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2020 - well that has a nice ring to it! I wonder what this year has in store for us all … This is traditionally the time of year when we all have very good intentions; eat less, exercise more, get fitter! Well, how about taking to the saddle and joining a lovely local cycle group who go by the name of ‘Ashtead Velo’? They meet regularly and offer a selection of different rides throughout the year. They are a very friendly bunch and combine their exercise with fresh air and friendship. If this sounds interesting do read their little feature on page 18. You never know where it might take you! We are also happy to share a lovely feature from Horsley & Bookham Riding for the Disabled; one of their volunteer’s is celebrating 40 years with the organisation. What an amazing commitment. My own brother used to go riding with this group, I wonder if Anne assisted him! I received a lovely little message from local lady Pat Jones this month, she sent in a nice little local fact! If you have any similar gems, do send them our way and we will share them for you. Thanks Pat! (see page 20) For all you creative people, don’t miss ‘Crafting Live’ at near-by Sandown Park in Esher this month. It sounds amazing and there is a special Buy 1 Get 1 Free on tickets if you quote the code on the advert. See page 47 for the low down. On 3rd December Michelle and I enjoyed a lovely pre-Christmas lunch; we were fed like Kings and entertained like the Queen! See where we were on page 76. And finally, another event for your new diary! 10th - 16th February, if you’re free and you fancy a little visit to Denbies Wine Estate near Dorking, there will be, a treat in store as 6 popular artists who exhibited there last year return with a new exhibition entitled ‘A New View’.
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Ashtead Residents’ Association Fetcham Residents’ Association Leatherhead Residents’ Association Ashtead Velo Sudoku & Digi-Search Computer tips from Tec Res Riding for the Disabled Regular Events What’s on in January? Ashtead Players Surrey Artists Collective Leatherhead Youth Project
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Crossword puzzle Leatherhead Com. Assoc. The Arts Society Bookham Wine Club Delicious Dishes - Recipe Transition Ashtead Ashstead Village W.I. Mole Valley W.I. Ashtead W.I.NG Fetcham Village W.I. Gardening with Selina History Society
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Book Potato Reviews The Memory Book Wild by Design Poem of the Month Probus Club Lunch Music Matters Ashtead Library Leatherhead Library Surrey Police Notice Useful numbers Puzzle solutions Index of Advertisers
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arrangements for children, keeping the channels of communication open and helping them to focus on matters in a pragmatic and civil way. Collaborative practice This also helps keep channels of communication open between the couple but gives additional legal input. All of the discussions take place in round table meetings with the couple and their solicitors present. Everyone signs an agreement to say they will not go to court to show that they are committed to this process. Solicitor led negotiations It is possible for solicitors to deal with matters through telephone calls, letters and round table meetings whilst keeping matters as amicable as possible and keeping focused on moving matters forward in a positive way. Arbitration If a couple have tried one or more of these approaches but reached some sticking points, arbitration can be a good way of resolving those matters quickly and in a less formal manner than court proceedings. While changes in your family circumstances can feel frightening and overwhelming, having good quality legal advice at an early stage can help you feel reassured about moving forwards in a way that protects you as much as possible, both personally and financially.
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The famous line from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” can equally apply to the Residents’ Association. Non-members frequently ask “Why should I join? What has the ARA ever done for us?” Well, like in Life of Brian although the ARA hasn’t brought in an aqueduct, sanitation, roads etc. it has, over the years brought in many improvements to Ashtead that perhaps now residents take for granted. I shall list a few that come to mind, in no particular order:a) Lights on the Wood Field (Northcott Way) to make it a safer walk from the station. b) Extending the pavement on the north side to make crossing Woodfield Road safer. c) Erecting a sign to request drivers signal at the crossing junction. d) Getting higher lights erected on the iron footbridge (aided in this by Tim Ashton) to make this passage safer. e) An annual Spring Clean of the village – an initiative since copied by Central Government! f ) Supporting role in setting up Ashtead Good Neighbours. g) Sponsoring Ashtead Tree Wardens and the planting of more trees. h) Maintaining the village Notice Boards. i) Committee members being a key part of Ashtead Community Vision. j) Being a key partner in the fight against Tesco’s development. k) Influencing the design and content of the Parsons Mead development and securing playing fields for the Cricket Club. l) Organising the cleaning, repair and reinstatement of the War Memorial at St. George’s plus protecting the York Stone with Smart Water. m) Assisting in the placement of two defibrillators in the village. n) Supporting the fight to get a pharmacy back in The Street. 10 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
o) Ensuring Planned Level Crossing closures are arranged to minimise disruption for residents, whilst obtaining free parking overnight in the station car park and a car placed available to ferry residents home. p) Planting and maintaining the station car park flower beds. q) Leading the fight to try to ensure the Green Lane rail crossing is not closed. r) Persuading Network Rail to improve Lady Howard crossing. s) Persuading Network Rail to bring forward the upgrade of the Level Crossing. t) Major influence in design of new station building and design of car park. u) Reviewing all planning Applications. v) Being a member of Ashtead Highways Forum to improve roads and pavements. w) Bus shelter in Woodfield Lane and getting repairs done to others. x) Persuaded Woodland Trust to divert construction lorries away from Park Lane and Farm Lane. We are often the “Someone” who resolves issues when people say “Someone should do something about that!” We represent c.50% of households in the village & this gives us a powerful voice when it comes to Planning & Highways issues amongst others. To continue to achieve these benefits we need more members & equally important, more Road Stewards to deliver the magazines. A hindrance in the past to getting Road Stewards has been the need to collect cash for the subscription. We can now receive the subscription online and it costs £2.50p.a. – less than one Latte from Costa! To join or become a Road Steward please contact the Membership Secretary on membsec@ ashteadresidents.org.uk or download the Application from the web site and post it to the Membership Secretary. David Baker
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PARKING CHARGES It’s not often that a council imposes parking charges only to withdraw them a short time later. So we must thank Surrey County Council for listening to its residents and having the courage to abandon its controversial parking charges on its countryside estates. Here in Fetcham, this means that from April 1st there will no longer be charges at the Norbury Park car park, just off the roundabout near Bocketts Farm. A council review last summer concluded that the pay and display scheme wasn’t raising the expected amount of money and it actually ran counter to other council policies, such as encouraging people to walk in the countryside. Hopefully, this will also see an end to visitors leaving their cars on nearby residential roads. TUDOR MOTORS DELAYS After conditional planning consent was granted last year for the long-awaited development of the Tudor Motors site, we fully expected that initial works would be underway by Christmas. Sadly, it appears
work is being delayed by continued disagreements between the developers and MVDC over some of the outstanding issues, such as the scope of ‘affordable’ housing within the scheme. Meanwhile, the temporary wooden hoardings around the site had become so dilapidated in the run-up to Christmas that Mole Valley issued enforcement proceedings for their repair. We share residents’ frustration over the lack of progress in recent months and, as ever on this issue, we are in contact with the parties to voice your concerns and assist where we can. PLANS FOR 2020 Finally, we would like to wish all our Fetcham residents a very Happy New Year! There is much to look forward to, but challenges as well, not least the Mole Valley Local Plan. The public consultation for this, delayed because of the general election, is expected to start in February. If you haven’t already, please visit our new website at www.fetchamresidents.co.uk and if you can’t access our website, and wish to renew your subscription, please use the printed form below.
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required for this would & seem to place it HELP! RESIDENTS FETCHAM DORKING Changes to ourOF ASHTEAD, BOOKHAM, beyond all possibility. Mr Elkeles said that PLEASE READ THIS & ACT TO HELP SAVE LEATHERHEAD HIGH STREET expectations? the money would come by bidding for funds from the Governments allocations for NHS Are you aware that Mole Valley District Council On the 6th October, we in Leatherhead, capital expenditure. Refurbishment • has again said NO to a trial of 1.5 hours of late afternoon post-pedestrian-zone free parkingfunds on with some guests from Ashtead and forbusinesses Epsom and Helier hospitals, on the Leatherhead High Street, in spite of PETITIONS from 99 andSt1,248 USERs, which were Bookham, were treated to a face to face othermeetings. hand, could be realised through the supported by Councillor members in MV Local Committee explanation of how our local NHS CEO, Mr.
