North Surrey Edition March-April 2018

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MARCH-APRIL 2018

March OF THE WOMEN

Surrey’s role in the road to the vote

HERALDING

BEYOND THE

Dragon

Spring Festival celebrates nature

Asian art treasures on display

Aiming high: Banstead athlete’s Commonwealth Games call-up • Easter holiday activities View through the lens: Cheam Camera Club exhibition • Centenary events marking women’s rights to vote

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Heralding Spring Festival gives thanks to Mother Nature On track Hurdler Jacob Paul has Commonwealth Games in sights

10 Beyond the Dragon Asian treasures on display at Polesden Lacey 14 View through a lens Cheam Camera Club exhibition 16 Back a winner Odds are good for charity’s race day 20 Votes for Women Surrey’s role on the road to voting equality

23 March of the Women Events commemorating centenary of women’s suffrage 25 History most horrid Delve into Epsom and Ewell’s darker past

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WELCOME One of the defining moments in the fight for women’s rights to vote came in June 1913 when the eyes of an expectant crowd were on the horses thundering round the racecourse at the Epsom Derby.

Then, Emily Wilding Davison slipped under a barrier and stepped out in front of the field in an apparent attempt to pin a Suffragette flag on to the reins of the King’s horse, Anmer. She was knocked down and seriously injured. Emily never recovered and died four days later.

On the centenary of the introduction of the parliamentary act that granted women the vote – or at least a select group of women, those aged over 30 in possession of property – we look at Surrey’s role on the road to equality, from the prominent campaigners who lived in the county to the moments that now shape our history.

Also in this edition we are anticipating spring’s arrival. As the evenings get longer and we move tantalisingly close to the clocks going forward, we look ahead to Ewell’s Herald of Spring festival, which this year gives thanks to Mother Nature.

With the Winter Olympics behind us, thoughts are turning to the next big event on the sporting calendar.

It is just a few weeks until the Commonwealth Games open on Australia’s Gold Coast and we will be rooting for Banstead’s Jacob Paul following his late call-up to the England team to compete in the 400m hurdles.

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EDITOR’S TIPS Orchid Day

Is your orchid in need of a little TLC? Then head to Ashtead Garden Centre from 11am to 3.30pm on March 10 for expert advice and practical tips on how to care for your plant.

Dr Manos Kanellos will be holding a drop-in clinic when your orchid can have a health check, as well as giving a talk and demonstrations on how to care for your orchid, how to make them reflower and when and how to repot your plant. www.ashteadpark.com

Bach - A Family Affair

A programme of music exploring the work of composer Johann Sebastian Bach, his forebears and those who influenced him, will be showcased at Epsom Chamber Choir’s spring concert.

Two of Bach’s finest and most dramatic motets will be at the heart of the concert: Komm, Jesu Komm and Jesu Meine Freude, which will be led by guest conductor Jack Apperley.

The choir will also sing a 20th century re-imagining of a Bach chorale by Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt at the concert on March 24 at St Martin’s Church, Epsom.

Tickets £14 in advance; £16 on the door. Under 18s free. www.wegottickets.com/event/427096

Rep is back

After an absence of almost 30 years, repertory theatre returns to Leatherhead this spring with a mixed bag of entertainment.

From farcical goings on in the corridors of power in Yes, Prime Minister, to an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s well-loved children’s novel, The Secret Garden, plus a time-travelling romp with Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, there’s something for all tastes. www.leatherheadtheatre.com

Kids Club Mother’s Day Craft

Come and create a personalised gift for Mum for Mother's Day at Chessington Garden Centre. Go wild with your design on a special pre-printed Mother’s Day card complete with poem inside whilst planting up a giant sunflower seed in your choice of coloured pot and bow. Watch the sunflower grow like the love for your Mum! Teresa

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Saturday 10th March, Tickets £4.95 per child (adult supervision required at all times). www.chessingtongardencentre.co.uk

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Spring is in the air, which can mean only one thing – Ewell’s traditional Herald of Spring festival is just a few days away.

dancing, a spectacular puppet show by Hobbledown children’s farm as well as magicians performing tricks and sleights of hand.

