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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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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. Apparently there is a rumour going round that R.A Robertson & Sons of Bramley are closing down, I believe it has even been published in a local journal. Anyway, they would like to reassure their customers that they are NOT CLOSING DOWN but there may be a possibility of the business re-locating locally. Please feel free to contact them on 01483 892207. Cranleigh Walking for Health meets every Wednesday and Saturday at 11am outside the Leisure Centre

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for FREE guided health walks of approx 1.5 hours. A new shorter walks programme (half an hour on Thursdays at 10.30am, again from the Leisure Centre) has started, aimed at people who are keen to get started on a more active lifestyle but may find the 3-4 mile walks too demanding. All you need is suitable footwear and a desire to improve your fitness and to make new friends. Go along and give it a try! There’s an exhibition entitled ‘Art by Jo Maynard – Pet Portraits and Wildlife’. It’s taking place at The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Gallery, 7 Saba House, Kings Road, Shalford, Guildford GU4 8JU from Saturday 1st November to Saturday 29th November. Do go and see detailed and lifelike pencil drawings of pets and wildlife. Commissions very much welcomed. You can commission Jo to draw your pet (photo-shoot included) or buy a gift voucher for a portrait. Otherwise, just browse and buy lovely signed limited edition prints, mugs and greeting cards of Jo’s drawings. All sales support endangered wildlife. For more information see www. davidshepherd.org. Open MondayFriday, 9-5pm, Saturday 10-4 pm and entry is free. Surrey County Walkers have some excellent walks coming up in November. Here are brief details: Sunday 2nd November, 7 mile

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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.

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

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

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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

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£32. Visitors are welcome and will be charged £7 on the door. Please see www.guildfordtravelclub.org.uk for further details or contact Jenny Allan, membership secretary on 01483 452399. Following the great success of last year’s Self Portrait competition, Cranleigh Decorative & Fine Arts Society is again sponsoring this initiative to encourage the development of, and interest in, the arts in Year 5 classes in four schools in Cranleigh: St Cuthbert Mayne, Cranleigh CP Junior School, Park Mead Junior School and St Joseph’s Specialist School. Do go along to Cranleigh Arts Centre and admire the talent of some truly inspiring young artists from Cranleigh. It runs from Wednesday 5th to Saturday 15th November (Gallery opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10am – 4.30pm) and entry to the Gallery is free.

Wednesday at 8.30pm and every 1st and 3rd Sunday at the Queen Victoria in Shalford starting at 8.30pm. All musicians, singers and audience welcome. It’s free; just turn up. For more information phone Kevin Gorton on 01483 415962.

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The Ron Green Big Band consists of sixteen musicians and a singer and includes members from Cranleigh, Horsham and Godalming. Go along for an evening of music from the swing era, with a whole host of well-known favourites, sure to get those feet tapping! Music is under the direction of John Sandford, saxophone teacher at Cranleigh School. It takes place at The Cranleigh Arts Centre on Thursday 6th November at 8pm. Tickets: £12 (£10 in advance).

Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 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 dates for the November Antiques the literary, visual and decorative arts collectors fairs are as follows: both in his lifetime and subsequently. Cranleigh Village Hall on 6th and 20th On Thursday 13th November, the ever November from 7.30am-15.30pm. in demand Douglas Skeggs returns for Free entry and refreshments available. a Day of Special Interest – ‘The Art Shere Village Hall on 9th and 23rd November, 11am-4pm. Free entry and of Venice: The Lion of the Sea’. Then parking. on 4th December in ‘In the Bleak mid-Winter’, Ann Clements will trace The Three Lions pub in Meadrow, how artists have responded to the Godalming has long been an challenges of winter. If you would important venue for local and Don’t forget, there’s a folk music like more information on GDFAS national musicians to ply their trade. session every Monday at the Star contact Caroline on 01428714276 or I have been there quite a few times in Window 1 12/09/2013 12:36 Crawley P Clinic_Layout 11/07/2013 14:29 of Page 1 has a look at their website www. the 1past inMilford Church Street Company GodalmingOct at 13_Layout 9pm. have and the standard music never failed to impress me. Following Also at the Harrow at Compton every grayshottdfas.org.uk .

