LookLocal April 2017
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ASK BRUCE Read Bruce’s column to read about the best ways to treat dry skin. WHAT’S ON See what’s on in and around Esher in April & May WALTON VOICES WHAT’S COOKING? SUDOKU & WHAT WORD JOANNA LUMLEY - GRANGE GARDENING WITH SELINA GOOD AS NEW SALE MUSIC MATTERS CROSSWORD PUZZLE ART SHED OPENING EVENING MUSIC ON THE GREEN POEM OF THE MONTH ABARTH CAR REVIEW PUZZLE SOLUTIONS ELMBRIDGE VOLUNTEERS ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
FromEDITOR the Welcome to Look Local in April! How lovely it is to feel the spring sunshine and to see the blossom flowering too! Soon time to dust off the lawn mower again I guess! This month we are delighted to bring you coverage of a fantastic celebrity visit to the local area ! The Grange Centre in near-by Bookham welcomed their charming patron who officially opened the newly refurbished buildings. It was a wonderful event and the building work has been done very well and so in keeping with the lovely Victorian buildings at The Grange. It really will make a huge difference to the clients and the staff. The Medicine Garden opened it’s doors for their Spring open evening recently too… See our coverage of this charming event. It’s well worth a visit if you’ve not been for a while! New season plants and a great selection of artefacts adorn The Medicine Garden as well as the award winning Art Shed offering many lovely pieces of art work... I’m never disappointed when I pop in for an art fix! It’s the season for community events, so do check out our pages for diary dates over the coming weeks. I hope you enjoy your copy of Look Local this month and I wish you all a very restful and Happy Easter. Warmest Regards,
Ros
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TREATING DRY SKIN This month, Look Local reader Ann Highgate asks if supplements are the best thing for her West Highland Terrier’s very dry skin. Supplements are important and work wonders for all kinds of doggy ailments, but it’s best to first check if there is are any underlying issues. Your dog’s dry skin could be due to a change in diet, or something missing in his diet, or maybe even an allergy. I would strongly recommend you visit your vet in the first instance to rule out any medical issues. If you do discover your dog’s dry skin is not medically or dietary related, then by all means give supplements a go. There are many on the market including Lintbells, which has a special Itchy Dog range for doggy dry coats and skin. Omega oils are a key ingredient; and these can also be found in oily fish such as salmon, sardines and tuna. So perhaps introduce some fishy treats each day for your dog which no doubt he’ll love! Regularly brushing your dog’s coat will also help. Not only does it remove dead hair, it also distributes the natural oils found in his coat which will moisturise and nourish the skin too. Bruce Casalis is director & founder of Bruce’s Doggy Day Care, a multi-award winning business in Esher. Do you have any dog training or canine behavioural questions which you would like to ask Bruce about? Send your questions to :-
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INGREDIENTS 500g bag Waitrose Ciabatta Bread Mix 345g jar Waitrose Tomato & Sun-dried Tomato sauce ½ essential Waitrose Large Supersweet Pineapple, peeled and thinly sliced 130g pack Waitrose finely sliced British Wiltshire Cured Oak Smoked Ham, torn 120g Waitrose Grated Cheddar & Mozzarella 1 tbsp essential Waitrose Olive Oil 50g bag Waitrose Wild Rocket Salad, to serve 2 tsp essential Waitrose Balsamic Vinegar of Modena
METHOD 1. Set aside a little of the bread mix for dusting, then place the rest in a bowl, make a well in the centre and pour in 270ml lukewarm water. Knead vigorously for 5 minutes until smooth, then return the dough to the bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rise for 30 minutes. 2. Preheat the oven to 220°C, gas mark 7. Cut the dough into 2 even pieces, roll out thinly, on a lightly floured surface, to 30cm rounds then place in pizza tins or on 2 large baking sheets. Spread with the tomato sauce and top with the pineapple, ham and cheese, then leave to rise for 10-20 minutes. Drizzle with half the oil and bake for 15-20 minutes until risen and golden. Dress the rocket with the remaining oil and vinegar and pile on top of the warm pizzas.
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What word.. Can you guess what ONE word we are describing? It is just ONE word and this can get a little tricky but fun.
