd December, and is the time when the hours of darkness are at their longest, and the hours of daylight at their shortest. Strictly speaking this is when winter begins, although by the time we reach that date we often seem to have had a good portion of it! The seven days on either side of The Winter Solstice were, in ancient times, called The Halcyon Days, which were meant to indicate a time of tranquillity. The cynics amongst us would probably call those few days before Christmas ‘the lull before the storm’! When I was trawling through the internet for items to amuse you I thought that you would like an idea from America, which marks the third Friday in December as National Ugly Xmas Sweater Day!!! I think we have all been scarred for life by looking at some of them! During these grey days, remember that we are nearer to Spring than in September. Also be inspired by the words of the writer Ada Hendricks:

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Ingredients: • 8 tbsp luxury mincemeat • 1 small cooking apple, peeled and coarsely grated • 8 sheets filo pastry, each measuring 18x31cm • 50g unsalted butter, melted • Filo pastry stars, to decorate (see Tip) • Icing sugar, to dust • Whipped cream or brandy butter, to serve

Makes 8 Ready in 35 minutes

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mincemeat mixture to make 8 mini strudels in total. Brush with any remaining melted butter.

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Community Christ Church with St Philip to Host Christmas Tree Festival Christ Church with St Philip will be decked out with a majestic collection of Christmas trees this December as part of its first ever Christmas Tree Festival. Running from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th December, the trees will be the focal point of three days of festive celebration, and will be available for local businesses to sponsor in aid of the Church and St Raphael’s Hospice. As well as the tree display, highlights of the Festival include a traditional Christmas fair – featuring craft stalls and a grand prize draw – a dance display and musical performances. It will culminate in a Carols amongst the Trees service with mulled wine and mince pies. People will be able to visit the Church from Friday 12:30-19:30, Saturday 11:30-18:00 and Sunday 12:30-16:00 to enjoy the tree display and take time out of what can often be a busy time of year.

Rev Paul Timmis of Christ Church with St Philip said: “‘Our hope is that the Festival will bring our community together in support not only of the church but also of our wonderful local hospice. We hope it will be the first of many Christmas Tree Festivals and that people will be able to retreat from the hustle and bustle of life to take time to pause and reflect and enjoy the majesty of the trees in our Church.” Organiser Isobel Penny added: “We’re calling on as many individual members of the public and local businesses to get on board and sponsor a tree. In return, their tree will be decorated by a Church or community group and then carry its sponsor’s name and a brief description, before going on display in the church. Having the church filled with beautifully decorated trees really will be a sight to behold.” So far, Dawson Aerial Service Ltd, Garner’s Funeral Directors, Tasty Affair Catering, DalmenyDental Surgery and Brett Holt Solicitors have all signed up as sponsors. For details on how to get involved in the Festival or to sponsor a tree, please contact Isobel Penny at ijpenny@aol.com.

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A Photographer Dreams by Hugh Griffiths www.creativelight.org.uk December is a really busy month. Getting ready for the Christmas break, planning holidays for next year, thinking of excuses not to visit family, buying presents, wrapping them, writing and sending Christmas cards. It can be quite exhausting. So it made a lot of sense that at the beginning of November last year, we got our puppy. We’ve never had a dog before and she was very small and very cute: and seemingly impervious to training. She wasn’t much bigger when I took this picture of her in our garden at the start of December. It’s not the best photo, technically, but it really catches her enjoyment of life, and her curiosity. Her tail very rarely stops wagging and she hunts around the house and garden, and wherever we may be, looking for something to catch her interest. There will doubtless be more pictures of her as time goes on (but I might spare you the story of what she did in a Boots store in Shoreham recently). She isn’t really black and white, although she does have those colours among others

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our front lawn last December, and I spent a happy 30 minutes lying on the wet ground, with my macro lens, taking photos of them. I took some close ups of the cap of some of them and the gills underneath cap. (Incidentally, I have only just discovered that toadstool is another name for mushroom – I never knew that, assuming that mushrooms were cuddly things that you can eat, and toadstools were nasty things that poison you). But I like the Christmas lights effect of this one – with a bright light in the centre and soft, out of focus lights surrounding it. There is a little bit of Narnia’s iron lampstand here as well with a light standing in front of the dark woods behind it. I do like that darkness behind the central toadstool: it

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December isn’t always rain and gloom. I was down in Lancing on the last day of the year: I love to go there to see the wind and the waves and to remind myself of what it will be like in the summer. It happened to be a nice day – lots of blue sky and the wind surfers were out in strength having a great time on the water. This picture was taken at about quarter past eleven in the morning; there must have been a threat of rain – you can see it in the background. But, but, the sun is still there and shining victoriously against the dark, stormy clouds. I like the rays of the sun which are leaping out of the picture, and the sun itself – which is pure white (or, as a photographer would say, overexposed). So, have a Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year!

