LookLocal Festive Issue 2016
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ASK BRUCE Read Bruce’s column about why dogs love watching the telly THE ART SHED WHAT’S ON See what’s on in and around Cobham in December & January WHAT’S COOKING? GARDENING MATTERS CROSSWORD PUZZLE THE COBHAM BOOKSHOP SUDOKU & WHAT WORD MUSIC MATTERS DISCOVERY CAR REVIEW VOLUNTARY ACTION POEM OF THE MONTH PUZZLE SOLUTIONS USEFUL NUMBERS CHURCH SERVICES ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
EDITOR
Happy birthday to us Happy birthday to us Happy birthday, dear Look Local Happy birthday to us! Eleven years old and still looking as fresh as a daisy, thanks to our wonderful Look Local designer, Kirsty Hamilton! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers and advertisers who continue to support and hopefully enjoy Look Local. And a special thank you must go to my wonderful Look Local team who continue to support me on an ‘over & above’ basis, you know who you are! X We look forward to bringing you community information and local services again next year. In fact, here’s to the next eleven, I say! ‘It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas’ in Cobham! Christmas lights are appearing, and the heart-warming sound of Christmas carols can be heard ringing around the village from time to time. Heatwave or anow is the burning question, of course, as the warmest year on record comes to a close. My plan to get ahead with my Christmas shopping has worked well, and I’ll soon be ready for the big day. Normally, I haven’t even started by this time, but I really wanted to avoid my normal last minute panics. Just got to get down to some serious wrapping now and I must remember to order my turkey too! Good luck with your own preparations and do remember to support our wonderful local businesses who offer a fantastic selection of goodies. With that in mind, why not pop along to The Medicine Garden? A selection of their wares can be seen in our coverage of the recent open evening within this issue. This award-winning group of artisan businesses is well worth a visit. This festive issue of Look Local will take us through until the end of January, when we look forward to launching into 2017 for another busy year in Cobham. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas & a happy and healthy New Year. Until next time, take care.
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TELLY ADDICTS
This month, reader Jan Harding explains that her dog enjoys watching TV, especially wildlife or animal programmes, and asks how well can he see it and can dogs only see in black and white? Jan’s dog is not alone, as many dogs love the telly! Today’s modern televisions are much clearer than those from the past, as they produce more frames per second. Decades ago, a dog watching TV would have seen a series of flashing images, but the picture will be almost as clear as if they were seeing it for real. This is why a dog may bark or show interest if they see another animal on TV. In fact, some dogs have even been known to look behind the TV to see where the animal has gone! It has been proven that dogs can actually see in colour, although their range is more limited compared to ours. Colour vision comes from cone cells in the eyes. Dogs have two cells, but humans have three. So a dog’s colour range is largely yellow and blue, whereas ours is the full spectrum. How a dog behaves in front of the television also stems from their personality. For example, an outgoing terrier is more likely to bark at another dog on the screen than a chilled Golden Retriever. I once looked after a terrier that loved the Discovery Channel and barked furiously whenever other animals appeared! 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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Then check out this column each month for Bruce’s answers.
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We enjoyed another wonderful, and this time festive, Open Evening at The Medicine Garden in Cobham recently‌ This fabulous collective of artisan businesses is well worth including as one of your Christmas shopping outings.
#Support local business this Christmas!
What’s on
In & Around Cobham
Local events in and around the Cobham area during December 2016 and January 2017
Vera Fletcher Hall E V E N T S SAT 7 JAN 2017 - 7.30pm Isosceles Theatre presents BEHIND YOU by Patrick TH
Prior. Panto at Misery on Sea has not gone well, and tonight of all nights, a big producer is coming to to see the show. Age guidance 16+. www.isosceles.biz.
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SAT 28TH JAN 2017 - 7.30pm The Sound of his Music - a tribute to Richard Rodgers. A musical revue celebrating the life and music of Richard Rodgers. Featuring the vocal talents of Chris Read and Jess Radcliffe, supported by a live band. www.notedformusic.com
F a t h e r F es t i v e WALK CHRISTMAS
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Enjoy the magic of Painshill at Christmas with our Crystal Grotto Festive Walk. The special festive route passes follies and trees lit up with colourful lights to the amazing sparkling Crystal Grotto. The shop will be open late, so you can browse a superb range of gifts, decorations & stocking fillers. 5pm - 6:30pm & 6:30pm - 8pm Price: Adults £12 01932 868113 | www.painshill.co.uk Painshill Park, Portsmouth Rd, Cobham KT11 1JE
Childrens CHRISTMAS TRAIL
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INGREDIENTS 175g butter, at room temperature 175g golden caster sugar 3 medium Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range Eggs 150g self-raising flour 75g ground almonds 150g Doria Amaretti Biscuits, crumbled 50g dark chocolate, roughly chopped 200g raspberries Mascarpone or cream, to serve
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GARDENING MATTERS
All those helpful garden mags/articles have a little agenda of gardening tasks for each month...and yes, I fully intend doing it for this mag...but tasks for January?? Really? Since it’s cold, wet and generally miserable during this month, here’s a light-hearted response, more of a ‘Tasks to Avoid in January’...
