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Welcome to March!
This is a good month. Spring really is here. March is the month of St David’s Day on the 1st, International Women’s Day on the 8th, Mother’s Day on the 14th, and St Patrick’s Day on the 17th, and the clocks will go forward an hour at the end of the month on Sunday 28th March, providing lighter evenings and a huge signal that the winter months are done for another year! Phew it’s all about to happen! As well as this, the much anticipated vaccination programme is now well underway; vaccines are being administered across the country by the NHS and an army of volunteers. At the time of writing this 1300 vaccination centres have opened nationwide delivering thousands of doses every day. This is the biggest immunisation drive in NHS history and I cannot help but admire the planning and logistics required to make it happen. And I thought getting 5 magazines out of the door every month was challenging! I’m delighted to report that we are able to bring you a little more local information & general news this month as we move slowly, slowly towards a little more normality; the national Census will be round later this month, so do keep an eye out for that, we also bring you another lovely poem by Marion Kemp, and details about a wonderful national charity called ‘The Good Grief Trust’ see page 32. The Cat’s Protection League have a couple of precious felines who need a ‘special home’, I wonder if you can help? I’ll leave you to discover the other little gems within…. Whatever this month has in store for you, please be safe, Warmest Regards,
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ingredients 8 tsp olive oil 2 medium leeks (about 300g), trimmed and sliced 260g pack essential Waitrose Spinach 2 courgettes (about 300g), trimmed and sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 175g ricotta 1 egg 1 lemon, zest ¼ nutmeg, finely grated 4 sheets filo pastry (Serves 4)
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cooking tip To give the tart an extra kick of flavour, add ½ tsp chilli flakes to the ricotta mixture, if liked.
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Book Reviews MARCH 2021
‘Exit’ by Belinda Bauer (Hardback £14.99) 75 year old Felix Pink is a courteous widower who lives in Devon and belongs to a secret group of people who facilitate the suicides of the terminally ill. When an assignment goes wrong, Felix, now a murder suspect, tries to find out whether he is at fault or whether he has been set up. He flees the scene to save his dog Mabel who is locked in at home; meanwhile PC Calvin Bridge, relieved to be doing small town easy policing, is dragooned by his boss into finding some answers. The process proves to be a new lease of life for both Felix and PC Calvin Bridge. This intriguing, tender, funny and sometimes farcical novel about life, death and romance is a sheer joy and a delight to read.
‘To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde’ by Rupert Everett (Hardback £20.00) Rupert Everett’s film The Happy Prince, following Oscar Wilde’s last years in exile after his imprisonment, is tender and beautiful. Getting it made was less so, and Everett is a master at describing misfortune, mis-matched colleagues and his own failings. He combines deliciously catty gossip with honest self-appraisal of his descending star and an artist’s eye for detail. Everett’s elegant writing and his thoughtful observation of the world and his place in it makes this book, his third, a moving, wise and often funny read.
‘Light Perpetual’ by Francis Spufford (Hardback £16.99) Having loved his first novel I was delighted to read this fascinating, intricate story. South London in November 1944 was hit by V2 rockets, Hitler’s last gasp attempts to turn the war in his favour. In one incident 168 people were annihilated, lost in a direct impact on a branch of Woolworths. What if they survived, where would life have taken them? In this tale the possible lives of 5 children are interwoven over 15 year intervals. Twins Jo and Valerie, Alec, Ben and Vernon follow different but connected paths through vividly recreated historical events. I thoroughly enjoyed reading their stories.