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Let It Snow 1. Which author created the fictional land of Narnia, where it is always snowing, but never Christmas? 2. Which of the "big six" Hollywood film studios has a snow-covered mountain as its logo? 3. Which American state has a name that means "snow covered" in Spanish? 4. What liqueur is mixed with lemonade to make a snowball cocktail? 5. Which Disney film was loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Snow Queen? 6. What name is given to a snow storm that lasts for at least three hours, has winds blowing at a speed of at least 35 miles per hour and reduces visibility to a quarter of a mile or less? 7. What type of animal is Snowball in George Orwell's book Animal Farm? 8. Of all the sports at the Winter Olympics, which is the only one with "snow" in its name? 9. Which mountain range is the Abominable Snowman said to inhabit? 10. In which 1990s film does the title character go in search of Snowflake, the missing mascot of the American football team the Miami Dolphins?

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Recipe Pepper And Turkey Stuffed Sweet Potatoes This is a tasty and healthy post-Christmas day family supper and a great way to use up leftover roast turkey. Serves 4 Ready in 1 hour 15 minutes 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes, scrubbed 2tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, peeled and chopped 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and sliced 225g cooked turkey breast, diced 1 x 230g tub fresh tomato salsa Salt and freshly ground black pepper 100g Cheddar cheese, grated Chopped avocado, lime wedges and freshly chopped parsley, to serve

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Farmers Market

Wallington Farmers’ Market is held from 9am to 1pm every second Saturday of the month at the Old Town Hall and Library Gardens in Woodcote Road, Wallington. Established in 1999, it is the borough’s oldest Farmers’ Market and hosts around 26 local producers stalls every month. 1st Saturday of the month - New Malden Farmers Market. By the Fountain pub. 9am-1pm

An afternoon of live music, tea, coffee, home made cakes, conversation and dancing if you wish. Guest musicians perform for your delight! Relax and listen to a mix of songs and tunes, old, new and everything in between! Thursday December 15th 1.30 - 3.30pm St John’s Church Hall Station Approach, Stoneleigh, Epsom, KT19 0QZ (next to Stoneleigh Station on the West Side) Entrance: £3 All Welcome!

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Christmas Fair

5 Day Gift Market at Bourne Hall Ewell 13th to 17 December Open 10 am to 5 pm ( 7 pm Tuesday & 4 pm Saturday ) Many Stalls specially selected for Originality, Quality, Great Value & Good Service Including Wine Stall with “tastings” Gift wrapped Chocolate stall & Culinary Stall offering a New Way of Cooking. Easy & cheap car Parking Free Entry

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Christmas Craft Fair & Tree Sale Saturday 10Th December Craft Fair 11 Am – 2 Pm Tree Sale 9 Am – 3 Pm At: 1St Cuddington (Warspite) Sea Scout Group Fancourt Hall, Cunliffe Road Stoneleigh. Kt19 0Rj Admission: Free - Coin Donations Welcome Fantastic Craft Stalls Hand-made Christmas Presents Delicious home made cakes, Brilliant Raffle, Real Trees – Needlefast Nordman Fir – different sizes & prices Contact Claire for more information: 0208 397 3123 clairehunt03@warspite.org All proceeds to supporting Warspite Sea Scout Group. Helping to create a more positive future For young people.

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Nonsuch Park is a link to Tudor England. The Palace that once stood here was a hugely expensive symbol of Henry VIII’s power. The Friends of Nonsuch offer guidance to a 7 feet model which has been created from contemporary documentation, paintings and an excavation of the Palace site in 1959. The model is on display in the Stable Wing of the much later Nonsuch Mansion in the heart of Nonsuch Park. The model is open from 11 am until 3 pm every Sunday in November and December Entry Free; cars via Cheam Gate. For further information please visit the website at www.friendsofnonsuch.co.uk

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The Christopher Singers present “Old King Cole” Why is Old King Cole not himself and the Queen so merry? What happens when Fairy Fantasia confronts The Demon of Discord? If music be the food of love….play on. Does Princess Viola get her man….or must she marry The Prince of Harmonica…….. ? A musical pantomime full of intrigue, romance and humour. Come and see this wonderful family show and

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audiences in 2013, the magical Santa Claus and the Christmas Adventure returns to delight adults and children once more. Aladdin - Panto 2016 16 December - 8 January The Epsom Playhouse is proud to present a truly magical pantomime. The Elvis Years - The Show 13 January The Elvis Years is an outstanding musical production which brings to the stage the incredible and compelling story of the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley. The Old Hat Jazz Band 16 January A young band with a hot swinging approach to the favourite tunes of the 20’s & 30’s. Deep in the Heart of Me (Myers Studio) 26 January Thirty years on from Shirley Valentine, ‘Deep in The Heart of Me’ tells the story of 53 year old housewife Janet who goes on a solo holiday to Greece and meets the woman of her dreams, in a man’s suit, singing Frank Sinatra songs. That’ll Be The Day 27 January After an incredible three decades of touring, the UK’s No.1 Rock & Roll variety production, That’ll Be The Day returns with another opportunity to see its latest most popular show! Stephen K Amos 28 January The maestro of feel-good comedy is back on tour with his new show. Fresh from touring UK and Australia. Star of Life An Idiot’s Guide and What Does the K Stand For(Radio 4). ‘Amos is officially becoming a national treasure. Expect more warm insight and spiky charm here’ (Sunday Times). The Jonathan Vinten Band 30 January A Return of one of the best Chicago style bands in Britain. Chris Barber Band 3 February Europe’s Finest Traditional Jazz & Blues Band. Chris Barber OBE, this year celebrates his Diamond Jubilee as leader of his band on a full-time professional basis. A band that stands out as one of the finest, if not thé finest, of its kind anywhere in the world. Barry Steele as Roy Orbison 4 February Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading vocalists playing homage to legend Roy Orbison. He’s stunned audiences across the globe with his uncanny similarity and ability to authentically revive the exquisite toe-tapping sound of this music giant.