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a complete refurbishment, the pub is very much back in the business of providing locals with some top quality live music. Unfortunately, I haven’t room to list all the forthcoming gigs in November but there is something on just about every Friday and Saturday. To give you and idea, Peter Howarth, (remember The Hollies?) will be playing on Friday 7th November at 9pm. Also, Gavin and his guitar will be playing on 9th November, after Sunday Lunch (12-3pm). He will be on at around 4pm, playing requests; a nice way to let your food go down! To find out more details of all the gigs, go to www.thethreelionsfarncombe. co.uk or call 01483 417605. Pocket Dream, an adaptation of Edward Hall’s hit Propeller production of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, comes to The Electric Theatre in Guildford on Friday 7th November. Pocket Propeller is the ideal introduction not only to Shakespeare but also to the thrill and excitement of theatre. It aims to deliver a first class theatrical experience to a young audience based

on a sixty minute version of a Propeller production. Propeller is a renowned all male Shakespeare company which combines a rigorous approach to the text with a physical aesthetic to create productions full of clarity, poetry, speed and imagination. They deliver a fresh and inspiring introduction to Shakespeare to delight all ages. After the performance, young audiences will be invited into a performance space where the actors will encourage them to express their response to the work in the freest possible way. The actors will also invite questions and feedback from the audience in an open and engaging dialogue. Tickets are available from The Electric Theatre box oﬃce on 01483 444789 or available online at www.electrictheatre.co.uk. If you are looking for somewhere to play bridge, this might be of interest. You will be very welcome to go along and play friendly sociable Duplicate Bridge at Shalford Village Hall on Fridays at 7.15pm. For further details contact the organiser, Philip Thomas on 07753 405711 or visit Bridgepedia’s website: www.bridgewebs.com/bridgepedia.

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Bramley Music is pleased to welcome Richard Saxel and friends To Holy Trinity Church, Bramley on Saturday 8th November at 7.30 pm. This is the Saturday closest to Armistice Day and Silent Noon will be an evening of music and readings echoing the First World War. They are very grateful to Richard, who has been a great supporter of and ambassador for Bramley Music, for making this possible. In addition to Richard playing the piano, you will also hear Lucy Cronin (soprano), Angus Meryon (clarinet), Nicholas Warden (bass-baritone) and Peter Longshaw (narrator). Tickets £10 (under 18s and students £5) to include a free drink. The external charity they will be supporting is the Royal British Legion. Make a note of Saturday 20th December at 7.30pm, when there will be a Christmas Concert by the Harlequin Chamber Choir in Holy Trinity Church. Cranleigh Foundation Christmas Fair is on Saturday 8th November from 10.30 to 4pm. It’s a pretty lavish aﬀair with over 50 stalls, some first time exhibitors, and a fabulous food

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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. During WWI, Lutyens was appointed one of three principal architects for the Imperial War 14

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. The unknown bodies were buried under a headstone inscribed with words chosen by Kipling: ‘A Soldier of the Great War Known Unto vantagepointmag.co.uk

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

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. FIND OUT MORE

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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 re-built and is now a pub open to all. It’s situated in Woodside Road Chiddingfold GU8 4QD. 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. 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

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Dennis Brothers Britain’s oldest vehicle manufacturer company was established in Guildford. In the first in 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. In a far-sighted move, John and Raymond built, in 1897, a motorised tricycle fitted with a single-cylinder De Dion engine. Although inevitably primitive, this machine must have 20

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 Mission vantagepointmag.co.uk

