Worcester Park Life March 19

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Welcome to YOUR Worcester Park Life from jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk At the end of January, I was part of an amazing team who put on a quiz night as a fundraiser for the Lunchbowl Network, which feeds and educates desperate and often vulnerable children from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

The unique aspect of this quiz? Questions were recorded on video by 64 amazing celebrities, from the worlds of film, TV, music to name but a few. Our wonderful host, comedian Dom Holland was introduced by Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh and even Spider-man was there – one of 400 quizzers who came for a sit-down meal, enjoyed lots of laughter and all helped us raise an incredible £15,000 for the charity!! We had lots of really generous sponsors and almost 50 helpers gave up their time to help us pull off such an amazing total. This charity is run entirely by volunteers, which means that 97.5p out of every £ we raise goes to help.

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I hope you enjoy the magazine this month, please use our advertisers and keep hold of it until you get the next one. So we can deliver the magazine to most of the KT3 postcode, we split the distribution over a two month period. If you have had this edition delivered you probably won’t get the Aprilone. There are a limited number of copies available from Waitrose, Worcester Park Library, St Mary’s and Christ Church with St Philip but don’t forget that it is also published online - you can get the link from our website.

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This month, a few of us are going to Nairobi to see the latest project that Lunchbowl has taken on – a Primary School – and also revisit our kindergarten and Saturday feeding programme.

Excitement is tinged with apprehension, but this will, for sure, increase the drive to fundraise and volunteer for Lunchbowl and other charities closer to home. If you’re in a position to, and don’t already, then why not take the leap and find a good cause or voluntary organisation that you can get involved with. If you do, let me know!

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Worcester Park History Where was The Bungalow? by David Rymill In January I mentioned a map of The Avenue contained in an estate agents’ brochure dated 1882, of which I have seen only one copy, held at Surrey History Centre in Woking (ref SP/1240). This month I explore how this map, and a photograph within a local guidebook at the Local Studies and Archives Centre on the top floor of Sutton Library, have helped to solve a puzzle.

In 1945, Sir Alexander Harris published his memories of Cuddington and Worcester Park in the 1880s-90s. The general character of the Avenue in those days could, he said, ‘still be gathered as one walks up it, beginning somewhere near the curve with the bungalow belonging to Mr Chifferiel on the right’ – but which house was the bungalow? Frederick Chifferiel was a leading member of the Landed Estates Company and the Worcester Park Building Company, the two firms which started the development of The Avenue, so one would like to know where he lived.

In the 1870s Mr Chifferiel was living in Grafton House, later replaced by Squirrels Court, and that couldn’t have been called a bungalow: it was a three-storey (plus basement) house, probably similar in style to surviving villas such as nos. 13 and 29, but slightly larger. In the 1881 census, he was listed at a house actually called The Bungalow, which from its position in the census list appeared to be on the other side of no. 13 from Grafton House so, as I mentioned in the January 2015 edition (https://issuu.com/maldenmedia/ docs/worcester_park_life_jan_15), I assumed that it was the much smaller property later known as Ivy Lodge, no. 11, which looked more like a bungalow (albeit with two rooms upstairs); this was later replaced by Forresters Court. I guessed that he had perhaps ‘downsized’ because of the financial tangles which affected both the development companies.

(Incidentally, the chalet-bungalow at 11A, called Verano, where Verano Lodge now stands, was built much later.)

The 1882 map, however, reveals that I was quite wrong: he had, indeed, ‘up-sized’. As you can see from the extract reproduced here, courtesy of Surrey History

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Service, The Bungalow was the substantial property later called Briarwood, a name commemorated by the present Briarwood Court on the same plot.

The map shows that its grounds also included the present Orchard Court; it had an impressive crescentshaped entrance drive, and the future Ivy Lodge was apparently just the entrance lodge. Admittedly, the location might not have suited everyone: the main house was nearer the road than was its entrance lodge, at the other end of the drive, and it seems to have been joined on to the Post Office that stood at the end of Park Terrace, although the map does not make this apparent.

On census night in 1881, rather surprisingly, Mr Chifferiel, his daughter and a nephew, had only one living-in servant, the coachman Walter Fletcher. Most large houses in The Avenue had two to four staff members; perhaps some other servants happened to be away that night. There was also a domestic gardener, Robert Meer, with his wife and daughter, at the lodge, and Robert presumably worked for the Chifferiels. This is a little tricky to spot because, as the line of dots and dashes on the map shows, the lodge was in Cuddington parish, whereas the main house

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was across the boundary in Malden, so it appears in a different census book.

The 1866 Ordnance Survey map shows that the lodge already existed then, before The Bungalow was built, and I suspect that, because the process of obtaining the rights to build the stretch of The Avenue nearest Malden Road was complex, Ivy Lodge was built as the original lodge to the whole development, just inside the Cuddington boundary, and that after Mr Chifferiel turned it into an entrance lodge to The Bungalow, a new lodge was built nearer the main road, now Chiswell Lodge, no. 1 (it is not on the map in the 1882 brochure, but was there by c1890).

Mr Chifferiel died in 1883, and The Bungalow was subsequently divided into two houses, as shown on a map of c1890, also held in SHC (70/34): the part facing up The Avenue became Briarwood, and the section nearer Malden Road was The Briars. The ‘Bungalow’ name was re-used for the Bungalow Nursery, one of several nurseries run by the Dare family of florists, probably located where Orchard Court was later built.

