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As I write this, the sun is shining and it feels like summer is visiting us early, although by the time you read this all could have changed. It has been lovely seeing young children out playing with balls and other things for me to chase or steal. A new favourite is to go and seek out the fishermen on the banks of the River Wey or at Frensham Little Pond, with their packed lunches not so well hidden in their small tents. Not so sure about those wiggly yellow things they have lying around however.

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Martha’s and Newlands Corner. The Ed is also promising me a trip to the seaside, either the Witterings or Climping, both within easy reach.

Sounds like there might be lots of children to play with there too I hope and the odd picnic lying around, although I’m not sure I fancy the summer salads in this edition...

On that note, the Ed and I are writing a feature on best places in the local area to walk dogs safely and pleasurably, so please email and let Stefan Reynolds us know your favourite walks for all seasons Editor & Publisher and and we will try and incorporate them in the article. If you can recommend any dog Now the weather is getting better and the evelocal magazine friendly pubs, the Ed would also love to hear nings are lighter, we have lots of excursions The produced by local planned now that I can walk a bit further. Box people for the local from you!

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6 Jottings Your local community noticeboard

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- YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

We’re really enjoying the longer days and, at last, the warmer weather and are looking forward to having the first BBQ. It’s only a couple of weeks to go until the general election; but I shan’t be sorry when it’s all over, whichever way it goes. Many thanks for all your jottings and for sending attachments in the ‘Word’ format, which has really helped. With half-term and two bank holidays coming up in May, there’s quite a lot going on for us all to enjoy.

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 information, please email Annie on annie. pritchard@way-forward.co.uk or call 07866 086887.

Aldershot, Farnham & Fleet Camera Club’s third exhibition will be held at the Harlington, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet. It runs from 10am–6 pm on the 1st May and 9am–4pm on the 2nd May. Adm free, plenty of car parking available.

Grayshott Gardeners are holding their annual plant sale on Saturday 2nd May at Grayshott Village Hall from 10am to 12 noon. There will be hundreds of homegrown and reasonably priced plants for sale. Entry is free and there is parking at the hall and nearby. Refreshments available.

On Wednesday 13th May Grayshott Gardeners are hosting a lecture on composting given by gardening expert Geoff Hodge at Grayshott Village Hall at 7.30pm for 8pm. Geoff Hodge is now a freelance writer and broadcaster on horticultural topics after an illustrious career with Scotts Miracle Gro

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and the Royal Horticultural Society and Gardening magazine. This lecture is free to members; visitors £8 and members of other gardening clubs pay £5 on production of a membership card. For further information please look at the colourful and informative website www.grayshottgardeners.net email info@grayshottgardeners.net or telephone Maureen Boorman on 01428 722000.

With spring flowers in full bloom, warmer weather on the way, bank holiday weekends and half-term school holidays to look forward to, May is the ideal time to get outdoors, discover new locations and try new things. This May there is a raft of activities for all the family with the National Trust as well as plenty of ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ adventures like kite-flying, den-building and rock pooling. Find out more and take the ‘50 Things’ challenge at www.50things.org.uk. For more information on National Trust events, visit their website at www. nationaltrust.org.uk/events.

Local members of the Surrey Archaeological Society and the Museum of Farnham have announced the second year of the community archaeology project for the Farnham area. On Saturday 2nd May – ‘Cooking through time’ open day – go along to Farnham Museum from 11am – 4pm and participate in excavating a test-pit in the museum grounds and take part in hands-on workshops around the theme of food and cooking from the prehistoric to the Victorian period, featuring displays, handling collections and children’s activities. Also take the opportunity and sign up to participate in July’s community dig which runs from 4th to 26th July. Go along to archaeological

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Bumblebees Bumblebees are endearing and familiar insects. Their animated behaviour and deep buzz as they fly from flower-toflower makes them a delight to watch, says Jack Hebden.

quite untroubled by them as they zoomed about their business. They happily ignored me completely.

Sadly though, our bumblebees have been declining because of changes in agricultural practices that have largely removed flowers from the landscape, leaving the bumblebees with little to feed upon. Most UK species have declined greatly in recent years, and two have become extinct in the UK since 1940.

I think that ‘my‘ decking bumblebees were Buff-tailed bumblebees which are apparently quite common. I hadn’t realised until recently just how many different bumblebees there are and some are quite rare and threatened. There are 250 different species worldwide but there are six or so that we are likely to see here in the South East.

Last summer, to my consternation, I discovered that I had obviously got a bumblebee nest under some decking and another nest in the front door porch roof. In both places there were frantic comings and goings all the time.

As it turns out I needn’t have worried and I found sitting outside watching the action fascinating and entertaining; it was like a non-stop miniature Heathrow. Those taking off quickly climbed away to a good height, at least house roof height, and then they seemed to get their bearings and head off to their chosen pollen source. I thought that their flight paths would be random but no, there seemed to be two distinct directions and they were quite different. Some went one way and some the other but they didn’t just fly around aimlessly.

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If you look at the following pictures you will, I hope, be able to identify the bees in your garden. They are so busy gathering pollen that they won’t trouble you at this time of year, but they may become a bit more of a bother in late summer when they have less work to do and are looking for mischief.

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Bumblebees of the South East – 6 Common Species Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris Queens are very large and common in early spring. Workers have a largely white tail, but usually with a hint of buff at the front margin. Yellow bands are slightly darker/dirtier than in the White-tailed bumblebee.

Early bumblebee, Bombus pratorum A small bee, often nesting in bird boxes for tits. The yellow band on the abdomen is sometimes missing in females. Colonies are very short-lived producing males as early as May. Rarely seen from July onwards.

Common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum Abundant everywhere, the only common all-brown bumblebee.

Can generally be distinguished from the much rarer Brownbanded carder by the presence of some black hairs on the sides of the abdomen.

White-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lucorum A common bee, often nesting under garden sheds. Distinguished from the similar Buff-tailed bumblebee by pure white tails and lemon yellow bands.

Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius Very common on chalk downland, frequently found in gardens.

