Worcester Park Life Issue 40 Sept 11

Worcester Park Life

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WPark history by David Rymill Safer Neighbourhood information WPark wildlife, gardening, technology View from the City Clubs, recipe, puzzles, wine and much more...

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As most people get a copy delivered every second month you may find articles and advertisers of particular interest online, for those editions that you don’t receive a hard copy through your door. Or, if you’re online and not into Facebook, just send me an email jenny@wplife.co.uk and I can include you in my paperless distribution list. And if you’ve friends or family who’ve moved away please pass this information on.

I hope you enjoy our September edition. Lots of great articles and advertisers – thanks, as always to everyone who has contributed.

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7 History St Mary’s – 115 years of service 10 Ruth Jemmett A burning question 14 View from the City

by Justin Urquhart Stewart 18 Technology Home is where the handset is 20 Voice for wildlfe Where has all the wildlife gone?

24 Charities Age Concern Sutton 26 Spices Carraway 34 St Raphaels Campaigning for VAT change 38 On the grapevine 41 Recipe Picnic loaf 50 Make ours a Safer Neighbourhood 52 Gardening Start planting NOW!!

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Jenny Stuart Editor and publisher The next edition will be available in the Libraries, Waitrose, the Police office and other outlets from 4th Oct 2011 Next copy deadline: 17th Sept Published by Malden Media Limited 36 Rosebery Avenue, KT3 4JS E: jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk 020 8336 2915 www.wplife.co.uk Also publishing the Village Voice in New Malden

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33 What’s On 44 Clubs 48 Toddler groups 51 Useful numbers 54 Business Index

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12 Quick Quiz 26 Codeword 31 Number Cruncher 45 Solutions 46 Kid’s page

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Worcester Park Life Last month we reached St Mary’s Church at the top of The Avenue, and looked at the story of the original Iron Church, and the opening of the present church in 1895.

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St Mary’s – 115 years of service

by David Rymill obtained from the parish office.

On entering, one’s eye is drawn to the carved reredos over the High Altar at the far end, depicting Christ welcoming children. There are both Victorian and modern stained glass windows showing scenes from the Bible and from the early history of the Diocese of Winchester, of which Cuddington was a part until 1927. Displayed in the porch are a stone and a tile from the medieval Cuddington Church, found during the 1959 excavation of Nonsuch Palace.

Among the earliest memories that I have heard of St Mary’s are those of Horace Shrubb, a choirboy in the late 1920s, together with a number of his neighbours in Lindsay Road.

They were paid monthly: “the basic was a half-a-crown a month, but you got an extra shilling if you went a full month, and that was money to us in those days.”

When St. Mary’s was declared the replacement for the medieval parish church in 1896, it inherited the old parish u

As we look at St. Mary’s today, we can see three phases of development: firstly the major part of the church, built in 1894-95 and, to the left, the Old Vicarage facing St. Mary’s Road, which was designed by the same architect, J Alick Thomas.

Secondly, we see the two western bays of the nave, added in 1959. Finally, adjoining the western end of the church, are the new meeting rooms, built with the same materials of flint and brick in 1994-95, replacing the existing Large and Small Halls. These can be seen in the colour photograph, taken on Palm Sunday 2006.

The interior of the church is also rewarding to the visitor. If the church is locked, access can be gained on many weekday mornings by contacting the Parish Administrator in the meeting-rooms complex. Copies of Robert Leach’s detailed history of the church – the building and people – may be

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St Mary’s – 115 years of service

by David Rymill boundary largely unchanged, stretching south-eastwards for over three miles. By 1930s the population had grown from barely 500 in the 1890s to 7000.

The boundaries were changed, giving St Mary’s responsibility for the fast-growing communities of Stoneleigh and Ruxley. This led to the construction of two new churches, St. John’s and St. Francis’, later parishes in their own right.

Three important changes were made to the church’s facilities in the 1950s: firstly, a garden of remembrance to the east of the church, for the interment of cremated ashes. Next, a larger church hall was built on the corner of The Avenue and Royal Avenue. The Large Hall was opened in June 1955, and quickly became a centre of activities both for the congregation (by this time there were five Sunday Schools catering for 330 children) and for the wider community. Users of the hall included an old-time dancing group and a badminton club,

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and the hall, with its fine stage, also provided a home for the Cuddington Players, founded in 1953.

By the 1940s the church, with seats for 220, had become crowded, and plans for completing the nave were revived.

David Nye, the diocesan architect, drew up plans incorporating a single western entrance with a cloakroom, and a gallery.

The extension was dedicated in November 1959 (as shown in the black and white illustration).

In 1973 the modern-language Communion service was introduced, with a new musical setting composed by Bill Wright, a member of the choir. This setting is still used at St. Mary’s, and has been exported by clergy and organists to other churches from Cornwall to Kuwait, where John Avery, organist at St. Mary’s for many years, served as organist while working in the country. Cuddington still has a thriving choir, which in addition to singing the Sunday services can also be heard in action at the Carol Service and often at a special performance shortly before Easter.

