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Claremont Fan Court School An independent co-educational school for pupils aged 2½ to 18 years

Open Morning Whole School Friday 12 June 9.30am - 11.30pm Introductory talk at 9.30am Prospective families are very welcome to attend. To reserve a place, please telephone 01372 473624 or email: info@claremont.surrey.sch.uk

www.claremont-school.co.uk

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I have always loved eating fish, but the fish from Matt’s shop is in a whole different league! I’m passionate about food and I love fish. This is such a superb shop. I will never go anywhere else for fish!!

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- Frank Spooner

Providing quality fresh fish and shellfish in the heart of Surrey For more information, please visit our website:

www.surreyfishmonger.co.uk 17a The Parade, Claygate, Esher, Surrey KT10 0PD

Unit 3, Maple Court, 94 High Street, Horsell, Woking, Surrey GU21 4SU

Tel: 01372 469 018

Tel: 01483 727 090

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Contents 13 CHATTERBUS

New bus service launched in Cobham on 7th April 2015

18 COMPUTER TIPS 20 COMPETITION TIME

Win 2 junior tickets for Daytona outdoor karting

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CROSSWORD WHAT’S COOKING? GARDENING MATTERS MAYBACH CAR REVIEW Ted Macauley tells us about the Mercedes-Benz Maybach S600

From the Editor Hello Cobham!

It seems that spring has sprung ! And how lovely it is, too. We have an action-packed issue for you this month which I hope you will enjoy. I’ve had a very enjoyable month and have been out and about, visiting a number of local venues. I’m delighted to share my adventures with you here. Our pages include an update on the new Chatterbus service which I am sure will be very well used and welcomed by many in the area. We are also delighted to include two competitions this month! Firstly, the chance to win 2 tickets for Daytona Karting at Sandown Park, suitable for 8 -15 year olds. If you like speed, you’ll love these! Also, a lovely book on motoring around France is up for grabs, a little competition brought to us by Ted Macauley. Good luck to all who enter. The Cobham Clinic made me feel very welcome when I visited recently. Hear all about the wonderful treatment I enjoyed; it was very relaxing and really gave my skin a revitalizing lift after the winter months. Look Local readers can take advantage of a special offer at The Cobham Clinic during the month of April. Go on, treat yourself! Also, an inspirational story from one of our regular advertisers. Jo from Bonnie Dogs in Bookham is doing a charity sky dive shortly. Find out why she is happy to leap out of a plane from massive heights! I hope that, when you read this inspirational story, you will

support Jo if you can by donating to her chosen charities.. I wish you all a wonderful Easter break, Until next time, take care,

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Read our review of their award winning Caci Treatments

Ros Thomas Editor

40 THE COBHAM BOOKSHOP

Next copy deadline: 5th April 2015 for the May issue

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The latest book reviews from your local bookshop MUSIC MATTERS

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Arborlife Ltd Tree Services

Arborlife specialise in all types of tree felling, tree pruning, hedge trimming, and stump removal. Director Declan Jones is a Royal Forestry Society Certified Arborist. He has been a professional tree climber for over 12 years. We specialise in big tree felling & pruning, however no job is too small for Arborlife.

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THE VINERIES NEW SEASON PLANTS NOW AVAILABLE

200,000 geraniums – trailing and upright.

Over 100 varieties & colours All grown here on our nursery at The Vineries. Spectacular price all season long

£2.15 or 10 for £17

Home-grown basket and container plants Over 100 varieties for colour all season long. Including fuchsias, trailing petunias,verbena, million bells and many more

£1.79 or 10 for £15

We have all the products for your gardening season. Fertilisers, composts- including our peat-free range pots and containers, lawncare, plant supports, stone - including aggregates, rockery pieces and our new range of stepping and paving stones

• Our seed range is better than ever • Over 1000 varieties of flower, fruit & veg seeds to try. • Over 60 varieties of sweetpeas alone • 94 varieties from the Sarah Raven range • A great no-nonsense range for first timers • Come & see-there’s something for everyone