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THE LEATHERHEAD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
FREDERICA LOCK Local historian WILLIAM WHITMAN told the story of Frederica Lock of Norbury at a recent online lecture. One William Lock had inherited a fortune and married Frederica Schaub in 1767 in Marylebone. He was 35, she was 17. Her Swiss father had worked for the German-speaking King George I as a translator. The Locks built a house in Portman Square, lived in Italy and returned to England in 1775. They had six children in all. Lock had bought the park at Norbury in 1774 and built a house overlooking the River Mole and Box Hill. It was known for its drawing room with frescoes, unique in England. About 1780 Lock lost £20,000 from a failed loan and the family moved permanently to Norbury. In 1784 Frederica first met the novelist Fanny Burney in London. Fanny wrote: “The sweet and most bewitching Mrs Lock called upon me in the evening with her son George. She does truly interest both head and heart...she was so kind, so caressing, so soft; pressed me so much to fix a time for going to Norbury. What a charm London has lost for me by her departure, sweet creature that she is, born and bred to dispense pleasure and delight to all who know her.” When later staying at Norbury she wrote: “Our mornings if fine are to ourselves as Mr Lock rides out. We have two books in public reading: Mme De Sevigny’s letters and Cook’s last voyage. Mrs Lock reads the French, myself the English. Our conversations too, are such as I could almost wish to last forever.” In 1786 Fanny became assistant Wardrobe Mistress to the Queen. Frederica wrote to her daily at Windsor. In 1792 a colony of French aristocratic exiles came to Juniper Hall and the Locks welcomed them all to Norbury. General D’Arblay joined them later. He had been commander of the Guard when King Louis
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XVI escaped from the Louvre. He and Fanny wrote to each other to practise their respective languages. In February 1793, Fanny wrote: “d’Arblay is one of the most delightful characters I ever met, for openness, probity, intellectual knowledge and unhackneyed manners.” He had little money but Frederica told Fanny: “Mr Lock is of the opinion that £100/year might ‘do’ as it does for many a curate.” They were married in Mickleham in 1793 with the Locks present. The newly-weds built a house in Westhumble, funded by Fanny’s third novel on land given by Mr Lock. In 1795 a neighbour wrote: “Mr Lock is esteemed one of the most perfect characters living; his lady’s outward form and amiable disposition are truly angelic.” The Locks’ son Charles became consul to the Kingdom of Naples while Nelson was recuperating there after the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Charles wrote of Nelson’s mistress, Emma Hamilton: “The extravagant love has made him the laughing stock of the whole fleet.” He and Nelson fell out and Charles was being reassigned to Egypt when he died of fever at Malta. Another tragedy came in 1806 when a carriage overturned at the Swan Hotel in Leatherhead on the way to visit Frederica. The Princess of Wales was inside and survived but a companion, Miss Harriet Cholmondeley, was killed. Frederica left Norbury after her husband died in1812. Her eldest son sold the estate after buying back the home the d’Arblays had built, for less than the building cost. For more information on the L&DLHS go to www.leatherheadhistory.org.
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GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE
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Gardening is a pastime which helps keep us fit and healthy. Wildlife gardening additionally lets us enjoy and connect to nature, bringing with it a host of benefits including a sense of wellbeing and improved mental resilience; a perfect antidote to the events of the last year.
• Put in some ground cover plants and allow some grass to grow long for shelter and insects to lay eggs. You could plug plant the grass with wildflowers too. For wildflower seeds, you need to plant on bare soil, so they’re best going in a bed.
You can encourage wildlife without compromising the way your garden looks; gardening for wildlife needn’t mean leaving an untidy mess. Small changes to your garden can bring major benefits for the creatures that call it home and bring in more wildlife for you to watch.
• Provide water for wildlife to drink and bathe - in a bird bath or in a pond. You can even do a pond in a bucket or barrel. Make sure there is an escape route for creatures which fall in!
We have been gardening for wildlife since we moved here and hope we’ve achieved something that looks good and provides colour throughout most of the year whilst providing cover, protection, habitat and food sources for wildlife. Come and see for yourself on Sunday 27th June when we open for Bookham Open Gardens. As spring approaches, it’s time to think about new projects and how best to manage the garden this year. Some suggestions are • Plant some pollinator friendly plants - look for the Plants for Pollinators or Perfect for Pollinators logo and consider planting some berry shrubs as a winter food source.
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• Make a pile of dead wood, logs, stones for shelter.