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Gardening Gardening Gifts Pippa Greenwood

It is not that long until Christmas now, and although I am the first to admit that I haven’t done a great deal of Christmas shopping, this year I’m making a plea for useful presents - and maybe a bit less soap and slippers! If you’ve any gardening friends, whether they’ve been full-on gardening for years or have just been bitten by the gardening bug, it is so easy to get them a present they’ll really enjoy and find useful. A trip to any good local garden centre will reveal plenty of potential gifts in a wide range of prices, sizes and shapes that will suit anybody from the complete novice to the most experienced gardener. Another option is to take a look on the internet and get some gorgeous gardening gifts delivered right to your door. Houseplants can make brilliant presents, so why not choose a couple of really good-looking ones? At this time of year there are plenty, such as the indoor cyclamens and azaleas or a flamboyant poinsettia or a gorgeous Christmas cactus, which look fantastic whilst in flower - but don’t forget that lots of the foliage houseplants look great, too. Make sure that you keep the plants at their best by placing them in a suitable position before you give them away, as they could otherwise suffer quite quickly. Outdoor plants are also an ideal choice, but before you purchase a gift for someone’s garden make sure that you know that the plant you are choosing will go to a suitable home. There is no use buying a lime-hating plant such as a Pieris, rhododendron, Camellia or azalea for somebody if they garden on chalk, unless you know that they have a supply of ericaceous compost and a good sized pot to hand too! Of course, that could also be a present from someone else if you plan carefully. If you’ve time to create a pot of winter flowering bedding plants, perhaps under-planted with a few small bulbs such as crocus or miniature daffodils, this will make a lovely instant garden impact present for anyone, whatever the size of their garden. Despite the huge quantities of Christmas paraphernalia in garden centres at the moment, any half decent centre will still have a good range of winter bedding plants and winter interest plants available.

Anyone with an interest in growing vegetables would enjoy one of the many gardening books on the subject, or perhaps a ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ Gift Voucher Card – this will allow them to select the vegetables they’d like to grow from the range I offer at www.pippagreenwood.com. Then, in the spring, we send them garden-ready plants accompanied by weekly advice and tips emails from me. Pretty well every gardener I know loves to encourage birds into the garden, so how about a bird box or feeder or maybe even some bird food? Bird feeding equipment and supplies now take up plenty of space in garden centres, so you’ll be spoilt for choice. Gardeners love practical things so a good hoe like my favourite, the SpeedHoe, will always be welcome, or how about some Micromesh-covered or polythenecovered EasyTunnels, perfect for protecting crops throughout the growing season next year? A raised bed kit is a great gift idea, too, allowing people to grow gorgeous vegetables even if their own soil isn’t ideal. Some kits even come with the option to add crop covers made from fine mesh (to keep pests out) or polythene (to protect from the worst of the weather and provide off-season warmth). So rather than rushing out and buying something that ‘will do’ as a gift, take a moment and see what you can find which will really bring a smile to someone’s face! Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com and book Pippa for a gardening talk or peruse the really useful selection of Pippa’s favourite gardening items, including Nemaslug to control slugs, pop-up crop covers, SpeedHoes, SpeedWeeders, raised bed kits, pull-out EasyTunnels, ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ Gift Voucher cards, signed books and lots more besides.

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Tip no. 1: Give your breakfast a healthy boost Aim to eat one portion of frozen or seasonal fruit such as berries, apples, pears, kiwis or tangerines with your breakfast everyday. You can add fruit to cereals, porridge and smoothies or you can eat a piece on its own alongside your regular breakfast. Not only do they provide antioxidants essential for disease prevention, they also provide fibre to support healthy digestion. If you like eggs for breakfast, why not add vegetables to omelettes? Peppers, tomatoes, chard or spinach work very well.

Bring the rainbow into your plate. 3 tips to boost your family’s health today! by Sandrine Olmi, Nutritional Therapist, Savoir Fayre Family Nutrition

Winter is definitely here with colder temperatures and a grey sky. But it is at this time of the year that we need to bring colours onto our plate and nutrients into our body. Do you eat a rainbow of fruit and vegetables? If you and your family eat less than 5 colours a day, start following these healthy tips to maintain good health.

