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Welcome to YOUR Worcester Park Life from jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk As I reported in our November edition that you may not have seen.... Countless years ago I took a call from a lovely lady called Ruth Jemmett asking how she couldhelp promote the Dancing Club ‘Glitters’ that she belonged to. I asked if she’d like to write an article about the pleasures of ballroom dancing, and that became the first of her monthly articles for Worcester Park Life.

We enjoyed lots of email banter over the years and she would affectionately sign off ‘Aunty Ruth’. Ruth shared with all her readers that she was having treatment and check ups for breast cancer over the years and I was so sad to receive an email from her husband John to say that Ruth passed away on 24th March. Last month was our first edition in print since then, and the article on page 10 featured in our December edition, 5 years ago.

Rest in peace Ruth, we miss you. x

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Worcester Park History 85 years of the Cuddington Residents’ Association by David Rymill This month we look at the story of the Cuddington Residents’ Association which is 85 years old this year. The CRA’s original heartland was the ‘Avenue Estate’, bounded

by Woodlands Avenue, Avon Close, Kinross Avenue, Ardrossan Gardens, Inveresk Gardens, Cuddington Avenue and Edenfield Gardens, mainly developed between 1933 and 1938 – it has since grown to reflect the geography of Cuddington ward. The CRA and other residents’ associations in Epsom and Ewell are unusual in their role in selecting candidates for election to the Borough Council – which is, almost uniquely, RA-controlled – and to Surrey County Council.

The notice of the first AGM, held in February 1936, gives a report of the Association’s activities since March 1935, so it seems reasonable to count that as the date of formation. It shows the Association taking an interest in local matters ranging from various development sites to attempts to secure the Worcester Park House estate (between Old Malden Lane, Cromwell Road and Grafton Road) for the public.

The present system of road representatives was established in the 1930s, and by 1939 there were sub-committees dealing with publicity – including the publication of the newsletter The Cuddingtonian – social events, and sports. By 1940 the Association had 332 members.

The executive committee usually met at Kingsley High School in The Avenue. The topics discussed at a single meeting, in May 1939, give a flavour of its discussions: the use by tradesmen of alleys as short cuts between the roads, milk crates left by Sutton Creameries, dustmen leaving bins in the front gardens instead of taking them to the backs of the houses in Fairford Gardens, the re-laying of paving stones in Elmstead Gardens, and the need for a pillar box in Edenfield Gardens and a telephone kiosk in Ardrossan Gardens.

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At this meeting a tree-planting scheme was launched, suggested by the Treasurer, William Burton, with the residents of each road responsible for forming tree-planting groups. By July a scheme had been drawn up, and a ‘very generous’ donation received from Cuddington Estates Ltd (the developers of the area between Dewsbury Gardens and Inveresk Gardens), but in October the scheme was suspended because of the outbreak of war, which was to affect all the Association’s activities.

In the early days of the war, it was hoped that some smaller social events could be held; committee members offered to lend card tables.

The committee minutes for 1939-41 show the Association involved in Home Front activities: an allotments sub-committee was formed and land secured at Chesterfield House (later part of the site of Rushmere Court); it was agreed to buy 13 steel helmets for fire watchers; lady members offered to form a needlework centre; and a National Savings Group was formed. Regular meetings continued to be held until July 1940 at Kingsley High School, and routine matters such as paving stones, and the lack of a train indicator board at the station, continued to be discussed. In 1941 and 1942 only two meetings were held, and in the latter year the cricket section’s equipment was sold to a local wardens’ club.

In January 1945 meetings resumed, chaired by Stanley Hurden, the Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the chairman Frederick Cunnell. Even before Peace was announced, discussions were held with the Stoneleigh Residents’ Association about a hoped-for community centre, preferably within the Stoneleigh West schools site at Vale Road. By the autumn meetings were being held at the (small) Church Hall at St Mary’s, and the topics under discussion included the adoption of a candidate for the Borough Council elections.

In the post-war years, social events soon began again: two dances were held, probably at The

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Worcester, late in 1945, and in January 1946 over 200 children were invited to an entertainment. Later that year a children’s Sports Day was arranged in the Shadbolt Park paddock, which became an annual event.