In 1891 Briarwood and The Briars were the homes of Edward Braddon, Agent-General of Tasmania, and Shallett Dale, a ship-owner, and their families. By 1911 Thomas W Milward, part of a dynasty who had multiple businesses in Park Terrace – postmasters, coal merchants, estate agents, etc – was at The Briars, so the proximity of the house to Park Terrace had become an advantage.

never met anyone who worked in the nursing home.

If any readers can help, please get in touch.

As many local readers will already know, on 4th February – a day or two after I had drafted this article – the former Worcester Park Tavern, previously The Worcester, in Park Terrace (a few yards from the Briarwood site), which closed in 2012, was reduced to a shell by a fire. I’d like to write an article about the pub later this year, so please contact me if you can contribute memories of being a regular, working there, or attending music nights or other special events.

David Rymill David.Rymill1993@alumni.aber.ac.uk

In 1924, according to an estate agent’s correspondence in SHC (265/3/4/18), Briarwood belonged to Frederick Ginn, a philatelic dealer in The Strand, and he was apparently negotiating for its sale as a nursing home.

By 1930 Briarwood was indeed the Briarwood Nursing Home, with Miss G Lewin as matron. The Briars seems still to have been separate then, but by 1938 had apparently been incorporated into the nursing home.

It was a maternity home down to the 1950s – the novelist Simon Brett was born there in 1945 – and in the 1960s-70s was a nursing home for elderly people.

I hadn’t expected Briarwood to have been called The Bungalow, because glimpses of it in photographs suggest that the part nearest The Avenue had two or even three storeys – but a photograph by A L Bawtree in a mid 20th-century guidebook in Sutton Library, reproduced here courtesy of Sutton Archives, shows that part of it was indeed single-storey.

So, these documents have helped solve at least part of the puzzle – but I still do not have any photographs clearly showing Briarwood from the road, and I have

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Ruth Jemmett Writes Mad March Days I was reading John Masefield’s popular poem Cargoes recently, and came to the line I had learnt at school many years ago, which described a “dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, butting through the channel in the mad March days”. Living on this island, with its crazy weather, I think we can all identify with that vision of our weather at this time of the year. March is a curious month, which lurches from the promise of Spring at one moment, and then brings us the threat of a returning winter during the next one. In the old Roman calendar it was the first month of the year, named after the planet Mars. Its first twenty days officially belong to winter, but farmers begin their sowing season at this time. ‘Lide’ is an old name for March, and comes from the old English word ‘Hlyda’, which referred to the loudness of the wind. It is often said that ‘March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’. The writer Harrison Keillor once said that “March is the month that God designed to show those who don’t drink what a hangover is like”!

On 1st of March we celebrate St David’s Day. He is the patron saint of Wales. He was thought to be the son of a prince or chieftain in Cardigan, and he founded several Welsh monasteries. On this day many people like to wear a daffodil in their button-hole, or sport a leek on their hats. St David was thought to have instructed his men to wear a leek in battle, to identify them as Welsh soldiers. I am made up of seven nationalities and like to think that my love of playing the harp comes from my Welsh connection. I am also particularly fond of Leek and Potato Soup!

Shrove Tuesday will fall on 5th March this year.

Traditionally it is a time to use up foodstuffs that one might give up during Lent, such as eggs and milk – hence it also being known as Pancake Day. Lent this year officially starts on Wednesday 6th March. There is often a ritual carried out in Christian churches, when a cross of ashes is put on the foreheads of churchgoers a reminder that ‘dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return’. Unlike many other people I am trying to gain weight at the moment, so I think I will be forgiven if I don’t give up sweet things, and sometimes indulge in eating naughty chocolate bars and doughnuts!!!

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On the 7th of March it will be World Book Day and Copyright Day. Although it seems that technological gadgets are taking over, the sale of books has had a renaissance in recent times. My home bears witness to this, as I possess literally hundreds of them, and I received many more for Christmas. A good book smells and feels magical. Cold plastic is no substitute for the real thing!

On the 8th of the month it will be International Women’s Day. All over the world half of the human race is still trying to make inroads into male dominated societies. It is a well established fact that countries that have more men than women in them tend to keep women in subservient positions, and are more war-like in nature.

Slowly but surely we are coming out of the dark ages in this respect, and hopefully our grandchildren will be witness to a fairer world – and a more peaceful one – for both genders.

On 13th March 1781 the astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. It was the furthest known planet from the sun at that time. Neptune had not yet been discovered. It was given the name of a Greek mythological figure. Our knowledge of the universe has expanded greatly since that time, and it is now believed that within our own galaxy there are very many planets that could harbour some sort of life forms. Their inhabitants will not necessarily look like us, and their rules of physics and chemistry may be vastly different from ours. Watch this space - literally!

We all know the phrase “Beware the ides of March”, which comes from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar.

In ancient Rome the Ides denoted the 15th of various months in the year, including March. It is best known as the day in 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators in the Senate House in Rome. However, this terrible act failed to achieve its aims, and led to a further civil war.

This year Red Nose Day will be celebrated in this country on the 15th, when brave souls everywhere will do their best to raise funds for good causes. Even if you just buy a red nose, try and get involved in some way if you can.

How could we possibly forget St Patrick’s Day on the 17th March? Not many people realise that St Patrick

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was, in fact, born in Wales. He was captured by pirates, and sold into slavery in Ireland. He eventually escaped to France, where he became a monk, then a bishop. In time he returned o Ireland in 432. When teaching he would use three leaves of the shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity. He is said to have banished snakes from Ireland. His special day is celebrated in many countries throughout the world, with America being particularly enthusiastic to prove their Irish roots!