Previous festivals have celebrated everything from fairies and goblins to the mystical medicine of mediaeval times.

Let the children take part in themed games and activities or delve into Ewell’s history with Bourne Hall Museum’s kids club as it looks at the village’s Roman sacred springs and the Gods they believed lived there.

This year’s festival coincides with Mother’s Day and will give thanks to Mother Nature and the gifts bestowed by the change in seasons.

There will be entertainment throughout the day with Morris

Bourne Hall is set to be transformed into a floral paradise with a show garden and displays from Ashtead Park Garden Centre and Mayday Flower Club decorating the building.

There will also be traditional crafts and displays from countryside groups, including beekeepers, and a chance

to browse stalls selling arts, crafts and homemade produce at the Spring Market, run by What’s On In Epsom, you might even find the perfect Mother’s Day gift.

The popular scarecrow competition also returns with a top prize of £100 in vouchers for the winners. Open to schools and youth groups in the borough, all you have to do is create a scarecrow inspired by Mother Nature – it could be a famous historical character.

Scarecrows must be delivered to Bourne Hall on March 8 ahead of judging by the Mayor of Epsom and Ewell on the day of the festival, which celebrates the arrival of spring.

Herald of Spring, Bourne Hall, Ewell, March 10, 9am to 5pm. Email dbrooks@ epsom-ewell.gov.uk for further details of the competition Images: What’s On In Epsom

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ON TRACK Banstead hurdler Jacob Paul aims high after winning place in England’s Commonwealth Games squad Having claimed a silver medal at the 2017 British Championships, Banstead’s Jacob Paul was already making a name for himself on the athletics track.

Now the 400m hurdler is on his way to Australia to compete in April’s Commonwealth Games after securing a place on the England team.

The 23-year-old, who is currently second in the UK 400m hurdle rankings, got a late call-up to the squad after longjumper Greg Rutherford withdrew due to injury.

Jacob, a member of Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club, received an email informing him he had been selected for the squad, but at first was not sure if it was meant for him.

“I got an email telling me I’d been called up but it said it was following up a phone call and I hadn’t received a phone call,” he told BBC Surrey.

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His place confirmed, the former Bath University student is looking forward to competing on such a big stage.

Undaunted by what lies ahead, he is approaching the competition with the aim of gaining valuable experience ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and with a place in the finals set in his sights.

“This is the biggest championship I will have been to so experience-wise this will be really key to me.”

Aside from his international career, Jacob is a level 3 qualified personal trainer and runs one-to-one fitness and personal training classes at Epsom College.

Visit www.jacobpaulpt.com for more information.

Follow Jacob’s progress on the track at the Commonwealth Games from April 4–15.

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THE DRAGON

Asian art treasures in spotlight at new exhibition

As the cold winter months drew in, Edwardian socialite Margaret Greville would often leave England for warmer climates.

In the 1920s and 30s she travelled extensively around Asia. Her travels, and acquisitions, form the basis of a new exhibition at Polesden Lacey, the country home she bequeathed to the National Trust.

The curated exhibition features 25 pieces of Asian art, from books to ceramics and furniture, from Mrs Greville’s extensive collection of items.

Experiences and Conservation Manager Jonathan Marsh chose the pieces that are on display in conjunction with

the National Trust’s ceramic advisor and Polesden Lacey’s curator.

“We were very spoilt for choice, as there are 180 pieces of Asian art in our collection,” he said. “We chose the pieces that are being featured as they show a range of materials and designs, as well as the wonderfully vibrant colours associated with this incredible continent.”

Among the items featured is a porcelain cricket cage incense burner given to Mrs Greville by Queen Mary in 1920 as a Christmas gift. Made in Japan, the ornament features gourds hanging on a beehive–shaped cage.