The problems caused by the war were not, of course, forgotten: in 1946 there was concern about food shortages in local shops; after the introduction of bread rationing, the Association offered to run a food office, and a shortage of potatoes in 1947 prompted three local commuters to rent land at the end of Avon Close for a vegetable cultivation scheme. Nevertheless, projects such as the tree-planting scheme were resumed, and 140 trees were ordered before the end of 1947.

Concerns in the 1940s/50s ranged from the making up of unmade parts of several roads (including Salisbury and Grafton Roads, and part of Vale Road opposite the schools) to the supply of books to the branch library in Shadbolt Park. In 1955 there was concern over the Borough Council’s suggestion of using the old Worcester Park Brickworks clay pit between Ardrossan

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Gardens and Stoneleigh Park Road as a refuse tip; this was abandoned in favour of the development of Alsom Avenue and Wolsey Close around the site.

The Coronation in 1953 was celebrated with a fancy dress competition for children and adults (the winning costumes including a cricketer and Queen Elizabeth), children’s sports and a football match in which the teams wore top hats. The social programme for 1954 included a trip to see Cinderella on ice at Earls Court. I have seen very few photographs of CRA social events, and I should be very pleased to hear from any WPL readers who have any.

A new format was introduced for The Cuddingtonian in April 1962; as shown in our illustrations, this included a cover photograph, often either Shadbolt Park, or Salisbury Road with its elm trees, used until 1981.

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The social section remained strong; events arranged in 1962 included whist drives at Stoneleigh West Secondary School (now Auriol Junior’s premises) and a motor treasure hunt. The Association still monitored planning applications, aiming to check dense development and ensure trees were preserved.

An eye was also kept on discussions about the inclusion of Sutton and Kingston in Greater London in 1965.

Members regularly enjoyed an annual day excursion to the Isle of Wight. In the 1960s this was organised by the sister organisation the Stoneleigh Park and Cuddington Residents’ Association (based east of the railway line), and cost 14s 10d for adults and 7s 6d for children.

In 1969 there were 501 entries in the annual sports day. The races in 1975 ranged from 18m for toddlers to 65m for 11-14s, plus a mixed beanbag race for 5-6s, a mixed slow cycle race for 7-10s, and men’s, girls’ and boys’ egg and spoon.

This year Vice-Chair Dr Graham Jones MBE has launched Channel KT4 which can be seen on YouTube and Facebook; interviews with local people including CRA Chair Wendy Leveridge, the Cuddingtonian’s Editor Kim Spickett about her involvement in the conservation of the River Hogsmill, and representatives of local churches and the Scouts, as well as some interviews inspired by Dr Jones’s distinguished career in Army music (latterly as Senior Director of Music, Household Division), are all available to view at https://www.youtube.com/user/ maestro542867. Graham will be hosting a Christmas special on Channel KT4 on Tuesday 22nd December from 12.30 pm, and I understand he is inviting special guests including some musical friends and composers.

Happy 85th birthday, CRA! David Rymill rymilldavid@outlook.com 01962 868976.

Elm trees disappeared from many local roads in the 1970s; Maurice Eason wrote several articles recording the losses, but pointed out that perhaps 30 species of birds could still be found in Cuddington. The Association also took an interest in the development of part of Parkers Field as Grafton Park Road, and concerns were expressed about a proposed motorway, ‘Ringway Three’, thought likely to come near Cuddington.

Social activities largely ceased after 1976, but there was a children’s party in January 1977, including a puppet show, and ‘the afternoon was rounded off with games organised by “Uncle” Ken Robinson.’

The Isle of Wight trips continued, now run by the Stoneleigh Residents’ Association; by 1979 the price was £2.50 (£1.35 for children). A special train was arranged, leaving Worcester Park at 8.10 am; the party would reach Ryde at 11 am.

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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.

Eighty-five years since its formation, the Association still nominates candidates for local elections and acts as a channel for local concerns, and The Cuddingtonian still keeps members informed about development plans within and around the ward, Borough and County affairs, public services, and the activities of local organisations. In recent years the Association has adopted new ways of communication: there is a regularly-updated website at www.cuddingtonra.org, plus the Cuddington Online Facebook account at www.facebook.com/cuddingtonra.