Distinguished from the much rarer Red-shanked carder bee by black hairs of pollen basket on hind legs.

Garden bumblebee, Bombus hortorum A very long-tongued species preferring deep flowers (such as foxgloves, delphiniums, honeysuckle). Distinguished from the generally smaller Heath bumblebee by much longer face when viewed from the front.

For more information do visit the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website at www.bumblebeeconservation.org. Membership of the Trust costs £20 for adults.

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test-pitting open to the general public each weekend (Saturday and Sunday) throughout July in locations across Farnham. Participants of all ages are welcome to try their hands at digging, sieving material and processing finds, in order to find out more about the town’s fascinating buried past! Saturday 26th July - wrap-up day displaying results of this year’s dig.

Go and learn about what was uncovered! Arranged school group visits catered for; for more information visit the website: https://farnhammaltings.com/ museum/finding-farnham/.

May is a very busy month at RHS Wisley GU23 6QB. The Spring Craft Fair runs from Thursday 30th April – Monday 4th May, 10am-5pm. Meet some of the finest craftspeople in the UK and browse a range of contemporary and traditional crafts, which have been inspired by the beauty of the garden at this time of year. These include jewellery, wood craft, glass, pottery and ceramics, clothes and art. It’s free once you have entered the garden. There is an Early Photography Morning on Saturday 23rd May from 8am. Capture the garden as it comes alive in the early morning light with early summer blooms in May. Book in advance on 020 31765830 (weekdays 9am-5pm), at no extra cost. Normal garden entry applies. For further information and full details of

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There is a Hale Community Networking Day on 4th May at the Hale Institute, Wings Road, Hale from 11am – 3.30pm. This is aimed at encouraging local organisations within the village to come and advertise the activities and groups that they run or attend in the village. There are so many activities going on in Hale, but many of us are not aware of this.

So why not come along and find out more or bring along information about your organisation? The day is aimed at all ages, and there will be information tables with advertising materials promoting services and activities available within our village of Hale.

There will also be activities from Folly Hill school, Hale Methodist Church, 40 Degreez and the Farnham Maltings throughout the day, so plenty to keep the children happy. There will also be a display of local artwork. Why not make an entry into our village best cake award – adult and junior classes? Refreshments will be available throughout the day. To find further information or to book a table for promoting your organisation - £5 charge to cover costs of the day – then contact Carol on 01252 689261. Please join in, this is a village event and it would be great if you support it.

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Walking for Health is a national health initiative founded by a doctor who believed that many patients would benefit hugely by walking regularly to improve their health. Supported initially by the government and NHS from inception in the 1990s until April 2012, it is now run by a separate ‘Walking for Health’ branch of The Ramblers with funding from MacMillan Cancer Support with over 600 schemes in the country. Four walk centres are available in the Waverley scheme. Regular weekly walks lasting about an hour leave from Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere, the latter with three walks per week.

New walkers are always welcome and you can suit your schedule and needs. All four groups also offer 30 minute walks once a month, to encourage people who would find a full walk too much, even to build up towards the main walks. For more information go to the national website www.walkingforhealth.org.uk.

After an initial browse, use your postcode or town via Walk Finder for Waverley or Haslemere dedicated entries, where walks are listed.

Elstead Afternoon WI will hold the next meeting on Thursday 7th May at 2.15pm in Elstead Village Hall.

This is their Resolutions meeting which will include an exhibition by The Art Group and a bread making demonstration by Di Terry, ably assisted by several

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willing volunteers. All visitors and new members will be made very welcome and they offer a delicious tea! For more information contact Helen White on 01252 710039.

Emily Gardiner has been named Rising Star 2015 at New Ashgate Gallery, Waggon Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS. Rising Stars exhibition is on at the gallery until Thursday 9th May and is a great national showcase of the new craft and design talent in the UK. Do pop in and have a look at Emily’s work; her humorous, expertly constructed and dynamic ceramic pieces are one of the highlights of the Rising Stars showcase. More information at www.newashgate. org.uk. Telephone 01252 713208 or email gallery@ newashgate.org.uk for more information. The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm.

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Haslemere Educational Museum

Sarah Bain, a Trustee of Haslemere Museum, reflects on the Museum’s contribution to the local area and the challenges of running it.

Haslemere Educational Museum, now over 125 years old, was founded in 1888 by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson FRS, an eminent London surgeon who lived in Haslemere. By travelling widely and purchasing at auction, Sir Jonathan built up an extraordinary collection of artefacts. Having some very progressive ideas on education for the time, he was convinced that the best way people could learn was by seeing and handling objects, and wanted to make his collection Above: A view through the Natural History Gallery Below: Haslemere Educational Museum from the High Street

accessible to as many people as possible. His first museum was in an outbuilding at his private home, but his Sunday afternoon guided tours became so popular he had to move it to a dedicated site, originally on Museum Hill.

We have occupied our imposing Georgian building on Haslemere High Street since 1926, and our collections, started

by Sir Jonathan and now drawn from all over the world, are so extensive that we are sometimes, rather flatteringly, referred to as a mini-British Museum.

But if to you the very word ‘museum’ conjures up an image of somewhere children need to be on their best behaviour and adults quiet, knowledgeable and rather earnest, then read on and perhaps you will think again.

Our Collections and Special Treasures: For a start, our collections really are extensive with a staggering 400,000 objects.

It is unusual for a provincial museum to hold important collections unless their origins are local. But Haslemere Museum holds three broad categories of significant merit: Natural History, Geology and Human History: each has its own dedicated gallery.

Our Natural History collection is the largest in South East England and includes some outlandish taxidermy specimens.

These include a 3m crocodile, our mascot, a Siberian Brown Bear known as Arthur, and a Giant Japanese Spider Crab, pictured overleaf, which is 3ft high and very scary. Just as captivating, but less alarming, is our fabulous butterfly collection with specimens from all over the world.

Our Geology collection is largely of minerals and fossils. The gallery is organised on a timeline explaining topics such as the

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solar system and formation of fossils. Prize exhibits include a meteorite, a Burgess shale fossil, a Moa skeleton (an extinct New Zealand bird) and, closer to home, an intriguing 3-D model of Haslemere’s Black Down hills.