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 November 2014

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 21

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community had become engrossed in history, listening to facts and stories, previously unheard and looking at a range of artefacts, including letters, articles and medals. St Hilary’s believes that the boys and girls will ‘not forget’ as the memories have been preserved and encapsulated in a book which Mrs Whittingham, headmistress, says, “will be a keepsake for further generations”. St Hilary’s also ran a Poppy Photography competition and the artefacts and results will be part of an exhibition to be held at the school on Tuesday 11th November and Wednesday 12th November. Contact the school on 01483 416551 if you would be interested in purchasing a book or attending the exhibition. Milford Probus is a club with monthly luncheons and various other activities for retired and semi-retired professional and businessmen. At the November meeting, Michael Harnall will return by popular demand to talk about Gilbert and Sullivan in London and Godalming. Prospective members are invited to attend a meeting without obligation. The Secretary will

be pleased to arrange for you to meet a member in advance if you wish. For more details please contact Mike Thompson on 01483 428181 or email thmmic@btinternet.com. Guildford Jazz has a great gig on Wednesday 12th November at Jazz @The Pavilion, Guildford Rugby Club, Guildford Road, Godalming GU7 3DH. Playing will be the world class saxophonist, composer and beautifully melodic improviser, Julian Argüelles who has been at the heart of British jazz for three decades. His CV is mighty impressive and he is joined by three other world class musicians to complete his quartet; Kit Downes on piano, Sam Lasserson on bass and James Madden on drums. It’s a unique opportunity to hear one of the giants of jazz in a great local venue. Don’t miss it! Doors open at 7.30pm Music from 8pm. Tickets £12 in advance from www.guildfordjazz.org.uk. I don’t know how they do it but Cranleigh Arts Centre really does attract some great artists to our neck of the woods. On Friday 14th

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November at 8pm Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri are down for ‘An Acoustic Journey’. Their programme includes unique covers of songs by artists such as Kate Bush and Frank Sinatra and of course Kiki’s own hits ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’, ‘I Got the Music in Me’ and the stunning ‘Amoureuse’. The duo released their critically acclaimed album ‘A Place Where I Can Go’ which features the haunting duet ‘Horses’ with Scottish singer, Eddi Reader. Have a look at www.kikiandcarmelo.com. To book call 01483 278001 or go to www. cranleighartscentre.org. Tickets: £20 (£18 in advance). Actually do have a look at the website as there is so much going on at the Arts Centre including Comedy Theatre and Film. Unfortunately I haven’t room to mention everything here. Please come along to support the 10th Chiddingfold Art & Craft Exhibition to see the wonderful artistic talent from this lovely village. Work by local artists and craftspeople, a perfect opportunity to buy unique original work and Christmas gifts.

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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.

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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. 24

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. Remember to have candles, matches, torches and spare batteries available. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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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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Friday 14th November 2014 from 6pm to 9pm, Saturday 15th November 2014 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday 16th November 2014 from 10am to 4pm. It is at Chiddingfold Village Hall, Coxcombe Lane, Chiddingfold GU8 4QA. Free admission and parking. Creative demonstrations and children’s art corner. Refreshments available. For further details please contact Rob Terry 01428 682022. Grayshott Folk Club has two gigs coming up in November. On Friday 14th November at 7.30pm, Hannah Sanders & 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. Grayshott Folk Club audiences love a bit of the auld diddly-dee and House Devils are a lively Celtic Folk band from Manchester whose brilliant musicianship is starting to reach a 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. The Clockhouse Christmas Fair takes place on Saturday 15th November from 10am to 2.30pm. There will be crafts and gifts, tombola, cakes, good bric a brac, better buy, children’s tombola and toys. Dave’s famous hot beef rolls or soup will also be available. Entrance: voluntary donations. The Clockhouse is in Chapel Lane, Milford.

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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. Wisecracking responses to sudden death and the wretched living 28

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. Reviewed by Nash Robbins vantagepointmag.co.uk

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. Mendelson has a deft and thoroughly convincing touch with her characters – the aching emptiness of homesickness, the hopeless dithering of Laura trying November 2014

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. Reviewed by Jessica Harding 29

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and commitment to quality local produce. Lots of diﬀerent foods to try and taste including cereals, jams, chutneys and sauces. There’s also a Haslemere Christmas Farmers’ Market on Thursday 4th December from 10am-4pm in West Street opposite Waitrose, Haslemere. For more details call 07528 758087, or joy@ surreyfarmersmarkets.org. Free parking. 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 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.

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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

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 >34 33

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. 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.