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Ruth Jemmett Writes Holly, Hyacinths, And Halcyon Days Ruth Jemmett Share Her Thoughts On The Festive Season

Ruth very sadly passed away in March - see my notes on page 4.

This article was originally published in December 2015.

Despite my best efforts, my garden here in Salisbury Road is losing the battle against the onslaught of winter. Windy weather and rain have reduced my once pristine flower borders to soggy brown messes. As I have been tidying up the garden, I have had my annual fight with a holly bush that threatens to take over anything that gets in its way, and have made the pond look presentable. No fish have died in it recently, so I must be doing something right! I have been doing raking very gingerly, as hedgehogs, that have become an increasingly rare sight here in recent years, sometimes choose to hibernate beneath piles of leaves or compost heaps, and I would hate to injure or kill one by mistake. A couple of months ago one of these endearing creatures ventured into our back garden.

By the time I had located my camera to capture its visit, it had vanished. It has been a busy few weeks at Chez Jemmett, as I have tried to get the daffodil and hyacinth bulbs planted into pots before the weather and darker afternoons deter me from leaving the cosiness of the bungalow. The writer Katherine White once said “From December to March, for many of us, there are three gardens: the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind’s eye”. The garden in my mind’s eye is always so much better than the one I see in actuality, but I keep trying to achieve that dream! One of my favourite quotes is from J.M. Barrie, who said: “God gave us memories, so that we might have roses in December”.

Three squirrels are regular visitors here, and although they look endearingly cute, my love of small animals can wane somewhat when I have an almost daily job of replanting spring bulbs that they have dug up and played with. When they aren’t vandalising pots they are almost permanently hanging from my bird-table, stealing food intended for our feathered friends. Recently there has been another visitor to the

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bird table - a neighbour’s cat. She positions herself snugly under its roof, awaiting her birdie prey, and frequently traumatises squirrels as they arrive on the table, and have an eyeball to eyeball confrontation! What often follows is reminiscent of a speeded up episode of Tom and Jerry! (See attached pic of the cat lying in wait!).

A lot of people in this country suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder at this time of year, which isn’t surprising, as cold dark days can make the jolliest of people feel very down - and let’s face it, some of the newspaper headlines these days could make Carol Kirkwood feel miserable! Some experts believe that by sitting in front of specialised bright lights the mood can be lightened. Going to a warmer climate for a few months sounds a better option!

December is the twelfth month of the year, but it was the tenth month on the Roman calendar, and its name is derived from the Latin word ‘decem’, which means ten. The Anglo-Saxons called this month ‘Wintermonath’. In the Christian church, the weeks preceding Christmas are known as Advent. When I was a child I really looked forward to receiving Advent calendars that had chocolate goodies tucked behind each little cardboard window. They were usually scoffed down long before 25th arrived! We always associate Christmas with snow, but statistically speaking it is a relatively rare event in our neck of the woods. However, in places that have much higher ground, such as Scotland, or the Welsh mountains, it is often a different story. Dylan Thomas once famously said “One Christmas was so much like another, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve, or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six!” Those of us of a certain age will recall many winters when it snowed, and one can’t help wondering if warnings about global warming are coming home to roost ….

When I was a girl I liked to go Carol Singing with my friends. I fondly remember a group of us from our Youth Club going into The Hogsmill Pub here in Worcester Park, and entertaining the patrons with our warbling. As we shook our charity collection boxes to the assembled throng I remember the crackling of

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logs on the fire in front of us, and thinking how hot I was! Sadly this tradition isn’t as popular as it once was.

Unthinking drivers and people behaving strangely due to alcohol or drugs, can now make once safe suburban roads risky places to be after dark. Our local Rotary Club always make an annual Yuletide tour of our roads, and usually have a van that amplifies carols as they make their rounds, but it’s not the same!

This is Pantomime season, and we are lucky enough to live in an area that can happily cater for our love of such things at this time of the year. As I come from a theatrical family I didn’t know what it was like not to perform in one of these annual extravaganzas when I was a child. In our family, as soon as you were big enough to toddle on stage it fell to you to don the tinsel, prance around in outlandish costumes, and utter corny lines! A venue called Ebbisham Hall used to exist in Ashley Road in Epsom, and it was there that I made my theatrical debut, with knees knocking! When I first came to live in Salisbury Road in 1982 one of our neighbours was a well-known Pantomime dame, Bryan Burdon. He was the son of the Albert Burdon, a comedian from the days of Music Hall. For many years Bryan was a star turn at The Theatre Royal at Windsor, and we would take our son there to cheer and boo with great enthusiasm, and were lucky enough to meet many of Bryan‘s famous co-stars.