reosote the fence. Logic tells you this is the obvious time to do it. The perennials have died back, there’s little or no growth in the beds, so there’ll be the least damage to plants. But hey, in February, there’ll be more light and the weather will have picked up a tad…leave it till then. Rake out the moss in the lawn. Not sure this is such a great idea, with the lawn being so wet… Prune the fruit trees. This could be a bit risky if there’s a sudden cold snap and the frost penetrates into the twigs and branches that you’ve just cut. Definitely a February job. Herbaceous perennials can be lifted and divided in January. And then what? There isn’t enough space in the garden as it is. It hurts you far too much to throw them away, and there’s only so much that your friends and neighbours can relieve you of before
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they start avoiding you. Clear out the shed. Why risk all your nice, dry, carefully stacked (ahem) equipment out of the shed, only to see it get wet in the drizzle? And anyway, that broken mower that last worked in 1990 could still come in useful…. Check your garden tools. Take a good look at all your tools and equipment in this slow period before spring bounces in (hollow laugh). Could they be cleaner? Yes. Sharper? Yes. Better oiled? Yes. Are you going to do it? No. Plant some early veg under cloches. Dohhhhh. Putting out cloches to warm the soil is tantamount to giving every bug in the vicinity a centrallyheated house and filling it with food for them for the winter. Leave the beds empty and cold, and freeze the little toe-rags into submission. They don’t need cossetting. Replace any wobbly or broken fence panels. Oh, how you’d really love to,
but with your new green credentials, maybe it’s just better to make do, more environmentally friendly…. Review garden notes about successes and failures in the garden and greenhouse. Huh? Garden notes??? Do I look that organised? And anyway, the successes won’t take long to list, unless ‘failed to kill’ can be counted as one. January is the perfect month for checking through your seed packets. Find a box and file them in the date they should be sown. Yeah, like that’s going to happen. Hooray, you’ve justified leaving all those, well done, good jaaaaaaaab. Absolutely no point in making work for yourself, so feet up, cup of tea, and enjoy watching the rain/snow/hail outside your window from the comfort of your settee. Happy Christmas to you all, and love, joy, peace in the New Year and beyond.
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decemberPUZZLE
Clue: 1 Across
Clue: 21 Across
Clue: 1 Down
across
1. Tempest (5) 4. Perplexes (7) 8. Fall back (7) 9. Portion (5) 10. Boasts (5) 11. Compared (7) 12. Pact (6) 14. Pique (6) 17. Certify (7) 19. Meeting place (5) 21. Mountain range (5) 22. Flair (7) 23. Passed by (7) 24. Begin (5)
down
1. Bush (5) 2. Indignation (7) 3. Encounters (5) 4. Improved (6) 5. Crevice (7) 6. Jumped (5) 7. Thin (7) 12. Kind of syrup (7) 13. Despots (7) 15. Cure-all (7) 16. Assisted (6) 18. Play (5) 19. Planet (5) 20. Happening (5)
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Clue: 19 Down
PUZZLE SOLUTIONS PAGE 51
the leatherhead theatre +
IT’S BEGINNING TO
LOOK A Lot like
Christmas -
A Fundraising Concert for The Leatherhead Theatre featuring many of the season’s best-loved songs. Presented by the University of Chichester The night will feature some of the festive season’s best-loved songs and music. From ‘Sleigh Ride’ to ‘White Christmas’ and everything in between. Enjoy a selection of songs from classic Christmas films, the American Songbook as well as a few of the students’ personal favourites. Friday 16 December · 7.30pm
LIVE SHOWS
EVENT SCREENINGS
Wednesday 7 - Saturday 10 December The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Experience performances from some of the world’s most prestigious theatres and opera houses, as well as specialist documentaries, broadcast to our cinema screen. For full listings head to our website.
Open the wardrobe doors, push through the fur coats and enter the wondrous land of Narnia.