On the 20th of March Spring officially begins, and on Saturday 30th March we have to put our clocks forward by one hour. On 31st it will be Mothering Sunday, so don’t forget to buy that card! As the days lengthen and the sun’s rays start to make themselves felt, they also show up the dust that has been lurking during the darker months. Now is the time to do that Spring cleaning, and throw a few things out. The great designer William Morris said “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”. I guess my nodding figurine of The Queen will have to go!!!

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The Great Super Heroes fancy dress competition! At Herald of Spring Come dressed as a super hero and win a prize! There are three age groups up to 5, 6 to 9 and 10 upwards Amazon gift vouchers as prizes 1st £30 2nd £20 and 3rd £10 All entrance will get a prize The competition will be judged at 2pm Saturday 9 March, 9.30am - 5pm, Bourne Hall Free entry!

There will be beautiful floral displays and a show garden from Ashtead Park Garden Centre along with the Mayday Flower Club, and shows by local countryside groups! You can visit the What’s On In Epsom Spring Market with arts, crafts and Jam or enjoy some tea and cake in the Coffee Shop.

Children can cheer on the Hobbledown Puppet Show and dancer’s, be amazed by Close Up Magic’s trickery and sleight of hand, marvel at the Bourne Hall Museum kids Club with heroic Viking saga’s and join in with the ‘feel-good’ kids’ activities from the Rainbow Centre in the Main Hall.

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It’s all FREE! Fantastic fun for all the family  Further information is available from David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell. Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 0208 394 1734, Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk Tucked away behind the houses just near Carshalton is a secret tranquil haven. Carshalton Community Allotment is a shared space on Westmead Allotment Site where people from all walks of life meet up once or twice a week to grow food and enjoy being outdoors.

You don’t have to be a gardening expert to take part and we are a very friendly group! There’s always something to do whatever the season from weeding to sowing seeds. We have some raised beds for people who find it difficult to bend too much and there’s always different tasks to suit everybody. We’re also keen to find some volunteers with DIY skills who could help with woodwork repairs.

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look after your mind and body while helping in your local community. You’ll also meet other people, learn new skills and get a bit of exercise and take a share of the harvest home to eat!

We’re open whatever the weather (unless it snows!) and its best to wear wellies or old shoes. We have a hut, toilet, benches and tea making facilities so you can have a rest and a chat.

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World Day of Prayer

is at St Matthias Catholic Church Worcester Park on Friday 1st March at 2 pm, We are Churches together with St John the Baptist in Church Road Worcester Park and Worcester Park Baptist in the Avenue also Christchurch with St Phillip.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra is back at St Andrew’s URC, Northey Avenue Cheam on 30th March for its spring concert featuring a Russian favourite and some Armenian classics.

First up is Spartacus Suite No. 2 by Khachaturian. Taken from the longer ballet composed in 1954 the suite is based somewhat loosely on the well-known tale of Spartacus, underdog leader of the slave uprising against the repressive Romans in c70BC. Clearly a suitably socialist story and one which Khachaturian had great fun rewriting. There are 4 movements and something for everyone with a love theme, a pirate dance, some manic rhythms and tunes generally inspired by Armenian folk music. You might think you don’t know this piece at all but people of a certain age will recognise part of it as the theme to the Onedin Line.

Next up is Arutiunian’s trumpet concerto with local musician Mikey Ahearn as soloist. Mikey, currently

studying music and in his final year at Oxford, is an alumnus of Wilson’s School and Sutton Music Service (SMS), and also won the SMS concerto competition in 2012. This concerto gives the soloist lots of opportunity to show off advanced instrumental techniques as it’s flashy, virtuosic but also lyrical and expressive with yet more Armenian folk influences - overall a real crowd pleaser.

All good symphonies have a “fate” motif and Tchaikovsky’s 4th (which forms the second half of the concert) is no exception. Tchaikovsky said the opening fanfare signified fate or as he put it “the fatal power which prevents one from attaining the goal of happiness”. Clearly he wasn’t in a great place when he started composing this in 1877 following the end of his short-lived and fairly catastrophic marriage. Although the symphony has its intense and turbulent moments, Tchaikovsky also knew how to write a fabulously over the top tune and there are plenty of these in this piece to wreak havoc with your emotions – all in a good way obviously.

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Appeal Worcester Park men listed on British Normandy Memorial to be erected in France The idea for a British D-Day/Normandy Memorial, recording the names of all those serving in British units who died in Normandy, June-August 1944 - the first step in ending the Second World War in Europe, originated among Normandy Veterans who’ve long felt that Britain should have a national memorial to match those of its main wartime allies, the United States and Canada.

It was championed by George Batts, the former National Secretary of the Normandy Veterans Association. Mr Batts, who’s now aged 93, was among the first British troops to land on ‘Gold Beach’ on 6 June 1944. “I saw many of my mates die on that beach,” Mr Batts said, “and it has never seemed right to me that Britain does not have a memorial in Normandy which records the names of all those Brits and comrades from other nations who lost their lives fighting to rid Europe of tyranny.”

Now, seventy-five years after D-Day, the dream of veterans like George Batts is poised to become a reality.

Backed by a grant of £20 million from the government’s LIBOR fund, the Normandy Memorial Trust has been developing its plans for the past three years. Fifty acres of land have been purchased in the village of Ver-sur-Mer on a hillside overlooking ‘Gold Beach’ and the Mulberry Harbour and British architect Liam O’Connor – creator of the Bomber Command Memorial in London – has finalised his designs for the memorial [picture].