On 22nd December we arrive at The Winter Solstice, when the hours of darkness are at their longest, and the hours of sunlight are at their shortest. In pagan times this date was celebrated with bonfires and various rituals, that eventually became assimilated into Christmas. In ancient times the seven days preceding this date, and the seven days thereafter were called The Halcyon Days.

December is a time for reflection on the previous twelve months. This last year has been a rather distressing one for many of us. Pictures of people fleeing their homelands for a variety of reasons, have filled our television screens and newspapers. Horrifying reports of acts of carnage have become all too commonplace, and those of us who grew up in a relatively peaceful world feel very sad to witness such things. In this country we often cynically joke about the supposed safety of yesteryear - but it is true. When I was young my mother lost the key to our back door, and it was never replaced. I lived in that house for twenty years, and we were never robbed, and our home was never vandalised. People trusted each other, and were generally kind. As years have passed, and respect for the police, teachers, and religion have diminished, liberal views have made parents and teachers too scared to correct their children. It seems that common

sense has vanished. Youngsters carrying knives is commonplace in many inner city areas, and a lot of them spend far too much time looking at hideously violent computer games that teach them that killing is fun. It is surely up to the so-called adults who produce this nonsense to stem its flow, so that future generations will not grow up thinking that human life is cheap. Children are natural imitators, and if we feed their developing minds with negative images, we should not be too surprised if they try and emulate what they see on their screens.

As we raise our glasses to each other during this festive season - and also remember with fondness those who are no longer with us - let us hope that the Christmas message of love and peace prevails not only in Worcester Park, but throughout this troubled world.

A very Happy Christmas to you all.

RIP Ruth, love from us all x

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Community Vibrant Ukuleles – surviving lockdown It was a strange feeling back in March when we met for the last time on the evening before the first National lockdown came into effect. Up until that time we had been meeting every week either at Christ Church with St Philip, Worcester Park or in the upstairs function room of the Station Pub in Stoneleigh.

Little did we know how long it would be before we would be able to meet again face to face but we left the meeting that night with a certain amount of anxiety and sadness. We had been going for just over three years and had built up a regular membership with between 35 to 40 attending every Monday. It had become a fun night playing our ukuleles, singing and chatting over coffee and biscuits in our break.

All this was to change in an instant when we couldn’t meet together but we knew we needed to stay connected. As with a large proportion of the population, we hadn’t really been too familiar with Facebook and hadn’t even heard of Zoom. However, finding out the possibilities of both Facebook live and Zoom for maintaining these links and being able to play together, our virtual Vibrant Ukulele Club stated taking shape.

The following week we created a Facebook live session and everyone who was a member of our Facebook group (it’s a closed group – access by approval) was invited to join in on a Monday evening almost as normal. Well not quite as normal – music was sent out by email in advance and of course we couldn’t see each other. I was able to lead the songs and members were joining in at the same time in the comfort of their own homes.

We have also more recently started a weekly Zoom meeting on a Thursday which enables members to participate or even perform and to be able to see and interact with each other.

There are some advantages to these virtual meetings.

• Our membership has grown from 40 on our Facebook group to over 180 and has allowed people from far away to join in from all over the UK and abroad.

• It has meant people haven’t had to travel to our meetings but can stay indoors and have a drink while joining in.

• More importantly we have been able to be there for of our members whether self-isolating, shielding or

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just trying to avoid crowds and therefore not spreading the virus around.

There are disadvantages too.

• We haven’t been able to see each other in person and to chat casually, • We haven’t been able to visit and perform for residential and care homes, lunch clubs and dropin centres which we loved to do when we were able to. The smiley faces of some of the residents, their reception and enjoyment of singing along is something we really miss. It is said that people with dementia often react to music and we certainly found that to be true. Someone who was slumped in a chair with their chin on their chest suddenly started tapping their feet when we were playing.

• We haven’t been able to have our usual summer and Christmas parties.