Overleaf, left: Species tulip Clusiana Overleaf, right: Toronto Above: Species tulip bakeri Left: Daydream

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. 34

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 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. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Saturday 29th November 10am-6pm Godalming Town Council is delighted once again to host this year’s magical Christmas Festival and Lights Switch-On on Saturday 29th November. The Christmas Festival has something for everyone and this year is no exception with music, festivities, carolling and more. Santa’s Wonderland Grotto is the place to meet Father Christmas and there are lots of sparkling activities to entertain the children, including the Dobby Horse Carousel. Come and meet the Christmas ponies and maybe have a ride on one. There will be over 60 gift, craft and food stalls for all your Christmas shopping needs, delicious street food, farmers’ market producers and a French market will be in Church Street. Our delightful shops and hostelries will also be ready to welcome you. Snow White and Prince Charming from Snow White at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Eagle Radio’s DJ Simon Rose plus the Eagle Radio Love Crew will be helping you get into the Christmas Spirit and chatting to the crowd as we do the countdown to the big lights switch on. At 5pm, the town’s fabulous Christmas lights will be switched on in a sparkling ceremony at the Pepperpot helped by our special guests and Father Christmas. Come and join us for a wonderful day. We look forward to seeing you. Cllr Andrew WIlson, Mayor of Godalming

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Evening. The plays will be ‘White Lies’ by Richard James and directed 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

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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. The Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s next lecture, by Mr James Taylor, is entitled ‘Your Country Needs You: Art and Design of World War One’. It takes place at Shalford Village Hall on Thursday 20th November at 10.45am, with refreshments from 9.30am. Why not join them for a different perspective on the Great War and discover how art made a vital contribution to the campaigns of 1914-1918? The Society offers a monthly programme of varied and fascinating talks by first class speakers. There are also special interest days, visits and an annual tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Annual membership is £40 and

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visitors pay £6 per talk. If you are interested, contact the membership secretary on 01932 355113 for more information or visit their website at www.theweyvalleydfas.org.uk . On Friday 21st November, Farncombe Music Club presents ‘Julia Fordham Porcelain 25’. Following two sell-out UK tours in 2013, Julia Fordham returns to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her landmark album ‘Porcelain.’ Julia will be performing the album in its entirety, accompanied by her longtime pianist and album producer Grant Mitchell. (No, not the guy from East Enders!). Tickets: £20 in advance, £23 on the door. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7.45pm. Julia will also perform many of her other hits and include a few surprises along the way. It’s going to be popular, so early booking is advised. Tickets available in person from Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming, online from www. wegottickets.com/julianlewrymusic or call 01483 421520. Info: www. julianlewrymusic.com or www. facebook.com/farncombemusicclub.

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Cranleigh Village Club Sports & Social Club have a number of events in November including live music every Saturday. There’s a Quiz Night on Friday 21st November at 8.30pm. The Quiz comprises teams of 4-6; all welcome whether members, guests or non-members. Full menu available from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. If you haven’t tried it why not pop along and sample their hospitality - their ales are the cheapest in the village! They also have new caterers, Geoﬀ and Rosie Middleton, who oﬀer a new and extensive menu. Club Opening times: Monday-Wednesday 6pm-11pm: Thursday-Friday 12 noon-2.30pm. Evenings 6pm-11pm: Weekend: Saturday 12 noon-11.30pm: Sunday 12 noon-11pm. For further details of all events: contact: Richard Wood on 01483 276246. The next Tilford Bach Society Concert is on Saturday 22nd November. Starting at 7.30pm. It takes place at St Thomas on the Bourne Church, Frensham Road, Farnham GU9 8HA. Martyn Jackson (violin) and Petr Limonov (piano) will perform Brahms

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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. 46