A star feature of the Human History collection is the Ancient Egyptian collection which includes a genuine Egyptian mummy.

We also have an extensive archaeological collection which includes Stone Age tools and an important European Peasant Art Collection which was the inspiration for Haslemere’s Peasant Art industry based along King’s Road in the late 19th century.

This gallery is also organised on a timeline.

But it is not just our extraordinary collections that make Haslemere Museum so special.

Education at our Heart: Our educational programme, particularly for schools, sets us apart. Actually, the clue is in our name: Haslemere Educational Museum. It reflects the importance Sir Jonathan Hutchinson placed on education and it is education which is at the heart of all our work.

So we not only have a large, dedicated Education Room but also a full-time, qualified education officer. Drawing inspiration from the collections, we have developed a diverse range of interactive educational programmes.

Our schools programme supports the National Curriculum and includes sessions on the Egyptians, the Romans, rocks and fossils, dinosaurs and modern-day invertebrates.

In addition to having 3-5 visiting school groups almost every week of term-time, our education officer organises children’s activities in the school holidays and half-terms as well as regular groups designed for the under 5’s, for children aged 5 to 11 and for those over 12.

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group, for children aged 5-11, learn through imaginative craft activities linked to key museum exhibits. For the over 12’s our HYPE (Haslemere Young People’s Exhibition) Team meets monthly.

Participants run their own curating and research projects and learn diverse creative skills such as music-mixing and animation. Activities for families include quizzes, trails and puzzles with magnifying glasses and torches available to show those extra details of our collections. We are enormously proud that our wide range of family activities and welcoming atmosphere won us the accolade of most ‘Family Friendly Museum’ in 2012.

A Gold Mine for Local Historians: For anyone interested in local history our local archive is a real treasure trove. It has wonderful collections of photographs dating back to the mid 19th century, countless old maps of the area, archive copies of local newspapers and parish magazines and extensive records of local societies. Our library has a huge collection of books, mostly now out of print, many of which were written by or about people who lived here or in the area.

As the arrival of the railway, in 1859, brought an influx of writers, artists and academics, such as Lord Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the renowned physicist, Professor Tyndall, our archive is a particularly rich source of information. So it is not surprising that we receive inquiries not only from local people, wanting to find out more about the history of the town or their houses, but also from academics. The library is open on Tuesdays when our volunteer librarians and archivists can help with research and find photographs.

Reproductions of photographs are available to order.

For those more interested in the present day, we are also home to Haslemere Visitor Information Centre which is fully funded by Haslemere Town Council. Information officers are available to advise during our opening hours on local events and amenities.

Exhibitions and Events: Formerly a beautifully proportioned private home, Haslemere Museum has retained much of the building’s vantagepointmag.co.uk

old-world charm, making us an excellent location for meetings, exhibitions and events in the centre of town. We have two exhibition rooms, the Haslemere Room for major exhibitions and the Waverley Room for smaller ones. Exhibitions are either museum-curated to show objects not on permanent display, such as our recent Polynesian exhibition, or external exhibitions put on by artists or groups.

Our Lecture Hall, with its minstrels’ gallery, is the perfect venue for local clubs and societies to hire for lectures or public meetings. As it adjoins the Waverley Room and opens onto our gardens it is also ideal for private parties and wedding receptions.

Making Ends Meet - a Perennial Problem On his death, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson left his museum to the town and it has been run by townsfolk ever since. But, as an independent museum, we receive virtually no public funding: it is only through the generosity of generations of Haslemere people that our museum still exists.

Although we have a full-time curator and education officer, other staff are part-time and we could not offer a fraction of the exhibitions, events or services we put on without the efforts of a small army of hard-working volunteers who give their time extremely generously. Almost everything we do, from manning the reception

Events in May Plant Sale - May 9th 11am – 2pm: Don’t miss our superb Spring Plant Sale sponsored by Transform Landscapes. All types of plants from trustees’, volunteers’ and Museum Patrons’ gardens will festoon the Lecture Hall from 11am, with a splendid array for both rare plant and bargain hunters alike.

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Haslemere Festival - 15th -31st May: Haslemere Museum will host Haslemere Festival lectures and the Haslemere Art Society’s festival exhibition. Lectures include topics such as this year’s anniversaries – 1215, Magna Carta, 1815, Battle of Waterloo - the History of Haslemere and the archaeology of Black Down. www.haslemerefestival.org.uk Box office: 01428 642161.

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Images from far left: A giant Japanese Spider Crab; a line drawing of Arthur, the Siberian Brown Bear, by local artist John Davis, and a design extract from the Ancient Egyptian mummy coffin lid.

desk and shop, to running the library and archive, to cataloguing our collections is dependent to some degree on volunteer help.

Yet despite our constant vigilance on costs, and the amazing support of local people and businesses, every year there is a stubborn gap between our income and our outgoings, partly because, for all it offers, our building is expensive to run. So fund-raising is crucial to us. In February 2013 we launched our ‘Museum in a Million’ appeal to raise a £1.5 million endowment to plug our funding gap. To date we have raised almost £1.0 million, which is a fantastic achievement, but we still have a way to go.

But while we grapple with completing our appeal, there are many easy ways you can support us, from something as simple as attending events, or becoming a member or a volunteer, to organising a small fund-raising event for us or making us your chosen charity next time you run a marathon! However modest, all contributions are very gratefully received and help make sure our museum, which has so much to offer, is safe for future generations.

More a museum for Haslemere than a museum of Haslemere, we are also a centre for education, for exhibitions, for meetings and for research, located in one of the finest Georgian buildings on the High Street: Haslemere Educational Museum is probably Haslemere’s finest gem.

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A few more events at the Rural Life Centre. The museum’s hugely popular Village at War weekend takes place on the 9th-10th May. This year reenactors will transform the 10-acre site with the sights and sounds of a village ‘somewhere in England’ as D-Day approaches and the troops prepare for the impending invasion. Not to be missed! John Kirkpatrick returns by popular demand on 6th June to sing ‘songs from the trenches’. This first-class folk musician will be performing songs from both world wars and early booking is recommended. A second exhibition (begins 6th June) will feature Women in WWI, and the following week St George’s School will be staging an exhibition which will be of interest to alumnae and current students and parents alike.