Tip no. 2: Jazz up your lunch If you are buying lunch on the go, add vegetable sticks alongside your sandwich or go for a protein rich salad. Favour plant-based protein such as beans, chickpeas or lentils. They are rich in minerals and will keep you full for longer. At the weekend, why not prepare a large bowl of cut up vegetable sticks which you can keep in the fridge. You can take a handful with you in a lunch box to jazz up your lunch. You will save money and you will up your vegetable intake.

Did you know that each different colour fruit and vegetables contains unique health components that are essential to our health? Eating plenty of fresh produce helps prevent heart disease and strokes, decreased obesity risk, control blood pressure, prevent some types of cancers, and guards against vision loss. It also helps children perform better at school.

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vegetables. When it comes to vegetables, they should be the stars of the plate. Get your children to choose 2 or 3 colours every day and be adventurous. Try cooking your vegetables in a different way. Why not make a vegetable bake or stir fry them with garlic and fresh herbs? There are so many ways to make vegetables tasty and exciting. The key is to vary. If you eat different types of vegetables and fruit every day, you will give your body the right fuel to function and stay well. If you lack inspiration or if you need a little hand in the kitchen to produce meals which will be enjoyed by the whole family, I offer cooking workshops delivered in the comfort of your own kitchen. For more information about family nutrition coaching visit www.savoirfayre.co.uk

Smartphone apps are brilliant things, but unfortunately there are bad apps out there too. Apple and Google do their best to keep offenders out of their app stores, but there are still some tricks to watch out for. One common ruse is to make a convincing fake of an app such as Instagram or Pokemon. Such fakes are notorious for malicious acts such as automatically running up huge phone or text bills, so it’s crucial to stick to the official app stores Apple, Amazon or Google, depending on your device - and double-check the manufacturer name and the reviews. Watch out for in-app purchases (IAPs) too, especially in kids’ apps. Unscrupulous developers like to hook kids with free games that need serious money to work properly. You can disable in-app purchases in your smartphone’s settings, but it’s best not to install IAP-heavy apps in the first place.

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Hobbies Why collectors love the vinyl vibe By Kate McLelland] In recent years there has been a revolution in the way we buy and listen to music. Thanks to new technologies we are now able to play the music we love wherever, and whenever, we want to hear it. With so much emphasis on the streaming of music from services such as Spotify, iTunes and Tidal, the use of minidisks, cassettes and CDs now seems strangely old-fashioned. After all, when you can stream everything you could ever wish to hear direct to your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, who needs a physical format? In spite of all this ingenious and accessible technology, it seems many of us actually prefer to do it the “old school” way. One of the most surprising trends of the 21st century has emerged from music fans who appear keen to turn back the clock. Collecting vinyl records has become something of a cult interest and collectors cite the “authenticity” of analogue sound, the tactile

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quality of vinyl and the availability of album cover art and liner notes as reasons why they prefer vinyl recordings to digital music files or CDs. Starting your collection Many vinyl enthusiasts start out by taking on someone else’s collection, often in the form of a gift or inheritance from a family member. Chances are that these records will not be rare items, but they will at least provide the basis for a larger collection. Darren Yeats, a founder of the Edinburgh-based record store Voxbox Music, says that car boot sales, charity shops, record fairs and specialist vinyl stores are the best places to start digging around for additional records. You might even come across a rare release as you browse. Yeats says the aim should be to buy items that are in good or excellent condition, pointing out that “If [records] are not immaculate, you will usually have to play them at least once to properly assess the condition.” He advises buying albums by artists that you like, regardless of their potential resale value. That way, if the record’s condition turns out to be less than perfect, you will still have a piece of music you enjoy. Once you’ve acquired a few records, you’ll need to decide how to play them. Vintage equipment can be hard to repair if there’s a problem, so most collectors opt for a modern, portable player (£50 - £100) or a modern turntable that can be linked to a computer (from £80 - £120). How will I know if a record is valuable? As with any collectable item, rarity is the main driver for pushing up value. Certain packaging characteristics, such as foil-stamp numbering on the jacket (001/500), different coloured pressings, misprints or famous or controversial images/text can add to the value. Records that have been withdrawn or

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censored should also be on the collector’s radar, as this indicates that a smaller number will have been sold. David Bowie’s third album, “The Man Who Sold the World”, is a good example of the way a collector can combine knowledge of an artist’s back-catalogue with an understanding of current market trends in order to sell at a profit. Branded as ‘controversial’ following its release in 1970, UK sales of Bowie’s album were initially poor, although the record was re-released and remastered during the ‘80s and ‘90s. Due to the rarity of those original pressings, the market price shot up to over £1,000 when the artist’s death was announced earlier this year. How do I build up my collection? Online sites recommended by collectors include Classic UK 45s – which specialises in 45 rpm releases from the ’50s and ‘60s; Planet Earth Records (an online record store with thousands of rare vinyl records) and discogs. com – where you can buy records at relatively low cost and exchange information with other vinyl fans. Record Fairs are also great places to browse and chat with other enthusiasts. Go to www.recordfairsuk.co.uk to find dates of fairs taking place in your area.

