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Contents
14 BOOKHAM CAMERA CLUB 16 BE IN THE KITCHEN 18 ASK BRUCE
Read Bruce’s column about Alabama Rot
20 BRA NOTICE 22 SUDOKU & HUB WORDS 26 WHAT’S ON See what’s on in and around Bookham in March
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From the Editor Welcome to our March magazine.
Isn’t it wonderful that the days are getting longer? It seems to have happened very suddenly, too. Early signs of spring can be spotted all over the place, although a little too early, I fear! This month, we send congratulations to Bookham Camera Club as they celebrate a momentous anniversary. It’s always great to include a selection of their wonderful work, and this is a great excuse to do just that. The members of this lovely local club really are a very talented bunch! We also hear from the Peter Pan Playgroup who enjoyed a fun time at Polesden Lacey recently, and on another note, we are delighted to have a very special Look Local Music Matters feature this month, written especially for us by David Jensen; he shares his personal experiences from the times he spent with the late great Mr David Bowie. What a lucky chap he is to have met this very talented man, who has left behind a totally amazing legacy. Thanks also to all of you who entered our book competition last month; winners have been picked from a hat and are listed within! Sorry to the unsuccessful entries, but I hope our winners enjoy the lovely prizes. A message for all dog owners now. Our new Q & A column is up and running, coming to you with the help of Bruce from Bruce’s Doggie Day Care. Bruce welcomes your canine questions, so please email them into me at ros@looklcoalmagazine.co.uk and I will pass them his way. We kick off this month with a question from a reader who is worried about a potentially dangerous medical condition….. well worth a read. A busy month ahead, with Mothers’ Day on 6th March and the early Easter weekend (25th – 28th ) to look forward to too. Let’s hope the sun shines and the Easter Bunny visits us here in Bookham! Wishing you all a great month,
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2016 will be a memorable year for Bookham Camera Club as it celebrates its 70th anniversary in April. The first meeting was held in the Bookham Congregational Church Hall on 5th April 1946, when 11 photographers gathered under the leadership of Mrs E M Stephens to create this new camera club. The club then moved to a number of different locations, but eventually returned to what is now the Eastwick Road Church Hall, the site where it
started all those years ago. The club is thriving, with 70 members, and attracts photographers of all abilities. Our common objective is to ‘take a better photograph’ and the annual programme is designed to be active, informative, engaging, inclusive and very importantly, enjoyable. Weekly meetings are held on Thursday evenings between mid-September and the following May, and involve a mix of expert external and internal speakers, practical sessions and competitions. In the
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about 100 framed prints, together with a rolling display of digital images. This will be the third year we have exhibited in the theatre and it promises to be a spectacular display of some great photographs. If you are interested in photography or just want to see some lovely images, please come along to the exhibition, you will not be disappointed. If you would like more details about the club, please visit the website, www.bookhamcc.org.uk which includes the club’s contact details.
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ASK BRUCE: ALABAMA ROT In the first of our new ‘Ask Bruce’ columns, we discuss Alabama Rot, as requested by reader Sharon Middleton. Alabama Rot is a serious disease affecting dogs of any age, sex or breed. It causes lesions of the skin and occasionally mouth, which look like bites, sores, wounds or stings, with some dogs developing kidney failure. It’s a relatively new disease to the UK, and so little is known about the causes. As a doggy day care expert, my knowledge of this medical condition is limited, so I consulted our good friend and local vet Simon Felger of Weybridge Veterinary Centre. Simon explained that CRGV (cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy – the full medical name for Alabama Rot) first appears as unexplained redness, sores or swelling of the skin, particularly around the feet and legs but also body, face, tongue or mouth. Signs of kidney disease, which can include vomiting, reduced appetite and tiredness, occur from 2 to 10 days after the skin lesions. He pointed out that even if they develop skin lesions, many don’t develop kidney disease and recover fully. Although Alabama Rot can be serious, the number of dogs affected remains very low, thankfully. While the causes remain unknown, it’s difficult to give any specific guidance on how to avoid it. Following good animal husbandry, such as washing muddy dogs after a walk, will certainly do no harm. Bruce Casalis is director & founder of Bruce’s Doggy Day Care, a multi-award winning business in Cobham. Do you have any dog training or canine behavioural questions which you would like to ask Bruce? Send your questions to:-
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these have died over the years. Barn Meadow Lane, The Garstons, Durleston Park Drive and many others have suffered major tree loss this way. Our aim is to maintain an ‘uneven tree-age distribution’ throughout the area: an area with only mature trees is sometimes called a dying landscape, as there are no young ones to replace the oldies when they eventually die. Please help us to look after any street trees planted near your home by watering them when it is hot, dry or windy. Sharing the task with a group of neighbours is an excellent way to ensure that your street trees survive the early years and develop to enhance your road with cool greens, blossom, shade, birdsong and autumn colour.
