The Guide 2 Farnborough November 2014

Farnborough NOVEMBER 2014

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CONTENTS DEAR READER…

4 THE GUIDE 2 YOUR MONTH 6 TALKING TO… PAUL FOOT 10 WHEN CHRISTMAS CAME TO MARKET 14 LEST WE FORGET 18 MUM’S THE WORD 24 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS HAMPER 27 WHERE TO EAT: BILL’S 30 THE GIFT GUIDE 34 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HARLEQUIN 39 BUSINESS NEWS

As we venture ever nearer to the season, an impending fear looms…what to get him?

What to get her? Where shall we party?

What do we wear? I know right - first world problems of a seasonal kind. It’s tough out there, but we’ve got you covered.

We know its November, but to be honest we like to make the most of things and with sooo much to tell you about this coming Christmas, we thought we’d get cracking right now.

Further to the festive treats we bestow to you dear reader, check out where to watch the remembrance of the Bang Gang (that’s Guy Fawkes to you and I); Mum’s the Word give us her lowdown on what to do with the familia this month; we take a look back at our year with our chosen charity Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and with the Rugby World Cup just under a year away, we talk to England Prop Will Collier about what it takes to play the game… so are you game?

Enjoy.

Yours Gratefully, Mr D’Arcy

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THE GUIDE 2 FastTrack / Propaganda Music Canteen / 6th November / Free Entry Propaganda Music Canteen serve up food and cocktails while hosting live bands (Thursday), acoustic sets (Wednesdays) and DJs (weekends). There’s an awful lot going on here.

This being Thursday, the live band is Fast Track, who will play some wonderful covers for you to sway to, cocktail in hand. Lovely… www.musiccanteen.co.uk

Richard Denham Book Signing / Aldershot Library 10th November / Cost: £10 (for the book) Local author Richard Denham signing copies of his new historical thriller ‘Britannia: The Wall’, co-written with bestseller MJ Trow.

Copies cost £10 with £1 going to Royal British Legion. Richard will also be at Farnborough Library on the 12th. www3.hants.gov.uk/library

Annual Poppy Appeal Concert / Lakeside Country Club / 7th November / Cost: £7

Music, food, drink and merriment - all for a wonderful cause. The Camberley branch of the Royal British Legion was established in 1928 and they are as committed to remembrance as ever.

Music is supplied by the Army Medical Services T.A. Band and The Three Belles. Doors open at 7pm. www.lakesidesurrey.co.uk

The 100 Watt Club / Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon 7th November / Cost: £12 An evening of burlesque is always a certified hooter (forgive the pun). Hosted by sassy chanteuse The Divine Miss Em, The 100 Watt Club will feature hilarious character burlesque, deadpan musical comedy, decadent striptease and more… www.phoenixarts.co.uk

“A Zoo Full of Galaxies” / Aldershot Cricket Club 11th November / Cost: £2 (Non-FAS Members) Dr Karen Masters, from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at University of Portsmouth, will speak on “A Zoo Full of Galaxies” for the Farnham Astronomical Society. Expect a fascinating discussion about the biggest topic possible… www.farnham-as.co.uk

Paul Foot: Hovercraft Symphony / The West End Centre 14th November / Cost: £12.50 An insightful, if slightly absurd, comic who you’ll recognise for looking kind of like a spaniel. Paul Foot is a truly hilarious cult figure who frequently receives rave reviews – often referred to as a comedy genius no less… www3.hants.gov.uk/westendcentre

Farnborough Symphony Orchestra / Princes Hall / Walk the Line / Watercress Line 8th November Experience the railway from a different perspective by walking the Watercress Line to raise funds for the Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society. You have the option of a stroll, a six mile scenic walk or the full 10 mile journey. www.watercressline.co.uk

15th November / Cost: £12, Children £6 The FSO’s 93rd season kicks off with a varied programme of 19th century music. With pieces from the likes of Dvorak and Brahms, the performance features a solo from Clare Howick, widely considered one of the leading violinists of her generation. www.princeshall.com

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YOUR MONTH Winter Birds on Barossa / Barossa Common

Talk: Romsey Remount Depot / Aldershot Military Museum

15th November / Cost: Adults £2, Children £1

22nd November / Cost: £5

Surrey Wildlife Trust Ranger James Herd will be hoping to show you some of the resident bird species at Barossa, as well as the migratory species such as the great grey shrike and hen harrier. Come and see some early winter habitation in gorgeous surrounds.

The Army Remount Service was created to procure horses, mules and donkeys for the Army.

During the First World War, Romsey became a key centre of operation, receiving as many as 830 animals a day.

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A fascinating talk by Phoebe Merrick at the home of the British Army. www3.hants.gov.uk/museum

Swan Lake / Camberley Theatre 16th November / Cost: £17.50, Child £15.50, Family Ticket £60 This immortal tale tells of a princess held captive as a swan by an evil magician, a spell that can only be broken if a prince swears true love to her.

Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece has been captivating audiences for decades – and now Ballet Theatre UK’s production will do the same in 2014. www.camberleytheatre.biz

Alton Vintage Fair / Alton Assembly Rooms 16th November / Free Entry After enormous previous success, the Vintage Fair shall return to the lovely Alton Assembly Rooms.

There will be stalls selling vintage and retro goods – clothing, kitchen wear, small pieces of furniture, toys, ornaments and so much more.

There’s a pop-up café too… www.altonassemblyrooms.com

Mainly Madness / The Harlington Centre, Fleet 5th December / Cost: £14 Seating / £12 Standing It may take place at the beginning of December, but this will sell out… Indeed the Mainly Madness Annual Christmas Party is a night not to be missed.

Having packed out The Harlington in previous years and got the whole crowd dancing, this is a party not to be missed. Book soon, don’t miss out and don your finest pork pie hat… www.theharlington.co.uk

This was the World and I was King / South Hill Park 28th & 29th November / Cost: £12, Concessions £11, Under 21 £5 Bracknell’s South Hill Park will be presenting this beautiful WWI tale of courage, kindness and bravery featuring the enchanting poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Farnborough FC vs Hayes and Yeading / Paddy Power Stadium 22nd November / Cost: Adults £12, Concessions £8, Under 16s £3, Under 6s FREE The premier league ain’t nothing – this is where real football is played. Farnborough FC take on Hayes and Yeading in a kind-of-local derby. At the time of going to print both teams are sitting mid-table – could this prove to be a relegation battle, or a well-timed play-off push? Time shall tell… www.farnboroughfc.co.uk

A family friendly folk-musical, this has received outstanding reviews – check out why in the final weekend of November. www.southhillpark.org.uk

North Camp Car Boot Sale / Alexandra Road, Farnborough 29th November / Cost: £5 per car, £7 per van (Seller prices) Taking place on the final Saturday of each month in Alexandra Road, this is a chance to get your hands on some trinkets in time for Christmas. Where else does ‘rare finds’ like a car boot? Arrive from 9am to grab a bargain. northcampcarboot.org.uk

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Talking to…

Paul Foot

By Rich Lee

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lthough it’s taken him over twenty years to become “an overnight sensation”, Paul Foot is one of the UK’s most celebrated comedians.

Brimming with subversive and absurd ideas, he has won a devoted fan base (known as ‘connoisseurs’) and has recently conquered Australia.

On 14th November he brings his latest lunacy to Aldershot’s West End Centre, with his new show, Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon Sharp Minor…

We hear there’s little point in asking what the title of your show means. But it must have come from somewhere?