Don’t forget contemporary vinyl When talking about vinyl records, it’s easy to focus on vintage collections and forget that many of today’s artists are releasing tracks (or re-releasing past work) on vinyl. These records cost more to buy, but music fans attest that vinyl produces a clearer, more accurate sound (that’s apparently because the grooves are able to capture the music’s waveforms more precisely). Although many contemporary vinyl releases are less than ten years old, it’s still possible to find albums that are highly collectable. Bands such as Radiohead, the Arctic Monkeys and Keane released very limited numbers of vinyl pressings and many of these discs are now selling for between £50 and £100 each. Vinyl is a gateway to a whole world of music enjoyment. As a collector you’ll have the opportunity to find out about interesting but little known artists, as well as learning more about the artists you already admire. Best of all, you’ll be able to connect with the large and diverse community of vinyl fans who are eager to share their knowledge: so get out there and start collecting today.

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Organisations What is Freemasonry? Freemasonry means different things to each of its members. For some, it’s all about making new friends and acquaintances. For others it’s about being able to help deserving causes – making a contribution to family and society. But for most, it is an enjoyable hobby. Freemasonry is one of the world’s oldest and largest non-religious, non-political, fraternal and charitable organisations. Indeed, next year it will be celebrating 300 years of formal existence (although there is evidence of lodges meeting since 1645). It teaches self-knowledge through participation in a progression of ceremonies. Members are expected to be of high moral standing and are encouraged to speak openly about Freemasonry. Freemasonry is a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Its members are taught its principles (moral lessons and self-knowledge) by a series of ritual dramas – a progression of allegorical two-part plays which are learnt by heart and performed within each Lodge – which follow ancient forms, and use stonemasons’ customs and tools as allegorical guides. Freemasonry instils in its members a moral and ethical approach to life: its values are based on integrity, kindness, honesty and fairness. Members are urged to regard the interests of the family as paramount but, importantly, Freemasonry also teaches concern for people, care for the less fortunate and help for those in need. For example, since 1981 English Freemasons have donated over £100 million to charitable causes.

Freemasonry in Surrey is a vibrant society of like-minded men who enjoy meeting new friends and contributing to their local community. There are approximately 7,500 Masons in Surrey meeting in 14 centres across the county of Surrey. The nearest centre is Glenmore House in The Crescent, Surbiton. The current head of the Freemasons in England and Wales is HRH the Duke of Kent, and through the 300 years of English Freemasonry there have been many famous members: Dr Barnardo, Geoffrey Fisher, Harry Corbett, Harry Houdini, Winston Churchill, Peter Sellers, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Hogarth are just a few who have demonstrated our core values of integrity, kindness and charity. If you would like to know more about Freemasonry in Surrey, why not get in touch? Simply contact us via surreymason.org.uk/membership-enquirysurrey-freemasons/. You can also read more about Freemasonry and its activities in Surrey by visiting http://surreymason.org.uk/

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Worcester Park Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Group first Monday of the month at 2pm and finishing by 4pm. If the first Monday falls on a Bank Holiday the meeting takes place on the second Monday. Old Malden Scout Hall, 411 Malden Road, KT4 7NY. All retired civil servants and friends are welcome to attend and if you are interested in listening to one of our speakers please contact John Wright on 020 8337 8965 or johnandglenisw@gmail.com

mailto:johnandglenisw@gmail.com Do you enjoy listening to show tunes, big band music, jazz, light classics etc? Come along to an evening of live music played by top artistes. We meet on the second Monday of each month at our Banstead venue Banstead Organ & Keyboard Club Church Institute Hall, High Street, Banstead SM7 2NN Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start.(Visitors £7) Visitors & new members are always welcome to our concerts. 020 8330 5795, or visit www.bansteadorganclub.co.uk

Worcester Parkers Women’s Institute meet on the 3rd Monday of every month 7.45pm to 9.45pm at Christchurch with St Philip Church Hall in Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park. For more information contact Eileen Moore 020 8648 4327 wi.worcesterparkers@gmail.com *There is currently a waiting list. Cheam Common Art Group Small friendly Art Group who meet at Christ Church With St Philip Ruskin Road, Worcester Park 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Welcome new members just to draw and paint in any medium without tuition. If interested come down for an evening and meet us to see whether this is for you Brenda Banks 020 8330 0928 Worcester Park Over 60’s Welcome Club meet every Monday from 1pm to 3pm at Christ Church with St Philip Church Hall in Ruskin Drive. Worcester Park. All over 60’s welcome to join us for a cup of tea and a biscuit or two, plus some outstanding entertainment in the way of singers and musicians. One Monday a month we have Bingo and every Monday we run a raffle. Days outings to the coast are organised throughout the summer months, and mid week holidays are organised two or three times a year. Come a little earlier and meet up with some friends and have a chat before the entertainment starts. We would love to see you. Contact Joyce on 020 8330 5065. The ladies After Eight Club 2nd Monday of every month from 8pm onwards at Christchurch with St Philips church hall. We have interesting speakers, outings and dinners and all are welcome for a small subscription to cover our costs. Just come along and join in. Carol on 020 8337 2452

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

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Vegan Group - monthly bring and share buffet,. every second Tuesday. 7.30pm until 9.30 in Room 1,Christchurch with St Philip, corner of Ruskin Drive, WP. For vegans and anyone interested in learning more about veganism. Conquest Art Group inspires people living with disability or long term health issue to discover their creative energy and build self-confidence through art. Our art group meets every Tuesday at St Mary’s Cuddington, The Avenue, Worcester Park, KT4 7HL from 1:30 to 3:30pm. Anyone over 18 is welcome, all art materials and refreshments are provided. If you would like to come along and give us a try, please contact Carole on 020 8786 8534.