Wednesday 21 December 2.00pm Santa and the Pirates (that don’t want Christmas!) CBeebies’ SPOTBOTS Callum Donnelly and Robin Hatcher star in this action packed story suitable for all ages.
Tuesday 20 - Friday 30 December Beauty and the Beast
Join us for an exciting adventure that will transport all the way to the Frrrench village of Marsh de Mello. A love story awaits...
Saturday 10 December 7.15pm Royal Opera House Encore: The Nutcracker
The much-loved production, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.
Thursday 15 December 7.00pm National Theatre Live: No Man’s Land
Following a hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End in Harold Pinter’s absurdist play.
FILM SCREENINGS Tue 13 - Thu 15 December A Street Cat Named Bob (12A)
Based on the international best selling book. Starring Bob the Cat, Luke Treadaway, Joanne Froggatt, Ruta Gedmintas. (Check website for screening times)
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Golden Hill by Francis Spufford (Paperback £8.99) In 1746, Englishman Richard Smith arrives at the office of a New York merchant with a bill for £1,000. Whilst waiting for his money, he attempts to hide the true nature of his visit without strictly lying. But what is the true nature of his visit? This is the New York of 1746, 30 years before the revolution, a colonial outpost built around a fort and ruled by trading forces. Whilst waiting for his bill to clear, Smith becomes increasingly suspect: is he a conman, spy, a seducer? Real characters rub shoulders with imaginary ones and they all live and breathe with conviction. A wonderful novel and top of my list this year. Conclave by Robert Harris (Hardback £20.00) Find a comfortable chair and turn off your phone; this gripping thriller demands your full attention. The Pope has died and over a hundred cardinals have travelled from around the world to vote for his successor. One among them must be chosen to lead the faith. They must choose wisely, they must show a unified face to the world, but within the conclave are wildly disparate agendas vying for support. Cardinal Lomeli, who must preside over the conclave and all its factions, has his own questions and doubts about the cardinals. Harris conjures a world of secrets, shifting allegiances and ambition as he plunges us into the fascinating rituals of faith and politics. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamet (Hardback £8.99) Twelve of the most famous medieval manuscripts are explored in intimate detail, with sumptuous illustrations and illuminating stories. This book reveals not just the beauty of these manuscripts but their importance, and the depth of what they tell us about 1000 years of history. We meet the people who created, owned and desired them, sometimes to the point of theft. Hamel describes the journeys the manuscripts took and how they travelled, and how they became talismans of the cultures which produced them. This is the perfect book to enjoy over Christmas and will bring delight all year. Come in and browse through a copy to see this treasure for yourself.
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Once inside, each child will meet Father Christmas and receive a gift. Advance online booking now available! Visit bockettsfarm. co.uk for dates, prices and availability. Also this December, there are 25 gorgeous new-born lambs due, a children’s craft area, Christmas trail and plenty of indoor play!
Tickets to visit Father Christmas cost £8.50 per child in addition to farm entry costs. Special later opening evenings will be held on Friday 18th, Mon 19th and Tues 20th December, where the indoor play, small animal village and tearooms will stay open until 7pm.
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Tickets to visit Father Christmas cost £8.50 per child in addition to farm entry costs. Special 7pm late opening evenings will be held on Friday 18th, Mon 19th and Tues 20th December
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Car Review
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Ted Macauley test drives the Land Rover Discovery, and lets us know what it has to offer....
SPECIFICATION: The 3.0 SDVG SE.Twin turbos. Fuel; Diesel. BHP 256. MPG 35.3. Speed 112mph 0-60 in 8.8 secs. Price £41,600.