Yes, it came from my own mind. There’s little point explaining unless you fought in the pearl saga, which you didn’t of course, because it never even happened. Remember “Sea Water Sally”? She used to run the clam-fist choir down by those chalky cliffs. No questions asked, they drowned one by one. “First come - first preserved”, that was her motto.

Your observations on modern life tend towards befuddlement rather than mere outrage, unlike a lot of other comedians.

So what really gets Paul Foot’s goat?

Angela’s got my goat. Angela Lansbury. She took it after the divorce.

Are you entirely comfortable parodying and exporting a beloved British folk figure, Robin Da Hood, to Australia like you do for those Virgin TV commercials?

What are your favourite other transportation and meat based musical forms?

Robin Da Hood isn’t a British folk figure. He lives on a roundabout in Brisbane. I love Australala. It is a most wonderful place. Everyone should go.

The vealin and the lambourine go nicely together.

In terms of transport I like planes, vans and hot air balloons. I do not like the Emirates cable cars, buses or angel’s wings.

What do you enjoy most about appearing on panel shows like Nevermind the Buzzcocks and 8 out of 10 Cats?

There are sharks in it this time. There’s sex of course, parallel universes, terrifying characters and a nice big slice of homemade death.

I am actually highly selective with TV shows and panel shows. I go on ones where there is the right balance of chaos and creative freedom. I also like the news - it’s hilarious- and murder mysteries.

I would like to be in a really terrible murder mystery where there are lots of confusing women and people wearing hats.

How does one join your Guild of Connoisseurs? Is there an initiation rite?

A secret handshake?

As we coast towards the end of 2014, what’s the best thing that’s happened to you so far this year?

Can you reveal any particular themes that you explore in your current show?

To join it is free; you simply enter your email address on my websyte. You are then given the passcode. I greet connoisseurs with a silent nod and a little bow and they do the same.

The initiation is that you are invited to come to a secret show and your life will never be the same again.

The best thing that happened to me this year, that’s a tough one. I was invited to some wonderful parties in Australala, I had an idyllic writing retreat month in a cottage on my own in a Kent forest, I went to visit my friends in Mauritius, but the highlight was probably returning books to Amersham Library - I love it there.

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BONFIRES GET YOUR GUY FAWKES CELEBRATIONS OFF WITH A BANG (GROAN) WITH THIS GUIDE TO LOCAL EVENTS. There’s always so much to choose from at this sparkly time of year so we’ve broken your choices down into three categories and which ones best exemplify them. Choose from best Family event, Local event and most scenic.

FAMILY BONFIRE Coming up on Saturday the 8th of November is the Ravenscote School annual Fireworks Spectacular. The gates open at 6pm, with the firework display starting at 7pm. 2010 winners of the British fireworks Championships Star Fireworks are in charge of the display this year so it’s going to be a great show. Find out more information at www.ravenscote-pta.org.uk

LOCAL BONFIRE Saturday the 8th of November the Fleet Lions will be hosting the Fleet Firework Fiesta 2014! The fun starts from 5pm with the display kicking off around 6:30pm. The display has cost £5000 so it’s sure to be amazing. As always there’ll be a wide variety of food stalls, the Lions’ barbecue, mulled wine, candy floss, teas and coffees as well as a soup kitchen provided by the Scouts. Tickets will be on sale at the Hart Centre on the 8th from 9am until 2pm.

SCENIC BONFIRE Farnham Roundtable are here again hosting the amazing Fireworks and Bonfire in Farnham park on Saturday the 8th of November. A lovely all round night, there will be a procession from Farnham Central car Park at a quarter past six to the park.

Here at 7:15 the bonfire will be lit and half and hour later the spectacular Fireworks begin. Tickets are available in advance at www.farnhamroundtable.org.uk

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What: Farnham Maltings Christmas Fair Where: Farnham Maltings When: 9th and 10th December, noon – 9pm More Info: Now taking place over two days, the Maltings’ extravaganza will feature a massive 150 stands specialising in handmade gifts, unique stocking fillers, crafts, vintage and food & drink.

New for this year, alongside the marketplace, expect drop-in and bookable workshops for all ages, a dedicated food emporium and much more. www.farnhammaltings.com

What: Camberley Christmas Farmers Market Where: Camberley High Street When: 15th November, 10am – 4pm

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More Info: Taking place on the day of the big switch-on, this is a marvellous opportunity to get in some of your festive consumables, and support your local farmers too.

While perusing the yuletide sundries, you can also expect carol singers, street theatre and free face painting. www.collectivelycamberley.co.uk

What: Fleet Christmas Festival Where: Fleet Road & Gurkha Square When: 26th November from 2pm-9pm More Info: Anywhere that boasts an ice rink is always going to be filed under ‘Christmas Winner’, isn’t it? And what’s even better is that the blue skatey bit only scratches the surface…

Four stages packed with live music and entertainment, 80 Christmas market stalls, free children’s crafts, community stalls, children’s rides, street entertainers, donkeys, a petting zoo, a beer tent and much, much more will be on offer in Fleet this November… www.fleetanddistrictfestival.co.uk

What: RAF Odiham Christmas Fayre Where: RAF Odiham Church and Community Centre When: 28th November, 6pm – 10pm More Info: For something a little more communal, with proceeds going to charity, then this is a little gem of a Christmas fayre.

An increasingly popular event with over 30 stalls, this is a perfect place to browse on a Friday evening whilst cradling a delicious glass of mulled wine. sigbi.org/guildford-and-district

What: Aldershot Christmas Gift and Craft Fair Where: Church Lane East, Aldershot When: 29th November, 10am – 3pm More Info: Described beautifully by themselves as the ‘annual ever so popular Aldershot Christmas Craft and Gift Fair’, you get a wide variety of potential gifts on offer here.

Here comes the obligatory list of what’s on offer: Christmas cards, Christmas decorations, handmade jewellery, local artists, children’s book illustrator, tree decoration workshop, face painting, local food producers, toys, handmade clothes, Christmas gifts and much more. www.aldershot.towntalk.co.uk

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What: Christmas Bazaar Where: Alton Assembly Rooms, High Street, Alton When: 29th November, 10am – 2pm More Info: A little further afield, but Alton is rather lovely, a short drive and we get an excuse to type the word ‘bazaar’ – criminally underused, we feel.

Anyway, there will be plenty of gift ideas as well as games, raffle, lunches, coffee, tea and yummy cake. Hosted by The Alton Townswomen’s Guild, you can expect to find some real gems at the Christmas Bazaar (we had to shoehorn it in one more time…) www.altonevents.co.uk or call 01420 84464

What: Winter Wonderland Where: Hyde Park When: 21st November to 4th January (except Christmas Day) More Info: We’re lucky enough to live in an area that’s always a stone’s throw away from luscious greenery, but you can be in the capital in an hour too. So if it’s the ultimate Christmas market you’re after, heading to Hyde Park is a marvellous idea…

Open every day from 21st November to 4th January (except Christmas Day), this is a festive smorgasbord, offering a huge array of stalls and gifts, as well as rides and attractions that’ll thrill and plenty of food and drink too. www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com

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Christmas Lights: The Big Switch-On…

ALDERSHOT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS > Saturday 15th November The party starts early in Aldershot.

From 12noon families can come and hear live music and entertainment from The Stylettes, Phill Hurrell, The Aldershot Military Wives Choir, The Ladies In Red as well as Newport Junior School and Talavera Infants School.

Set up along the pedestrainised Union and Wellington Streets, children will be able to meet Father Christmas as well as see birds of prey, The Little Dallas Donkeys and a children’s farm.