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Furthermore, MV proposes: Daniel Elkeles, is hoping that our hospitals Many of those in attendance at this meeting develop over the next fiveontoSundays ten years. •will to pedestrianise the High Street as wellwere as Monday through Saturday; and possibility incredibly of very sceptical about the •There to impose a 24-hour parking ban! That means no evening or overnight parking! any improvement at all in the current are two main deficiencies,
provision. maintenance ofthose the current buildings andlast year, Compared with all who signed the Petition less than 300 people in total responded to the provision of adequate A short MV Consultation following Acute its Highcare. Street Study. These anonymous, online responses, werethe only People rosemainly in their seats to remind video revealed the problems currently marginally against afternoon parking (52/48%) but it is this opinion which seems likely to prevail over that speaker that such discussions had already expressed by theat1248 (and 99Epsom. businesses) who signed petition . 20 years ago, and the experienced St. users Helier and Mr. takenour place some Elkeles also stated that there is a lack of
However, Of course, areas with plants and trees can be lovely. Butresults the sad had truthbeen is, we negligible. need a compromise: we one real, joined-up provision of Acute care Unit. valuable change has taken over the are happy that people enjoy the pedestrian zone, but our businesses need some parkingplace with car-borne He said he would likeenough to seemoney a building last and thatthat is we theallmethod footfall in order to make to payof theataxes thatcouple provideof theyears infrastructure enjoy. . single, modern Acute Care Unit where the
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MV wants to introduce more public seating to the High Street - including wooden “parklets” large enough patients would be in wards having widely eliminated in Epsom. The team running it is to sleep in, containing plants cross & shrubs. We know from past experience of our Bandstand, that public spaced beds to prevent infection, the “Epsom Health and Care Partnership.” seating , especially of this of nature will attract anti-social that will make it necessary that these and, most important all, ,consultant level Ausers local doctor or a that social worker now structures are cleaned and maintained on a frequent basis-a task it is unlikely our Council will have supervision 24/7. accompanies the consultant and the nurse the inclination or resources to carry out.
However the problem would be about where when assessing future care of a (usually)
Surrey Highways toldEpsom us that an is most cost effective, so we are now asking elderly person. This facilitates a safe return to site it – St. have Helier, or 18-month Sutton. trial period for an 18-month trial,this longkind enough to give real evidencehome as to whether not this latehelp afternoon parking with theornecessary having been Patients needing of care are would start to too revive the High Street. Wewhere think itthey would. arranged beforehand. usually not concerned about
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If there was a prize for the friendliest community cycling club in Surrey then it would surely go to Ashtead Vélo! Now with around 170 members, Ashtead Vélo is based on the edge of the Surrey Hills at the Coffee Active Cafe - and almost every day of the week you’ll find experienced members of the club leading rides out into some of the best countryside in southern England. Ashtead Vélo’s main aim is to be fun and inclusive, bringing together like-minded people of all ages and abilities. So whether you’re aiming for a personal best up the Olympic route of Box Hill, or more inclined to pedal and chat around our lovely country lanes, you will usually find a member of Ashtead Vélo who is happy to join you. If you’ve thought about taking up cycling, or you’re already on two wheels but want to ride with others, our guided rides will help you pick up the skills to ride in a group confidently. Sunday morning is traditionally road cycling time across the nation and Ashtead Vélo organises rides in five ability groups departing from and returning to Cafe Active in Rectory Lane, Ashtead. Each of group 18 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
is led by a guide with a planned route. Wednesday is another key club meeting day with a number of groups heading out for rides at 9:30am. During the warmer and lighter months, members come together on Tuesday evenings for shorter and often faster rides. Then there are the big ones! Twice a year the club organises trips over long weekends to destinations in both the UK and continental Europe. Past destinations have included Sicily, Sardinia, Grenada and Mallorca and have included cycling some routes the professionals train on. There are informal trips too: seven members got together to ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats in June 2019. And every July the club runs its big event on the day of the London Ride 100. It is called the Ashtead 101 because it’s just that bit longer that the Ride 100! All you need is a road bike in good working order and the willingness to have a go. We supply the the routes and the camaraderie. For full details on the club, including joining information and our weekly rides times and venues, see the website: ashteadvelo.co.uk.
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We visited the Brogdale Fruit Farm at Faversham in Kent. It has the largest collection of fruit trees in the world, including 2,200 varieties of apple, 550 varieties of pear, and many cherry varieties. We found the Ashtead apple, called Carswell’s Orange, raised in 1938 by Mr. J. W. Carswell here in Ashtead. It is described as rather coarse textured with a pleasant, aromatic flavor. Pat Jones
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Goodbye Windows 7 Without meaning to sound like a scratched record… On January 14th 2020 Microsoft will officially end extended support of Windows 7. Yes very soon now Windows 7 will not receive any software support or updates. But what does this actually mean for you? In very simple terms, it means that your Windows 7 device will become less and less useful if you use the device for any internet connected activity. For example, if you use the machine for online banking, your bank will stop you gaining access to your online accounts, as they view your computer as being a security risk to their systems. Bit by bit this will become widespread and most online shopping systems will block your ability to carry out transactions with them for the same reason. We are not saying your machine will suddenly stop working on the 14 January. Your files and photos will still be accessible, the machine will power on as before, but you will be at greater risk to security breaches, and your ability to communicate and collaborate with others will be much reduced.
What can you do about this?
1: Upgrade the software on your machine to Windows 10 (the worlds most used operating system). This does carry a cost of £130 for the software alone, and your machine may not be designed to work efficiently with Windows 10. Typically we find machines older than 5 years of age are best replaced, rather than being upgraded Or 2: Replace your computer with a new Windows 10 machine. With costs as low as £250 for new machines this is probably the most economical route and you get a brand new, up to date machine, with a full warranty. We can transfer all your data from the old to the new machine and ensure the new machine is ready for the years ahead, with minimal disruption for you. Beat the rush - act now
TecRes New online store We have been busy at work linking our new online store to reflect exactly what we hold in store, with full product images and loads of useful information for you to peruse. The website can be accessed via our usual website www.tecres.co.uk or directly via our sister website www. shop-it.co.uk. All stock quantities reflect exactly what we have in store for collection or shipment. This guide was written by Les Beer, from Tecres in Leatherhead, who have been providing computer solutions since 1989. 24 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR LONGEST STANDING VOLUNTEER, ANNE This year we celebrate Anne's 40th year of commitment to the charity. As part of our series of interviews with key people associated with the charity, Anne has kindly given her views about her time with our special charity. How did you first hear about the charity? From a close friend of mine who was running the Thursday morning group at the time. Who is your favourite pony and why? As I have been helping for a long time now there have been quite a few! I remember Harley who was a Piebald pony and very calm and gentle; Rosie was a willing grey who was quite nice to lead (as long as you realised she had rather sharp teeth!) and JimBob, the pony I help with at the moment, who always seems to to try hard for the children. What has kept you continuing to volunteer with the charity? The enjoyment the children get from the riding and being with the ponies. What would be the impact if RDA wasn't available to the riders in your group? A source of exercise would be taken from them and the fact that they are able to enjoy doing something that their more able friends do not. What do you feel are the biggest benefits to the children and young people in your group with regard to riding? It gets them out of the classroom and helps them to learn a completely new skill and also teaches them to 28 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
be considerate to the ponies and form a relationship with their helpers, and gradually builds up their confidence. Riding also helps improve their balance and their co-ordination and helps them to exercise parts of their body other activities do not. What have been the highlights for you with regard to your time with the RDA? To see a child who for a while was very frightened about getting on a pony gradually getting the confidence to mount and enjoy the ride, and then being able to go home or back to school and tell someone about their adventure. The various Christmas rides and end of term competitions are always very enjoyable occasions. In three words please sum up how you feel about our RDA. Enjoyment. Adventure. Confidence.
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Termly groups run in Parsons Mead Cricket Pavilion, Ashtead. Monthly evening drop-in sessions for those who have completed a course. Parish Room, St George’s Church, Ashtead. Regular free Introductory Sessions. Retreat days.
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We are a voluntary organisation helping Ashtead adults who need a little “neighbourly” assistance, mainly providing transport to and from medical appointments, for example a GP, dentist, chiropodist, physiotherapist, and to local hospitals.
