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“Mum is very fond of her carer”

Melody Care were there when we needed them most Good health is something many of us take for granted. Those who have to care for a loved one with failing health know only too well the devastating effects this has on their quality of life. So often people’s worlds are turned upside down when a parent or spouse become seriously ill or lose the ability to care for themselves. It is when this happens that professional help is often needed. Melody Care has an enviable reputation for providing Care Assistants to help share the burden. Whatever the circumstances might be, Melody Care will be there when the help is needed most. Highly Recommended Melody Care is increasingly being recommended by health professionals and grateful clients alike who have experienced at first hand the wonderful care provided by the Melody Care team. “All your carers I have met so far are lovely! We all really appreciate the care package you have set up so efficiently at such short notice” wrote one client recently. Another wrote: “Melody Care has done a wonderful job of looking after mum and I know she is very fond of her carers. I would also like to say how accommodating you have all been and the care that mum has received has been really excellent.”

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Attitude Melody Care is also held in high regard by its Care Assistants as well as its clients. “The attitude is so much better than Agencies I have worked for previously”, says Kate Hedgman, who joined Melody Care last year. “Melody Care is very approachable and they put far more effort into the training than anybody else. I also like the contact I have with the office and the other Care Assistants. Everyone is so helpful. It’s a lovely company to work for.” Kate previously worked for another local Agency and in the Dementia Unit of a local Care Home.

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She took eight years out of work to care for her terminally ill father. She then chose to work for Melody Care where she has received numerous compliments from both her various clients and their families too as she helps them when they need it the most. Some of the things Melody Care can do for any client: Personal Care & Support Toileting, bathing, washing and dressing Help with getting up in the morning and going to bed at night Overnight sleep-over or waking night Meal preparation Overseeing Medication Shopping, collecting Prescriptions or pensions Dementia Care Rehabilitation aftercare at home Respite Care Palliative Care Help with learning, physical and sensory disabilities Escorted outings General housework and domestic chores

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Having said that, I am now worried that our ‘Gog’ will pick dogs as his next subject. Except you love us, right? Unlike cyclists it would seem, if the postbag from last month is anything to go by... Humphrey Chairdog

I have suggested to the powers that be that there is not much in the magazine about dogs, or indeed other pets. So look out to see if that Stefan Reynolds gets addressed in future issues, although I’m Editor & Publisher going to have to draw the editorial line at cats. Perhaps you, the reader, would like to send in The local magazine your requests for topics and articles that you’d produced by local like to see covered? If so, you should email people for the local community, editor@vantagepublishing.co.uk and let us know.

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6 Jottings Your local community noticeboard

8 King Potato

LOVE SHUTTERS

Nick Farley on the humble spud

14 Greenhouse Gardening Hints and tips

20 Children’s London for Free Some ideas for February half-term

26 Dennis Brothers Britain’s oldest vehicle manufacturer

30 Death of a Hero Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death

32 Education

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34 Garden

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Some tasks for February

36 Food Pancakes with a difference

40 Walk Albury Downs and St Martha’s Hill

43 Profile Surrey Hills Society

46 Business Cards Small ads for trades and services

47 Win Enter our competitions

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Dr Yuwei LinI, course leader for MA Media Communications at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, is running a series of public lectures on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 1pm. They started on 14th January and continue until 25th March. The lectures are on Media Law, Regulations and New Business Models and are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.ucamedia. co.uk/ or follow them on Twitter @mediaUCA.

about the house, its rich collection of art and antiques, and the infamous Mrs Greville who owned the house in the early 20th century. Visitors can choose from a variety of tour themes to discover diﬀerent aspects of the house in more detail. One tour entitled ‘A Delicious House’ explains Polesden’s history as a party house at the centre of Edwardian society and why it was a hotbed of salacious gossip. There are also interactive family tours, designed to engage younger visitors in the history of the house. On the ‘Terriﬁc Treasures’ tour, younger guests are given magnifying glasses to examine the collection’s most fabulous artefacts in better detail, including a diamond-studded bookmark and a Roman sarcophagus. Family tours take place at 11.40am, 1.20pm and 2.20pm. Glorious Glimpse house tours take place at Polesden Lacey on Saturdays and Sunday’s throughout February. For more information call 01372 452048 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ polesdenlacey.

Polesden Lacey are throwing open the doors of their Edwardian mansion house and inviting visitors to enjoy Glorious Glimpse tours at weekends in February. Many historic houses are closed to visitors during the winter, taking the time to carry out a vigorous cleaning schedule and other vital conservation work. Polesden, however, is encouraging visitors to take advantage of their winter opening times as a chance to see the conservation work in action. The annual cleaning of the magniﬁcent chandelier in the gold room is particularly popular with visitors. This year the chandelier, which boasts 4000 crystals, will be cleaned throughout the week of 13th-17th of April. Tours take place every 20 minutes between 11am and 3pm and last for 45 minutes. They’re led by Polesden Lacey volunteers, who convey a wealth of knowledge

Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s (GDFAS) next meeting is on Thursday 4th February at 2pm in Grayshott Village Hall. Eveline Eaton will discuss the paintings of Vermeer with their luminous colours and unpretentious subjects. In ‘Vermeer and his Magic’ she will put these exquisite paintings into their context in 17th century Holland. On Wednesday 11th February, they follow-up an earlier lecture which centred on the Royal School of Needlework, with a visit to the School at Hampton Court. Then, on Thursday 5th March, the theme of JanuszKarczewski-Slowikowski’s lecture is ‘Regency Furniture”. The 19th century sabre-leg chair regarded as “the most modern” was in fact a virtual copy of the Klismos of 5AD. It promises to provide a stunningly original interpretation of the styles of classical antiquity. If you would like more information

The first thing I must mention is that next month Angie and I are handing over the task of writing the jottings to our esteemed editor Stefan. We are off for a holiday to grab some winter sunshine and rather than try to telegraph back our scribblings he has kindly offered to take over the March edition. This can go one of two ways; we’ll either be welcomed back with open arms or he’ll say it’s a doddle and wonder why he hasn’t always done it himself. Watch this space!

Jottings is your free community noticeboard for local events and information, edited by Nick and Angie Crisell. Please note that we cannot guarantee that all entries will be published. To feature here, please email us at jottings@vantagepublishing.co.uk

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King Potato Nick Farley takes a look at the humble spud There is much talk today about how fruit and vegetables will taste much better if you grow them yourself and, better still, if you grow them ‘organically’, rather than buy them from a supermarket or greengrocer. That’s not really a debate that I wish to get drawn into except to say that I learnt from my father at a very early age that the only thing that matters when it comes to the taste of fruit or vegetables is the variety of the particular fruit or vegetable that you’re eating. The taste and flavour comes from the vegetable’s genes. Some taste better than others and growing them yourself is not going to change their flavour. My father was wise in the ways of fruit and veg. He was the buyer for a very big fruit and veg wholesaler who not only supplied the big London vegetable markets but also every kind of outlet from the best London hotels and restaurants to The Royal Navy at Chatham and hundreds of schools in Kent. A commercial grower’s requirements are different from ours and this was never better illustrated than with the tomato called ‘Moneymaker’, which in the 1960s was practically all you could buy in the shops. The clue to its breeding lies in its unashamedly venal name: it was bred to please the commercial growers who wanted a heavy cropper with a skin like a shoe sole so that it didn’t get damaged in transit, and they wanted it to look good too. Taste was not a requirement and consequently it had no taste. None. It was just a good looking red container for water. Even if it had 8

been grown to perfection by The Angel Gabriel it would still have tasted of absolutely nothing. However, you can certainly make a difference by growing your own, not because you will grow things better than the farmer, because you probably won’t, but because you can choose the varieties you want to grow. You can choose the best varieties, you can avoid the ‘Moneymakers’ of this world and grow theGold Roast Mayan tastiest varieties which are either difficult or impossible to buy in the supermarket. This is particularly true in the wonderful world of the potato. I am an unashamed potato-ist and I get a little peeved when people speak dismissively of the “humble” potato; the potato is far from humble. The potato is the king of vegetables. It is a vegetable of infinite culinary range and possibility. No other vegetable can be successfully cooked in so many different ways. No other vegetable is considered to be an essential component of virtually every main course meal. Indeed, in the clichéd ‘meat and two veg’ the potato is not actually mentioned because it is automatically assumed to be present; it is not one of the two (implicitly lesser) vegetables. Meat and two veg actually means meat and potato and two veg. It simply goes without saying that potatoes will be part of the meal. If you were served meat with just carrots and cabbage you would ask “Where are the potatoes?” The potato is far too important to be thought of as mere ‘veg’. Choosing the right potato for a meal makes a huge difference. When did you ever hear any of those TV chefs name the variety of potato they are using for a particular dish? Do they assume it doesn’t matter? Potatoes are specialists: some, if you like, are batsmen and others are bowlers; some are sopranos and others are basses. They really are that different. Some potatoes are great for mashing, some for roasting or chipping and some for salads. Some have flavour and some don’t. The texture and the tastes vantagepointmag.co.uk