GARDEN CENTRE TV GARDENER DAVID DOMONEY COMES TO THE VINERIES GARDEN CENTRE IN EFFINGHAM

David Domoney, presenter on ITV’s Love Your Garden and resident garden expert on ITV’s This Morning & columnist for The Sunday People, is coming to the Vineries Garden Centre & Nursery. Join us on Saturday 18th April when David Domoney will officially open our new retail sales area in the Garden Centre. We are very excited to have a gardening personality such as David, who is as passionate about gardening as we are, to join us on this special weekend. After he has cut the ribbon at 12 noon, he will be giving a talk on gardening and answering questions. The official opening is part of a three day event of special offers, starting on Friday 17th April. Offers include:

5 for £10 4 for £10

on 1 litre pot perennials, on fuchsias in a 2 litre pot

20% OFF

roses, including our David Austin range. fertilisers, weed killers & other garden chemicals 1.5m in height silver birch saplings £12.99

20% OFF 2 for £15

(three plants in a pot),

Offers start 8am Friday 17th April & end 4pm Sunday 19th April. Overflow car parking on Saturday 18th is available at Howard of Effingham School. Anyone parked at the school on this day & making purchases can use our drive in & collect service to save you carrying back to the car.

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8 Hollyhedge Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3DG 01932 865 888 | reception@hollyhedgedental.co.uk

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Professional, family friendly dentist located in the very heart of Cobham. t Routine check-ups

t Dental Implants

t Children’s Dentistry

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t Teeth Whitening

t Root Canal Treatment

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t Treatment of Nervous Patients

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Bonnie Dogs Now open in Bookham

Professional dog grooming and quality accessories for your canine friend

Dog grooming for all breeds:

• brush & bath • clipping • de-shedding • hand stripping • nail cutting

DO-IT-YOURSELF DOG WASH

Friendly, personal service, no holding cages or drying cages – you can stay with your dog & have a cuppa! Do-it-yourself dog bath, come and use our professional equipment (bath, dryer etc) – great for dogs that don’t need professional grooming, or as a spruce up between appointments.

We sell a wide range of dog products and accessories, including: • collars • leads • toys • beds • clothing • food & much more. Exclusive to Bonnie Dogs is our ‘Design Your Own’ service, where you can add your own images, text & colours to dog clothing, towels, bowls & more.

19 Dorking Road, Bookham, Surrey, KT23 4PU

01372 459 670 www.bonniedogs.co.uk

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CHATTERBUS

NEW BUS SERVICE LINKS COBHAM & WEYBRIDGE R E A DY T O G O - L AU N C H I N G T U E S DAY 7

reparations for the April 7th launch of Chatterbus, the new community bus service in Cobham, are speeding ahead. Timetables, fares & concessions & a detailed route map are available on its website (www.chatterbus. org.uk), and the bus with its eye-catching orange & turquoise livery has been paraded in the Cobham area. Also ready to go are an innovative live information board at Waitrose in Cobham & a smartphone app, Where’s My Bus? Once Chatterbus is up & running, passengers will be able to find its exact position & speed & direction of travel by checking the monitor at the entrance to Waitrose or by downloading Where’s My Bus? Waitrose is the latest organisation to appreciate the need for this service in an area designated ‘transport poor’. Surrey County Council, Elmbridge Borough Council, Chelsea Football Foundation and Cargill & Anchor have already backed the plan. “It’s wonderful to have so much support from the business community for our project,” said Chatterbus committee chairman, Sir Gerald Acher. “They’ve been behind us from the start and it underlines the real need that Chatterbus will satisfy.” Chatterbus services are designated C1 (MondayFriday) & C2 (Saturdays) on Surrey County

APRIL 2015

Council’s timetables. Commuters can use C1 from Cobham town centre & Lockhart Road to catch rush hour trains at 7.37, 7.57 & 8.27, & in the evening, services will meet trains from Waterloo at 5.11, 5.41, 6.15, 6.45 & 7.25. The last three will all go to Lockhart Road if requested. C1 will also serve the 1st two off-peak trains at 9.27 & 9.57 & visit the station five more times during the day. After rush hour, pupils at St Andrew’s, Cobham can be dropped off at school at 8.42, & those at St Matthew’s at 8.50. The new timetable also gives details of journeys across the A3 to Weybridge & Brooklands Retail Park: for example, the C1 leaving Oxshott at 9.50 stops at Waitrose at 10.07 & is at Brooklands by 10.30, which will allow an hour & three quarters to shop at Marks & Spencer & Tesco before returning on the 12.15 bus. On Saturdays, the C2 service will take passengers all the way from Leatherhead to Weybridge, taking in Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Fetcham, Cobham town centre, Painshill Landscape Garden, Brooklands Retail Park, Brooklands Motor & Aviation Museum & Mercedes Benz World. A family could leave Leatherhead at 9.07 and enjoy a 3 and a half hour visit to Brooklands Museum before catching the 1.27 bus home.