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Christopher Griffiths ON MENTAL HEALTH
When I was twenty, I had a funny turn. An episode, really. I was at university, where I should have been experiencing the time of my life. But I wasn’t. I was dead inside. And whilst my peers enjoyed their new found freedom, I felt trapped, in a prison of my own construction - too much drink, not enough sleep, highly unbalanced diet, unrequited affection. A-ha! I was young, deeply in love, but it wasn’t reciprocated. And so, one late autumnal evening, I had a moment. Rotor blades! That’s what I heard, the wind from their rapid circulation whipping up my teenage angst and spinning it round until in desperate giddiness I fell to the ground. I was outside. I stumbled back to my accommodation. And then I lay in bed, where I felt my mind being stretched like a rubber band, pulled back, expanded, creating a void which in the future simply had to be filled. My course was English Literature. For that I read more than I ever had done before. But it wasn’t enough. I tore through prescribed texts. Further. Faster. Scanned. Imbibed, finally after graduation regurgitated in novels of my own composition. Stage plays. Poetry. The canvas of my mind so porous I decided one day I would compose verse epic. Started, 36 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
enjoyed, endured. Then I had another turn. My wife and I were pregnant. Our baby to arrive early, and in consequent danger to his health. So that I, in hospital chapel, overcome by stress I mightn’t manage, heard before I saw…the rotors, again whipping leaves to clog the blades of my consciousness. I struggle to explain. I was forty. Twenty years. Two decades between the same experience. Two decades in which I’d trodden wilderness. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, now at a stroke nullified by its own eventuality. For my wife gave birth to our son. Three months early but he, miraculously, flourishing through tremendous care and compassion, from nurses, doctors, consultants, not to mention fellow parents with whom we journeyed. And now, now I owned fresh perspective. Enough to say, I have learnt that the pain of today is often tomorrow’s balm. What we suffer now, its reason may one day be our very explication. I confuse myself. Writing helps. Composition sometimes clears my conception. Until I hear those rotor blades! www.williamottowaysutopia.com
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Hardy Plant Society - Southern Counties Group We hold talks once a month at Bookham’s Old Barn Hall on Saturday mornings from October ‘til April (excluding December) and welcome new members of all ages and gardening experience, from beginners to experts. Our particular interest is hardy herbaceous perennials, though our talks cover many aspects of plants and gardens. In the summer months we have a programme of garden visits. You can find out more about us on our website at www.hps-southerncounties.co.uk Do come as a visitor (£4) to one of our talks and get to know us. We serve free tea and coffee and there is a sale of plants, garden sundries and books. Saturday 11th January (10am for 10.45)
‘Adapting perennial planting & gardens for the 21stcentury’ by Andrew Humphris
Saturday 15th February (10am for 10.45) ‘What to do with this Space?’ by Darren Lerigo Saturday 14th Mar (10am for 10.30)
AGM followed by ‘A tapestry of foliage’ by Geoff Hodge
Saturday 18th Apr (10am for 10.45)
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Leatherhead Barn Dance Club, 8pm-10.15pm. Abraham Dixon Hall, Letherhead Institue, £5. For more info contact: Ruth Gwilliam 01403 750844 Ashtead ‘Over 60’s Lunch Club meets every Thurs in the Ralli Room at APMH for a freshly prepared hot lunch & dessert - cost £5. Doors open at 11.00 for a cup of tea or coffee. For more info call Brenda (chairman) on 01372 813276. Morning coffee and scones served in the Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. Woodfield Lane, Ashtead KT21 2BE. Prepared and served by volunteers to raise money to help run the hall. Soup Lunch held in St Michael’s Church Hall, the Marld, Ashtead. A selection of Homemade soups, bread and puddings, served with tea/coffee, between 12noon and 1.30pm, all for £5. All money shared between the Princess Alice Hospice, CAFOD ( Catholic Agency For Overseas Development) and BESOM. For more information contact 01372 272267 New ‘Cuppa and Cake’ Morning at the Grange, KT23 4DZ. Friday Mornings will never be the Same again! We will be running a ‘Cuppa & Cake’ morning every Friday from 10am - 11.30am. Book your places now 01372 452 608. For more information visit us online at www.grangecentre.org.uk Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Leatherhead Group, Fetcham Village Hall, No meeting in January. (Next Meeting 7th February) 10am - 12noon. Members pay an annual subscription of £5, & £2 per meeting. Open to anyone not just Civil Servants. Contact Anne Thomson on 01372 373258 Leatherhead Parish Church welcomes you to all its services. For full details of our services and events, check out www.leatherheadparish.com Leatherhead Methodist Church welcomes you to all their services. For more information visit our website www.leatherheadmethodist.org Citizens Advice sessions at The Georgian House, Swan Mews, High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8AE. Drop-in: Mon toThurs 10am - 1pm Appointments: Mon to Thurs 1pm - 4pm. Offer free, confidential, impartial & independent advice on a wide range of subjects. Advice line: 03444 111 444 (Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm) email: leatherhead@camv.org.uk Ashtead Badminton Club at the Leatherhead Leisure Centre, from 7.30 9.30pm. Come along & try our friendly club of mixed ability men & women players. Free first session. Calvin Evans 07774 429225 / 01306 740820 or Jeff Gowlland 01306 259346 for more info & to tell us when to expect you. www. ashteadbadminton.co.uk ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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Monday 6th (weekly)
Monday 6th (weekly- termtime)
Tuesday 7th (weekly - termtime)
Tuesday 7th (1st Tues monthly)
Tuesday 7th (weekly)
Tuesday 7th (1st Tues monthly)
Wednesday 8th (weekly)
Wednesday 8th (monthly)
Wednesday 8th (monthly)
Wednesdays 8th (weekly - closed 1st)
Wednesday 8th (monthly)
Wednesday 8th (weekly)
Ashtead Choral Society, meet every Monday evening to rehearse at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane. Enquiries: 01372 278852, email ashteadchoral@gmail.com. www.ashteadchoralsociety.org.uk Fetcham Ladies Singers are preparing to perform a variety of choral works & songs from the shows for their Summer Concert & now would be a good time to try us out at Leatherhead Parish Church Hall on Monday eves during term time at 7.45pm. First two evenings are FOC. Enquiries to Sandra Brown on 01372 276736. Toddlers Group for 0-3 year olds with a carer. Ashtead Baptist Church, 192 Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2LW. 10-11.30am. Newcomers welcome. Rosemary Bassett 01372 274666 Leatherhead Probus club has been providing fellowship for retired men in the area who have inquiring & active minds for 50 years. We meet at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club for a lunch followed by a talk. In January we have speaker Steven Kershaw: Fascinating Police Experience. For more information call Jon McCarthy: 07947 361 406 or email membership@probusclubleatherhead.org.uk Knit ‘n Natter at Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Rd, Leatherhead from 2.30pm - 4pm, it costs 50p pp to cover the cost of the tea and coffee. This is a craft group where people can come and try a new craft or continue their own project whilst chatting with others. www.leatherheadmethodist.org Ashtead Friendship Centre, at Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall from 2.00pm. This month’s talk is ‘The Role of a Town Cryer’ . For more info contact Chairman Don Butt: 01372 274288 or donbutt@tiscali.co.uk The Downsmen Male Barbershop Chorus, meets every Wednesday (except August), 7.30 pm at the Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8AY. For singing in close harmony - there’s nothing like it! Just turn up, or contact Gary Score on 01372 275177. New singers welcome. Ashtead WI, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm. “Cheese Please” Speaker - Rosemary Horton. Contact Sandra Brown 01372 276736 Ashtead Flower Arrangement Group, Members Social. Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 1.15pm - 4.30pm. Visitors welcome. Di Stirling 01372 279501 Baby and Toddler Group in Leatherhead Parish Church Hall from 10am 12noon. Have you just had a baby or moved to the area? If so why not come along to meet some of the other parents/carers and their children. Lots of toys & activities plus a welcome cup of coffee. Just pop in or call Jackie 07764 686914 Topic of Cancer is a support group for those with a cancer diagnosis &/or their supporters, The Old Barn Hall, Church Rd, Bookham KT23 3PQ at 7.30pm. Contact details online or just come along to a meeting, www.topicofcancer.org.uk Rotary Club of Leatherhead, Police Federation Headquarters, Highbury Drive, Leatherhead. 7pm-9pm. We have regular visits from speakers and also plan our various events. For more info: Simon Edmands on 07753 821964