vary hugely. It is true that there are some potatoes that claim to be ‘all-rounders’ and are good for everything but since the characteristics needed for mashing and roasting are rather different I don’t really see how this can be the case. Although I admit that there are one or two utilitarian varieties that make a passable fist of doing several jobs. But why make a passable fist of something when you can do it superbly? Whilst it is, of course, possible to grow your own potatoes it simply isn’t realistic to grow several varieties and, much more importantly, it is definitely impossible to keep them in good condition for any length of time after harvesting. Believe me, I’ve tried. Potatoes need to be kept in the dark and to be stored at the right temperature. Just chucking them in a sack in your shed is not going to do it. Fortunately for me, a potato lovers potato heaven exists just outside Tenterden, Kent in the form of The Potato Shop, a place where the potato is not humble and where it is rightfully lauded. When I first encountered the place I couldn’t believe that there was actually a shop devoted to potatoes. It’s not that long ago when a King Edward was one of the very few named varieties of potato available to us. Many places simply called potatoes ‘reds’ or ‘whites’. Today at The Potato Shop you will find all the usual well-known varieties such as the ubiquitous King Edward, Désirée and Wilja, but it’s their range of the uncommon and unusual varieties like Vitelotte, Mayan Gold and Pink Fir Apple that make the place so attractive to me. It’s not possible here to list and describe every potato they grow, the list is long, but I must mention a couple of my favourites. I had long held the view that far and away the best roasting potato is the old Victorian variety Golden Wonder (the one the crisps were named after) until, that is, Nicki Crawley, at the Shop, introduced me to Mayan Gold. Golden Wonder is unquestionably a roaster par excellence but Mayan Gold pips it I think. You simply must try Mayan Gold, but don’t par-boil for too long – it falls apart very quickly and suddenly. If you want to impress everyone at Sunday lunch with your magnificent roast potatoes this is the potato to do it, but don’t try them for anything other than roasting or chipping. Many years ago in the early 1970s I read about a very old potato called Pink Fir Apple and I tried to track it down. However it was quite impossible to get seed then. It had virtually disappeared from culture because of a virus which had infected all existing stock, but eventually new propagation techniques enabled clean stock to be produced and now this wonderful potato is well known. The Potato Shop has it, of course, and they believe that they are the biggest grower of this special potato in the country and it is their best seller. It’s a knobbly old thing, the Pink Fir Apple, and that is why most people tend not peel it, in fact not peeling potatoes is becoming de rigueur. I am decidedly a peeler. I always peel potatoes, but each to his own I suppose. Anyway, Pink Fir Apple is one of those waxy varieties that make wonderful salad potatoes and as this variety holds well it is also excellent as a simple boiled potato with good texture and great flavour. February 2015

Right - clockwise from top left: Vitelotte; Mayan Gold; La Ratte; Pink Fir Apple

Another potato which I didn’t know until Nicki gave me some to try is a 200 year old French variety called Vitelotte. This has a dark purple skin and unlike some potatoes with coloured skins its flesh is also coloured and retains its colour when cooked. This looks spectacular in a salad and it makes the most wonderful mash too. However, I can understand that not everyone wants purple mash! In any case the reason to try it is not because of its colour but simply because it tastes good, although there will be occasions when you can capitalise on its colour for some culinary visual effect too. Some of these potatoes are not heavy croppers and some are more difficult to grow and to keep than the more commonly grown commercial varieties and this consequently, and understandably, means that they will cost more. But in just the same way that we are prepared to pay a premium for the best cheese, meat or wine so we must expect to pay more for the best potatoes. They are definitely worth it. Gone are the days when potatoes were advertised simply as ‘reds’ or ‘whites’ and I urge you to take advantage of the amazing choice that exists out there. You will find that Edward is not the only Majestic potato. FIND OUT MORE

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on GDFAS please contact Mrs Caroline Young on 01428 714276. The Grayshott Flower Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month at Grayshott Village Hall at 7pm for 7.45pm. Visitors and new members are always welcome for an entertaining and informative evening with refreshments and a raffle. Their first meeting in 2015 will be on Wednesday 4th February with a demonstration by Graham King entitled ‘Bursting Full of Colour’. This seems like a bit of a coup. Julian Lewry Music has managed to procure The Korgis, a British pop band known for their worldwide hit single ‘Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime’ in 1980. Unbelievably, this is the first ever live outing in 35 years of this act! (www. thekorgis.com). Special guests are the Surrey based acoustic folk/ pop trio, The Willow Band. They write all their own material focussing on meaningful lyrics and beautiful melodies with three part harmonies. (www. willowband.co.uk). The gig takes place on Saturday 7th February at Windlesham Club & Theatre (WCT) and the show starts at 8pm; doors open at 7pm. Tickets: £16 in advance (WCT members £14) or £19 on the door and available in person from Windlesham Club & Theatre, Kennel Lane, Windlesham GU20 6AA, or by calling the box office on 07903 462636. Also available

from www.wegottickets.com/julianlewrymusic. More information at www.windleshamclub.org.uk. This is a mixed unreserved seating and standing event. Seating is limited and will be on a first come first served basis. The next Farnham Maltings Monthly Market is on Saturday 7th February from 9.30am to 4pm. Entry £1, members and under 15’s free. For 40 years, the Maltings Monthly Market has been a long-established part of the town’s life. It has grown to encompass everything from antiques and jewellery, to craft and local handmade produce, restored furniture and unique cards. Complete your day with a handmade pie or speciality sausage from the foyer menu. Troubled by your tablet? Irritated with your iPad? Daunted when it comes to downloading? Then Farnham Library has the answer for you. Why not book onto one of their free ‘Get Online Courses’ run through the month on a Thursday morning? Here library staff will personally tutor and support people from the bare essentials of computing via a course called ‘Learn My Way’. They have spaces for 10 every month over four Thursdays and will be running these throughout the year. Alternatively why not book a free session with one of their Computer Buddies who will assist you with basic IT inquiries. This is particularly for people who have received an IT device such as a tablet and need

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Jottings - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD some personal coaching in its usage. A Buddy visits the Library every Monday morning between 10am and 12 noon so do book your slot. For more information and to book your courses ring Farnham Library on 0300 200 1001 and ask to be put through to the Library. There’s a Wedding Fair at Watts Gallery on Sunday 8th February from 11am to 5pm. Entry is free. Discover a breathtaking venue and meet all the experts whose skills help to organise a perfect day. Photographers, caterers, milliners, bridal wear suppliers and make-up artists will all be there. If you are planning a wedding, this could be just the job! Farnham Maltings will be hosting The GHQ Militaria and Collectors Fair on Sunday 8th February from 10am–2pm. Entry is £3.50. This fair offers the collector and enthusiast, helmets, insignia, medals, uniforms, cap badges, books, military, aviation, edged weapons and firearms. If you have any of the above for sale please take your items to the front table on the day of the fair. Alternatively, call 07919 455799 for more details or go to www.ghq.uk.com. Learn confidence through public speaking in a fun and supportive environment. Farnham Speaker’s Club meets on the second and fourth Monday of every month at the Farnham House Hotel. For more

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information, please email Annie on annie.pritchard@ way-forward.co.uk or call 07866 086887. Right at Home is hosting a free Dementia Friends session at its offices in The Sands on Tuesday 10th February at 10am. Alastair Shanks, a Dementia Friends Champion, will lead an informative one hour session on dementia. Don’t expect to be overwhelmed by facts and figures but do expect to leave with a better understanding of what it is like to live with dementia. To book your place, contact Alastair on Alastair.shanks@ rightathomeuk.com or call the office on 01252 783426. Film Maltings have an impressive list of screenings during February, including the 1964 classic, ‘My Fair Lady’ on Wednesday 25th. Admission for this is just £2.50 and includes an interval with refreshments and plenty of songs to sing along to. ‘Paddington’ is screened on Monday 16th, ‘The Imitation Game’ on Wednesday 11th and ‘My Old Lady’ (not to be confused with ‘My Fair Lady’) on Tuesday 10th. Full details at www.farnhammaltings.com. The West Surrey Guild is up and running for 2015. All are welcome to their February meeting on Tuesday 10th at 10.30am at the United Reform Church South Street, Farnham. Alison Ellen is the speaker with New Designs in Handknitting.