The ‘Roll of Honour’ of 22,440 men and two women of the British Armed Forces from more than thirty different nations who died in the D-Day landings and the subsequent Battle of Normandy has been compiled by the trust’s researchers and will be inscribed on the memorial.

At least five men were from Worcester Park. As the dawn broke on the 7th June, the invasion forces worked to consolidate the foothold established in France. Two men from Worcester Park became part of the D-Day story.

Able Seaman Douglas Belcher, husband of Joan Belcher, served with LCA Assault Flotilla 522. They landed American Rangers on Omaha Beach on D-Day and continued to land troops as the days progressed. It was dangerous work and 184 LCA landing craft were lost between June-July 1944.

Casualties included Able Seaman Belcher, killed on 7th June. He is buried in Portland Naval Cemetery, Dorset, one of around 4,000 Normandy casualties who are buried in the UK.

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As soldiers landed on the beaches the RAF provided air

support to hold up German reinforcements. FO Alfred Greenfield, son of Charles and Beatrice Greenfield, was a Navigator with 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron. On the night of 6/7th June they went to bomb lines of communication in Caen. But Greenfield’s aircraft, Lancaster ND519, was reported missing without trace. Heavy flak had been reported and they crashed on the outskirts of Caen, killing all on board. Three crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing but the others, including Greenfield, are buried in Douvres-la-Délivrande Cemetery, France.

The site of the Normandy memorial will be formally inaugurated as part of the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day on 6th June this year. A Foundation Stone will be laid and the “D-Day Sculpture” commissioned from British sculptor David Williams-Ellis will be unveiled.

But additional funds are needed and the trust has launched its “22,442 Sacrifice for Freedom” campaign to raise the £9 million needed to complete the memorial project.

Lord Peter Ricketts, the former British Ambassador to France who chairs the trust’s board of trustees, said: “The launch of the trust’s public appeal is an opportunity for as many people as possible to show their support and help us to build a fitting tribute to the young soldiers, sailors and airmen who did not hesitate when they were asked to fight for Europe’s freedoms.”

Among those who’ve campaigned most passionately for the memorial is Normandy Veteran Harry Billinge, aged 93. Last summer he embarked on a one-man fundraising initiative in the centre of his local town, St Austell, Cornwall. He singlehandedly raised more than £5,000.00. “This memorial means more to me than any other charity project I’ve ever been involved with. Please support it,” Mr Billinge said.

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Clubs The Worcester Park Dramatic Society The Worcester Park Dramatic Society is a local amateur theatre group of long standing, winner of the 2011 NODA London Flame Award, and since nominated for awards for our sets and performances.

We stage two major productions a year at the excellent Adrian Mann Theatre in Ewell, in April and November, plus a production of 1–Acts in the summer. Details on our website <wpds.co.uk>.

We meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 8.15pm in the Elmcroft Community Centre in North Cheam, on the Sainsbury’s site. We have rehearsals and quiz nights and organise theatre outings and social events.

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There was a time it was thought the high street agent’s days were numbered and many have tried the online only approach.

Recently a number of those have closed their virtual doors. At the same time several High Street Agents have rethought their business model. Most recently Your Move owners, LSL, have announced the closure of nearly a third of their branches and are following a movement towards hub offices.

We notice that parents are taking on the leg work for their children. It’s not unusual to book viewings with parents as they draw up a shortlist of properties their son or daughter should consider. They often deal with much of the process after an offer has been made taking the pressure off a child who has little spare time in the working week. Parents are also funding part of the purchase cost either by downsizing to release capital, digging into savings or re-mortgaging. Gifting a deposit may seem like a straightforward procedure but can present problems during conveyancing, its not as simple as it used to be, and requires forward planning.

The alternative is to make alterations to the family home adapting it for multigenerational living, sharing not only the space but running costs too. This can of course influence the future value of that home. We are increasingly being asked to help a homeowner weigh up whether the cost of proposed building work can be justified by a positive change in the property value. Some changes are improvements, but others can have little or no effect or, at worst, can have a negative impact on the saleability of a property.

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The reason people come in, or call, is because they want more information. That can be either regarding a specific property they have noticed or to talk through the various options they may have personally to determine the most practical way for them to achieve what they want. Rarely is it the case that a single person is an expert in all areas that they need an insight into.

A hub is a place where everybody can learn from each other and where the right person is on hand to answer our client’s questions quickly. Spreading that expertise across multiple smaller offices makes no sense to us and it would seem that it is beginning to make less sense to a growing number of Whether children have never left, or agents. At the end of the day it’s good to boomeranged back, we are always happy to talk, whether that’s to each other or to the chat through the options and help you plan people who need our help, and that means the next stage. being together in one office.

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Parkin’ some thoughts Doggedly Stubborn

by Nick Hazell

Giving up. It’s the easiest thing in the world.

Anyone can do it. No particular effort is required unless you’re a chain-smoking alcoholic with an incurable drug problem.

There have been times over the past few months where I’ve almost succumbed to my inner Charlie Brown, uttered an “Oh good, grief” or words to that effect and wondered what’s the point?

Fortunately, I’m not allowed to wallow in self-pity, worrying about what the future might hold. Although supportive to a fault, Mrs H isn’t afraid to administer the sort of corrective hairdryer treatment that would make Sir Alex Ferguson blush and which brings me to my senses.

It’s also fair to say I can be quite single minded and maybe a bit stubborn. There’s a bit of that trait in evidence throughout the corridors of Hazell Towers.