2011 has seen a new development in the services offered at St Mary’s: the Sung Communion service is now at 9.30am each week, and this has made it possible to introduce a service called Buzzword, aimed specially at children, families and those unfamiliar with going to church, held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month at 11am. On the 2nd and 4th Sundays, the Sunday Club provides a variety of activities for children, according to age, coinciding with the 9.30 service.

On 2 October, however, there will be a Harvest Thanksgiving service, aimed at all ages, at 10am.

On 30 October, there will be a special service, at 3pm, of commemoration of those who have died, and anyone who has suffered a bereavement will be made especially welcome.

Remembrance Sunday is also an occasion when many occasional visitors choose to come to church, and this year the main service on 13 November will be at 9.30am. Social events are also a feature of the St Mary’s year, and future events include a quiz evening on 19 November and a barn dance on 28 January. Regular events are also arranged by the Mothers’ Union, the walkers’ group, and a young people’s group.

For further information about services and other events at St Mary’s, or to make an enquiry about arranging a baptism, wedding or funeral, phone the Parish Administrator Janet Grimshaw on 8337 4026 or the Vicar, the Revd Andrew Sillis, on 8337 4704, or email office@cuddingtonparish.org.uk david.rymill@hants.gov.uk WPLife

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A burning question

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by Ruth Jemmett

As summer days drift into autumn ones and the splendour of our flowers and trees gives way to the first hint of cooler days to come, a strange creature starts to emerge from the shrubberies of Worcester Park - namely The Suburban Bonfire Fanatic. This creature is closely related to The Lesser Spotted Barbecue Beast. They both have one thing in common. They drive their neighbours mad with their predilection for setting fire to things whenever it takes their fancy. (The latter are known for their fondness for wearing plastic aprons and chef’s hats while performing their annual ritual. Other members of this troublesome tribe include The Barking Dog Bozos,The Careless Parking Clots and The Annoyingly Noisy Nerds.)

Despite the fact that we are constantly warned about the dangers of global warming, it seems that the S.B.F. is oblivious to the risks that his or her flaming antics cause to the environment and the health of the surrounding population. Whilst one is happy to put up with the occasional summer barbecue, there is something about the unannounced garden bonfire that can make otherwise friendly neighbours turn apoplectic with rage. You can guarantee that the dedicated S.B.F. will choose things to burn that will give off the most noxious fumes possible and preferably on a very windy day, so that smoke blows in every direction, causing maximum irritation to the local populus who are busily slamming windows shut and gasping for breath. When the S.B.F wants to really annoy you they will wait until everyone is in their garden enjoying good weather, thus ensuring that not only will their neighbours have to rush for cover but will also have the laundry that is drying on their lines covered with sooty smuts.

If the S.B.F. want to play their ace card they can light a bonfire late in the evening when there is a light breeze, thus ensuring that the neighbouring houses will have their rooms filled with the stench of smoke until the morning..

Those of us who are old enough to remember the choking smogs of the 1950s know only too well the devastating effect that the smoke created by domestic coal fires and industry at that time, had upon the atmosphere, buildings and people. It became obvious to both the scientists

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and citizens of our small island that unnecessary smoke was a nasty pollutant, soiling the environment and our lungs. After all the trouble that was gone to in ensuring that we could live in a greener world, how can it be that over half a century later there is no specific legislation that bans domestic bonfires?

On investigating the situation regarding this public nuisance I discovered that “you can have a bonfire at any time of day as long as the smoke given off by the flames does not cause a nuisance to other people”. (In tightly packed suburbia how can smoke of any sort be deemed NOT to be a nuisance?) Accordingly to the law “To be considered a nuisance bonfires need to be a regular occurrence and seriously interfere with your well-being”. As thousands of children suffer from asthma, surely inhalation of any unnecessary smoke at any time would not be a good thing. No doubt the S.B.F.s will bleat on about their human rights. What about a child’s human right to breathe clean air?

As most councils provide excellent facilities for disposing of domestic and garden rubbish, there really is no excuse for suburban pyromaniacs to carry on their dirty habit.

If their lives are really so boring that they want to see out their days watching old car tyres or dead hedgehogs explode, perhaps their time might be better served by reading the latest medical research papers on the causes of asthma, bronchitis and lung cancer. After all the trouble that successive governments have gone to in drumming home the message that smoking is bad for you, it seems a nonsense that domestic bonfires weren’t banned years ago.

When I first lived in Salisbury Road , a very old couple lived next door to us. The husband would light a bonfire at the end of their garden at every opportunity. His piece de resistance was when he decided to light up the day after the exterior of our home had been painted white. His

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timid, long-suffering wife was always apologising to us about the nuisance the smoke caused. She would watch him stoking up the fire as she cowered behind the net curtains of her back room.

