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10 OASIS PRESENTATION 18 THE PLOUGH INN

Read our restaurant review of The Plough Inn in Downside.

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COBHAM HERITAGE DAY BRUCE’S DOGGY DAY CARE WHAT’S ON IN COBHAM? MUSIC MATTERS WHAT’S COOKING? ELMBRIDGE FOOD FESTIVAL CROSSWORD

From the Editor

Welcome to Look Local in September! I do hope you all enjoyed a great summer!

Team Look Local had a lovely break and we also took the opportunity to refresh our computer systems here in the office, so we are all enjoying our speedy new computers as we ease back into work mode! We have an action-packed issue for you this month too! I enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Oasis Family Centre, which is situated in the new Cedar Centre by the Library; an amazing lady made an amazing donation and Look Local were delighted to attend the presentation. Making magazines is hungry work, so a meal at the newly-refurbished Plough Inn in Downside went down a treat! Well worth a read, and well worth a visit! We also have exciting news from Bruce Casalis about his ever-popular Doggy Day Care centre, and in addition to this, read all about the fabulous-sounding Elmbridge Food Festival which will be taking place in Cobham towards the end of this month! Finally, I simply can’t sign off without mentioning the Cobham Heritage Day which is due to take place on Saturday 12th September. Our centre pages are dedicated to the day and give all the information you should need to ensure that you don’t miss a thing. We’ve been covering this event for a good few years now and it never disappoints. Well worth putting the date in your diary! Wishing you all a great month! Until next time, do take care,

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• £20,000 donated by Charlotte Grobien, OBE, of Give-it-away for high need families. • Staff moved to tears by generosity. • Donation secures the future of Oasis Outreach service for vulnerable children across Elmbridge. £20,000 was donated recently to Oasis Children’s Centre for vulnerable children and their families across Elmbridge. Charlotte Grobien, OBE, of the company Give-itaway, chose to support Oasis Children’s Centre after hearing about them whilst working on a development project in Woking. Charlotte founded the company in 2005 and has undertaken many projects since, developing and building properties, the total profits of which she then donates to children and young people in need. Charlotte’s focus for donations are always local to the project on which she’s working; she uses local contractors and suppliers each time and is at the heart of every project. Charlotte continues this ethos with her charity donations, choosing four local non-

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profit organisations or charities each time, and always remaining very much involved in all the charities that she supports. Charlotte said: “I found out about the Oasis Centre through researching local charities that care for vulnerable children. When I visited the centre and met with Caroline, the founder, it was clear to me the work they do is essential to the community of Elmbridge. I wanted to help them to continue to look after these extremely vulnerable children and their families, to help them to rebuild their lives and make positive choices” Caroline Edwards, founder of the Oasis Centre, said: “The tragic fact is that there are many hundreds of vulnerable children and families living in Elmbridge who need our help. This was highlighted just last week when Ofsted reported its findings on Surrey County Councils Children’s Services, labelling them ‘inadequate’ and the serious failings are putting children at risk. Sadly, we see the result of these failings daily within our outreach work

in the community. Receiving funding from Charlotte is incredible because it allows us to continue to look after the families on our register, tailoring individual care plans, running our 24 hr helpline for emergency situations, such as domestic abuse, and putting long-term supportive packages in place so that families and children have a chance of a better future”. Based in Cobham at the new Cedar Centre, the Oasis charity offers a lifeline to many families within Elmbridge across all social circles. Families and children access our services for a wide range of reasons, from social isolation and poverty to children and adults who have suffered all kinds of abuse. Oasis works tirelessly in conjunction with Social Services teams to protect and safeguard vulnerable children and families in Elmbridge, looking at the cause, rather than just the symptoms of families in crisis. All of this is done on a running cost of £150,000 a year, 80% of which is raised through donations and fundraising. If you think you can help Oasis, please do

get in touch via our website www.oasischildrenscentre. co.uk or if you wish to simply donate, please use our Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/oasischildcare Thank you. Local statistics • Nationally, one in four women experiences domestic abuse. In Elmbridge, this figure is 1 in 3. • 30% of Surrey children are living in poverty. • With public funding cuts and a lack of adequate children’s services in Surrey, the need for charities like Oasis is higher than ever to protect these children. • Last year, Oasis helped over 300 families to improve their lives and build a better future.