There are also a number of Japanese art books, believed to date from the 19th century. The beautiful and delicate prints on linen pages are on public display for the first time.

Dogs of Fo, popular in Chinese and Buddhist art, are said to guard against evil spirits and demons. One of the 18 ‘dogs’ – they are actually Chinese lions – from Mrs Greville’s collection can be seen at the exhibition.

Beyond the dragon: Maggie’s Asian Treasures runs until May 3 as part of the Adventures in Asia programme at Polesden Lacey.

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The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We are recruiting for Children’s Support Assistants to work at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey. As a Children’s Support Assistant, you will be a valuable member of the team, contributing to the delivery of high quality therapy, education and healthcare support.

Artists’ work on display Benefits include:

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• Competitive rates of pay; and works will A collection of original paintings go on • Wellbeing programmes; • Full training, including an RQFFeaturing•contemporary display at Bourne Hall this October.

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• On-site subsidised accommodation*; The autumn exhibition is one of the highlights of the group’s annual calendar of events and this year will include works by If you’re enthusiastic and passionate about giving children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the Richard Seymour, Edna Kyriakides and Barbara Stevens. opportunity to live the best life possible, we’d love to hear from you.Autumn exhibition: Epsom and Ewell Art There will also be a chance to see artist Dominika Klimczak’s N.B All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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• If you haven’t got a Will, put this at the top of your list! Two thirds of the UK population don’t have a Will. We recently carried out a poll for our local Twitter followers and 80% of those who responded didn’t have a Will. If you don’t have a Will, your estate is intestate and passes under rules that were written almost 100 years ago. Don’t rely on this!

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• Is your Will up to date from an inheritance tax point of view? If your Will was signed prior to 2007, chances are it contains a fairly complex discretionary trust. This ensured that you could use both nil rate bands for a

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couple (currently £650,000). Whilst trusts of this sort can still be relevant, the rules were relaxed allowing automatic transfer and you might want to simplify your Will.

• Do you need to plan for inheritance tax? This might mean lifetime planning – gifts of capital (you need to survive 7 years), gifts of assets (you need to survive 7 years and not benefit from the asset) gifts of surplus income (you must keep meticulous records) but also ensuring you benefit from the new residence nil rate band (£125,000 per person from April) – this starts to taper once your estate is over £2m. Can you plan to preserve this?

• If you have life policies or pension policies have you completed the nomination form? (sometimes called a letter of wish or trust form) This ensures that any lump sum will pay out inheritance tax free and is the most basic inheritance tax planning you can do.

• Have you put a Lasting Power of Attorney in place?

There are LPAs for property and finance decisions and, separately, for health and welfare decisions.

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CHEAM CAMERA CLUB

VIEW THROUGH THE LENS Exhibition showcases photographic talents of Cheam Camera Club

A picture can tell a thousand words, so the well-known saying goes.

Capturing a snapshot of a moment to tell a story is the art of a good photographer and those skills will be celebrated at an exhibition this April showcasing the work of members of Cheam Camera Club.

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Every Wednesday & Friday 10:00am - 12noon Free to attend

Taddies is a weekly run parent and child group for children aged 0-5 years old who have additional needs.

Our two hour multisensory sessions are organised by experienced staff from The Children’s Trust School, offered every Wednesday and Friday 10.00am - 12noon for parents/carers to attend, free of charge, with their child.

Staff engage with the children and parents through a variety of sensory activities including messy play, soft play, musical fun, cooking, water and sand play, aquatics session (swimming) and regular learning through routines of free flow activities both indoors and outdoors.

For further information on The Childrens Trust School or Taddies, please call 01737 365 810 or www.thechildrenstrustschool.org.uk The Children’s Trust School, Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5RU school@thechildrenstrust.org.uk thechildrenstrustschool.org.uk twitter.com/childrens_trust facebook.com/childrentrust Registered Charity No. 288018. TCT_292 School and Taddies. V1. February 2018. * Places subject to criteria and funding.