We would all worry that floating bits of blazing material would start a local conflagration. (Not exactly “Towering Inferno” - more a case of a possible “Crouching Inferno” in our bungalow-dominated roads!) . We felt quite sorry for the poor little woman, who kept well clear of Fiery Fred, as he swung his pitchfork at any likely looking bits of foliage with a satanic look in his gleaming eyes. She probably viewed his activities from the safety of the house for fear that, in a moment of flaming madness, he might impale her too, and lob her into the soaring flames !

When eventually, Fiery Fred passed away I was sensitive enough NOT to enquire whether he had been cremated …………….!!!!

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by Justin Urquhart Stewart

I don’t think I have ever known such a time when short term news fears have had such a broad effect.

I suppose to an extent it is quite understandable when you consider all the most recent events. From the horrific slaughter in Norway to the Chinese high speed train fatalities, from the political strapping around the future of the Euro to the political shambles that is being played out in Washington. This really is the stuff of the Summer poolside ripping yarn – but sadly it’s not fiction.

However the headlines are there to scare us all - after all, that’s how you sell newspapers - but we should look beyond the bold type and look at the bigger picture as to what is going on.

Only three years ago we had a huge financial crisis and although everyone seeks to find the secret of alchemy and find a sure fire way out of our problems, the truth is that there is no easy or swift solution. From a decade of fat, we now have a decade of lean. The good news is that we are at least three years into the dire decade. The bad news is that we still have many issues to address and problems to suffer. I have mentioned before the excellent tome by Reinhardt and Rogoff who soundly argue that financially driven recessions have far longer periods of recovery than any usual economic turndown, and thus we are following a well written and troubled course with still some time to run.

Leaving aside the unpredictable actions of Norwegian neoNazis and other appalling zealots of any race and religion, and leaving aside the political machinations of certain unpredictable leaders from North Korea, to Libya and Venezuela, to name a few, the economic situation is still dire in key areas of the globe.

Now - time to take a step back. Three years on from a near financial meltdown, the global economy is growing, and growing at quite a pace as the world rebounded from the depths of the recession. Now we are in the next stage of the decade where we will still see growth, albeit lower and slower, and as we can see already, it will be neither evenly nor smoothly spread around the world.

So what is likely to happen? The banking crisis has yet to be fully addressed, and the underlying problems often still not resolved. It is not as simplistic as just utility versus investment bankers as sins were committed on all sides, including politicians and regulators. Nor is it just an issue about capital despite all the discussions around Basel III,

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but far more about trust - which is at the core of any banking system. This is the trust of clients depositing money with their bank and the trust between the banks themselves. Once this is lost then, as we all saw three years ago, the liquidity and flexibility in the money markets evaporates faster than any droplet of water in the Sahara.

The current concern over sovereign lending has almost diverted attention away from this as many have been looking at sovereign risk, when of course we are in fact dealing with those who hold the debt - and that brings us back to the banking risk. Nor is this just a Eurozone issue as some shallow politicians would have us believe, but rather the integration of the banking system means that this is a global function – or in this case potential dysfunction. Oh and speaking of misleading views, the doom that surrounds any mention of Ireland seems to ignore that GDP expanded by 1.3% in the first three months and that with their manufacturing base and benefitting from a reduction in debt costs, that there is a good chance that they will be able to grow their way out of the bog.

The US debt issue will not be resolved any time soon, nor will the Euro question, but that in itself does not mean a disaster. Patching up will delay the issue until after the election and short term punters will rush around in a state of excitement – but actually what will probably happen is that as the politicians go on holiday we will find that the economy will actually carry on rather well without them.

As for us in the UK? Our growth figures are weak but reflect the global malaise of the lower, slower world but I have been encouraged by the “below the line” entrepreneurialism that I have been finding around the nation. It will be a long haul but one that will recover – only another seven years to go!

There are more initiatives that can be carried out in the meantime, but the main issue must be to ensure that the people have confidence that things will be getting better, albeit slowly.

So for us all as investors – do we head for hills clutching our coin and trove, and find a deep cave in Wales to hide in?

Well if you think we are heading for the end of the world as we know it, then cave decoration is for you. If, however, you feel that despite all the fears, we will muddle through again, then there is one tried and tested solution. It is to ensure you are well spread across all assets across the globe.

Some will do worse than others and some will show their strength but, just as we saw in 2008, broad diversification did work. Thus my direction for the Summer is not to panic at short term fears, but to look through to the medium term with your diversified portfolio and enjoy a bottle or two of Provence’s finest.

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         

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           

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       

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                   

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                   

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         

           

           

       

       

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                   

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         

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                     

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         

         

           

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Home is where the handset is

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Home phones don’t get the same attention as smartphones, but they’re often smarter buys: cutting-edge telephones won’t cost you several hundred pounds or tie you into a two-year contract that takes £40 per month from your bank account. So how do you choose the one that’s right for you?