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SECURES HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND INVESTMENT & TO UNDERGO A SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT

ne of the UK’s most historically significant sites for motoring, aviation and engineering is to undergo a major redevelopment to bring to life more of its remarkable history, thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey, has recently received a confirmed grant of £4.681million from HLF for its Brooklands Aircraft Factory & Race Track Revival Project. This project will transform the Museum’s Grade II listed Second World War Wellington Hangar into ‘The Brooklands Aircraft Factory’; build a new annexe (the ‘Flight Shed’) to house more of the Museum’s outstanding collection of historic aircraft; restore the Finishing Straight of the Brooklands Race Track, the world’s first purpose-built motor-racing circuit. Brooklands Museum Director Allan Winn says: “This support from Lottery players is a real vindication of the Museum’s vision of bringing a wartime temporary aircraft assembly building back to life as the only place in the country dedicated to showing how aircraft are designed and built. This unique exhibition – coupled as it is with a new home for our live aircraft, new

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workshops and stores, and the restoration of the Finishing Straight of the Race Track to its 1939 appearance – will give visitors of all ages an unmatched immersive and imaginative experience. We are now really looking forward to working with our consultants, contractors and volunteers to turn this fantastic vision into an exciting reality.” The Museum has already been successful in raising over £1.2million to match funding for the project and is currently fundraising for the remaining £775,000. Including preparation and development work already undertaken, the complete cost of the project will be some £7 million, making it the largest endeavour the Museum has ever embarked upon. www.brooklandsmuseum.com The Museum is keen to hear from anyone who worked at the aircraft factories at Brooklands – please contact John Pulford, Head of Collections & Interpretation, on johnpulford@ brooklandsmuseum.com

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I have some heartening news for all those international bankers & tycoons & Premiership footballers who are not so sure as to how to spend their massive multi-million quid bonuses & wages, especially if they have caring concerns for their chauffeurs. It comes in the handsome & hunky shape of an extra special limousine, deemed to stir the longings of those who appreciate luxury on the go and revel in the wherewithal to be able to relax behind their smuglygrinning chauffeur or take over the drive as a matter of self-satisfaction. It is the upcoming Maybach S600, a car Mercedes-Benz reckons will be driven by only a handful of its buyers, which is why they have optimised the back seat comfort zone to a level rarely seen outside the first-class cabin on an international jet plane. It is wonderfully refined & its massive twin-turbo engine is a mere whisper, a haven of peace and quiet for privileged passengers who, enjoying vast legroom & a glass of bubbly from the central console fridge, may raise their silver-plated champagne flutes (provided as standard equipment) in celebration of their good fortune. Ahead of its promised arrival later

this year, Mercedes has vowed the brand spanking new S600, longer than the original long-wheelbase S-class by eight inches, will be the ultimate challenge to the supercar likes of the Audi A8, BMW & Lexus LS. I could not agree more. It is little short of outstanding & as safe as houses - economical, too, for its impressive size. Just to add to the assurance that the chauffeur cannot ruin the atmosphere by talking too loudly over his shoulder to the occupants in the rear seats from the far-off front end, the Maybach has installed what Mercedes call ‘voice amplification’. That’s two microphones housed in the rearview mirror which pick up the driver’s voice & play it back via speakers on the parcel shelf to the passengers, reclining if they choose at 43.5 degrees on seats adjustable through 27 electric motors. Where do all these sublime benefits stop? Not there...for while