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ooray! One of my favourite Cobham pubs has recently re-opened. Following a huge renovation and a totally glorious make-over, the Plough in Downside is open for business and ready to receive guests. Look Local went along to take a look around and to sample the new and mouth-watering menu. It’s been a few years since I visited this special place, about twenty-five, if I’m honest! I used to live just along the road, so it was my local for a period of about four years; always full of character, it was a wellused destination for the local folk from Downside & Cobham. Having been closed for a while more recently, it’s now under new ownership and looking better than ever before. We were welcomed by one of the new owners, Jordan, who kindly showed us around. Many of the original features remain, some dating back as far as the 1800s. A ‘snug’ area at the oldest end of the pub is a lovely place to enjoy cocktails with friends. This area can be booked for private cocktail evenings & can accommodate around 15–20 guests. The combination of old & new works so well; the interior has been very tastefully thought out and well put together. Just next to the Snug is the main bar area. It is smart but casual, and the design themes continue to feature here. Behind the bar is a very nice, arch-shaped shelving unit. On display here are a selection of some ‘Best of British’ spirits, which have been specially selected by the owners. The bar is a really nice place to sit & enjoy a drink while you ponder over the menu. The centre of the pub offers a relaxed and comfortable area to simply sit and enjoy a drink or to eat with friends. It really is a great space, and the atmosphere is friendly & welcoming, with a large fire place at one end which was full of burning candles when we visited. I noticed one gentleman was working on his computer and enjoying an evening pint. Also in this centre area

you can see through an open hatch to the kitchen; situated near here is a chiller cabinet filled with a selection of beef joints, from which you can choose your cut. These include a number of locally-farmed joints & some specialty Wagyu beef from Scotland too. As you may have guessed, the menu has an emphasis on quality steak and there are plenty on offer. Also on the specials board this evening; Wagyu burgers and a roast monkfish tail with asparagus. There are also other delicious, non-steak options on the menu. Jordan said that the pub also prepares and smokes salmon, so I decided to try some of this for my first course. We added to this some dressed Devon crab, which was served on toasted sourdough with lemon oil. The flavours were truly wonderful and these two dishes were a great start to our meal. We were seated in the far end of the pub, in a slightly more formal dining area with open patio doors leading out to a pretty terrace and seating area. For our main meals, we enjoyed a Wagyu sirloin steak and a local ribeye, both of which we shared, both of which melted in the mouth! These were served with a red wine and bone marrow sauce and a Bearnaise sauce, fresh green salad, amazing potato wedges and green beans. Both steaks were, I think, just about as good as steak can get, cooked to perfection and as tender as you like! We finished our meal with a naughty treat in the form of Cambridge burnt cream with shortbread (otherwise known as crème brûlée) The Plough is a lovely venue for all occasions, from a quick drink to a slow cocktail, from a special meal to a casual pub lunch. The staff are very friendly, the service was very good and the food really was spot-on. Look Local would like to say a very big thank you to Jordan & to his staff. We had a lovely evening and your hospitality was second to none. We wish you all the very best and feel sure that The Plough Inn will be enjoyed by many for years to come.

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always enjoy going to see my friends at Bruce’s Doggy Day Care, and my recent visit was certainly no exception. Each time I go, things seem to have developed and improved. It was a warm sunny day and the dogs were enjoying a fun time together. It really is a sight to see. One lovely Springer Spaniel was having such a game with a hosepipe as it was filling a paddling pool, overseen by a member of staff. He had the end of the hose in his mouth and was really enjoying a shower. His tail said it all! You couldn’t help but laugh, and I think this added to his enjoyment. Others were playing games together or interacting with one of the many staff members. I could have watched them all for hours! So many shapes and sizes, different breeds and colours, all of them getting along and having