The first thing to consider is how smart you want your home phone to be. Many manufacturers offer phones that can send SMS text messages, or have colour screens, or can use the Skype internet chat service, but unless you think you’re actually going to use those features then there isn’t much point in paying extra for them - and in the case of SMS messages, your mobile phone contract probably includes a bundle of free SMS messages, whereas ones you send from your home phone will cost money per text.

With the exception of the very cheapest telephones, home phones these days tend to be cordless. Most systems have a main base station, which plugs into your telephone line, and any supplemental handsets then connect to that base station so you don’t need to run extension cables around your house or get BT to stick in new sockets. If you opt for an answering machine version, this will be built into the main base station.

The key technology to look for in a cordless phone is DECT (pictured here), which is short for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications.

This ensures reasonable call quality and enables multiple handsets to share a single phone socket, but take manufacturers’ claims about handset range with an enormous pinch of salt: like wireless computer networks, those “100m range” claims are only achievable in ideal conditions where there aren’t walls, radiators and other obstacles to obstruct the signal. However, unlike earlier cordless phones, UK DECT devices shouldn’t interfere with or

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suffer interference from wireless networks, baby monitors and other wireless devices.

There are other issues to consider.

Handsets with 150-name memories sound great, but if those numbers aren’t shared with your other handsets - something BT Stratus phones don’t do - then that selling point soon becomes an annoyance.

Watch out for answering machines with tiny recording times, too: 5 minutes of recording sounds reasonable, but a few wordy messages when you’re on holiday will quickly fill all the available memory. Remember too that unlike traditional corded phones, cordless models don’t work in the event of a power cut.

Remember too that some services cost money, so for example Caller ID and Caller Display require you to sign up to a particular service, which may incur an extra charge.

Some phones offer additional technologies, such as Voice over IP, or VoIP for short. This routes calls over the internet, and the Skype internet calling system is

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probably the most famous example of VoIP in action.

Firms such as Gigaset do a nice line of Skype-compatible VoIP phones, but they need to be connected to your broadband line to make VoIP calls - and if you’ve got broadband, that probably means you’ve already got a Skype-capable computer, smartphone or tablet.

When it comes to actually spending money, we’ve got two pieces of advice: look online for reviews and never pay the RRP. User reviews on retailers’ websites will tell you whether the speakerphone is actually audible and whether the LCD display is legible, and using price checking sites such as Kelkoo.co.uk soon demonstrates that discounts of nearly 50% are widely available on many models.

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Where has all the wildlife gone?

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Twenty years ago we had thrushes and bullfinches visiting our garden. Nowadays we never see either of these birds, but our garden hasn’t really changed. We still leave a lot of it to Nature and enjoy what comes along.

We have two mature apple trees which are the remnants of what was once an orchard. It was these that attracted the bullfinches. Our garden has a lot of snails - and these once supported thrushes - we used to see the shells near a flat ‘anvil’ stone at the end of the garden. Probably the wide use of slug bait affected thrush populations, but many other factors could have contributed.

Management of the countryside, and farming practices, all impact on wildlife, as does insensitive urban development, and what the neighbours do in their gardens.

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The paving over of front gardens for car parking can often be bad news for wildlife, but a flower border, a tree in the corner or a small shrubbery can soften the effect and provide some useful habitat.

A street without many trees is unattractive as well as a ‘desert’ for wild creatures. By planting more, we could create a linear woodland in suburban roads and reduce our carbon footprint too. The practice of mowing and strimming every grass verge also reduces the food supply for many tiny creatures that are themselves food for others.

The cheerful chirping of the sparrow has recently returned to my area. What caused the recent sharp decline in their numbers is still not clear but I am hoping they are now on the increase again. One theory was lack of nest sites providing a sparrow box will help out with this.

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of watching them on your own patch. But it needn’t be confined to hanging up feeders: berry bearing shrubs like hawthorn, pyracantha and cotoneaster will provide both food and cover; allowing plants to set seed, rather than cutting them back once they’ve flowered, will offer a banquet for feathered visitors, and damp places where dead wood and leaves are left untidied will shelter the bugs and worms that are necessary food for robins, blackbirds and starlings.

What about nettles? They are one of our most important native plant species. Without them we would lose some of our butterflies, including the Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell, whose caterpillars feed exclusively on nettle leaves; a large nettle may also produce up to 40,000 seeds, which would be a feast for a variety of small birds.

Behind and around the pond railings in Shadbolt Park we are encouraging a diversity of native wild plants and grasses, allowing them to complete their life cycles and set seed.

Some people will view this as just an untidy mess, but this is a wrong perspective - wild Nature is not tidy.

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Picking a name from a telephone directory, then inviting a stranger into your home can be daunting. Our Helping Hands service can take all that worry away from you.

by Robin Smart We believe it is important that people retain as much independence as possible and that they are encouraged to maintain their lifestyle in and outside the home.