Even that furry mutt, Dudley the Miniature Schnauzer, effects a style of obstinacy that infamously contributed to his receipt of the Canine equivalent of a U grade at puppy training school. Even now, if you ask him to do something he was already thinking of doing, the chances of him then actually doing it reduce to zero.

Being stubborn can be a bad thing, certainly if you aspire to any award at Crufts other than loudest bark, but I suppose it just depends how you use it. As a corporate lawyer, a healthy dose of intransigence and a willingness to defend the indefensible was regularly called upon. The trick was not so much to actually be right, but rather to sound like you were. In my present circumstances and in the absence of any obvious solution to the matter in hand, it translates into a pigheaded unwillingness to accept certain facts and to carry on.

Of course, it’s a bit harder now to do things which I used to take for granted. If I let that bother me, I’d never get out of bed, although the regular occurrence of vivid dreams that could form the basis of a Stephen King novel mean I’m not too bothered about spending much time there. You just have to keep going. Things might get better. Of course, they might not and it’s hard to wait around for something, like a cure that you know might not happen, but it’s even harder to accept that it never will.

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The more I meet other Parky people though, the more I have come to realise that a stubborn refusal to accept this buggeration of a disease is as common a feature of daily living as is uncontrollable drooling, frozen faces and faulty footwork. We’re a hardy bunch, slapped in the face by the wet fish of life, but determined to have it with chips and maybe some salad for the vitamins.

Sitting here as I am at 4.30 in the morning having experienced a nightmare more frightening than one of Madonna’s pointy bras, I’ll admit to having moments of doubt. I’ve been let down by my body which, to the extent it resembles a temple, is one that is crumbling, most likely cursed and filled with unspeakable nastiness. However, whilst giving up may be easy, my pathological stubbornness and irrational optimism take me down a more navigable path of daily living that is nothing if not self-preserving. There’s little to be gained from over analysing the situation. As that blanket wielding philosopher and Chuck’s friend, Linus van Pelt once observed, “worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening. It just stops you from enjoying the good”.

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Voice for Wildlife A House on Fire. by Carol Williams A young Scandinavian climate activist, Greta Thunberg, the inspiration behind the Friday school strikes, said “ I don’t want you to hope, I want you to panic. I want you to act like your house is on fire. Because it is”.

By not taking climate change seriously enough we are all jeopardising the future of this planet - and that concerns Greta deeply. She has inspired a movement amongst young people - those who will inherit the legacy of our lack of care for this earth, which the Pope calls ‘our common home’ in his encyclical letter of 2015, the Laudato Si. Our common home is on fire.

There will be no wildlife for me to speak up for, without saving the earth. We could potentially destroy all life here, including our own. It is humbling to realise that, without us, life here would most likely flourish, and deeply upsetting to realise that, if we humans perish, it will be because we have already destroyed everything else except bacteria and parasites. Greta is right - we should be panicking. When a building is on fire, we are told to get out quickly. But where will we go if the whole earth is being destroyed? There is no planet B. Wildlife is already reduced to tiny corners across the globe, coming into conflict with human interests every single moment and losing ever more habitat to our greed for land and resources. The wild will go first - it is already vanishing fast. I often feel that my voice for the wild ones of earth is drowned out by the selfish clamour of human wants.

Another young activist, Genesis Butler, 12 years old, from the USA, has written to the Pope asking him to go vegan for Lent. She has, like many people, including the naturalist and broadcaster, Chris Packham, rightly observed that a wholescale shift to plant-based eating is one of the key ways we can help to save our planet.

So, she logically thinks that the Pope, because of his professed love of animals and his concerns for the earth ‘our common home’ will want to do all in his power to protect our earth, her earth, which, as a Christian, he believes was created by God and that human beings are its stewards( caretakers). So Genesis, with childlike faith, has written to him. A site called Million Dollar Vegan has taken up her challenge and promised a $1 million donation to a charity of the Pope’s choice, should he accept.

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Personally, I don’t like the money incentive that has been tacked on - the Pope should have the integrity to do it without that. In fact he should have done it already, if he meant those comments in his Laudato Si. Does Pope Francis have the moral depth of Chris Packham, who makes no claims to any faith in God? Chris did Veganuary and is sticking to the plant-based diet now the January challenge period is over. This gives him a much more morally consistent basis for his wildlife campaigns.

Unlike his co-presenter, Michaela Strachan, who said, on Twitter, in a video chat with Chris, that she liked coffee too much and didn’t think any milk but cows’ milk tasted right in her lattes!! The shallowness of that remark, from someone who poses as a ‘voice for wildlife’ beggars belief, frankly. She’s vegetarian - but, come on!! That’s the best reason she can come up with to not follow Chris’s example? Seriously? Chris’s response was ‘come on, you can give up coffee!’ He’s right. She could. Or have it black.

Or learn to like a different taste in it - for the common good. To be up against such a superficial, selfish, entitled, trivial attitude from a wildlife presenter and educator is mind- bogglingly disappointing, frankly. But at least she’s vegetarian, I suppose. At least she isn’t helping to plunder the oceans of life and robbing marine mammals and birds of their only source of food - got to give her that: the Pope, as far as we know, hasn’t even managed that much yet, for ‘the earth, our common home’.

Greta Thunberg, whose quote I used as the title of this piece, is already vegan of course. I hope all the children who are following her lead and going on strike over the climate change issue, will decide to do likewise. Are they learning to protect the planet in school? Is it worth their learning about anything if there is no future for them?

That’s the message of the Friday school strikes. Wake up world!