they are benefiting from that verbal protection, a gentle breeze of perfumed air from a fragrance called Agarwood from a tree wafts around the cabin. They call this added treat their Air Balance package. “It’s a luminous golden warmth of resin, married with a striking woodiness,” is the rather pretentious promise of makers. And they boast justifiably: ”This is the most refined saloon we have ever built - and the quietest car in the world.” So what about the muscular & mighty motor? It’s a twin-turbo V12 that slickly delivers all you ask of it, though on the trickier, twisty sections of road, you soon realise you are driving a heavy vehicle - 2,335kg - even though the so-called Magic Body Control suspension system evens out the bumpier bits up to 25 mph to save any bubbly spillage. My verdict? It is a five-star performer, stylish & stately, & I honestly cannot imagine what more anybody would want. Specification: Mercedes Maybach S600. Engine 5980cc. 523 bhp. V12 twinturbo.Top speed 155mph. Acceleration 0-62mph 5.0secs. Gears:7-speed automatic. Fuel 24 mpg. Price :Yet to be set, est £165,000.

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GARDENING A T T E R S ’ve just been on holiday in Australia and I stopped off on the way back in Singapore to break the journey slightly. Whilst there, I visited the Singapore Botanic Gardens, and more specifically, the National Orchid Garden within it. What an amazing place… which I’m now going to bore you with. First, a little about the Gardens’ heritage.

The Singapore Botanic Gardens were established in 1859 by the Agri-Horticultural Society & designed by Lawrence Niven. His work reflected the English Garden style, as seen in numerous English landscape gardens and parks from the 18th century until that time. Today, his layout there is almost entirely intact still. Since their establishment, the Gardens have been a regional centre for plant science, research & conservation in South East Asia, and today, they’re internationally recognised as a leading institution of tropical botany and horticulture, and are the most visited botanic gardens in the world. In the 1920s, the Gardens led new techniques for raising orchids in sterile media & founded a regional orchid breeding & cut-flower industry. The National Orchid Garden is the product of this breeding programme which started in 1928. It offers a permanent showcase and the largest display of orchids in the world, containing over 1000 species and 2000 hybrids. Within the Gardens, there are several separate areas: - The VIP Orchid Garden, featuring orchid hybrids named after visiting state dignitaries & VIPS, such as Nelson Mandela. - The Celebrity Orchid Garden, where hybrids are named after celebrities, such as Andrea Bocelli, to commemorate their visit. - Tan Hoon Siang Mist House, where new cultivars,

some from the Gardens’ collection, are displayed against a backdrop of tropical foliage & cultural décor. - The Cool House, which encloses a tropical forest, providing a very realistic representation of high elevation sites in the tropics. - The Yuen-Peng McNeice Bromeliad Collection, featuring over 300 species and 500 hybrids of exotically unusual plants from Central and South America. One piece of interesting information was that orchids can be grown in almost any medium, not necessarily soil – dirt, gravel, bark, you name it – which, in theory, makes them very clean, easy plants to look after. Our problem in the UK is that we over-water them: they need very little water to survive & should certainly never be standing in it. The Garden also provides clear evidence that orchids need high humidity to thrive. Singapore is only 1° north of the Equator, with 90% humidity pretty much all year, and this garden is testament to that requirement. We were told that, to get the best from your orchid in the UK and elsewhere where humidity levels are negligible, the optimum place to grow them is in the bathroom, where the steamy conditions after a shower mimic their natural conditions. For anyone who appreciates orchids, the National Orchid Garden is an astonishingly beautiful place to visit. It’s open from 5.00am till midnight, too. That’s dedication for you…

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ome of you in Cobham may be familiar with Bonnie Dogs, the dog grooming business on the Dorking Road in Bookham. I recently received a telephone call from Jo, the owner, who told me that she is going to do a charity sky dive at the end of April. When she told me why, I knew immediately that I wanted to help her raise as much money as possible for the two amazing charities for which she is fundraising. The first charity will be no surprise to those who know Jo. It is Battersea Dogs’ & Cats’ Home. Jo has herself rescued four dogs and two cats in the past sixteen years, the first being a crossbreed called...you guessed it... Bonnie! These animals have all been very well cared for by Jo, and since opening Bonnie Dogs a number of years ago, she has always had canine staff in attendance at the shop! Her customers all know Jo’s dogs and how important they are to her, so I understood completely her desire to support the amazing charity which has provided her with a wonderful selection of beloved pets over the years. My first dog also came from Battersea,

so it makes perfect sense to me. But the second charity was not so obvious. Sarcoma UK is actually a charity which is very close to my heart too and one to which I regularly donate. The reason Jo chose Sarcoma UK is because last year, Amy, one of her staff members, who was only 20 at the time, was diagnosed with a very rare type of sarcoma called GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumour). To be precise, the mutation Amy had is called PAWS GIST (paediatric/adolescent wild-type syndromic). Quite a grand title. It seems that Amy doesn’t do things by halves! Amy is happy to share her story to raise awareness - and hopefully funds - and to help others who find themselves in her very unfortunate position. She was told that only fifteen people in every million are diagnosed with GIST, and the specific type Amy had was even more uncommon. Having lived for quite a few years with various stomach complications but with no specific diagnosis, Amy had been told that she probably had mild form