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Wednesday 8th (monthly)
Wednesday 8th (2nd Weds monthly)
Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th (monthly)
Thursday 9th (weekly)
Thursday 9th (1st Thurs monthly)
Thursday 9th (weekly)
Thursday 9th (monthly)
Thursday 9th (weekly)
Friday 9th (weekly)
Friday 9th, (Every 2nd Friday)
Fetcham Village W.I, meet on the first Wednesday (except August) in Fetcham Village Hall, The St, KT22 9QS, from 7.30 pm. Maureen Webb: 01372 842498. Tylney Lunch Club for ladies, Leatherhead Leisure Centre. 3 course lunch followed by a speaker. Membership is £10 annual & £16 for lunch. Contact 01372 454879 An illustrated talk about Rene Lalique, a master of Art Nouveau jewellery and Art Deco glass, will be given to The Arts Society Leatherhead at 7:15 pm in Leatherhead Parish Church Hall, KT22 8BD. Guests are welcome, for £5: please contact theartssocietyleatherhead@gmail.com or Huw Jenkins on 01372 278728. The Rotary club of Ashtead meets 7.30pm for dinner at The Cock Inn, Church Lane, Headley, KT18 6LE. Visitors welcome. Contact Brian 01372 275860 The Armada Probus Club. If you are a retired or semi retired gentleman please join us at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club for a 2 course lunch. This months speaker: Peter Carson “Shale Gas Fracking”. The first lunch is free. Annual membership: £20. Secretary Michael Pearce: 01372 459461 or macpearce85@gmail.com Mole Valley Quilters, 7.15pm, The Harrison Room, Old Barn Hall, Bookham KT23 3PQ. Show and Tell - pinning of Quilts; suggestions for future meetings. Beginners & more experienced quilters welcome. Sandy Clark on 01372 579321 / www.molevalleyquilters.org.uk Ashtead Bowling Club, free coaching sessions for beginners on Thursdays at 2.30 & 6.30 lasting about 90 minutes. Just bring a pair of clean flat soled shoes. Bowls of a suitable size, provided. Club pavilion, Woodfield Lane, KT21 2BJ. For more information or to arrange a session with one of our coaches, contact Mike on 01372 273142 Ashtead U3A, 2.30pm, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. Speaker: Professor David Phillips ‘Chemistry in the Atmosphere and Climate Change’ For more info: 01372 273690 or email memberships@ashteadu3a.org.uk Surrey Industrial History Group, talks are held at the Letherhead Institute at the top of the High Street KT22 8AH. 10am until noon. This month’s talk is “Wealden Gunfounding” by Jeremy Hodgkinson from the Wealdon Iron Research Group. All welcome £5. For more info about our programme: www.sihg.org.uk The Ark is a Christian based toddler group, based at Christ Church, Epsom Road, Leatherhead 9.30am - 11am, aimed at children from 0 to 5yrs old. During the session we have toys, games, a craft, a singing and story time. www.leatherheadmethodist.org or email hannahleatherheadfcw@gmail.com OASIS, fortnightly women’s group at St George’s Christian Craft Centre, 9.15am. Each term explores a different topic, this term is life stories, with this month’s inspirational speakers. All ladies in 20s, 30s & 40s welcome, no charge/ booking required. Maxine Simpson: 01372 272177 or maxinesimpson2003@ yahoo.co.uk ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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Friday 9th (2nd Fri monthly)
Sat11th & 25th
Sunday 12th (2nd Sun monthly)
Sun 12th & 26th (2nd & 4th Sunday)
Monday 13th (2nd Mon monthly)
Monday 13th (2nd Mon monthly)
Tuesday 14th (2nd Tues monthly)
Weds 15th (monthly)
Thursday 16th (3rd Thurs monthly)
Fri 17th, 31st (Closed 3rd)
Fri 17th, 31st (Closed 3rd)
Sunday 19th (3rd Sunday)
Ashtead Village Friday Market, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 9.00am - 12.30pm. Free entry. Lots of stalls, gifts, cards, cakes, books, & much more, for the RNLI. Family rhymetime at Leatherhead Library, Church Street KT22 8DP. First come first served. No tickets but maximum of 16 per session owing to limited space. Rhymes for babies and toddlers. For more info: libraries@surreycc.gov.uk Quaker Meeting. An evening meeting is held from 6.30 - 7.30 at Park House, Leatherhead, Randall’s Rd, Leatherhead, KT22 0AH. All are welcome to join us in exploring a different approach to spiritual worship focusing on silence & stillness. For more info: Catherine Carr 01483 283693 or catherinemcarr15@gmail.com Revive Nation is a youth group we run every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at Leatherhead Methodist Church, Church Road, Leatherhead from 12.30pm 2.30pm. We play games, we have a pool table and we serve a light lunch for the young people. For more info www.leatherheadmethodist.org Leatherhead branch, Royal British Legion, Women’s Section, Leatherhead Community Centre, Kingston Road, 7.00pm, on the 2nd Monday of the month. Interesting speakers & events. For more info or to book contact Jane 01372 811422 Bookham Wine Club, Harrison Room, Old Barn Hall, Bookham, 7.30pm for 8pm. ‘Where in the World?’ with Deborah Zbinden. For more information: membership@bookhamwineclub.org.uk or web www.bookhamwineclub.org.uk Mole Valley WI (Fetcham), Fetcham Village Hall, The Street, KT22 9QS. Speaker Peter Thompson ‘You - The Jury’ , 7.45pm. Meriel on merielsexton@hotmail.com Eastwick WI. St Mary’s Annexe, Fetcham KT22 9AZ 7.30pm. “It’s your duty to be beautiful”. Talk by Anna Astin. Silent Auction. Cost £4.50, 2pm. Visitors welcome. Mary Morris 01372 289822 / eastwickwi.org.uk Leatherhead U3A’s next meeting will be on the 16th of January at 2 pm in the United Reformed Church Hall, Epsom Road, Leatherhead KT22 8ST. Mel Rees will be talking about ‘My Family & Other Setbacks’. The U3A welcomes anyone no longer in full time employment or raising a family. For more info come along to this meeting as our guest or contact us at lhdu3amembers@gmail.com or check out our website www.leatherheadu3a.org.uk to find details of the many interests we offer. Martha’s Market 10.00 - 11.30amLeatherhead Parish Church Hall. Lively community market at the heart of Leatherhead welcomes customers old and new. There are a wide variety of stalls ranging from beautiful home-baked cakes to quality bric-a-brac. Refreshments available. This year we will be open on 1st, 3rd & 5th Fridays. Never been before? Why not drop in & see. Details: Janine 01372 374914 The Sewing Shop is available from 10am - 11.30am at Leatherhead Parish Church Hall. Large range of sewing stock available. Alternatively, you can email Janine on staggcjpj@aol.com in advance so I can have your request ready. Messy Church at Ashtead Baptist Church 192 Barnett Wood Lane KT21 2LW a meeting for families children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.Craft Celebration Meal 4pm-6pm. Paul & Sue: messychurch.abc@gmail.com
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Monday 20th (3rd Monday)
Tuesday 21st
Saturday 25th (monthly)
Sunday 26th (weekly)
Sunday 26th (4th Sun monthly)
Tuesday 28th (monthly)
Tuesday 28th (Tues monthly)
Weds 29th (monthly)
Thurs 30th
Friday 31st (monthly)
The Probus Club of Ashtead meets at Tyrrell’s Wood Golf Club at 12.30pm for its monthly lunch & talk. The speaker will be Sarah Lott & her subject ‘Creating a Memory Book.’ New members welcome. Visit: www.ashteadprobus.com, or contact our Secretary, Stephen Bridges on 07806 791774 or stephen@bridgesuk.com. The Arts Society Ashtead meets, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall at 10.30am for its regular monthly lecture. ‘Tapestry - The Ultimate Wall Decoration’ by Susan KayWilliams. Contact Pat Anderson, Membership Secretary, 07958 560707 or pat@ glasstower.co.uk. www.tas-ashtead.org.uk Surrey Garden Trust lectures at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead KT21 2BE from 2.30pm. This Month Naoko Abe will be speaking about Cherry Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossom. £10 Members £12 NonMembers. For more information: www.surreygardenstrust.org.uk/events Leatherhead Horticultural Society’s Store, situated in Leatherhead on By-Pass Road between the M25 Junction & Copthorne Rd, re-opens to members for the season on Sundays 09.30am - 12.30pm. Annual membership is £3. You can join in Store, or contact the Treasurer on 07966 522 534. The Store stocks seed potatoes, onion & shallot sets & veg seeds, plants & a range of garden products at competitive prices. New Fire contemporary worship (ecumenical) held at All Saints Cafe, Kingston Road. Coffee from 6.00p.m. Worship 6.30pm. For more info email the info@ allsaintskingston.co.uk or call 020 8546 5964. www.allsaintskingston.co.uk Fetcham U3A 2.30pm St Mary’s Church Hall off The Ridgeway. Speaker Andrew Baker “Donald Trump “ or No Turning Back. Visitors & new members welcome. 01372 453959 or www.fetchamu3a.org.uk Kingston & District Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance Group meet at Marion House, Girl Guides Hut, Tadworth Ave, KT3 6DJ, 2-4.15pm. Our main function is to keep in touch with local & national issues concerning pensioners, we also arrange a variety of speakers to entertain us. This month Speaker: Carol Harris ‘Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition’ Brenda Denby, 0208 398 6054/brendadenby@live.co.uk. Ashtead Townswomen’s Guild, Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Ln, Ashtead KT21 2BE, 7.30pm. Contact Di James on 01372 273948 Open meeting of the Ashtead Cancer Group, a support group for cancer patients, their families, friends & carers, providing support. Free. 7.00pm-9.00pm in The Quiet Room, St George’s Christian Centre, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead KT21 2DA. Workshops & occasional speakers. For more info: 07843 620295, ashteadcancergroup@gmail.com or online: www.ashteadcancergroup.org Ashtead Art Lovers, 11am & 7.30pm. The Life & Works of Pieter Coeke van Aelst (1502-1550) - Flemish artist extraordinaire. Artist to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, architect, painter, designer of tapestries, engraver of woodcuts, publisher, writer and traveller - a realy interesting but little known artist of the late Renaissance. £10 inc refreshments. 01372 272235. For more information visitL www.melanievtaylor. co.uk/ashtead-art-lovers-monthly-talks/ ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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Saturday 4th (weekly)
