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COWDRAY FARM SHOP & CAFE sits at the heart of the Cowdray Estate. The Farm Shop is a foodie mecca with arguably the best product range outside of London and includes a delicatessen offering cheeses from Neal’s Yard Dairy and Herve Mons. There is an inhouse traditional Butcher and much of the meat is sourced from the Estate itself. The Café is the perfect location to enjoy homecooked food put together by our skilled chefs.

NOW RECRUITING We are looking for people to come and join our fast growing operation who are passionate about good food, who enjoy working with the best quality and understand excellent customer service.

We are looking to fill the following positions: CHEF - It’s not about fine dining in our kitchen but it is about celebrating all things seasonal and understanding how to put the best quality simple ingredients together to create fabulous dishes.

CAFÉ SUPERVISOR - The Café is an environment for someone who enjoys people, a fast pace and who has superb attention for detail. The right person will have barista experience.

RETAIL ASSISTANT - You should enjoy good food, probably like to cook yourself and have a good knowledge of seasonality in food.

BUTCHER - You will have a refined approach to butchering and breaking down a carcass will be second nature, impeccable customer service and hopefully enjoy cooking.

We are open 7 days a week, daytimes only. All the above positions are full time. Please email: admin@cowdrayfarmshop.co.uk and include a CV stipulating which position you are interested in.

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TO THE POINT An amazing friend of Marcus and mine called Mat Dibb has just set an offical Guinness World Record. He recorded the fastest lap by an individual rider at the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course on an electric bicycle. This is despite the fact that he is a kidney patient and on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Mat has dedicated himself to raising money and awareness Stefan Reynolds for the South West Thames Kidney Fund, and Editor & Publisher raised more than £2,000 on this record breaking achievement. Mat has also raised £3,253 by cycling 1,000 miles in 10 days as part of 2010’s John O’Groats to Lands End challenge, and £8,650 on World Kidney Day 2013 through a 48hour, non-stop turbo training challenge in his local village hall. If you would like to find out more The local magazine about how you can become a donor or volun- produced by local teer with the South West Thames Kidney Fund, people for the local community, please contact Anne Collard on 020 8296 3698.

Every month we try and run a free profile of a local charity, group or organisation and I now have a healthy number for this feature for 2015.

That said, we do have some gaps so if you are involved in such an organisation and would like to get some free publicity in VantagePoint, please get in touch with me by email and hopefully I can find you a slot sometime during the next year.

Well Humph has arrived and so far all is going well. He’s very well behaved at home, and just a tad bored when he is in the office and awake and who can blame him? He is growing at a rate of knots (another phrase for our What the Dickens feature I feel) and he has just started obedience classes, so it will be interesting to see what progress he has made by this time next month. stefan@vantagepublishing.co.uk

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Contributors: Caroline Boucher, Andy Goundry, Jessica Harding, Jack Hebden, Matthew Pottage, Nash Robbins, Debbie Serpell, Kirstie Smillie Print: Polestar Stones Cover: Andy Bailey

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Jottings Remembrance Sunday is on 9th November and will be particularly poignant this year as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI. I’ve been greatly impressed with the way so many clubs, schools and churches have grasped the huge significance of this date by putting on so many exhibitions, displays and events. It’s good to know that younger generations are being made aware of the huge sacrifices our forebears made for our future. On a lighter note, we are off on some more musical nostalgia later this month. The Manfreds are playing at G Live in Guildford on 30th November with, I gather, pretty much the whole original line up. The next day we’re off to Haslemere Halls to see Fleetwood Bac, a highly rated Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Will report back next month.

Haslemere Hockey Club (www. haslemerehockey.com ) is holding all inclusive disability hockey sessions in the Edge Hill Sports Hall every Sunday from 10am-11am. These sessions will be held every week from 2nd November for ages 5 plus. They are a combination of basic skills and small but competitive fun games. Whatever standard you may be, the sessions are a great way to meet people and are aimed at anyone wanting to take up hockey. If you or your little ones might be interested, contact Charley McCumisky on 07739 406555 or email charleymccumisky@gmail.com.

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The Midhurst Decorative and Fine Art Society lecture on Tuesday 4th November is ‘Europe’s Best Kept Secret: Painted Monasteries of Bulgaria’, by the very popular John Osborne, lecturer and study tour leader. John has a Cambridge degree in Classics which he taught at Marlborough College for over 30 years. The talk will be held in the Midhurst Methodist Church Hall.

Coffee available from 10 for 10.45am start. Please contact the membership secretary if you would like to attend on 01730 814641 or visit www. sussex.nadfas.net.

West Sussex Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s next talk on November 4th at 2.30pm is ‘Glittering Prizes - The Mosaics of Ravenna’. Churches of astonishing beauty created by artists and church leaders. This meeting will be preceded by the AGM at 1.30pm for members only. At 2.15pm on Tuesday 2nd December, Charles Harris will talk on ‘Norman Rockwell’s Christmas Wish’ - the beloved 20th century American painter and illustrator. This will be followed by mince pies and mulled wine. Meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall RH20 1JB. For membership details contact Beth Dugan on 01730 815339. Non members are welcome for a fee of £5.

Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s next meeting is on Thursday

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6th November at 2pm in Grayshott Village Hall. Peter Medhurst’s lecture ‘In the Wake of Handel’ will explore the effect of Handel’s music not only on his musical contemporaries but also on the literary, visual and decorative arts both in his lifetime and subsequently.

On Thursday 13th November, the ever in demand Douglas Skeggs returns for a Day of Special Interest - ‘The Art of Venice: The Lion of the Sea’. Then on 4th December in ‘In the Bleak mid-Winter’, Ann Clements will trace how artists have responded to the challenges of winter. If you would like more information on GDFAS contact Caroline on 01428714276 or have a look at their website www. grayshottdfas.org.uk .

The Haslemere History Society presents ‘A Naturalist in Guyana’.

It’s on Saturday 8th November at 2.15pm at Haslemere Educational Museum. Martin Angel will explore many of the fascinating creatures and plants that occur in the forests, savannahs and along the waterways of Guyana which he re-visited earlier this year. He hoped to rediscover many of the excitements of the Cambridge expedition in which he participated in 1960. That expedition sought to follow up the classical 1929 expedition that laid the foundations of rain forest ecology. Non-members are welcome but are invited to contribute £3. More information at www. haslemerenaturalhistorysociety.

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Colour Concepts Fashion stylist, Kirstie Smillie, looks at how to wear colour.

There may be talk of a monochrome trend this winter but colour was very much alive on the catwalk and the designers showed us how it’s done.

Most of the time we know which colours we like and keep it simple by paring with the neutrals of black, white, and all shades of beige and soft greys. But for those days when you need a boost, be brave and think about the Colour Wheel.

The Two Colour Option, (colours sitting opposite each other), are complementary shades which have the power to ‘pop’. Even if it is a little detail or a narrow belt, the choice of colour could be more interesting than just black.

The Three Colour Option, sit in a triangle which can rotate to unite the Primary colours of red, blue and yellow or the Secondary shades for more interesting combinations. This is often noticed in printed fabrics; the choice of colour lifting its neighbour.

We have obviously learnt from nature - the green leaves of chard have powerful fuchsia pink running through it and the iris with its

perfect purple and brushstroke of yellow. Prada’s beautifully edged coat and Dior’s eye-catching dress stand out from the crowd.

These shades are very vibrant, so for every day think about wearing them in softer tones and different percentages, not 50/50; maybe 80/20 or even 90/10. It’s a hint that is needed, not a shout!

In high street terms this is easily translated. Take the rich royal blue shirt by Reiss, and to add a pop of colour go to the opposite shade and introduce a warm orange leopard belt by French Connection or for evening, a narrow golden metallic belt. Jigsaw’s bottle green knitted biker jacket would look great with jeans, but for a warmer colour option, try their deep red cigarette trousers.

For tonal dressing take inspiration from Gucci this season. Soft shades of sage green and slate blue are easy to wear and it’s the different textures of leather and fur that add the interest.

Vibrant shades of reds and fuchsia are powerful yet wearable with black accents.

I personally have to be in the right mood for colour and print - ready to take on the world knowing that I may be looked at (and judged) more than if I wore my trusty jeans and pastel sweater. I often opt for a gorgeous printed scarf, full of colour, movement and cosiness.

It’s an easy way to add the rainbow of colour into your outfit.

You now have all the knowledge - use it wisely and choose your moments. And enjoy.

What colours say: Blue is noted as one of the most popular colours to wear in the world and in an interview situation, blue symbolises loyalty and control whereas grey represents confidence and allows the interviewer to focus on you, not what you are wearing.

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- Black is the colour of authority but too much can be unapproachable. Soften with textures.

- Brown conveys reliability, stability, and genuine character. Lift with soft pastel shades.

- Purple gives the impression of luxury, wealth and sophistication but is sometimes too bold.

- Green is easy on the eye, calming, refreshing and balancing. Mint through to Bottle.

- Yellow signifies cheerfulness and creativeness but can be overpowering if there is too much.

- Blue gives the impression of trust and logic and is calm and peaceful. Simple to wear.

- Red is an emotional and powerful colour, exciting and courageous. Choose occasion wisely.

- White denotes simplicity and cleanliness and always works in unity with other colours - Grey is sophisticated and confident, and easy to lift with any other colour. vantagepointmag.co.uk

How the Designers do it:

Chard by nature, fuchsia and green dress by Christian Dior.

Iris by nature, purple and yellow trim coat by Prada.

How the High Street does it:

Above: Knitted biker jacket, £149 and cigarette pants, £110, Jigsaw Far left: Diego shirt, £95 Reiss; belt, £45 French Connection.

Left: Peppermint green print with red tassel scarf, by Anthropologie.

Above: soft pastels and rich tones by Gucci

Kirstie Smillie is a Personal Stylist working in the Surrey area.

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Saturday 8th November is Chiddingfold Bonfire Night. After the fireworks, there’s music at ‘The Villagers’, with ‘Bad Influence’ (www.badinfluence. org.uk) an explosion of rock and blues from London. The Villagers was formally Chiddingfold Club but has been rebuilt and is now a pub open to all. It’s situated in Woodside Road Chiddingfold GU8 4QD. Surrey County Walkers have some excellent walks coming up in November. Here are brief details: Saturday 8th November, 7 mile moderate walk along North Downs.

Meet Shere Recreation Ground, Ref 187/073479. Leader Pat, 01483 284913. Sunday 16th November, 7.5 mile moderate walk around Lurgashall and Blackdown. Meet Lower Car Park Blackdown, Ref 186/922306. Leader Bob, 01932 355333. Saturday 22nd November, 7.5 mile easy walk around Bisley and Donkey Town. Meet Bisley carpark, off A322 roundabout near Hen & Chicken pub, Ref 186/948597.

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Leader Colin 01276 474258. Sunday 30th November, 7 mile moderate walk around Old Arlesford, Bighton, Bishops Sutton. Meet Arlesford old Stn (Watercress Line). Pub lunch at Bighton. Leader Andrew 01252 520256. For all walks, meet at 10am sharp.

On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November (the weekend of Remembrance) there will be an interesting WWI exhibition at the Guide Hall in Liphook (at the Millennium Centre in Ontario Way, opposite Sainsburys). This excellent exhibition is the culmination of a Heritage Lottery funded project between Liphook Guides and Haslemere Museum and was first on show to the public at the Museum during the summer. The exhibition will also feature Guide uniform from the period and items the Guides have made, drawing inspiration from WW1 postcards and trench art. The exhibition is a wonderful example of the work young people can do when given the opportunity. Doors will be open from 10am- 3pm. There is no charge for entry but donations are

welcome. Refreshments will also be available.

‘Heroes’ the hugely popular play by Tom Stoppard set during WWI, will be performed at Conford Village Hall on Saturday 8th November. Tickets are £12 and can be bought at Passfield Stores. Further information from Jill Davies on 01428 851235.

