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November Contents

History by David Rymill 6 Ruth Jemmett Writes 11 Remembrance 2016 17 The New Victoria Hospital’ 18 Baking Steamed Date Puddings with Caramel Sauce 20 View from the City 24 Christmas Tree Festival 28 Crossword 30 Sudokus 34 Quick Quiz 36 Recipe Chilli Bean Nachos 37 What’s On 38 Gardening Garden Fireworks 42 5 Top tips to liven up your kids’ lunch box 44 Hobbies Are we tired of shabby chic? 46 Clubs 50 Voice for Wildlife 54 Kids Play 58 Solutions 60 Published by Malden Media Limited Editor Jenny Stuart jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk 020 8336 2915 www.maldenmedia.co.uk 36 Rosebery Avenue KT3 4JS Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily represent the views of the editor. All advertisements are commercial and not indicative of any endorsement by the editor who accepts no responsibility for any loss suffered directly or indirectly by any reader as a result of any advertisement or notice published in this magazine. All in-house artwork and editorial presented in this magazine remains the copyright of Malden Media Ltd. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored on any retieval system, or transmitted in any form - electronic, mechanical. recording, photocopying, or otherwise without prior permission from the Publisher.

Welcome to Your Worcester Park Life November begins with our wedding anniversary followed closely by Guy Fawkes night which conveniently falls on a Saturday this year. Let’s hope for a dry night as nobody likes a soggy rocket! And the fireworks will be hotting up in the lead up to the climax of the US Presidential election campaigns which will be dominating the worldwide news. Who knows what’s going to happen. Worcester Park Life rarely gets involved in political debates because dogs shows and baking competitions give us more than enough controversy to deal with. However, now that New Malden’s FountainGate has dried up, could the organisers not get involved and sort the democrats and republics out. Methinks the US need a very big naughty step and some quiet time. Right, I’m off to finish series 7 of the West Wing (finally!) Remember that Worcester Park Life is YOUR magazine so if you are helping to organise an event and would like some FREE publicity then please do email details. Likewise if you are part of an organisation that could benefit from attracting new local members next year then why not send in an article. We’ve been successfully going for over 100 editions now so must be doing something right! Thanks so much to everyone who has advertised and contributed - and to you for reading and supporting our advertisers. You may or not know that in order to deliver the magazine to most of Worcester Park, we split the distribution over a two month period. So if you have had this edition delivered you probably won’t get the January one. There are a limited number of copies available from Waitrose, the libraries, Manor Drive surgery, St Marys and also Christ Church with St Philip but don’t forget that it is also published online - you can get the link from our website. So, until next month, best wishes,

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Worcester Park History by David Rymill As we approach Remembrance Sunday we commemorate the members of the armed forces who died in 1916 and are named on the three war memorials in Worcester Park: in St Mary’s Church, Cuddington; outside St John’s Church in Old Malden; and at the entrance to St Philip’s Churchyard in Cheam Common Road. This year there have been commemorations of the Battle of the Somme, which began on 1st July 1916 and continued for 141 days. Over the course of the battle more than 95,000 troops from Britain and the Empire died, including over 19,000 on the first day alone. Casualties in early July included Private Proctor Wells of the Middlesex Regiment, who is named on the Old Malden memorial, and gave his address as 1 Pond Cottages [in Church Road, opposite the Plough Pond] on enlisting in February 1916. Private Wells is one of more than 70,000 British Empire servicemen who died at the Somme and have no known grave but are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The same memorial includes the name of Private Robert Doel from 50 Longfellow Road, a brickmaker who had joined up in April 1915 aged 19, and was recorded as missing, presumed killed, on 3rd July, while serving in The Queen’s Regiment. Yet another Worcester Park man recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Lt Lionel Duncan Stanbury, joined the East Surrey Regiment and was attached to the Machine Gun Corps; he was recorded as missing from 7th July. He was one of the sons of John and Emma Stanbury who lived at a house named Willowhayne in the London Road, later replaced by Willowhayne Gardens and part of Leicester Close; it was not until the following March that his death was officially recorded by the War Office.