Since a number of our members are in the vulnerable category we have no desire to rush back to face to face meetings and so virtual meetings will continue probably until a vaccine is developed and is available to all.

Due to the popularity of our virtual meetings with people who are not local, we will need to work out how to continue these contacts and involve them even when our face to face meetings resume.

Anyone who would like to join us is welcome, whether a beginner or advanced player or even to sing along with us,– just send me an email and I will provide all the information you need to join us.

We’re here to bring a little enjoyment and entertainment in these challenging times.

Take care everyone and stay safe. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hoping the New Year will bring happiness and recovery while we all adjust to a ‘new normal’ way of life.

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The wordsmith of Worcester Park I become ambivalent when pubs change their names. As the Beverly Brook runs close-by The Brook in Central Road, it seems a rational name-change although I preferred the less banal Huntsman’s Hall.

The pub in Vale Road was renamed The Willow Tree.

It is not a bad alternative despite its lack of nostalgia.

The more significant name-change was when The Drill became The H G Wells. Pub names should slip off the tongue. This one doesn’t but I don’t care because it puts the name of our local celebrity and literary giant into the public eye.

Herbert George Wells wrote in many genres including political satire but he is best known for his science fiction such as the War of the Worlds, later made into a film and a television production. This type of writing requires considerable skill because the writer is creating the unknown. Anyone who has attended a creative writing course will be familiar with the advice to write about what you know.

Hence, students are encouraged to write about their childhood, perhaps factory life or even an unrequited romance. Their personal memories will authenticate the narrative adding substance that may capture the reader. How could I write about being an astronaut or one of King Arthur’s Knights of the Roundtable? I bow to authors like the late Rosemary Sutcliffe, born in East Clandon, Surrey, and whose trilogy of the Arthurian legend is a joy.

Wells was fascinated by a scientific future that was – but now to a lesser degree – almost beyond imagination. Despite the efforts of the United States of America we remain remarkable limited about the universe. Not surprisingly, I have huge respect for people such as Brian Cox and the late Stephen Hawking. We still like to believe the Earth is the only inhabited planet in the Universe. But is it? Are other planets populated by animals similar to humans and, the eternal question, where does God fit in to all of this? It becomes very easy to see what aroused Wells especially in his time when far less was known about “the final frontier.”

Wells was multi-faceted and it shows in his writing which makes him so interesting to study. Another genre he liked was the short-story. Again, not an easy one, yet Wells was an accomplished short-story writer that many would rank amongst the best. That list would include the Russian, Anton Chekhov, and

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the French writer, Guy de Maupassant, not forgetting our own Charles Dicken whose short-story, The Signalman, is still one of my favourites. Wells loved fantasy which provides the humour in The Truth About Pyecraft. His portrayal of persistence winning over frustration in The Argonauts of The Air is thought provoking but let me give the people of Worcester Park a warning, especially any amateur archaeologists.

This story is about a pioneer called Monson who believes that man is capable of designing and building a machine that will fly. He sets about developing such a machine which amuses the public especially those who gaze at the launch ramp from the train window as it travels through Worcester Park. Progress is slow and costly causing Monson’s efforts to be ridiculed by his workers as Monson’s Folly. Hooper, the foreman, is the unfortunate individual caught between boss and staff. Monson is not the most temperate of characters so frequently turns on those trying to do there best including Mr Woodhouse, his engineer. Fortunately, he is remarkably resilient. Eventually the flying machine is launched but defective steering causes it to crash into the roof of the Royal College of Science where H G Wells once studied. Here’s the warning. This fictional tale is based on a true story. A launch ramp of sorts was built in 1894 to test a steam-powered aeroplane (what!!) but in Bexley not Worcester Park.

The designer was not Monson but Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the machine gun. So, please don’t have an archaeological excavation “between Worcester Park and Malden” hoping to discover the foundations of “that portentous avenue of iron-work, rusting now.” There aren’t any. What is interesting is this short-story was first published in 1895. Eight years later, the Wright brothers recorded man’s first flight.

One of the difficulties of reading period literature is the contemporary style of literary expression.