They will also be able to take part in Juggling Jake’s Circus Skills, Tom’s Tricks Balloon Modelling and fairground rides. In short – they won’t get bored.

This year sees none other the CBeebies favourite Katy Ashworth from ‘I Can Cook’ turning on the lights at 4.45pm with the help of this year’s Princes Hall Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime cast. Magic… www.rushmoor.gov.uk

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Princes Mead will be holding their Santa’s Arrival and Christmas Light Switch On on Saturday 22nd November. That’s right – Santa is coming…

There will be entertainment from 12 noon including live music, a balloon artist and free face painting. From

3pm the cast of Princes Hall’s panto, Snow White, will be mixing and mingling with the crowds, then at 4.30pm Santa will arrive to switch on the lights and greet the waiting children.

Alongside the Grotto will be the Phyllis Tuckwell Tree of Memories with special scrolls available for visitors to complete remembering their loved ones and all donations go to the Hospice. www.princesmead.co.uk

CAMBERLEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS > Saturday 15th November This being Camberley, expect a whole day of fun culminating in the switch being flipped by a very special guest…

We’ll get to that. First, be sure to get to the High Street early, for the Farmers Market will be in full flow between 10am and 4pm. Pick yourself up some festive fare from your local producers, and steer clear of all the supermarket stuff. You can also expect local carol singers, live bands, Christmas street theatre and free face painting – but we imagine it’s the kids who will be into the latter…

Father Christmas will be there, dishing out pressies and shaking his belly like a bowlful of jelly, and then the one, the only, Miss Peppa Pig will be flipping the big switch at 4.30! The fun’s not done there though, for a wholly warming Christmas Concert between 5pm-7pm, where you can sing a carol or two. Prepare yourself for the Christmassy feeling… www.lovecamberley.co.uk

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Voluntary Voluntary Aid Aid Detachments Detachments THE THE UNSUNG UNSUNG HEROINE HEROINESS

It was a sunny day as I stood watching my children play on the swings in Abinger Common’s playground. I took a look around the park enjoying the quiet calm and lazy trees. My eyes came to rest on a plaque that commemorated those villages that had died during The Great War; the ground on which I stood was dedicated to them.

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he names were carved intricately and I began to read them, aloud for some reason; imagining what it must have been like to say goodbye to this quiet corner of England. Then I stopped - a name stuck out; King, Grace. Now I am not so naive to think that women haven’t been involved in battles and wars since the dawn of time, but I’m so used to seeing only male names on a war memorial that it jumped out at me. Grace worked at the Cantine des Dames Anglaises.

I’d never heard of them. So that got me digging.

Founded in 1909 The Voluntary Aid Detachments were created to provide field nursing services in hospitals and near the front line. These women, with the help of the Red Cross and Order of St. John, volunteered their service to the war effort. By the end of 1914 there were 74,000 volunteers, two-thirds of which were women and girls.

Now at the time The Red Cross were slow to accept civilian women could provide

a role in hospitals. Most of the volunteers were from the middle and upper classes and there was a worry that they would find it hard to adjust to the rigours and hardship of life near the front.

THEY WENT WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. SOME CAME HOME TO LITTLE RECOGNITION AND SOME, LIKE GRACE, DID NOT. Enter Katharine Furse who in late 1914 took two of these volunteer detachments to Northern France where they were restricted to serve as canteen workers and cooks.

Now you may not be aware but during the war soldiers were not just sent to the line until the war was won or

they died. There was a rota system whereby soldiers would spend time at the front trenches then rotated back to the rear echelons to rest. Those having just rested were sent forward.

The women, while not trained nurses, provided a vital role in ensuring the men were fed, clothed and given support; the French soldiers loved these “dames Anglaise” for their caring nature and smiling faces. This was not an easy posting, and the distant guns never discriminated.

Often caught up in the fog of war, the volunteers were pressed into emergency hospital service and proved themselves beyond repute.

There was a concerning increase in the shortage of professionally trained nurses, and with all their hard work and expertise garnered through experience rather than the classroom, the VADs became essential to the war effort.

The transition was by no means easy; the volunteers did lack advanced skills of trained nurses. However

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not press ganged as some young men were; they felt a calling. I would be so bold as to say that they knew that the men at the front needed comfort and care; so they went. They went without a second thought. Some came home to little recognition and some, like Grace, did

LEST WE FORGET.

The centenary of the start of The Great War came this year.

A humbling time for us all: A time to remember, a time to reflect. At The Guide 2 Surrey we want to honour those men and women from our county. We want to discover and tell their stories.

The path of immortality is created for these heroes by us, retelling their stories, their triumphs, their defeats in a rushing world where it would be easy to forget.

We are the guardians of their memories, not us as a media organisation, but all of us. As a local company over the next four years we will look to discovering local stories, local heroes and heroines. This county, like many others made our own sacrifice at the altar of freedom and we too have our story to tell. We will remember them.

If you have a story to share we would love to help share it with a wider audience.

Get in touch with the editorial team at admin@tgmediagroup.co.uk.

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not. So save a backward glance for these heroes when you go to the places that they can longer go: like the playground watching your children run around like loons, their laughter echoing around the green.

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as the war trudged on the relationship between the Nurses and the 38,000 odd volunteers improved.

The volunteers’ skills grew through often bitter experience; they drove ambulances, assisted in theatre and cooked.

These quiet heroines were

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OUR HISTORY:

Rough Music

by Will Knowlton With the approach this month of Bonfire Night I thought I’d take you on a journey to a simple time; a time before social workers and before a regular Police Force…

This was the age of self-governing communities.

Communities set up by the locals, for the locals.

These sovereign beings had their own way of sorting out any issues within their towns and villages. Say someone in your village was known to be a bit of an anti-social t*t but didn’t altogether break the law. The way you dealt with them was what was called ‘rough music’.

Wife-beaters (anti-social, but not illegal – jeez…) malicious gossips, bad debtors and servant seducers would awake to find their abode encircled by a crowd who would then proceed to bang on pots and pans, blow whistles and generally gob off about what a prize pillock the occupier was. If they didn’t adjust their behaviour, the boys upped the ante and dragged them from the house, threw them in a pond and generally slapped them around a bit. They then nicked something from the guilty party’s house, with the spoils shared out amongst the crowd.

to tell them they can’t. So the folks of Guildford carried on next year and simply wore masks.

Trouble was this meant that anyone could ruck up and join in - and sure enough men started coming down and start, err, fouling stuff up.

Now although the Guildfordians were getting annoyed at the incursion of louts they were at pains to give up the tradition. However things were getting progressively shadier and by 1861 things really went pear-shaped and some buildings ended up on fire - in 1864 a copper was killed.

There was a new mayor in the Council at this point who understandably thought that everyone should now grow-up and behave themselves.

Clearly a reserved man, Mayor Jacob tackled the problem with subtle tact and negotiation.

He called the Army in.

Clearly a reserved man, Mayor Jacob tackled the problem with subtle tact and negotiation: He called the Army in…

In Guildford they nicked pieces of furniture from said house, took them to the top of the High Street and burned them. And guess what? In a stunning move to save on costs and materials, they did this on November 5th each year! So, our friendly mob would make serpentine progress through town, stopping of at each house that was owned by someone who they felt, in their expert legal opinion, was a douche. Remember these were the days where furniture was expensive – but if you didn’t have any chairs or whatnot, they just stole your fence. So, you can imagine by the time the sun started to lower itself, the pile-up was pretty big. Anyone got a light?