Last year I mentioned Captain Alec Vaughan Thomas who was killed at Gallipoli on 6th August 1915, and who was the elder son of the architect John Alick Thomas and his wife Kate, who lived

at The Croft, 50 The Avenue. His brother Lt Maurice Wotton Thomas was educated at Parkside School, on the site of Timbercroft, and was sent to Osborne College in 1906 to train for the Navy, but was invalided out through illness in 1910. He recovered, and in 1914 joined the Royal Field Artillery. His obituary in The Times records that in July 1915 “it was decided that he was specially qualified by his training for the Royal Flying Corps [forerunner of the RAF], to which he was seconded as an observer. After many thrilling experiences he was wounded in an accident in December 1915 and came home. He made a speedy recovery and was sent to a reserve squadron and gained his wings. In May 1916 he was again sent out, doing much valuable work over the enemy positions.” He was presumed killed while flying over Bapaume, one of the strategic objectives in the Battle of the Somme, on 5th August 1916, one day before the first anniversary of Capt Thomas’s death. Like his brother, he is named on both the Cuddington and Old Malden memorials. He is shown in one of our illustrations this month, reproduced by kind permission of the Royal Aero Club Trust. Two of the men named on the Cuddington memorial, both of whom were already in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war, died at sea in 1916. Albert James Guyton, son of Albert Guyton of 1 Hampton Villas, Hampton Road, was born in Portsmouth in 1898 and became a Boy (2nd Class) at HMS Ganges, a shore establishment, in 1913 aged 15. He joined HMS Invincible in March 1915, and was promoted Ordinary Seaman in July that year. Invincible served as the flagship of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron during the Battle of Jutland, and was sunk on 31st May 1916; only six of more than 1,000 officers and men survived. A photograph of Albert James Guyton can be seen at livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6306064

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On the following day HMS Ardent was also sunk at Jutland. Signalman Percy James Wilmot, who is named on the Cheam Common and Cuddington memorials, was born on 26th June 1896 and was a member of the Wilmot family of Stoneleigh Cottage, one of the villas in Central Road (then part of Cheam Common Road) between Windsor and Balmoral Roads. The house can be glimpsed in our other illustration, to the left of the five gables between the two telegraph poles. In 1911 he was living at home and was listed as an apprentice motor and cycle engineer; he joined HMS Impregnable, another training establishment, as a Boy (2nd Class) in February 1913, and in October that year became a Signal Boy. He was promoted Ordinary Signalman in June 1914 and Signalman in February 1915. On 10th May 1916 he was posted to the base ship HMS Hecla and was assigned to HMS Ardent, less than a month before she was sunk. The most distant commemoration of a Worcester Park serviceman from 1916 is probably that of L-Cpl Thomas Dalton, a civil service clerk from ‘Montrose’, Moreton Road, who died in about October 1916, as a prisoner of war, and is commemorated at the Baghdad (North Gate) War

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Cemetery. His name is also recorded on the Cheam Common memorial, and on a family gravestone in St Philip’s Churchyard.

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Ruth Jemmett Writes A Journey Through November November, the eleventh month of the year was the ninth month of the Roman calendar, and is derived from the Latin word ‘novem’ meaning nine. The last leaves from deciduous trees fall this month. Now is the time to get to grips with untidy gardens. As the wonderful poet Liz Cowley summed it up: ‘ I wander lonely as a cloud, Around my garden, now a mess, The only tasks that I’m allowed Are those that bore me, bring distress. I wander angry, mood now black To fill another plastic sack.’

As the weather gets more chilly squirrels are visiting us more frequently here in Salisbury Road. We always buy nuts for them, but instead of eating them they like to bore holes all over the garden and deposit them in there, much to my annoyance! A heron has become a regular visitor, and recently took a fish from neighbour Steve’s pond. It’s presence is usually heralded by the cawing of rooks, as they circle round this huge bird, trying to catch any tit-bits it might drop.

According to weather experts, a cold November could indicate a mild wet winter. Whichever way the wind blows, not many of us look forward to doing garden chores at this time of the year. It is very tempting to grab a large rake and to boldly lunge into piles of dead leaves. We must, however, be mindful that hedgehogs often make their homes in such places. In the last twenty years their numbers have declined by 50%, which is quite alarming. Apparently this is due to the fact that many of us like very neat gardens, and don’t give them messy nooks to hibernate in. Also, security minded people erect inpenetrable fencing, so that our spiky friends cannot wander from garden to garden seeking mates. If you ARE lucky enough to come across a Mrs Tiggywinkle, remember that a saucer of bread and milk isn’t necessarily good for them. Cat food is, apparently, much better for them. Sweeping up garden debris is also part and parcel of building a bonfire for 5th of November - Guy Fawkes Night. The reason we mark this day is because of the so-called Gunpowder Plot in 1605. This was a plot by some English Catholics to place gunpowder underneath The House of Lords, where the king was due to be. The plot failed, but tradition dictates that when a new session of parliament is due, the basement is searched - just in case! The late great comedian Frank Carson once famously said: “Bonfire Night normally marks the start of Christmas Shopping - unless you’re a man then it starts on Christmas Eve!” Many famous people were born in November, including Marie Curie and June Whitfield. Marilyn Monroe also celebrated her birthday this month. One of her claims to fame was that when she was