CHEAM CAMERA CLUB The club’s annual exhibition runs from April 17 to 21 at Bourne Hall, Ewell.

Entry is free and visitors will also have a chance to vote for their favourite photograph from the collection on display.

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Cheam Camera Club is a friendly, social group open to everyone from beginners to professionals. As well as arranging competitions and outings, the club hosts regular talks and training sessions offering tips and

techniques for shooting different subjects.

It meets on a Wednesday from September to June at the David Tweddle Hall, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church in Northey Avenue, Cheam.

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Surrey Care Trust is hoping residents and businesses will back a winner by attending its charity race day at Lingfield Park this April.

Restore Document Management has supported Surrey Care Trust for a number of years, helping to improve the lives of society’s most vulnerable and marginalised.

The event, sponsored by Restore Document Management, is the perfect opportunity to entertain clients or get a group of friends together for a fun day out.

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Tickets cost £85 per head (or £800 for a table of 10) and include a drinks reception on arrival, followed by a three course dinner with wine, premier access to the racecourse, gardens, winner’s enclosure, paddock and finishing line.

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SUFFRAGETTE CENTENARY

Votes

FOR WOMEN

Remembering the fearless pioneers who led the fight for voting equality

A century has passed since the introduction of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which enabled all men and a select group of women, those over 30 who owned property, to vote for the first time. It would be another 10 years before voting equality was achieved. Here we look at Surrey’s role on the road to winning the vote

Stuart Mill MP – once again it was rejected.

From the 1870s, groups representing both sides of the debate were active in Surrey, which was also home to notable activists including Mary Seton Watts, wife of the artist George Frederic Watts, and Dame Ethel Smyth, the Woking

At the start of the 20th century there was still a widely held belief that politics was not “a woman’s business”.

The campaign for women to have the right to vote was, however, gaining support and momentum. In 1903, the formation of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) by Emmeline Pankhurst would set the suffrage movement on a new course.

Paving the way

The Reform Act of 1832, which extended voting rights among men, but not women, was the catalyst for the women’s suffrage movement in England.

Mary Smith, from Stanmore, Yorkshire, petitioned Parliament arguing that as she paid taxes, and was subject to the laws of the land, she had a right to a vote. The petition was laughed out of the House of Commons.

It was to be another 30 years before the case for votes for women was once again presented to Parliament by John

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In 1897, Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) with the goal of achieving equal voting rights for women.

The national union headed a network of smaller, district societies – including Epsom – which believed that the best way to campaign for change was through lawful, peaceful means.

Emmeline Pankhurst disagreed. Frustrated by a lack of progress, she argued that “Deeds not words” was the only way to advance the cause.

With her daughters, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst, she founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903 and called on women to take militant action.

“You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform realised.” Emmeline Pankhurst

She was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for procuring and inciting women to commit offences contrary to the Malicious Injuries to Property Act, 1861.

Mrs Pankhurst immediately went on hunger strike – a tactic employed by the suffragettes since activist Marion Wallace Dunlop, of Peaslake, Surrey, had taken the extreme step after her imprisonment in July 1908. Force-feeding was introduced in prisons the following year.

Most militant suffragette?

But perhaps the key event in the suffragettes’ campaign was to play out in front of thousands of spectators at the Epsom Derby and bring worldwide attention to the cause.

Emily Wilding Davison was a committed and passionate activist. Having studied at Royal Holloway College and Oxford University, she joined the WSPU in 1906. Three years later she left her job as a teacher and went to work full-time for the suffragette movement. Frequently arrested and imprisoned, Emily became known for her increasingly daring acts.

In 1911, while many women took part in a national boycott of the census, defacing their returns with the words “no vote, no census”, Emily snuck into the Houses of Parliament and hid overnight in a broom cupboard.