AMY IN THE ICU AFTER THE FIRST SURGERY

IBS. She was always careful about what she ate in order to control her symptoms. But following a succession of unexplainable urine infections, further tests were done. Just by chance, it was noticed during one scan that things weren’t at all right in Amy’s stomach area. After many more tests, scans and biopsies, a final diagnosis was given and Amy had to face major and life-changing surgery. She had been told that she had three tumours around her stomach area which had probably been growing for many years. In fact, she had to have two big operations in the space of one week, due to a complication after the first. She is now left with virtually no stomach. This is a massive ordeal for anyone to cope with, but to have this news at the age of 20 is devastating. When I read Amy’s story, I had tears in my eyes, not just because it’s sad that someone so young has had to cope with such a huge health issue, but also because of her bravery and optimism which I’m convinced have helped her recover so well. She is a remarkable young woman and I hope you will join me and donate to this

very worthy cause. Amy is now back at work at Bonnie Dogs and is doing very well indeed. I know Jo is delighted to have her back, as are Daz and Legend, the company dogs, who missed her greatly when she was away, I’m sure. Amy is a massive animal lover and missed her own pets very much while she was in hospital in London. I’m certain they’ve all been a big comfort to her during the past year. And this brings together so beautifully the two charities Jo has chosen, both being special to Amy and Jo. Jo, you are a very brave lady, and Amy, you are a total inspiration. Thank you very much for sharing your story. I’m just sorry I had to cut it short, as I couldn’t fit it all into these little pages. Look Local Cobham will be following Jo’s Jump! I hope to get some good action shots on the day and look forward to sharing these with you all in the near future! Link to Jo’s fundraising page: http://bit.ly/17535GB

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, (hardback £20.00) The Buried Giant is a story of myth, legend, allegory and adventure. Ishiguro is a writer whose language stirs you to your emotional core. He is in touch with the sadder and more poignant losses of life which he incorporates with powerful subtlety. Essentially, he writes of mankind’s contradictions and he accesses our deepest fears and dearest desires. His prose, as always, is beautiful. This novel is set in England’s dark ages just after the reign of King Arthur. I loved it - read it and see if you agree! A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler, (hardback £18.99) Anne Tyler has the knack of creating ordinary people living ordinary lives, for the most part, and producing an interesting story. Tyler reinforces what we should all know: i.e. that family history has a way of being altered in the retelling. The themes of wanting to belong, wanting to be special, sibling rivalry and class rivalry are woven together rather wonderfully. Penguin Little Black Classics, (paperbacks 80p each) Penguin is celebrating eight decades in publishing with a little black classic for each one of its eighty years. The range is both impressive and playful, with an eclectic selection of ancient and modern classics, including philosophy, spirituality, politics, short stories, poetry and plays. An enchanting and addictive range, and at 80p each, you can afford to indulge your curiosity and expand the boundaries of your reading.

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Preparation : 20 mins Cooking : 35 - 40 mins Total time : 55 mins - 1 hr

SERVE THESE INDIVIDUAL DESSERTS WITH THEIR LUSCIOUS MIX OF FRUIT, CHOCOLATE & NUTS ON EASTER SUNDAY • 1kg (4-5) ripe pears, peeled, cored & chopped into 1cm pieces • Grated zest & juice of 1 unwaxed lemon • 100g milk chocolate, roughly chopped • 50g light brown soft sugar For the crumble • 100g plain flour • 50g butter, chilled and diced • 50g light brown soft sugar • ½ x 100g pack Waitrose Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts

between the teacups or ramekins, spooning over any juice. To make the crumble, place the flour & butter in a medium bowl &, with your fingertips, rub together until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, hazelnuts & remaining chocolate. Spoon the crumble mix over the pears & press down lightly. Place the crumbles on a baking tray & bake for 35-40 minutes until golden & bubbling. Serve with a spoonful of Waitrose Madagascan Vanilla Ice Cream.