By the time 1843 rolled around, the rozzers were starting to get annoyed at this method of dealing with wrong ‘uns. So that year they nicked the two organisers of the Bonfire Night, charged them with affray and slapped them with severe fines and the like.

Now, everyone knows that if there’s one way to get an Englishman to do something it’s

Come the morning of the 5th of November 1865, 300 coppers, 50 cavalrymen and 140 infantry took to the streets of Guildford.

In those days, the Cavalry functioned like our tanks do now - imagine popping out for your Pumpkin Latte from Costbucks and seeing those guys, all annoyed at having lost their weekend’s leave. Needless to say anyone who looked even the slightest bit shady was turned away. This all worked nicely for the next four years and after that no one bothered anymore, put off at the thought of having a lance up the a*se…

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Voting is Changing…

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ith a general election in 2015, it is becoming increasingly important that every eligible voter registers to do so. And with a new way to register, it’s as easy as you could imagine…

Up until now, the head of the household has been responsible for registering everyone who lives there. Changes to the voting systems means that individuals must register themselves. It is being introduced to help tackle electoral fraud.

Most people who are already registered to vote have been moved to the new system automatically, so you may not need to do anything. If you do however, it’s incredibly quick and easy – it’ll take you less than 5 minutes.

Simply visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote to get it done!

There’s no paper form – all you need is your basic details plus your national insurance number. Don’t miss out on your right to vote because you didn’t tap in a couple of details…

For more information visit www.surreyheath.gov.uk or www.gov.uk/yourvotematters.

Alternatively call Surrey Heath Borough Council on 01276 707100.

If you’re into social media, tap in Surreyheath into Facebook, or follow @surreyheath on Twitter.

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VOTING IS CHANGING Up until now, the head of the household has been responsible for registering everyone who lives there. Changes to the voting system means that individuals must now register themselves.

Most people who are already registered to vote have been moved to the new system automatically. So you may not need to do anything.

A letter from your council will inform you whether or not you are registered with the new system. If not, you can register online in less than 5 minutes.

MAKE SURE YOU’RE IN

For more information visit:

www.surreyheath.gov.uk or www.gov.uk/yourvotematters Call Surrey Heath Borough Council on

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MUMS THE WORD There’s loads of exciting and cool things for the kids to do this month so tuck in and have some fun!

DAYTONA KARTING AT SANDOWN THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER Looking for an ultimate birthday party for the kids? Well Daytona Sandown Park offer amazing junior party packages for kids aged from 8. The great part is that there’s no upper age limit so you can join in as well. It’s safe and professional with everyone being kitted out in the appropriate gear before the fun begins.

Contact Daytona on 0845 644 5502 or Email at sandown@daytona.co.uk

BRITISH WILDLIFE CENTRE, LINGFIELD THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER Boasting over forty breeds of wild animals that live in the UK, the British Wildlife Centre is a fantastic place for the kids to learn all about the little critters all around us. They’re all here to discover, from tiny mice to Red Deer. Not only that the centre is a beautiful and calm place to be out and about in; especially as autumn is now in full swing making it ideal to enjoy the crisp air and colours.

Contact the centre on 01306 834669

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LITTLE STREET PLAY CENTRE, CAMBERLEY THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER Little Street Play Centre is a scaled down version of a typical town, everything miniaturised to your kid’s level so that they can explore the world around them in a safe and fun way.

They can drive around in a mini car, stop and shop at the supermarket, meet friends at the café and even join the police or fire brigade! It’s a wonderful play area carefully designed and filled with props for a creative, educational and fun time.

Visit www.little-street.co.uk or contact 01276 423100

MYSTICAL ADVENTURES AT HOBBLEDOWN SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER Set in 50 acres of mystical mayhem, Hobbledown is a magical theme park based on the fantasy adventure book by A J Kecojevic.

The park is jam-packed full of amazing adventure play equipment, mazes, rope-courses and aerial walkways. It is also home to more than 100 animals, from meerkats to farm animals. A really fun day out for everyone!

Tickets from £12.75 / www.hobbledown.com

ALDERSHOT MILITARY MUSEUM THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER A great museum for kids and groan-ups alike; Aldershot Military Museum celebrates the town’s long and colourful military history. Take the kids down to experience restored vehicles, shouting drill sergeants and even a chance to crawl through training tunnels. Naturally, there’s a huge variety of local history material at the museum as well. The museum is open from Wednesdays to Fridays.

Contact 0845 603 5635 for more info.

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For the Kids Brio Ant with Rolling Egg - £14.99 Available from The Toy Box, 3 Wharf Street, Godalming, GU7 1NN Tel: 01483 424379 | www.thetoyboxgodalming.co.uk

Pirate Ship - £49.99 Available from Carousel 1 Kings Road, Shalford, GU4 8LE Tel: 01483 455970 | www.carouseltoyshop.co.uk

Pass the Pigs - £7.99 Available from The Toy Box, 3 Wharf Street, Godalming, GU7 1NN Tel: 01483 424379 | www.thetoyboxgodalming.co.uk

Nano Block Pig - £7.90 Available from Hobby Toy Game, 48 – 50 Obelisk Way, Camberley, GU15 3SG Tel: 01276 64096 | www.hobbytoygame.com

Calafant Palace - £10 Available from Hobby Toy Game, 48 – 50 Obelisk Way, Camberley, GU15 3SG Tel: 01276 64096 | www.hobbytoygame.com

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FREE parking in Guildford

On four selected Thursdays from 4pm on 27th November & 4th, 11th, 18th December you can experience free parking in selected car parks. *Park all day Boxing day.

Participating car parks are: Bedford Road Multi Storey, Leapale Road, Millbrook, G Live, Bedford Road Surface, Mary Road, Bright Hill, Commercial Road pay and display, Old Police Station, Upper High Street.

*Park all day Boxing day, in all car parks except on road parking. Look out for stickers on ticket machines identifying times and dates and which car parks are involved.

For more ideas on where to go and what to do this christmas, visit www.experienceguildford.com

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A FAMILY TICKET TO SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS!

Panto season is just around the corner folks, and the Princes Hall in Aldershot have a humdinger for you: the peerless, the classic, the irresistible Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!

Fabulous sets, stunning costumes, fantastic dancers, a great script and wonderful cast come together to make this a truly magical production. Excellent songs, music and dance numbers, and an unforgettable friendly atmosphere all go into making the Princes Hall pantomime a great family Christmas tradition.

This enchanting story tells a tale of a beautiful young princess, poisoned by a magical apple from the Wicked Queen, but who is saved by a valiant Prince who tries to wake her with a kiss of true love. But you know all of that – you want to bellow along to ‘Hi Ho!’, like the rest of the world…

So – fancy it? All you have to do to be in with a shout of winning a family ticket is visit www.theguide2surrey.com/competitions, where you shall find a simple question to answer, as well as all of the terms and conditions. Entries must be made before Friday 28th November. Good luck!

Should you not be the lucky winner and fancy going, visit www.princeshall.com/pantomime to find out more!

Performances run between Thursday 11 December 2014 and Sunday 4 January 2015.

Are you thinking of a special person?

How do you express that your relationship is special?