The Worcester Park Dramatic Society is a local amateur drama group of long standing. We stage two major productions a year at the Adrian Mann Theatre in Ewell, in April and November. We meet every Tuesday and most Fridays at 8.15 pm in the Elmcroft Community Centre in North Cheam, on the Sainsbury’s site. Apart from play readings, rehearsals and set construction, we have quiz nights and various social events. We also arrange group outings to amateur and professional theatre productions. We welcome new members to help us stage future productions, anyone willing to act or work backstage. membership secretary, Joyce Cranfield, on 020 8337 3317.

“Lunch Break” - a friendly lunch club for those retired, meeting on a Tuesday 12-2pm (term time only) at Worcester Park Baptist Church, The Avenue - free, but donations invited. Occasional speakers. Brian on 020 8224 6675 or Rowena 07837 941298

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 Christ Church Hall, Christ Church Road, Surbiton, KT5 8JJ. We have speakers, activities, coffee & chat.Other outings & activities are also arranged during the month. Lorna on 020 8337 4121

Worcester Park Crafters 1st Tuesday of each month in the hall at Christchurch with St Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester park,KT4 8LG. We meet from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. For further details please contact Lynne by E mail: lynnesinger@msn.com or phone on:020 8330 5903

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Our aim is to provide a meeting/crafting place for all crafters whatever their craft or ability. Either bring your own work or purchase our kit of the month (small materials cost usually £2), come and play and chat. (small cost to over hall hire and insurance approx £4)

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Keep Fit Stay Fit every Wednesday 10.15-11.15am at Christ Church with St Philip, Ruskin Road. Come along and give it a try ! Jo Hamilton on 020 8786 3444. The Probus Club of Ewell Coming up to retirement? Just retired? Looking to make new friends? Why not join the Probus Club of Ewell? Since it was founded over 40 years ago, the Probus Club of Ewell has been attracting businessmen from Worcester Park and its surrounding areas with a broad range of professional and business backgrounds. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month, usually at Bourne Hall in Ewell Village, for a Lunch followed by a Speaker. In addition to two Ladies Lunches during the year, there is an active social programme for members and their partners with visits to places of interest and West End Shows. Bruce Urquhart, on 01737 373 690 or visit our website: 4newmembers.ewell4probus.org.uk

Talking Of Trains In Surbiton Programme of talks which take place locally at the Surbiton Library Hall each Wednesday evening throughout the winter months. The first meeting is free; the fee for the complete year is just £50. www.talking of trains.co.uk

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Tunes’n’Tea An afternoon of live music, tea, coffee, home made cakes, conversation and dancing if you wish. Guest musicians perform for your delight! Relax and listen to a mix of songs and tunes, old, new and everything in between! Thursday November 17th and Thursday December 1.30 - 3.30pm St John’s Church Hall, Station Approach, Stoneleigh, Epsom, KT19 0QZ (next to Stoneleigh Station on the West Side) Entrance: £3 Sutton Mariners A local offshore sailing club founded in 1988 that meets at 8pm every Thursday evening at the Borough Sports Ground, home of Sutton United FC, Gander Green Lane, SM1 2EY. We are a small and friendly club of about 60 members and have about a dozen boat owners amongst us providing crewing opportunities during the summer months as well as enjoying meetings listening to interesting speakers and social

nights. If you would like to get afloat come along and meet us – we’re sure you will enjoy the experience. www.suttonmariners.org.uk

East Surrey Family History Society For those who are interested in finding out how to investigate their family history the Sutton Branch of the East Surrey Family History Society holds meetings on the first Thursday of the month at St Nicholas Church Hall, Robin Hood Lane. Most months we have a professional speaker. www.esfhs.org.uk

Kingston Phoenix Road Club is a cycling club that meets at 8-30pm every Thursday at Worcester Park Athlete Club, Green Lane, Worcester Park. The club was founded in 1936 and currently has a membership of 70. We cater for riders of all ages whether they are novices or experienced and our oldest rider is 84 years old who is still racing and holds several national age related records. 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 Breathe Easy (Merton & Sutton) Group Wheezy? Breathless? you are not alone, come and join us at your local friendly support & information group for anyone affected by a lung condition. We meet between 2-4 pm on the 3rd Thursday of every month at St. Bedes Conference Centre, St. Anthony’s Hospital, London Road, North Cheam. SM3 9DW George on 0208 647 7530