Deeds not words

At first the suffragettes’ actions remained largely within the law, heckling politicians at public meetings and chaining themselves to railings, but increasingly more extreme measures were deployed.

Women were involved in large-scale demonstrations, often where they were pelted with eggs, stones and stink bombs by bystanders, such was the divisive nature of the campaign.

They also smashed windows, damaged property and set fire to letter boxes.

In 1913 the WSPU embarked on a concerted arson campaign, setting fire to residential property, golf courses, schools and churches.

The attacks targeted what Mrs Pankhurst believed society valued most: “money, property and pleasure”.

Bombs concealed in cupboards

One of the most notable attacks took place in Waltonon-the-Hill on February 19, 1913, whenthe suffragettes bombed the house of then Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George.

The house, which was under construction, was empty at the time. Workmen had been due to arrive at 6am prior to which one of the devices, which had been hidden in a cupboard, had exploded. A second failed to go off.

At a speech in Cardiff on the evening of the bombing, Mrs Pankhurst declared: “We have blown up the Chancellor of Exchequer’s house”. When asked why, she replied: “We wanted to wake him up”.

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A memorial at the Houses of Parliament records her act stating: “In this way she was able to record her address, on the night of that census, as being the House of Commons: thus making her claim to the same political rights as men.”

In 1912 she was sentenced to six months at Holloway Prison for setting fire to a pillar box. Like many other campaigners she went on hunger strike, but was force fed.

On June 4, 1913, she bought a return ticket and travelled by train to Epsom to attend the Derby. Her intentions that day are not fully known, some suggest that she was trying to attach a Suffragette flag to King George V’s horse, Anmer.

As the horses rounded Tattenham Corner, Emily ducked under the railings and ran on to the racecourse and was struck as she tried to grab Anmer’s reins.

Jockey Herbert Jones fell with his horse but was able to free himself. He suffered cuts and bruises. Emily was taken to Epsom Cottage Hospital having sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries. She died four days later.

Her funeral was the last great Suffragette march. Some 5,000 women followed the funeral cortege through London and thousands lined the streets to pay their respects.

Peaceful campaigners and the Anti-Suffrage League

While the WSPU garnered publicity for the measures its members were willing to take, there were hundreds of other suffrage groups which campaigned peacefully.

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Helena Auerbach, president of Reigate, Redhill and District Society for Women’s Suffrage, kept a a scrapbook of the group’s activities, including its participation in the 40,000-strong march to the Albert Hall in June 17, 1908.

Research of archives, as part of Surrey History Centre’s March of the Women centenary project, has also uncovered the activities of anti-suffrage groups in Surrey.

Prominent anti-suffrage supporter Bertha Marion Broadwood lived in Capel – the anti-suffrage movement had many female as well as male supporters.

Winning the vote

The outbreak of World War One in 1914 led suffragist groups and the WSPU to suspend campaigning. Instead, women were urged to join the war effort.

On February 5, 1918, five years after the suffragettes bombed his house, David Lloyd George was Prime Minister. He oversaw the introduction of the Representation of the People Act which granted women over 30 who owned property the right to vote in national elections as well as to stand as MPs. It was another decade before full enfranchisement, when all men and women over 21 had equal rights to vote.

Images courtesy of commons.wikipedia, Bourne Hall Museum and Surrey History Centre.

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MARCH OF THE WOMEN Celebrating the centenary of the Votes for Women campaign with a series of talks and events What’s coming up Hearts and Minds: the Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote Saturday, March 24, 11am–12.30pm.

Talk by Jane Robinson, author of Hearts and Minds

Surrey’s role in the fight for women’s suffrage is to be commemorated thanks to a National Lottery grant of almost £100,000.

Surrey History Centre was awarded the grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards its project, March of the Women: Surrey’s Road to the Vote, to chronicle the contributions made by people in the county towards the cause.