On Sunday 9th November, at All Saints Church, Grayswood, local student Jessica Gale will be giving a piano recital, performing the work she is preparing for her Diploma exam in December. This includes music by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann. Kay Turk, All Saints trainee organist will join Jessica for three lively duets. Tea and cake will be served during the interval. Starts at 3pm, entry is free but there will be a retiring collection in aid of the roof repair fund.

On Monday 10th November, Haslemere U3A meets at 2pm in Haslemere Hall for the Annual General Meeting. This will be followed by a talk by Mike Hexeltine about Aspects of Life in the Falkland

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Jottings - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD - NOW IN DATE ORDER! Islands. In addition to describing dayto-day life on the islands, Mike will explain in detail some of the more unusual aspects, such as the huge hydroponics nursery where much of the islands’ food is grown. At the close of the meeting bookings will be taken for the very popular annual lunch at the Georgian Hotel on 8th December at an expected cost of £20 each.

I must admit I was unaware of this until now. There will be a public meeting to discuss the proposed merger between the Royal Surrey County Hospital and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals and its effect on Health Care in Waverley, East Hampshire and North West Sussex. It will be held at Haslemere Hall on Tuesday 11th November from 7.30pm to 9pm. There will be a short presentation followed by an opportunity to ask questions and state your opinions. I need to find out more about this but you can bet that this is a cost cutting proposal and may not be in the wider interest of us all. Do go along and find out more.

Waverley Dowsers meet in the Unitarian Hall, Godalming to learn

about the diverse applications of dowsing for fun and as a science.

Forthcoming meeting dates are Tuesdays 11th November and 9th December, which will be social evenings. On 13th January 2015 the evening will be devoted to the Chakra system, and on 10th March, Crystal Communication. In one of their recent outdoor events, they helped, through dowsing, locate the exact location of the altar at Waverley Abbey. Whilst dowsing is associated with water finding it is also associated with alternative therapies and impinges on many areas of science and is underpinned by the better understanding of quantum science.

People from any background and non dowsers are welcome. Further information from Michael Haxeltine on 01252 541 639 or go to www. waverleydowsers.co.uk.

Here are the dates for the Midhurst Camera Club’s meetings in November.

Wednesday 12th, Regnum Croucher Print Competition - 11 Sussex Clubs competing at Midhurst (venue: The Memorial Hall). Judge - David Eastley LRPS. Wednesday 19th November,

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Practical evening - Members’ Choice.

Wednesday 26th November, Speaker - Andy Small - ‘A fine art approach to flower and natural photography’.

Grayshott Folk Club (GFC) has two gigs coming up in November. On Friday 14th November at 7.30pm, Hannah Sanders and Liz Simmons will be on at Grayshott Village Hall (www.hannahandliz.com).

They are an Anglo/American duo who harmonise beautifully and play guitar.

Hannah was born in Norfolk and grew up surrounded by traditional and contemporary folk music. Liz hails from Boston, USA and she too grew up with strong musical influences.

Support from The Black Feathers (www.theblackfeathers.com).

Ray and Sian are down from Cirencester for a return visit to GFC. On Saturday 29th November at 7.30pm, it’s the turn of The House Devils (www. thehousedevils.co.uk ) who will also be playing at Grayshott Village Hall.

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much wider audience. Support for Kim Lowings and The Greenwood (www. kimlowings.com). An emerging talent from the Midlands, Kim has charm and a voice to die for. Adult tickets for both gigs: £12/Children under 16 £6.

Call Des O’Byrne on 01428 607096.

Don’t forget, personal callers may buy their tickets for all Grayshott Folk Club events from Magical Rooms, Grayshott Social Club and Haslemere Bookshop.

On Friday 14th November Midhurst & District Garden Club has its AGM together with a Quiz and Cheese and Wine reception at 7.30pm in the SDNP Memorial Hall, North Street.

On Monday 8th December they have the distinguished MD from Hilliers, Andy McIndoe who will be talking about the ‘Winter Garden’. Guests/ visitors are most welcome. Tickets are £5 per head and will include a glass of mulled wine or juice and a mince pie and can be bought from Angela Campbell-Horne on 01730 812455.

Refreshments will be served from 7pm and the talk will commence at 7.30pm.

The sensational and highly acclaimed Jazz Quartet ‘Square One’ is due to play in Haslemere on Friday 14th November. Doors Open at 7pm at The Jazz Café, St Christopher’s Church, Haslemere. The first set starts at 7.30pm, then there’s a break for a meal at 8.30pm and the second set starts around 9.30pm. There will be a bar serving wine and soft drinks.

Tickets are £20 to include supper with a choice of Tuscan Bean Stew (v), Peruvian Pork fillet with potato wedges, Mexican Chicken with potato wedges or salads. Followed by a sweet course and coffee. All tickets are available from the Parish office, call 01428 644578 (open 9am to 1pm Monday to Friday) from Dom and Jane Slevin email: slevinjanemrs@gmail. com or call 01428 642019. They will also be on the door, unless sold out prior to the event. Sounds like a really good night out!

For the third year Farnham Lions are inviting better-off senior-citizens to forgo their Winter Fuel Payments in favour of the really needy who are in serious Fuel Debt or chronic Fuel Poverty. In 2012/13 they distributed 12

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£12,500 in Farnham. Last winter they raised £13,000 in Farnham and £4,100 in Haslemere. These sums enabled them to clear all the fuel debt cases of the local CABs and also to make a large number of discretionary grants of £100 to needy families who were identified

by Sure Start and School/Home Link social workers. All these payments were made direct to the fuel utility companies on behalf of their clients thus ensuring that the money was spent on fuel. Donations for 2014/15 are invited to www.justgiving.com/ lions-wenceslas ; or cheques may be sent to ‘Lions Club of Farnham’ (and endorsed ‘WFP’ on the back) to ‘Lion Treasurer, 2 Birdhaven, Sandrock Hill Road, Farnham, GU10 4PB’.

the life and work of Sir Edwin Lutyens - From Everyday Surrey to Empire’s Wrenaissance - over the course of three lectures. The day will include morning coffee and lunch. The final event of the month will be an outing to London: In and Around St. Pancras and King’s Cross with Andrew Davies. This walking tour will take place on Wednesday 26th November and will explore the history and development of the two stations and the surrounding neighbourhood.

For more details about the Society contact HDFAS membership secretary Sue Wright on 01428 683578 or email membership@haslemeredfas.org. uk. Further information about all the Society’s activities can be found on the website www.haslemeredfas.org.uk.

Vivace Chorus’ next concert on Saturday 15th November features arguably one of the greatest choral works ever written – the Mass in B minor by J S Bach. They will be joined in Guildford Cathedral by six fine baroque soloists, including counter-tenor Damian Ganclarski and the superb Brandenburg Sinfonia.

There is also a free pre-concert talk starting at 6.30pm. The concert starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £12-£26 and are available from Tourist Information 01483 444334 or you can purchase online, where you will be able to find further details: vivacechorus. org or www.guildford-cathedral.org/ events/diary/2014-11-15/vivacechorus-concert.

At Liphook WI the speaker this month is Susan Howe and her talk is entitled ‘From Betjeman to Bardot’. It is about her enormously varied career and all the people and things that have happened along the way. The meeting will be on Wednesday 19th November in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Through the month their special interest groups will be meeting as usual including the coffee morning where members simply meet to socialise with old and new friends. Visitors are always welcome particularly if you are new to the area, for any further information please telephone Christine Chubb on 01428723957.

Saturday 15th November at St Christopher’s Church, Haslemere at 7.30pm is the next Waverley Ensemble Concert directed by Ishani Bhoola. Music by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi and Boyce. For tickets and more information go to www.ishanibhool. com or call 07834 275879.

Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society (HDFAS) will be busy in November. As well as the usual lecture in Haslemere Hall on Tuesday 18th November, there will be the AGM, a Study Day and an Outing.

The AGM precedes the lecture which will be given by Nicolas Watkins on three great post-war artists, Francis Bacon, Ben Nicholson and Graham Sutherland. The HDFAS Study Day, at Haslemere Museum, on Thursday 6th November, will take an in depth look at

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Haslemere Christmas Fair in support of the NSPCC Saturday, 29th November 2014 10am to 4pm.

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When it came to designing Britain’s largest war memorial, it was to a local Surrey architect that the Imperial War Graves Commission turned.

Sir Edwin Lutyens was arguably the finest British architect of the 20th century, fêted for his country houses and for largely designing New Delhi, when it was chosen to replace Calcutta as the seat of the British Indian government.

Although born in London in 1869, Ned (as he was always called) grew up in Thursley, Surrey where he spent his time indulging in his passion for looking at houses, watching all the stages of buildings going up, haunting the carpenter’s shop at Thursley and a builder’s yard in Guildford. At 15 it had become apparent that Ned was cut out to be an architect, a career encouraged by Ralph Caldecott, a Surrey neighbour (the illustrator of so many delightful children’s books depicting Surrey cottages). He began his own practice aged just 19 in 1888, his first commission being a small private house called Crooksbury, near Farnham in Surrey.

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Graves Commission (IWGC), which was created in 1917 to care for the graves of all of those from the Dominions who had died on active service.

He was responsible for more than 60 war memorials at home and abroad, with the Cenotaph in Whitehall probably the best known. But it is the majestic Memorial to the Missing of the Somme that stands out as one of his finest achievements.

One of the cardinal principles of the IWGC was that the names of all of those who had died during the conflict should be remembered in the appropriate theatre of action. This was relatively straightforward for the bodies that were capable of identification but proper consideration had to be given to the ‘Missing’ - the 517,000 who were known to have died, but whose bodies either could not be found or, if they could be found, could not be identified.

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God’ supplemented by any other relevant information that could be gathered from the uniform on the body.

This left open the question of how to commemorate the names of the Missing.

The idea that eventually emerged, promoted by Lutyens and his colleague Sir Reginald Blomfield, was to have the names inscribed on stone walls in the cemeteries, although it was recognised that it would take time to assemble accurate lists of the Missing and reach a conclusion as to which was the appropriate cemetery for each theatre of action. Whilst the Commission was wrestling with this problem, it had been included as a member of the Battle Exploits Memorial Committee, which had been established in 1918 to consider the general question of battlefield memorials. One of the first items that they had to consider was the question of some form of memorial at Ypres, the salient around which had seen some of the War’s most bitter fighting. Lutyens name was suggested by the War Office but Sir Fabian Ware, the IWGC’s founder and vicechairman, did not think that Lutyens was the right man to design it. In a letter to Sir Frederic Kenyon, Director of the British Museum and architectural advisor to the IWGC, Ware said: ‘I took a rather strong line about the matter as I knew that you would feel that Ypres, with its gothic associations etc etc was not the kind of work at which Lutyens would excel. The other memorials will give more scope to the special blend of Lutyens genius’. Kenyon replied that ‘Lutyens might very well have the Somme or Cambrai-St Quentin’.

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Above: The Cenotaph in London

Below: Goddards near Abinger, Surrey, one of Lutyen’s country houses, now owned by the Landmark Trust.

By October 1921, the Commission had drawn up plans for memorials on 12 sites in France and Belguim which were to act as Memorials to the Missing as well as battlefield memorials. Two memorials (Arras and St Quentin) were allocated to Lutyens. Progress was slow and compromised by the need to acquire the land and secure the consent for the designs from the French Commission de Monuments Historiques. As the Commission developed its plans the French began to be concerned about both the number of the memorials and their size, as they were in danger of overshadowing their own commemorative proposals. The French view was shared by Ware and his colleagues and in May 1927, the Commission endorsed a new plan that saw one memorial move over the border into Belgium and the names of the Missing being split between four stand-alone memorials. Three of the sites were already committed, leaving just one site to be decided. The original list of 12 had included memorials for various phases of the Somme battles, rather than a single memorial. However, with no other Somme memorial planned, it was decided that the final site should be at Thiepval to commemorate the area that, along with the struggle at Ypres, had become one of the most significant areas of the Western Front.

By the time that the Commission had undertaken its reappraisal Lutyens had already made substantial progress with the two projects allocated to him. The St Quentin design had been through a number of iterations. When the local commune had first been

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approached about the matter it suggested the memorial could be placed in a new square they were creating in the middle of the town for its own memorial.