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Farnham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild’s next meeting is on Tuesday 10th February starting at 2.00pm in the Methodist Church Hall, South Street, Farnham. Geoff Hawkins will be speaking and his subject is ‘Moscow to St. Petersburg’. Between the monthly meetings groups meet for Scrabble, discussion and knitting, and there are weekly ambles and coffee mornings. For more information phone 01252 722690 or 712503, email zelbob@aol.comor or just go along. Continuing the successful monthly lunchtime organ recitals at St Andrew’s Parish Church Farnham, the next is arranged for Tuesday 10th February at 1.10pm. The recitals are free of charge with home-made soup, rolls, teas and coffees provided or you may wish to take your own lunch. They last about 35 minutes and the guest organist is Gillian Lloyd from the United Reformed Church in Guildford. Her programme will include music by Handel, Bach, Bourgeois and Vierne. There is a retiring collection. Grayshott Folk Club’s next gig is taking place at St Alban’s Church, Tilford Road, Hindhead GU26 6RB. It takes place on Friday 13th February and features a band called ‘Fernhill’ (www.fernhill.info/ www. youtube.com/watch?v=vo2E7VtigLg). They are from Wales and make new, beautifully lyrical and intense folk music which they have played to audiences all over

the world. Central to their sound is the voice of Julie Murphy, described by Time Out as “a must hear, must see singer”. Her fans include music legends Robert Plant and Danny Thompson, both of whom have recorded with her. Adult Tickets £12, Children under 16 £6. Call Des O’Byrne on 01428 607096. Fairport Convention are playing at Farnham Maltings on Friday 13th February at 8pm. Tickets are £20 in advance, £21.50 on the door. If you fancy making it a real night out, you can order a pre-show meal and ticket for just £28 (Beef, ale and stilton pie or leek, pumpkin and sage pie). After one of their most successful years, Fairport Convention take to the road with a brand new album. Hailed as the creators of British folk-rock music, these ‘impressive musicians’ (The Guardian) are one of the most entertaining bands on the concert circuit. This will be a great night out. Book by calling the box oﬃce on 01252 745444 or go to www.farnhammaltings.com. ‘Swinging to Victory’ is on Saturday 14th February at 2.30pm at G Live in Guildford. In partnership with The Royal British Legion, this is a celebration of the morale boosting hits performed by the star singers and big bands of the 1939-1945 period – many of which have become the classics of today. Performed by a full 17 piece big band and four singers the performance features over 30 memorable songs including ‘We’ll

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Greenhouse Gardening Keen greenhouse gardener Penny Kitchen learned a few tips from Gardeners’ Question Time expert Anne Swithinbank, and offers some advice of her own. I became a ‘real’ gardener the day I got my first greenhouse. Armed with that little 5ft x 7ft structure I soon realised I could dramatically increase both my garden production and enjoyment. Of course, with a greenhouse comes a whole new panoply of problems to contend with: overcrowding, ventilation, insulation, seedlings drying out too fast or damping off, thriving pests... But I haven’t met a greenhouse gardener yet who doesn’t think the advantages outweigh these frustrations.

Above: The Palm House and Parterre at Kew

Below: An attractive, useful addition to any garden

restored walled garden. As visitors to the gardens and their popular Chilli Fiesta know, they are packed full of seasonal fruit and vegetables, as well as exotic ﬂowers. “Any kind of cover can revolutionise your gardening,” said Anne. “You’ll ﬁnd you can steal a march on the season and soil conditions by raising young plants in pots and modules for planting out later.”

While visiting West Dean Gardens near Chichester I had the chance to pick the brains of down-to-earth expert Anne Swithinbank of the long-running Radio 4 programme Gardeners’ Question Time. A Kewtrained horticulturist and former glasshouse supervisor at the RHS Gardens, Wisley, there isn’t much she doesn’t know about gardening under glass.

Anne’s parents bought Anne her first greenhouse when she was 11 years old, but today she is equally a fan of simple cold frames and porches. “Use as wide a range as you can to extend your growing season.” She recommends using greengrocers’ boxes filled with compost to grow salad leaves and parsley which, she had proved would germinate in winter: “I have to take photos for magazine articles in winter, which is how I learned that this can be done.”

West Dean has 16 Victorian glasshouses situated within the

Another suggestion: if your greenhouse roof is high enough,

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use raised bed kits in there to grow everything from carrots to brassicas. Unheated Apart from extending the growing season, a greenhouse is a boon for protecting tender plants in winter, although Anne admitted she no longer heats her Devon greenhouse and uses ﬂeece to protect her really tender plants. This not only saves fuel but, in fact, her plants seem to thrive.

stages, not going from starter pot to large pot in one fell swoop “otherwise the roots will suﬀocate”.

Above: Exotics in a porch

If you are getting on in years and ﬁnding the garden chores too much, Anne recommends a greenhouse for pottering and perhaps inspiring a collection of decorative plants. “Everyone seems to be growing vegetables these days,” she said, “however a greenhouse enables you to extend your passion for beautiful plants.”

Grow your own Start garlic oﬀ under glass, one clove per small pot, along with broad beans, to get a head start. Some annual ﬂowering climbers do better in a greenhouse, so why not train one up the frame where it can provide gentle shading as well?

Buying and setting up “Buy the biggest greenhouse you can aﬀord,” was her advice, “and absolutely don’t buy one without one or more roof vents. Ask for extra louvres for a side wall.” Even in winter you still need ventilation to avoid grey mould.

A cold frame is a very useful stage between greenhouse and garden, enabling seedlings to harden oﬀ before they face the elements. Save money by raising your bedding plants from seed – it’s possible with a greenhouse. Grow tender plants such as chillis, basil and cape gooseberries which require under-glass protection.

Shading paint is the simple and inexpensive way to protect plants from scorching. In the hot weather, also remember to hose down hard surfaces, which will keep humidity-loving pests like red spider mite at bay.

Another big advantage to being the owner of a greenhouse is that you can keep uncommon plants such as Gloriosa lily from year to year instead of resigning yourself to their loss over the winter. In fact, if you keep other lilies in pots in the greenhouse they will remain safe from the lily beetle, which can devastate the plant outdoors.

If you have a group of related plants in the same size pots, then capillary matting in a tray is the easy way to keep them watered. Don’t forget to feed “Amateur gardeners never feed plants enough,” said Anne. “After six weeks the compost nutrients are used up and you must provide your plants with more – nitrogen-rich during active growth and high potash in winter to toughen the plants. In commercial glasshouses where the temperature is maintained, they feed the plants throughout the winter.” The other ‘sin’ is failing to pot-on enough. The plants’ roots require repotting in incremental February 2015

Anne’s advice to “inspect your plants with your glasses on!” struck a chord with me! She pointed out that unless you are sharp-eyed, plants in your greenhouse can become host to scale insect, mealy bug and other pests without you realising, until you ﬁnd yourself with a serious infestation. “Try SB Plant Invigorator (an environmentally friendly pesticide, mildewcide and foliar feed) or soft soap solution, but if after a couple of sprays, the problem persists, it is time to try biological controls,” she said.

Below: Anne Swithinbank

Famous nearby glasshouses to visit West Dean The 16 splendid glasshouses were all built between 1890 and 1900 and were completely derelict before their restoration in the early 1990s (see overleaf). They are magniﬁcent 15

examples of Victorian craft and ingenuity, but are very labour intensive. They are repainted on a four-year cycle; the exteriors over summer when the weather is kinder, and the interiors over winter when the houses can be emptied. In addition they are hand scrubbed from top to bottom, inside and out, each winter, a process that takes two gardeners two months to complete. There is always colour on display from the large collection of plants on show, including exotic plants, orchids, strawberry plants, ﬁgs, nectarines and peaches. www.westdean.org.uk/garden/home.aspx

RHS Gardens, Wisley Building on the cathedral-like glass structure of the Bicentenary Glasshouse at Wisley started in 2005. It covers an area equal in size to 10 tennis courts and rises to 140ft in height. It has three climatic zones, recreating tropical, moist temperate and dry temperate habitats. The Glasshouse showcases a world-class plant collection – the RHS’s extensive tender plant collection is housed here, including diﬃcult to grow, rare and endangered species, hundreds of orchid species and old cultivars of Solenostemon (Coleus), among others. Entering The Glasshouse is like walking into a jungle with tree ferns, tall palms, lush-leaved creepers and dazzling ﬂower displays. Visitors to The Glasshouse from 17th February to 8th March will enjoy the colourful added bonus of 16

the annual ‘Butterﬂies in the Glasshouse’ event, something to thrill all ages. www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley

Kew Gardens You are spoiled for choice at Kew Gardens: glasshouses at this world-famous site range from the grand Temperate House (above) down to the more intimate and elegant Waterlily House. Both of these are Victorian masterpieces. The Temperate House is the largest surviving Victorian glasshouse in the world, covering 4,880 square metres and extending to 19 metres high. It was built to house the many species of semi-hardy and temperate plants Victorian plant collectors were bringing back from around the globe. Unfortunately for today’s visitors, but a good thing for future generations, the Temperate House is closed until 2018 for vital restoration. There is a fascinating short video on Kew’s website showing the work involved in moving some 4,000 precious plants and repairing the structure which ﬁrst opened to the public in 1863. Other glasshouses at Kew include the Princess of Wales conservatory (opened in 1987, and containing 10 computer-controlled climatic zones under one roof), the Davies Alpine House and the Bonsai House. www.kew.org

Penny Kitchen is a Farnham based writer and editor. She can be reached by email at penny.kitchen@ btopenworld.com.