We offer peace of mind to you, your family and those around you from a person you can trust.

Simple, practical, affordable help, providing support with many tasks, like cleaning, shopping and escorted visits to enjoy leisure activities as well as social visits to see your friends.

As people live longer and want to remain at home, reliable services are required to assist with all these daily tasks which become a little more difficult.

How many older people do you know find it difficult to get to the shops, pay their bills, do their house work or just want someone to go out for a walk with them?

Tel: 020 8770 4090 Age Concern Sutton offers practical support services around your home Helping Hands - Domestic and social support keeping you independent in your own home from a person you can trust.  Helps support a happy and independent lifestyle  Simple practical affordable help such as cleaning, ironing, shopping and social visits Handyperson - A service to help you maintain your home and garden. From  Changing a light bulb to installing a security system  Mowing the lawn to decorating a room  Trusted people from your local community

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We can introduce you to a reliable, compassionate, well vetted Helping Hand who can visit you weekly or fortnightly.

Primarily Helping Hands assists people at home with practical domestic tasks and shopping but our services are diverse and can range from company on outings, spring cleaning, going for a walk and paying bills.

If you would like more information on how the service could help you or a loved one please contact Helping Hands on 0208 770 4091.

We also need reliable, compassionate people in the Boroughs of Sutton and Kingston to join our team.

Please contact us for an application pack if you would like to enhance someone’s life and lend that Helping Hand.

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Spice of life Caraway

VillageWorcester Voice Park Life Due to its long history, caraway has a number of intriguing beliefs attached to it. Ancient Egyptians put the seeds into tombs with their dead to protect against evil spirits. Other cultures made it into a love potion. Another belief was that it prevented theft and voluntary straying.

Anything from possessions, people and livestock would have been rubbed with caraway.

Caraway seeds are one of the oldest cultivated spices. The caraway plant is easy to grow and the leaves and roots are also edible.

Julius Caesar’s army made bread from the ground roots of the caraway plant, which look like parsnips.

The small, brown, ridged caraway seeds look very similar to cumin but their flavours are very different.

Caraway seeds have an aniseed taste and are used in many European dishes including sauerkraut, rye bread, sausages, various cheeses and the delicious British seedcake. The seeds keep their flavour for a long time if stored in an airtight container in a dark place.

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During the course of the school year you sort of become used to the fact that the hems of his trousers are gradually creeping further and further up his calf, that the toes of his trainers are getting lumpier and lumpier, that his midriff is no longer reliably covered by the ever-shortening tails of his school shirt.

But as the school holidays draw gratefully to a close you realise with a jolt that his uniform is no longer even decent, and that he needs a whole new set of schmutter.

This is even more of a jolt if you have a daughter – you can’t send her back to school looking like a low-rent Britney Spears - and so September becomes the Month of the Ordeal of Shopping for School.

This used to be the one time of year when Good Old Woolie’s was indeed a Wonder. It sold not only the necessary clobber but also the new geometry set and calculator and ring-binders and all the other bits and pieces that seemed to need replacing every time they had to go back to school. Now I have found other shops that obligingly provide under one roof the same cornucopia of education-related items that Woolworth used to do, but the shock of the loss of Woolie’s jerked me out of my habituated take-it-for-granted complacency and I found myself becoming increasingly enraged by the need to source an entire suite of new stuff every year.

Nevertheless, kids grow; and as a parent you’re faced with two choices every time September comes round: either buy cheap stuff that may or may not last the year, or buy expensive stuff that they’re going to grow out of well before it wears out.The former is the obvious choice and if, by the time July rolls round, they look like junior Worzel Gummidges – well, they won’t have to put up with it for long.

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But something inside me says that the cheap stuff is lovingly handstitched by six-yearolds in Indonesian sweatshops for 10p a day plus a handful of rice on alternate Thursdays, and my conscience just won’t let me do it. So I go for the nice stuff, and drain the bitter cup of resentful fury at having to ditch perfectly good clobber every July and replace it in September.

Now, though, a new initiative is off the ground in my home town.

It’s called BootXchange, and it’s a simple trade-in system: you hand in last year’s slightly worn but still perfectly good high-end brand-name sports shoes plus a £5 administration fee, and in return you receive the hand-medowns from the next generation up. They’ve only been worn once a week for 20 or 30 weeks and, being quality gear, they still have at least two seasons wear in them.Voila – new boots for a fiver.

This is a good scheme and should be expanded to other school clothing. Actually, you can hand in the kids’ outgrown sweatshirts and stuff and they will indeed be passed on to the less well-off kids whose folks can’t afford new. At present there’s a stigma attached to second-hand clothes but now we’re all poor, our attitudes should change and we should see it as straightforward and indeed praiseworthy September thrift.

In fact I propose to take it a step further. Now I’ve reached a certain age I’m going to start a TrouserXchange scheme, where I can hand in my desperately-clinging-on-to-youth jeans and accept instead a couple of pairs of the highwaist cavalry twill slacks that are appropriate to my years.