METHOD

COOK’S TIPS

INGREDIENTS

Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Grease 6 x 250ml ovenproof teacups or ramekins (don’t use your finest china cups). In a medium bowl, mix together the pears, brown sugar, lemon zest & juice, & half the chocolate. Divide the mixture

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Wo r d L a d d e r

A word ladder is a sequence of words formed by changing just one letter each time. Can you find the missing words?

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To report local incidents.......................................1 0 1 Surrey Bus Services.............................01483 506919 Train information..............................0845 748 4950 DENTISTS National Rail Enquiries.....................0845 748 4950 Dental Surgery of Cobham.......01932 863416 Beech House Dental Surgery.............01932 862290 SCHOOLS Hollyhedge Dental.............................01932 865888 ACS Cobham International School . 01932 867251 ABC Dental Surgery..........................01932 589888 Claremont Fan Court School...01372 473624 Danes Hill School....................... 01932 842509 VILLAGE HALLS Cobham Village Hall..........................01932 868905 Feltonfleet School........................ 01932 862264 United Reformed ..............................01932 864769 Notre Dame School.................... 01932 869991 Parkside School........................... 01932 862749 Downside Village Hall.......................01932 865414 Reed’s School.............................. 01932 869044 Stoke d’Abernon Guide Hut..............01372 843046 St Andrew’s Primary School........ 01932 863452 Stoke d’Abernon.................................01932 864166 St Matthew’s C of E Infant Sch.01932 863212 COUNCILS & SERVICE St Teresa’s Junior........................ 01372 452037 Elmbridge Borough Council..............01372 474474 St Teresa’s Senior........................ 01372 452037 Surrey County Council......................08456 009009 Yehudi Menuhin School of Music 01932 864739 Cobham Library.............................. 08456 009 009 Cobham Free School ............... 03303 300237 Local storage.......................................01372 457855 MEDICAL Citizens’ Advice Bureau.............. 01372 464770 Cobham Day Surgery ........................01932 588400 VETERINARY SURGEONS St Peter’s A&E....................................01932 872000 John Ball & Associates........................01932 868786 Royal Surrey Hospital........................01483 464002 Henderson Keywood & Ptners.....01932 864671 NHS Direct.............................................. 0845 4647 Cobham Veterinary Centre................01932 868786 St John Ambulance .................. 01932 867606 Cobham Park Veterinary Clinic....01932 590022 Beech House Veterinary Centre.....01932 868688 CHURCHES Cobham Methodist Church..............01932 586988 CHEMISTS Cobham Presbyterian Church...........01932 429511 Lloyds Pharmacy................................01932 862113 Sacred Heart Catholic Church...........01932 862518 Rowlands Pharmacy (Med Cent)......01932 862965 St Andrew’s Church (C of E) ............01932 867883 Sainsbury Pharmacy...........................01932 866488 United Reformed Church..................01932 586988 All pages within are copyright of Look Local or its respective contributors. No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in any information storage or retrieval system without the publisher’s prior written permission. All material published in Look Local (including advertisements, editorials, articles and all other content) is printed in good faith. Whilst all reasonable care is taken, Look Local does not in any circumstances accept responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of any material published, nor is any kind of warranty expressed or implied by such publication, and Look Local specifically disclaims all and any liability to advertisers, readers and users of any kind of loss or damage of any nature whatsoever and howsoever arising, whether due to inaccuracy, error, omission or any other cause. All material is accepted on the basis that its publication does not infringe any copyright and Look Local does not accept any responsibility for loss or damage of any kind resulting from claims of copyright infringement. ©Look Local. All rights reserved.