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their favourite flowers. Make pipe cleaner dragonflies, flapping butterflies or caterpillar hats. Activities vary daily, so please check our website for details. Events are free once you have entered the garden. Don’t forget that ‘Butterflies in the Glasshouse’ runs until the 8th March, where you can see exotic butterflies take flight among plants in the tropical paradise of the Glasshouse. Marvel at the colours and sizes of the butterflies flying around Wisley’s ‘jungle’, if you’re lucky one might even land on you! Normal garden entry applies. Beat the queues and pre-book a time slot for weekends and halfterm on our website. Round off your trip with one of the butterfly-decorated cookies and cupcakes that the Taste of Wisley bakers are making. Should the Law Society provide guidance which discriminates? For example, their guidance on how to write sharia compliant wills which discriminate against women and other groups. On Sunday 15th February at 7.30pm secular lawyer Sadikur Rahman gives a talk on ‘The Importance of Secularism in the UK today’. He discusses the National Secular Society, his concerns about the potential encroachment of sharia law into the UK legal system (the Law Society has now withdrawn and apologised for its discriminatory will guidance) and his personal journey from a traditional Bangladeshi family towards secularism. The talk is being hosted by Farnham Humanists (following their short AGM)

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http://farnham.humanist.org.uk/ in Daniel Hall (home of 3rd Farnham Scouts), Long Garden Walk, Farnham GU9 7HX. Everyone is welcome. DIY tea and coﬀee. Drinks available from the Hop Blossom Pub close by. Admission £2 to cover costs. For more information please contact Jennie Johnson 01252 723044. If you are planning a wedding this year you might be interested in popping along to the Wedding Fair which is being held at Farnham Maltings on Sunday 15th February from 11am to 3.30pm. The Maltings Valentine Wedding Fair has around 50 wedding services oﬀering everything from bridal gowns and jewellery to cakes and wedding venues. Browse at your leisure at the event which is sure to be an essential part of your wedding planning! Free entry. For more information visit www.prestigeweddingfairs.co.uk. The February meeting of the West Surrey Wine Society will take place on Monday 16th as usual at the Conservative Club, Ivy Lane, Farnham GU9 7PQ. The talk will be entitled: ‘Sherry - Overlooked, Underrated but one of the Greatest Wines’. Richard Witter from Gonzalez Byass will present a range of styles including Fino, Amontillado, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Cream and Pedro Ximenez and he will explain the intricacies of sherry production. An excellent opportunity to learn more about these wonderful wines. The West Surrey

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Wine Society is a wine appreciation society that meets on the third Monday of the month in Farnham. Many, if not most, of the 50 or so members joined with little or no knowledge of wines - just a liking for the product! The meetings start at 7.30pm with a ‘welcome wine’ and the meeting proper starts at 8pm, generally taking the form of a tutored tasting, often led by an expert from a major supplier or a wine educator and who is frequently a Master of Wine. For further information contact the membership secretary: Frances Hackemer, ‘Spring Wood House’, Rowledge GU10 4AA. Tel: 01252 793684. If you know of anyone who suffers with poor eyesight, please encourage them to go along to the next meeting of the ‘Williams Club - Helping Sight Loss in Farnham’. This friendly club meets monthly and offers a warm welcome and entertainment followed by tea and cakes and a raffle. At the next meeting, there will some delightful musical entertainment from Sue Lampard. The venue is the Gostrey Centre and it’s on Monday 16th February, from 2.20pm-4pm - get there early to get a seat! Transport can be arranged if necessary. For more information please call David Lambert on 01252 722161. Farnham Decorative and Fine Art Society’s next lecture is on Tuesday 17th February and is entitled From Egg

to Bacon; English Painting 1850-1950. Linda Smith will give an account of developments in British painting (and occasional sculpture) from the days of the PreRaphaelites to the aftermath of WWII. It pays particular attention to the way in which developments in Paris were received by the London art world and how British artists contributed to the exchange of ideas. Lectures start at 10 for 10.30am. Non-members are warmly invited to join them. Phone the membership secretary on 07918 883515 to book your ticket for £5 or, for more information go to www.farnhamdfas.org.uk. This February enjoy a fantastic evening’s entertainment right here in Godalming with Gilbert and Sullivan’s very popular operetta “The Mikado” - performed by renowned local group Godalming Operatic Society (GOS). A super night out for all the family, GOS’s lavish productions at the Borough Hall are always accompanied by a full professional orchestra and traditional staging values - featuring accomplished principals, soloists and a large, rousing supporting chorus! Go along and enjoy favourite numbers such as ‘Three Little Maids’, ‘A Wandering Minstrel I’, ‘Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day’ and ‘I’ve got a Little List’ - Tickets on sale £11 - £17 from the GOS Box Office: 01252 703376. Performances are on Tuesday 17th - Saturday 21st February including a Saturday matinée. (Also at

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Jottings - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Leatherhead Theatre from Thursday 26th – Saturday 28th February). There are many Michael Jackson tribute artists in the world today and it was thought impossible to ﬁnd an artist with the ability to perform completely live whilst authentically capturing the essence and the magic of Michael Jackson on stage. On Wednesday 18th February at 7.45pm, Ben Bowman brings his tribute show, ‘Jackson Live in Concert’ to The Princes Theatre in Aldershot and I understand it is pretty spectacular; great musicians, great dancers and the music of MJ has to be a memorable night out! Tickets are £15 - £19 and you can book by calling 01252 329155. ‘Unravel’ a Festival of Knitting, returns to Farnham Maltings. It will take place from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd February and is open from 12 noon to 6pm on Friday, 10am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Admission is £7 in advance, £9 on the door, under 15’s free. Tickets are limited so best to book in advance, available until 12 noon on Thursday 19th February. Browse and purchase yarn, buttons and other knitting accessories from the bustling marketplace. Over the weekend, you can take part in workshops and listen to a range of talks by new designers and international visitors. Since its launch in 2009 the festival has fast become one of the leading independent

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events for knitting and crochet enthusiasts from across the country, and now around the world, as the festival features an international talk in collaboration with PomPom Quarterly. Last year 2,500 people attended the event over two days and we are now expecting even more as the event takes place over three days. Music lovers are in for a treat later this month. The Mayor of Farnham, Cllr Jeremy Ricketts is hosting a charity concert at Frensham Heights School on Saturday 21st February at 7.30pm. The theme of the evening is Songs from Stage and Screen and the line-up includes two local choirs, Vocal Point Chamber Choir and Voices Together Community Choir. The performances will include a wide range of music to suit all tastes including jazz, folk, opera and pop. The concert is being conducted by the director of both Vocal Point and Voices Together Community Choir, Valerie Hoppé MBE. All the money raised from the concert will go towards furthering the excellent work of Farnham’s Post 19 group. This is a community-based programme aimed at young adults with learning diﬃculties. The group aims to encourage students to work and participate in their local communities. Tickets cost £20 and the price includes a complimentary glass of sparkling wine on arrival. To buy tickets email civic@farnham.gov.uk or call 01252 712667.

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Don’t forget that parking is free in many places on a Sunday and no congestion charge will apply, so you might want to consider driving.

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Bells Piece and Post 19, together with other local charities will be holding a charity market at the United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham on Saturday 21st February, from 10am until 2pm. The event is going to be held every two months, on the third Saturday of the month. They are very keen for more local charities to join them to make it a successful event. Any local charities who would be interested in joining them please contact Jenny Daniels on jennifer.daniels@ leonardcheshire.org or rob@post19.com. The Guildford International Concert Season resumes on Sunday 22nd February when G Live in Guildford will be welcoming the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. They will perform a trilogy of Tchaikovsky pieces, which includes the highly charged Romeo & Juliet and sublime Violin Concerto. The evening concludes with the composer’s great ﬁnal work, Symphony No. 6, known as the ‘Pathétique’, perhaps the most popular of all Russian symphonies. There will be a talk with the soloist, Alexander Sitkovestsky in the G Live Bellerby Studio prior to the concert. This event is free, but must be booked with a ticket to the concert. Tickets are £22.50 to £37.50, Students £10 and U16’s Free (one child free per full price adult ticket.) There are discounts for group bookings. Go to www.GLive. co.uk or call the ticket desk on 0844 7701 797.