The belief at the heart of veganism is this: ‘ The animals of earth are here with us, not for us’. Ponder that. Would wildlife all over the world be in such serious trouble if most human beings had this inherent belief taught to them as children? ‘ Animals are here with us, not for us’. If you respect wild animals, you protect and conserve their habitats - you don’t trash and plunder them, and that keeps ecosystems intact. Nature is healthy only when its ecosystems function as they should -and we have broken them.

As a species, have we not always looked on animals as some resource for us to use? For food, for clothes, to carry our loads, to entertain us, to give us pleasure. Have we not always considered it perfectly acceptable to take from the wild anything we want, no matter that it might be some other creature’s home, some other species’ only food source?

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Ok, so in the past, survival necessity drove us to do some of these things - we needed food and warm clothes - but at what point did these things become the basis for the huge industries that now exploit, destroy and kill, all for profit? Agriculture and settlement began deforestation.

Great Britain was once a forested land where bears, wolves, wild boar, wild sheep, wild cattle and lynx roamed freely. I would like us to return to something like that - not only will it help link up fragmented wild habitats, it will be a vast carbon sink, and, as Greta knows full well, we desperately need that.

When you read that statement from the Pope, it suggests a deep respect for creation and a sorrow for what is lost. So far I am with Pope Francis. He should already be vegan with that attitude. ‘Thousands of species’ are no longer giving ‘glory to God’ because humans have wiped them off the face of this planet.

That’s some whacking sin for Christians to ponder.

“Animals are here with us, not for us” would serve all of humanity well - it would put a brake on our ruthless exploitation of the natural world - we would understand that overfishing is taking from other creatures their only food source, we would comprehend I can’t think our ancestors felt much sorrow in hunting that taking another life - any life - without the necessity for food, killing animals and using up every last bit of to do so, is to inflict pointless suffering, we would look them for some tool or craft - many musical instruments at Nature with a totally different eye. We would not were carved from bone or tusks, but in the world we be ripping up the rainforests or shoving plastic into have now, we have none of their excuses. We are not the oceans, we would not be hunting wild creatures ignorant of our impact on the earth, we have developed merely for sport or breeding birds purely to blast them elaborate moral philosophies, we know about animal from the sky with shotguns. We would not be poaching sentience, we know a great deal about how ecosystems ' P U T Yanimals O U RforGtrophies ARDE Noutdated, M A I Nobsolete, T E N Abarbaric NCE IN TH and work and - crucially - we have few diseases that are H A N D S O F S O M E O N E W H O R E A L L to Y CARES and useless medical remedies or trapping animals likely to kill us in large numbers. We have the capacity to steal their fur coats from them or breeding them to do subdue and destroy everything on this earth - and, with the same. We would have some respect. that dreadful ability comes a moral dilemma -because - One - Tree surgery off Tidy we can, does that mean we should? What happens if we Stump Grinding - Garden Maintenance “ Animals are here WITH us, not FOR us”. Please let us exercise our abilities, as if we have some ‘right’ to do so, Strimming and Weeding begin to live this belief. The earth is our common andwith Lawns without any regard for wider consequences? Without - Decking home. We have no other.

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Gardening Fabulous Fruit Trees by Pippa Greenwood If you have ever been put off the idea of growing your own tree fruit, such as apples, pears, plums or cherries, simply because your garden is on the small size, think again; it is not difficult to grow a fair quantity of fruit in even a tiny garden. There is no need for an orchard, acres of land or even a large garden, so just how do you manage it?

Start by checking out the plant’s ‘rootstock’, which is the type of tree root that the variety you want has been grafted on to. The rootstock determines how big a tree will grow, and if you get one that has a dwarfing effect your tree will be much less inclined to become huge. Rootstocks ‘Pixey’ on plums, ‘M9’ on apples or ‘Quince A’ on pears should help to reduce the risk of a large tree developing.

You could also use an apple or pear as a border edging.

Each tree will spread to 150cm (5ft) or more and can be trained to form a horizontal barrier at about 45cm (18in) above the ground – they look fantastic when in flower, and then bear fruit along the horizontal ‘arms’.

A pollinator tree nearby is needed to ensure good fruit set or choose the self-fertile ‘Concorde’ pear and you’ll still get a reasonable crop with just one tree. You can buy ready-trained step-overs from some garden centres and specialist fruit nurseries.

Consider growing fruit trees in pots. There is no doubt that growing pretty well anything in a pot takes more effort from you, as the plant will be reliant on you for food and more moisture, but provided you use a good-sized pot – perhaps even a half-barrel – it can work well. It is best to use a loam-based John Innes No. 3 compost, but make sure there is plenty of drainage material at the base of the container – broken flower pots work well! Provided you make sure that no one variety gets out of hand and grows too vigorously, it is a useful idea in a smaller garden.

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‘Family Trees’ are basically trees on to which two additional varieties of the same fruit have been grafted, meaning you can grow three varieties of apple or pear on just one tree. The varieties are selected by the nursery so that they all pollinate each other and so you should get a fair crop from an established tree.

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When space is limited, you can grow ‘Ballerina’ or ‘Minarettes’ trees. These are what I call ‘skyward’ apples, because they produce their fruits on short spurs which grow out of the vertical main stem, with the result that you end up with a tree measuring up to 2.4m (8ft) tall, but which is so columnar that you can plant them just 60-90cm (2-3ft) apart if you want more than one tree.

This form of tree is available as many different varieties, including dessert apples, cooking apples, pears, plums, gages and damsons. They can be grown in patio pots or in open ground.