The Mayor met Lt-Col Cart de Lafontaine (the Commission’s French speaking architect who had the responsibility for liaising with the local authorities) to discuss the matter. He stated that he did not want an obelisk or statues but would prefer a building such as a pantheon or a Hall of Memory, within which the names could be inscribed. Lutyens went to France and met Paul Bigot, the architect of the commune’s memorial, on 9th July 1923 and concluded that the location was unsuitable because of the difficulty of combining two memorials on the one site, especially as the British one would overpower its French counterpart. The Commission suggested a site 2km north of the town and the Mayor welcomed the proposals as he considered that they would ‘considerably add to the historic and artistic interest of St Quentin’. Lutyens was asked to design a memorial to contain 60,000 names and he prepared plans for a multi-columned arch to straddle the road.

Although the Commission did not endorse its revised plans for the memorials until May 1927, it had already become attuned to the French concerns and the possibility of relocating the St Quentin memorial to Thiepval to become a memorial for the Missing of the Battles of the Somme, which had been raised with Lutyens the previous May. Wasting no time, he inspected the area in August and a commanding site away from the roads on a ridge south west of the village was chosen. Approval of the design was finally received from the Commission des Monuments Historiques on 12th April 1928 and construction work was in progress on the foundations by the following March.

The memorial as built is the largest British war memorial in the world and its ‘extraordinary red brick and white stone’ has been described by the architectural historian Gavin Stamp as ‘one of the finest works of British architecture of the 16

Lutyens put forward the idea that the cemeteries should contain a War Stone - a Stone of Remembrance.

Cemeteries with over 1,000 burials have a Stone of Remembrance designed by Lutyens.

20th century’. Despite its chequered history the basic design of the memorial remained relatively constant but the main change was to its size, as it was scaled up or down depending upon the number of names it had to accommodate.

It stands 140ft high and takes the form of a series of interpenetrating arches of four increasing heights, which give rise to 16 massive pillars on which are carved the 72,099 names of the Missing.

The main building material is red brick, with limestone being used for the panels that hold the names. Limestone has also been used to provide cornice lines that wrap around the memorial to link the keystone of an arch on one level with the springing point of the one on the next. It is a masterful composition, made all the more so because the use of differing heights of arches gives it two profiles - from two sides chunky and muscular, from the other two tall and slender. At its heart, in the void created by the two tallest arches sits, reverentially, a Lutyens War Stone on its familiar three stepped plinth, the top and lower treads twice the width of the middle one. The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval was unveiled on 1 August 1932 by the Prince of Wales and its completion effectively marked the end of the Imperial War Graves Commission’s work in Belgium and France.

The memorial and cemetery are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and are located on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). The Thiepval Visitor Centre was built in 2004 and is located a short distance from the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme and the Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery. It is open daily from February to mid December. See www.en.historial.org for more information.

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Part of this is an edited extract from Lutyens and The Great War by Tim Skelton and Gerald Gliddon, published by Frances Lincoln.

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Chiddingfold Horticultural Society held a very pleasant and well attended Autumn Show and a masterful talk on ‘Heavenly Hostas’ in September. Their next meeting is on Wednesday 19th November at 8pm. It will be the AGM followed by a demonstration of flower arranging in the Village

Hall in Coxcombe Lane. Visitors are welcome to join them.

The Midhurst Players are performing RC Sherriff ’s iconic World War One play Journey’s End at the newly refurbished Memorial Hall, South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst GU29 9DH from 19th to 22nd November at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, with a discount for 10 or more tickets, and £6 for those 18 and under are available at the box office 01730 814419 or online at www. midhurstplayers.co.uk.

There are loads of events at RHS Garden Wisley during November.

Perhaps the two that stick out are the Christmas Shopping Evening on Thursday 20th November from 5.30pm. Bestselling author and cook, RHS Ambassador Mary Berry will be opening this late shopping evening and signing her books. Enjoy a warming drink and a mince pie to get you into the season’s mood. It’s a free event. The other is The Christmas Craft and Design Fair which runs from 25th30th November, 9am- 5.30pm (5pm Sunday) Browse and buy from over

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150 of the finest craftspeople and find original and unusual gifts. The event is held outside the garden. Members go free, family guest £6, non-RHS members £9. Accompanied 16’s go free. Garden entry is included in the ticket and there are some great other events such as the Glasshouse display, the Fruit and Veg competition that is open to all and the Royal Watercolour Society’s 210th exhibition.

The Grayshott Stagers’ next production is The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow based on the novel by John Buchan and the Alfred Hitchcock film. Performances are on Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November at Grayshott Village Hall.

Curtain up at 7.45pm. This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. Tickets are £10 from Magical Rooms, Headley Road, Grayshott, 01428 608340 or online at www. grayshottstagers.co.uk.

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by Shirley Jelliss and ‘Departure’ by Stephen Smith and directed by Paul Bailey. Performances at The Grayshott Village Hall will be on 20th and 21st February 2015 at 7.30pm. As always tickets sell out extremely quickly so, as soon as they become available, get on and book. Further details will be available in due course on the website.

A Christmas Market will be hosted

by Rodborough School, Milford, on Thursday 20th November (5pm7.30pm). This festive shopping evening has a wide range of local traders and craftspeople selling their individual wares. Ishopstyle will be selling discounted designer clothing (from brands such as Hollister, Jack Wills and Abercrombie & Fitch). Joining them will be stalls selling Madjak’s ladies clothing and accessories; Neal’s Yard skincare, bargain new DVDs, jewellery, Phoenix cards, stained glass, toys, handcrafted wood and sweets, along with many

others! Home-made authentic hot curries are served (also available to take away). Mulled wine, cakes and refreshments provided. The market is held inside the main hall and rooms nearby. Entry is FREE and open to all the public. There is plenty of parking on the main playground, accessed off the Petworth Road entrance.

Interested stallholders please contact Cathy on 01483 420633.

A Science Show takes place on Friday 21st November at 6.30pm at Bohunt School, Liphook. The entertaining and extraordinary story of human invention from the Stone Age to the iPad. Join renowned author, Christopher Lloyd and be inspired by his interactive account of how scientific inventions and discoveries have shaped the world, using his gigantic wallbook and his coat of technicolour pockets stuffed full of amazing scientific artefacts. Suitable for 8–80 years. Adults £6, children £4, and family of 4 £16. Tickets available from Bohunt School Reception, Milland Stores and Café, Milland and One Tree Books, Petersfield. Doors open at 6pm. A bar and refreshments

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The Chase Singers conducted by Robin Wells will be giving a concert on Saturday 22nd November at 7.30pm in Headley Parish Church. Tickets £10, to include wine and refreshments, are available from the Headley Church Centre, 01428 712010 or at the door.

Proceeds will go to the Church StoneWork Fund.

Aspire Sussex, your local Adult Education charity is offering an exciting range of one day Saturday courses on 22nd November at Midhurst Rother College. Courses include: Bicycle Maintenance, Computers – 3D printing, Cake Decorating, Photography, Silver Clay Jewellery, Stained Glass plus lots more! For further information, contact 0345 601 0161, visit www. aspiresussex.org.uk or email enquiries@aspiresussex.org.uk.

Midhurst Music Society (MMS) has recently presented memorable concerts in partnership with Midhurst Rother College and Conifers School.

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November at St. Mary’s Church, Petworth at 7.30pm. The programme includes Songs of the Fleet by Stanford, arranged by Ravalde; Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams; The Spirit of England by Elgar, arranged by Ravalde and By the Waters of Babylon

by Howells. Fernhurst Choral Society will be accompanied by Chichester String Quartet with Terence Allbright, Piano, Stefan Kennedy, Tenor and David Riley, Bass. Tickets are available from Judy Culhane on 01428 644125 From `We Got tickets` or at the door.

Cost £15 (Students and under 14`s £7.50) to include a glass of wine.

Fernhurst Choral Society welcomes new members - no auditions but musical ability is an advantage!

Rehearsals on Monday evenings at 8pm in Fernhurst Village Hall. Have a look at the website for further information; www.fernhurstchoral. webs.com.

Haslemere Flower Club is holding a Fernhurst Choral Society is putting Diamond Anniversary Show on 22nd on a concert to commemorate the and 23rd November to celebrate 60 anniversary of WWI - ‘The Spirit of years. The Club started in March 1954 Beritaz_Layout 1 12/12/2013 09:49 Page England.

An evening of great English and 1was called The Fernhurst and Choral Music’. It’s on Saturday 22nd Linchmere Decoration Society. In 1957

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the Club moved to The Haslemere Hall and the name was changed to Haslemere Flower Club and 60 years on they are still going strong. The show is entitled ‘A Claus for Celebration’ and will be held at The Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, Haslemere.

Preview Evening, Saturday 22nd November 6pm – 9pm. Haslemere Rock Choir will be performing during the evening. Tickets £7.50 bar open – canapés served. Show Day, Sunday 23rd November 10am - 4pm, Tickets £5. Sales table, refreshments, raffle, mini demonstrations. For further information, call Jan Boylett on 01428 643631.

This November will see the 10th anniversary of Milland’s Contemporary Crafts exhibition and sale, an annual opportunity to meet the makers and find some unique Christmas gifts. The brainchild of organisers Angela Carter of Milland Pottery and weaver Hilary Charlesworth, this well-established event brings together local crafts including wood, jewellery, textiles, ceramics and much more. Now a firm fixture in many people’s winter

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Prepare Yourself this Winter Last Christmas and New Year was a difficult time for a number of people. The rains brought flooding and high winds brought down power lines, leaving many people without power for up to three days. Many were not fully prepared for what happened, so we have compiled a few hints and tips to help, should there be a repeat this year.

Power Cuts

Generators Those of us who were without power for three days last Christmas might have appreciated having had a generator to run some of the basics in the house. The panel opposite has some information on generators should you decide to go down this route.

Radio During power cuts, the best way to receive news is often a wind-up or battery powered radio tuned into local news stations. Last year, it was annoying that many utility companies were directing people to their websites for more information or offered a phone number. If there is no power and everyone is telephoning at the same time you may not be able to easily access the information. You can now buy wind-up radios from around £10.

Telephones One of the most common problems during a power cut is being unable to use your telephone. Many people now have cordless telephones and almost all of these require electricity to work. To get around this, all you need is an old fashioned plug-in landline telephone which you can use at all times and can be bought for around £5. If you don’t have one, buy one now.

Mobile Phones Make sure you keep your mobile phone fully charged and limit its use to preserve the battery.

If you have a smart phone, remember that it may be the only device that can access the internet. However, be aware that even mobile phones can stop working properly during a power cut as more people than usual try and use the network at the same time. Also some phone masts might not have a power backup or this might run out during a prolonged outage.

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Fridges and Freezers People often ask how long food will last in a fridge or freezer during a power cut. The official advice is that it should be safe as long as power is out no more than four hours, although that seems a bit cautious. Others suggest that 15 hours is more realistic as long as you keep the door closed as much as possible.

Thawed or partially thawed food in the freezer may be safely re-frozen if it still contains ice crystals or is at 40 °F or below. Partial thawing and re-freezing may affect the quality of some food, but the food will be safe to eat.

TIPS Keep one light on so you know when the power returns.

If your electricity or gas goes off, make a note of the date and time of the disruption, and for how long it lasted. This means you will have a record if you want to claim compensation from the energy company for multiple disruptions.

Have spare charcoal so you can cook on your barbecue if necessary. I know several people who cooked their turkey like this during the Christmas power cut last year.

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Hopefully we will not see the return of the flooding that affected quite a lot of people last year. For those of you that are worried about the risk to your property there are products that you can buy to help protect yourself. Blue Pages is a directory of property flood products and services put together to advise and inform you of the range of products available to help reduce the risk of flooding to your home or business (www.bluepages.org.uk).

In the event of the threat of imminent flooding, your local council may assist by providing sandbags to those at extreme risk.

Cold and Snow Have a flu jab - these are free for anyone aged 65 and over, as well as for pregnant women.

Stock up on tinned and frozen foods so you don’t have to go out too much when it’s cold or icy.