This year we are celebrating 42 years of doing just that with beautiful fine designer jewellery which stands out from the rest and gives lasting enjoyment Orlando The Guildford Jewellers 1 Sydenham Road Guildford, GU1 3RT Open Tuesday to Saturday 9.45am to 5pm Or on line at www.orlandojewllers.com 01483 566822

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ith Christmas fast approaching, we’re already in a celebratory mood here at TG Media. For one thing, this will be our second Christmas publishing theguide2surrey.com and its spinoff print magazines – magazines like the very one you’re holding now. We’re also giddy with anticipation for all the stories, offers and events we can bring you in 2015. But what we’re really chuffed about is this spectacular Christmas hamper, crammed with enough food and drink to see anyone through the festive season… and probably well beyond!

Better yet, the contents of this hamper –and we don’t mind admitting that we may have gone a bit crazy with it- have been sourced thanks to the generosity of some of Surrey’s best food shops, farms and delicatessens making every morsel, every sip and every nibble a delicious taste of our county’s finest.

But best of all? This glorious hamper is up for grabs for one lucky reader and all you have to do to win it is visit www.theguide2surrey.com/competitions to answer the competition question and for the terms and conditions. Best of luck!

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over £350 of food and drink in this Christmas Hamper!

A LUFF AND SONS LTD, RIPLEY NURSERIES

• Milk Chocolate peanuts • Lemon Bon-Bons • Honey Roast Peanuts • Milk Bottles • Fizzy Cola Bottles • Marshmallows www.ripleynurseries.co.uk

WOKING GARDEN CENTRE

• Gingerbread snow angels • Mince pies with brandy • Stollen bites www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk

WINE RACK, WEST BYFLEET

• Thornton’s chocolate liqueur www.winerack.co.uk/westbyfleet

SEASONS DELI, WOKING

• Luri’s Old Gentleman Black Tea • Milk, dark and white chocolateTruffles • Kokoh Chocolate bars x 3 • Cashew Nuts • £5 Seasons Gift Voucher www.seasonsstjohns.co.uk

NOEL’S FARM SHOP, SUTTON GREEN

• Cottage Delight Speciality Foods: • Christmas preserve, Christmas Marmalade, • Christmas Chutney www.noelsfarmshop.co.uk

PRINCE AND SONS BUTCHERS, HORSELL

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Shropshire Spice Company – Bread Sauce mix Wild Mushroom Garlic and Herb stuffing mix Wild Sage and Roast Onion Stuffing Mix Roasted Chestnut Stuffing Mix Mckenzies Oval Albert Cheese biscuits: 1 x Celery, 3 x sesame • La Belle Chaurienne Goose Fat • Tracklement’s Horseradish Mustard www.princeandsons.co.uk

SPECIALITY CAKES, KNAPHILL

• Traditional Christmas Cake www.specialitycakesknaphill.co.uk

LA-DI-DA CUPCAKES, CAMBERLEY

• Single boxed cupcake • Cupcake ‘egg box’ www.la-di-da-cupcakes.com

TOP TABLE, GUILDFORD

• Vintage Marmalade www.toptableguildford.com

THE GUILDFORD WINE COMPANY

• Château Lucas Lussac Saint-Émilion Bordeaux 2009 www.theguildfordwinecompany.co.uk

THE WHISKY SHOP , GUILDFORD

• Bruadar Malt Whiskey Liqueur www.whiskyshop.com

TAURUS WINE, WHIPLEY MANOR

SURREY WOODBURNERS, WOKING

• The Wiltshire Liqueur Company Sloe Gin www.tauruswines.co.uk

JOE’S FARM SHOP, ELM NURSERY, SUTTON GREEN

• Grandma Wild’s All butter shortbread biscuits • Brew Tea Company – English Breakfast Tea • Shorrock Lancashire Bomb cheese www.crockfordbridgefarm.co.uk

• Long matches www.surreywoodburners.co.uk

• Surrey Cut Honeycomb • Sussex Gold Thyme infused rapeseed oil and Saucy • French dressing • Elm Nursery Honey www.elmnursery.co.uk

THE FARM SHOP AT TENAKER NURSERY, CHOBHAM

• Blood orange marmalade • Damson preserve • Ginger preserve • Bramble preserve • Pickled shallots • Cranberry sauce • Pannettone www.tenaker.wix.com

CROCKFORD BRIDGE FARM

THE ARK, CAMBERLEY

• Wicker Hamper www.attheark.co.uk

THE GODALMING FOOD COMPANY

• House blend coffee with Ugandan beans from Seeds For Development supported farmers www.godalmingfood.co.uk

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FARMERS’ MARKETS & OTHER FOODIE EVENTS

Farmers’ Markets GUILDFORD FARMERS’ MARKET Tuesday 4th November | 11:30am – 3:30pm | High Street

CRANLEIGH FARMERS’ MARKET Wednesday 5th & Saturday 15th | 10am to 2pm | the Village Hall

RIPLEY FARMERS’ MARKET Saturday 8th | 9am-1pm | the Village Green

MILFORD FARMERS’ MARKET (Secrett’s) Sunday 16th | 10am to 1.30pm | Secretts Farm Shop car park

WOKING FARMERS’ MARKET Thursday 20th & Saturday 29th | 9am to 2.30pm | Town Square

COBHAM FARMERS’ MARKET Saturday 22nd | Hollyhedge Parade

FARNHAM FARMERS’ MARKET Sunday 23rd | 10am to 1.30pm | Central Car Park

GODALMING FARMERS’ MARKET Sunday 30th | 10am | Crown Court, High Street

Foodie Events THE THINKING DRINKER’S GUIDE TO THE LEGENDS OF LIQUOR The Harlington | Saturday, Nov 1st 2014 from 20:30pm to 22:30pm Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham are the Thinking Drinkers, two award-winning drinks experts whose mission is to ‘Drink less, Drink better.’ Join them for some free drinks as they hilariously explore the liquid lives of history’s most extraordinary elbow-benders including Alexander the Great, Winston Churchill, Jesus Christ and some good ol’ cowboys.

Tickets £15 available from www.theharlington.co.uk. Call 01252 811009

CAMBERLEY CHRISTMAS FARMERS’ MARKET Saturday 15th | 10am until 3pm | Park Street, Camberley To coincide with the switching on the town’s Christmas Lights, this month’s Farmers’ Market gets festive with the fantastic seasonal fresh local produce at great prices. This market will be full of Christmas spirit with carol singers, street theatre and free face painting. www.lovecamberley.co.uk

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WHERE TO EAT: Bill’s, Camberley

By Rich Lee Stand in the middle of Camberley’s Atrium shopping centre and spin on the spot.

What do you see – before you get all woozy and fall over?

That’s right: probably the most startling confluence of chain restaurants this side of a Texan strip mall. It’s as if some ancient convergence of ley lines got snagged on the M3 and lit a beacon for every identikit ‘eatery’ to stream towards the centre of Camberley in a bland collision of pizzerias and grills and whatevers.

So what does the recently opened Bill’s bring to the scrum?

Well, with over 50 restaurants scattered around the UK, they’ve clearly hit upon the same winning formula enjoyed by rivals Frankie & Benny’s, Nando’s et al. The menu is unashamedly crammed with crowd-pleasers, servers beaming with American cheer and décor that rarely lets your eyes settle for longer than a second. But, as we discovered on our visit, there’s a streak of inhibition and playfulness that lifts Bill’s significantly above the fray.

It’s their conformity to nothing in particular that won me over early on. My starter of salt beef rosti, a close cousin of classic Yankee hash, appears to be here for no other reason than that it tastes fantastic; just a golden cake of

shredded corned beef, spring onion and potato nuzzled up to a tangy coleslaw of mustard dressed celeriac, with the yolk of a poached egg oozing happily into everything.