Most fruit trees need a pollinator, or sometimes two, to ensure that the flowers on each variety are pollinated so that the fruit can form. If space is very limited and you can definitely only afford the space for one solitary tree, then you can still grow fruit: choose a variety that is described as ‘self-fertile’, meaning that the tree does not need a companion and can fertilise its own flowers. If you love apples, this might be a ‘Queen Cox’, ‘Greensleeves’ or ‘Red Devil’, or if pears are your passion, try the variety ‘Concorde’ or ‘Invincible’, for cherries try ‘Stella’ and for plums choose variety ‘Victoria’. If you do provide a pollinator you’re likely to get a heavier crop, but without you’ll still get a fair quantity of fruit.

If you have a fence or framework with a bit of planting space next to it, then you could also grow your fruit as an ‘espalier’, which means trained and pruned so that the tree lies pretty well flat against the fence with several parallel ‘arms’ that bear the fruit, or perhaps as a ‘fan’ where the branches are trained and pruned to produce a near flat fan shape against the surface – this works especially well for cherries, plums, damsons and even apricots.

Why not grow a cordon or single-stemmed apple or pear over a simple arch? Better still, grow one variety up one side and another (a suitable pollinator) up the other – it’ll look stunning in the spring when in flower, and then again when it bears its tasty crop!

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Recipe Potato and Broccoli Gratin This hearty vegetable gratin makes a great side dish for a Sunday roast, or a very satisfying vegetarian supper served with crusty bread and a mixed green salad.

Ready in: 1 hour | Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients 750g potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks Salt and freshly ground black pepper 225g broccoli florets 1 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, peeled and cut into thin wedges 25g butter 25g plain flour 300ml milk 150g mature Cheddar, grated 2 tsp Dijon mustard

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Preheat the oven to 200C, fan 180F, gas mark 6. Boil the potatoes in a large pan of lightly salted water for 8-10 minutes until almost tender, adding the broccoli to the pan for the last 2-3 minutes of cooking time.

Drain well and place in a large shallow ovenproof dish.

Heat the oil in a large pan over a high heat and fry the onion for 3-4 minutes until just softened. Scatter the onion over the potatoes and broccoli.

Melt the butter in the pan, then stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute until foaming. Remove the pan from the heat and gradually stir in the milk. Return to the heat and bring to the boil, stirring all the time.

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Stir in the half the cheese and the mustard and simmer for a further minute. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Pour the sauce over the vegetables in the dish and scatter over the rest of the cheese. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serve garnished with the basil leaves.

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Vibrant Ukulele Club meets 7.30 – 9.30pm 1st and 3rd Mondays at The Station pub, Stoneleigh and 2nd and 4th Mondays at Christ Church with St Philip, WP. Beginners and players all welcome. The club is aimed at adults learning to play the ukulele and singing a number of well-known songs in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Music is provided and also tuition for beginners. Sessions are FREE with a small donation towards music and refreshments.

Contact Steve 07795 085600

New Malden Rotary Club Malden Golf Club,Traps Lane Monday evenings 6.15 for 6.45pm Barry Collins 07740 257 255

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 Sue Hostler on 020 8337 3756 wi.worcesterparkers@gmail.com

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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.

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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.

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Elmcroft Tuesday Badminton Club Fancy a friendly game of badminton? Please come along to the Tuesday evening badminton club at The Colin Peel Hall, Elmcroft Community Centre, 570 London Road, North Cheam, Surrey SM3 9AB. Try for free, no need to pay for first visit. If you are interested please contact Kwok on 07773085139 or email elmcroftbdmntn@gmail.com.

Music Lovers Wanted! - for “In the Mix” Singing Group. at Wesley Hall, Christchurch with St. Philip Church, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park. Every Tuesday 1.30pm - 3.30pm. A weekly sing- along and social with pro singer/vocal coach Sheila Daniels and pianist. New songs every week, from the 1920s through to the 1970s, covering all genres. £6.50 on the door plus tea/ coffee and home-made cakes. No booking required.

Sheila 07868 039 514 or visit www.thesugarband.co.uk/In_the_Mix

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.

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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.

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Thursdays

Tunes’n’Tea Come and enjoy an afternoon of live music, tea, coffee, cakes and conversation. Every month, a selection of Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, Folk and Standards – great tunes, old and new for you to enjoy and join in with if you wish. There’s a live band and singers making a fun afternoon. Feel free to dance if the music moves you! The sessions take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month. February 14th, March 14th, April 11th, May 9th, June 13th 1.30pm3.30pm St John’s Church Hall, Station Approach, Stoneleigh, KT19 0QZ (next to Stoneleigh Station, West Side) Entrance: £3.00 All Welcome!

Thursdays 1.30pm and finishing at 3.30.

Group Singing Lessons -“Discover the high level of well being, strength and confidence which can be achieved when you learn to sing without effort.” .Weekly small group classes. Each session focuses on gentle physical and vocal exercises, breathing technique and song practice with individual advice and feedback. Call 07868 039 514 or visit www. skylarkvocal.co.uk for more info. Sessions Mondays at 11.30am and Thursdays at 7.30pm at Christchurch with St. Philips, Worcester Park. Suitable for beginners and confident singers.

Ewell Badminton Club Meet every Thursday 9.30 11.30 am in hall in Welbeck Close, Ewell, KT17 2 BJ ( near Honda Garage, Ewell Bypass ).

We have use of 3 courts, and are a very friendly group of players. New players would be most welcome.