All the museum’s regular events such as Polish Day, Donkey Day Out and Weyfest will be back, along with Rustic Sunday, which is the highlight of the museum’s programme. Organisers promise that this event is going to bigger and better than ever this year. Pencil 26th July in your diary! You can get details of the complete programme on the museum’s website www.rural-life.org.uk or pick up a copy of the 2015 diary from Farnham Council offices and tourist information centres. The Rural Life Centre is midway between Tilford and Frensham in Reeds Road off the A287, three miles south of Farnham. For further information telephone 01252 795571.

Are your bookshelves in need of refreshment? A book sale will be held at Elstead United Reformed Church on Saturday 9th May from 10am -3pm.

Pop along and find new exciting books to pass the time through the summer months. They will have books for all! Lose yourself in a novel or pick up the perfect companion for your hobby - there is sure to be something for you. Take a break and enjoy refreshments before you make your final choice. If you are having a clear out and have books to spare please get in touch with Jean and Jeffery on 01252 702450 or by email at elsteadurc@gmail.com. Book collectors and dealers also welcome.

Farnham’s Victoria Garden Plant Sale is on Saturday 9th May from 10am- 12 noon. The organisers are most grateful for the continued generous support from Hazelbank Plant Nursery at Tilford so do go along and buy from their wonderful selection and the many other plants that they will have for sale. You can also enjoy the benefit of the wisdom and experience of local celebrity gardening expert, John Negus, who will be there to offer advice! As well as plants there will be cakes, jams, chutneys and all good things – they look forward to seeing you in the garden!

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Another plant sale, also on the 9th May at St Thomas-on-the-Bourne Church, Frensham Road, Farnham in aid of Christian Aid from 10am to 12.30pm. Plants galore, cakes, raffles, jewellery and gifts. Entry is £2 to include coffee and biscuits.

Farnham & Bourne (F&B) Choral Society’s 90th Anniversary Concert will be at 7.30pm on Saturday 9th May at Farnham Maltings. The main items will be two famous nautical works, ‘A Sea Symphony’

by Vaughan Williams and ‘Songs of the Sea’ by Stanford. A setting of psalms by Robin Wells, who has conducted the choir for half its existence, will also feature. The soloists will be soprano Alison Langer, who sang beautifully for the Society in May last year, and baritone Simon Wilson, an older friend who has sung many times with F&B in the past. Numbered tickets can be obtained from choir members, by phoning 01252 721075, at the door, or via www. farnham-choral.org.uk, at £15 for tiered seats and £12 on the flat.

Calling all cyclists! It’s not too late to sign up to the Kelly’s Cycle Challenge for local children’s charity Challengers. After the success of last year’s first cycle challenge, they are expecting over 500 participants at this year’s event. There’s a new 70 mile distance added to the previous improved 45 and 23 mile routes of last year; plus an accompanied ride in the park for children. The undulating road routes go through beautiful, quiet country roads in Surrey and Hampshire while the HQ, in Farnham Park, buzzes with a great fun-filled family atmosphere. It takes place on Sunday 10th May at Farnham Park GU9 0AU. All your money goes to Challengers. Sign up today by going to www.kellystore.org/Farnham-2015/.

West Surrey Guild of Spinners Weavers and Dyers invite you to their next meeting on Monday 11th May at the United Reformed Church Hall, 21 South Street, Farnham GU9 7QU. Lillian Spilbey will be talking and demonstrating how to get the most out of your camera. This will be followed by a workshop on 12th July at The Victoria Rooms, Ash Hill Road, Ash GU10 5DN. If you wish to know more about this please contact Heather Jones on 01483 417774.

All meetings are held in the small hall at the back left of the building (entry from the front left door) except the AGM, which is held in the large hall on the right side of the building. These meetings are free to members and just £3 to visitors.

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Hall, South Street when there will be the usual sales table, prize draw, cup of tea and plenty of chatter.

To find out more about Townswomen’s Guild visit the national website at www.the-tg.com or for more information about the local guild phone 01252 726015 or 712503, email zelbob@aol.com or just come along to a meeting.

‘Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) – sa musique et ses sources d’inspiration littéraires’ is the title of Emilie Capulet’s talk on Thursday 14th May at 7.30pm. It takes place in the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming. This is the latest event in Les Amitiés Françaises’s series of lectures in French, organised for members in Godalming, Guildford, Cranleigh, Farnham and Haslemere. Non-members are very welcome at the group’s lectures (£6 at the door). June will see a visit to Chartwell on Saturday 4th. Then on Saturday 18th, there’s a talk by Thierry Viennois on ‘Napoléon – not just Corsica...’

Appropriately on the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo! The talk will be preceded briefly by the group’s AGM. As well as a programme of lectures, members enjoy convivial dining occasions together and visits to historic houses and gardens, all with a French connection. For further information, contact John Petty, membership secretary on 01483

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Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s (GDFAS) next meeting is on Thursday 14th May at 2pm in Grayshott Village Hall. Anthea Streeter will explore the work of Thomas Heatherwick, highlighting the broad range of his designs including the Olympic Cauldron, the new RouteMaster London Bus and his proposed Thames Garden Bridge. Then, on Friday 15th May, you will see some unique furniture and how it is achieved when there is a visit to The Edward Barnsley Workshop. On Thursday 4th June, Kevin Karney will give a ‘perspective on civilisation’s timekeeper’ in ‘Life and Times of the Sundial’. If you would like more information on GDFAS please contact Caroline on 01428 714276 or look at their website: www.grayshottdfas.org.uk.

Messy Church are meeting on 14th May at 3.30pm5.15pm at St Mark’s Church, Alma Lane, GU9 0LT. Everyone is invited – young and old alike. Entrance is free, donations welcome. For adults and children to have fun together. Crafts and art around a theme followed by story and worship song then a meal for everyone – adults and children. Contact Alison to find out more 01252 336059 or alisonstickland@sky.com.