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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bargains you can pick up, whether you are looking for stocking fillers or something more substantial. If the weather is a bit inclement, it is also a great place to take refuge! Hydestile Resident Animals ‘Christmas Bazaar’ is on Sunday 23rd November from 11am to 3pm and will be opened at 11am by one of their vets from Northdowns Veterinary Hospital, either Sheena Milne or Simon Burgess (or both!). It takes place at Milford Village Hall (opposite Secretts farm shop). There will be Christmas cards, sales goods, bric-a-brac, a cake stall and books. Any enquires, call 01483-860313. Milford Horticultural Society’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 25th November 2014, from 8pm in Milford Village Hall, there will be cheese and wine after the AGM. For more information on Milford Horticultural Society, the talks, visits and shows please visit their website www. milfordhortsociety.org.uk or contact Beth Otway (Email: beth@

otway.com or telephone 01483 420989). ‘Old Father Thames: The River in Art’ is the title of the next lecture of West Surrey Decorative and Fine Arts Society on 25th November. The lecture, to be given by Andrew Davies, explores how artists such as Canaletto, Whistler, JMW Turner and Monet have been compelled to portray the Thames in all its moods and activities. The Society is also holding a ‘Special Interest Day’ featuring ‘William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement’ on 11th November. (Booking essential) The Society meets in Shalford Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday in the month at 9.45am for coﬀee. Lectures start at 10.30am. New members and visitors are very welcome and details of their programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2014 and 2015 can be found on their website www.nadfas-westsurrey.co.uk. For more information please ring 01483 811671. Tuesday 25th November is the date of the next Electric Theatre Jazz Café gig.

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It features Trish Clowes, saxophonist and composer who is currently a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. Her third album was recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra earlier this year, and is due for release at the London Jazz Festival this autumn. If you want to know what she’s like, here’s just one quote. “British Jazz at its best; I suggest you go and see her now before it’s diﬃcult to get in the room. I assure you she is a great great talent” – Jamie Cullum. It takes place at The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford GU1 4SZ at 7.30pm. Tickets are £12 from the Electric Theatre box oﬃce on 01483 444789. Ewhurst Horticultural Society has its AGM on Tuesday 25th November, which will be followed by a talk and slides on ‘The Hidden Gardens of Cape Town’ by Mrs Gill Ford. It is at the Glebe Centre at 7.30pm. Includes refreshments and raffle. The RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) is the country’s largest nature conservation charity. The RSPB Guildford & District Local

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Group holds its popular Grand Christmas Fair at Cranleigh on Thursday 27th November in Cranleigh Village Hall. The Fair is open from 9.30am-12.30pm, entry is free, and it can help solve all your present-buying for Christmas. They will have stalls for RSPB Christmas cards, calendars and gifts, as well as bird feeders, bird seed and peanuts. Homemade cakes, bread, jams and chutney will be for sale, plus stalls with a range of crafts, plants and produce from members’ gardens, secondhand books and CDs, and bric-a-brac. The popular tombola and a raffle will both be available again this year. Tea and coﬀee will be served throughout the morning at a very reasonable price. All profits go to the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). More information at www. rs p b . o rg . u k /g ro u ps / G u i l d fo rd , contact gadcom2010@gmail.com or phone 01372 467074. 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’. Nonmembers 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. Christmas is coming and every year Witley Parish Council provides Christmas trees and organises three lighting ceremonies which are always a popular event with the local community. This year trees will be lit at Witley and Brook on Friday 28th November at 7pm. Witley tree lighting takes place outside Chichester Hall and Brook lighting outside the Pirrie Hall. The following week, on Friday 5th December at 7pm, the Milford

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PlantSnapp Jo Jenkinson on a new way to help you identify that plant Have you ever seen a plant you really like in someone else’s garden? Or maybe whilst looking around Wisley or the Savill Gardens? How annoying is it when it is not labelled? This has happened to me many times. And when you get home you try looking it up in a book, only to discover that you need to know the name of it so that you can look it up. Well, as the saying goes, now there is an App for that! At last, an enterprising young man called George Williams (pictured) and an entrepreneur called Angus Rankine have come up with a brilliant and useful plant identification app called PlantSnapp. I have had several conversations with George while he was setting this up, and what impressed me most about him was his enthusiasm and energy, as well as his horticultural knowledge. George studied biology at Leeds University and realised the need for the app while working at Chelsea Flower Show and Burncoose Nurseries in Cornwall. A chance encounter with Angus fuelled the idea and PlantSnapp was born. It has had considerable coverage in the press since its launch in September, including articles in The Telegraph, Guardian and Gardeners World magazine.