There are the dependable burgers and steaks, which I’ve heard are pretty ace, but put the words ‘duck’ and ‘pie’ together and you’ve immediately got my attention. When it arrived, in a cheerfully old school enamel pie dish, and I ate that first scoop of tender meat, pearl barley, rich gravy and butter engorged cheesy mash, it sang with surprising character and depth.

Matched with a tangy purple slaw of red cabbage and radish spiked with five spice, it’s clear that Bill’s put real thought into their dishes, taking a pleasing plain Jane and turning her into something a little bit exotic and special.

The surprises kept coming: a chicken and chorizo burger was far better than the sum of its parts, alongside outrageously moreish sweet potato fries. But desserts were real show-offs. A pecan pie was pure indulgence with a scoop of malted banana ice cream, while a special of lemon meringue was outstanding (no wonder it had returned by popular demand). A glass topped with a flumpy crown of gooey meringue with layers of lemon curd, cream cheese and yoghurt ice cream and soft biscuit base.

Admit it: you want one now.

Inside, the restaurant has the cluttered, retro-industrial look that’s so in right now; all wrought iron, distressed woods and exposed brick. Food at Bill’s is fun, good value and just a little bit bold. If only all chain restaurants were this impressive, this likeable.

Much like this article, I went in to Bill’s cynical, but came out converted.

Bill’s 42 Park Street The Atrium, Camberley GU15 3PL Tel: 01276 64667 www.bills-website.co.uk ---Grilled halloumi, chickpea & cous cous salad £4.95 Salt beef, spring onion and Potato rösti

£5.95

Duck pie £11.95 Chicken and chorizo burger £9.95 ---Warm pecan pie £5.50 Lemon meringue pie in a glass £5.95 ---Food total = £44.25

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FANCY A CITY BREAK this winter?

By Wizzi Seaton

COPENHAGEN, Denmark UTRECHT, Netherlands

Known as the beating heart of Holland, and considered the second largest cultural event capital, Utrecht makes for a historically enlightening winter city break. Home to 65,000 students the city also boasts a rich nightlife; plenty to keep you occupied for a long weekend.

monastery to learn more about this enchanting city. The museum is the oldest municipal museum in the Netherlands.

Christmas Shopping in Copenhagen

We Recommend…

Boutiques, fashion shops, luxury antiques and design shops are all a plenty in Utrecht. The Lapjesmarkt is the largest and oldest fabric market in Holland, stocking clothes and materials every Saturday.

Climbing the 465 stairs of the Dom Tower and experience views of Holland from 112 meters up. Built in 1382, this is the highest and oldest church tower in Holland.

Head to the Centraal Museum, located in a medieval

The Bloenmenmarkt flower market takes place in two locations every Saturday. The largest general market, with stalls selling everything from fruit and veg to accessories and electronics, is held at Vredenburg.

Think medieval buildings, canals and glistening snow layered over scenic bridges.

BRUGES, Belgium

Bruges is the largest city in Belgium and sometimes referred to as “The Venice of the North”.

With stunning medieval architecture and picturesque views it is a city steeped in prosperous history and a popular weekend city getaway. And it’s even more breathtaking in winter.

We Recommend…

The Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival. Running from the 22nd November to the 5th January the festival is a truly magical experience.

Marvel at the sculptures themed around Disney’s new film ‘Frozen’ and enjoy a little something on the rocks from the ice bar.

Christmas Shopping Stacked with independent boutiques, Bruges is the perfect place to pick up one off originals and passionately created trends from family run businesses.

Handmade decorations, chocolates, sweets and gifts can all be bought from Bruges’ famous Christmas markets.

Set in the beautifully lit cobbled streets, visitors can also take a horse drawn carriage around the town to really get into the Christmas spirit.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark

Founded in the 10th century, Copenhagen been the capital of Denmark since the 15th century.

Full of gorgeous historical architecture, a weekend in the city is just long enough to get a taste of the harmonious Copenhagen blend of old and new.

Copenhagen also has a rich nightlife with opportunities to dance ‘til dawn at one of the many inner city clubs.

We Recommend…

A visit to the Amalienborg Palace. Considered one of the greatest works of Danish Rococco architecture the Palace was built in the 1700s and is made up of four identical buildings.

Positioned by Copenhagen harbour is one of the city’s most famous attractions, the sculpture of The Little Mermaid. Now 100 years old, the sculpture was originally a gift to the city from Carl Jacobsen, founder of Carlsberg.

Christmas Shopping in Copenhagen Organic skincare products, high fashion stores and accessories are all key to shopping in Copenhagen. You will find jewellery stores stocked with gold, silver, bronze and plexiglass.

Look out for Danish jewellery designer Zarah Voigt for some dramatic theatre inspired pieces.

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A Gift Guide

For Her Red Check and Stripe Rooster Doorstop - £14.99 Available from Carousel, 1 Kings Road, Shalford, GU4 8LE Tel: 01483 455970 | www.thedoorstopshop.co.uk

Astier de Villatte, Rue Saint-Honore scented candle - £49.99 Available from The Little Shed, 105 High Street, Godalming, GU7 1AQ Tel: 01483 808113 | www.littleshedhome.co.uk

Lamb Ivy Small Satchell - £159 Available from The Gate Boutique, Guildford Tel: 01483 453466 | www.thegateboutique.co.uk

Small Stripes Cushion - £25 Available from The Ark, Obelisk Way, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3SD Tel: 01276 22850 | www.attheark.co.uk

Earrings by Jon Dibben - £ 878 Available from Jon Dibben, 40A Smithbrook Kilns, Cranleigh, GU6 8JJ Tel: 01483 278170 | www.jondibben.co.uk

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For HIM Bobblehead Walter White - £14.95 Available from Red 5, The Friary Shopping Centre, Guildford. GU1 4YT Tel: 01483 457523 | www.red5.co.uk

Cucina Stag Bottle Opener - £7.99 Available from Carousel, 1 Kings Road, Shalford, GU4 8LE Tel: 01483 455970 | www.carouseltoyshop.co.uk

Carhartt Black Watch Beanie - £20 Available from Decade, 13 Jeffries Passage, Guildford, GU1 4AP Tel: 01483 454510 | www.decadestore.co.uk

Loake Brogues - £125 Available from The Traditional London Cobbler, 25 Station Approach, West Byfleet, KT14 6NF Tel: 01932 910882

Silver Velocitas Cufflinks by OCD - £250 Available from Jon Dibben, 40A Smithbrook Kilns, Cranleigh, GU6 8JJ Tel: 01483 278170 | www.jondibben.co.uk

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SPORTS NEWS CAMPAIGN PAINTBALL / THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER

WILD MAN TRAIL RUN ASH RANGES

(Throughout November)

22nd November

What better way to run around outside in the fresh air, get the blood flowing and all the while… shoot your mates?

Well, we’re shouting about paintball this month as we think it’s a fast and fun way to get active.

The Human Race Off-Road Series is back again with their first event, the WildMan. Featuring a course set on the challenging army testing grounds at Ash Ranges; the course has all you could wish for in the way of hills, mud and wet boggy trails! What’s great is you can run with your dog as well!

Played in woodland just off the A3, Campaign Paintball offers one of the best paintballing experiences in Surrey. They also cater for birthday parties and corporate days out - so don’t think this is the preserve of Stag Parties.

Contact the guys and girls of Campaign on 01932 865 999

SKATE WITH SURREY ROLLER BOYS EVERY TUESDAY (Throughout November) Guys - ever fancied getting your game on and join in with some roller derby?