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This year Remembrance Sunday will fall on 13th November. It originated at the end of The First World War, and was marked by having two minutes’ silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh dy of the eleventh month. Moving words by Laurence Binyon still resonate with us as much as they ever did: ‘They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sunn and in the morning We will remember them’…… The wearing of artificial poppies in memory of fallen soldiers has become a tradition at this time of the year. Pacifists often refuse to wear them, but it is wise to remember that many of the pacifists wouldn’t be alive now if it hadn’t been for the bravery of others.

society is becoming increasingly secular, children still enjoy opening their Advent Calendars. I unearthed my Christmas file recently, and felt that familiar lurch in the stomach as I surveyed what has to be done! On 30th November it will be St Andrew’s Day. He is the patron saint of Scotland, Patras in Greece, and Russia. He was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Patras, a shape that is on the Scottish flag in memory of him. As regular readers might remember I have been supporting a child called Komal in India for several years , with the help of a wonderful charity called World Vision. She is now twelve years old. At this time of the year I start gathering Christmas gifts to send her, and it gives me tremendous pleasure to receive ‘photos of her, and to hear of her progress. Christmas is a time for giving, and as we approach it we should be mindful that there are many people in this world who are not as lucky as us.

On 14th November it will be National Diabetes Day. One in three people in The British Isles are now officially overweight, which greatly contributes to the condition, as the pancreas finds it hard to process too much sugar. Sugar is very addictive, and before we know it pounds can creep on. The cook Jamie Oliver has made great inroads into trying to educate the population about healthy eating, but his words often fall on deaf ears. Our affection for sugar not only gives us diabetes, but it has given us some of the worst teeth in the world (Americans often refer to ugly gnashers as ’English teeth’) with even very young children having to have their baby teeth extracted, as sweet drinks in their bottles has done their mouth no favours.

Start making that Christmas list, and in the spirit of the forthcoming Yuletide, perhaps contribute to a charity? ……. and turn up the central heating!

When I write this article I seek out unusual headlines, and was very amused to see that in America it will be ‘Clean Your Refrigerator Day’ 0n 15th of this month. I think they invented it especially for me, as one of my ice-boxes is so frozen over that I can’t open it. Goodness know what is lurking in there. I think I will have to take a chisel to it before I start buying food for Christmas!

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Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated by our American cousins on 24th November. It dates from the time of The Pilgrim Fathers in 17th Century. It was fixed as a public holiday in 1941. Families enjoy getting together, and usually eat turkey, followed by pumpkin pie. Canadians have their own Thanksgiving celebration in October. The start of Advent in this country will the 27th November this year. In the Christian church it celebrates the coming of Christ. Even though our

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Remembrance 2016 By Keith Martin Royal British Legion Worcester Park This year’s poppy appeal has been launched, with many new ideas for people to give as they can with whatever they can afford. Our poppy dance is on 5th November with a 1940’s swing band The Bevin Boys, followed by our service night on Saturday the 12th November with Colin Roy – it’s sure to be a great evening. Pop and see us outside the club on Saturday 12th November where we will have a stand and a display of poppy items for your donations during the day.

November starting at Christ Church with St. Philips’s Service of Remembrance from 10 am, followed by two minutes silence at the memorial, and then a march down the high street past the club. Afterwards, all are welcome back to the club for a buffet and music by the D-Day Darlings. An auction of various items during the afternoon will take place with all proceeds going to the poppy appeal.

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News The New Victoria Hospital’s new wing is officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra New Victoria Hospital’s brand new wing, The Victoria Foundation Wing, was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra yesterday at an afternoon tea reception held for over 200 guests and staff in the hospital’s garden courtyard. Coincidentally it was almost thirty years to the day since the Princess had graced the hospital with her presence at the opening of the then newly completed Alexandra Ward, named in her honour. The hospital was absolutely delighted that HRH Princess Alexandra was able to perform an official opening once again. The event was also attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Kingston upon Thames, Mr and Mrs Geoff Austin. The Victoria Foundation Wing is an extensive expansion to the independent, charity owned, private hospital situated in Kingston upon Thames. The new wing houses three state of the art operating theatres; an endoscopy theatre; a 2-bed high-dependency unit; a 6-bed recovery area and a 14-bed day surgery unit, bringing the total number of beds in the hospital to 35. The new day unit, the Charles Hutton Day Unit, is named after the hospital’s previous Chief Executive who ran the hospital for 32 years. The wing also includes a brand new 128-slice CT Scanner complete with cardiac diagnostic software, which will be the fulcrum of a new Cardiac Diagnostic Centre. The CT Scanner has the dual benefits of using the lowest doses of radiation possible whilst providing high definition quality scans. The second floor of the new building houses a brand new pathology laboratory, kitchen, staff dining-room, conference rooms and RMO’s flat. The exciting development is the culmination of a £22m project which began in 2014 after the hospital recognised it needed to expand in order to meet the growing demand for its services as well as provide a complete update of its facilities. Graham Ball, Chief Executive of New Victoria Hospital says of the build: “The four new theatres – three laminar flow operating theatres and one endoscopy theatre - replace our three small existing theatres. They house the latest theatre equipment on the market and each has been designed with its own pre-anaesthesia area. They are extremely spacious and will provide a superb environment for the highly skilled Consultants that we have operating at the hospital.”