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t was very nice to re-acquaint myself with Vines Coffee Shop recently; having not visited for a while, I had forgotten about all they had to offer…. Situated in The Vineries Garden Centre, this lovely local café really does have a great menu: pop in for breakfast, morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea. Whichever, you won’t be disappointed, as there really is something for everyone on the eclectic menu. I enjoyed a cup of coffee and a Rocky Road treat, pictured here, when I visited. A comfortable environment, with free wifi as an added perk, and this makes a great place to catch up with friends, have a business meeting or just sit and relax while checking your emails. If you visit for breakfast, you might enjoy a ‘Vines Special’ at the very reasonable price of £4.99. This includes free -range eggs as you like them and cooked to order, local pork sausages, bacon, beans, tomato and toast. There is also a larger version of this dish for any extra hungry folk, or maybe the Vegetarian Special, or does the ‘Design your own Breakfast’ appeal? Bacon baguettes or sausage sandwiches, mouth-watering and made to order, ensure a fresh and tasty start to any day! In addition to these ever-popular traditional English choices, other firm favourites include Eggs Benedict, Eggs Royale, ciabatta, croissants...the list goes on and on... The options for morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea are far too many to cover thoroughly here, but Ploughman’s, jacket potatoes, omelettes, soup and various salads all feature, with a tempting selection of locally baked cakes and slices too. ‘Specials’ boards offer even more choices! As I said, there really is something here for most tastes.
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...AND SO OFF WE GO AGAIN WITH THE LATIN WORDS FOR THE SHAPE OF FLOWERS... I would say that flower shape is a pretty obvious road to go down in an attempt to identify a plant, and there are many different shapes. Usually, it is the overall shape to be considered. One of the most frequently encountered is campanulatus, or bell-shaped, and if you know the word ‘campanology’, meaning ‘bell-ringing’, you will be on the right track of the shape of any plant with this in its name. Campanula is the obvious one – also known as the bellflower – but it can be seen too in names such as Agapanthus campanulatus and Rhododendron campanulatum. If you are after something a little more showy, look out for anything with stellatus/stellata in the name. This means star-shaped, and plants named thus can make a big impression: for example, Magnolia stellata, or star magnolia, has large, elegant, fragrant flowers in the shape of a star. Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata, also known as columbine and granny’s bonnet, comes in an assortment of colours, but the flowers, although quite small, are all double stars, very striking when placed amongst grasses or other cottage garden plants. Similarly, flowers with tubiformis in their name will be trumpet-shaped. A well-known example is Fritillaria tubiformis, a fritillary with pendant, trumpet-shaped flowers on leafy stems.
Crucifer, meaning ‘cross-bearing’, comes from the Latin ‘crux’, meaning ‘cross’, and cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the mustard family: various cabbages/ broccoli/ cauliflower/ Brussels sprouts. They take their name from the shape of their flowers, whose four petals are in the shape of a cross. At other times, the name will refer to a distinctive feature of the flower. Flowers which are lipped will have the word cheilanthus in their name, such as Delphinium cheilanthum or Cheilanthus, the lip-fern, a hardy dwarf variety which is suitable for shade and goes very well in a rock garden. If they are two-lipped (but not tulips, hohoho), you will see the word ringens, such as Salvia ringens, or Mimulus ringens, which has a lavender-coloured flower which is divided into an upper lip and a larger, swollen lower lip. Finally, sometimes it is not only the shape of the individual flowers that is described, but the shape of the whole flowerhead. So, Campanula glomerata and Convolvulus glomeratus have their flowers clustered together, glomeratus meaning ‘collected together’. Well, I hope that has helped understand plant labels on flowering plants a little better. Next time, the shape of the leaves of plants as described in Latin. So little time for so much enjoyment....