Dickens wrote great stories but his composition is heavy vis-à-vis current literature. Even heavier is the writing of the Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott. His work is highly praised but put time aside to read, for example, Guy Mannering. These writers are giants of the written word. Of Scott, it is said, he was the J K Rowling of his day. His books inspired another famous author to write, Leo Tolstoy no less. The Scott Memorial in Edinburgh is the largest monument in

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the world to a writer. Is H G Wells any different? No, not really, although I find his books easier to read than many but remember he was a wordsmith, a skilled user of vocabulary, so expect the unusual when reading his books. In Argonauts of the Air he uses the word pachydermatous, an insensitive, thick skinned person. Wells also uses the word epithet, an adjective used to qualify a noun e.g. Alexander the Great, the Great is an epithet. In The Diamond Maker, the narrator describes a stone as being octahedron, a geometrical term meaning eight faces, twelve edges and six vertices. Later, he calls the person he is speaking to as an interlocuter, someone involved in a conversation. When reading H G Wells keep your dictionary to hand.

Should we have preserved Worcester Park as The Home of H G Wells? He wrote Ann Veronica in 1896 whilst living at Heatherlea in The Avenue, demolished in 1955. Is there a Hemmingway-type café where he enjoyed a coffee and liqueur? Did he worship at St Mary the Virgin? Did he go to the opening ceremony of the Odeon in 1934? Who knows?

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Dear Santa Paws, I’ve been a good boy this year, apart from the cowpat incident.

I’ve been vigilant about chasing squirrels (it’s good exercise for them you know) and it’s months since I last dug a hole in my dad’s prize lawn.

Last year’s bag of dog biscuits was nice, although the ‘breath control’ labelling didn’t go unnoticed. This year I think it would help you if I give you some ideas.

Firstly, can I have some human stuff that I’m actually not supposed to play with? You know: socks, shoes, a top-ofthe-range tennis ball, or a human pillow – because doggie pillows are just not the same.

Then I’d love an automatic belly rubber.

My humans are good, but I want so much more – belly rubs are the absolute best.

Finally, a special request: if anyone has put dog fancy dress clothes on their list, please tell them the workshop had sold out. Especially if they included dog antlers.

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The best apps for... Santa!

Message From Santa Message From Santa enables the kids to leave a voicemail for Santa or to send him a text message, and to receive a video message from St Nicholas himself. Don’t worry, it’s not a real video call: the whole thing is simulated so you don’t need to worry about sharing your phone number.

The best for silly festive fun: Elf Yourself Some things have become tradition: Mariah on the stereo, Elf on the Shelf and the Elf Yourself app on your phone. It enables you to put your friends’ or family’s faces on a troupe of dancing elves and use augmented reality so they appear to be dancing in your home.

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Lamb shanks are cut from the end of a leg of lamb and are ideal for slow cooking. Serve with creamy mash potato for a really warming winter supper.

Serves 2 (see tip)

Ready in 3 hours

INGREDIENTS • 1 tbsp olive oil • 15g butter • 2 large lamb shanks • 2 leeks, trimmed, washed and sliced • 600ml vegetable stock • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce • 2 tbsp tomato puree • 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks • 3 fresh rosemary sprigs • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • 300g chestnut mushrooms, halved • Freshly chopped parsley, to garnish • Steamed green beans, to serve TIP As a general guide each lamb shank will serve one adult, however if you use large lamb shanks this recipe will stretch to serve a family of two adults and two children.

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1. Preheat the oven to 170C, 150C fan, gas mark 3. Heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan. Add the lamb shanks and fry for 3-4 minutes until browned all over, turning frequently. Transfer the lamb to an ovenproof dish.

2. Add the leeks to the frying pan and fry for 5 minutes then pour in the stock and Worcestershire sauce and stir in the tomato puree. Bring to the boil then add the carrots, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

3. Spoon the stock and vegetables around the lamb and add the rosemary sprigs.

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and cover tightly with a lid or foil and cook for 2 hours.

4. Remove the dish from the oven and stir in the mushrooms. Return to the oven and cook for a further 30-40 minutes, uncovered, until the lamb is very tender and the liquid has reduced slightly.

Serve garnished with freshly chopped parsley and with steamed green beans.

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A YEAR TO REMEMBER! 2020 has not been great for anyone, but it is almost over and surely 2021 must be better!