Short Mat Bowling at Leatherhead Bowling Club, Fortyfoot Road Recreation ground from 10am to 1pm. Short Mat bowls is a fascinating alternative to traditional indoor bowling. It is great fun & provides a good way to meet other people. FREE open mornings every Saturday with qualified coaches until the Spring. New comers & existing bowlers are all very welcome. For more info visit www.leatherheadbowling. co.uk or email leatherheadbowling@gmail.com or call David on 01372 375756
7th - 31st JANUARY
Into the Woods: Big adventures for your little ones! at Painshill Park, Portsmouth Rd, KT11 1JE from 10.00am - 11.30am. Our weekly parent & child Forest School sessions are the perfect way to get out & introduce your child to the great outdoors. £15 per session or £75 per block booking of 6. 01932 868113 or visit: www.painshill.co.uk
Saturday 11th JANUARY
Hardy Plant Society: Southern Counties Group talk at Bookham’s Old Barn Hall, KT23 3PQ (10am for 10:45am) on ‘Adapting perennial plants and gardens for the 21st century’ by Andrew Humphris. £4. Sale of plants, garden sundries & books. More details on www.hps-southerncounties.co.uk/ or contact:info.hps.scg@gmail.com
Sunday 12th JANUARY
Barbican String Quartet, winner of the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2018 at Dorking Halls, Reigate Rd, Dorking RH4 1SG from 3pm. Haydn - Quartet Op.50 No.4. Berg - Quartet Op.3. Schubert - Quartet No.14, Death and the Maiden. Tickets £21 from 01306 740619 & 01306 881717
Monday 13th JANUARY
Ashtead Choral Society, Come and Sing “Elijah”at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, woodfield Lane, KT21 2BE, from 8pm - 10pm. Free entry, Free music loan, Free coffee or tea, Free parking, No previous experience is necessary, no need to book in advance. Meet us and make new friends. www.ashteadchoralsociety.org.uk
Monday 13th JANUARY
Oh No It Isn’t A History of Pantomime Talk at Oddfellows Lounge, 270 High Street, Dorking , RH4 1QT from 7.30pm. Oddfellows warmly welcome back Pete Allen to speak on the History of Pantomime. After the talk all welcome to stay for refreshments & chat. £3 non-members, Oddfellows members - free. Booking required contact mid-surrey@oddfellows.co.uk or call the 01306 877 792
Tuesday 14th JANUARY
Soundbytes - FREE taster session for new term from 7.30 - 9.30pm at the Ashtead Baptist Church. Booking essential: hazelhannam@icloud.com or 07855 344356 More details visit: www.hazelhannam.co.uk
If there’s an event in February that you’d like mentioned, please contact Ros (details on p.6) before Wednesdat 8th January.
WHAT’S ON
Weds 22nd JANUARY Thursday 23rd JANUARY Friday 24th JANUARY
The Rotary Club of Leatherhead’s Burns Night Supper at Effingham Golf Club, KT24 5PZ from 7pm. £35 pp for traditional 3-course supper (including haggis, neeps and tatties & a ‘wee dram’!) Dress: Formal Scottish / Black Tie / Lounge Suits. Further info & tickets: Simon Edmands on 07753 821964 or leatherheadrotary@ gmail.com SongWorks - FREE taster session for new term from 7.30 - 9pm at the Ashtead Baptist Church. Booking essential: hazelhannam@icloud.com 07855 344356 More details go to www.hazelhannam.co.uk Ashtead Art Lovers: Painters of Modern Life: A study day (10am - 4pm) examining how the Impressionists documented the Industrial Revolution and the changes in lifestyles it brought about in France& England. Also how their style of painting became so popular in the USA and Australia. Numbers limited. Fee £28 includes a light lunch & refreshments. 01372 272235 to book. melanievtaylor.co.uk/ashtead-art-loversmonthly-talks/ for further information.
Sunday 26th JANUARY
‘Animal Magic’ at the Epsom Playhouse, 42 Ashley Ave, Epsom KT18 5AL at 3.30pm. This is a lovely children’s concert of classical music & the famous story Peter & The Wolf, narrated by West End star David Leonard. This family event also includes musical Lions, Bees, Hippos, Swans, Cuckoos Elephants & Wild Bears in an exciting & fun Carnival of Animals. Children of all ages welcome. For more info or tickets contact (01372) 742555 / 742227.
Weds 29th JANUARY
Winter Garden Talks at Polesden Lacey, Bookham RH5 6BB from 12noon 12.15pm. The Graham Stuart Thomas designed Winter Garden is filled with colour in January and February, but we have plans to make it even better. For more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesden-lacey/whats-on
Save the Date in February Saturday 8th FEBRUARY
Ashtead Players Quiz Night at St George’s Church Christian Centre, Ashtead KT21 2DA. Teams of 6 to 8. Tickets £15 per person - includes fish & chip supper. Bring your own pud and drink. Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30 start. Contact Sue on 01372 279614 or email enquiries@ashteadplayers.co.uk.
Monday 10th FEBRUARY
Wildlife Aid Foundation Presentation at 7.30pm at Oddfellows Lounge, 270 High Street, RH4 1QT from 7.30pm. Locally based Wildlife Aid Foundation are dedicated to the rescue, care & rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. £3 non-members, Oddfellows members - free. Booking required, please contact midsurrey@oddfellows.co.uk or 01306 877 792
Weds 12th FEBRUARY
The Trustees of Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall will be serving Afternoon Tea in the hall from 2pm - 4pm (doors open at 1.30). At the beginning of the afternoon we will have an entertaining talk given by Bob Sinfield, comedy scriptwriter to Rory Bremner, Jasper Carrott & others. Tickets are £8.50 & they can be bought from the Hall Office - 01372 272921 (Wed, Thurs & Fri 10-12), Di - 01372 279501 & Graham - 01372 272077. Booking deadline is Friday 7th February.
All entries appear on a first come, first served basis. Details of the above events are correct at time of print.
BIBLE TALKS You are warmly invited to attend our
INFORMAL TALKS ON SUNDAYS AT 2.00PM, GOD WILLING, AT THE
Marshall Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BE
THE TITLES FOR THE NEXT 2 MONTHS ARE: JAN
12 19 26
The importance of God’s promises to Abraham Are spirit gifts possessed today? Why I believe there is only one God
FEB
9 16 23
What the Bible has to say about souls Current news and the Bible The Bible is historically accurate
There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion If you are unable to attend, you can send for a free CD or attachment of the talks and relevant literature to: biblestudy4U@btinternet.com or Freepost RSEZ-KXRB-EKRX, Biblestudy, Bracknell, RG12 9YZ
WHAT’S ON
If you love music and want to have fun then
Come and Sing
Ashtead Choral Society Monday 13th January 2020 8pm until 10pm Doors open 7.30 Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall FREE Parking Woodfield Lane, Ashtead KT21 2BE
FREE entry, FREE music loan, FREE coffee or tea. No previous experience is necessary, no need to book in advance. Meet us and make new friends. www.ashteadchoralsociety.org.uk, @ashteadchoral www.facebook.com/ashteadchoral Reg.Charity no265400
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Move up to Club Bridge Leatherhead Bridge Club is offering a 10 week course for improvers. Friday evenings from 7.30 Course of 10 lessons £75 [includes club membership]
• Learn confidence in your play • Learn more conventions • Learn other techniques You will improve your game, meet like minded people on a regular basis and feel part of a vibrant and fun, local community. The English Bridge Union [EBU] has started an initiative to attract more people into bridge clubs across the UK.
contact John Cumming: johncumming4@gmail.com 01372 815162 or 07800 664085
Leatherhead
bridge club
A NEW VIEW: Contemporary Art Exhibition 10 – 16 February 2020 Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking
Summer Sunrise - Marie Davey Photography
Following an incredibly successful first show last year, six local artists are returning to Denbies wine estate for their second exhibition entitled ‘A New View’. The exhibition brings together the artists’ unique view of the landscape around them, showcasing each of their distinctive styles across different media, but with the common theme of a love for nature. 50 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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The Rotary Club of Leatherhead Registered Charity Number 1032183
BURNS NIGHT SUPPER
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 - 7.00pm for 7.30pm Effingham Golf Club, Effingham, Surrey KT24 5PZ
£35.00 per person for traditional 3-course supper (including haggis, neeps and tatties and a ‘wee dram’!)