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a fun time. The fifteen acres of land which Bruce’s Doggy Day Care covers is so well used and very much enjoyed by these lucky hounds. It was also lovely to see Bruce, although he isn’t quite as entertaining as his four-legged clients! He was happy to welcome me and excited to share some wonderful news too: due to overwhelming demand, he is opening a second Doggy Day Care Centre in nearby Ripley. I went with him to visit the new centre, another similar set-up, with space for his canine clients to run free and enjoy their time away from home while their owners are busy. It has taken a little while to prepare, as new purposebuilt buildings have been constructed to offer shelter from the weather, and these include a top-of-the-range grooming salon. Dog-proof fencing and secure gates all

round, of course! It really is very smart indeed. The offroad position offers plenty of space for the vans to drive in and out and it should all work very well. The other good news is that Bruce will now be able to accommodate all those on his waiting list, and his growing business will also bring more employment to the local area. He is now able to cover more areas, and his service now encompasses Twickenham, Teddington, Thames Ditton and Guildford. Bruce has quite a team of dog carers and drivers these days. He really does offer amazing human-to-dog ratios, so it is wonderful

how much personal love, attention and affection each dog receives. More newly-branded vans will be out and about, collecting and dropping off his lucky local canine customers. As I mentioned above, a grooming salon has been included on site, and there will be an in-house groomer available as a bookable service for his clients. Many dog breeds need regular attention to their coats and this will be a wonderful addition to his business. Look Local would like to be one of the first to congratulate Bruce on his continued success!

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nto blues and purples, very popular in gardens, especially teamed with yellow, noooooooooooooo, although I can see the attraction, as they are at opposite sides of the colour wheel and therefore complementary to each other. Blues go from brightest of peacock blue, through straightforward blue to pale blue, and in the other direction, through lilac and violet to the various shades of purple. Off we trot to the Latin words, then……

Caeruleus is the most commonly seen adjective to show that a plant is blue, & comes from the Latin word for ‘sky’, though it is sometimes spelt coeruleus. Allium caeruleum & Passiflora caerulea both have blue flowers, & caerulescens, or ‘bluish’ is seen in Artemisia caerulescens, the bluish wormwood, & Acacia caerulescens, an Australian shrub known as the limestone blue wattle. Cyanus is another common term for blue, as those of you who use colour printers will recognise, & is used in the name of one of my favourite flowers, Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower. Caesius is a greyish blue, as in Rubus caesius, the European dewberry. There is also glaucus, meaning ‘pale blue-grey’, which many of you will have seen in Festuca glauca, a very pretty & striking ornamental grass. As with the Latin names for other colours, the most frequently used are those which are easily understood by the gardener, luckily for us. So, tone the colour down a bit & you get lilacina or lilac, seen in Verbena lilacina, the lilac verbena, funnily enough; add a touch of red to get violaceus or violet, as in Passiflora x violacea, the violet passionflower; add more red & you get purpureus, as in Digitalis purpurea, the purple foxglove, & this adjective

is a common description for both flowers & leaves; there is also azureus, azure blue, shown in the cultivar name of Pulmonaria angustifolia ‘Azurea’. In addition to a couple of these, if you preface purpureus with atro-, you have atropurpureus, meaning ‘dark purple’, & used to describe a solanum, for example. Solanum atropurpureum is a plant with purple stems, & Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ is a small maple with deep purple leaves which become red in autumn. There is also violescens, meaning ‘becoming violet’ or ‘violetish’ (oooh, not sure there is such a word. Never mind...), an example of this being Echeveria violescens, a succulent which is… erm… violetish. In addition, there is subcaeruleus, which means ‘slightly blue’, Finally, as always with plant names, some of the colour terms are used in combination with suffixes to denote a certain part of a plant: for example, cyanus occurs in cyananthus, meaning ‘with blue flowers’, or cyanocarpus, ‘with blue fruit’, or cyanophyllus, ‘with blue leaves’. Latin is a fabulous language & it does really help to know which shade you are dealing with. Next time, white and black, ooooooh, dramatic…..

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eather Wood, CEO at Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, has shaved her head in a bid to raise £7,000 to help support families with a terminally ill child. She did this in honour of all of the families the charity supports, and also her own nephew who has cancer. Heather courageously took to the chair on 17 June 2015 for the chop and Look Local was delighted to attend! Heather has been the CEO at Rainbow Trust since the charity began in 1986. During this time, she has seen the charity grow from the early days when it supported just a handful of families to now, when it is able to help over 1,800 of the 6,000 families with a seriously ill child in England at any one point. In 2014, Heather’s nephew was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, and he underwent chemotherapy treatment. Heather commented: “I have undertaken a number of challenges during my time at Rainbow Trust including a wing walk and a skydive. This year, I wanted to do something personal in a bid to raise as much money as possible.