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We have been made aware of some new scams which we would like to alert you to. 1: The regular - “this is Microsoft calling and you have a problem with your machine, please can we connect to it and show you….” has developed. We have heard of a customer who fell victim to this and started to become suspicious, so asked the scammers to stop, at which point they deleted all the user’s data on his PC. Just remember, Microsoft would not telephone you. 2: Email scam - this has been reported by both AOL and BT/Yahoo email customers, and indicates their emails are not secure. The user received an expected email, with an invoice attached from a known tradesperson - let’s say, their plumber. Shortly after, the user receives another email from supposedly the plumber, saying something like “please ignore the previous mail, use this one”. On inspection, the attachment is present, but the bank details on the invoice have been changed to the scammer’s account. The only way this could have happened is if the scammer is actually monitoring and using the user’s email account. If you are concerned this is happening to you, our advice is to change your email password two or three times in a week. Ransomware Ransomware has been in the limelight for 18 months
or so, commonly activated by opening an attachment in an email. Once it is activated, all your data files on your PC, back-up drives and connected devices become encrypted either immediately or at some designated time in the future. The user then receives a message stating that their data has become encrypted and that they should call a phone number within x number of days to have the data unencrypted, otherwise it will be lost forever. In January, Lincolnshire County Council was hit by a Ransomware attack. The demand was for £1m, and it closed the council for several days. Currently, there are only two ways to get your data back from this attack: 1: Recover your data from an unaffected backup 2: Pay the ransom Just remember - your data is probably more valuable to you than the equipment. With our Total Care Support Plan, we back up your data to our cloud. We have had some customers who have been subjected to Ransomware attacks and we have recovered all their data. In all cases, Action Fraud have been informed. Should you like further information on these issues or wish to discuss your own security, please do not hesitate to contact us or Action Fraud. Action Fraud can be contacted on 0300 123 2040 or www.actionfraud.police.uk
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Forgive my retrospection, but I’ve got two outsanding reasons to recall my latest trip to exotic Dubai ...well, three if you count the pleasure of seeing my trim Trophy Wife in her bikinis. While I was covering the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for my newspaper outlets here and in the Arab haven, I stayed over at the splendid beachside Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai. And that blessed me with my first treat - a chance meeting with Carry On and Eastenders queen, Barbara Windsor - now dubbed “Dame” - and her utterly charming hubby Scott. For the next five days, it was my and TW’s joy to share shelter from the rays with national treasure Babs who was anecdotally fascinating and funny and ever-so-revealing about her days in the iconic, smash-hit movie series for which she was paid a pittance. Regrettably, I had to break off our burgeoning friendship to attend the Grand Prix, 60odd miles away at the other end of the Sheikh Zayad road, probably the scariest stretch of highway on the planet. My three journeys - for practice, qualifying and race - were more excitingly edgy than the crash-bang-wallop wheelto-wheel Porsche Supercup event around the tricky Yas Marina circuit.
Ferraris, Lambos, Aston Martins, Rolls Royces and Bentleys, all playthings of mega-wealthy Arab show-offs and oligarchs, diced in a madcap stampede, swapping the six lanes without bothering to signal their intent or apparently looking where they were going. And that brought me to my second memorable and thankful - reason to remember my visit to the Emirates. Sound a fanfare for the Range Rover, a luxurious bully of a 4x4, a veritable motorised barricade, my massive safeguard against the threatening and unwary onrush on the 50-minute hellfire journey... I was confident there would be only one winner if I was clouted by one of the flashy £200,000, 180mph supercars: my heavyweight and macho RR...more than two tonnes of it. If I’d had to dodge the madcap rush and take an alternative escape route over a rocky mountain, splash through a river up to 900mm or scramble over the most treacherous of tricky terrains, it would all have come as a pushover to this 3.0-litre romper just by leaving its Terrain Response offroad software in auto. And in sheer executive-class comfort with legroom in abundance. I sat throne-like, upright and all-seeing,
hoisted above the threatening hoi-polloi, behind a broad-shouldered bonnet that stretched defensively ahead and which hid an engine of mighty power without disquieting noise, that yearned to be put into action and responded with a hearteningly efficient return. Only two of us, TW and me, trailed luxuriously to Abu Dhabi and back over three days and we had all the space you could possibly want with a 994-litre boot, more than ample for her walletbusting shopping spree in downtown Dubai’s magnificent and giant shopping mall on restful Day Four. The melee of motors on that deadstraight road through the desert felt no threat at all from my lofty, all-seeing perch and the car’s cockpit innards were a total treat... first-class lounge comfy seats and easy-to-read instruments without a clutter of confusing buttons to press. But most and best of all was the feeling of absolute security, like a fortress on wheels. And the superb allround visibility from its cinemascopic windscreen. Snooty really, but far more importantly, as safe as houses. Specification: Model TDV6 Vogue. Engine 3.0-litre. BHP 258. Top speed 130mp. Zero60mph 7.4 seconds MPG 37.7. Price £74,950.