Wear lots of thin layers – clothes made from cotton, wool or fleecy fibres are particularly good and maintain body heat.

Fresh snow is easier to clear before it is walked or driven on, and salt is more effective if most of the snow is cleared first and only needs to be spread thinly.

Snow is likely to affect some council services so please contact them for updates.

Check on neighbours, family and friends especially those who live alone.

Are you prepared for another winter of electrical black outs? Ofgem has already warned that mainland Britain could face power shortages in the years ahead due to demand outstripping supply in cold snaps and this, along with unforeseen winter storm damage, means that power cuts are becoming increasingly common.

Installing a standby generator in your home or small business is the answer and not as costly as you might think.

However it is important that any generator is correctly connected to your house supply through a mains transfer switch by a qualified electrician.

Standby generators range from simple portable units suitable for running basic lighting and small electrical devices to fully fixed and installed generators that will automatically start up during a power cut and provide a full mains supply to your house or business.

Choosing the correct type and output of a generator is crucial as the wrong size or type can damage your electrical equipment and generator. You must therefore take advice from a professional supplier and installer to ascertain what is the right solution for you.

One important point to consider is that standby generators are used infrequently but are relied upon to work efficiently when required. It is therefore very important that the equipment is maintained properly and routinely run and checked.

Something relatively new to this sector of the generator market is remote monitoring. This is where a generator can be remotely started and stopped on a monthly basis and diagnostics undertaken. This information is then relayed back to the owner, supplier or engineer and should a fault be found then the problem can be immediately resolved.

This can be a more cost effective method than maintaining a generator on site.

So it would seem that the need for a standby generator is going to become greater as we are experiencing more and more freak winter weather and national grid outages so it is something to contemplate before the cold weather sets in.

Information has been supplied by a local company, Power Sure Limited who provide generators for the home and for small businesses. For more details see www.power-sure.co.uk.

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calendars, Milland Contemporary Crafts also raises money for Samaritans through donations for homemade refreshments, available all weekend. So for cake, a catch up and some fabulous finds, pop along to Milland Hall on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November between 10am and 4pm.

With Christmas around the corner maybe you would like to make your own Christmas cards. The Fernhurst Centre is running a two hour session on Wednesday 26th November from 2pm-4pm at a cost of just £10.

You will learn how to use your own photographs and images to make cards, calendars, invitations etc.

Also, how to insert or copy pictures and clip art into a document from many different sources, including downloaded from a clip art website provider, copied from a web page, or inserted from a file where you save pictures. Whilst on the subject of Christmas they also have a course to help you set up and manage your addresses on your computer and then use for all your greetings cards – invitations etc. It’s on Tuesday 18th November from 2pm-4pm at a cost of £10. Places must be booked in advance so contact the Centre either on 01428 641931 or email at ferncent@gmail. com. Check out their website www. fernhurstcentre.org.uk.

The next in Les Amitiés Francaises’s popular series of lectures in French will be held on 27th November in the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming at 7.30pm. Dr Karen Serres, Director of Paintings at the Courtauld Gallery in London will talk on ‘Courtauld Gallery et la France’, outlining the Huguenot ancestry of the Courtaulds and the noted collection of modern French art which became the gallery and institute of today. The December meeting on 11th will be on ‘La Corse’ - Not just Napoleon’s’. Non-members are very welcome (£6 at the door).

Brochures are available in libraries and museums and for further information on the meetings or about the 2014/15 programme, contact John Petty, membership secretary on 01483 861974, johnpetty@sky.com and on www.amitiesfrancaises.com.

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PK Pre School welcomes Blunderbus Children’s theatre to Grayshott Village Hall on Saturday 29th November. They will be putting on a delightful show which comes to life with an irresistible blend of music, puppetry and high energy storytelling, with plenty of opportunities for little ones to join-in, clap along and giggle away. Little people aged 3-7 will love this heartwarming tale, but big people will have lots of fun too.

Performances are at 10.30am and 2.30pm. To make it a real family day out, PK are putting on a café and arts and crafts for children after each performance, where there will also be an opportunity to meet the puppets.

The show is being staged to raise funds for PK Pre School in Grayshott, an Ofsted outstanding committee run pre-school for 2-4 year olds in the heart of Grayshott village. Tickets are on sale from Magical Rooms in Grayshott and The Haslemere Sweet Shop priced at £6.50 per person.

I mentioned earlier that The Villagers will be having a musical gig after the fireworks on 8th November.

On Saturday 29th November they welcome ‘Stevie’, one bloke one mandolin. He has played locally at Weyfest for many years and his 2014 set on the main stage featuring tracks from his garage songs CD made the day for an appreciative audience.

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by Peter Green’s biographer, Martin Celmins. The sound, the look, the mystical atmosphere and on-stage chemistry are all portrayed with the passion and energy that got the seal of approval from ‘Big Daddy’ Mick, and built up an excellent reputation amongst Mac fans through numerous tours, TV and radio slots all over the UK and mainland Europe. The Fleetwood Bac show focuses on the Stevie Nicks/ Lindsey Buckingham/ Christine McVie ‘Rumours’ era of the band (still the fifth biggest-selling album of all time). It also features several songs from the Peter Green days, plus some of Stevie’s biggest solo hits, in a theatrical two-hour show, including costume-changes and an acoustic section. The concert takes place in The Haslemere Hall on Saturday 29th November. Tickets are £17 (£15 Concessions) Call the box office on 01428 642161/661793.

After its highly successful debut last year, when over £1200 was raised, Harrison’s Fund the Surrey-based charity promoting and funding research into a treatment or cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is holding its second Christmas Gift Fair at Liphook’s Millennium Centre on Saturday 29th November from 11am4pm. Building on last year’s successful format, there are set to be even more stalls and delicious home-cooked food will be available throughout the day to help visitors keep their shopping energy up! There will be more than 30 stalls featuring lots of great Christmas gift ideas to tempt you as well as activities for the little ones so do go along and get into some Christmas shopping and at the same time support a very important local charity.

I do know that families affected by Duchenne have little time. They’re in a race against time as children generally succumb to the condition and die in their late teens or early twenties.

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By Jack Hebden You will by now have seen many bulbs start appearing in great numbers in the garden centres, and the bulb catalogues are eagerly thumbed at home. Spring flowering bulbs are a really important part of the garden year and for the most part they are easy to grow: snowdrops, daffodils, crocuses, muscari are all pretty much things that you can plant and forget. They are usually happy to be left in the ground to ‘naturalise’ and they will not only flower year after year but they will multiply too.

Tulips, however, are altogether more tricky and yet a spring garden without tulips isn’t quite right. Spring needs tulips, but unlike the other bulbs you can’t leave tulips in the ground to look after themselves and to multiply or, more accurately, you can’t rely on them to do that. Some people dig their tulip bulbs up each year, but I certainly don’t, and so I look for tulips that will happily stay in the ground from year to year and put up with the winter-wet, sticky, clay soil and which will still make a show year after year. Not all tulips will do this. In fact, in my experience, most won’t.

If you are buying good bulbs you are unlikely to have any trouble getting a good show in the first year of planting, although a hideously wet winter like last year can cause some failures. It’s in the second and subsequent years that things may not go according to plan. What I’m looking for are tulips that once planted will go on flowering strongly year after year with relatively little help from me; actually, if I’m honest, with no help from me. I don’t want to be spending money on bulbs that are only going to give me one year of decent flowering. I don’t want to be replacing bulbs each year; instead I want my money and my efforts to be adding to my in-ground stock. I want the November 2014

Left: Species tulip Clusiana. Right: Toronto

display to be improving and increasing each year.

To achieve this you have to find the right tulip bulbs for your garden conditions. Some will ’do’ in one place but not another. So it is a matter of trial and error but here are a few which I have found successful in the less than ideal conditions of my own garden.

The first place to look for tulips which will reliably repeat year after year is among the species tulips. These are, in effect, the wild tulips from which the posh garden varieties that we now have were originally hybridised and developed. They are much more delicate looking than the bold hybrids but don’t be deceived by that; they are accustomed to fighting their corner in the wild and they can put up with anything the South East weather can throw at them. I think they are very much under-used and should be planted more widely. Some will happily ‘naturalise’ in wild parts of your garden as well. Two species tulips which I have found particularly successful are Tulipa Bakeri and Tulipa Clusiana, and every year I add a few to my bulb order. Sometimes you can get these in garden centres but not always. They are not rare or uncommon so if you Google ‘species tulip UK’ you will find plenty of places to buy them on-line and >24 23

will also see on-line what a wide range there is of these species tulips. They’re not expensive either.

Getting the more familiar garden tulips to repeat over several years is not so easy. Most will disappear quite quickly if you leave them in the ground and some won’t even make it to the second year. Very often I plant the new bulbs in tubs and pots in order to make a display on some steps or at an entrance or on a low wall. Then as soon as they have finished flowering I transplant them into their permanent positions in the garden so that they can go about the business of building up their food store for next year’s blooms and establishing themselves in their permanent homes. Incidentally, notice how effectively Great Dixter uses pots and tubs of bulbs, particularly tulips, to accentuate a feature such as an entrance.

Left: Species tulip bakeri Right: Daydream

What we want is a succession of tulips from March to May and over the years I have narrowed down my choice of bulbs to those which I know will give me several years of repeat flowering. Two of the best to get the ball rolling in March are the Fosteriana hybrid Orange Emperor and the Greigii hybrid Toronto. The first is, as you might expect, orange, while Toronto is a coral pink colour and has the bonus of having two or three flowers per stem.

umpteen other varieties have failed. Each year I re-order some of these tulips because I know they are going to deliver, but I also experiment with new ones too. Some of the new ones graduate to become regular buys and those that throw in the towel after one season are not ordered again. You have to find out what will work in your garden, in your conditions.

Some varieties seem to last for ever: we have some ‘unknown’ tulips in the garden which were already here when we arrived eleven years ago and they are still flowering vigorously. Conversely, I am always reading that tulip Praestans Fusilier will happily repeat year after year, although it never has for me in either of my Sussex clay gardens.

It’s also very easy to forget from one year to the next exactly what you planted and what did well and what didn’t, so do make notes. I always find this a bore but my wife is meticulous about it and when it comes to re-ordering I’m always glad that she is.

One final point concerns the cost of bulbs and you will perhaps notice that there are differences in price, sometimes quite big differences, for what appear to be the same thing. Usually the more expensive bulbs will be bigger, and bigger is usually better in the sense that the plants that you get from the bigger bulbs will themselves be bigger, but smaller bulbs from a good source will still flower very well. Just make sure that if you are paying top dollar you are getting the best.

A bit later, in April, the Darwin hybrid Daydream comes into flower and this is perhaps my absolute favourite tulip. Every year when it starts to flower I am surprised by the fact that it is yellow but it quickly changes to the soft orange which I remember. Why I am caught out every year by this I don’t know, but I am. Daydream is a cracker and repeats happily with no attention.

The tulip show finishes for me in May with two majestic varieties Dordogne and Menton. Dordogne is a spectacular combination of dark pink and orange and Menton is a sort of salmon orange. And, importantly, despite their size, these two seem well able to withstand the strong winds which we get here.

Obviously these tulips are not the only tulips in the world which will flower for several years without attention, but they do that in my garden when 24

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T G Green Cornish Ware In her second article for VantagePoint, local antique dealer Debbie Serpell discusses T G Green Cornish Ware, something she herself collects.

Cornish Ware is one of the most popular kitchenwares ever produced. Its production began in Derbyshire at the Church Gresley Pottery in 1926 and by 1930, the range was well established and extremely fashionable. It is said that the colour of the blue and white banding was likened to the blue of the Cornish skies and the white crests of the Cornish sea waves and this is why the pottery was given its name. A thriving export market was established and Cornish Ware was shipped in vast quantities to the colonies in the early 20th century.

In the 1950s different colour banding was introduced to this kitchenware. The yellow banded pottery (‘Cornish Gold’) is perhaps the best known of these colour changes (figure 1), but other colour bands such as black, red and green were made. Collectors are keen to find these rarer colours and will pay remarkable prices for unusual pieces in rare colour bandings. The popularity of the new colour bandings never competed with the blue and white range and less were made since the market did not demand it in the same way. It is for this rarity factor that they fetch bigger prices in the collectors’ world today.