I have a personal interest in the app. After being put in touch with George through a mutual friend I am honoured to be one of his experts, along with another local professional gardener, Dan Foad. PlantSnapp launched in September and is proving to be as popular is I expected. Before this app I used to get text messages and photos by email from friends, and other local gardeners asking for help identifying plants, now I just steer them towards the app. The RHS and other horticultural bodies have for a long time been talking about the lack of young people being interested in any aspect of horticulture. Hopefully this app will help to bring the industry up to date and make it more appealing to the younger generation. So, as winter draws in, revisit that mystery plant, send a photo to PlantSnapp and wait for the mystery to be solved. And if you want to know, the plant at the top is “Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’ and the plant above left is Echinops bannaticus ‘Taplow Blue’.

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The Clockhouse Chapel Lane Milford GU8 5EZ is holding a lecture on Friday 28th November at 7 for 7.30pm. It is entitled ‘The Eel in Crisis’ and will be given by Andrew Kerr, who is Chairman of the Sustainable Eel Group. Tickets are £15 to include a two course supper and a licensed bar is available. Call 01483 420668 to book.

NHS Surrey and Borders Partnership. The day, called Minds Matter, will be held at The Maltings, in Bridge Square, Farnham on Friday 28th November from 10am to 3pm. There will be a joint presentation by Noel Collins, a consultant psychiatrist, and Edwina Brocklesbury, the oldest triathlete in Britain on non-pharmacological support for people with dementia followed by a question and answer session with Dr Collins. There will also be a choice of three workshops to choose from, followed by lunch and a joint presentation on day care by Alzheimer’s Society and the Gostrey Centre, in Farnham, followed by a talk and tips from Speech and Language Therapy (SALT). Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Navigators will also be on hand to talk at the end of the afternoon. To register for a free place, including lunch, call Wendy Wilmot on 01403 213019 or email wendy. wilmot@alzheimers.org.uk.

Residents caring for a loved one with dementia can learn more about the condition at a Day of Information for Carers, run by Alzheimer’s Society and

PK Pre School welcomes Blunderbus Children’s theatre to Grayshott Village Hall on Saturday 29th November. They will be putting on a

The Watts Gallery in Compton is holding a number of ‘Watts at Night’ evenings. You can enjoy 2 for 1 admission, music, bar, readings, exhibition talks and candlelit Chapel tours. There’s also a chance to sample some delightful Russian cuisine provided by Russian Revels and enjoy winter illuminations by artist Mary Branson. The first one is on Friday 28th November and subsequent ones will be on 19th December, 30th January and 27th February. A lovely night out for friends and families.

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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 cafe 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.

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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 54

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. November 2014

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 55

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set on the main stage featuring tracks from his garage songs CD made the day for an appreciative audience. Fortunately, this busy musician has found time to bring his special talent to The Villagers. Should be a great evening. As I’m sure you know, Julian Lewry Music promotes a number of concerts at Windlesham Club & Theatre. On Saturday 29th November, they have managed to book China Crisis, a huge band throughout the 80’s. The band toured Europe and USA during the late eighties and performed in front of massive crowds. Good to see they are still going strong. You can find them on facebook. Tickets: £16 (Windlesham Club members £14) in advance / £19 on the door. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. Tickets available in person from Windlesham Club & Theatre, Kennel Lane, Windlesham GU20 6AA, or by calling the box oﬃce on 07903 462 636. Also available from; www.wegottickets. com/event/278234. Website www. windleshamclub.org.uk. You can also email info@windlehsamclub.org.uk.