Each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the numbers 1 to 9 just once. This can be done by applying logic - you don’t have to guess!
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1. Mr. Sippy’s wife 2. Have to, Astronaut orange drink 3. Male nun, opens padlock 4. Lemon cousin, heavy opposite 5. Triple 4th letter 6. Two “Keets” 7. Snooze bag 8. Toes short letter 9. Lift up the girl 10. Adult male, cap, 2000 lbs.
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Joanna Lumley visits the grange
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n the 8th March The Grange in Bookham welcomed the ever lovely, Joanna Lumley to open the newly refurbished areas of their beautiful Victorian building. This £440,000 building project has created more places for people with disabilities to attend The Grange and learn valuable skills for life. The new works have provided the following :• A state-of-the-art IT suite called the Karten CTEC Centre • A new room for the fudge mini business • A multi-media arts room with film animation & mug printing • A heritage Room for antique textile collection & royal
letters As well as all this the whole building has been made more accessible with wider corridors, automatic doors and a new lift too! Miss Lumley genuinely seemed to enjoyed her visit; she enthusiastically met lots of the clients as she was shown around the newly refurbished building. She asked all about their various projects and the skills they were learning. What a lovely lady she is and a wonderful patron to this very valuable local charity. Look Local would like to thank everyone at The Grange for inviting us along to join your celebrations on this very special day, we had an Absolutely Fabulous time !
gardening with selina botham
the making of a beautiful garden IN GARDENS part two
Award winning local garden designer Selina Botham tells us all about garden design and it’s step by step process to creating the garden you want.
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nce the site analysis is done and the brief is agreed, the next stage is to consider how to meet the brief, given the current site. Looking at where screening will be needed and where views should open up and then marking the best areas in the garden (often the places which just ‘feel’ nice), I start to create a schematic view of the key areas in the garden. This will be based on areas of function such as dining/ entertaining, outdoor kitchen, space for games/lawn, utility space, best location for a summer house. Routes are really important and so key routes are also highlighted. Then I play around with sheets of tracing paper overlaid on the survey and start exploring different possible layouts. I’m constantly referring back to what the client wants (the brief ) and also my assessment of the current garden. This is creative problem solving and so it’s important to create a clear space and a clear mind. I’ll often stand at my drawing board for this stage where there is a lovely view and plenty of light. There is something very inspiring about a clean piece of paper. Computers are great for much of the design process but in this early ideas stage its better to be unrestricted by a screen.
Inspiration can come from anywhere, so you have to keep your eyes open. Once I had an idea for a garden design based on the pattern water drops were making down the bathroom window. Or it could be an idea seen in a building or a work of art or sometimes an idea seems to come from nowhere in particular. I had an idea for a framed living picture to hang on one of the fences for a client and this ‘frame’ idea became a unifying theme in the design with paving and planting used to frame parts of the garden. Some clients have a clear idea of the style they want and other times the style may be dictated by the house or its wider setting. I’ll get images together to show the ideas I have. Again the step by step process means there are small steps to go through along the way so we’ll have a ‘feedback meeting’ where we discuss the ideas and inspiration and I’ll have rough sketches of the ideas so that I can check if I am on the right lines. Much is achieved by judging the
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reactions to the sketches or images we discuss. The design is not complete at this point so aspects will be discussed so that the best solutions are reached. Sometimes the brief can be adjusted if the client thinks of other things they want or perhaps certain things they thought they wanted won’t seem so important when they realise what other options there are. Following on from the feedback meeting the outline design is developed and drawn up using CAD. I also present hand-drawn water coloured sketches and mood board images to explain the design so the client can be sure that the garden will be just what they want. Once the Outline design is approved by the clients it’s on with the detailed design. If you would like to redesign your garden and need some professional help contact Selina on 07894 553 202 or see her web site for further ideas designsforallseasons. co.uk and her Facebook page Selina Botham - Designs for all Seasons.