On Sunday 22nd February, starting at 10am, Guildford Rambling Club will walk 8.5 miles from Winchfield Hurst to Odiham and back. Visitors are welcome. See www.guildfordramblingclub.org.uk for more details. Midday Music for Christian Aid is taking place at St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church, Frensham Road, Farnham GU9 8HA at 12 noon on six consecutive Tuesdays. The recitals commence on 24th February when the music will be provided by students from King Edward’s School in Witley. They continue with various combinations of musicians and singers providing some delicious music up until Tuesday 31st March. Following the recitals there will be soup, bread and cheese lunches available in the Cobbett Room from 12.40 – 2 pm. Donations to Christian Aid will be gratefully received. There’s a Tea and Quiz Afternoon, in aid of Farnham ASSIST, on Wednesday 25th February from 3pm to 5pm at The Vineyard Centre, Union Road, Farnham. Afternoon tea is included in the ticket cost of £5. They are available from ASSIST office, 7 St Georges Yard or call 01252 717710. See the website www.farnhamassist.org.uk for more information or call the office for a copy of their Event Diary 2015. Farnham ASSIST supports older people living in Farnham through a wide range of events and activities: understanding

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business background. Lunch is followed by an informal talk occasionally supplemented by an outside speaker on a non political subject of general interest. In addition, there are trips to theatres and other interesting venues. If you might be interested in joining, drop a line to the Hon. Sec at 12 Shorthead Road, Farnham GU9 8SR.

‘Vienna, City of my Dreams’ is the alluring title of an illustrated talk to be given by architect Alfred Rowe, on Friday 27th February, at the St Joan’s Centre in Farnham, GU9 8DJ, at 8pm. The romantic title is actually taken from a song sung by Richard Tauber and Vienna is of course a city of music where many composers have lived and worked. Alfred Rowe’s talk will focus on the architecture, most of which lies inside or near the inner ring road, the Ringstrasse. Vienna’s roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements, which later became transformed into a famous medieval and baroque city, the capital of the great Austro-Hungarian empire. The talk is presented by the Farnham Public Art Trust at the St Joan’s Centre in Tilford Road, Farnham GU9 8DJ. Doors open at 7.30pm for refreshments followed by an 8 pm start, and tickets cost £6 per person (students £2) payable at the door. For more information, visit www. farnhampublicarttrust.co.uk or ring 01252 702449.

The next Tilford Bach Society (TBS) Concert is on Friday 27th February at 7.30pm in Farnham Methodist Church, Farnham GU9 7RN. Students from the Royal College of Music will play baroque music on period instruments. All welcome, £13.50 in advance or £15 on the door, anyone aged 8-25 and accompanying parents may attend free, thanks to CAVATINA. Full information on www.tilbach.org.uk or call Sue on 0845 519 8184.

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The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford has announced a vibrant and varied new season programme of events both on the Main Stage and in the Mill Studio. They will be opening the national tours of both Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Roundelay’ and William Gaminara’s hilarious new comedy ‘The Three Lions’, and Ray Cooney’s ‘Move Over Mrs Markham ‘will open in Guildford prior to its London transfer. The season also features Tom Conti in ‘Twelve Angry Men’ which comes direct from its record-breaking West End run and Wendi Peters in Joan Littlewood’s fabulous musical ‘Oh What a Lovely War’. Do have a look at their new

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Now finished, the area feels grown-up, sophisticated and creates a ‘5 star’ luxurious space. We have used a mixture of colours as the ‘boutique’ theme doesn’t have to be restricted to dark tones. Damask inspired wallpapers and panelling flow throughout the area and sofas mingle with dining and living furniture to create the full experience. Homes can have a mixture of styles; open plan living spaces naturally tend to be more modern and give you the flexibility of blending the kitchen and dining areas together. However, to escape today’s busy world, homes often need to have some separate areas that still allow you that personal space.

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Start moving your living room into Spring whilst maintaining the comfort and warmth of Winter by pairing bold coloured accessories with soft, sumptuous velvets and a sofa you can snuggle into. Of course, you cannot be expected to change your sofa with the season, but an elegantly glamourous sofa such as the Elise in a natural hue can be easily dressed to suit every interior trend. Gone are the days when artificial plants were a bit of an eyesore - more often we are finding beautifully crafted foliage to help soften your home without the hassle of nurturing indoor plants. Here we have dressed the coffee table with delicate lifelike potted lavender to help create a subtle yet effective focal point. Vale Furnishers has been helping people create their own perfect interior for 55 years, and now with two showrooms offering different products in each, we feel confident that we can help you find your ideal look. a. slamp Fiorella Suspension Light £359 | b. Raw Xclusive Stag Cushion £39.95 | c. Copper Hurricane Lamp £49 | d. slamp Woody Floor Lamp £799

Creating your perfect interior isn’t just about the furniture, the rugs, lamps and accessories are what makes your house a home. We source from all over the globe to find interesting and unusual pieces that you will not find in every high street shop. Lighting plays a large role when creating your perfect interior. We have just started to work with SLAMP, an Italian lighting brand new to the UK, they offer a wide range of table and floor lamps with most collections also featuring wall and ceiling lights to help complete the look. Allow our showroom to inspire you and give you both the support and confidence you need to create your own idyllic living space. Visit us in store or online at www.valeinteriors-surrey.co.uk

Death of a Hero Sir Winston Churchill, arguably one of the most admired and recognised ﬁgures in history, was once asked “Are you ready to meet your Maker?” In a typically amusing response he uttered “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether he is ready for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter entirely”. This ever present combination of wit and wisdom perfectly illustrates the man behind the statesman, which is something that visitors to Chartwell are able to gain a unique insight into. Chartwell was Churchill’s much-loved home in Kent and was so dear to his heart that he once said “A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted”. For 40 years, between 1924 and 1964, Chartwell was his place of comfort, escape and relaxation. From his passion for painting and building brick walls to feeding the ﬁsh and enjoying the beautiful landscape, Chartwell proved a welcome tonic to counter the stresses and strains of political life. It was however also a living and working household, with Churchill himself often based in his study where he was known to pace up and down, dictating to one of his army of secretaries and contributing to the 30 million words he wrote across his lifetime. It is in the context of his home that the National Trust are delighted to announce the opening of ‘Death of a Hero’, an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary since Churchill’s passing and the spectacular state funeral that followed. For the generation who remember the horrors and ever present fear during the years 193926

Above: Churchill’s study at Chartwell (Andreas von Einsiedel)

1945, Churchill is a hero whose courage, tenacity, resilience and perseverance allowed him to lead Britain and its Commonwealth through the darkest days of the WWII. The pride and gratitude felt for his bravery and leadership continued through the remaining years of his life and upon his death in January 1965, the sense of loss reverberated around the world. The lying-in-state which followed drew more than 300,000 people, who had queued for up to eight hours in the bitter January cold, to pay their respects. When the day of his state funeral came, well-wishers from across the globe descended on London and stood in silence on the streets, watching the procession and remembering the man who saved their country from the horrors of the Nazi regime. Chartwell’s ‘Death of a Hero’ considers his ﬁnal hours, the momentous occasion that was his state funeral, the impact his death had on DID YOU KNOW?

Below: Churchill seated at his study at Chartwell

In 1915, Churchill leased Hoe Farm House in Hascombe, nr Godalming, Surrey for the summer months. One Sunday at Hoe Farm, Churchill noticed his sister-in-law, Gwendeline, painting in watercolours. She encouraged him to try his hand but dissatisﬁed with the medium he decided on oils. Four pictures of Hoe Farm by Churchill remain. Churchill found oil painting to be the most complete physical and mental relaxation and he took his paints and canvases everywhere. By the end of his life he had painted more than 500 pictures - landscapes, interiors, still life and portraits. vantagepointmag.co.uk

Then there’s the unique and moving pieces which depict the reaction to Churchill’s passing. These include the ﬂag that ﬂew over the United States Capitol in Washington on the day he died, which was lowered to half mast and then posted to Lady Churchill after the funeral as a symbol of remembrance from the American people. The pieces that depict the day of Churchill’s state funeral itself are arguably the most emotive, ranging from family invitations to the event and the gift given by Lady Churchill to the man responsible for organising the funeral, the Duke of Norfolk. That gift was a set of gleaming gold spurs which are kindly on loan from Arundel Castle especially for this exhibition. Above: Chartwell from the garden (Robert Miller)

the world and the legacy he has left us today. Perhaps most excitingly, it includes a number of never seen before items; condolence gifts sent to Lady Churchill; the working documents of those organising the funeral; a number of beautiful commemorative pieces and newlyrestored works of art. Some have been hidden for half a century and are on public display for the first time in Chartwell’s history. So what does ‘Death of a Hero’ consist of? The first thing that is most noticeable is the glorious technicolour that the organisers have used to depict Churchill’s funeral. And why not? Churchill loved pomp, pageantry, regalia and ceremony, all of which were encapsulated on 30th January 1965 and are remembered through poignant photographs and original colour footage. Alongside this stirring imagery are over 60 objects, the vast majority of which have never been seen before. These are made up of archive collections from Chartwell, personal mementoes from the Churchill family and objects kindly loaned from those directly involved in the proceedings of January 1965. If you are lucky enough to go and see ‘Death of a Hero’, which is open until 1st November 2015, there are a few particular gems that you should keep your eyes peeled for. There’s the last ever photograph taken of Churchill, which Lady Churchill selected of all the photographs of her late husband, to be displayed forevermore on her desk at Chartwell. For collectors of porcelain there is a newly-created Crown Derby figurine of Chartwell’s newest tenant, a marmalade cat called Jock VI. He earned his residence thanks to a stipulation from the Churchill family themselves that a cat looking like Churchill’s own beloved pet, was to be in situ at Chartwell for as long as it was in the hands of the National Trust. It has been said that Churchill was so close to the original Jock that he sat at the foot of his master’s bed for the final hours of his life. February 2015