“The Day Surgery Unit is another super area. With so many operations now able to be performed as same-day procedures it enables us to provide an even more efficient service for our patients. It has been beautifully designed with a floor to ceiling curved glazed wall overlooking the Malden Golf Club.” “The most important attribute of our hospital however has always been the expertise of our staff and the caring ambience that pervades throughout and I am delighted to say that we continue to achieve consistently excellent results in our patient surveys for our overall quality of care, with 99% rating us as excellent or very good. When the redevelopment is complete this summer, we will be able to be as proud of our physical environment as we are of our patient care.” The expansion project will continue for one further year, completing in autumn 2017 with a new outpatient department and reception area; 12 consulting rooms, a new physiotherapy department and a new pharmacy. The private, charity owned hospital is one of the few remaining independent hospitals in the country and has provided an excellent level of service to the local community for almost sixty years. Today it is frequently ranked by patients as one of the top private hospitals in London. In 2015 the hospital was shortlisted as a finalist in the Nursing Practice category of the national Laing Buisson Awards and in March 2016 went on to win a prestigious CHKS Top Hospital Award which celebrates the success of healthcare providers across the UK and internationally, rewarding important achievements in innovation, improvement and dedication to providing world-class healthcare. “The hospital is committed to the provision of exceptional standards of care and service to its patients, whose individual needs and safety are our priority at all times. As such, the hospital operates within a rigorous quality framework which aims to continually review and evaluate practice to improve the outcomes of care for patients and ensure the health and wellbeing of patients, staff and visitors. Our recent nominations for these awards are a terrific reflection on all of our staff. ” concludes Graham Ball. 184 Coombe Lane West Kingston upon Thames KT2 7EG

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Cake and Bake Steamed Date Puddings with Caramel Sauce These moist and sticky mini steamed puds will go down a treat after a Sunday roast! Serve with pouring cream or a dollop of vanilla ice cream to make them extra indulgent.

Ingredients: • 115g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing • 115g caster sugar • 2 medium eggs beaten • 115g self-raising flour • 1tsp ground mixed spice • 55g ready-to-eat dates, chopped • 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste (see Tip) • 1tbsp milk FOR THE CARAMEL SAUCE • 50g unsalted butter • 75g brown sugar • 75ml double cream

Makes 4 Ready in 1 hour 20 minutes

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until pale and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a spoonful of the flour if the mixture begins to curdle. Sift over the rest of the flour and mixed spice and fold in until thoroughly combined. Fold in the dates, vanilla bean paste and milk.

3. Divide the mixture between the prepared dishes and

cover each with a square of pleated baking paper then pleated foil and secure with fine kitchen string. Place the dishes in a deep roasting tin and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the dishes. Bake for about 50 minutes until risen and firm to the touch.

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Creeds Cross, “The Celtic Journey” is an extraordinary live show of song and dance. A Tribute to the music of Ireland, documenting the worldwide journey of the Celtic influence across the globe. Rob Beckett 11 November

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With bonfire night on November 5th just around the corner, you may be planning to celebrate with the traditional display of fantastic fireworks - but why not also think ahead and plant yourself a few garden fireworks to enjoy for years to come? At this time of year, there are still several flowers that look stunning in the border and very much remind me of fireworks. Red hot pokers or kniphofias, also aptly known as torch lilies, are flamboyant plants that are mostly natives of southern and eastern Africa. Try Kniphofia ‘Brimstone’ for a rich yellowy-orange colour, or if you want something smaller then how about ‘Little Maid’, which has ivory flower spikes topped with a warm yellowish tint and reaches a height of about 2 ft (60cm). ‘Fiery Fred’ really lives up to its name with extremely bright orangey-red flowers, while ‘Alcazar’ has blazing red flowers. They should be available in garden centres now, and they do well if planted out in early autumn or spring in a sunny spot with a well drained soil. Once established you will have a regular display that really will go off like a rocket! The crocosmias too help to provide some much needed colour at this time of year, and if you want a real splash of fire then take a look at ‘Lucifer’, with its flame-red, almost trumpet-shaped flowers clustered along an elegantly arching spike, or for golden yellow flowers consider ‘Canary Bird’. There are lots of different varieties of crocosmia (once known as montbretia) and provided you choose a site with sun or part shade in a well drained yet also moist soil, they will thrive – but that bit of moisture is essential if they are to flower as you hope. Grow them in completely dry conditions and you will be bitterly disappointed. Pot-grown plants should be available for planting now or in the spring, or you can buy the corms to plant towards the end of winter and, provided they are in the right spot, these plants will look like the ultimate elegant arching firework. If fireworks that look like clusters of stars are more your scene, then take a look at the sedums or ice plants, many of which have star-shaped flowers, either clustered together in tight heads or held as stunningly pretty single flowers. Some of the sedums, such as ‘Autumn Joy’, are still just about in flower at present, but even if you have missed much of the display for this year, plant pot-grown specimens now and you can guarantee that from late summer you will have a