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In 1966, Judith Onions was employed by the pottery as a freelance designer to update the Cornish Ware product designs. She was a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.

Her new shapes to the tea and coffee sets were retailed in 1967 and became popular immediately.

Almost all T G Green pottery is well marked with what is called a back stamp. In general terms, earlier pieces have a shield-shaped mark (see left) and the later Judith Onion ware is marked with a target shaped mark. There are variations to this general rule of thumb.

A church mark is present on some pieces and was used until the late 1930s for example.

The most important tip to establishing the authenticity of a piece is by feeling the body of the item. Genuine TG Green wares have a ridged banding pattern. This is due to the manufacturing process whereby the white pottery is dipped into a blue slip which is then left to dry. Once dried, the pieces are turned on a wheel and bands of white are created by removal of the blue slip. This turning technique forms the ridging that can be felt between the bands and has never been successfully replicated by other potters. vantagepointmag.co.uk

A diverse number of Cornish Ware products have been made.

They range from clock faces to cruet sets, standard kitchen flatware (figure 2) to rarer items such as the egg separator and rolling pin (figure 3). The rarer the product, the greater the potential for it to realise high prices in the collectors’ market.

An extremely rare blue and white banded electric clock, 24cm in diameter, with an early green shield mark, realised £550 at auction in recent years.

Many storage jars were produced. Some are plain and unmarked but others identify the name of the stored item on their side, such as ‘Sugar’, ‘Salt’, ‘Flour’ etc. These named jars have under glazed black lettering on their sides. Common names such as ‘Sugar’ and ‘Salt’ can be found for between £10 to £40 a piece (figure 4), but rarer named jars can fetch astonishing prices.

A rare storage jar, only 11cm in height, bearing the name ‘Yellow Sugar’ fetched £770 at auction several years ago. Another jar with the name ‘Bisto’ brought £600 and a ‘Dessicated Coconut’ jar brought £350 under the auction hammer. Similarly, a jar labelled ‘Boracic Crystals’ sold in 1998 for £530.

The named marking of pieces of Cornish Ware was not confined to storage jars. Sugar and flour sifters, vinegar jars, milk jugs and salt boxes are some of the many items that have the attractive black side lettering that raises them aesthetically above the plain versions of the same pieces.

If you add a colour rarity to this group, then the collecting appeal is greatly enhanced (figure 5).

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white productions, which appeared in the late 1990s in both auctions and antique fairs. A good rule of thumb is that the green shield mark was originally applied by the factory to plain jars. The black shield mark was applied to the bona fide named ‘productions’ (see bottom left).

The temptation by the fakers is to apply black lettering to the plain jars and then to cover the fake names with a band of acrylic glaze. While the labels are quite convincing, the authenticity of the piece can be easily checked by scratching the surface of the lettering with a sharp blade.

Genuine marked pieces will withstand this testing, but fake named items can be scratched off, since the lettering is not fired and under the original glaze. In short, treat named green shield marked jars with a degree of suspicion.

This may not always be the acid test, but is a good starting point if you are uncertain of the authenticity of a piece.

I have been a collector of Cornish Ware for over 20 years. My own collection is far from perfect, since I am happy to buy damaged pieces and am never in a rush to complete my collection.

The beauty in this field of collecting lies in the fact that it is largely affordable. I have bought from car boot sales, charity shops, auctions and sites on line and over the years I have amassed a large variety of Cornish Ware items.

My own personal preference is to collect only the earlier shield marked Cornish Ware rather than the later Judith Onions pieces. This is not to say that the Judith Onion pieces are less worthy of collecting. Her work has a distinct 1960s appeal in shape and style, which in my opinion sits better alone than alongside the earlier wares. Although I own a few rare items of Cornish Ware, my collection largely represents the more common pieces. The added joy of this kitchenware is in its durability and it survives everyday use as well as any good quality kitchenware of today. The thrill of my collecting is in identifying the vast range of different styles of kitchenware which exist, even in something as simple as the design of cup shapes (figure 6).

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Fernhurst Films is showing Grand Budapest Hotel on Saturday 29th November in the Village Hall. Doors open 7pm, film starts 7.30pm: Duration 100 mins Rated: R. The adventures of a legendary concierge, improbably but wonderfully played by Ralph Fiennes, at a famous European hotel between the wars. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for a family fortune. Director, Wes Anderson presents a star-studded cast with regulars Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Tilda Swinton.

But here they’re additionally joined by Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum and Jude Law. How often do you have so many major names in one film?

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The annual Haslemere NSPCC Christmas fair will this year be held in the beautiful and spacious Grayswood Village Hall.

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Saturday 29th November from 10am to 4pm. The hall is directly on the A286, (Grayswood Road, GU27 2EB).

There are some great stalls selling unique items, ideal for Christmas presents. Just to give you some idea, there are original handmade felt animals, creamware pottery, plus potpourri and pine wreaths, clothing from France and Italy, with a range of silk tops, super-soft sweaters, tunics and gilets, in cashmere and silk. There’s Christmas decorations and gifts, wine and organic chocolate tastings, plus giftware for chocoholics and wine connoisseurs; handmade bespoke personalised cushions; French shopping baskets and African artisan baskets and some beautiful artefacts made from old and preloved items. There are kitchen tools, food products and cookbooks not to forget cooking demonstrations.

Finally, boutique-style jewellery and accessories and some great deals on a diverse range of books. There’s even a bric-a-brac table. To keep up your strength, there are some curries on offer to eat in or take away. Also, coffee, tea and delectable cakes and biscuits. Do go along and support this

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The annual Christmas Fair put on by the Haslemere & District Committee of Macmillan Cancer Support, after a very successful first year at Amesbury, will be back there again on Sunday 30th November, from 10am till 3pm.

Stalls, old and new, will be offering a wide variety of Christmas gifts, while Macmillan stalls will be selling homemade cakes, biscuits, jams and preserves as well as keenly priced plants. Teas, coffees and lunches will be available. Admission is £3, with a special rate of £5 for families.

If you feel like turning your back on high street gifts this year, or just having some fun, the National Trust is offering a variety of traditional craft workshops to get you in the Christmas spirit. Why not try making your own decorations, creating festive wreaths or pick up some yuletide baking tips?

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A GOOD Book In this regular column we feature books that we, and our reviewers, like. They may not necessarily be new books, but they’ll be fiction and non-fiction books that we have enjoyed.

We’ll always include at least one children’s book in the selection each time. We’d love to hear your thoughts on anything you feel we should be reading and sharing with others.

Goshawk Squadron Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson Published by MacLehose Press Paperback. Fiction.

Price £8.99.

Derek Robinson earned a Booker nomination for his first novel, Goshawk Squadron, in 1971.

It is an extraordinary black comedy, focusing on a WWI squadron of flyers and, in particular, its cynical and harddriving commander, Major Stanley Woolley. The bitter experience of the air war has taken its toll on him – and all the veterans of the squad.

Vivid flying sequences and rousing scenes in French villages unlucky enough to have alcohol available contribute to this portrait of men under terrible pressure. But at the centre of the maelstrom is the relationship of Woolley and his lover, a nurse whose brush with death leads to an awakening of emotions that the Major doesn’t expect.

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conditions are entirely believable; Robinson’s portrait of characters is extraordinarily convincing; and the descriptions of the air war’s particular allure is compelling.

Robinson continued to publish a series of searing, gripping novels about pilots in various conflicts through the decades. Readers should be grateful to MacLehose Press (an arm of Quercus) for bringing them all back into print – they form an extraordinary series of glimpses into the realities of air wars and the sacrifices made by the pilots in conflict after conflict.

Reviewed by Nash Robbins

Man at the Helm Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe Published by Viking, August 2014.

Fiction.

Price £12.99.

Nina Stibbe’s first published book made her famous, in some circles, if only for inspiring Alan Bennett to deny being able to fix a bicycle. Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life consists of a series of letters Stibbe wrote

while an au pair for a particularly well-connected family in London; Bennett is only one literary character who the young Stibbe writes about in missives to her elder sister. It is charming, funny, and terrific fun.

Now Stibbe has published her first novel, and all the qualities that made her epistolary non-fiction such a pleasure to read are present in Man at the Helm.

Lizzie Vogel remembers the year 1970, when her parents divorced and her mother ended up with the children in an unwelcoming English village. The difficulties of being single in a judgemental hamlet are multiplied by the challenge of being a playwright. But the children develop a plan to find their mother a husband . . .

Charming and funny, Man at the Helm avoids clichés of childhood or sentimentality. And although told from the position of a nine-yearold, it is very much about the world of adults and the hardship of the divorcee’s life.

This book is sharp-eyed, witty, and wonderfully memorable – if you enjoyed ‘I Capture the Castle’ by Dodie Smith I think you might like this too.

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Almost English

By Charlotte Mendelson Published by Pan Macmillan £5.59

When the feckless Peter simply disappeared leaving his wife, Laura, and their small child, Marina, the pair had no option but to move in with his Hungarian mother and sisters.

Determined to make the best of the situation, these perpetually upbeat old ladies share the tiny basement flat in Bayswater, are kind to Laura (who has to sleep on the sofa), and besotted with Marina. So when, in her early teens, Marina decides her life will be transformed and glorious if she goes to boarding school, they rally round, gather their savings, and send her off.

Mistake. Marina is utterly homesick. Laura pines. She sends a daily postcard to her daughter. But neither is able to tell the other of the desolation of their separation.

Both their lives unravel at an equally pell-mell pace, unnoticed by the oldies who have pinned their hopes on Marina studying medicine at Cambridge and who visit the school at every opportunity in their flamboyant, but threadbare, best clothes.

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to get a handle on her life, the unwavering love and endearing eccentricity of the ancient relatives.

This was a worthy nomination for the Booker long-list last year.

Reviewed by Caroline Boucher

Lady Luck and Me

By Ben Dobson Self published in June 2014.

Paperback. Non-fiction. £8.99.

Available from Amazon

I was sent this book after receiving an email from the author, who lives locally and had decided to write his own story after suffering from depression, for which there is sadly little support. He wrote the book in the hope that it might help others in the same situation and I suspect for cathartic reasons too.

I must admit that I started reading it with some trepidation but I need not have worried because this really is quite an uplifting book. Ben’s travails are sad, funny, touching, embarrasing and sometimes worse.

The sad times are never very far away but nor are the adolescent adventures, with some slightly predictable ‘In-betweeners’ style comedy moments which can’t fail to either elicit a huge laugh or a course of tutting, depending upon the reader.

What makes this book so enjoyable is the author’s writing. The prose is fluent, witty, clever and touching.

He also emerges as a very likeable

young man who has been dealt, through no fault of his own, with a set of cards that are not obviously a winning hand. And yet his ability to put words on paper so well proves that there is an ace in there somewhere.

Reviewed by Stefan Reynolds

Cakes in Space

By Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre Published by Oxford University Press Hardback. Children’s Fiction. £8.99

What a super book this is, despite it only being in two colours. How glorious it would have been to see the killer cupcakes in full colour.

However, that doesn’t detract from the quality of the writing and illustrations. It’s about Astra and her family who are travelling through space to a new home on Nova Mundi when their spaceship is attacked. It’s all down to Astra to save everyone on the ship from the killer cupcakes, batty battenbergs and marauding muffins.

As it says: “people should eat cakes, not the other way round..” This is a really fun story by Philip Reeve with fabulous illustrations by Sarah McIntyre – what a dazzling duo they are, they really should have their own cartoon series on TV. I loved this book.

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Settle down to some festive craftmaking at this Georgian mansion on the South Downs. Swag-making: 3rd December, 10am- 2pm, £40 (includes coffee, a mini-tour of the house and a two-course lunch), book on 01730 825415. Wreath-making: 4th December, 10am-2pm, £40 (includes coffee, a mini-tour of the house and a two-course lunch), book on 01730 825415. Petworth House and Park, Petworth - Christmas Fair on 22nd and 23rd November, 10.30am- 3.30pm, £5 (including National Trust members), children free. It really is worth visiting the National Trust website to see what is on near you. There are some lovely Christmassy events to get you and all the family in the mood.