Also on loan from Arundel Castle is the Duke’s original working copy of Operation Hope Not, the aptly-named codename for the planning of Churchill’s funeral. This appears as a folder containing unique and fascinating documents outlining all aspects of the logistics for the day. Beyond the pieces focussing on Churchill’s passing and state funeral are a number which have been speciﬁcally chosen to represent his achievements, his continuing legacy, and how we remember him today. These range from examples of his artistic and literary accomplishments, acknowledgement of his keen interest in scientiﬁc and technological development, and various depictions of one of the most recognisable men in history. One of the most moving of these depictions is a signed photograph of Sir Winston Churchill alongside King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (later HM Queen Elizabeth II) and her sister Princess Margaret on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on 8th May 1945. The photograph was so dear to Churchill that during his time at Chartwell, it hung on his bedroom wall. It was in that moment that his status as a hero was cemented in history, and it is for everything that that moment represents, that he should never be forgotten. There was a superb quote from Churchill’s widow, Lady Clementine Churchill, that the team at Chartwell kept very close to their hearts throughout the preparations for the new exhibition. After the funeral and just before she retired to bed, she turned to her youngest daughter and said “You know, Mary, it wasn’t a funeral – it was a triumph”. These words frame Chartwell’s commemorative exhibition wonderfully, and are the words that Chartwell hopes visitors to ‘Death of a Hero’ will keep in the forefront of their minds when considering the loss of one of the most loved statesmen in history.

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‘Death of a Hero’ is part of Churchill 2015, a commemoration of the great man’s life which sees a number of exhibitions and special events in museums and locations close to the Churchill family across the country. ‘Death of a Hero’ runs until 1st November 2015, 11am-3pm. Gift Aid Admission prices £6.90 per adult, £3.45 per child and £17.25 per family. The house will be open from 28 February 2015. For more information on Chartwell visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chartwell. Follow the conversation on Twitter @ChartwellNT #Churchill2015

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brochure; you can view it online at www.yvonnearnaud.co.uk. If you are a Genesis fan you might be interested in a gig that’s coming up at Farnham Maltings on Saturday 28th February. G2 perform the classics from 1970– 1980 in Genesis’s illustrious career, including ‘Trick of the Tail’ and ‘Wind & Wuthering’ from the four-man era of Rutherford/Banks/Hackett/Collins – plus a mixture of early Gabriel classics! It starts at 8.30pm and tickets are £18 reserved seating, £16 standing. Call 01252 745444 or go to www.farnhammaltings.com. There’s a Bridge Master Class with Andrew Robson OBE, the Times Bridge Correspondent, on Monday 2nd March from 10am to 3.30pm. It will be held in Crondall Village Hall, Croft Lane, Farnham GU10 5QG and is in aid of Animals Asia. The cost is £39 each or £155 per table of four to include lunch. Suitable for social and duplicate players (non-expert), the day is very practical with Andrew leading everyone through set deals. It includes playing a series of instructive and interesting deals focusing on Weak Twos, Slams and Signalling in Defence. To book your place, call Kay on 01252 793811 or 07789 117235, email kay.roudaut@btopenworld. com. Alternatively, Gary on 01252 616064 or 07800 555863, email g8.baxter@gmail.com. For further details go to www.animalsasia-surrey-hants.org.uk.

On Saturday 7th March, The Vivace Chorus will be welcoming Tasmin Little to G Live in Guildford. She has performed in some of the most prestigious venues in the world and it is a great opportunity to see one of the UK’s best known musicians in action. She will be playing Mendelssohn’s violin concerto, often considered to be the ﬁrst romantic violin concerto, and will be accompanied by the superb Brandenburg Sinfonia. Other items on the programme follow a nautical theme: Delius’s sad and beautiful ‘Sea Drift ’, the lusty and patriotic ‘Songs of the Fleet’ by C.V. Stanford and the intense and rolling melodies of Mendelssohn’s ‘Fingal’s Cave’. There will also be another Mendelssohn favourite, ‘Hear My Prayer’, which contains the much loved treble solo ‘O for the Wings of a Dove’. Tickets are from £10 - £32 and are available online at www.GLive. co.uk or by phone on 0844 7701 797. Further details at www.vivacechorus.org. I can’t really believe that I’m already talking about Mother’s Day but hey, it’s coming up fast. If you would like to treat your Mum, then you might like to consider a special cruise on The Wey & Arun Canal, Loxwood. They have been really popular in past years. These special cruises will be running on the canal on Mothering Sunday, 15th March. A ‘Coﬀee & Danish Pastry Cruise’ will depart at 11am and ‘Cream Tea Cruises’ will depart at 2.30pm and 4.30pm. Black tie

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Jottings - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD service will enhance the relaxing treat for Mums! The trips take 1½ hours. Tickets cost £13 for adults and £9 for children. Incidentally, themed Easter Cruises will be running on all four days of the Easter weekend from Good Friday, 3rd April to Monday 6th April. The boat departs from the wharf beside the Onslow Arms on the B2133 in Loxwood and travels along the decorated canal and through a restored lock. If you would like to book seats for one of the Mothering Sunday or Easter cruises or enquire about private charters call The Wey & Arun Canal Trust office on 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. Surrey Border Movie Makers meet on the first Friday of each month. They are a film making club whose members consist of retired professionals, experienced film makers and complete beginners. They share a love of making films which they do to the best of their ability including holiday films, drama and documentary. Interested in seeing what they do? Visit their website: www.surreyborder.org.uk. They meet at the St. Joan’s Centre, 19 Tilford Road, Farnham GU9 8DJ. There’s plenty of parking and your first visit is free. Contact: secretary@surreyborder.org.uk. The Surrey Police Band, formally known as the Police Unity Memorial Band, is heading for a great new year during 2015 and they’d like you to come and play with

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them! They are looking for wind, brass and percussion players to join their fun and friendly band which rehearses each Thursday in Guildford, and perform various gigs and concerts throughout the year. If you are grade ﬁve or equivalent, and would like to go along to a rehearsal for a free taster session then please get in touch with them at publicity@surreypoliceband. org.uk – no scary audition and lots of friendly fellow musicians who look forward to welcoming you! This year they will be raising money for the Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury. The specialist services provided by the Children’s Trust come at a cost which is not fully met by statutory sources, so the charity relies on voluntary donations from supporters. By supporting the Surrey Police Band this year, you will be helping to fund building works, key members of staﬀ, new equipment, leisure and play activities and much, much more! If you don’t play an instrument but would like to get involved, why not go along and support them at one (or more!) of their concerts during 2015? You can keep in touch by checking online at www.surreypoliceband.org.uk, by becoming a ‘fan’ on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ SurreyPoliceBand or by following them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PoliceBand1. The Unattached Group (TUG) recently enjoyed a splendid Christmas dinner dance at the Drift Golf

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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 30

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 February 2015

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 31

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Technology in the classroom Technology has changed the way we communicate, the way we work and almost every aspect of our lives. Now it’s taking over in the classroom too. Catherine Williams, the Head of IT at St Nicholas’ School, Church Crookham explains why. Once upon a time every classroom had a large dusty blackboard and a teacher with chalky hands. Although very familiar to generations of parents and grandparents, some time in the not too distant future this image will be something for the history books, old photographs and the movies. Education is changing. Classrooms, from pre-school to infants, right through to sixth form and universities, are evolving rapidly with new technology. Teachers now have ever more advanced tools to deliver highly targeted learning for every individual child. It is starting to deliver excellent outcomes too and right across all age ranges, with the result that an increasing number of independent and maintained schools are re-thinking the way

they work. Paper and pencils are being replaced in some classes by iPad/tablet computers and Apple TV, made possible thanks to the availability of high quality internet bandwidth and Wi-Fi. Of course parents of even young toddlers will appreciate just how easily today’s children are able to pick up and use technology. These days there are literally hundreds of apps, many of them educational, specifically designed for children aged between three and seven. There are even ‘child friendly’ tablets specifically designed for little ones too - something that would have been unthinkable even five years ago. In the classroom we’ve found that tablets are also incredibly versatile – they’re excellent with junior pupils and in a variety of teaching situations too. In art they can be used for drawing for instance and in maths children can do a class test on the iPad Beth Otway with the results, all marked, for the teacher at the end of the session. Maybe the most obvious benefit to the pupils is it allows them to use their chosen learning style. Traditionally, classrooms were very much a one-style-fits-all experience based around reading and writing. While these skills remain central to the teaching and learning experience, what we’ve discovered is that some pupils are auditory learners and they’d rather listen and speak. Other people are kinesthetic/

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tactile learners and they benefit from being able to move things about. Tablet devices allow them to do this. Of course using this knowledge and the technology can have enormous benefits too for young people with learning difficulties like dyslexia and dyspraxia. There are excellent specialist applications available that are already being used by curriculum support teachers across the country and to great effect. As children progress through their school career, tablet technology can be particularly useful with homework. The pupil can take his/her tablet home and if it’s easier they can even create their essay or coursework by talking into it and printing it out rather than typing it on a keyboard or writing it out in longhand. At the same time they can make use of their iTextbooks, stored within the device and any materials from class that their teacher may have created too. It also allows pupils to learn at their own speed and the benefit is that they and their teachers get instant feedback.