While Surrey was home to many notable activists and organisations on both sides of the debate, it is hoped research of the archives will also uncover information about others involved in the fight.

Surrey’s story will be told through contemporary letters, photos, books and newspaper cuttings which will be brought together online for the first time.

Talks, events and a travelling exhibition will also be held to enable people across the county to see the collection.

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Drawn from diaries, letters and unpublished accounts, Hearts and Minds is the remarkable story of the Great Pilgrimage, a six-week protest march involving thousands of women which helped turn the tide in the long campaign for Votes for Women.

Author Jane Robinson recounts the story of the march – which passed through Surrey – against the colourful background of the suffrage campaign.

Signed copies of Hearts and Minds will be available to purchase on the day, priced £20, by cash or cheque.

Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance.

Suffrage & the Arts: Past and Present May 19, 10am–1pm. Talks by Lucy Ella Rose, University of Surrey, and artist Mary Branson

Lucy Ella Rose, lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Surrey, will give a talk entitled Mary Watts: Artist, Diarist, Suffragist.

Drawing on her new book, Suffragist Artists in Partnership: Gender, Word and Image, Lucy’s talk reveals Mary’s little-known, yet central role, in the women's suffrage campaign in Surrey.

A pioneering suffragist and president of the Godalming Branch of the NUWSS, Mary was a leading figure in local suffrage networks and also part of a much wider women's movement that paved the way for feminism.

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light sculpture, at Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament. The artwork celebrates the women – and men – who came to Parliament to fight for women’s right to the vote.

Mary will talk about the residency, her research and development of this breathtaking artwork as part of the event.

Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance.

Surrey Local History Committee Annual Symposium – The Changing Roles of Women Saturday, April 21, 9.30am–4pm

A day of talks and presentations examining the changing roles of women over the centuries to include a focus on the suffrage campaign.

Dr Christopher Wiley, senior lecturer in music at the University of Surrey, will give a talk about Dame Ethel Smyth, composer, writer and suffragette, and there will also be a presentation on the Heritage Lotteryfunded project, March of the Women: Surrey’s Road to the Vote. Tickets £12.

Events take place at Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND.

For tickets visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/ heritage-culture-andrecreation/archives-andhistory/surrey-historycentre or call 01483 518737.

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HISTORY MOST HORRID Take a walk through the darker side of Epsom and Ewell’s past If the popular children’s book and TV franchise Horrible Histories has shown us one thing it is that we like our history with all the gory bits left in.

A series of guided walks this April will delve into the darker side of Epsom and Ewell’s past and uncover some of its grislier secrets.

Led by the team at Bourne Hall Museum, the history tours will give a fascinating insight into what life was like.

There will be a chance to learn about the borough’s Roman connections, some of its more infamous residents as well as how visitors to Epsom’s fashionable spa behaved in a way not fitting their pedigree.

Horrible Ewell – April 3

Tread in the footsteps of the body snatchers and see where they plied their grisly trade.

Hear stories of witches, the tale of a tragic coach crash and the ghosts said to haunt the village. Discover Ewell’s historic jail and learn how eighteenth-century justice was meted out.

Meet at the main entrance to Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell.

Hidden Ewell – April 5

Peel back time and discover Ewell’s hidden past in a guided walk around the village.

Hidden beneath the modern village are secrets dating from prehistoric times. Visit Bourne Hall’s sacred lake and hear about the offerings made to ancient gods. Walk where the Romans once did along Stane Street and uncover Ewell’s Saxon past.

Learn about the dangerous duties carried out at Ewell’s gunpowder mills which claimed the lives of many workers following a number of explosions and visit the graveyard where the victims rest in peace.

Epsom’s spa attracted visitors including the diarist Samuel Pepys, but not all of its visitors behaved in a manner befitting their position in society. Anecdotes about their wild behaviour will be retold as will the story of the Epsom riot.

Meet at the Clock Tower, Epsom town centre.