Well you’re not alone; back in 2013 a group of male Roller Derby Referees decided to join the action and created the Surrey Rollerboys.

The team is Guildford based and runs practice sessions every Tuesday from 9 until 11 in the evening. And guess what? They’re accepting new skaters to join the team.

Head over to their page at www.surreyrollerboys.co.uk to find out how to join up and destroy (NB: not literally) every other team in the south

ALDERSHOT F.C VS EASTLEIGH 7pm 22nd November The Shots take to the field on Saturday the 22nd and they’re all business as they take on Eastleigh in this Vanarama Conference clash. The match kicks off at 7 in the evening so what better way to spend a weekend night.

Tickets are available by calling the hotline on 01252 320211.

Why not get those young Shots supports along; under sixes are free!

WildMan is part of the Human Race Off-Road Series, with each event featuring different types of terrain al designed to challenge all you budding athletes.

Check out www.humanrace.co.uk for information.

Get ready to get muddy too.

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“The dog would have been my only salvation.”

- Will Knowlton

TEST DUMMY TRIES...

Surrey Search and Rescue

H

eading out into the unknown and discovering something unfamiliar and different is always fun and a little bit exciting. At least, it is for me. It was more so this time as I closed the front door behind me, slung a small rucksack into the back of the Jeep and turned into the mist toward Reading. I was volunteering to help out Surrey Search and Rescue.

Upon arrival we piled into a team member’s Discovery and headed out into the woods of the Englefield Estate, a few miles south west of Reading.

After a short drive, during which I completely lost my bearing’s, the vehicle came to a halt and the first volunteer hopped out, disappeared into the bushes and the Discovery took off once more.

The UK has several key volunteer organisations that aid the emergency services.

We’ve all heard of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Mountain Rescue, but you may not have heard of The Lowland Search and Rescue service. They were blasted into our front rooms last Christmas, when at the height of the floods, these quiet professionals plucked victims from the water and brought aid to trapped families. The members are all unpaid volunteers and, like their brethren among the RNLI and Mountain Rescue, receive no government funding.

After we dropped off the second volunteer it was my turn. We pulled over, I got out and followed my guide a few metres into the bracken, where I made myself comfortable against a tree. And there I sat, alone with only my thoughts and a packet of Haribo. It was here that I really started to understand the importance of volunteering and the loneliness of being lost.

My job today was to help a pack of their rescue dogs and their handlers pass a vital exam. But how to find out if a dog will find a missing person (‘Misper’ in rescue parlance) without having... well, a missing person? That’s where two other volunteers and I came in.

You see, on the face of it, volunteering to sit in a bush to be found by a dog may not seem a new and exciting thing for me to recommend, but the work is so important. I sat for an hour and a half before Fitz the Spaniel found me and the entire time I was no more than 4 metres from a main path. Scores of people walked past - families, dog walkers, horse riders and two teenage boys, one of whom was certain that a girl would never consider his friend as a life-partner.

But imagine lying there injured and alone, dealing with that sense of desolation as people walked by, not seeing or hearing you. The dog, which I could now hear rustling through the ferns, would have been my only salvation. When Fritz appeared, very pleased with himself, he went to find his handler to bring her to me. I was ‘rescued’.

So here we are at the crux of the matter. The Lowland Search and Rescue Teams are essential, a small but vital cog in the machine that keeps us all safe and well; a machine that we aren’t even aware of until we need it. Yet conversely they need you. The teams can’t train without you, can’t fund themselves without you and will stop without your support.

They need us just as much as we need them. So if you want to do something different, exciting and blooming worthwhile call Surrey Search and Rescue and volunteer.

Visit www.sursar.org.uk for more information and for ways to volunteer or donate to the Surrey Search and Rescue.

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BUSINESS EVENTS BUSINESS NEWS – NOVEMBER 2014 BADMINTON NETWORKING WHEN: 14th November, 6pm – 8pm WHERE: Lightwater Leisure Centre COST: £10 Surrey Chambers members, £15 non-members Back by popular demand, this is a fun Business Networking Event hosted by Surrey Chambers and projectfive, the IT support company whose three goals are to help people, make friends and stand out.

Business Leaders from local companies meet for a couple of hours to play badminton in a relaxed and friendly environment. Don’t worry if your shuttlecock skills aren’t on the same levels of your networking – all abilities are encouraged to take part. Enjoy…

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: surrey-chambers.co.uk.

BUSINESS WOMEN IN SURREY WHEN: 18th November, 3.40pm WHERE: Pennyhill Park COST: £22 Surrey Chambers members, £40 non-members These networking ladies afternoon teas are designed to give you a regular opportunity to meet with likeminded people, entertain your clients, share issues and widen your own network of customers, suppliers, neighbours and competitors.

After tea you are warmly invited to complimentary use of the spa’s superb facilitates and experience life’s stresses and strains melt away. And they call this ‘work’…

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: surrey-chambers.co.uk.

LINK4COFFEE WHEN: 10th November, 9.30am WHERE: Farnham Maltings COST: £3 Link4Coffee events are informal morning drop-in sessions, created to provide a regular opportunity to unwind, share knowledge and connect with - not just local business people - but all kinds of interesting individuals from your local community.

They welcome artists, musicians, doctors, teachers, geeks, policymakers, students, chefs, lawyers, retailers even welcome traffic wardens and tax collectors!

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.eventbrite.co.uk and search for ‘Link4Coffee Farnham’.

START UP AND GROW WHEN: 5th November, 12pm WHERE: St Omer Baracks, Aldershot COST: Free The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is hosting a free advice session and workshops on Wednesday, 5th November for small businesses, entrepreneurs and potential start-ups.

The day will provide an opportunity to find out more information on the range of support available for starting or growing a business, as well as free and low cost office space and meeting rooms for small businesses, entrepreneurs and charities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.hampshirechamber.co.uk.

A CHRISTMAS WISH – MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN: 27th November, 5.30pm WHERE: Foxhills, Ottershaw COST: Free It’s not all cutthroat and dog eat dog in business – your corporate responsibilities will have an impact on your reputation, and what better time to do something positive than at Christmas?

Located between Woking and Chertsey, Foxhills is a magnificent venue to visit, so you’ll enjoy the surroundings as well as receiving some ethical yuletide information. And it’s free entrance…

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THE CAMBERLEY TOWN BUSINESS AWARDS 2014

Camberley honoured the best and brightest of its business community on Wednesday 15 October, at Collectively Camberley’s first ever annual Town Centre dedicated business awards. The event took place at Camberley Heath Golf Club and hosted 80 attendees from 34 Camberley businesses.

Judging the shortlist of nominees were Managing Director for Collectively Camberley Zoe Griffiths, Managing Director for Storecheckers Jeff Caplan, Chief Executive for Surrey Chambers Louise Punter and our very own Managing Directory for TG Media, Fiona Knowlton.

It was a genuine honour for us to be media partners with Collectively Camberley at these prestigious awards. With the recent launch of our The Guide 2 Camberley magazine, we recognise the dedication and innovation taking place among businesses in the town. We are proud to award the top prize of a media package worth over £5,000 to Best Business of the Year 2014 winner Specsavers, but we would like to congratulate all winners and nominees for their contributions to business in Camberley.