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A LONG ESTABLISHED AND WELL FINANCED
ASHTEAD ALMSHOUSE
CHARITY
IS SEEKING PEOPLE WHO CAN SPARE UP TO 2 TO 3 HOURS PER MONTH AS PROSPECTIVE NEW TRUSTEES.
No experience is necessary just common sense and an interest in the housing and well being of people over the age of 60. If you have the time, wish to contribute positively to the community and would like to know more about this interesting and rewarding role
please contact the Chairman of the Trustees, Robert Sabin
on rob.sabin@ntlworld.com or 07718 582319
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Looking ahead to the new year at LYP
Here at Leatherhead Youth Project we are passionate about helping local young people. We offer innovative youth services in Leatherhead, Bookham and across Mole Valley which aim to respond to local needs and help young people to be safe, happy and making positive changes in their lives. Whether that’s through one of our daily open access drop-in sessions, our one to one counselling service or our many projects such as Making Good, a social action project that sees young people help out in the local community for two days during half term, all of our projects aim to support young people in their journey to adulthood. Did you know? • In 2019 we provided 1,530 hours of youth work in Leatherhead and Bookham! • We delivered 603 hours of one to one sessions to 57 different young people • We enjoyed 2 wilderness adventures with young people climbing 1 mountain! • 71 girls regularly attended our weekly girls groups We are so excited about the new year and what 2020 will bring, as we look forward to celebrating our 15th year as a charity in the Spring. Be sure to keep up to date with what we’re up to on social media and by signing up to our newsletter at info@leatherheadyouthproject.com. To find out more about LYP and the services we offer to young people, please visit www.leatherheadyouthproject.com or call the office on 01372 383 345 where we’d be more than happy to have a chat! Leatherhead Youth Project, BFree Youth Café, Kingston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. KT22 7BT 54 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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A very Happy 2020 from everyone at the Leatherhead Community Association and we are very much looking forward to welcoming you to the many events that will take place over the next four months. Rosanna Hadley has planned visits to Ightam Mote and Henry Moore’s studio in Hertfordshire, and Peter Humphreys has worked out the short and longer walks that so many enjoy (with the pub visits). Tea and Talks on four Fridays, to help you forget the rain outside for a short while, will transport you to the River Nile, to the Titanic, Victorian England and finally an afternoon finding out about ‘frilly knickers and tutus’, the history of the CanCan and classical ballet. For those who enjoy music, not only has Gwen Hoad arranged four musical afternoons on the third Wednesday of each month, but David Hanson has tickets for a Holst concert in February at the RFH. Liz Meikle’s has booked six Art/History 58 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
monthly lectures beginning on 5 February and covering artists from America, Africa, France and Great Britain. Please remember every Monday there is Table Tennis and Snooker, Social Bridge every Friday and Scrabble every other Friday. There are two book clubs which can keep you busy reading books from the Institute library. Also, there are many classes to join, Art, Languages or Keep Fit to name only three, and rooms for hire in the Institute maybe to give classes or for a one-off lecture. The Institute is on the left at the top of Leatherhead High Street and full details are available from the office where Trudy is always happy to help you with any questions between 9am and 12am every weekday morning - lca2@btconnect.com 01372 360508 FROM FRANCES PRESLEY
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The Arts Society Ashtead looks back on our 2019 programme with fond memories. We enjoyed eleven fascinating monthly lectures, visited many places of interest, and embarked on two cultural tours, the latter to Vienna. We rounded off the year with our much-loved Christmas Celebration, including a delicious Christmas Dinner followed by a musical talk on the subject of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
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We eagerly await another packed programme in 2020, including eleven lectures on a wide range of arts related topics, five visits to places of interest, two cultural tours (to the Malvern area, and to Yorkshire), one Special Interest Day, and of course our famous Christmas Celebration. In addition, over the past two years we have been actively supporting our young generation. In four of Ashtead’s primary schools we have led exciting arts projects, namely the creation of themed ceramic objects by all the pupils, e.g. bees, saints and fishes (see photograph). We will be working with the fifth school in 2020. We will also be conducting “Trails of Discovery” for children, based on St Giles’s Church.
Visit our website www.tas-ashtead.org.uk for details of our lectures, visits, and tours.
We hope you will be tempted to come along to one of our forthcoming lectures, where you will be warmly welcomed. There is a visitor’s fee of £5, but first-timers are welcome as our guests. We wish everyone a Happy New Year, and we look forward to meeting you soon.
Bookham Wine Club ‘Where in the World’
The Club’s first meeting of the New Year sees the welcome return of Deborah Zbinden; when on Monday, January 13 she presents ‘Where in the World’ …. a ‘fun,’ light-hearted evening when members will be invited to ‘blind’ taste six wines (wrapped up so you won’t know what they are). But here’s the catch….the wines will all be from the same country, but which one? Perhaps white wines from one country, reds from another. The evening won’t be about guessing the price, or the grape variety either - it will be about using your ‘sleuthing’ skills to determine which country is capable of producing the wines
you taste. And Deborah will help with plenty of clues, tips and hints! An enjoyable way to hone your tasting skills and understand how the geography of specific countries can influence the wines produced. This will be the first of the New Year’s series of wine tastings which are held on the second Monday of each month in the Harrison Room at The Old Barn Hall … for details of the Club’s complete programme visit: www.bookhamwineclub.org.uk. If you would like to attend one of our monthly tastings, or would like further info, please contact: membership@bookhamwineclub.org.uk.
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Working Towards a Sustainable Ashtead Living Lightly Living Lightly is a small B&B in Totnes, Devon, whose owner, Holly, strives to demonstrate to her guests how they can holiday with minimal environmental impact but still have a quality experience. This article is based on info that she provides to her guests, explaining how she achieves this. For a start, everything in the house has been sourced with this aim in mind. The Premises Furniture, cutlery and crockery is all second-hand or locally made. The front door has been made draught-free with help from Transition Town Totnes’ Draught Busting team. Towels and bedding are all either second hand or organic. Duvets and pillows are woollen or from sustainably-grown kapok, (similar in feel to feather pillows.) Hot water bottles with organic wool covers are provided. The electric shower uses low volumes of water - definitely not a power shower! The toilet is dual-flush. Toiletries are made from natural ingredients and most are organic - shampoo bars with zero packaging, soap rather than shower gels, and bicarbonate of soda for deodorant, with essential oils to make it smell nice. Try it! It’s both very effective and very cheap. Heating The 14-year-old gas boiler provides both hot water and space heating, and goes on only as needed. The wood stove and a hot water bottle are adequate when there are no guests. There is electric underfloor heating downstairs, but it’s rarely used - a hot water bottle under the feet is cheaper and just as effective, following the principle of heating oneself rather than the rest of one’s home. Food Living Lightly is vegetarian, and guests are asked to respect this by not bringing in meat or fish products. This is said to reduce a household’s food carbon footprint by a quarter, though that’s very approximate. Food is mostly organic, in-season, and bought from local independent shops. Dried goods are bought in bulk; while Holly bakes the bread from UK-sourced stoneground flour. Reducing our food footprint is something for everyone, and being vegetarian, or just cutting back on red meat, especially beef and lamb, is relatively easy to do. Laundry Holly plans her washing around the weather and throughout the year everything is dried on the line outside and finished off when necessary on the pulley clothes-airer over the wood-burning stove. Cleaning She mostly uses eco cloths with no cleaning product, with occasional use of a mould remover for the shower tiles but frequent wiping down means that is seldom necessary. Local Transport Holly has no car and uses an electric recumbent tricycle, occasionally borrowing a car and paying 40p per mile. That’s far more climate-friendly than the electric car I wrote about a few months ago. Recycling The Totnes recycling system is very intricate (and very different from Mole Valley’s). By using it wherever possible and avoiding foods wrapped in plastic the household only produces one carrier bag of landfill waste per fortnight. This, and Holly’s other inventive ideas, are things we can all try out! Tony Cooper website: www.transitionashtead.org.uk email: info@transitionashtead.org.uk ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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ASHTEAD W.I. DECEMBER MEETING REPORT
We arrived to find a really festive and colourful hall, with dishes of chocolates to nibble on, and hope our new member and visitor enjoyed their evening with us. Also we were very pleased to have two members from Bookham Belles W.I. to show us how to make Christmas Trees from books. These little ornaments were made amidst lots of chatter, and then decorated with bobbles and stars. Santa’s sack was full, there were cards for everyone, and a donation had been made to the Chase Hospice. Our lovely multi-coloured blankets knitted and finished by members were warmly welcomed by the Rainbow Trust. Very soon we will be having our Christmas Lunch, and be out Carol Singing in Ashtead,
as always for the Princes Alice Hospice, and of course we had the reminder about torches and warm clothing for the evening. Already we have been given dates for events in 2020, so plenty to look forward to in January and in the future warmer weather. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 8th January, when Rosemary Horton will be saying ‘Cheese Please’, and then we will gather on Wednesday 5th February, for a talk on the Woodland Trust. These meetings will be at the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, 7.15 for 7.30. More information can be found on: www. ashteadWI.co.uk.