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St Raphaels campaigns for VAT change Hospice Campaigning for £50,000 a year VAT change St Raphael's Hospice is campaigning for changes to the Value Added Tax (VAT) payable by the charity.

It has written to the four MPs who represent the Hospice's catchment area as although the Hospice is based in London Road, North Cheam, it treats terminally ill patients from all areas of the Boroughs of Sutton and Merton.

Brian Clarke, Hospice Manager, has sent letters to Tom Brake MP (Carshalton and Wallington), Paul Burstow MP (Sutton and Cheam), Stephen Hammond MP (Wimbledon) and Siobhain McDonagh MP (Mitcham and Morden). He highlights the inequality that results from irrecoverable VAT between independent Hospices such

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"In the case of St Raphael's Hospice, this amounts to over £50,000 per year," he says. "Hospices often cover this VAT gap with charitable donations so the money goes directly to the Treasury instead to Hospice care, for which the funds were donated. This shouldn't continue. Charitable donations are given with the intention of funding care, not VAT." On average, the Hospice cares for 900 patients each year.

It costs £4 million a year to provide these services and of these costs, the NHS through Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (PCT) provides a grant of £1 million or 25% of the total.This means that nearly £3 million (75%) has to be raised from charitable donations, fundraising and legacies.

Mr Clarke has urged the MPs to contact the Treasury to ask for a review of their policy around irrecoverable VAT for charities providing healthcare services; look to secure a debate or table a parliamentary question on the issue and to sign House of Commons Motions 1522 "Healthcare charities and VAT recovery" and 1261 "Charities and irrecoverable VAT." "Addressing this issue of the VAT gap will enable Hospices to use public funds to do what we do best – provide care and support to those in need within the local community," says Mr Clarke. "It is projected that with the country's ageing population, demand for Hospice and palliative care will increase which will lead to an even bigger role for Hospices like St Raphael's to provide care."

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Perhaps I am being presumptious, but it seems to me that there is nothing that puts a smile on your face, makes an event an event or says ‘you’re special’, more than a lovely bottle of bubbly! Of course there is the exception to the rule, but when you’re stuck for that gift, be it happy birthday, congratulations, or even “I’m sorry”, you can’t go wrong with a bottle of something sparkling.

Now, I am not suggesting that only Champagne will do, far from it, in fact I am on a mission to try every kind of fizz there is, but you have to begin at the beginning don’t you?

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the ChampagneArdenne region of France. The Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon, whilst he did not invent Champagne, is considered to be a key figure in the history of Champagne (by managing to keep the fizz in the bottle!) and is reported to have said, “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!” on tasting his first sip of Champagne!

As a general rule, the grapes used must be Chardonnay, or the dark-skinned “red wine grapes” Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier.

The grapes are pressed gently and the absence of the skin contact during fermentation, allows the dark skinned grapes to create a white wine. Between 1645 and 1742, the French monks’ method of applying the second fermentation process, which passed in the bottle, created the CO2 bubbles which are the sparkle of Champagne.

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but don’t show them the label till afterwords!). The Brits did however make a significant contribution to Champagne, by inventing a bottle strong enough to withstand the pressure of the bubbles.

It may have the name, but there are other sparkling contenders and many of them are far more reasonably priced. In fact, if you find Champagne too dry or too acidic, but still want to indulge in some bubbles, then these next candidates are for you. Spanish Cava and Italian Prosecco, will tend to be softer and sweeter, as will sparkling wines from the New World which invariably offer a fuller and fruitier fizz, great examples of which can all be bought for under £10. Two or even three bottles of fizz for a price of one bottle of Champagne! Surely that’s a bargain? And yet, I hate to say it, but I don’t think anything can beat it! Some, who shall remain nameless, have even suggested that this is because I am a girl (after all it’s sparkling and comes in pink!) but I think it’s more than that. After all, Champagne is legendary and iconic, the king of wines, the wine of kings and the toast of a thousand hosts!

I think that Lily Bollinger put it best when she said: “I only drink Champagne when I am happy... and when I am sad.

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To serve 4 people, you’ll need a large round, oval or oblong fresh crusty loaf. Slice the top off and scoop out the inside of the loaf, leaving a 1cm (1/2in) thick wall. Brush the inside wall of the loaf with some good quality olive oil. For extra flavour spread a thin layer of red or green pesto sauce or sun dried tomato paste inside the loaf.

Choose a colourful selection of 3-4 fillings.

Cold chicken, smoked ham, salami, cheese, firm sliced tomatoes, roasted vegetables (such as peppers, courgettes or aubergines), baby spinach leaves or fresh herbs like parsley and basil are all ideal. Chopped olives, capers or anchovy fillets will give extra flavour. Avoid watery sliced cucumber and salad leaves as they will make the bread go soggy.