• Put up bird and bat boxes and build a bug hotel. • Build a hedgehog home and provide gaps at the base of fences for them to travel between gardens. • Put in a water butt to conserve water, buy peat-free compost or better still make your own. • Try and avoid weed killers, insecticides and nasty slug pellets • Consider letting your front verge grow and see if wildflowers come up. Put up a Blue Heart! Then just sit back and enjoy it! In 2020 we loved sitting and watching the visiting wildlife, dragonflies and newts hatching from our pond and the insects busily pollinating our plants. For more information, contact Diane Poole on bookhambluehearts@gmail.com
Lucy of Buy to Let Hunter interviews a local entrepreneur Buy To Let Hunter is a fresh approach to property purchase – we recently sat down with one of our early investors to catch up with him:
Raffi is a local business owner doing a great thing for the world - he arrived in Richmond with enough money for just 8 months. He followed a hunch and set up Bantam Materials - providing Prevented Ocean Plastic, recycling and collecting from at-risk coastal communities and creating a research centre on the Richmond Green – we think he is marvellous, and we are not the only ones! He just won: “Sustainable Initiative of The Year”. Whoop! Raffi realised that he wanted to invest in property but preferred a professionally managed structure run by trustworthy people to allow him the freedom to focus on the craziness in his own world. Raffi approached us and asked us to help. Through Buy To Let Hunter, Raffi has purchased a pure investment property and a holiday home which he uses in conjunction with renting it out to paying guests.
his lifestyle greatly. He has a free holiday home that pays for itself, in fact it pays Raffi just to own it!! Raffi says: “My kids have a pool, access to nature, the cottage overlooks a lake… And it’s just an hour and a half from London.” “It’s absolutely no hassle.... The team at BTLH do absolutely everything, checking in guests, housekeeping, making sure everything is perfect for my family and visitors. I just turn up. Oh, and cash the cheques! In fact it makes me a Gross yield 12% - £52,000 annually” “And I had no doubt I could trust Adrian after I met him. The single biggest thing is that my interests were ahead of their company profit. So, I feel I can really trust the advice.” We do love a happy punter! If you think we might be able to enhance your life in the way we have for Raffi, please give us a call 020 7550 9396 or hello@buytolethunter.com. For more information check out www.buytolethunter.com Quadrant Road, Richmond, London, TW9 1DH
Raffi says: “For me there wasn’t a second choice when I met the Buy To Let Hunter team. It was about working with someone trustworthy and when speaking to one of the directors, a local guy, it was clear he was someone I could trust. I didn’t need to look any further. And my expectation has been more than met.” Obviously investing in anything is risky, but understanding that, Raffi feels he has enhanced
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SUSAN CAMPBELL A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GLASSHOUSE
20 MARCH 2021
Join the Surrey Gardens Trust for this pre-recorded talk with garden historian Susan Campbell on Saturday, 20 March at 2pm. Susan will provide a brief history of the glasshouse, starting with citrus cultivation in orangeries of the 16th century to pineapples in the 18th century, grapes in the 19th century and finishing with modern day glasshouses.
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HOW CAN WE HELP? Probably while you are reading this article we will be in the midst of a further covid lockdown, possibly restricting your ability to get assistance and to resolve IT related issues Although the rules we work within have change frequently over the past year we have worked every day providing technical support, solutions and everyday consumable items like printer inks. At the time of writing this in mid-January 2021, we have the shop open for doorstep collection of click and collect of telephone and web orders, and for the drop off (and collection) -of pre-arranged repairs. We are providing sales advice and solutions via the phone and video connections like WhatsApp, Zoom and Teams. Using the latest remote connection techniques we are providing full remote support for our customers old and new alike. Generally, the availability of most products has been challenging, however we have a wide range of PC’s, Laptops, All in one PC’s, Apple PC’s, laptops, phones, tablets and home & business printers. In short most items are available for collection or delivery We have also been shipping items via our couriers and via our own weekly delivery service, direct to your doorstep- please ask for more information. In short we are ready and able to help and we have the products to provide you with a solution quickly.