Haslemere Christmas Farmers’ Market is on Thursday 4th December, 10am4pm, West Street, Haslemere. Go along and browse for Christmas ideas and buy your presents and treats. Great value, fresh local produce, a feast for eyes and palate! You can meet the farmers and growers in person and

understand their passion, dedication and commitment to providing the best quality food possible. Make a note of other markets. Haslemere Farmers’ Market times: first Sunday monthly, 10am-1.30pm, Haslemere High Street.

Milford Farmers’ Market times: third Sunday monthly, 10am-1.30pm, Secretts, Milford GU8 5HU. For more details call 07528 758087, or email joy@surreyfarmersmarkets.org. Free parking.

Macmillan Cancer Support in Midhurst will be holding its annual Tree of Hope Service at St Mary’s Church Easebourne on Thursday 4th December at 6.30pm. They invite you to remember a loved one who will not be with you this Christmas by dedicating a light on the Macmillan Tree of Hope and having their name entered into the 2014 Book of Love. All donations received will help fund the Macmillan Palliative Care Service, based at Midhurst Community Hospital, supporting their patients and their families living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses in Midhurst and the surrounding areas. Dedication

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Midhurst Town Council’s annual Christmas Street Party will take place on the evening of Friday 5th December. The purpose of the street party is to provide a free evening of festive fun for Midhurst residents, particularly families with younger children. Entertainment will include a street performer, Punch & Judy, free children’s rides, music and carol singing. They are also hoping for a visit from a very special guest and his reindeer! The town’s pubs, bars and restaurants will remain open to provide refreshments, as well as street vendors selling roasted chestnuts, hot chocolate and toffee apples. Many shops will stay open late, providing the perfect opportunity to get some Christmas shopping done in a lovely festive atmosphere.

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Dennis Brothers Britain’s oldest vehicle manufacturer company was established in Guildford. In the first of a series, Andy Goundry tells the story.

Most folk enjoying been reasonably effective, for as company a quiet drink in the folklore recalls, John became one of the first, Wetherspoons pub at if not the first person, to fall foul of motoring the bottom of North law by being prosecuted for ‘driving furiously Street in Guildford will up Guildford High Street at the speed of be unaware that they 16 mph’. A not inconsiderable fine of 20 are relaxing on the shillings was repaid many times over as the site of Britain’s oldestDennis brothers used this incident in their established vehicle advertisements as proof of the machines manufacturer. Indeed speed. Then – as now – speed sells! one of the oldest in the The very first Dennis commercial vehicle, the 1904 15cwt. van built for Harrods. (Dennis Society). world, with a history Motorised tricycles soon gave way to which can be traced back to 1895 and the motorised quadricycles, which although far from substantial closing years of the Victorian era. vehicles, set the scene for a move into building motor cars in 1901. This was facilitated by a move from the outgrown High During Queen Victoria’s reign, the industrial Street premises to an old army barracks in North Street. revolution had seen both the birth and rapid development of the railway system, In 1901 motor cars were still a rarity, with probably no more offering comparatively fast ways to transport than 500 in Britain, however the Dennis brothers continued to both goods and people over relatively long invest in their belief in the future of motoring, they expanded distances. As the 19th century ended however, further with a purpose-built office and factory – the Rodboro that railway supremacy was about to be Buildings on Onslow Street, now the home of JD Wetherspoons challenged, and subsequently beaten, by a amongst others. Indeed, so successful were sales of the Dennis new form of road transport – that powered by Brothers products that the firm moved into part of the new internal combustion engines. factory even before the rest was completed.

Few of the pioneers of this second industrial revolution can have imagined how their early inventions would develop. Certainly one John Dennis would not have done so when he left his native Devon in 1894 to join Filmer & Mason, a firm of ironmongers in Guildford High Street. As a country boy, John’s interests lay in farm machinery, and soon after arriving in Guildford in 1895 he built a bicycle, using parts bought through his employer. This first machine was soon sold profitably, leading to the manufacture and sale of further cycles, and, after a period working for a cycle manufacturer in London, John was able to set up his own business in 1895, selling his Speed King and Speed Queen cycles from The Universal Athletic Stores at the bottom of Guildford’s High Street. John’s brother, Raymond, then only 17, soon moved up from Devon to join John in his growing business.

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Interestingly, final assembly of cars was carried out on the third floor, the lower floors being given over to stores, offices, showrooms and component manufacturing. A large lift was therefore required to carry the finished cars down to ground level.

As the sales of motor cars increased, and as more manufacturers jumped on the bandwagon, the Dennis brothers looked for diversification opportunities. They quickly realised that the principles developed for moving people via motor cars could be adapted to move goods, thereby providing significant benefits to businesses large and small who had hitherto been reliant on horse-drawn transport.

In 1904, Dennis built their first commercial vehicle, a 15 cwt van for Harrods department store. Shortly afterwards, their first bus followed, which plied between Kingston-upon-Thames and Richmond.

Rapid success in sales of this broadened product range meant that the capacity of the Rodboro Buildings factory was again soon exceeded. A new 10 acre site was purchased at Woodbridge Hill, then a greenfield site on the edge of Guildford. Never ones to spend money unnecessarily, one of the first buildings on the site was reputedly a disused > 34 33

Mission Hall from Brixton which was dismantled, transported 30 miles, and re-erected to become No. 1 shop.

war would need far more in the way of reliable mechanised transportation than was readily available. Thus the Government devised the ‘subvention scheme’, whereby the owner of a lorry approved by the War Department, who made that vehicle available for use for the war effort, would be rewarded with a payment of £110. The vehicle types approved for this subsidy were subjected to rigorous testing by the War Department, thus owners who participated in the scheme not only received the cash subsidy but invested in the vehicle in the knowledge that it had successfully passed these tests.

A further broadening of the Dennis range in 1908 proved to be significant, when a fire engine was produced for the City of Bradford Brigade. Traditionally, fire engines had been horse drawn, and used steam-powered pumps, with inevitably slow response times. In contrast, Dennis’s Bradford appliance could be on scene quickly and pumping immediately, thanks to its White & Poppe petrol engine. The success of this revolutionary appliance initially led to London and then other fire brigades throughout Britain, and indeed throughout the world. The name Dennis soon became synonymous with Fire in the public’s eye.

Sales success in fire engines was matched by thriving orders for buses and other heavier vehicles, at the expense of the original passenger cars. Indeed, in 1909 the company issued a statement to confirm that it was still building ‘passenger cars’. In truth however, the manufacture of Dennis cars was a relatively short-lived era, with comparatively few ever having been built. Fittingly two of the very few remaining cars belong to John Dennis, grandson of one of those original Dennis brothers, and can be regularly seen participating in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

Dennis was in the forefront of manufacturers submitting vehicles for these tests. Their vehicles successfully completed the tests without too much change. The foresight of both the Government and Dennis paid off as over 7,000 of these reliable vehicles were built over the war years, seeing honourable and trusty service in all theatres of war.

The Woodbridge Hill factory toiled day and night during the war to produce these vehicles, leading to the directors receiving a letter of encouragement from Lord Kitchener.

By 1910, Dennis’s claimed proudly, and justifiably, that their fire engines operated all over the world, from Auckland to Zanzibar, whilst over 1,000 Dennis lorries and vans were at work moving goods around the country.

Perhaps one of the company’s greatest strengths in these pre-Great-War years of rapid growth came from its ability and readiness to produce vehicles for specific uses, alongside their more standard ranges. This flexibility was made possible by the Woodbridge Hill factory making complete vehicles rather than just bodies or chassis.

By 1910 the factory was producing 1,000 vehicles annually. The factory was extended several times, covering over 260,000 square feet by 1916 – massive by any standards.

Even before then, war was in the air, and Dennis, which became a public company in 1913, took the decision to cease passenger car production in favour of concentrating on commercial vehicles. In part, this was in response to the Government’s recognition that the coming 34

From top: Two adverts dating from 1925 and 1928 (www.gracesguides.co.uk).

An iconic 1914 Dennis N Type, immortalised in an Airfix kit. This vehicle is still owned by Alexander Dennis Ltd. and can regularly be seen competing in the London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle Run. (Andy Boulton) Pictured here in the early years of the 20th century, the Rodboro Building was not in fact named until it was occupied by the Rodboro Boot & Shoe Company in 1917 after Denis moved to Woodbridge Hill. (Dennis Society).

Ironically, at the end of the war this effort resulted in a vast fleet of surplus lorries no longer needed by the military. These found their way back to the UK and at a stroke destroyed the market for new lorries and indeed buses, thereby precipitating the Dennis business into its first real challenge in a new and uncertain future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andy Goundry spent his working career in vehicle design and development, with almost twenty years in senior engineering and management roles at Dennis. Since retirement he has continued a close involvement with vehicles, writing for specialist magazines and websites, as well as producing his own motoring website www.autonews.uk.com. © Andy Goundry 25th September 2014 vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Three soup recipes for autumn This month, we have asked three local food businesses for a favourite soup recipe. Soup is the perfect thing for these autumn months, both easy and quick to make. It makes a great starter for a formal dinner or a light lunch or supper.

Some of the best (and cheapest) soups can be very simply made with whatever left over vegetables you have lurking in the fridge. Simply chop and sweat an onion in some olive oil, add the chopped vegetables and some stock, and leave to simmer. When the vegetables are tender, whizz it all up with a blender, season to taste and there you have it, an instant soup.

One of the best soups I have ever made was actually a recipe for curried peas from the wonderful Jennifer Patterson, one of the Two Fat Ladies. I decided to turn it into a soup by adding some stock and some cream at the end, and it was transformed into something very special. SR

Cannellini Bean Soup with Cavolo Nero & Virgin Olive Oil Be in the Kitchen is a small cookery school in a beautiful homely setting in Effingham, Surrey and they pride themselves on fresh, fun and healthy food using local produce. Be’s background with the Roux brothers and Leith’s school of food and wine gives her the expertise and professionalism to share with her clients. Please visit www. beinthekitchen.co.uk for more information. This recipe is taken from Rose Gray of the iconic River Café in London, which she founded with Ruth Rogers.

1. Drain the soaked beans and transfer to a large saucepan. Cover with cold water, bring to the boil and simmer until tender. Drain and reserve the liquid.

2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the garlic until softened but not coloured (20 minutes). Add the parsley and beans and cook, stirring until the beans are well coated with the mixture.

3. Heat the butter and stock in a large pan, add the Cavolo Nero, cover with a lid and braise for about 8 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, put three-quarters of the beans in a food processor with 250ml/8fl oz of their liquid, and briefly pulse (you do not want a purée). Add more liquid if necessary, but it should be thick. Return to the whole beans 36

with the cavolo nero and stock and season with salt and pepper.

5. Serve in large soup bowls, drizzled with a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil.

Ingredients 225g/8oz cannellini beans, soaked overnight in cold water 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped 3tbsps olive oil 6tbsps chopped fresh flat leaf parsley sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 20g/ ¾ oz butter 150ml/ ¼ pint stock 200g/7oz Cavolo Nero or Swiss Chard, washed and finely sliced For the dressing: Extra virgin olive oil

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Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Cumin Oil

This recipe comes from The Hungry Guest in Petworth. Set up in 2011, it now includes a wholesale artisan bakery and production kitchen, a food shop complete with its own butchery and cheese room and a catering service. For more information, visit www.thehungryguest.com or telephone 01798 344564.

1. Peel, de-seed and cut the pumpkin, put it on an oven tray and roast it until soft, which should take 15-20 mins.

Stichelton (a traditional English blue cheese made from raw milk) if you are feeling really naughty!

2. Peel and dice the onions and garlic and sweat these down in oil for roughly 5 mins, until soft and translucent.

To make the cumin seed oil, simply warm the oil with cumin seeds and leave to infuse for 24 hours.