tremendous show of blooms for several weeks, certain to attract bees and butterflies. The angels’ fishing rods, diorama, also have arching stems which are produced in great numbers surrounded by broad, almost grass-like leaves, each measuring up to 5 ft (1.5m) in length. The stems are covered with rich pink funnel-shaped flowers about 2 in (5cm) long, which dangle and sway in the wind - and the great thing about them is that they just keep on bobbing straight back up again, even on a windy site. Thinking ahead to the summer, consider growing some lupins, either one of the many yellow varieties or one of my favourites, ‘My Castle’, which has rich red flowers just like a rocket racing skywards, but far less noisy. If you want a tree in your garden but don’t have much space, then the Kilmarnock willow, Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’, is a good option, and reaches a height of no more than 6 ft (1.8 m) after 10 or 15 years. It has long weeping branches and bright yellow fuzzy catkins that cluster all over the stems before the leaves break in spring, far better than any real Roman candle I know! At this time of year, look around nearby gardens and see what a fantastic display autumn foliage can put on. Plant anything with good autumn colour and you could guarantee you will have a glowing bonfire each and every autumn. A visit to your garden centre at this time of year will reveal a plentiful supply of shrubs and trees putting on a fine display to make you reach for your wallet in double quick time. And finally, when you are thinking about Guy Fawkes’ night, remember that if you are going to have a firework display, try and make that bonfire at the last minute in order to minimise the risk of hedgehogs or other wildlife hiding beneath the heap and then coming to an untimely end. The hedgehog is one of the gardener’s best friends, as it eats huge numbers of slugs and many other garden pests. Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com to book Pippa for a gardening talk, or peruse the really useful selection of Pippa’s favourite gardening items, including Nemaslug to control slugs, pop-up crop covers, SpeedHoes, SpeedWeeders, raised bed kits, pull-out EasyTunnels, ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ Gift Voucher cards, signed books and lots more besides.

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Tip no. 2: Follow the seasons The fruit and vegetables available this month are red cabbage, sweet corn and apples. Red cabbage cut thinly with grated carrots and topped with sweet corn make a delicious side salad. Apples are such a wonderful snack for children to eat after school. It is a healthy alternative to a sweet treat or to a bag of crisps. Did you know that apples are high in fibre and vitamin C? And they are delicious. Tip no. 3: Think colour, think rainbow (Kids love rainbows!) When children do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, they run the risk of having low intakes of certain vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C. By introducing daily portions of colourful fresh ingredients, you are providing your child with a wide range of nutrients. These are essential for good performance at school, weight management and general wellbeing. The government guidelines suggest eating 2 portions of fruit and 3 portions of vegetables a day. I suggest going one step further by aiming for 5 colours a day. For example, go for one red apple, 2 tangerines and the choice of 3 vegetables (green beans, red cabbage and carrots for example).

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Tip no. 4: Let your child be in charge One day a week, let your child decide which fruit and vegetable they wish to include in their lunch box. Remember to make the choice easy for them. Either go shopping with them or let them choose their favourite out of what is already in your fridge. By allowing your children to make decisions, they are more likely to eat the content of their lunch box. Tip no. 5: Have fun with it Kids love getting involved in the kitchen. Why not prepare the lunch boxes together a couple of times a week as a fun activity? You could also ask your children to plan the lunch box menu for the week. Talking about food is a great way to engage with your children and to get them excited about the next meal.