The winners at this year’s Camberley Town Centre Business Awards were: • Specsavers for The Guide 2 Camberley Business of the Year Award 2014 • The Ark for Consumer Choice Award for Best Independent Business 2014 • Stewart & Co for Business Innovation of the Year 2014 • Marc Daniel Hairdressing for Consumer Choice Award for Best Customer Service Experience 2014 • Bar Estilo for Highest Rated for Mystery Shopping 2014 • Marc Daniel Hairdressing for Consumer Choice Award for Best Customer Service Experience 2014 • Projectfive for ‘Passion for our Town’ 2014

Follow all things business in Camberley, read The Guide 2 Camberley, www.theguide2surrey.com and www.collectivelycamberley.co.uk.

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With Christmas just weeks away, the promise of a well-earned break for business owners and their staff might be the most anticipated present of all. But there are a number of factors to consider when it comes to Christmas closures that can make the difference between a relaxing holiday or a tense time away from the controls.

TO CLOSE OR NOT TO CLOSE? Of course, many other companies also close their doors at this time which could mean one of two things to you if you’re a business owner. The lack of competition might be an advantage that you would do well to exploit, providing that you can be confident that the trade will be there in their absence.

Will you need to utilise current staff (at a possible pay increase over public holidays) or employ casual staff? Will the potential trade make it worthwhile?

On the other hand, it may be futile to keep your doors open when suppliers and contractors vital to your business have closed theirs, in which case you could be paying staff for little to no return.

SECURITY Whether you run a shop with valuable stock to protect, an office with highly sensitive documentation or you’re a manufacturer with expensive machinery and materials, a fully functional CCTV system is one of the best presents you can give your business. Ensure that footage is date and time ‘stamped’, is clearly signposted as a deterrent and that staff are properly trained to view and download the footage, should it be necessary. Keep doors, gates and fences well maintained and locked over the Christmas period.

PREVENTING A CRISIS If you and your staff are vacating the premises for a few days over Christmas, you should do so without the worry of burst pipes. After all, winter can be difficult financially as it is without the stress and expense of fixing faulty plumbing during or after the holidays. Fortunately, prevention is better than the cure, so ensure water pipes in cold draughty areas are insulated or lagged, insulate outside taps or turn them off at the stop tap and drain the water from them and, if you plan to close the business for a few days, leave the heating on low.

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Top Tips on Avoiding a PR Disaster When Throwing your Clients a Christmas Party

DOWNTIME It’s possible that your business enjoys some quiet time during the build up and over Christmas. Even if you’re open because yours is the sort of business that has to be ‘on call’ during this period, you may still only find yourself operating with a reduced staff to keep things ticking over. You may even be operating by yourself. The important thing is to make the best use of this peaceful ‘downtime’. This is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the year’s business and to plan ahead for the next. What went well and what didn’t go well in 2014? What could have been done differently to avoid lost time or lost profits?

This is also a great opportunity to refresh your website or reassess your strategy for social media. Beginning the New Year with a reinforced perspective on your own business goals and presence within your community and for your customers is invaluable, and this is the time to do so. Planning for next year before things pick up again is the best way to start as you mean to go on.

UNWIND And if you are fortunate enough to enjoy some days off from your business over Christmas?

Use them! Now’s the time to reconnect with your family, friends and, just as importantly, yourself; the person you are outside your business.

It can be too easy to lose sight of ourselves when we’re consumed by the pressures and responsibilities of running a business. A little time off to remember what we do it all for can be the best present we give ourselves.

Thinking of throwing a Christmas party for your clients and stakeholders? Guildford PR guru, Paul Nathanson, shares his tips for making it an event to remember – rather than a calamity you’d prefer to forget…

Your Client Xmas Party is a great PR opportunity but a potential black hole. Think of it not as a wild primeval yell for everyone to let off steam. No! Not ladies in Burlesque cavorting and serving up the canapés, but something more subtle, which marks you out as special.

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Find a fantastic place to wow your guests and celebrate with them. No, not your office with its plastic rubber plants and tea-stained carpets to chill the soul.

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Think local museum, barn, historic pub or perhaps a spacious retailer with a fashion show thrown in, with a discount evening especially for your guests.

Pzazz! Wow! That’s what you want, not corporate torpor.

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Prep, prep, prep! Remember that preparation is a skill and without it, whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. Horribly wrong.

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Anticipate every disaster possible. Lighting, heating, sound system - you name it, just one of these has to fail to torpedo your event and reputation. I once went to a winter launch of a posh restaurant where the ladies wore their finery with many bare shoulders and arms on show. Fleeces would’ve been better as the air-con blew out, not warm air, but arctic blasts with everyone turning purple. It wasn’t the food people remembered but the polar temperatures.

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Themes! We Brits love dressing up - think Panto, think the London Marathon. So, create a theme to make the party special and allow your guests to unleash their creative souls. How about Santa’s Little Helpers or On the First Day of Christmas?

Fun costumes produce fun atmospheres. This is a celebration among friends, not a PowerPoint presentation.

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Food & drink should be the best. Not lavish and the most expensive, but fresh, local and seasonal.

Partner with suppliers for the best deal, giving them credit on your invitations for some PR in return. Whatever you do, don’t, I repeat, don’t offer Twiglets. I once attended the launch party of a leading creative talent agency for the fashion and advertising industry in Mayfair, which offered Twiglets and peanuts. Nothing else. Not good at all in terms of PR and perception.

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Lastly: zip it! Welcome everyone with a toast to their good health and thanks for their good friendship and custom, but don’t make a speech.

It’s not the time and will just stop the flow of the party and be as welcome as a party political broadcast at a wedding feast.

Paul Nathanson is MD of PNPR, the Guildford based PR company, www.pnprltd.com.

Tel (01483) 824458.

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EMMA BROWNING HAIR DESIGNER / QUEEN OF COLOUR WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO? My name’s Emma Browning and I’m a designer at Velvet Rooms for Hair HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE INDUSTRY? After I left school I went to college for a couple of years and qualified. I met Leanne (owner at Velvet) at a place called Zappa’s and went and worked at a couple of salons after that.

Then when Leanne opened up here she asked me if I wanted to come for an interview; I came and here we are! I’ve been at Velvet for 2 years now.

YOU RECENTLY WON THE YOUNG COLOURIST OF THE SOUTH AWARD AGAINST SOME OF THE HEAVYWEIGHTS IN THE HAIR INDUSTRY? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS THAT GAVE YOU THE WIN? It’s hard to say… a lot of people enter and I suppose they’re looking for something that’s different and something that stood out. I think what I did was quite on trend, so maybe that’s why. My final look was a sharp red bob, with a heavy fringe and it was quite bright - it had three different colours in it…

WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR COLOUR FOR THE FINAL? The brief for the competition was ‘Autumn/Winter 2014’ so I went for a quite a festive look.

When I think of autumn I think of copper, reds and the warmer tones.

WHICH COLOURS ARE PROVING POPULAR AND WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING? Short, pixie crops with copper colours seems to be popular and on trend at the moment. On fair haired ladies, it’s more about ashy blondes or at the other end of the spectrum, a really quite golden blonde.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? I’d like to go in for the main colour trophy either next year or the year after - but I’d just like to work as much as I can and keep learning.

WHOSE HAIR DO YOU LOVE RIGHT NOW? Jerry Hall has recently had her hair all cut off into the Lob which is really cool at the moment.

WHOSE HAIR WOULD YOU LOVE TO CUT / COLOUR AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Kate Middleton. She’s got amazing hair but I’d love to give her something completely different.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT SURREY? I love Chobham because of the village feel. Everybody knows everyone else and we all talk.

The people are really nice!

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WHAT DOES YOUR FREE TIME CONSIST OF? Hanging out with my friends - and obviously shopping!

Kingston is great.

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