Thursday Fellowship Every Thursday at 2.30pm for men and women, finishing with a cup of tea and biscuits or cakes. A lively, friendly meeting at Worcester Park Baptist church in The Avenue. Well-known, familiar hymns and prayers, musical afternoons, and a variety of speakers on topical subjects, including help and advice. New members welcome. Jean Gathercole on 020 8642 9649 The Worcester Park Hello Club launched last November and is welcoming new members! We meet every Thursday morning from 10am – 12 noon. The club is aimed at anyone who would like to come and join in with board games, quizzes, cards, occasional craft sessions - or just to have a chat and a coffee. Adults of any age are welcome to come and get to know each other. The main aims of the club are: • To meet new people and build friendships • To become involved with the local community • To access activities, information and advice The club is very friendly and informal. Every month there will be a member of staff attending from the SCILL Information & Advice Service – they have information on most topics for all your needs and will be pleased to assist you. The drop in club was set up by Sutton Vision, Christ

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that has been acclaimed by many of the club’s visitors this year. We are a mixed club with about 60 members and play a range of friendly and league fixtures catering for all abilities. Secretary Mike Ridley 020 8715 8326 Treasurer Mark Broughton 020 8337 9699 Social Dancing With “ Glitters” At Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell Village. 8.30 p.m. - ll p.m. SCILL 020 8770 4065    Free Over 18s. Entrance Fee £8. All standards of dancing. Sutton Vision 020 8409 7166 parking. Bar. Professional D.J.  Christ Church with St Philip 0208330 7630   We even have a glitter ball! David 07903 314276 New Malden Women’s Institute Shiraz Mirza Hall,  Friday 4th November Friday 18th November Manor Park Hall, 

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Voice for Wildlife by Carol Williams

I am writing this a few days after the USA voted in Donald Trump as their President elect. Many of my American Facebook friends are in despair. We now have a person who denies that climate change is happening, set to hold a key position on the world stage for the next four years - which can’t be a good thing for anyone - certainly not for wildlife or animal rights. Here is man whose sons are trophy hunters and who seems to think the American dream is about killing and eating animals. Apparently he is reported to have said that vegans should be jailed! But what’s new, really? Wildlife is always sidelined for human interests and mere whims, wild creatures persecuted by those whose activities they encroach upon and left without living space so that countless species are now facing extinction - joining the ranks of those already gone forever from the face of this earth. Animals, as yet, have no rights to any sort of freedom from human exploitation and killing, no matter who sits in the high places of world government. So, as I said to my friends across the ocean, it is we, the ordinary folk, who will change this world, not our governments. They seem to be there to simply assure that they stay in power, election promises usually forgotten or imperfectly followed through. There is nothing new about any of it.

Big Three and put your cash into the cleaner, gentler alternatives. A few days before Trump was voted in, I received my magazine from The League Against Cruel Sports and read this: “ We have a new President - and he’s a Goodie!” They were, of course, referring to the president of the League, and it’s Bill Oddie, that great wildlife champion and friend of Nature. In this magazine I read that a new book has been published, Foxes Unearthed by Lucy Jones. It looks like a good read, and one to put on my Christmas list, as I thoroughly enjoy seeing foxes gambolling around on my back lawn. 83% of the UK population agree that hunting should remain banned, while our government toadies to the landowners and ‘country sports’ thugs and keeps wittering on about having another vote to overturn the Hunting Act!! Bill Oddie is vehemently against the badger cull, as are most people in this country and still our government carries on issuing licences to kill them. Join the League Against Cruel Sports, which, as well as campaigning, has a sanctuary, Baronsdown, in the heart of hunting country, where wild animals are safe. (Address: New Sparling House, Holloway Hill, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1QZ - www. league.org.uk).

The earth’s climate is in danger of heating up so much that many areas of the planet will become uninhabitable as sea levels rise, so let us all do what we can to put the brakes on, no matter what those in power do or do not do. People think they have no power, but this isn’t true. What we choose to spend our money on matters - this is our power. Here’s a plan: we all swap to a Green Energy supplier, we commit to fuel efficient vehicles and only use them when we must and we stop supporting animal farming. These three industries - fossil fuel energy, transport and animal agriculture are the major contributors to climate change. Polar bears in the Arctic are starving to death or drowning, because the melting ice floes mean they cannot hunt for enough food (seal) - just one of the many problems wildlife faces because of climate change.

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Three years ago I decided to adopt a Snow Leopard through WWF. It costs me only £2 a month. The greatest threat to snow leopards is people - no surprise there, right? They are poached for fur and body parts, and local herders also attack them for preying on livestock ( which would undoubtedly happen here, to lynx and wolf should they be re-introduced just as birds of prey are targeted now - a very good reason for ending animal farming, which is a serious menace to wildlife). In the case of the snow leopards, the sponsorship scheme has funded the fitting or radio collars to 3 animals, 2 males and a female, and this is bringing back vital information that will help protect them. An insurance scheme is now in place in Yangma, which is a remote yak herding community, whereby the people pay a small premium

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The local name for the snow leopard is ‘ghost of the mountain’. They share their range with grey wolves, blue sheep (bharal, the leopards’ main prey) and leopard cats which are small wild cats with silvery grey fur and black spots. We have so many wonderful wild animals in the world. I will never understand people who just want to kill them, or people who have no concern about them vanishing forever. I will never stop caring and speaking up for them all and challenging everyone around me to do more.