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April puzzles
The Crossword puzzle Clue: 18 Across
Clue: 19 Across
Clue: 2 Down
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down 1. Curt (7) 2. Watercourse (5) 3. Leave out (7) 4. Distant but visible (6) 5. Acute (5) 6. Aromatic herb (7) 7. Additional (5) 13. Habitual method (7) 15. Oddment (7) 16. Excess (7) 17. Opportunity (6) 18. Stingless male bee (5) 19. Change position (5) 21. Shinbone (5)
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Clue: 18 Down
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Music in the Tower
Tuesday 11th April at 1pm or 8pm Wednesday 12th April at 1pm or 8pm Chamber Concert with Bibs Ekkel, Balalaika In the intimate atmosphere of the Tower Room, Bibs will demonstrate the versatility of the Balalaika and clearly indicate the reasons for his celebrated international reputation. The music will be interspersed with poetry and readings suitable for Holy Week. Seating is strictly limited to 20 people per performance and early booking through the Parish Office is strongly recommended.
Evening Concert
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“ Serenade” conducted by Roger Cawkwell Saturday 29th April at 7.30pm An exciting evening is ensured with the welcome return of the London Saxophone Choir, who previosly gave such an entertaining performance at Christ Church. This evening they will explore composers’ varied interpretations of the Serenade genre. Their programme will include works by Mozart, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Derek Bourgeois & Dag Wiren. There will not be our normal Lunchtime Concert in April but these will resume on May 17th with Timothee Botbol on the cello. Everyone is welcome to all these events.
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The Mount Felix Tapestry in commemoration of the centenary of WW1 is complete
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o commemorate the centenary of WW1 and the founding of Walton’s Mount Felix Hospital that treated soldiers from New Zealand wounded at Gallipoli, an ambitious community stitch project was conceived and, two years later, work is almost complete. The tapestry will be exhibited in the Robert Phillips Gallery at Riverhouse from April 12 20l7. The 44 panels that make up the complete tapestry have been stitched by diverse members of the community, such as soldiers convalescing at Headley Court, boys from Rydens Enterprise School, young children from Ashley School and ladies from St Mary’s church in Walton where many former Mount Felix patients are buried, to mention just a few of the 603 stitchers! It is estimated that the tapestry has taken some 5000 hours to stitch in addition to a further 1000 hours in stretching, backing and finishing. The time taken in research, planning and organisation is impossible to quantify.
Emily Boulting, Director of Riverhouse, commented “The tapestry is a beautiful work of art but, more importantly, it represents a true community endeavour. Furthermore it is a wonderful commemoration of the history of Walton-on-Thames, its fascinating links with New Zealand and a tribute to all those whose lives were affected by the Great War”.
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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
To advertise please call us at 01372 200 000 33
April car review
abarth 124 Spider Ted Macauley test drives the Adarth 124 Spider, and lets us know what it has to offer....
Specification:
The Abarth. 1.4lt Four cylinders. 170 bhp. Speed:144mph. Zero-to-62mph 6.8secs. MPG 44. Price £29,565.
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f you are looking for some fun and frolic on the move and can afford an indulgence as opposed to a necessity don’t bother to look beyond Fiat’s new arrival on the keenly fought weenie sports car front...the Abarth 124 Spider. Want glamour? You’ve got it. How about performance? Yes...yes...yes. A growly engine sound that is music to your ears? Indeed. And value for money? Outstanding. The new Abarth reawakens the dreams of old from when the original beauty was launched in 1972. It is a natural, full-flowing and worthy heir to that iconic Spider, an eye-catching twoseater wrapped in a shape to excite. Okay, for the six-foot-odd likes of me it is a wee bit cramped, but with a bit of wriggling, and provided you are not motoring non-stop from Elmbridge to Edinburgh,the slight discomfort is doused in the delight of...well...just being behind the wheel. Not even the offshore nippy air south of Rome, on the high level and twisty coast road,even with the hood down
was intrusive enough to feel the need to wrap up duffel-coat warm. The airflow is that smooth and with a phew-heater and bum-warming seats the whole experience was a sheer pleasure. If needs be the roof can upped, one-handed and on the move in about five seconds. With envious glances galore along the seafront Naples front any doubt that you are in a privileged placing is swiftly dismissed. Give it a hard time, pushing it speedily into corners or going for it on the quicker straightline stretches only stirs all the right responses and you quickly realise that the engineers and planners have assembled a safetyfast hotshot. Standard gear gives the grateful driver a welcome assembly : climate control system, cruise control, adjustable push-button folding door mirrors and a three-gauge instrument binnacle with a big central rev counter, a speedo and a data display which all give the driver an easy-on-the-eye pick-up on info. Add to this a seven-inch colour