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We have seen an increased occurrence where essential Windows • Take responsibility of tasks and projects applications will not run or may error when running, • Willing to learnthis has been Some retail experience would be useful but not caused by your version of Windows 10 not being fully updated. In many cases the version of Windows is so essential. • Possess a positive “can do attitude” The but other role is more based, where old that it will require updates on updates to be installed. This process is easy, may be workshop time consuming • Communicative you will be building, repairing and configuring and may require a few machine restarts • Able to work independently computers, tablets and phones. Much of your work will be on the phone talking with our customers, • Appreciate their limitations Currently the version of Windows is Windows 10 Version 20H2, to check if your machine is uptodate press providing remote assistance and solutions. There • Willing to learn new things and methods a requirement attend customers premises the Windows icon (usually bottom left of screen) then select the second itemmayupbe (the gear towheel marked making a drivers’ licence useful-but not essential. • Passion for IT settings), then goto “update and security”, then select the “Check for updates”, this lists and required updates For the right applicants we offer product and • Patient industry training, a dynamic career in an everplease follow the onscreen instructions. • Reliable
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As the Covid 19 pandemic continues we are witnessing grief and loss on a national scale not experienced in our lifetimes. Over 100,000 people have now died with Covid. Many thousands more have died of other causes in the last year too. Each loss leaves family, friends and colleagues devastated. Some have not been able to say goodbye to a loved one. Many have not been able to attend funerals and the first days, weeks and months of mourning have been in isolation for many more. No hand holding, no hugs, no dropping by for a cup of tea. Recent findings from an ongoing study by researchers at Cardiff University and the University of Bristol* confirmed 67 per cent were unable to say goodbye to their loved one as they would have liked, 81 per cent had limited contact with other close relatives or friends and 67 per cent experienced social isolation and loneliness. Our traditional paths of grief have been stopped in their tracks by the pandemic. But social distancing must not stop us sharing our grief. At The Good Grief Trust our mission is to ensure instant and easy access to support for those struggling with a loss, and from day one let every person grieving know they are not alone. Former Grange Hill actress, Linda Magistris, founded the Trust in 2016 after the death of her partner Graham. She explained: “When Graham died, I just didn’t know where to turn and nobody seemed to acknowledge or
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understand my grief. I simply was not signposted to the support I needed.” Run by the bereaved, for the bereaved, we have over 800 local, national and bespoke bereavement support services listed on our website. We offer ‘Hope and Help in one place’ and in recognition of this, our emblem is the umbrella. Connection is vital. To help plug the gaps in support across the UK, we host regular community Pop-Up Good Grief Cafes to bring the bereaved together. These cafes are now running virtually, and attendance has increased 70% since the pandemic began. In addition to immediate signposting via the website, we are distributing hundreds of thousands of our Good Grief condolence and signposting cards to front line services to direct the bereaved to immediate help. Our work is more crucial than ever now. National bereavement support services have been disrupted. There are long waiting lists and a one-size fits all approach to grief does not work. Often information does not reach those grieving alone at home. *University researchers found that half of those who lost a loved one during the pandemic were not provided with any information about bereavement support, and more than half (56%) of people who tried to access bereavement services reported experiencing difficulties. Grief can be complicated but access to support never should be. Please support our work, and the bereaved by visiting our online shop at www.goodgrieftrust.org/
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Vauxhall MOKKA CAR REVIEW BY TED MACAULEY
The hectic confusion that overshadows the feud between car manufacturers to control and financially benefit from their input of the most desirable and economic medium motors is about to be eased with the arrival on the scene of a winner, to my mind, of a challenger. It comes in the enticing shape of the brand new Vauxhall Mokka scheduled to arrive in our showrooms early in March. And I confidently forecast a widespread keen interest and likely buying spree among those looking for a bargain because it is just that. Its good looks give it an edge. The front-end styling is refreshed. And a new Vauxhall badge is featured. The builders have dramatically reduced the drag with a clever aerodynamic change to smooth the air flow. It is clean, bold and minimalist with a compact shape - and its cabin is as comfy as can be. There is an agility about it that enables that lucky driver-come-owner to
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manoeuvre into the tightest parking places. A state of the art navigation system guides you to your intended destinations - even revealing all the close-by electric charging points at the merest touch of a button if you have chosen to buy the electric version over the petrol or diesel engines... every one of them of absolute quality, refinement and value for your hard-earned lolly. My preference is the snappy looking 1.4 Elite with its five doors and four wheel drive with a respectable 0-62 mph return for your accelerator tap-dance in about nine seconds and treating you to 40-odd mpg. It is priced at £26,560. And, by the way, all three Mokka engines are turbocharged. There is not much more I can say without apparently going well over the top in suspicious praise. But, believe me, it is well worth a try to see if you agree with my assessment.