3. Add the roasted pumpkin and the milk and bring to boil. Turn it down and simmer for 5 mins and then remove from heat.

Ingredients 30ml good quality oil 1 large white onion, finely chopped 20g garlic, peeled and crushed 500g Crown Prince pumpkin, peeled, de-seeded and chopped into 2cm chunks 500ml full fat Goodwood farm milk Cumin seed oil 50g walnut oil 5g cumin seeds

4. Using a blender, blitz the soup on highest setting until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.

Stichelton cheese (optional) Serves 4

5. Serve topped with pumpkin seeds, cumin oil and crunchy croutons.

You could also add some crumbled

Potato & Smoked Haddock Soup This soup recipe comes from Jane Stockdale who runs her own Farnham based business, Home Cooking for Small Occasions. For more information 01252 723161 or 07775 696918 or email her at janestockdale01@hotmail.co.uk.

1. Sweat the garlic, onions, leeks potatoes and saffron in the butter with 1 teaspoon of salt (optional) and 2 tablespoons of water for 6 minutes.

2. Meanwhile poach the haddock in enough full cream milk to cover the fish with a few peppercorns, a bay leaf and black pepper for a couple of minutes on each side (if you should have left over white wine a splash would add to the flavour).

3. Remove the fish, reserve the liquor, flake and skin the haddock. Keep it to one side.

4. Pour the stock and haddock poaching liquor over the vegetables and simmer until soft.

5. Add the haddock and heat further for a few minutes.

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6. Stir in the chopped parsley, the lemon zest and juice. Season and serve

Ingredients 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced 2 medium onions, peeled and diced (2.5cms) 2 medium leeks, washed and sliced 2 floury, white potatoes (baking size) - peeled and diced (2.5cms) 1 pinch saffron threads 55g butter 1 litre fish stock - half of this can be the poaching milk from the haddock (if using reduce the amount of stock accordingly) 400g smoked haddock 8 sprigs of flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped Zest and juice of 1 lemon Salt and black pepper Serves 4 37

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November

With Matthew Pottage, Garden Manager at RHS Garden Wisley

Goodbye autumn, hello winter By mid to late November when the trees have finished dropping their leaves, the garden is just about ready for its full hibernation. Make sure all fallen leaves are either collected and placed on the compost heap, or, as we do at Wisley sometimes, blow them back onto the beds. They will naturally break down and you’ll be astonished how quickly the worms help with the composting process.

Herbaceous perennials can be cut back now that they are dormant, unless you want them standing for structure or seed heads. In a similar way to leaving the fallen leaves

Going to pot Finally, spare a thought for potted plants this winter, whose root balls can freeze after periods of prolonged cold. If you have slightly tender plants in pots, wrapping the pot with bubble wrap or fleece during periods of sub-zero conditions will help aid survival, especially with evergreens.

on the soil, you can cut back herbaceous plants and put the tops on the beds to break down. Just chop them up into small pieces first. Make the job easier by cutting the plant back bit by bit with shears or a hedge trimmer. We have tried this at Wisley in some of the less high profile areas and have enjoyed the results. The outcome looks like mulch as it is a cocktail of stems and leaves which is great for the soil structure.

Sleeping lawns and performing tree circles Depending on the weather, sometime in November tends to be the time to stop cutting your lawn. Remember to try and keep falling leaves off the grass, and take time to spike (aerate) the lawn if you can. This assists with drainage and helps relieve compaction which often occurs throughout the summer. If the cold weather hasn’t reached your garden yet, it is still possible to take a rake to the lawn to get rid of any moss or thatch. If you have struggling grass under the edges of trees or perhaps around the base of a tree in the lawn, now is a good time to increase the tree circle around the base.

This doesn’t just tidy up scrappy looking shaded grass, but also helps the fibrous root system of the tree.

Tree circles can also pack a punch with spring bulbs, so mark out any tree circle extensions, throw down a generous covering of crocus bulbs and simply cover with 5-10cm of home-made compost topped with a load of fallen leaves. Leave nature to do her work. The bulbs will correct themselves (depth and orientation) and the compost will get to work improving life for the tree. Just remember never to heap mulch or soil up against tree trunks – think doughnuts not pyramids!

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RHS Garden Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley to find out more.

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Alice Holt Forest Alice Holt is such an ancient forest that no one is completely certain how it got its name. Most likely, it came from Ælfsige, anglo-saxon bishop of Winchester and “holt” meaning simply “a wood”. The Forestry Commission took it over in 1924 and established a research centre which advises on forest management, nursery, soils etc. anywhere in the country and does extensive research here. They also re-established an arboretum (close by, though not on this walk), with the help of an army of volunteers. There is always lots going on and lots to do at Alice Holt, so it is well worth a trip for visitors of all ages. For more information, please visit www.forestry.gov.uk/aliceholt. This walk is taken from www.fancyfreewalks.org and reproduced with kind permission.

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1. From the car park, go ahead past a metal barrier and follow the wide stony path. After 200m, ignore paths left and right. (The righthand path leads to a picnic area and a circular path. The left-hand path leads to the Alice Holt Research Centre.) After another 400m, go straight over a tarmac path. The path curves left with great views to your right over Hampshire.

Just after, avoid side tracks left and right. The path descends between cypress trees, then ascends again and runs level amongst pines, becoming more grassy. After Alice Holt Forest and another level section, a total of 2 km from the car park, you come to a more open area with a wire fence ahead on your left, next to a tree plantation.

2. Avoid the path that forks left to a tall gate but, 20m further, turn right on a path. (If you are adventurous, and want to stay dry, you can instead continue on the main path for 120m and find a very narrow but clear path, almost hidden, on the right – beware of an extremely narrow one just before it – and follow it through dense conifers, wheeling left a bit at the end through some tall pines . This takes you to the Y-junction mentioned below.) After nearly 300m on this straight path, at a junction, turn sharp left to arrive in about 200m at a Y-junction. Take the right fork on a path that takes you through a wooden barrier. Keep straight ahead with houses and gardens on your right and, after 130m, turn right on a quiet residential road.

In about 250m, just after St Huberts (with its little turret and wind vane) turn left on a narrow footpath. This takes you past a filling station (with a small shop) to the main A325 road.

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Instead of looking for the shortest way, this section takes you in a loop round the best part of the forest, but always finding dry paths. From near the café, toilets and cycle hire, turn right downhill on a path marked as the Willows Green Trail. Your path goes over a bridge with railings. At a T-junction,turn left on the Long Route, soon reaching a T-junction with a wide sandy gravel track. Turn right here. In 200m, at a crossing path with waymarkers, turn left on the red route, a grey gravel path, passing several stick huts or ‘dens’ as your path veers right. After 200m on this path, at a T-junction, turn left on another wide path, with houses sometimes visible beyond. Keep ahead on this path for about

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350m, avoiding a left fork halfway along, until you reach a major T-junction, indicated by a fork in the path. Keep left here and turn left as you join another path at the T-junction,still on the red route.

5. You will be following this path more or less straight for over 600m. In about 100m, avoid a left fork at a marker post, thus leaving the red route. Your excellent wide path snakes its way downhill. In a dip, you pass a junction sharp left and, 50m later, reach a crossing path. Turn right on the crossing path (the path left would take you back to the Centre). You will be following this main, rather curvy, path for over 700m. Your path wheels left and goes over a crossing path. Your next encounter is with that rather muddy byeway across your path. Your path curves right as it meets a grassy path on the left and goes over a stream. Stay on the main path as it bends sharp left and then right again, avoiding all the lesser, muddy side paths.

6. On your left soon is George’s Lonely Oak, named after a long-serving forester. You soon reach another junction. Turn left here to avoid the muddy horse path ahead and quickly right again, staying on the wide dry path, passing some cypresses and a picnic table. This takes you, in another 100m or so, to a very wide path at an oblique T-junction. Turn right on this wide path to reach, in 150m, a 5-way junction.

7. Now leave the main route, which bends left, by going straight ahead on another wide path. In about 200m, you reach the border of the forest indicated by a wooden gate and a small car park.

A small community on the Surrey border, welcome to Rowledge!

St James’s church is on your left. Keep straight ahead on the lane to a junction in the village.

8. Turn left on School Road, passing the Cherry Tree pub on your right, a worthy watering hole with two gardens and some good food. Continue on the road, passing various houses, a recreation ground and a parking area. Rowledge House, soon on the right with the dragon-crested outhouse, was a hostel during World DISTANCE: 7 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 145 (Guildford) STARTING POINT: Gravel Hill Road car park. The nearest postcode is GU10 4LJ but for navigation purposes, you need to set GU10 5JD which will take you on the Gravel Hill Road.

GETTING THERE: you reach the car park from the A31 road (signposted Winchester Alton), just 3 miles (5 km) west of

War II for Jewish child refugees who arrived on the Kindertransport. At a T-junction, turn left on Fullers Road. Avoid a footpath immediately on the right, continue on the road for 250m and, just past Fox Hollow, turn right at a fingerpost on a footpath.

9. This path, which is almost dry, soon takes you over a gurgling stream, through woodland and out to a junction of farm tracks. Keep straight ahead and, after passing an entrance to a farm, keep ahead on a hard-core grassy track [March 2014: it was partially blocked by a heap of rubble – hopefully clear now!]. Finally, you reach the main A325 road. Cross the road carefully and go through a swing gate directly opposite into the front yard of the Forest Inn, Holt Pound, a family pub and a reliable place for lastchance refreshment.

10. Pass the pub on your left and go through a wooden gate into a meadow by a four-way fingerpost. Fork left here across the grass, aiming for a metal swing gate in front of a house visible in the trees ahead. Go through the gate, turn right in front on the house and go past a wooden barrier back into the forest, avoiding side paths. This long straight (and fairly dry) path makes for a pleasant final saunter back to your starting point. After pines, a more open section, and more pines and birch, you go over a crossing path with views on the right. Finally, after a total of just over 1 km on this path, you go through a metal barrier to a lane. Turn left on the lane and in 20m fork right, back to the car park where the walk began.

Farnham, Surrey. If coming from the east, go straight ahead at a roundabout, ignore several left turns until you cross the Hamsphire border; just after you glimpse the Bull Inn on the right, take a left filter and turn left, in front of a clump of pines on narrow Gravel Hill Road. Follow this fabulously twisty road for just under a mile, entering the dense forest and going over a railway. The car park is ¼ mile after the railway bridge, the first obvious right fork on a gravel, rather uneven, track. Park at the end or tight along the edge if full.

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On Saturday 6th December, Chiddingfold Cinema presents: ‘Singalong Sound of Music.’ Doors open at 6pm; the programme starts from 6.30pm. Finish time: approx.

10.30pm. It’s a bit of a special event screening as they have a digitally restored version of the film featuring high-definition sound and hard-coded singalong subtitles. There will be warming vats of gluhwein and hot chocolate, locally sourced beers and Austrian-inspired cakes to get you in the party spirit and ready to join in full chorus. Not only that, they also have a costume competition, so break out those dirndls, lederhosen, hats with feathers and nuns’ habits!

Tickets cost £15 (£10 for children under 15) and include a free drink on arrival. They can be purchased in advance from Chiddingfold Post Office or via their new website www. chiddingfoldcinema.com. They are also on sale at the box office of their regular screenings but do book early as the evening is expected to be very popular. By the way, you can save money with a season ticket; details on the website. For more information, especially any advance ticket enquiries or if you are interested in joining them as a volunteer, contact Matthew Lacey on 01428 683120, or email cinema. admin@chiddingfold-hall.org.uk.

All Saints Church, Grayswood will be holding its Christmas Fayre on Saturday 6th December between 11.30am and 1.30pm. Stalls will include raffle, bottle tombola, cakes, gifts, bric-a-brac, bulbs and decorations, children’s’ corner, toys and games, books and DVDs and much more. Soup and bacon butties will be served from 12 noon to 1.30pm.

Entrance £1 adults (includes tea/ coffee and a biscuit!); children under 10 free. Go along and join the fun! For more information contact Di on 01428 654303; drdianecook@hotmail. co.uk or Shirley on 01428 653285; shirley1941@btinternet.com.