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display, a digital tuner, an MP3 player, a stereo with four speaker and, optionally, a sat-nav system and you realise there is not a lot more you might need to inform and entertain on the move. In short it is a very fine example of Italian technology,styling and readiness to please with a practicality much envied by rivals – and that is all underlined by the essential…the six-speed manual gearbox, a quick, short-move direct lever that stirs the best from the lively engine in the smoothest possible and effective way. Little wonder the latest gem is hailed by the company as an exciting new chapter, a thriller of a twist, in the Abarth story. “This is just the car our customers have been waiting for, a great looker, and we are confident that this trendy development in the very exciting Abarth story will be welcomed both by old and new customers,” says a proud spokesman. And he is absolutely spot on with his forecast on this stunning performer’s promise.It is a winner. It most certainly was for the usually cynical and suspicious me…
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A local Citizen Advice is looking for friendly and sympathetic listeners to support victims of domestic abuse. Full training and on going support is provided.
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A charity supporting people with their mental and physical wellbeing is looking for a trustee with business management experience to develop and sustain their service into the future.
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We are looking for volunteers to join a new village befriending scheme. Help improve the quality of life for an older person through offering companionship and a friendly chat.
Get Involved With A Twins Group
Are you a natural with toddlers? A local twins & multiples group need a helping hand from making cups of tea to entertaining the children & generally support the running of the playgroup on Thursday mornings
INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE ROLES? For more info on these roles & many other volunteering opportunities, please contact Voluntary Action Elmbridge,
please call : 0 1 3 7 2 4 6 3 5 8 7 Visit : www.vae.org.uk or email : contact@vae.org.uk Esher Civic Centre: Monday & Weds 10:00 - 13:00 Walton Library: Wednesday 10:00 - 13:00 Walton Quintet: Tues, Thurs & Friday 10:00 - 13:00
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advertisersINDEX A W Sewell ........................................................ 32 Able Roofing...................................................... 15 AL Services......................................................... 30 Alexander Roofing ............................................. 32 Bathrooms Eleven................................................ 5 Bocketts Farm.................................................... 35 Bonnie Dogs...................................................... 33 Brighter Care ..................................................... 13 Bruce’s Doggy Day Care....................................6/7 Casseldens Shoes................................................ 37 Castello Restaurant .............................................. 6 Chiropody – Melissa Bennett............................. 29 Claremont Fan Court School ............................ 40 Cleanability........................................................ 23 Clocktower Financial.......................................... 28 DB Garden Services............................................. 2 Downs Solicitors.................................................. 9 Dream Doors....................................................... 4 Englishman’s Castle.............................................. 7 Esher Tyres & Exhausts...................................... 39 Falcon Services................................................... 33 Guillaumes LLP Solicitors.................................. 17 Jo James Wellbeing............................................. 15 Lodge Brothers – Funeral Directors.................... 29
MacDonald’s Fencing & Sons............................ 25 Mailboxes etc....................................................... 8 MPS Garden & Estate Machinery ...................... 2 Music on the Green............................................ 37 Ovenclean............................................................ 6 Poem of the Month............................................ 32 Princess Alice Hospice........................................ 16 Roofs of Esher.................................................... 25 Roxley Models ..................................................... 8 Steves Landscapes............................................... 30 Stonelab............................................................. 36 Surrey County Council...................................... 11 Sykes & Sykes.................................................... 37 Tec Res Computer Solutions ............................. 21 The Medicine Garden......................................26/7 Volunteer Opportunities.................................... 37 Waitrose Recipe ................................................. 14 Walton Voices.................................................... 12 WG Harper........................................................ 29 Yoga with Barbara Currie................................... 11 Zigger Web Design............................................. 23
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