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them down well. Drizzle with a little olive oil as you go and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. You can make an extra filling layer with the breadcrumbs removed from the loaf by blending them in a food processor for a few econds with a little olive oil, crushedgarlic and fresh basil.

Press the lid on top of the loaf and wrap tightly in foil. Chill in the fridge for 3-4 hrs or overnight. Slice thickly or in wedges to serve.

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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 Our next concerts are on 22nd August – Mark Thompson Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start.(Visitors £7) Visitors & new members are always welcome to our concerts. Further details from 020 8330 5795, or visit www.bansteadorganclub.co.uk

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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.

The latter includes stage management, set construction, sound and lighting. If interested, please contact our membership secretary, Joyce Cranfield, on 020 8337 3317.

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Further details of all our branch meetings, can be found at Our award winning website www.esfhs.org.uk East Surrey Family History Society next Sutton meeting is on Thursday 2nd June 2011 at 8pm.Venue St.Nicholas Church Hall, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton.

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We have various social activities and every second month we have a speaker, outings can be arranged if enough people wish to go. The venue is St. Philip Hall, Christchurch with St. Philip, Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park. We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays in the month from 12.45 to 4p.m Contact June Day, Club Secretary, on 02083301220 RSPB EPSOM AND EWELL LOCAL GROUP We meet the 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.

Our speakers are of a high quality and we welcome anyone who has an interest in this area. 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. If you would like more information, please look at our website, www.rspb.org.uk/groups/epsom

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AURIOL BOWLING CLUB was established in 1967, and plays on the 6-rink bowling green attached to the pavilion in Auriol Park, Salisbury Road, Worcester Park.

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Fun for the under 5s If your group isn’t featured please email jenny@maldenmedia.co.uk 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 Wednesday Christ Church with St Philip Parent and Toddler Group 9.30 until 11.15am - see Monday Thursday Epsom & Ewell Toy Library term time 9.30 to 12.30 at Riverview Children’s Centre, Riverview Primary School, West Ewell, which is just off of Ruxley Lane (at the ewell By

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For more information, please contact the Parish Office tel: 020 8337 4026 Saturday Men behaving Dadly, Grace Church - Saturday 19 March & 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 WPLife

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Our Nursery is situated on the corner of Banstead Road South and Westway and is a totally separate provision with its own creatively resourced garden for outdoor learning and play.

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by PCSO Gary Weaving

Recent Unrest (It is hoped, by the time you read this, the present tensions will have dissipated.)

You have probably noticed an increased police presence on the streets both locally and further afield. This is in response to the outbreak of rioting, arson and looting that began in Tottenham on the Weekend of Saturday 6th of August and spread at an alarming rate up and down the country.

Your local officers (at the time of writing) are currently working 12 hour shifts every day at either 7am till 7pm or 12pm till 12am. This is as well as the response teams who are looking after us throughout the night. Extra officers have been deployed throughout the borough to bolster the strength of presence on all 18 wards, including Worcester Park and Nonsuch. PCSO’s have

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been delivering information leaflets to all businesses in Worcester Park and North Cheam informing them of precautionary measures they can take to minimise the effects of possible unrest. Police Officers and PCSO’s are conducting High Visibility Patrols and exercising stop and search powers in an effort to deter any large groups that might congregate in any particular area.

This tactic has been working tremendously well and apart from 2 or 3 minor incidents in Sutton High Street on Monday 8th August Sutton has escaped any serious harm, as is the case in neighbouring boroughs with the obvious exception of Croydon which suffered exceptional unrest and damage to property.

This situation affects us all and everyone is united in their wish for calm and an end to all disorder. The police and communities nationwide are appalled by the current disorder and together we condemn the violence and criminality.The Police resolve to pursue all those involved in this criminality.

Our heartfelt good wishes go out to all those people

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who are attempting to rebuild their lives in Croydon and indeed all affected areas of the UK.

Domestic Violence One Stop Shop Domestic Violence is a widespread issue, with almost 2400 incidents reported to Police last year, and many more going unreported, but victims often feel alone, ashamed, and don’t know where to turn for help.

In response to this issue, Domestic Violence One Stop Shops have been launched. These are free, confidential drop-in services, where victims can receive support and advice from professionals including an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) from Victim Support, Police, Lawyers, and Citizens Advice Bureau. They are open on different days in different areas and each area is available to different parts of Worcester Park.

For those living in the Borough of Sutton the service is available every Wednesday morning from 9:30am 11:30am at Sutton Baptist Church, 21 Cheam Road, SM1 1SN Or call Victim Support on: 0208 685 1637

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For those living in the Borough of Kingston the service is available every Monday morning from 9:30am - 12:30pm at The Baptist Church in Union Street, Kingston KT1 1RP For those living in the Surrey area, please ring the ‘EAST SURREY DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE’ (ESDAS) on 01737 771350 or ‘VICTIM SUPPORT’ on 0845 38 99 528 from 8am to 8pm Mon to Fri. If you aren’t affected by this issue yourself, there is a good chance that one of your friends, relatives or neighbours would benefit from discussing their options with personnel at the above locations and contact numbers.