Haslemere Musical Society’s many supporters will want to buy tickets for their Saturday 6th December concert taking place at Haslemere Hall. It is as popular a programme as an audience could want, containing two orchestral pieces, Mozart’s overture Cosi’ Fan Tutte and Beethoven’s 42

towering Symphony No.5, followed by the chorus and orchestra performing Haydn’s Nelson Mass, also known as Mass in Time of War. The concert will end with popular carols for orchestra, choir and audience. HMS concerts almost invariably sell out and the natural popularity of this programme suggests it will be no exception. The message is to buy early! Tickets are available from Haslemere Hall on 01428 642161 at £16, £10 and £8, with half price for U-18’s.

The Friends of Haslemere Parish confirm that the next coffee concert of their autumn series will take place on Saturday 6th December at 11am in St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere. Clive Osgood, the Director of Music at St Bartholomew’s, will give the recital and his programme will be English Organ Music including Howell’s Paean. No tickets required, coffee beforehand and a retiring collection.

The Wey & Arun Canal Trust are running their very popular Santa cruises on 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd December with 40 minute trips departing at 11am, 12noon and 2pm. Tickets cost £9 each and include light refreshments and a gift from Santa for children under 12 years old. If you would like to make a booking or receive further information on special events and private charters, or on the restoration work and volunteering opportunities on the canal, please call the Trust Office on 01403 752403 or email office@ weyandarun.co.uk. Also lots more information on www.weyandarun. co.uk.

You may remember my mention of ‘The Waterbabies’ in a previous edition. Two youngsters Callum Gathercole and his pal Jay Olenicz are aiming to beat the world record as the youngest pair to row across the Atlantic, while raising money for three great charities. The Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge is taking place in December 2015. In the meantime, Callum has succeeded in beating the World Record 100km U 19 Ergo challenge. Callum began the challenge on Saturday 13th Sept at 9 am and was lying on the floor of the Friary centre in Guildford with exhaustion

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A fantastic achievement. No doubt we will keep you posted as the challenge nears. You can follow developments on www.thewaterbabies.co.uk .

KIDS recently launched a new suite of resources to support families and carers of disabled children and young people to help them navigate the reforms to Special Educational Needs and Disability provision. KIDS works with disabled children, young people and their families. As part of the ‘Making it Personal:2’ project, sponsored by the Department for Education, KIDS has worked with a number of partners to develop a new suite of resources to explore how personal budgets and the local offer will benefit families. The full suite of resources is available to view on the KIDS website: www.kids.org.uk/ mip2. In case you haven’t heard of it, KIDS is a charity that was established in 1970 by John Mulcahy, an inspired teacher who became concerned about the development of a disabled child in one of his classes.

For those who haven’t heard of Circle Dancing, it’s great exercise, relaxing and fun. It’s suitable for men and women of all ages and you don’t need a partner. Lynn Frances is an experienced teacher of 32 years and holds classes at Pirrie Hall Brook on Thursdays in three ten-week terms, 7.30pm-9.30pm. St Catherine’s Hall Guildford on the third Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm and WI Hall Hartley Wintney on the second Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm9.30pm. Contact Lynn on 01420 474881.

This is a great Christmas stocking filler. The Wey & Arun Canal Trust calendar – priced at £7 - is filled with beautiful images with plenty of space to add personal diary notes. Funds raised from the sale of the calendars will be used to help progress the restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal.

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Haslemere Flower Club 1954-2014 As it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year the members of Haslemere Flower Club look back with pride on a history of close involvement with the town and on the many achievements of its members, whilst also looking forward to the next chapter of its progress.

Haslemere Flower Club was formed in 1954 and originally known as the Fernhurst and Linchmere Floral Decoration Society. It changed its name to Haslemere Floral Decoration Society in 1957 and later to Haslemere Flower Club in 1965. In 1970 the club’s monthly meetings moved to Haslemere Hall, where they still take place today.

The activities of the club are many and varied.

Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month at Haslemere Hall, where members are entertained by a visiting flower demonstrator in a social, friendly atmosphere. Workshops are held regularly and there are outings to national shows and noted gardens. Summer lunch parties are held in members’ gardens, and social events such as the quiz night are popular features in the calendar.

years, ‘Florimania’ at Hampton Court Palace.

The club was part of a vanguard of similar clubs formed in the aftermath of WWII which precipitated the formation of the National Association of Flower Arranging Societies (NAFAS) in 1959, as an umbrella organisation. The club is proud to boast that over the years members have held important positions on area and national committees and as judges, teachers, speakers and demonstrators.

To celebrate its Diamond Anniversary year the club is organising a special show at Haslemere Hall, Bridge Road, Haslemere on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November 2014. The show is entitled ‘A Claus for Celebration’ combining beautiful arrangements for the Anniversary and for Christmas.

At the preview to be held on Saturday 22nd between 6pm and 9pm (tickets The club’s motto is ‘Fun, Friendship, and Flow£7.50) guests will be entertained by the ers’, note that ‘fun’ is the first word. Members are Haslemere Rock Choir, performing for Images from top: encouraged to take part in the monthly compethe first time ever at Haslemere Hall.

Haslemere Museum for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee tition and are given lots of help and advice when Prizes will be presented by Guy DavenNel de Jong Smith doing so. Flower arranging can be therapeutic, demonsrtati port, chairman of the Haslemere Hall on - Dutch Treats stimulating, inspiring, relaxing, and above all it Trustees. There will be a bar and canshould be ‘fun’. Lasting ‘friendships’ have been formed within apés will be served. (Tickets for the preview the club, and the link is ‘flowers’. The club welcomes visitors and evening are available from the treasurer, details new members warmly. below). On Sunday 23rd the show will be open from 10am to 4pm (admission £5). There will be Over the years the club has contributed much to the fabric of life demonstrations at 11.30am and 2pm, refreshin Haslemere. Every week members take it in turns to produce ments, a grand raffle and a Christmas Sales Taa flower arrangement for the entrance to Haslemere Hospital. ble.

For National Flower Arranging Day each year, displays are placed in prominent venues around the town. The club has celebrated After the Diamond Anniversary Show the club many of its major occasions with very successful shows and ex- completes its year’s celebrations on Wednesday hibitions such as the ‘Flowers and Fashion’ Show in 1991 at the 26th November with the Christmas Open MeetHaslemere Hall, The Queen’s Golden Jubilee at the Haslemere ing at Haslemere Hall. This will feature national Museum and in 2012 it celebrated the centenary of Haslemere demonstrator Pam Lewis with her demonstraHall with an exhibition inspired by the varied activities of the tion entitled ‘Glad Tidings’ at 1.45pm. Doors many clubs and societies who use it. At all of these events dona- open at 1pm. Visitors £10. Tickets can be purtions from the profits were made to local charities. chased from the treasurer or on the day. Everyone will be made welcome at both events.

Throughout its 60 years the club has celebrated many successFIND OUT MORE es, with members winning awards at Area and National Flower For further information please contact the Competition Shows, and Gold Awards at Chelsea. They have secretary Gail Bearman on 01730 893708 or the also taken part in exhibitions at Ham House, Chilworth Manor, treasurer Wendy Ducker on 01252 702775. www.

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a copy for collection. Copies can also be ordered by post by calling 01403 752403 between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday or by emailing office@weyandarun.co.uk. I was lucky enough to get a 2014 calendar; there are some beautiful photographs.

As I write, I have just received the 2015 calendar; it really is very good with some beautiful photography, and you certainly won’t be disappointed, For those of you looking for local venues, Pilates classes are held weekly in Cranleigh, Hascombe, Fernhurst and Redford. Massage clinics are also held at the same venues, for more information email Laura at kaizen.pilates@outlook.com or call 07557 018276.

Production of the great Wintershall religious plays performed in Surrey, London and Glastonbury has been passed to the next generation of the Hutley family, ensuring that the tradition stays alive. Peter Hutley has passed the baton to his daughter Charlotte. With a cast ranging from 75 for the Nativity to 200 for the Life of Christ, all willing amateurs except for the professional Christ, the plays are a huge undertaking. The Passion played in Guildford High Street and is now regularly staged in Trafalgar Square.

This year, it also went to Glastonbury.

The Nativity will be performed at Wintershall and also returns to All Souls Church in Langham Place and the piazza at BBC Broadcasting House.

Rehearsals start next month. Contact 01483 892167 if you would like to be involved. Performances are on 17th December in London and 18th to 21st December at Wintershall.

Eighteen brave ladies bared all for the ‘bareall4Bolty’ naked calendar to raise vital funds for brain tumour research. All the ladies who stripped down for an amazing cause were friends and family of Jeannette Bolt who sadly lost her 16 year old son, Alex, to this devastating disease.

Jeannette set up the Alex Bolt Fund in his memory and the calendar is set to raise vital funds. Set against the back drop of the Lythe Hill Hotel, Restaurant and Spa the ladies arrived self-conscious yet determined to make a difference and left empowered due to the excellent work of photographer, 44

Sally Wright. The calendar depicts a number of recognisable features of the hotel including the spa and gardens. For further information on how to purchase the calendars visit www.boltyfightingtumours.com.

Lottery Fund. For more information on The Organic Cookery School go to www.organiccookeryschool.org or call Lucy on 01428 789594 or email her at info@organiccookeryschool. org.

I’m giving you plenty of time on this one. You are invited to Haslemere’s last Christmas Cracker which is to take place at 7.30pm in the Haslemere Hall on Saturday 20th December. The evening will consist of a programme of Seasonal Music and Comic Verse with interval mulled wine and mince pies. Carols include: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas; We Three Kings, Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah); Silent Night, 12 Days of Christmas; plus all the usual favourites There will be items for the choir alone, carols for the audience as well as individual items. All have been chosen to be entertaining and fun for all the family.

The mulled wine and mince pies are included with the programme in the cost of the tickets – £8.50 and £10 from the Haslemere Hall (children £4 & £5) 01428 642161. Do book early for this popular event.

West Dean Gardens, which we have mentioned on many occasions, is to feature in an episode of a new 15part BBC gardening series. Fronted

by TV presenter and gardening expert Christine Walkden, Glorious Gardens from Above, will see Walkden take to the skies in a hot air balloon to visit some of the UK gardens that inspired her career. The series is due to begin in the second week of November and will be broadcast daily on weekdays for three weeks. The BBC used hot air balloons and drones to film gardens from high above tree-top canopies, giving viewers a bird’s eye view of some of the most fascinating and historic landscapes. Watch out for it!

Haslemere’s popular Organic Cookery School has been named a finalist in not one, but two, national competitions. The annual British Cookery School Awards in the category ‘Best Community Engagement’ and the 2014 Mumpreneur Awards, which nominated the school’s founder, Lucy May, who manages to juggle this hugely successful business from her home office with being a devoted Mum to her two young daughters, in the ‘Champion’ category! The results of both awards will be known later in the month. The Organic Cookery School is a not-for-profit organisation which encourages and supports families, children, young people and other vulnerable groups in the community to make healthy food choices and develop cookery skills through a wide and interesting range of learning programmes. Local courses include Saturday Cooking with Dad, Man with a Pan tutorials for gentlemen who live on their own or have caring responsibilities and a vital course for new parents - Cooking with Baby. Over 80% of The Organic Cookery School courses are free and Lucy has secured funding from agencies such as The Big

Two years ago, the Haslemere Educational Museum received a generous and extremely rare gift from a local resident - a complete facsimile edition of the Domesday Book. This year, the Museum received a generous grant from the Royal Warrant Holders Charity Fund to enable it to have a special cabinet made for the Book. In fact, the Book is in two volumes, each with a wooden cover, and is accompanied by supporting translations from Latin and commentaries. The original Domesday Book is held by the Public Records Office in Kew who, in 1984, took the historic decision to have it unbound and to have each page copied by a special high definition camera the size of a small car! The result was a very limited number of very high definition facsimiles. Melanie Odell, Chairman of the Museum said “The Domesdsay Book is treasured by the Museum and this specially designed cabinet will ensure that it can be kept safe in good condition and securely available to students and others undertaking research”.

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