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Hobbies Are we tired of shabby chic? Not by a long chalk By Kate McLelland] It’s a trend that has been going strong for over twenty years and there’s no sign of it disappearing just yet. ‘Shabby chic’ has been around since the 1990s, when holidaymakers returning from destinations such as Provence, Tuscany and Greece tried to recreate the weathered, sun-baked surfaces found in traditional Mediterranean buildings in their own homes, using specialist paint techniques. The shabby chic look is all about creating a sense of age and wear. Distressed textures, rubbed edges and sun-bleached surfaces all help to build the illusion that an object has been used and well loved for generations. One of the finishes most commonly employed to achieve this effect is chalk-based paint. This flexible medium requires no stripping, sanding or priming and you’ll only need to master a few basic techniques before you can start to use it with confidence. Nowadays there are several different types

of chalk-based paint to choose from, but the original brand was created by Annie Sloan, a leading name in interior design and author of a number of global bestsellers on paint techniques. She is famous not only for creating many of the techniques used in shabby chic, but for developing and patenting the paints and waxes used to complete the look. During the 1990s Annie found she was unable to buy the paints she needed to create an authentic feel of rusticity and age, so she returned to the roots of domestic paint-making, using chalk to create a paint similar to distemper, that produced an attractive finish when sealed with a layer of soft wax.

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The recent interest in upcycling household objects has created a healthy market for furniture painted in the ‘shabby chic’ style. Dark brown wooden furniture has been unpopular for decades and upcyclers have been able to take advantage of this trend, buying pieces at knockdown prices, giving them a new lease of life and selling them on for a profit on Gumtree, Ebay or Shpock. There are many ways in which you can learn how to turn ‘tired’ pieces of furniture into shabby chic classics. Either ask your local chalk-based paint retailer if they offer beginners’ courses or watch one of the excellent “how to” videos on YouTube. Go to www.anniesloan. com to pick up some tips and techniques from Annie Sloan herself or follow simple, step-by-step instructions at www.dummies.com.

wax generously, using a clean cloth to remove any excess. 6 If you are painting furniture for the garden, you should not apply wax at all as it will not set (just be aware that the piece will age and fade more rapidly if it is left outside). If your indoor item is likely to get a lot of use, let the wax dry for two to three weeks before bringing it into service.

You’ll find lots of ideas for designing and colouring your shabby chic pieces if you follow Annie Sloan’s online blogs. Alternatively, visit your local library for 2 free proofs remainingofAdditional pro books on painting techniques or grab a selection interior design magazines from your local newsagent to get some inspiration.

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Whether you want to revive pieces that you currently own or you fancy trying your hand at upcycling and selling on, you’ll find that turning yesterday’s scrap items into today’s interior design treasures is 1 Wash the furniture with clean, soapy water to remove rewarding … and highly addictive. any surface dirt, and allow to dry. Don’t be tempted to clean the surface with wax, as this won’t provide a secure base for applying the paint. There are just six easy stages to painting a piece of furniture with chalk-based paints:

2 There’s no need to be nervous about uneven brushstrokes. When you’re aiming for a rustic style, the strokes can go in any direction. For a ‘layered’ look you should apply coats of paint in different colours, using a lighter shade under or over a darker shade for contrast. 3 Allow at least an hour for the surface to dry then sand with very fine sandpaper. At this point you will be trying to create the look of furniture that has been painted many times and used so much that the paint has begun to rub off at the contact points, revealing different layers of colour. Sand only where you think the item would have been repeatedly touched (around handles or on the top and bottom corners of your piece). Don’t rush this part of the project: apply light pressure and start sanding in a place where the effect will be less visible. 4 Dampen a cloth and pass it over your item to remove all the sanding dust, then wait until it is completely dry. 5 Chalk based paint is porous, so it is liable to pick up marks and stains if it is not sealed with a layer of soft wax. Use a different brush to apply the wax and don’t use that brush for any other purpose (this also applies with coloured waxes – if you’ve used a dark wax on the brush, don’t use it to apply a lighter shade). Apply the

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Clubs

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

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

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

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

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Vegan Group - monthly bring and share buffet,. every second Tuesday. 7.30pm until 9.30 in Room 1,Christchurch with St Philip, corner of Ruskin Drive, WP. For vegans and anyone interested in learning more about veganism. The Worcester Park Dramatic Society is a local amateur drama group of long standing. We stage two major productions a year at the Adrian Mann Theatre in Ewell, in April and November. We meet every Tuesday and most Fridays at 8.15 pm in the Elmcroft Community Centre in North Cheam, on the Sainsbury’s site. Apart from play readings, rehearsals and set construction, we have quiz nights and various social events. We also arrange group outings to amateur and professional theatre productions. We welcome new members to help us stage future productions, anyone willing to act or work backstage. membership secretary, Joyce Cranfield, on 020 8337 3317.