St Andrew’s Church, Cobham April 2015

9.00am 8.00pm

Wednesday 1st April

7.30am - 9.30am

Thursday 2nd April

9.00am 10.00am

Holy Communion Parish Communion

9.00am 10.00am 6.30pm

Holy Communion Parish Communion SAY It’s Sunday (youth meeting)

Holy Communion Taize Workship (Maundy Thursday)

8.00am 12.00pm 10.00am

6.00am 8.00am 10.00am

Holy Communion

Good Friday

Three Hours Devotion Devotional Performance - Rutter’s Requiem

Breakfast

Sunday 12th April

Sunday 19th April

Sunday 26th April

9.00am Holy Communion Easter Sunday 10.00am Signs of his love Alive@6am - a service of light 6.30pm SAY It’s Sunday (youth meeting) for Easter Sunday Baby Talk - 10.30am every Weds during term time Holy Communion Messy Church - 23rd April (at URC)

Parish Communion & Easter Spiritual Cinema - 15th April 7pm Day Fun in Hall

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APRIL

P U Z Z L E

S O L U T I O N S

Crossword - page 48

Sudoku - page 44

Word Ladder - page 44

TRAIN, TRAIT, TRACT, TRACE, TRICE, TRITE, WRITE, WRITS, WAITS, WANTS, WANES, WINES, LINES, LIKES, BIKES

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INDEX

A D V E R T I S E R S

Ability Store....................................................... 52 Able Roofing...................................................... 25 AL Services......................................................... 54 Arbour Life.......................................................... 7 Beckley Automotive........................................... 36 Bocketts Farm.................................................... 25 Bonnie Dogs............................................12/38/39 Bookham Physiotherapy..................................... 32 Boyall’s Ironmongery and Doors........................ 33 Brightercare.......................................................... 6 Bruce’s Doggie Day Care.................................... 29 Casselden’s Shoes................................................ 46 Claremont Fan Court School .............................. 3 Cleanability........................................................ 55 Cobham Beauty & Laser.................................... 29 Cobham Bookshop............................................ 40 Cobham Bowling Club...................................... 27 Computer Fix..................................................... 49 CT Cars............................................................. 45 Daytona Sandown Park...................................... 20 DB Garden Services........................................... 59 DPB Pristine Oven Cleaning.............................. 32 Eggerdon Holland.............................................. 47 Elite Tree Services............................................... 50 Emberhurst School............................................. 15 Englishman’s Castle............................................ 51 F & S Heating & Plumbing Services.................. 32 Falcon Services................................................... 46 Gutter Cleaning ................................................ 50 Hollyhedge Dental............................................. 11 House Sitter Needed.......................................... 51 HRS Roofing Services........................................ 36 James Thomas Funeral Directors........................ 41 Lane Associates................................................... 16 Lodge Brothers................................................... 14 MacDonald Fencing & Sons Ltd........................ 35 Mail Boxes etc.................................................... 53

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Mandy Cox Therapies ....................................... 51 Mango Studio Photography............................... 10 Meejana Lebanese Restaurant ............................ 23 Michelle Davis Foot Care................................... 47 Mobile Mercedes Repairs................................... 53 MPS Garden & Estate Machinery ..................... 59 Nick Ricks Decorating....................................... 46 No 44................................................................. 23 Orchard Cottage Dental Practice........................ 43 Out on a Limb................................................... 52 Roofs of Esher.................................................... 49 Roots & Shoots.................................................. 60 Silver Arrows...................................................... 54 Skin Talk Skin Treatment Clinic......................... 47 SMC Renault..................................................... 10 Smith Pearman Chartered Accountants.............. 21 Steve’s Gardening & Landscaping....................... 55 Stewed Apple Pies..............................................12 Stoke Tots........................................................... 37 Studio Window Cleaning................................... 44 Sykes & Sykes Decorating.................................. 54 Tec Res Computer Solutions ........................18/19 The Cobham Clinic.......................................30/31 The Leatherhead Theatre.................................... 17 The Plough........................................................... 2 The Potting Shed................................................ 54 The Prestige Flooring Company ........................ 16 The Real Wags of Cobham................................. 16 The Vineries Garden Centre..............................8/9 TQ Cleaning...................................................... 16 Wagging Tails..................................................... 44 Williams & Bunkell Fishmongers......................... 4 Willow Landscapes............................................. 37

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Based in Merrow and established in 1992, Roots & Shoots is a family-run tree care company which offers a professional and comprehensive arboricultural and landscaping service. We take great pride in our reputation and we offer all our clients a professional, courteous, and personal service. All our tree work is done to British Standards 3998 and is carried out to the highest standards by qualified staff.

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