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Bookham Open Gardens DAY SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021
As I write the early flowering bulbs are out, as are our heathers and hellebores, and so the garden is starting to be ‘coloured in’. We’ve started planning for this year’s Open Gardens to raise much needed funds for the Old Barn Hall and we’ve already got around 12 gardens signed up. We hope to go ahead, even if numbers are restricted as the NGS did last year. We might even do ‘virtual garden’ tours. We’ll be sure to publicise what we are doing nearer the time, so ‘watch this space’!
More details on our Facebook page @bookhamopengardens or contact Brenda via email at bnb.selworthy@btinternet.com or phone on 01372 453952 Diane Poole Photos by Steve Poole
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Music Matters
A little bit of fun with destinations we can’t plan for.
Thanks go to my friend James D for this month’s inspiration.
QUESTIONS:
1. Who in 1966, released their first single all about “The Last Train to Clarksville” (Tennessee USA) ? 2. Who had “Georgia on their Mind” in 1973? 3. Where did Paul Simon start to write the classic “Homeward Bound”? 5. Who was in the “Third Boxcar Midnight Train” and what was his destination? 6. Who sang about “The Road to Nowhere” in 1985? 7. Which “Supergroup” was trying to get to the “End of the Line” in 1988? 8. Who was “Leaving on a Jet Plane” in 1967? 9. Who was prepared to leave “Budapest” in 2014? 10. You are on a dark desert highway and you see a shimmering light! Where are you going to stay?
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Mole Valley Probus Club latest charity donation...
Claire Woodward, Head of Community Partnerships and Events Team, Princess Alice Hospice.
Michael Brown, chairman Mole Valley Probus Club.
Mole Valley Probus is a club of retired professional and business men and women with some 70 members. Most of their usual social activities are now denied them, apart from their monthly meetings with a speaker, which, as they cannot meet in person, are held remotely over their computers. But something they can still do is to support local charities. The club’s latest charity donation, the last for a while to let club funds catch their breath, is to the invaluable Princess Alice Hospice, the closest hospice for many in Mole Valley. In recognition of their service to the community Mole Valley Probus Club chose the hospice for its latest donation. As the club’s chairman, Michael Brown, said “The Princess Alice Hospice is a charity that supports our community. We are delighted to support them.” For the club’s website see molevalleyprobus.btck.co.uk and for the hospice pah.org.uk
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Inglebourne Interiors...................................................... 15
Alan Greenwood & Sons Funeral Directors............34
Integrated Heating Services........................................ 15
All Seasons Gardening.....................................................6
Jackie Quinn Estate Agents..........................................11
Astek Dental Centre....................................................... 31
Jet Wash Jeff..................................................................... 19
Beckley’s Automotive.....................................................30
Johnson Tree Services................................................... 31
Blue Windows....................................................................17
L. Hawkins Funeral Directors.......................................43
Boardman Gelly & Co.....................................................23
Lawn Master......................................................................34
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Bookham Carpet Company............................................ 2
Michael Reeve Landscaping........................................35
Bookham Chartered Physiotherapy Service..........36
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P&B Tree Services............................................................35
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Cairds Estate Agents........................................................ 7
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RJK Decorating Services...............................................34
Colin Read Gardening & Landscaping......................43
Roofcraft of Surrey.......................................................... 41
CT Cars................................................................................ 27
Roofs of Esher...................................................................35
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Stephen Herman Landscaping...................................39
DB Garden Services........................................................48
Surrey PC Tech....................................................................6
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