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1. Notation cancelling a previous flat or sharp (7) 2. A regular route (5) 3. Seven-sided polygon (8) 4. Dairy product (6) 5. Jump (4) 6. Planet (7) 7. Choose by vote (5) 12. Venomous (8) 14. Risk taker (7) 16. Norm (7) 17. In operation (6) 18. Domesticates (5) 20. Theatrical performer (5) 21. Song for solo voice (4)
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Lily leant over her reflection one final time. Her once-alluring visage was now withered and her skin crinkled and paper-thin. Fat droplets of rain rolled off her face, like tears. She watched helplessly as her watery likeness distorted and rippled away, mirroring her ebbing life. Longing to see the sun one last time, she forced her fading golden head upwards, but she was greeted with no warmth. Dark swirling images formed and broke above her, like waves. Though time was short, she waited, but the angry sky denied her even a glimpse of the tantalising blue that lay beyond. The chill wind made her tremble, but her frail frame no longer felt the cold. Instead, she drew warmth from the smiles that she and her sisters had once coaxed from the icy lips of passers-by. They had all stood together, her family, proudly displaying their pretty bonnets for all to see. A promise of better things to come, after the bleakest of winters. She had been the last to arrive. She recalled looking up at her siblings, tall and beautiful. How she’d longed to grow quickly, to be just like them, to be with them. Now she stood alone. She gazed down at their broken corpses, scattered all around. She would be joining them soon. All living things must return to the soil. It’s how the circle completes. How new life begins. Today it would be her turn, to give in, to give back. She had accepted it. She’d known all along that she’d never feel the balmy heat of summer. That was the privilege of others. One last glance at the sun would have been a comfort though, but sadly, it wasn’t to be. It was the month of the Bloodstone, and Lady Day was upon her. She felt nature’s breath on her face as Mother embraced her one last time. The river and wind sang a lullaby and the trees mournfully whispered her name. ‘Narcissus.’
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Neil Clarke, 13363 Crime Reduction Advisor - Eastern Division
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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO VISIT FOR NATIONAL LIBRARIES DAY - we had a lovely weekend celebrating the library and all its resources. There’s so much that we do beyond books. Browse our online reference shelf for daily newspapers from the UK and around the world, free access to magazines and all sorts of archives.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS LEARNING TO DRIVE? The library can help! Through our website, members have free access to practice theory questions and hazard perception tests. Perfect for new starters and for brushing up! How many can you get right on the hazard perception quiz?
MORE TO EXPLORE IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY! Townshott Close (next to the Baptist Church) We’re open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10.00-5pm, Sat 9.30-5pm
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SUNDAY
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8.00am 10.00am 4.30pm
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Further details available from St Nicolas Parish Office:
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The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Mothering Sunday)
Holy Communion (Traditional Language) Morning Prayer St Nicolas4All Holy Communion with Sparklers & Trailblazers
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Holy Communion (Traditional Language) Holy Communion St Nicolas4All with Sparklers & Trailblazers
Palm Sunday
Holy Communion (Traditional Language) Holy Communion All-age Nicolas4All Evensong
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Maunday Thursday
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Please see website for further details Family Fun Morning (105 mins of story, singing & activity) The wounds of Jesus: Three hours at the cross
(Please arrive & leave on the half-hour & the hour.)