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

NHS Retirement Fellowship Are you retired or about to retire from the NHS? Why not join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 10am -12 at Christ Church Hall, Christ Church Road, Surbiton, KT5 8JJ. We have speakers, activities, coffee & chat.Other outings & activities are also arranged during the month. Lorna on 020 8337 4121

Worcester Park Crafters 1st Tuesday of each month in the hall at Christchurch with St Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester park,KT4 8LG. We meet from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. For further details please contact Lynne by E mail: lynnesinger@msn.com or phone on:020 8330 5903 Our aim is to provide a meeting/crafting place for all crafters whatever their craft or ability. Either bring your own work or purchase our kit of the month (small materials cost usually £2), come and play and chat. (small cost to over hall hire and insurance approx £4)

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

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

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

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

professional speaker. www.esfhs.org.uk

Kingston Phoenix Road Club is a cycling club that meets at 8-30pm every Thursday at Worcester Park Athlete Club, Green Lane, Worcester Park. The club was founded in 1936 and currently has a membership of 70. We cater for riders of all ages whether they are novices or experienced and our oldest rider is 84 years old who is still racing and holds several national age related records. Malden Emergency First Aid Society (Mefas) Members meet each Thursday evening at 7.30pm for First Aid training. New members required. Everyone welcome. Hall available for hire. Christine 07966661015 Breathe Easy (Merton & Sutton) Group Wheezy? Breathless? you are not alone, come and join us at your local friendly support & information group for anyone affected by a lung condition. We meet between 2-4 pm on the 3rd Thursday of every month at St. Bedes Conference Centre, St. Anthony’s Hospital, London Road, North Cheam. SM3 9DW George on 0208 647 7530

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

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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

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/ groups/epsom.

Worcester Park Womens’ Club We are part of the National Association of Womens’ Clubs and we meet at Christchurch with St. Philips Church, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park at 7.15pm. We have very interesting speakers, outings, a garden party in the summer and a quiz night rasising money for our chosen charity for the year. Why not come along and give us a try. For more information call Carole on 020 8337 6088. The Association of Surrey Bookbinders - we meet on Friday mornings in the Scout Hut in Dell Lane, Stoneleigh Roger@gmathews.co.uk 020 8330 2306

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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. David Regan 020 8337 8919 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 Social Dancing With “ Glitters” At Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell Village. 8.30 p.m. - ll p.m. Over 18s. Entrance Fee £8. All standards of dancing. Free parking. Bar. Professional D.J. We even have a glitter ball! David 07903 314276 Friday 4th November Friday 18th November

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 Bowling Club, Manor Park, Malden Road KT3 6AU. New members will be made very welcome. Roll-ups, league matches, internal and external competitions; we offer bowling at all levels of interest and ability. Men’s Secretary Gerald 020 8949 4623 or Ladies’ secretary Maureen 020 8337 5472.

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Voice for Wildlife by Carol Williams

I have been a voice for wildlife most of my life, since way before I began to write this column. In the 1970s I was protesting the Canadian harp seal pup slaughter, marching for elephants, rhinos and tigers, participating in sponsored walks for WWF, demonstrating against blood sports and so on. I have given a considerable amount of money, over the years, to organisations and charities which exist to protect and save wild animals and wilderness habitat. I started the project to re-store Shadbolt Park Pond and joined the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust because I realised that our native amphibians were struggling to survive, due to the repeated draining of wetland habitats for development and the filling in of so many small garden ponds. The legacy of destroying wet-lands and filling the Earth’s atmosphere with climate changing gases, has been severe flooding in times of heavy rainfall.So many of our activities are detrimental to the environment, which im-pacts heavily - and most significantly - on wildlife. The largest group of beings now occupying this planet are the domestic animals that belong to humans, most of whom, of course, are in the agricultural sector. (The UNFAO report ‘Livestock’s Long Shadow’ which was published in 2006 makes thought provoking and troubling reading for anyone prepared to face up to its chal-lenges -and I would firmly state that anyone with a love for wildlife and a wish to protect it, should take this report seriously). At times it really does seem like we are fighting a losing battle - but the alternative is to simply give up in despair and do nothing. I like to think that the efforts of a few have been like plug-ging holes in a leaky ship, keeping her afloat until better times arrive and a proper repair can be made. I have to hope that the better times will arrive and that we do not lose elephants, rhinos, big cats, wolves, numerous marine creatures and birds from the face of the earth before this cen-tury ends. I would like to feel certain that my sons and any descendants they may have, will be able to enjoy wilderness and diversity on this planet and not be living in some overly urbanised landscape populated only by humans, their domestic animals and the few wild creatures humans will tolerate and who can successfully live off our garbage and find some habitat amongst our structures.

I am deeply troubled by the loss of so much rainforest and old growth deciduous woodland, by the increase in desert and the continued plunder of the oceans. I am worried by the apparent lack of concern of so many people, about these issues - things that will deeply and negatively affect the lives of all of us in the not too distant future, if we do not manage to halt the destruction and begin, instead, to restore.