All the walks will start at 2pm and run for approximately 90 minutes. Price £5.

Book early to avoid disappointment, email David Brooks at dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk or call 020 8394 1734.

Horrible Epsom – April 12

Look beneath Epsom’s respectable surface while you stroll around its ancient town centre. Discover dark deeds, hear tales of Epsom’s own highwayman as well as colourful stories about the Earl of Rochester and the even more wicked Lord Lyttleton.

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David Duncan, Chairman – Sutton Chamber Networking is one of the most effective ways of getting your name known in the local business community.

Networking helps you raise your profile, make new contacts and ultimately helps you to grow your business. The most effective way to network is to meet face to face. We are delighted to announce our spring networking dates and warmly invite you to join us. Meet new contacts, seek out new sales opportunities and win new customers. We are back at the Holiday Inn for our next three events, where our guests get to network and enjoy a delicious choice of breakfasts, tea, coffee and juices, and free parking. Extraearly bird, and early-bird tickets are available on a firstcome-first-served basis. Book early to not miss out.

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SCHOOLS

SCHOOLS OUT Looking for ways to keep the kids entertained this Easter? Here’s a guide to some family-friendly activities Egg hunt

The Easter bunny has been busy and there’s more than a basket of chocolate eggs to be found hidden around the grounds of Tadworth Court.

Egg hunt ticked off, there will be a host of games and activities to delight all ages at The Children’s Trust Easter Fair on March 31, including facepainting, Easter egg decorating, fairground rides and the Wacky Wheelers mini-tanks.

The event raises funds for the trust, which supports children and families affected by brain injury and neurodisability.

Free entry for children under 16, £3 for adults. Book at thechildrenstrust.org.uk/easterfair

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An Edinburgh Fringe Festival favourite, Louis Pearl combines comedy, artistry and spellbinding tricks in his incredible bubble show.

From square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes to people

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Get set for a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas as theatre company Les Petits bring Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto’s award-winning children’s book to life.

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaur 2: The Magic Cutlass, Leatherhead Theatre, April 10, £9, www.theleatherheadtheatre.com

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CHEF INSPIRES NEXT GENERATION Great British Menu star visits Manor House School pupils Great British Menu star Emily Watkins recently visited Manor House School in Bookham to inspire the next generation of gourmet chefs.

Three years ago, Emily competed in the BBC’s Great British Menu and won a place in the final banquet at St Paul’s Cathedral with her fish dish.

Executive chef Emily, who worked with Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck, runs the award-winning Kingham Plough in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It regularly features in the UK’s top 100 restaurants and top 50 gastropubs lists.

She visited the selective independent school to address Year 9 Food Technology pupils on the opportunities her industry offers and how to excel at a career in food and nutrition.

Manor House School’s Head of Food Science Kay Tercan said: “Bringing a star chef like Emily to the school was a great way to inspire the girls.”

dietetic assistant, health psychologist, nutritionist, food writer, food law manager plus a wide range of roles in the hospitality industry.

For more information contact Manor House School on 01372 458538. www.manorhouseschool.org

Manor House offers Food and Nutrition studies (Food Preparation and Nutrition) to GCSE level – leading to career opportunities as a microbiologist, laboratory technician, Fleur, Form Captain #FutureLeaders

61% A*- A of all subject grades

NEW LOOK STRONG VALUES EXCITING FUTURE Open Mornings 2018: Wednesday 7 February, Tuesday 1 May & Saturday 6 October Minibus Services from Dorking and Leatherhead

AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACH TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS Contact: www.manorhouseschool.org Register at 01372 457077 Email: admissions@manorhouseschool.org

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A SELECTIVE INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AGED 4 - 16 WITH CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY @ManorHseSchool

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INSPIRE | NURTURE | ACHIEVE An independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 3-18

Ewell Castle School With an ethos in which each child’s achievements are acknowledged, valued and celebrated, pupils thrive academically as a result of a varied curriculum, an extensive extra-curricular programme and outstanding pastoral care.