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TOBY JUGS Bob Moores, from NestEgg Antiques in Petworth, takes a look at early English Toby jugs.

A brief history When you hear the words ‘Toby jug’ you may well think of the thousands of 20th century character jugs produced by numerous potteries, most notably Royal Doulton. Whilst these are widely collected and can be very attractive, our passion is for the earlier late 18th century and early 19th century Toby jugs produced primarily in Staffordshire and the North of England.

Whilst no-one is absolutely certain, it is likely that the first Toby jugs were produced around 1750 by John Astbury. These were the group of ‘Midshipmites’ including the tailor, soldier, fiddler and Lord Rodney. Charmingly naïve, the creamware bodies are decorated with translucent running glazes in the limited palette of ochre, manganese, green and cobalt blue. There was no black available until around 1800 and thickly applied manganese was used for the colouring of hats and shoes. My thanks to Bonhams for this picture left of the Tailor Toby jug which sold in 2009 at their Bond Street saleroom for a record price of £36,000.

Although few of this group were produced, it is clear that the affection for Toby jugs was established and by 1790 numerous potteries in Staffordshire were producing a wide variety of different jugs. This golden period continued up to around 1820 and included potteries in Leeds, Scotland and Yorkshire.

see they were made in many variations. From left to right: a Neale & Co c.1790, Ralph Wood Long Face c.1780, Ralph Wood Shield c.1780, Yorkshire c.1810 and Pratt ware (this refers to the colours) c.1780. Values on these are between £1-2,000 with the Shield Toby being in excess of £8,000.

The addition of a potter’s impressed name (rare on 18th century pottery) or some unusual feature such as the shield, a raised pipe or perhaps a dog between his feet can raise the value of a Toby considerably – eg the Shield is a lovely Toby which might normally (without the applied shield) sell for £2,500!

The more unusual Toby jugs – see Plates 2 and 3 Apart from the Ordinary Toby there are many quite different and often rare Toby jugs. Plate 2 below shows, from left to right: a Lord Howe c.1790; Hearty Good Fellow c.1800; Squire c.1780; Ralph Wood Sailor c.1790 and Martha Gunn c.1780. Martha Gunn found fame in bathing the young Prince of Wales at Brighton.

Values on these vary between £750 and £4,500.

Production of Toby jugs declined after 1820 but as the earlier Toby jugs became more highly regarded many potteries began copying them. These later copies (c.1850 onwards) were of relatively poor quality The ‘Ordinary’ Toby jug – see Plate 1 The traditional Toby jug is called the ‘Ordinary’ and as you can 20

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Plate 3 above shows, from left to right: the Thin Man c.1780; Step Toby c.1770; Drunken Sal by Davenport c.1850; Large Pratt ware Postillion c.1790 together with a smaller (rarer) Postillion c.1800. Values on these vary between £1,800 and £4,500.

Continental Toby jugs – see Plate 4 Many countries followed England’s example and produced their own Toby jugs – copying our designs but also creating new versions.

Below from left to right: medium sized Dutch delft c.1880; naïve 18th century Delft; large Portuguese Hearty Good Fellow c.1820; Portuguese Reading Toby c.1820; Dutch delft c.1800 and centrally a tin-glazed money box Toby, probably Dutch early 19th century. Values on these vary between £120 and £3,500.

The Reading Toby is one of several fine Toby jugs which for many years were regarded as English and very rare. Examples sold in both London and good provincial auction houses were catalogued as English. Wonderful Toby jugs but these were in fact Portuguese!

Wilkinson WW1 Toby jugs – see Plate 5 We rarely sell Toby jugs made after 1850 but make an exception for the excellent set of

11 Toby jugs depicting the WWI political and military leaders made by Wilkinson’s between 1915 and 1920 and designed by the eminent cartoonist Sir Francis Carruthers Gould. Most of these were produced in limited runs of between 250 and 500 and sell for approximately £700. However, General Louis Botha was deemed to be the least popular and only 150 were made – ironically this is now the rarest and a collector wishing to complete the set will have to pay £4-5,000 for him.

A similar set of Toby jugs depicting 12 WWII allied leaders has just been launched in a limited edition of 100. They are priced at £300 for each Toby and Nestegg Antiques have been appointed UK distributor.

Collecting can be addictive!

Many collectors start by acquiring attractive post 1850 Toby and character jugs and quickly amass quite a number - then they buy a late 18th century Toby jug and their beloved collection is put to shame! Our advice is to start with fewer but better early Toby jugs as these are much sounder investments. Whilst some early Toby jugs are costly, it’s perfectly possible to acquire good 18th century Toby jugs for just a few hundred pounds.

Once you have acquired your first early Toby jug you may develop a strong desire to buy others and even reach the stage where you need to hide each purchase from your spouse. This is quite normal so don’t be alarmed! In addition to collecting being a source of great enjoyment (often for your spouse as well), it is also potentially an excellent form of investment – the value of good early Toby jugs continues to increase.

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Bob Moores and his wife Debbie Serpell run NestEgg Antiques, the leading provider of early English Toby jugs and work with collectors and museums around the world helping them to enhance their collections. Please have a look at the website and you will find approximately 150 early Toby jugs. Feel free to contact them as they are very happy to meet both existing and new collectors and offer advice where necessary.- www.nesteggantiques.co.uk.

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The Therapy Garden in Normandy is inviting local people recovering from a stroke or a brain injury to join them for a FREE taster day on Friday 15th May from 10.30am onward. The charity offers gardening therapy to a wide range of clients with varying needs and groups are led by experienced horticulturists, with activities catered to individual mobility needs.

The gardens are wheelchair friendly and activities can be taken indoors in heated poly tunnel classrooms or their main centre building, where refreshments will be available. The therapeutic benefits of gardening are well documented. If you would like to see what they can offer you, contact 01483 813846 or email admin@thetherapygarden.org for more information.