Park Mead School PTFA Christmas Fair will take place on Saturday 29th November 12 till 3pm at Park Mead Primary School. Once again, they will have a great selection of stalls which will include old favorites such as the tombola, hampers, Christmas crafts, ‘pocket money’ stalls and much more. An area set aside for refreshments will also be available, serving delicious mince pies, mulled wine, tea, coﬀee and soft drinks. Santa and his Elves will also be going, so take all your friends and family along to enjoy the festivities! On Sunday 30th November Guildford Rambling Club is meeting in Ashstead Lane in Godalming for an 8 mile walk. See www.guildfordramblingclub.org. uk for more information. In January 2014, a local guy called Philip Thomas started to run a friendly and sociable duplicate bridge session on Friday evenings at Shalford Village Hall called the ‘Bridgepedia Bridge Circle’. Philip is an accredited English Bridge Union Tournament Director and, also teaches bridge for

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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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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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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 9am and was lying on the ﬂoor of the Friary centre in Guildford with exhaustion by 4.03pm having beaten the previous record (7hrs 18min 8sec). The new world record is 7 hours and 2 minutes. A fantastic achievement. No doubt we will keep you posted as the challenge nears. You can follow developments on www.thewaterbabies.co.uk . On Sunday 7th December, The Hogs Back Road Race, one of Britain’s greatest road races, is back for its 55th year. This great winter road race takes in the best climbs, and views, in the Surrey Hills and is managed on behalf of Guildford & Godalming Athletics Club by local company ‘aat events ltd’ who deliver Surrey’s best-know road running event, the Surrey Half Marathon. The event is a great opportunity for local runners to represent their clubs and compete for kudos in the inter-club competition. Guildford & Godalming AC will be providing the volunteers on the day to ensure a safe and enjoyable run for everyone. Road closures will be in place and residents are being notified over the coming weeks. The whole community is involved in preparing for the event, which expects to attract over 800 runners. Thanks to Michael MoreMolyneux, they can use the Loseley Estate as the parking, start and finish

area. It starts at 9am. Places sell fast for this popular event, so sign up soon to secure yours: www.hogsbackrun.co.uk. Cranleigh in Bloom was a great success this year and the village featured in The South and South East Bloom Awards ceremony which took place in September. They have raised suﬃcient funds to replant the troughs with winter colour and plant more spring bulbs, as these really did add a ‘zing’ to the village in the early months. All the planting was done in October by volunteers but if you would like to be involved in the future, contact Gill Ford at Gillmford@hotmail. com. In the meantime, The Cranleigh in Bloom committee would like to thank everyone for their enthusiastic support and hardwork, which made this initiative so successful. 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.

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Back in May, Informed Choice took part in Spring into Cranleigh celebrations by displaying a ‘Money Tree’ in front of their offices at Sundial House and asking Cranleigh residents to share their financial dreams by writing them on a luggage tag which were then tied to the branches of the tree. The ‘Money Tree’ which is a flowering cherry was kindly donated to Cranleigh and in October, Martin Bamford of Informed Choice took part in the ceremonial planting watched by appreciative Parish Councillors The beautiful flowering cherry will enhance the extended area of Snoxhall Play Park situated at the rear of the Leisure Centre. If you would like to know more about the Play Park and other facilities that are provided by the Parish Council call 01483 272311 (clerk@cranleighpc.org). Godalming Choral Society is holding a varied but delightful concert on Saturday 13th December at 7.30pm in Charterhouse Hall, Godalming. The programme consists of Chris Williams: Tsunami Requiem, Rutter: Gloria, Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, McDowell: Christus natus est. The conductor is Michael Veazey. Tickets: £15 (Students £8) are available from Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming; Guildford Tourist Office, 155 High Street, Guildford tel: 01483 444333; Godalming Choral Society Ticket Office tel: 07505 203468 or online. For more details go to www. godalmingchoral.org.uk. The Meath in Godalming is holding a ‘Meath Seasonal Sparkle’ on Saturday 13th December. A tasty seasonal dinner with live easy listening jazz from 7.30pm till late. Tickets are just £30 to