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FETCHAM VILLAGE W.I. NOVEMBER REPORT Our November meeting, the AGM, was well 70th birthday. Then a reading of Madge’s attended and took a slightly different format Memories to remember a good friend and long in that we included a short presentation before term W.I. member. Book and card sales beat the main Agenda. The speaker was Mrs. Hilda records and there were free magazines to select Burden and she spoke with Mrs. Hilda Burden, our speaker, preceding the main AGM and enjoy. A display of some of enthusiasm about the work of our knitted angels encouraged TWAMS. We were encouraged others to finish theirs in time to bring unwanted tools and all for the December deadline, manner of sewing accessories and notably we were joined by to our next meeting when she past and much valued member will collect from the car park. Margaret down from her new Then the meeting itself which home in Herefordshire. The new was informative, interesting year meeting will be on the 8th and not too long. The existing Committee will January. Visitors are warmly welcomed, 7.30 p.m. continue for the coming year as will the President, Fetcham Village Hall. and confirmation of this news was well received. Meeting on the first Wednesday of the the month Refreshments followed with an array of her home (except August) in Fetcham Village Hall, at 7.30 made cakes to celebrate Janice’s pm.We’d love to see you.
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Ashtead WIng meet on the second Monday of the month from 8pm to 10pm in Ashtead Baptist Church Hall.
Some end of the year activities from Ashtead WIng …
Next meeting 13th January 2020
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Safety in the Garden By Selina Botham
Award winning local garden designer Selina Botham continues to looks at issues of safety in the garden. This month taking a look at paving choices and some important safety consideration. As well as beauty, a garden designer will consider safety too and slipping or tripping on the surface materials can be reduced by careful material choice as well as sensible design. Some materials are worse than others, either slippery or uneven because of the nature of the material. Do choose carefully as I am sure you can imagine, especially in icy January, how important your choice of paving materials will be. The worst issues for slippery surfaces tend to be with decking or with very smooth surfaces like smooth sawn stone or polished concrete. These surfaces should never be laid in north facing positions or where there is heavy shade, since water is more likely to linger and algae is more likely to grow. Algae growth makes surfaces especially slippery, so paving/deck should be regularly cleaned to prevent algae build up. In rain and or ice the risk of slipping will be increased. My advice is to choose a sandblasted finish for a modern look or a more traditional looking riven stone surface as long as your landscaper avoids using heavily riven slabs. 64 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
Avoid deck except for south facing areas and never use decking right next to your main doors from the house. Surfaces like composite decking get slippery when the boards get worn and because the plastics are impermeable, water can sit on the surface and so can be slippery when wet or icy. Some wooden decking is made slip resistant with inlays of a non slip material and this is the most slip resistant if decking is needed. Porcelain is another impermeable material, so take care to investigate the slip resistance when it is wet. Gravel is slip resistant if it has been laid well, but do avoid bigger smooth stones as they can be unstable and therefore hard to walk on, especially if laid thickly (think Brighton beach!). If you don’t clear fallen leaves, even on a gravel path, the surface will become slippery in wet conditions. The important thing to appreciate is that all paving can get slippery, so regular maintenance is a MUST for any surface. Selina Botham is an award winning garden designer based in Claygate. If you would like to improve and make the best of your garden and need some professional help contact Selina for an initial garden consultation on 07894 553 202 or see her web site for further ideas www.designsforallseasons.co.uk and her facebook page Selina Botham – Designs for all Seasons.
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THE LEATHERHEAD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
FASHION & FOLLY - THE DANGERS OF KEEPING UP APPEARANCES People have always gone to bizarre lengths in order to stay in fashion, Jane Lewis of the Surrey History Centre told the Local History Society’s November meeting. Showing that suffering has always resulted from slavishly following fashion, she began with the late 1940s and 50s when starched petticoats for dancing caused itchiness, rashes and ruined nylon stockings. Women also wore over-tight corselettes which exaggerated curvy figures at the expense of comfort and brought long-term physical harm. This was nothing compared with earlier times. In Edwardian days the S-bend corset was laced so tightly around waists it caused internal injuries. Starched high collars upset the skin while bone and steel dug into people’s necks. In the 19th century things were worse. Absurdly heavy crinolines were worn with a bustle or bamboo cage underneath the dress as an alternative to multiple petticoats. Women had difficulty with access to toilets, often causing infections, and the crinolines themselves were a serious fire risk. When the century began corsets were worn so tightly that women could barely move, while a fashion for revealing figures through dampened clothing resulted in chills and deaths. 18th century panniers
expanded dresses up to four feet in any direction while gigantic hoop petticoats added maybe 60 pounds in weight to clothing. Arsenic and other toxic chemicals were used on skin to “improve” its natural condition but poisoned wearers. 17th century fashion followers whitened their faces with lead paint to demonstrate social status. Bella Donna was applied to brighten - and eventually blind - eyes, sulphate of mercury to enhance eyelashes, and dots and patches of mouse-skin to cover smallpox scars. 18th century hairstyles kept piled up hair in place with lard and powder, creating pastry on women’s heads and attracting lice. In the 1780s grey hair was fashionable, sometimes “enhanced” with additional locks from flea-ridden dogs. People bought teeth extracted from corpses to fill their own gaps. So what changes? Is it absolutely necessary to have shoes that cannot be walked in, permed eyelashes or extended fingernails? The folly continues. For more information on the Leatherhead & District Local History Society go to www.leatherheadhistory.org or visit the Leatherhead Museum in Church Street when it reopens this spring.
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POEM CORNER ALL THOSE HEALTHY ADVERTS Do you, like me, think it must be our age That makes us groan as turning page after page We find magazines full of “kindly” advice As how we can “improve” our way of life! I think I’m really not alone In being fed up and having a moan About all the ads I read and see Aimed at the person I thought was me! It’s good to be interested in fashion and health, But not to the exclusion of everything else. With flowing hair and parted lips, These willowy women keep handing out tips On what to eat? On what to wear? Change the make-up? Change the hair? Why not follow this fitness regime? And don’t forget the vitamin cream! You are what you eat and your clothes define The image you present, in person, – or on line But losing sight of your original self Could cause stress and be bad for your health. TV and articles state all you need to know About your body, from head to toe, But how do you check on this and that, As to what is false and what is fact? And when you find a true picture, as that’s what you’re after, Along comes a survey - and changes the data!!
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Michelle and I enjoyed a lovely lunch with the Probus Club of Leatherhead on 3rd December at Tyrells Wood Golf Club. We had a wonderful lunch and were entertained by international vocalist, Ian Gallagher who has performed at the London Pladium, The Talk of the Town and The Savoy to name but a few well known venues. He has even had the privilege and honour of being asked to sing at Buckingham Palace for the Queen I’m told! He can now at the Leatherhead Probus Christmas lunch to his list! The club enjoy an active and fun programme throughout the year and their next big event will be a 76 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
celebrity speaker on April 7th 2020. Chris Cowdrey the ex England cricket captain and sporting celeb with be joining them. I’m sure this will be a very entertaining evening. If you are interested in joining the group do give them a call, they are a friendly bunch who would love to hear from prospective new members. Call Mr Jon McCarthy the Membership Secretary on 07947 361 406 or email membership@probusclubleatherhead.org.uk for more information. Thanks go to everyone at The Probus Club of Leatherhead we had a great time with you all.