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he welcome news that fines and punishments for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving are to be upped to £200 with a six points penalty, still falls well short of a legal hit serious enough to put a stop to the life-threatening stupidity, at least to my mind and many others,. And here I speak from experience, after a narrow…very narrow…escape when a woman, quite clearly steering one-handed and animatedly blabbing on her mobile, recklessly jumped the traffic lights into Esher’s high street in her BMW as I moved, luckily slowly, on green. She missed me by fractions and only because I spotted her at the last minute and braked to a standstill. How I was not walloped was little short of a miracle. And she didn’t even glance in my direction. Mind you, she might well have come off worst - deservedly. At a crunch, her transport would have been no match for mine: she would have been seriously outclassed, bantam versus heavyweight. I was sitting in a veritable tank of a car,
a Land Rover Discovery, an enormously robust, tall and sturdy vehicle designed to cope with estate managers’ bumpy, bouncy and chassis-testing journeys over rough terrain, and yet at the same time to offer an unsurpassed comfort level and feeling of safety. It was upgraded about two years ago and still fits admirably into the bracket of off-roaders quite capable of carrying its seven-seater passenger load in its capacious and comfy inside around town and on the school runs. Driving is a treat, with its loftiness offering all-round visibility and its eight speed automatic gearing silkily smooth. With the vast improvements made by Land Rover to its suspension system over the passing years, and in answer to the pleas of its buyers, the Discovery makes light work of the most demanding and challenging ground. That’s all helped by a clever Terrain Response button which has useful icons to give the driver the option of suitable 4x4 settings. Inside too, all the control switches and clickers, pushers and pullers have high visibility and a
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simplicity and ease of use that lessens the burden for whoever is behind the wheel. And just to take your mind off the racket of the school-bound kids packed noisily into the pew-like seats, there is an all-round sound stereo system of superb quality. Kerbside, the Discovery‘s presence is one of height, weight and practicality, with a steadfastness that is a solid advantage when you are looking for a stolid safety for you and yours on the move. Economic? Er….well, maybe not quite the value for money on that front, but helped by an automatic stop-start facility that does offer some fuel-saving to ease the burden on the wallet and purse. Overall, and with its vital surround-view cameras to aid parking, the Discovery fits most of the requirements demanded of an all-rounder when you are looking for capability combined with comfort and top-class safety. That brainless woman, whose nearmiss could easily have been a disaster, is lucky to have escaped bumping into my veritable armoured car…
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Can you spare a couple of hours a week? A charity which supports the elderly is looking for befrienders to provide friendship and social support to people in their own homes.
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Volunteer readers
A local primary school is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to encourage children to read. Any spare time would be great, even an hour a week. DBS check will be required.
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To provide a daily hot meal (and supper) delivery service to elderly residents in Elmbridge in their home during the week and weekends, to assist customers to live independently in their home. Times between 11.30am to 1.30pm.
INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE ROLES? For more info on these roles & many other volunteering opportunities, please contact Voluntary Action Elmbridge,
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Cohousing and Transition Along with the developer-led, market driven housing that works in our local area, there must be scope for some fresh thinking by planners. One model that has proved highly successful in Europe and is becoming a reality in making Cobham healthier, the UK, is Cohousing - a model that shares the philosophy happier and more resilient and goals of the Transition movement. Cohousing communities are planned with each household having a self-contained, personal and private home but residents come together to manage their community, sharing assets and activities together. Shining examples can be found by googling for websites that show the building of Springhill in Stroud, (the first new-build cohousing scheme to be completed in the UK), the Lilac (Low Impact Living Affordable Community) in West Leeds (which uses strawbales for material) and K1 in Cambridge (a good example of balancing private and shared space). Our local housing is bound to become more dense and solutions along these lines may need to be embraced. To find out more about cohousing, you can contact spencer@transitioncobham.org.uk If you’d like to join us, please visit www.transitioncobham.org.uk for more information. search for Transition Cobham
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This guide was written by Les Beer, from Tecres in Leatherhead, which has been providing computer solutions since 1989.
With Christmas rapidly approaching, we thought it may be useful to highlight some of the items that will be featuring under the Christmas tree this year. Custom-built PCs are immensely popular, as they provide exactly the size, shape, specification and power required, built from the highest quality components available at the most advantage prices. Please come and discuss your needs with us. Tablets - there is an ever-increasing number of 7-10” tablets on the market. The Apple iPads are clear market leaders of the premium product/premium price area. We also have Android tablets from £90.00 and Windows tablets starting at £135.00. The Windows tablets run the full Windows 10 edition, making them ideal for all members of the family. Computer Upgrades Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) is the upgrade your computer has been waiting for. Due to dramatic price cuts in the cost of SSDs, now is a great time to upgrade. Having an SSD in your machine will speed up the loading and running performance hugely: we have just upgraded a machine which was taking 4.5 minutes to boot, but with the SSD installed, it now boots in seconds. Costs start from £45.00 and we can install and copy all your data across if required. Graphics cards make the perfect gift,. They are easy
to fit and the benefit to the users can be huge, making graphics and games run much more smoothly. With prices ranging from £40 to many hundreds of pounds, we are happy to advise on your needs. Smart Home - turn your home Smart. With easy-touse and flexible remote connection devices, you can control your heating system, lighting control, domestic appliances and even CCTV and security monitoring. As the items all speak a “common language”, you can build your kit bit by bit and mix different devices to create the optimum solution. Gamers mice, mats and keyboards - yes, we know it sounds odd, but we have a selection of high performing mice, keyboards and mouse mats specifically for the gamers out there. They are fully adjustable, with some keyboards being illuminated - it could be the answer to that present dilemma. Total Care - allow us to look after your computer fully. We will protect it from viruses and malware, back up its data to our cloud and provide unlimited remote and workshop support for just £120 + VAT per year Notebooks - with machines starting from £170, we have a solution to fit every budget and need... small machines, gamers machines, ultra books, Windows 7, Windows 10 and Macs, even previously used machines.