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Sunday mornings before and after the main worship, from the Parish Oﬃce during normal opening hours or by contacting Julian Hubble on 01483 424268. They may also be obtained from Pavilion in Church Street from the end of November. Orders for cards can be hand delivered locally, by arrangement, or sent by post. For those of you looking for local venues, Pilates classes are held weekly in Cranleigh and Hascombe. Massage clinics are also held at the same venues, for more information email Laura at kaizen.pilates@ outlook.com or call 07557 018276. Are you concerned about the Cranleigh area? Do you want to represent the views of local people? Do you want to contribute your business or personal skills and expertise? Are you passionate about services provided to your community? Elections for Town and Parish Councils will be held in May 2015 and there will be vacancies on the Cranleigh Parish Council. So if you would like to make a diﬀerence and be involved in shaping the future of the local community, why not stand for election? Contact your local council on 01483 272311 or email clerk@cranleighpc.org. More information at www.cranleighpc.org. 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, Sally Wright. The calendar features 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. The Royal Surrey County Hospital Christmas Raffle tickets are now on sale and all funds raised will go towards their current campaign ‘Detecting Women’s Cancers.’ The tickets are £1 each and the prizes are: 1st £1000, 2nd £500 and 5 x 3rd prizes of £100 each. Please contact the fundraising office at the Royal Surrey if you would like to purchase tickets or if you have some spare time that you would like to ‘donate’ to help sell the tickets? Please call 01483 464146 or email sarahwelsby@nhs.net . We have the Godalming in Bloom dates for 2015. The closing date for is Monday 8th June 2015. Allotment judging will take place at the Judge’s discretion between 10th June 2015 and 3rd July 2015. School Judging will take place on Wednesday 10th June 2015. Garden Judging will take place on Tuesday 16th June 2015 and Thursday 18th June 2015. Commercial Building and Garden Judging will take place on Friday 26th June 2015. The Godalming in Bloom Prize Giving will be held at the Octagon on Wednesday 8th July 2015 at 6pm. If you would like to enter Godalming in Bloom, donate a prize or sponsor this lovely competition please contact Beth Otway 01483 420989 beth@otway. com. FIND OUT MORE

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Milford Probus

A Monthly Refuge for Retired Professional and Businessmen It was in 1965 in Welwyn Garden City that Fred Carnill had the bright idea of starting a club for retired professionals and businessmen. And so the Probus movement was formed. Although Probus was originated by Rotarians it has no aﬃliation with that or any other organisation. The movement has spread since 1965 so that there are now well over 2,000 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland alone. There are others in several European countries, South Africa, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, India and Malaysia. Probus members can visit clubs in other countries by arrangement. All Probus clubs in Great Britain are autonomous, making their own rules regarding time, place and format of meetings. There are several of these in the VantagePoint area, all of which have slightly diﬀerent arrangements but all follow the original ideals of providing a gathering place for like-minded retired and semi-retired people who want to extend their circle of friends. Milford Probus Club has members from as far as Westcott and Cranleigh. The club meets in Godalming on the third Friday of the month for lunch followed by a talk which can be on a variety of subjects ranging from the serious to the very amusing. To keep a friendly informal atmosphere, membership is limited to 70 and like other Probus clubs in the Godalming area, membership is restricted to men over 50 years of age. However ladies are welcomed at all our lunches by invitation.

other local Godalming Probus Club. Because of the wide range of contacts and interests of the members, visits are arranged to all sorts of venues. One or more coaches are arranged, with pick-up from a convenient place for members to park for interesting and stress-free days. Recent visits have included a day at Portsmouth to see the historic dockyard and the amazing Mary Rose museum. Another completely diﬀerent visit was to Sandhurst Army College - quite diﬀerent to what many non-army members expected - and to the Savill Gardens. On another occasion we had a rare opportunity to visit the hallowed grounds of the All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon. The tour included a visit to the museum; passing through the player’s entrance and sitting on Centre Court. Members said that it was a strange feeling to be in the grounds when Wimbledon Tennis was virtually deserted (see picture below). In the Festive Spirit, there is a Christmas lunch or dinner and normally a visit to The Albert Hall for a Christmas concert.

Because the club is run on a voluntary basis by its members, a committee is elected each year, comprising of a secretary, treasurer, speaker secretary, social secretary, vice president and president. Generally there is a progression to President through the last four posts. Many members do not want to participate as an oﬃcer of the club, but many do enjoy taking an active part in the organisation. Following the year as President, there is an annual lunch on another day just for the fourteen presidents since the club was formed.

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