We would usually reflect and project in our yearend article, and in December 2019, like many, we were optimistic. It just goes to show that you never know what is round the corner.

Here we are, hoping that this Christmas will be possible but knowing New Year parties are not on the cards. It has been a very different year in which there have been peaks and troughs of all sorts. The weather was lovely, although a little too lovely at points, and we nearly melted! Communities came together and helped each other in a way that we so rarely have time to do. We now know the names of our neighbours, have chatted to them for perhaps the first time in years, rediscovered birdsong and the beautiful countryside around us. But it has been a struggle for many. For some the year has been devastating and they will continue to need our collective support for some time.

Not being able to see family and friends has been painful but thank goodness for the modern technology that has meant we can at least maintain some contact. It is the things we often take for granted, like being able to hug people, that we have realised are more important than we knew. And talking about things we take for granted the NHS, and all the emergency services, have done what they do best, and continue to do so. This year has simply highlighted that we often take them for granted, and we really shouldn’t. Thank you to everybody who has made a difference to somebody else this year, no matter how small, it is appreciated.

Wishing you and all your family The best Christmas possible.

Santa may be wearing a mask this year, but we are sure he will still visit.

Here’s to a future that is brighter and full of family and friends Keep Safe and we will see you in 2021.

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Parkin’ some thoughts We’ve never had it so bad...

by Nick Hazell

At times like this it’s hard not to embrace one’s inner Eeyore. That clinically depressed creation would no doubt be in his element during the current Groundhog Day, weeks or is it now months of Covid-19 and reaching for his stash of serotonin inhibitors.

However, even he was able to see the potential upside to a general downhill tumble, remarking on one occasion to the other occupants of 100 Acre Wood that whilst it was snowing and freezing, the absence of an earthquake meant that it wasn’t all bad news.

Yes, the present is more unpleasant than the school served minced meat 1970s style about which I still have nightmares, but it could be worse.

The shops are shut. You can’t go to the pub. Socialising is verboten. Strictly Come Dancing can no longer be filmed in front of a live studio audience and Ant n Dec have been banished to Wales. Life is indeed bad.

What’s more, Christmas is around the corner and we may not be able to spend it with our families.

Sometimes, there is a bright side to see. This year you may just have to look a bit harder to find it.

Happy Christmas!

For some of us, this is indeed upsetting. For others it will be less so. The annual spinning of the Russian Roulette barrel to determine which side of the family we’re forced to spend the festive period with will be unnecessary as will the inventing of ever more creative methods of disposing of Great Aunty Maud in a manner consistent with an Hercule Poirot Christmas Special before she delivers up her annual gift of sugared York Fruits.

But really, for many of us, it’s all just a bit irritating and inconvenient. An interruption in our otherwise taken for granted existence. If you’re lucky enough to have kept your job or not had your life affected by this crisis in any way other than a requirement to reschedule hairdressing appointments or the need to complain about the speed of your Broadband connection at 30 minutes past school chucking out time, then it’s probably worth spending a moment this festive period to think of those that have or who have had unconnected challenges to deal with or bad news to digest.

If this year has taught me anything it is that, as that grey haired and miserable donkey also remarked, “it never hurts to keep looking for the sunshine. The nicest thing about the rain is that it stops... eventually.”

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Clare Jefferies, owner of the New Malden based company said “We have had a number of clients move from hourly care with us to live in care throughout the pandemic as well as loved ones looking for a way of Mum having company during these lonely and isolating times. Our live in care services allow people to stay in the comfort of their own home around their familiar surroundings, all while receiving round-theclock care from our trained caregivers.

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operate from a central location, our clients and caregivers are supported by our local office, round the corner, with a dedicated team on hand to help out at a moment’s notice.

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home, day and night, helping clients to carry out tasks, and more importantly, be a familiar face and a source of company. And preventing a stream of people visiting the home. When not working their agreed hours, live in caregivers are able to rest, sleep and follow normal activities that they would usually do.

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Crafting for the Holidays As we enter the Christmas period in this strange and unusual year, it is more important than ever to focus on what brings you joy!

Crafting gives you something to focus on and allows you time to forget your worries, as well as getting a huge amount of satisfaction from your completed item- That feeling is priceless!