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Golden Years Memories of 50 years ago While the day after Boxing Day may be of no more significance to most of us than an opportunity to recover from – or perhaps to continue in – the season’s excesses, to lovers of extreme sports it’s an anniversary of some importance. For December 27th 1966 was the occasion of the first documented descent of the world’s most spectacular pot-hole (or open-air pit cave, to use the jargon). The three American cavers who descended the Basement of Swallows or Sotano de las Golondrinas – TR Evans, Chas Borland, and Randy Sterns – were not so crass as to announce it as a discovery: local people had been aware of its existence for countless generations, because every morning just after dawn the thousands upon thousands of swifts and green parakeets which roosted in its safe depths flew up en masse, and every evening just before dusk returned in even more spectacular fashion, diving head-first into the 49 x 62m opening. Besides, this part of Mexico – the San Luis Potosi region – was already well known for its sotanos, bell-shaped pot-holes caused when the roofs of limestone caves scooped out by underground rivers finally collapsed. What was unusual here was the size of the thing. At 515m the Basement of Swallows is not the deepest pot-hole in the world. But the 376m drop from the uphill lip of the opening to the cave floor is the deepest vertical pitch known to speleologists – and the 330m drop from the downhill lip is pretty impressive, too! (The remaining 140-odd metres comprises a series of tunnels and chambers in the cave floor collectively known as the Crevice). The deepest such pitch in the UK, Yorkshire’s Gaping Gill, is a mere 110m; and the difference between the two would be even greater if the floor of the Basement of Swallows weren’t many metres deep in possibly 100 million years of guano. The first descent of the cave predated the popular emergence of extreme sports by more than a decade: the acronym BASE (buildings, antennae, spans, earth) wasn’t coined until 1978 even though parachutists had been leaping off skyscrapers, cliff-edges and bridges for quite some years by then. But news of its wondrous dimensions soon spread throughout the caving world, and before

long more and more potholers were making their muddy way up the narrow unmetalled track from the nearest town, Aquismon. You might not think that rappelling down 370 metres of rope, frantically squirting it with water to prevent the friction melting it, is an enjoyable way of spending a few minutes, but these people did; they weren’t even deterred by the knowledge that the hand-overhand climb back up might take even a fit person an hour or more. To the Huastec people of the district this was an unmixed blessing: previously subsistence farmers, they now had a tourist industry to keep supplied with food and souvenirs. Soon the muddy track was fringed with kiosks of all descriptions and the impromptu camp-sites were knee-deep in litter which the tourists couldn’t take away and the locals had no means of disposing of. The authorities did their best to prevent damage: they metalled most of the track, and they persuaded the cavers to start their descent from a designated part of the cave entrance, which they obligingly equipped with ringbolts, and only to go down into the dark once the birds had gone out for the day. Then things got crazy. First, someone flew a hotair balloon into the cave. Then the BASE jumpers arrived. Jumping the Basement of Swallows was reputed to be one of the sport’s hottest highs, but when tour organisers started installing electric winches to haul their customers out again, the authorities put their foot down. In 2002 BASE jumping was officially banned. And nobody, it seems, took any notice... Happy 50th birthdays to Les Ferdinand and Sinead O’Connor (8th); Ian Paisley Jr (12th); Dennis Wise (16th); Keifer Sutherland (21st); and Martin Offiah (29th). Cake and botox to you all!

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Christ Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group 9.30 until 11.15am - see Monday Worcester Park Baptist Church 9.30-11.30- see Monday. we have vacancies on a Wednesday

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Worcester Park Baptist Church 9.30-11.30- a lively toddler group, where carers of any kind are welcome to attend and supervise their youngsters. Our age range is from young babies to 3-4 years. Sarah on 020 8393 7299 or email via the church’s website www.wpbc.org.uk Christ Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group is a very welcoming and relaxed place to meet new friends for yourself and your toddlers. We are open to all Mums, Dads, Grandparents and Carers. We meet in the Church Hall on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.30 until 11.15am during term time

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Toddling2Church, Christ Church with St Philip 2-3pm. Parents, carers and pre-school children are all welcome to join us for songs with percussion instruments, a Bible story simply and sensitively told, a story-related craft activity and, of course, drinks and biscuits.

Songs and Stories is a music and story-time group at Worcester Park Baptist Church for babies and toddlers aged 0-4. We meet on term-time Thursdays, arriving at 10am for 10.10am start. Each session lasts 40 minutes and will include songs, puppets, rhymes, movements and story telling. Cost: £3.00 per session (£2.50 for siblings) No booking required NEW Carer and Toddler group for all families with twins and multiples. Come and meet other local families who understand all about having more than one of everything! We meet every Thursday at Worcester Park Baptist Church from 9.30- 11.00 am with toys, craft, songs, refreshments and stories during term time. Come along and join in - other pre-school siblings also welcome. There will be a minimal cost of £2 per family.

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Christ Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group 9.30 until 11.15am - see Monday

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