The Southdowns Group of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association are pleased to announce the Swing Model Railway Exhibition. It takes place on Saturday 16th May from 10am to 4.30pm at Felpham Community College, Felpham, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL. (On the A259, east of Bognor Regis). Adults £4.50. Kids Go Free (under 16, with fee paying adult).

Association members, (7mm NGA, 009 Society and Gauge O Guild) £4. Refreshments will include homemade cakes, Westbourne sausage rolls, buffers bacon rolls etc. Free parking and disabled access. New larger venue, 18+ layouts, hands on demonstrations,

elstead chiropractic & therapies Book and attend our Class on Thursday 14th May, 6pm to receive your initial Chiropractic Consultation and Report of Findings for HALF PRICE (normally

£60) Offers for sports/remedial massage, reflexology & hypnotherapy also available on the evening Tel: 01252 703633 www.elsteadchiropractic.co.uk

‘have a go’ shunting puzzle layout, ride on railway, Tel: 1252ng 703633 www.elsteadchiropractic.co.uk weather permitti (small extra charge). Specialist model railway manufacturers and traders and society stands, 7mm NGA sales and second hand. LGB sales, Squires tools, standard and narrow gauge model railways. Free admission to accompanied children.

For information contact Richard on 07970 556651 or go to www.swing.model-railway.org.uk.

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ethnic music from many different countries such as Greece, Russia, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria and many more. They are done in a circle mostly holding hands and everyone attempts to do the same steps at the same time. Lynn Frances is an experienced teacher of 32 years and runs the following classes. Pirrie Hall, Brook on Thursdays in three 10-week terms, 7.30pm-9.30pm. St Catherine’s Hall, Guildford on the third Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. WI Hall, Hartley Wintney on the second Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. You can contact Lynn on 01420 474881.

The next Tilford Bach Society Concert is on Saturday 16th May. It starts at 7.30pm at St Andrew’s Church, Farnham, GU9 7PW. The Pegasus Chamber Choir will perform Handel’s Dixit Dominus and JS Bach motet and cantata. All welcome, tickets are £13.50 in advance or £15 on the door and anyone aged 8-25 and accompanying parents/music teachers may attend free thanks to Cavatina. Full information is on www.tilbach.org.uk or call Sue on 0845 519 8184.

Sociable Scrabble takes place on Saturday 16th May at 4.00pm - 6.30pm at St. Alban’s Church Hall, Tilford Road, Beacon Hill GU26 6RB. Tickets at £5, to include a light buffet with canapés donated by the Café Lounge, are available from the Sue Ryder Shop, (open 9.00am-5pm Monday to Saturday), Crossways Road, Grayshott GU26 6HJ. Telephone 01428 609029. Also The Hub Coffee Shop (open 9.00am-12pm Monday to Friday) Churt Road, Beacon Hill GU26 6NL. Telephone 01428 606711.

Proceeds will go to Sue Ryder, the wonderful charity providing bespoke care, support and facilities for those who are infirm, disabled, or drawing to the end of life.

“Rowledge was actually cobbled together from bits of Binsted, Wrecclesham and Frensham, under the guidance and inspiration of Henry Richard Julius, the vicar of Wrecclesham,” explained Roy Waight, the creator of the latest village exhibition at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford. “It’s really only been a village for 150 years”.

The 50 exhibition panels feature the church and community events, Frensham Heights, the Alice Holt Forest, the village in wartime and historic industries such as hop-picking and charcoal burning, as well as its connections with nearby Farnham and Wrecclesham.

A fascinating cine film of Rowledge in 1959 is also on show. Roy Waight’s exhibition also looks at the famous folk of Rowledge such as racing driver Mike Hawthorn, BBC producer Frank Worsley and founder of children’s television S.G. Hulme-Beaman. vantagepointmag.co.uk

Jottings - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD On Sunday 17th May at 7pm for 7.30pm, Alice Herron will be talking about her 27 years in a Hindu-based New Religious Movement in the UK. She will explain why she finally decided to leave and went on to research various aspects of religion from a psychological perspective. She is currently studying for a PhD and researches atheists who claim to have had one or more mystical-type experiences.

The talk is being hosted by Farnham Humanists http://farnham.humanist.org.uk/ in Daniel Hall, Long Garden Walk, Farnham, GU9 7HX. Everyone is welcome. Tea and coffee will be available and other drinks are available from the Hop Blossom Pub close by. A donation of £2 to cover costs would be appreciated. For more information contact Jennie Johnson on 01252 723044.

Seale and Sands Bowls Club would like to invite anyone who might be interested to a taster session on Sunday 17th May at 10am. If you fancy spending some of your summer time in the fresh air on an idyllic green, meeting friendly folk for a bit of good natured rivalry and partaking in delicious teas and a chat over something a bit stronger, then this might well be for you. They would love to introduce you to the game of bowls and will provide all the equipment. You just need to wear flat soled shoes. If you would like to

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have a try, call 01428 712060 or go to their website www.sealeandsandsbowlsclub.co.uk. A very warm welcome will await you not to mention a free bacon butty! You will find the club in The Sands, just behind the British Legion Club. The postcode is GU10 1LL. 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 be a talk about the Forces Broadcasting Services. The venue is the Gostrey Centre and it’s on Monday 18th May, from 2.20pm - 4pm - get there early to get a seat! Transport can be arranged if necessary. For more information call David Lambert on 722161.

West Surrey Wine Society’s next meeting is on Monday 18th May at the Conservative Club, Ivy Lane, Farnham, GU9 7PQ. The talk will be entitled ‘John Avery - The Pioneer’ and is presented by Mimi Avery. It’s 50 years since John Avery became the first UK wine shipper to import quality Australian wines. His first shipment to the UK was 10 cases of Penfolds Grange, now around £500 per bottle!