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Over the years, I have met many families with a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness. The effects on the whole family can be devastating, but having some support at this difficult time can be really invaluable. I wanted to play my part and do something to help Rainbow Trust get closer to its goal and offer help to all families in England with a seriously ill child.” Rainbow Trust is a national charity which offers emotional and practical support for the whole family, from their child’s diagnosis, during treatment and, if needed, through bereavement and beyond. It relies almost entirely on voluntary donations, and thanks to its generous supporters, is able to help families across the UK at these very difficult times. To make a donation in support of Heather’s head shave, please visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving. com/Heatherwood or call 01372 220086 to make a donation over the phone. Well done, Heather, you are an amazing lady. I am very sure your new hairstyle will helping many families over the coming months.

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their voices to non-intrusive whispers. And BMW has proved that big is not necessarily clumsy, with a dasher from stop to top speed that adeptly makes deft progress & light work of whatever bumps & potholes loom threateningly into path. This is where those gizmos come into play, with innovative automatic solutions to whatever hazard bids to unsettle the BMW’s elegance in motion. There is not enough room here to list them all, but I would point out a navigation system fitted as standard, that makes allowances & figures out traffic situations, your route’s characteristics & even your driving style & requirements to steer you economically and safely to where you want to be. Oh, & buzzers to let you know if you’ve wandered out of your lane, are in danger of being walloped from the rear end or running into a collision or a traffic jam, & a night vision system that distinguishes

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INDEX

A D V E R T I S E R S

Ability Store....................................................... 37 Able Roofing...................................................... 51 AL Services......................................................... 57 Ashtead Hospital ................................................. 4 Astek Dental...................................................... 23 Baked and Battered ............................................. 2 Bocketts Farm.................................................... 51 Bookham Counselling & Wellbeing................... 46 Bookham Physiotherapy..................................... 54 Boyalls Ironmongery & Doors........................... 16 Bruce’s Doggy Day Care..................................26/7 Casselden’s Shoes................................................ 58 Claremont Fan Court School............................... 3 Cleanability........................................................ 54 Cobham Beauty & Laser.................................... 37 Cobham Books.................................................. 38 Cobham Village Stitchers................................... 47 Computer Fix..................................................... 49 CT Cars............................................................. 15 DB Garden Services........................................... 63 Dib Dab Art ...................................................... 55 Downside School............................................... 39 DPB Pristine Oven Cleaning.............................. 58 Eggerdon Holland.............................................. 47 Elite Tree Services............................................... 30 Elmbridge Food Festival..................................44/5 Englishman’s Castle............................................ 13 F& S Heating .................................................... 55 Falcon Services................................................... 49 Heritage Day............................................ 31/2/3/4 Holly Hedge Dental ............................................ 9 HRS Roofing..................................................... 39 James Thomas Funeral Directors ....................... 24 Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors....................... 20 MacDonald Fencing & Sons Ltd........................ 42 Mailboxes etc…................................................. 28

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Mandara Wills and Estate Planning...................... 8 Massala Indian Restaurant.................................. 14 Meejana Lebanese Restaurant............................. 57 Michelle Davis Foot Care................................... 30 MPS Garden & Est Machinery Ltd.................... 63 Nicola Theo - Yoga............................................. 17 No.44 ............................................................. 61 Orchard Cottage Dental..................................... 21 Out on a Limb................................................... 59 Personal Trainer – Carron Wellings.................... 12 Pest Control – Patrick Stone............................... 47 Roofs of Esher.................................................... 41 Roots & Shoots.................................................. 64 Silver Arrows...................................................... 46 Sir William Perkins School................................. 35 Skin Talk............................................................ 17 Smith Pearman................................................... 29 Sophisticlub....................................................... 12 Steves Landscapes............................................... 57 Suddies Kitchen Appliances ............................... 25 Sykes & Sykes Decorating.................................. 25 Tec Res Computer Solutions...........................52/3 The Grooming Room......................................... 25 The Plough Inn...............................................18/9 The Potting Shed................................................ 55 The Prestige Flooring Company......................... 28 The Real Wags of Cobham................................. 28 The Unattached Club......................................... 43 The Vineries .....................................................6/7 TQ Cleaning...................................................... 47 Willow Landscapes............................................. 43

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