Each time somebody turns their garden into a place devoid of greenery and tree cover, I realise how out of touch so many urban humans are with Nature and our need of it for well being and good health. So many studies have shown the beneficial effects on mood, mental health and physical well being of having grass, flowers and trees around us, and of being able to hear the birdsong, These things are priceless and irreplaceable; once lost, no species may ever return - extinction is forever. I have had the sad experience of seeing the extinction of many species during my lifetime, all of them because the human species has systematically and thoughtlessly, through greed and igno-rance, destroyed whole ecosystems and large tracts of wilderness, and persecuted to death many creatures who are viewed as a nuisance - particularly to the profits of animal farmers and game-keeping landowners. Lynx disappeared from the UK about 1500 years ago, due to hunting for their fur, but wolves lasted until the Middle Ages. Fortunately, these species aren’t extinct - yet. They still exist in Europe. Sir David Attenborough has called human beings ‘a plague on this earth’ - for so we are, ravaging it like the plague once ravaged human lives. We don’t have to be this plague, of course - we have immense capacity to be creative, healing and restorative. These are the human traits we must try our best to nurture and develop. The other day I was leaning on the sill of my bedroom window, just before the sun set, watching numerous different insects collecting pollen from the flowers on the mature ivy that grows up the back wall of our house - there were 2 species of bee, some hoverflies, wasps and a few others I couldn’t identify, all very busy. Ivy is such a valuable plant for late flying insects, flowering as it does in Autumn, not Spring - and yet so many people simply destroy it. It’s hardy and vigorous and will cover up any unsightly structure. It provides wonderful nest sites in Spring, nectar for insects in Autumn and berries for birds in Winter. Nest boxes, although a useful ‘rescue reme-dy’ are no substitute for natural nest sites, which offer protection from predators and inclement weather. There are no substitutes for native plants either, for benefitting all of our wild creatures. Some snippets of good news arrived with my RSPB magazine this month, which I am pleased to share, by way of a little encouragement in the gloom. I read that water voles are making a slow recovery in certain wetland areas created specially for them (their numbers plummeted by 95%) -hopefully the lessons learned in these places may be extended to other areas of the country soon.

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Natterjack toads are also beginning to recover due to pond creation - so get on with making some more ponds please!

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The loss of flower rich grasslands in the UK led to the short-haired bumblebee being declared extinct here in the 1980s but recent re-introductions from Sweden are giving hope of species re-covery - as long as we keep on encouraging meadow habitat. Parks, gardens and school grounds could be important here - donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep mowing all the grass -flower meadows are cut only once a year. This is the way to ensure seeds are in the ground for the next seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flowering. Buy some seeds too,

The crane has recolonised, boosted by reintroductions, the bittern has climbed back up from a low of only 11 territorial males in the 1990s to 150 today, thanks to careful wetland management projects, and the white -tailed eagle is regaining its former stronghold in Scotland, after being returned there. We must not be complacent about wildlife, if we wish to keep the diversity of this planet. Every-thing we do has an impact. We need to make sure we drastically reduce the negative and try to increase the positive. Please do your bit.

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

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

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At the moment it would appear Zoopla is becoming more popular locally. Last year the site provided about 6 enquiries for every 10 that we received from Rightmove. That gap is closing. Currently Zoopla provides nearly 80% as many enquiries as we receive from its rival. The statistics probably vary across the country but as Zoopla is strong in London, and we speak to ever more people moving from pricier areas to Today a prospective buyer or tenant will seek better value, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising to see probably have looked up the property on that trend locally. Google Earth, to see exactly where it is in Another reason Zoopla may be gathering relation to transport and schools, momentum is their excellent summary of determined key travelling times as well as property running costs which we are aware found out what it will cost them monthly. has become very popular. Smartphones They tend to arrive on time, no longer get have put the information age in our pockets lost on the way and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also not unusual to and people increasingly use that resource. be asked permission to video the property to Property prices have risen in our area to a show a partner. Interestingly people rarely multiple of more than ten times average take video of the whole property. They salaries so personal budgets are being concentrate on areas of specific interest to looked at even more keenly. Sometimes we them often with a running commentary need to clarify that improvements to a about how they would intend to use the property will have reduced the running space and what furniture would fit where. costs, or use our local knowledge to demonstrate a better route to a given FINGERTIP INFORMATION destination, alternative schooling options The wealth of information available now is etc, but the data given on the websites is a incredibly helpful. Rightmove and Zoopla, great starting point for that discussion. are constantly changing and updating their Most, but not all, agents advertise on both formats to make their content ever more Zoopla and Rightmove. Our view is that useful. Both companies spend millions on both continue to be very important to our research, development and marketing to not clients ensuring we expose their property to only encourage people to their site but the widest possible audience as well as ensure they come back again and again. giving applicants the opportunity to easily Key to that is giving people the information access all the information they want before making a decision. they want in the way they want it.

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