Many of us have realised just how important hobbies are through these lockdowns, giving people an outlet, whether gardening, baking, sewing or painting these skills are not only useful but are now considered 'Mindfulness practices' and are as beneficial to your health as meditating and Yoga!

Christmas to try some new crafts- Bake Christmas Cookies, Sew a Christmas Garland or Make your own Cards to send to your loved ones that you may not be able to meet in person!

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How many kinds of sweet flowers grow…

by Pippa Greenwood

The quintessentially English country garden is something many of us dream about owning. It has classic, timeless appeal and looks gorgeous in a really relaxed way. And, although it may be easier to achieve the cottage garden style in the countryside, even in a town you can still recreate at least some of that classic country look.

Shrubs make a great backdrop to a country-look garden – choose a range of different shapes, textures and shades of leaf colour to start to recreate the cottage-garden feel. Choose mainly or all deciduous shrubs, rather than conifers and other evergreens, for the best effect. Include some evergreens for more of a year-round look.

Make something of a garden gate: a wooden or metal gate painted white gives the right feel, and when smart, traditional-look fixings and fixtures are painted contrasting black, the look is complete. White works well but bright colours can look out of place. Make sure you prepare the surface well before painting.

Carefully coordinated and muted shades need not be the name of the game in a country-style garden. The combination of a wide range of types of flower in an even wider range of colours is perfect. Forget the rigid confines of a colour wheel, allow some contrasting colours and, as long as there is plenty of greenery inbetween, they’ll look great.

Unless it is in a vegetable plot, regimented, straight row or blocks of planting are definitely out! Plant loosely and almost randomly to achieve the truly relaxed feel that this sort of garden is all about. No straight lines, anywhere – instead use drifts of planting to give beds and borders a country style, whatever their size.

Bare earth does not often feature in a cottage garden.

Instead, make sure that plants are everywhere and allowed to grow closer than usual. When you plant up a bed from scratch, the plants will need to be quite far apart or else they will soon become too crowded.

But whilst they find their feet and start to fill their space, use hardy annuals sown from scattered seed or plantings of seasonal bedding to fill in gaps and create a wall-to-wall carpet of colour.

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Plants in pots can be used to great effect for added seasonal splashes of colour, so get planting with temporary plants such as brightly coloured pelargoniums and geraniums or longer-term plants such as bulbs and small shrubs. Choose a pot with an informal, rounded shape, rather than anything too geometric or modern in shape or colour; a terracotta pot works a treat.

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A good range of heights in the flower borders helps create a feeling of rich opulence. Make sure that basically the smaller plants are at the front and the largest at the back, but add in some tall, slim plants throughout the planting – these will add colour, interest and variation in height without blocking your view of their smaller neighbours. There are lots of plants you can use for this; the classic is the purpleflowered Verbena bonariensis.

A wall made from traditional materials like brick or stone makes a perfect boundary. A really laid-back option is a drystone wall – with variations in the grey and brownish colours of the stone it looks great in all weathers, and you’ll often be able to get plants such as house leeks growing in some of the crevices too.

If your garden is on a slope, you may well need steps. Rather than going for wood, angular slabs or brick, choose stone. It is much longer-lasting, won’t be damaged by hard frosts and does not need preservative treatments. The appeal is also in its natural good looks and, when combined with a wall of the same material, steps like this can almost trick you into thinking they’re there naturally! Increase the effect by laying the steps in a slightly uneven manner.

Ivy can be a bit of a nuisance if allowed to grow out of control, but in a situation like this it makes for a perfect way to cover up a less-than attractive feature such as an ugly wall. Small plants grow rapidly once established and because they produce tiny suckers you’ll not even need to put up any form of a support system. As an added bonus, once established, a dense growth of ivy is also a useful wildlife habitat.

Maximise every planting opportunity using containers made from natural materials such as terracotta.

Positioned along the top of a wall they’ll mark the boundary well and bring seasonal colour. Swap the plants around at the end of the summer and use winter-flowering pansies for colour throughout the year.

Plant small, compact plants along the edges of paths and steps to add colour and interest and increase the sense of informality. Cushion-forming plants such as small saxifrages look great but won’t swamp the steps either!

Visit Pippa’s website (www.pippagreenwood.com) to book Pippa for a gardening talk at your gardening club or as an after-dinner speaker.

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