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On the 50th anniversary of his first wine discovery trip to Australia his daughter, Mimi Avery, will talk about the pioneering work of her father, who died in 2012, in championing and importing wines from South Africa, Australian and New Zealand. The West Surrey Wine Society is a wine appreciation society that meets on the third Monday of the month in Farnham. Many of the 60 or so members joined with little or no knowledge of wines - just a liking for the product! Meetings start at 7.30pm with a glass or two of ‘welcome wine’ and the meeting proper starts at 8pm. It generally takes the form of a tutored tasting, often led by an expert from a major supplier or a Wine Educator who is frequently a Master of Wine. For further information on the Society contact the membership secretary: Frances Hackemer Tel: 01252 793684.

This month’s Cobbetts’s Wey Decorative and Fine Arts Society lecture explores ‘Botticelli and Florence: The Creation of a Renaissance Enigma’.

Leslie Primo will discuss how Botticelli’s works are extraordinarily beautiful, but yet still fuel debate about their true meaning. Enigmatic works such as ‘The Birth of Venus’ and ‘Primavera’ exhibit complex allegorical meanings and apparently random adherence to Renaissance ideals such

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as mathematical perspective. They are a friendly welcoming group with a passion for exploring the wonderful variety of decorative and fine arts in our world. The evening lecture will be held on Wednesday 20th May. Drinks are served from 7.15pm for an 8pm start. For more information, visit www.cobbettsweydfas.org.uk, or contact 01252 793811.

I want to mention this again as it would be great to raise as much as possible for a very good cause.

Over 300 musicians, inspired by a very special little girl, are coming together on Saturday 23rd May at Guildford Cathedral to raise money for local charity the Rainbow Trust. Rowan Todd, who lives in Guildford, was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was just five years old and she and her family have been supported by the Rainbow Trust throughout years of treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Rowan’s dad, Will, is an internationally-recognised composer, whose ‘Mass in Blue’ has been performed all over the world and is a well-known figure in Guildford. Under conductor Jeremy Backhouse, it will be a concert full of toe-tapping jazzy music with the power of massed-group singing. It will be an evening to remember and the organisers are expecting a full

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A lot of the doubt stems from trying on styles that are alien to our every day life. ‘Posh’ clothing, these days, has fewer outings. Unless you are a regular at the races or have plenty of dressy evening ‘dos’, most of us are so comfortable in jeans and jumpers that tailored pastels just feel wrong. Then there’s the hat!

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Serendipity, 52 New Road, Chilworth GU4 8LU. Tel: 01483 577475.

Stunning alternatives to the classic MOB looks, including soft suiting by Isabel de Pedro.

The Gate, 57 North Street, Guildford GU1 4AE. Tel: 01483 453466 Modern designer, including dresses by Milly and divine cocktail hats

by Layla Leigh.

Sloanes, New Street House, New Street, Petworth GU28 OAS Tel: 01798 343747 Beautiful, feminine dresses with sleeves or cropped jackets, tailored plains or pretty florals.

Ordri Boutique, 38 Downing Street, Farnham GU9 7PH Tel: 01252 891555 Huge range of upper end brands, tailored separates and dresses: MaxMara, Hauber, Bernshaw.

Mulberry Silks, 14 Downing Street, Farnham GU9 7PB Tel: 01252 714171 For wear-again dresses and separates by brands including Josef Ribkoff.

Ben Vestito, 1 The High Street, Dorking, RH4 1AR Tel: 01306 898040 Superb range of accessories for that ‘wow’ factor.

Luigi, 50 High Street, Haslemere GU27 2LA Tel: 01428 651250

“Do I choose a hat or a fascinator?”

If you are comfortable in a full-brimmed hat, then the overall look will be very striking. Otherwise consider a fascinator that can stay on all day and during the meal, but avoid the very small comb and feather decoration. Guests can get away with it, but not the head table - enjoy an excuse to be more flamboyant. It’s much easier to choose your outfit first and then your hat, making an appointment with shops like The Mad Hatter in Guildford, which have a changing area for you to try on the full ensemble.

Decorated pillbox styles work well as they are dramatic but not overpowering. This style pictured by Beverley Edmondson can be made in many different colours to work with your outfit and is neat enough to stay on all day.

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“Should I change in the evening?”

This all depends on the venue. If you are staying at the venue, changing for the evening is a great idea to feel fresh and also dazzle the guests a second time around. You can also have a change of shoes for comfort and decide if you can really wear heels any longer. If you are not staying at the venue, a tailored jacket could be exchanged for a little bolero (www.edenblu.com), a change of shoe and new clutch. If you are beginning to feel the pinch (toes more than purse) buy a backup pair of ballerina pumps that roll up in a little bag (Kurt Geiger, Mia £25 or check out www.rollasole. com for lots of colour choices from £10 and even a boxed multi-pack for guests)!

Sleek bolero, £49 Edenblu

Roll up sparkle ballerinas, £19.95 Rollasole

What’s your look…?

Think out of the box.

- Try not to fall into the same looks you think a MOB/MOG should wear.

- If you end up with an outfit you are not comfortable in, you won’t enjoy the day.

- Think about trouser suits or soft separates in luxury fabrics, or try a jumpsuit or culottes.

- If you are not so confident, go for a simple silhouette but have fun with the accessories.

- Start with heels but have a backup comfort shoe for later on.

- Avoid a full-on linen outfit, a jacket yes, but the dress ideally shouldn’t crease too much or you will regret it later on.

- Remember, for those with a tighter budget, a little creativity can make a huge difference: changing the buttons on a high street jacket to contrast with the dress or adding a fabric corsage to a classic clutch can make all the difference and add a unique twist.

MODERN Culottes by Tibi Net-a-Porter

CLASSIC Rafell coat and dress Ted Baker

“I don’t often wear much make-up, is it that important?”

“A little make-up is definitely worth it for the big day”, says celebrity hair and make-up artist, Hanna Wildman. “A light foundation and eye definition will make you look fresh in the photos. A soft pink on the lips is often enough with a layer of shine. My favourite is L’Oreal Glam Shine 6 Hrs, perfect on occasions when you want your make-up to stay put all day and available in lots of nudes and brights.“ Hanna offers make-up on the Day, £60 and oneto-one lessons from £95.

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TAILORED DRAMATIC Ocean suit in Oyster Larna lace dress Reiss Monsoon

“I never photograph well in photos, how can I look my best?”