Open Mornings Tuesday 6th March 2018 9am - 10.30am

- Senior School

Tuesday 24th April 2018 9am - 10.30am

- Whole School

For further details and to pre-register please visit our website ewellcastle.co.uk 020 8394 3576 admissions@ewellcastle.co.uk

Mount Works, r/o 1 Brighton Road, Lower Kingswood, KT20 6SY

MOUNT GARAGE Kingswood cattery is a small family run business which opened in September 2009.

We are fully insured and licensed by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.

The cattery has been totally refurbished to the Feline Advisory Bureau standards. It has very generous size pens, including a double pen which can accommodate a larger family group.

• Each pen has a window with a shelf for your cat to sit on and look out into the garden • Heated pens to keep them comfortable and cosy • Bed and scratch post and for our younger guests activity centres and toys • We provide all bedding • Individual diets catered for • Indoor accommodation perfect for older or nervous cats

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VOTED EPSOM GUARDIAN GARAGE OF THE YEAR 2012, 2013 & 2015 MOT FACILITY, GENERAL VEHICLE MECHANICS. Honda Specialists – and for MOT, MOT failure work Servicing, General Mechanical Repairs, Air Con Re-gas or Repair, Cam Belt Replacement, Engine or Gearbox rebuilding or replacing, Sportscars, Race Preparation, Suspension works - generally whatever you need just give us a call On the London bound carriageway at Lower Kingswood just past the Speed Camera and the BP Petrol Station. Access is sharp left immediately at the exit of the BP garage and beside the Shops.

• Current vaccination certificate required

office@mountgarage.co.uk www.mountgarage.co.uk

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A Mid Summer Nights Dream Fri 9 Mar at 7.30pm Tickets £19.50 Pass Card/Child £16.50 That's Life Fri 16 Mar at 8pm Tickets £21.50 Rock for Heroes Fri 23 Mar at 7.30pm Tickets £19 Pass Card/Seniors £17 Being Brahms Sat 24 Mar at 7.30pm Tickets £14.50 The Ashtead Choral Society Present A Night at The Opera Sat 24 Mar at 7.30pm | Tickets £16 / £8 concessions Seven Drunken Nights Thur 29 Mar at 8.00pm Tickets £21 Pass Card £19.5

Bespoke Curtain & Blind Making A personalised service helping you choose window treatments from advising, measuring and making, all in our exclusive range of fabrics. info@thelondoncurtaingirls.com www.thelondoncurtaingirls.com 07890 309686

The Little Mix Experience April Tue 3 Apr at 2.30pm Tickets £14.50 Thünderbards: 4nd Wed 4 Apr at 8.00pm Tickets £12 Pass Card/Student/Senior £10 The Amazing Bubble Man Thur 5 Apr at 2.00pm Tickets £12 Child £10 Whitney, Queen of the Night Fri 6 Apr at 7.45pm Tickets £24

Box Office:+44 (01372) 742555 / 742227 www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk

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Celebrate the memories you hold dear and Join us for a 5 mile walk, starting and finishing at St Raphael’s Hospice, followed by a picnic and a Memorial Service

St Raphael’s Hospice

Saturday 5th May 2018

Get involved

To donate a sunflower log on to:

www.sunflower18.eventbrite.co.uk To register for the walk log on to: www.sunflower18.eventbrite.co.uk

Walk starts at 11.30am Picnic at the finish from 1pm (please bring your own picnic)

Memorial Service at 2.30pm

Registration closes Thursday 3rd May 2018 at 12.00 noon Registration £15.00 for adults, £10.00 for children aged 5-16, Under 5’s go free. The service is free to attend.

For all enquiries contact Sarah Ward, Events Manager Tel: 020 8254 2467 or Email: sarahward@straphaels.org.uk

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