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FIREWORK CALENDAR FOR FUN – FOR PETS – FOR YOU
Pets and children in particular can be terrified by fireworks - and if we know ahead of time when an event is planned, we can take evasive action. Our hope is that we can create a comprehensive listing of planned firework events happening throughout the year, so that you can attend, prepare or even just keep your pets indoors. Please let us know when your firework event is planned and we’ll add it to the site. Public events will be publicised for free. Private events will also be listed for free but by general location only. We won’t list your personal details. Contact us by email: fireworkcalendar@gmail.com
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November 2016 Competition Winner: Sachia Broadbent Answer: Damon Hill was driving for Williams when he won his World Championship in 1996.
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SundaySERVICES AT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH JANUARY 2016
DECEMBER 2016 THURS 1ST DEC
12noon Mothers’ Union Christmas pm Lunch Cobham Free School Carol Services
FRI 2
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DEC
10.30am Holy Communion 7.00pm Men’s Curry & Conversation
SAT 3RD DEC
10.30am Messy Church (URC) SUN 4TH DEC 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Family Service 6.00pm SAY IT’s Sunday
TUES 6TH DEC
SAT 17TH DEC
7.00pm Tenors Unlimited Concert 8.00am 10.00am 6.00am 6.30pm
SUN 18TH DEC
WEDS 7TH DEC
THURS 8TH DEC
pm Parkside School Carol Services
SUN 11TH DEC
8.00pm Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm SAY it’s Sunday
TUES 13TH DEC
9.00am Morning Prayer pm Harrison Fund Carol Services
WEDS 14TH DEC
9.00pm Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
WEDS 21ST DEC
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
FRI 23RD DEC
10.30am Holy Communion CHRISTMAS EVE
5.00pm Crib Service 11.00pm Midnight Eucharist
SUN 8TH JAN
8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm SAY it’s Sunday
FRI 30TH DEC
10.30am Holy Communion
THURS 26TH DEC
2.00pm Mothers’ Union
FRI 27TH DEC
8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm SAY It’s Sunday
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
SUN 29TH DEC
TUES 31ST DEC THURS 12TH JAN 9.00am Morning Prayers
2.30pm T4U
FRI 13TH JAN
TUES 27TH DEC WEDS 28TH DEC
WEDS 25TH DEC
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.00am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
WEDS 11TH JAN
9.00am Morning Prayer
8.00pm Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm SAY it’s Sunday
9.00am Morning prayer
TUES 24TH DEC
9.00am Morning Prayer
10.30am Holy Communion
CHRISTMAS DAY
8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Family Service 12noon Christmas Day Lunch
SUN 22ND DEC
8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion 6.00am SAY It’s Sunday
TUES 10TH JAN
10.30am Holy Communion 12noon Lunch Club
SUN 25TH DEC
9.00am Morning prayer 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
THURS 15TH DEC
WEDS 5TH JAN
MON 19 DEC
6.00pm St Andrew’s School Carol Services
SAT 24TH DEC
FRI 9TH DEC
10.30am Holy Communion pm Feltonfleet School Carol Services
9.00am Morning Prayer
FRI 9TH JAN 10.30am Holy Communion
9.00pm Morning Prayer
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
TUES 4TH JAN
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
TH
FRI 18TH DEC
SUN 1ST JAN
8.00am Holy Communion 10.30am Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Communion
Holy Communion Parish Communion SAY it’s Sunday 9 Lessons and Carols
TUES 20TH DEC
9.00am Morning Prayer
7.00pm Spiritual Cinema
FRI 16TH DEC
10.30am Holy Communion 12noon Lunch Club
SUN 15TH JAN
TUES 17TH JAN
9.00am Morning Prayer
WEDS 18TH JAN
9.00am Morning Prayer 10.30am Baby Talk 6.00pm 14+ Youth Group
CHURCH GATE HOUSE, A LOVELY HALL SET IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN BY THE RIVER MOLE, IS AVAILABLE TO HIRE. CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE (01932 867883 or parishoffice@standrewscobham.org.uk) FOR MORE DETAILS
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