This means that if the class has not grasped a concept the teacher can add an extra lesson if necessary. Alternatively, if one child is struggling the teacher can offer additional oneto-one support through the device. There’s also the opportunity to share work – with a teacher using his/her iPad to guide the class by connecting a pupil’s device up to Apple TV. This can be of real benefit to the class. However the real beauty of it is that for this and future generations technology is going to dictate their lives. They will be using computers at home and in the workplace and in ways that right now we can’t even imagine. It’s just as versatile when children move through to senior school too as it allows staff to create their own iBooks to guide pupils through lessons. For some this might seem like a vision of the future – investment in technology is expensive - but schools that have already made this step are already seeing the benefits. Catherine Williams is the Head of IT at St Nicholas’ School, Church Crookham (pictured left). www.st-nicholas.hants.sch.uk

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With Beth Otway

I enjoy the quiet romance of February in the garden; here are some jobs you can be getting on with. To enjoy the best flowering display from your Wisteria you need to prune it; you’ll enjoy more flowers of better quality, and it will look tidier. At this time of year the structure of the plant is clear of foliage so it’s easy to see where to prune. Using secateurs, cut back each sideshoot to two or three buds, don’t worry about which direction the bud faces, just count two to three buds and make a cut. It’s worth checking any ties you have supporting your Wisteria and replacing any that are too tight or damaged it’s far easier to do this now before the plant gets growing. Sweet peas are wonderfully cheery flowers to have. They are beautiful as cut flowers with a heavenly scent; I can’t be without them. You can get away with sowing Sweet peas in March, but you’ll have better plants, with longer flowering stems if you sow now. I have never found any need to chip or soak Sweet pea seeds to aid their germination. If you have trouble with mice, you can pre-soak your seeds for up to 24 hours in liquid paraffin to deter the rodents. This works a treat! Sweet peas should be started off in tall containers which allow for their long roots; root trainers, the cardboard tubes from toilet rolls or deep plastic pots all work well. I enjoy sowing a mix of colours; I always include ‘Gwendoline’ a beautiful rose pink, ‘Jilly’ a rich cream and ‘Naomi Nazareth’ a pretty pale lilac-blue. These varieties are all highly scented with long stems and large, frilly flowers, which make them ideal for cutting. If you would like to grow plants beneficial to bees and other pollinating insects, now is a good time to sow Ageratum houstonianum, Calendula officinalis, Nigella damascena, Cosmos bipinnatus, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, Verbena bonariensis and Papaver rhoeas. Ornamental grasses and roses need pruning this month. Remove any old dead leaves from your rose plants, as well as any lurking around in the soil, and then feed your roses with a specially designed rose feed and 34

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mulch with compost or well-rotted manure. Now is also a good time to divide congested clumps of snowdrops and replant. If you’re looking to buy Snowdrops in ‘the green’ please only buy from reputable growers to avoid purchasing bulbs that have been stolen or dug up from the wild. A number of other plants can be divided now: Achillea millefolium and Achillea ﬁlipendulina, Eranthis hyemalis (winter aconites), Solidago canadensis (Golden rod), Lily of the Valley, Echinops ritro (Globe thistle), Michaelmas daisies and Sedums. Provide food and fresh water for garden birds. Put up bird boxes, taking care not to position the nest boxes close to feeding stations, as the competition will usually prevent a nest box being successful. In the greenhouse: sow aubergines, tomatoes, chilli, celery, celeriac, cabbage, leeks and onions. Outside: sow cabbages, peas, parsnips – sow radish in the same row as parsnips: the radish seed will germinate and grow quickly, before the parsnips, which germinate very slowly. Sowing them together in the same row makes the best use of the space. Plant sea kale, shallots, onion sets, Jerusalem artichokes and rhubarb. If your garden lacks interest at this time of year, why not plan a trip to your local nursery or garden centre and treat yourself to a new plant or two? To help insects, look out for the ‘Perfect for Pollinators’ logo when making your selections. FIND OUT MORE

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Pancakes with a difference Soufflé pancakes Arnold Bennett Gordon Ramsay celebrates Pancake Day in his own inimitable style – with some very posh pancakes which are absolutely delicious. Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2004 1. Tip the flour and ½ tsp salt into a blender, add the eggs and milk and whizz to a smooth batter. There’s no need to let the batter stand as it only has a little flour in it – you can use it straight away. 2. Put a non-stick 16-18cm omelette or crêpe pan over a high heat and wait until you feel a good heat rising. Brush the pan lightly with oil then pour in about 2 tbsp of the batter, using a small ladle, and quicky swirl it around the pan to coat. Cook for 30-60 seconds, then loosen the edges with a small palette knife and check underneath. It should be a mid golden-brown colour. Carefully flip the pancake over and cook the other side for 20-30 seconds. Slide the pancake out onto a paper towel. Repeat with the remaining batter, oiling the pan in between and stacking the pancakes on top of each other, then leave to cool. 3. Lay the haddock, skin-side down, on a board and hold it at the tail end. Using a serrated knife, make a nick between the skin and flesh at this end. Pulling the skin hard towards you, slide the knife away from you in a sawing motion – the skin will come away easily in one piece. Put the fish, milk, onion and bay leaf in a shallow pan. Top with the butter wrapper, butterside down, and bring up to the boil. Remove from the heat and leave for about 7 minutes, until the flesh is firm. 4. Lift the fish out of the pan and put it on a plate. Strain the milk into a jug. Press down on the fish with your finger, and watch the fish separate into perfect flakes. Check for any stray bones and discard them. 5. Melt the butter in a medium pan and stir in half of the flour with a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat, stir vigorously, then cook for 3060 seconds over a gentle heat, stirring. Repeat with the remaining flour. Now stir in the hot milk, in stages. 36

6. Scrape the sauce into a bowl and whisk in the egg yolks – the warmth of the sauce makes it absorb the yolks better. Now whisk in two-thirds of the Gruyère, which will melt into the sauce. Switch back to using the wooden spoon and gently fold in the fish to retain the whole flakes. Now’s the time to taste it as everything’s in except the egg whites, which are neutral. Grind over salt and black pepper and fold in. 7. Whisk the egg whites in a metal bowl with a balloon whisk until they form stiff peaks, then fold into the warm sauce with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated. Liberally butter 4 or 6 small gratin dishes (measuring 20 x 11.5cm across the top). Lay a pancake in each dish so that half lines the base and the other half overhangs. Divide the soufflé between the pancakes and flip over the overhanging halves to loosely enclose. Preheat the oven to fan 170C/conventional 190C/gas 5. 8. Bring the cream to the boil in a pan, then remove from the heat. Whisk in the remaining Gruyère and season. Ladle the sauce over the pancakes and top with the Parmesan. Stand the dishes on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, or until the mixture has risen and the top is browned.

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FOOD Jamie Oliver’s Pancake Cake Pancakes, chocolate, cream... this pancake cake has got the lot, and you don’t even need an oven. Recipe from www.jamieoliver.com. This is no normal cake – it’s all the things people love parcelled up in one big, beautiful bundle. Pancakes, chocolate, cream... delicious! It’s quite unusual, but I say embrace it and you won’t be sorry. You don’t even need an oven, so it’s great if you get caught out and have to rustle up something quickly. Best of all, it’s forgiving – you can cover any lumps and bumps with the topping and it’ll still look amazing. 1. Place the ﬂour, milk, eggs and a pinch of salt in a bowl and whisk to a smooth batter. Add a small splash of oil to a small nonstick pan over a medium heat then wipe with kitchen paper. When the pan’s hot, add a ladleful of batter, tilting the pan to spread, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes each side, until lightly golden. Set aside. Repeat until you’ve used all the batter, stacking the pancakes to one side. 2. Melt the smashed chocolate, butter and a pinch of salt in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water (don’t let the bowl touch the water), stirring occasionally. 3. Meanwhile, smash the toasted nuts in a pestle and mortar, or in a clean tea towel with a rolling pin, until ﬁne. By now your chocolate should be melted, remove from the heat, stir through 200ml of cream and a handful of bashed nuts. Whisk the remaining cream with the vanilla and sugar until thick. 4. To build your cake, spread a blob of cream over a serving plate or board, pop a pancake on top and press gently. Spread some chocolate over the pancake and top with another pancake. Keep doing this, alternating between cream and chocolate, until you’ve used all the pancakes, remembering to keep some cream back for the top. 5. Smooth the sides with a spatula February 2015

or palette knife to tidy up the edges, then pour the remaining cream on top. Let it drip down the sides and spread to cover the cake. Press the remaining nuts around the sides, then scrape over a few gratings of dark chocolate. 6. Decorate the base with some lovely fresh raspberries, if you like, then serve.