Easter Day
Holy Communion (Traditional Language) Holy Communion Celebration St Nicolas4All Holy Communion
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S E R V I C E S AT A L L S A I N T S C H U R C H MANOR HOUSE LANE, LITTLE BOOKHAM - MARCH 2016
6th March
The Fourth Sunday of Lent 10.00 am All-age Communion Service
13th March The Fifth Sunday of Lent 8.00am Holy Communion 6.00pm Evensong 20th March Palm Sunday 10.00am All-age Communion Service 27th March Easter Sunday 11.00am Family Easter Celebration
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 10.30-12.00 Chatterbox - a group for pre-school children & their carers. Further details from website www.all-saints-church-little-bookham.org.uk
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'C in n a mon and the Bat People' COMPETITION
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Our Sunday Congregations A warm-hearted congregation that enjoys varity in its worship
A gathering of all ages, vibrant and contemporary in its worship
A time and space to connect with God and with eachother
A Congregation with a big heart, commiteed to making a difference in our community. The Methodist Church at 10am
KNIGHT SCHOOL: HOLIDAY CLUB 2016
HOLIDAYChurch. CLUB Tuesday 29th March 2016 to Friday 1st April 2016 at Bookham Baptist Tuesday 29 March to Friday 1st April 9.45am- 12.15pm. For School years reception to year 6. £1 per day. Bible stories, craft, drama, games, fun, quizzes. Parent’s Coffee and cake area CLOSING DATE FOR BOOKING YOUR PLACE AT KNIGHT SCHOOL: THURSDAY 24TH MARCH th
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Fairfield Medical Centre, Lower Rd.....01372 455455 Mole Valley District Council..................01306 885001 Eastwick Med’, Eastwick Pk Ave.........01372 452081 Surrey County Council..........................08456 009009 Leatherhead Leisure Centre....................01372 377674 CHEMISTS Bookham Library..................................0300 200 1001 Grove Pharmacy, Lower Shott................01372 453293 Bookham Residents’ Association..........01372 452532 Boots the Chemist, 5 High Street..........01372 452067 Police (non-urgent matters)......................................101 Help your Neighbour Scheme...............07986 177234 HALL HIRE Citizens’ Advice Bureau...................0844 4 11 1444 Old Barn Hall, Church Road.................01372 456307. St. Lawrence Church Hall......................01372 452942 HOSPITALS Little Bookham Village Hall...................01372 453802 Epsom Hospital A & E..........................01372 735735 Baptist Church Hall, Lower Road.......01372 811313 St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for EastwickRoadChurch(URC)....01372453473/453704 Children.................................................0208 296 2000 Youth Centre (opp Anchor) Lower Rd ... 01372 453803 Leatherhead Hospital.............................0208 296 2000 King George V Hall, Browns Lane ... 01372 451925 Ashtead Hospital....................................01372 221647 SPACE,DorkingRoad...info@southbookhamspace.org.uk Non-emergency NHS Help.....................................111 Bookham Scouting Centre.....................01372 454383
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McCormick & Associates, 30 High St ....01372 459393 Gt B’hm Dental Prac, 1 The Garstons .....01372 454355 Dawnay School.......................................01372 456774 AJ Hedger, 26 Church Road.....................01372 457959 Eastwick County Infant School.............01372 453672. Astek Dental Care, 19 Cannon Grove ..... 01372 377678 Eastwick Junior School...........................01372 453277 Glenesk School.......................................01483 282329 TRAVEL Howard of Effingham School................01372 453694 Train information..................................0845 748 4950 Manor House School.............................01372 457077 Polesden Lacey Infant School.................01372 456533 CHURCHES St Lawrence’s Primary School.................01372 452870 All Saints C of E Church.........................01372 458314 St Teresa’s Junior......................................01372 453456 Bookham Baptist Church........................01372 811313 St Teresa’s Senior.....................................01372 452037 EastwickRoadChurch(URC).................01372 453704 Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Church ...01372 458263 VETERINARY SURGEONS Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit ... 01372 458263 Brelades...................................................01372 452531 St Nicolas’ Church...................................01372 450709 Pet Doctors, Fetcham.............................01372 379636 Quaker Meeting......................................01372 454363
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TRANSITIONBOOKHAM Working to make our village more planet-friendly Our open meeting this month is on Wednesday 16th March in the St Nicolas Pastoral Centre, starting at 7.30pm and finishing around 9.15pm. Visit our website for up-to-date information or email us at the address below and ask to be added to the mailing list for our monthly newsletter. You can also follow us online on Facebook and Twitter. Meetings are free unless stated otherwise; donations welcome for refreshments.