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Do you enjoy getting lost in a book but can’t get to a library? There are few things that compare to the joy of getting lost in a really good book, or chatting about what you have just read. But what if age, ill health, mobility problems or caring responsibilities make it difficult for you to get to a library? Library Direct can help. Surrey Libraries and its dedicated volunteers work hard to make sure the library service can reach everyone. Library Direct allows individuals to once again select their own books, and have volunteers deliver them right to their doors. In addition to having complete access to library stock, this services also helps to combat isolation. Volunteers will often stop for a drink and chat, and in many cases, form friendships with the people they are visiting. The service has helped change the lives of countless individuals. One Library Direct client says, “I can’t get out very much so the service is invaluable to me.” Library Direct is a completely free and comes with additional benefits for its clients, such as extended loan periods and amount of books you can borrow, plus no fines or overdue charges. Surrey Libraries and Brooklands Radio have been looking for people in Surrey who are brilliant aloud.individuals We’ve received nomina?ons people Surrey, created As well at asreading supporting in their homes, from we offer anacross opportunity for a variety our‘community shortlist and settings’ invited our shortlist nominees tonursing send in ahomes, recording of them aloud. of such as care homes, long termreading in-patient wards and rehabilitation centres, to provide a library service to their residents. Now we need you to choose the 2019 winner of the Surrey Reading Aloud compe==on.
We are currently looking for more volunteers in the Molesey, Esher and Claygate area to enable us to deliver this service to residents no longer able to visit the Visit surreycc.gov.uk/libraries or brooklandsradio.co.uk from 8 November to listen to the library themselves. shortlist recordings and vote for your favourite by Sunday 8 December. For more information on Library Direct please visit our webpage Tune into Brooklands Radio on 24 December to hear thecan winner of the Surrey Reading https://www.surreycc.gov.uk. Alternatively, you call 01483 543 599 Aloud 2019 compe??on reading aloud a special Christmas Eve story. or email libraries@surreycc.gov.uk
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Burglary when on Holiday NEIL CLARKE, 13362 CRIME REDUCTION ADVISOR EASTERN DIVISION
We have received a few reports recently of homes being targeted by burglars whilst the owners are away on holiday. Whilst any burglary is likely to cause considerable distress to victims, it can have the additional impact of ruining a well-earned break and having to come back to deal with the fallout of having been targeted by thieves. There are some things (over and above the obvious of making sure that all doors and windows are locked and secured) that can reduce the risk of this type of burglary. The following are some ideas to consider:• Don’t announce that you are going to be away on any form of social media. Although it’s nice to share with friends what you’re doing, it also advertises that your home is going to be empty! • Cancel any regular newspaper deliveries or (if you have an external mailbox) ask a neighbour to take in your post, so that the risk of giving the impression that no one is at home is reduced. • Make use of timer switches to bring on lights in your home in a staggered pattern, mirroring as closely as possible your normal movements throughout your home. One timer is not really enough to give an impression of occupancy. Ideally, I would suggest three timers - two downstairs and at least one upstairs. • Don’t leave any “climbing aids” at the front of your home, such as wheelie bins, which could be used to
climb over a side gate. Also, make sure that side gates are securely bolted and, ideally, the bolt should be at waist height and not at the top where someone could reach over and open it! • If you normally park a car on your driveway and there is not going to be any vehicles there whilst you are away, consider asking a neighbour to park their vehicle on your drive, to increase the impression that the house is occupied. • If you have an alarm system, please set it. A visible intruder alarm is one of the most effective deterrents against opportunistic thieves. Burglars do not want to be seen or heard and a visible alarm system tends to make them think twice! • If you are considering having an alarm system installed, I would suggest that you check out the National Security Inspectorate’s website – www.nsi. org.uk. You can enter your postcode and find details of local security companies who are accredited to the highest national standards. I would always suggest that you obtain two quotations before making any decision. If you are concerned about your home and property security, you can always request a free home security survey. This is available to any residents or businesses in Mole Valley. Contact 101 and ask to speak with me. ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
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useful numbers Ashtead Art Group 01737 357263 (Jenny Lister) Ashtead Bowling Club 01372 802421 (Pamela Bennett) Ashtead Cancer Group ashteadcancergroup@gmail.com Ashtead Chess Club 01372 813487 (Richard Jones) Ashtead Choral Society 01372 278852 (Anne Bailey) Ashtead Community Vision 07530 373975 (Andy Ellis) Ashtead Cricket Club 01372 276286 (Sarah Culhane) Over 60s Lunch Club 01372 813276 The Arts Society Ashtead 01372 275605 (Pat Anderson) Ashtead Flower Arrangement Group 01372 279501 (Di Stirling) Ashtead Friendship Centre 01372 274288 (Don Butt) Ashtead Good Neighbours 07752 665066 Ashtead Horticultural Society 01372 373348 (Jennie Pilfold) Ashtead Library 0300 200 1001 Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall 01372 272921 Ashtead Players/Young Players 01372 279614 Ashtead Residents’ Association 07804 026577 (Glynis Peterkin) Ashtead Squash & Tennis Club 01372 272215 Ashtead Tennis Players Club 01372 721104 Ashtead Townswomen’s Guild 01372 273948 (Di James) Ashtead Women’s Institute
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advertisers’ index A&D Cars............................................................56 Maggie May Therapy............................................34 Amanda Fashions....................................................5 Margaret Spice - Counsellor..................................34 Ashtead Cobblers & Locksmiths.............................8 Mark’s Plastering...................................................72 Ashtead Interiors..................................................13 MD Edwards & Son.............................................67 Ashtead Old Paths Bible Talks...............................46 MPS Garden & Estate Machinery.........................87 Ashtead Players.....................................................48 Orchard Cottage Dental Surgery...........................35 Ashtead Trees & Gardens......................................77 Ovens ‘n’ Stuff......................................................22 Aspen Live in Care................................................37 Ovens 2 New........................................................19 Astek Dental Centre.............................................31 Pullen Plumbing Services......................................75 Boardman, Gelly & Co.........................................73 Ralls IT Hardware & IT Support..........................26 Bonnie Dogs Grooming Parlour............................21 Roadtrippers.........................................................17 Bookham Carpet Company..................................15 Roofcraft of Surrey...............................................69 Bruce’s Doggy Day Care.......................................19 Roofs of Esher......................................................79 BWB Builders.......................................................81 Rose’s Gardening..................................................65 Cairds Estate Agents...............................................3 Roxley Models......................................................62 Carpets 4U.............................................................9 SAS Roofing & Building Ltd................................73 Casson’s Framing..................................................17 Soundbytes...........................................................48 Classic Home Care Services..................................30 Style Cruises...........................................................2 Contours National Hardscapes..............................79 Suddies Kitchen Appliances..................................17 Crafting Live @ Sandown Esher............................47 Surrey Hearing Specialist......................................29 Cranleigh Aerials..................................................77 Surrey Hills Mindfulness.......................................34 CT Cars...............................................................57 Surrey PC Tech.....................................................27 Daisychain Preschool............................................23 Surrey Roofing Group...........................................65 Dashe Developments............................................76 Tec-Res Computers & Technology...................24/25 Davis Property Maintenance.................................22 Tekmate Computers & Technology.......................27 DB Garden Services..............................................87 Tendacare.............................................................34 Dream Doors........................................................78 The Black Dog Gallery..........................................55 Englishman’s Castle..............................................11 The Grange Centre...............................................32 F Covey................................................................71 The Leatherhead Theatre Art Gallery.....................55 Family Wills of Surrey..........................................13 The Memory Bank - Video to DVD......................26 Fire & Iron Gallery...............................................55 The Memory Book Company................................70 First Choice Cleaners Ltd.....................................20 Trestle Decorating.................................................76 Focus Strategy Consultants...................................19 TWM Solicitors......................................................7 Garden Force........................................................72 WA Truelove & Son Ltd.......................................22 HRS Roofing........................................................81 Wild by Design...............................................74/75 Jackie Quinn Estate Agents...................................88 Wise Roofing........................................................85 JD & Sons Building & Landscaping.....................71 Zumba with Tessa Rolfe........................................35 L Hawkins & Sons Ltd.........................................20 Leatherhead Bridge Club......................................49 Leatherhead Podiatry............................................35 © ASHTEAD & LEATHERHEAD LOCAL 2020 Limegrove & The Beeches Care Homes.................33 DESIGNED & SET BY KIRSTY O’MEARA 86 ASHTEAD&LEATHERHEADLocal - JANUARY 2020
We spring into action so you can move When you least expect it, tiny, welcome signs of spring emerge and new properties come onto the market. Our experienced team at Jackie Quinn Estate Agents will find the property to suit you, sell your current home and give you the best professional property advice throughout the process. So if you’re thinking of making a fresh change by selling or letting a new home this spring, why not give us a call?
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