Elizabeth on 0208 393 3355 or e-mail libbymuscutt@ yahoo.co.uk

St. John’s Hall is open between 2.00 and 4.00pm for Tea And Chat. If you are on your own please feel free to drop in for a free cup of tea and some company. 411 Malden Road (between Worcester Park station and The Plough). 213 Bus stops nearby.

Sutton Mariners Sailing Club 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

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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. March 2 Miss Anne Carter How life changed forever in 1914 April 6 Ian Waller: Village Crafts Finding out about the records of those who worked in rural industry. www.esfhs.org.uk Kingston Phoenix Road Club is a cycling club with members in Worcester Park, New Malden, Epsom and Ewell. The club was founded in 1936 and currently has a membership of 85. New members are welcome to join us at the car park in Horton Country Park on Saturdays at 10am for either a road ride or an off-road ride. Our rides are usually between 20 and 35 miles and always include a cake stop before returning by 1pm. kingstonphoenixrc@gmail.com or see our website at kprc.org.uk.

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

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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. Church office 0208 330 1755 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 Church with St Philip and SCILL , working together in partnership. We are fortunate to be provided with a

welcoming and comfortable venue at the Christ Church with St Philip Community Hall. There are accessible toilets on site. There is a small charge for coffee and tea at the church café.

SCILL 020 8770 4065 Sutton Vision 020 8409 7166 Christ Church with St Philip 020 8330 7630

New Malden Women’s Institute Shiraz Mirza Hall, Manor Park Hall, Malden Road, New Malden, KT3 6AV. 2nd Thurs of each month at 7.30pm Barbara 0208 546 1495 or twocavs@googlemail.com

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Quest a meeting place for people with physical disabilities between the ages of 20 - 60. However, once a member there is no age cut off. The aim of the club is to provide a welcoming, caring atmosphere for the members and allow the carers to have a regular break.

Annual subscription. and £2.50 for lunch. We have various social activities and every second month we have a speaker. Christchurch with St. Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park. We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays in the month from 12.45 to 4p.m June Day, Club Secretary, on 02083301220

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RSPB Epsom & Ewell Local group 2nd Friday of every month at 7.30, apart from July and August, at All Saints Church Hall Fulford Road, West Ewell with guest speakers who illustrate their enthusiasm on a variety of natural history subjects.

We also have several birding outings throughout the year which is arranged to suit all ages. There is a small charge for non-members of the RSPB. rspb.org.uk/

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The Association of Surrey Bookbinders - we meet on Friday mornings in the Scout Hut in Dell Lane, Stoneleigh

Auriol Bowling Club Auriol Park, Salisbury Road, Worcester Park. It is a mixed club of around 45 men and 25 women, who play outdoors from April to Sept with a busy fixture list of league and friendly matches against other clubs, as well as internal club competitions. Janet Kentish 020 8873 7006 www.auriolbowlingclub.com.

Cuddington Bowling Club Sandringham Road, Worcester Park and we play on an excellent 6 rink green 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

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Bridge Club A friendly club for people who have just learned to play or are looking to improve their bidding and play in an informal atmosphere which promotes learning and development. We meet every Friday in the upstairs meeting room at the Worcester Park Library, Stone Place. from 2 - 4 pm. Just turn up or email Carla at carlaplatten@gmail.com for further information.

North Cheam badminton club meet every Sunday at the Elmcroft Community Hall North Cheam.

We are a small mixed club looking for new members of reasonable club standard especially ladies.

Contact Pat Odonnell on 02083938895.

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Social Dancing with Glitters at Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell Village. 8.30 - 11 pm. Over 18s. Entrance fee £8. All standards of dancing. 1st and 15th March National Trust - Epsom, Ewell and District Supporters Group Formed in 1971, we run a varied

programme of social eventswhich includes Evening Lectures at Bourne Hall in Ewell, once a month from Oct. to June, Coach Outings which visit historichouses and gardens(not necessarily N.T.),Guided London Walks, and other trips to London e.g.The Magic Circle, The Royal Opera House (backstage tour).Other special events include Coffee Mornings, Holidays and Christmas Lunch.

Newsletters are produced four times a year.If you would like more information please visit our website: www.epsom-ewell-district-nt.co.uk or telephone Paul on 020 87158486 Malden Manor Bowls Club, Manor Park, Malden Road.

New members will be made very welcome. Roll ups, league matches, internal and external competitions; we offer bowling for all levels of interest and ability. Men’s Secretary Gerald 020 8949 4623 or Ladies Secretary 020 8394 0877.

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Kingston & District Branch Of The Embroiderers’ Guild Saturday, 9th March, at Kingston Museum: Stitch Sat.(adults),11.00am – 1.00pm, Kumihimo braid Young Embroiderers, (ages 5-17), 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Flowers & macramé Friday, 22nd March - a visit by Michele Carragher ‘Costume Embroiderer for Film and Television’ - Game of Thrones & Elizabeth I – 7.30pm, St Marks C of E Church Hall, Surbiton (non-members very welcome) Check website for contact & details:

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

Monday

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.

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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- 11.30 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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Men behaving Dadly, Grace Church - every 3rd Saturday of the month, 9.30 to 11 am, at Green Lane Primary School. For Dads and their pre-school children (0-4). The kids get to play with the toys, the Dads get a bacon roll and coffee, and Mums might possibly get a lie-in... £3 on the door.

For more information & contact details, www.gracechurchworcesterpark.org Old Malden Library (Church Road, Worcester Park) Tuesdays, 10.30-11am, Rhyme time aimed at age 0-3 Tuesdays, 2.30-3pm, Story time aimed at age 3+

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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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