WPLife Worcester Park Safer Neighbourhood Team, 020 8 649 3590 worcesterpark.snt@met.police.uk Nonsuch Safer Neighbourhood Team, 0208 721 2491 nonsuch.snt@met.police.uk 154 Central Road, Worcester Park In an emergency always dial 999.

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I love this month, not least because it gives me carte blanche for thinking about something I adore: spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils and other narcissus. Why? Because for best results the bulbs for these spring delights need to be planted in the autumn. Planted from now onwards, they have a good chance to grow roots and start to build up energy for making a great display next spring.

Choose your daffodils carefully and you can have a display starting in late winter (from varieties such as ‘February Gold’) right through until mid-spring. When looking through the selection in catalogues or on garden centre shelves, just check flowering times which will be clearly indicated on the pack. Sometimes this will be as numerals rather than actual dates. For example, February to March could be indicated as 2-3 or sometimes even II-III. Spring flowering bulbs are generally completely hardy in our climate so unless hit by serious extremes of weather (such as prolonged flooding), they will keep coming year after year.

There should be planting depths written on the packs of bulbs you buy or order, but if not it is generally better to plant slightly too deep rather than too shallowly. As a guide, I would advise planting at roughly three times the height of the bulb. If planted too shallowly they don’t perform so well and are more likely to be accidentally dug up when you’re planting other things.

Buying larger quantities of bulbs usually makes them significantly cheaper per bulb and there are always multipack offers to be found, so shop about and choose carefully, but whatever you go for, unless you choose the very elite super-pricey bulbs, they’ll represent superb value for money.

If you’re looking to plant a large expanse, perhaps a bank or the area along the sides of the drive, go for daffodils by the sack rather than by the bag.

I’m a real fan of crocus – choose from purple, lilac, striped, cream, yellow, orange or white. They’re very good value, but here’s a word of warning – I always find that the superbargain priced mega-bags of crocus contain a lot of yellow and orange crocus which the sparrows love to shred. It’s better value to pay a little more for smaller single colour bags and avoid the yellows and oranges.

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means it’s important to plant at the suggested distances apart, even if it may feel a little sparse for the first year or two. If you want a high-impact look from the start, then you can plant a little closer than suggested, but bear in mind the bulbs will become congested and need lifting and replanting all the sooner.

Spring flowering bulbs need little attention once established – just give them an occasional feed and once the clumps become congested, divide and replant them to give each bulb more space so it can fulfil its potential.

Where to grow them: Try simple daffodils like ‘Carlton’, ‘King Alfred’ or English bluebells grown in random plantings, scattered and then planted where they fall, beneath trees in your garden. They’ll look great and often produce a really good display beneath the outer spread of trees where it may otherwise be difficult to encourage much else to grow.

Shrubs and even climbers can also be used for naturalised bulb plantings, but because they’re smaller, grow the more diminutive bulbs such as miniature Narcissus ‘Tete a Tete’, ‘Hawera’, ‘Peeping Tom’, rich blue grape hyacinths or delicate Chinodoxa.

On steep banks where gardening is difficult, why not grow masses of bulbs? Planting on the near vertical may be tricky, but once there you can enjoy the display for years to come.

Pots or other good-looking containers make great homes for bulbs. If you’ve fallen for anything particularly small or expensive, pots can be the answer and will mean you can enjoy and not lose those tiny spring bulb jewels amongst their larger relatives.

Larger planters including tubs and window boxes are brilliant for bulbs too – try a host of golden daffodils in a smart blue pot, some delicate dwarf iris or Iris reticulata in a window box or pot on the front steps where you’ll be able to enjoy their good looks and their subtle perfume.

Whichever type of spring bulb you have in mind, and wherever you intend to grow them, start planning and buying now so that they can be in the ground promptly.

You can get great Grow Your Own Veg results with Pippa’s unique ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’. Order your veg plants from www.pippagreenwood.com and your garden-ready plants are delivered in May at a great time for planting. What makes it unique is that Pippa will email you every week about what you’re growing – lots of tips and help, ensuring great results. It’s great value with various pack sizes available, eg up to 66 plants plus 6 packets of seed for just £39.00, plus that weekly advice.

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Single set was £25 now £15 Double set was £35 now £20 King set was £45 now £25

Single set was £25 now £15 Double set was £35 now £20 King set was £45 now £25

Le duvet 10.5tog hollowfibre duvet

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40% OFF

Anvil quilted mattress protectors Single was £18 now £10 Double was £24 now £14 King was £30 now £18 Pillow protector was £6 now £3.50

Single £19 Double £25 King £30

Scandinavian hollowfibre pillow 55 pair only £15

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