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Rushmoor Male Voice Choir, now in its 65th year, would like to add to its 50 plus singers. Tenors baritones and basses who would like to join will be very welcome at their practice on Monday evenings at Northcamp Methodist Church hall at 8pm. This year ending 2013/2014 the Choir has raised over £12,000 for local charities including Phyllis Tuckwell/ Prostate cancer/ Newspaper for the Blind and Masonic charities and many others. For more information please contact the concert secretary on 01252 330141 or go to their website www. rushmoormvc.com for more details. Another event for which I should give plenty of notice is the 2015 Rustic Sunday at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford. It’s on 26th July so mark the date in your calendar - you could be demonstrating your craft, and selling your creations, to the many hundreds of visitors attending. This is the biggest event in the museum’s busy summer programme and showcasing traditional crafts is just one of the many attractions on offer to visitors. The stand for anyone demonstrating a craft is free and the museum is offering stallholders and activity organisers a free weekend museum pass for Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th (the day of the event) together with free camping from Saturday until Monday morning, and the opportunity to purchase visitor tickets at discounted prices. Besides traditional crafts and creative trades, there is music and dancing, the Old Kiln Light Railway, heavy horse drawn wagon rides, a working forge and steam roller, a chain-saw sculptor plus locally grown produce and baked goods. There will be a traditional fairground carousel for the little ones and real ale from a local micro-brewery. All the museum’s buildings, exhibits and facilities will be open along with the cafe. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Old Kiln Museum and Rural Life Centre. Further information on Rustic Sunday and how to request an application form to participate can be obtained by contacting rusticsunday@ rural-life.org.uk or calling organiser Rod Dengate on 01483 423699. I love the way that real ale and indeed craft breweries have taken off in recent years. I can remember joining

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Albury Downs and St Martha’s Hill From the starting point on the Albury Downs near Guildford – part of the North Downs and one of its ﬁnest viewpoints – this walk twice descends below the crest of the downs and twice climbs to regain it. Open downland interspersed with frequent, attractive wooded stretches makes for a good, varied walk, especially when allied with superb and extensive views from the highest points at Newlands Corner and St Martha’s Church. Of the two climbs the ﬁrst one that ascends St Martha’s Hill is quite steep and strenuous; the second that returns you to the start is more gradual. The shorter version includes only the latter, easier ascent.

The walk Starting with your back to the refreshment kiosk, turn half-right, head downhill across the grass to pick up a stony path and bear right along it, soon passing a yellow waymarker post, indicating that this is part of the North Downs Way. Now follow a splendidly scenic path, below the edge of woodland on the right and with extensive views over the downs to the left. At a fork take the left-hand path and do the same at the next fork, keeping along the right-hand edge of woodland. Soon the path enters the trees, bends to the left and heads down to a lane A.

At this point those who wish to do the shorter version of the walk should turn left to rejoin the main route after 200 yards at J below. Turn right here, leaving the North Downs Way, along a path that keeps by the left-hand edge of woodland; later this path broadens into a track. Continue, passing through a farmyard to reach a lane C. Cross over, take the enclosed track ahead at a public bridleway sign, and at a crossing of tracks by a Pewley Down information board, keep ahead into woodland. The track curves left to a T-junction where you turn right, rejoining the North Downs Way along a track between wire fences. Over to the right, houses on the edge of Guildford can be seen. The track keeps along the right-hand edge of Chantry Wood – along this section the North Downs Way coincides with the Pilgrims’ Way – ﬁnally going to the right of a cottage to a crossing of tracks D. Turn left along an enclosed path beside Chantry Lodge, still keeping along the right-hand edge of Chantry Wood, and on reaching a road bear left.

Cross over, go up some steps and turn left, at a North Downs Way sign, along an enclosed, wooded path that heads downhill, parallel to the lane on the left, to a T-junction of paths in front of a house B.

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After 50 yards turn left E over a stile at a public footpath sign and walk across the middle of a ﬁeld, later continuing by a hedge on the right. Turn right through a hedge gap near a farm, turn left to continue in the same direction, now along an undulating track, eventually going through a gate onto a lane F. Turn right and almost immediately right again, at a public footpath sign, to continue along an enclosed path which descends to a lane. Turn left here and where the lane bends sharply to the left keep ahead, passing to the left of a lodge. Continue along a gravel track through the grounds of Chilworth Manor. The track curves left, keeping to the right of the manor house. At a fork turn right and go along a rough track between fences. After 50 yards turn left G, at a public footpath sign, along an enclosed path which heads steeply up St Martha’s Hill, the most strenuous part of the walk but leading to one of the ﬁnest views in Surrey. On the upper slopes of the hill the path crosses a sandy track and continues up to St Martha’s Church H, 573ft high and a superb viewpoint looking out over the North Downs, Guildford, along the greensand ridge and across the Weald to the distant South Downs. This isolated hilltop church (the parish church of Chilworth) was rebuilt in 1850, partly from the stones of the original Norman church that stood on the site. It is one of the major landmarks on the North Downs Way. At the church, turn right along a broad, sandy track that heads downhill, with grand views along the greensand ridge ahead, DISTANCE: 7 miles. Shorter version 2¼ miles OS MAPS: Landranger 186 (Aldershot & Guildford), Explorer 145 (Guildford & Farnham) STARTING POINT: Newlands Corner START GPS WAYPOINT: TQ 043 492

continuing through woodland to reach a junction. Keep straight ahead, passing to the right of a ruined wartime pillbox, and at a junction of three tracks take the left-hand one that leads through a car park to a lane J. Here you rejoin the shorter route. Turn right and after 50 yards bear left along a straight, fence-lined path which runs below the crest of the Albury Downs on the left, later continuing along the left-hand edge of woodland. Once more this is part of the supposed line of the Pilgrims’ Way. At a public bridleway sign turn left, along another enclosed bridleway. Pass to the left of a farmhouse and at a yellow waymarked post beside the barn head up across the ﬁeld towards Albury Downs. At the top go through a gate and continue uphill, bearing right across grass to rejoin the stony path, which will take you back to Newlands Corner.

REFRESHMENTS: None directly on the route, but the Percy Arms in Chilworth is a short detour between points F and G. The Drummond Arms in Albury is also recommended but a short drive from the start/ﬁnish point Image above: Newlands Corner – one of the ﬁnest viewpoints on the North Downs Way

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The Surrey Hills Society has been going for six years and has close to 1,000 members. Not only does this membership charity take an active role in protecting the unique landscape and character of the Surrey Hills, it also gives its members an opportunity to explore and enjoy the area with like-minded people. We offer a wide range of activities to suit all age groups, and opportunities to visit many to places that are not normally open to the public. Members are kept informed either through our website or with a newsletter delivered to them three times a year, filled with stories about the Surrey Hills, the events we’ve run and those that are planned. The Surrey Hills stretch across the chalk North Downs that run broadly across the centre of Surrey, from Farnham in the west, above Guildford, Dorking and Reigate, to Oxted in the east. The grandeur and beauty of these hills embrace an amazing variety of landscapes from rolling chalk downs and flower rich grasslands, to acid heaths and woodlands. They cover more than a third of the county so it’s quite likely that you’re probably never far away from discovering your own special spot of local beauty. Or come out with us and explore! Our members are a diverse bunch, some more active than others, some happy to volunteer

to help or run events that interest them, others happy to come along and support but not wanting to be involved in the organisatrion of activities. We’re proud that we manage to achieve a great deal considering we only have one paid staff member. What members do all have in common though is a real interest in the conservation and preservation of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) for future generations. As we develop, we’re starting to be able to support small-scale conservation projects. For example, we have raised funds to install a water-drinking fountain on Leith Hill, which will benefit walkers, horse-riders and cyclists. With ‘future generations’ in mind, the Society’s events team has recently started organising events for different age groups. These include a guided walk ending with a visit to a local hostelry for those in their 20s and 30s, and other events aimed at family groups, such as craft-making or private visits to local farms that are educational as well as fun. One of our aims is to encourage and educate these younger age groups as they are the future custodians of this beautiful county in which we are lucky enough to live. We already run a full and varied events programme for our core members, but we’re happy to encourage non-members along to events so that they can see what we’re all about. The kind of events we’ve run in the past year include: a private visit to a sculpture garden; a day discovering all the local foodie delights around the Reigate area (from production to menu); a visit to Gatton Community Theatre at Reigate Fort and a day exploring the Wotton Estate, near Dorking. Each year, we’re very involved in running the Surrey Hills Wood Fair in Bramley, a firm favourite with our members and also attracting larger family groups. We also support the Ride London cycle event and see this as a fundraiser for the Society. FIND OUT MORE

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