Would you consider turning your lights off during Earth Hour? This year it takes place on Saturday 19th March from 8.30pm9.30pm. Visit earthhour.wwf.org.uk to find out more and register your interest. If you're not usually in Bookham on a working Friday you'll be pleased to hear that the Country Market is open on Good Friday this year. You can also purchase local produce on Fridays and Saturdays from the Food Float in Dorking High Street.
www.transitionbookham.org.uk email transitionbookham@gmail.com Find TransitionBookham on Facebook. Don't forget to “like us!” Twitter @ttbookham Local events March 2016 Fridays 10:15-11:30 Country Market – Barn Hall, Church Road www.country-markets.co.uk Wed 16th Mar 19:30-21:15 Transition Bookham Meeting – St Nicolas Pastoral Centre
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March
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Hub Words page 22 9-letter word - BEAUTIFUL Some other words of five letters or more containing the hub letter B: abet, able, abut, bail, bait, bale, bate, beat, beau, belt, beta, bile, bite, blae (Scot), blue, flab, flub, tabi, tuba, tube, beaut, befit, bleat, built, fable, table, tubal, albeit, albite, fibula, tubful, tubule.
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Ability Store............................................................44 Able Roofing...........................................................53 ACM Music Courses...............................................42 Alan Greenwood Funeral Directors.........................47 Andy’s Garden Services..............................................6 Astek Dental...........................................................21 Beckley’s Automotive...............................................51 Belly Dancing – Carina Rose...................................12 Bocketts Farm.........................................................35 Bonnie Dogs...........................................................24 Book Keeping Services............................................28 Bookham Carpets......................................................5 Bookham Chiropody...............................................52 Bookham Physiotherapy..........................................30 Boyalls Ironmongery & Doors................................13 Bruce’s Doggy Day Care.....................................18/19 Casselden’s Shoes.....................................................12 CD Sheldon Flooring..............................................12 Choice at Home......................................................27 Colin Read Landscaping ........................................19 Computer Fix............................................................8 Cosy Flooring............................................................8 CT Cars..................................................................31 Dashe Developments...............................................45 DB Garden Services................................................64 DPB Pristine Oven Cleaning...................................40 Dream Doors..........................................................54 Effingham Express...................................................30 Elite Tree Services....................................................40 Englishman’s Castle.................................................35 Everycare.................................................................49 F Covey ..................................................................17 Fine Fettle.................................................................7 First Choice Cleaning Company.............................30 Get Going Physio....................................................45 Great Bookham Dental...........................................10 Green Roots..............................................................4 Harvey Fab..............................................................51 Headline Hat Hire..................................................41 Headliners.................................................................4 Hedleys Solicitors....................................................40
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HRS Roofing..........................................................47 Julie Watts Family Law............................................19 Kids in the Kitchen.................................................23 L Hawkins & Sons..................................................45 MacDonald Fencing & Sons Ltd.............................24 Michael Reeve Landscaping.....................................51 MPS Garden & Est Machinery Ltd.........................64 Mr Maintenance.....................................................44 Oscars Dog Grooming ...........................................41 P&B Tree Services...................................................44 Planning & Design.................................................41 Pullen Plumbing.....................................................18 Rawlings & Kensett Butchers..................................63 RB Construction.....................................................49 Residents of Middlemead........................................55 RJK Decorating.......................................................30 Roofs of Esher.........................................................22 Roots and Shoots......................................................2 Roxley Models...........................................................6 Run to Live.............................................................10 Seasons Art Classes....................................................9 Shirley Garage.........................................................25 Simon Pell Electrical................................................12 Stephen Herman Landscaping.................................57 Suddies Kitchen Appliances ....................................28 Supergrass...............................................................45 Tec Res Computer Solutions..............................38/39 The Carpet Specialist...............................................53 The Grange ............................................................37 The Meeting Place...................................................52 The Potting Shed.....................................................49 The Sir Douglas Haig..............................................11 The Vineries.......................................................32/33 Wagging Tails .........................................................41 WoW Fitness...........................................................47 Your Home Interiors...............................................28 Zigger.....................................................................52
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