Photographer, Anna Saverimuttu, suggests some top tips: - Turn your body about 45 degrees from the camera - it’s much more flattering than facing it squarely.

- Don’t forget that a natural smile starts with the eyes and that it’s not all about showing your teeth for the camera - if you’re enjoying yourself, then your smile will be genuine!

Learn more from Anna at www.annasaverimuttu.co.uk Tel: 01483 571119

Kirstie is a fashion stylist and can advise you on all areas of image with wardrobe edits and shopping days, email her on kirstie@kirstiesmillie.com or telephone 07773 234947.

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Hazelbank Garden Nursery

We’ve all noticed the days are finally getting longer and temperatures are starting to lure us back into our gardens once again and with the mercury rising it’s time to stop putting off all those jobs we’ve been staring at for the last couple of months.

As you know May is one of the busiest months of the year in the garden, we all know that effort applied now will pay dividends throughout the glorious summer months.

We can now start to mow our lawns on a weekly basis and if you haven’t already done so, apply a time saving 3 in 1 Weed, feed and moss killer, you can then subsequently provide a high nitrogen feed to keep your lawn looking healthy throughout the summer months.

May is also a good time to place mulch around your shrubs, roses and trees, this will help to suppress weeds and keep much needed moisture around your plants, it’s also wise to prune back any spring flowering shrubs that have finished flowering, such as, Forsythia, Ribes, Spirea, and Berberis.

Here at Hazelbank Garden Nursery we have been very busy over the winter months and wanted to share some of our news with you. This year we have grown over 500 different perennials, many rare and unusual varieties along with the much loved and popular favourites. We are also in the process of growing a wide selection of patio, basket and bedding plants, including unique varieties not generally found in larger Garden Centres. We mustn’t forget our magnificent range of roses, shrubs and trees, which we have sourced from local growers known to provide quality plants and because they are grown locally we know

they will perform well in your garden. We have transformed our cabin into an Aladdin’s Cave stocking a cornucopia of fabulous gift ideas and useful items such as bird feeders and baths, garden mirrors, patio tables and chairs, not to mention the many fun items that we hope you will like as much as we do. Our new terracotta and glazed pots have been a big hit since they arrived; we believe them to be the best quality available at very reasonable prices.

It’s just as well the days are getting longer, as we are now busy making up summer baskets and patio tubs, many for customers who each year bring in their baskets and tubs to be filled by us, some to their own specifications and many for us to create a summer basket/tub that will perform in a specific location i.e. full sun or full shade and look simply amazing. So if you’ve always wanted your summer baskets or tubs to look fabulous, it isn’t too late to bring them in to be refilled.

Finally, whether you just want to meander around the grounds for ideas or seek advice on difficult areas of your garden the team is always happy to help. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Graham & the team Hazelbank Garden Nursery, Tilford Street, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2AA. Tel: 01252 783546 Opening Hours: Mon – Sat 9.00am – 5.30pm, Sunday 10am – 5.00pm

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house, with all proceeds going towards the valuable work of the Rainbow Trust. Tickets, priced from £16 to £28, are available from www.vivacechorus.org and the Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334.

The award-winning village of Grayshott nestling among beautiful countryside is a wonderful place to visit at any time, but every two years it unveils one of its best kept secrets – The Hidden Gardens.

From large and palatial ones, to small traditional and quirky ones, there is something to attract everyone.

Not forgetting home-made refreshments, treasure hunts, plant sales and a plethora of informative gardeners. Thanks must go to Grayshott Pottery who sponsor the ‘Owl Hunt’ which takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 24th/25th May. In all, there are 20 gardens and two allotment sites to be viewed.

Entry is £5 with children under 16 free. Programmes can be purchased on the day from St Luke’s Church Rooms, Headley Road, Grayshott GU26 6LF, and the gardens are open from 12.30pm to 6pm each day.

The programme is valid for both days so take your time and view some gardens one day and the rest the day after, making more time to sample those homemade cakes or purchase yet more plants!

On bank holiday Monday, 25th May, Rowledge Village will hold its 35th traditional village fayre in the centre of the village on the recreation ground.

The opening of the fayre will take place at 12 noon with entertainment from the village school, Brownies, Cubs and the village Community choir. It will include the ever popular maypole dance and some more cosmopolitan styles, including hip hop, all performed by the children. The rest of the afternoon will be filled with plenty of activities for all ages, from the bouncy castle and slides, the bungee run, crockery smashing, Shetland pony rides, a petting zoo, lots of charity stalls, a crafts exhibition from Surrey Guild of craftspeople, the amazing tea tent, with a special shelter, this year provided by Starry Skies yurts.

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Punch & Judy will be there and Farnham Brass Band will also entertain visitors. No one will go hungry as there are plenty of choices for food all afternoon. The BBQ with all the meat provided by award- winning local butcher Michael Humphries and artisan coffee courtesy of the HOBO.co will ensure there are plenty of refreshments available. The stocks will be filled all afternoon with well-known village personalities, who deserve a medal for ‘volunteering’ to take their turn in this very popular attraction. Look out for a local councillor, the butcher, the chaps from the garage, the Scout leader, local publicans and many more. The end of the day will see the tug of war competition between teams from local businesses/clubs and village school. It’s not to be missed and after last year’s struggle in the mud and rain this will be a hotly contested championship! Free parking is available at Cherryfields, but spaces are limited and the park and ride scheme in conjunction with Hoppa will be running again this year from Frensham Heights school to the Hare and Hounds pub in the centre of the village. For further details please see the website and Facebook pages www.rowledgevillagefayre.org.

Do you like to listen to all types and styles of popular music, played live? If so, why not go along to one of West Surrey Organ & Keyboard Club’s monthly concerts, where a top professional keyboard artiste will play a two hour concert. You will be assured of a warm welcome, in a friendly atmosphere.

Refreshments are served in the interval and a raffle is always held. The concert is on Friday 29th May and starts at 7.30pm. Admission for visitors is £6. If you want to take a group of people along, call the number below, regarding reduced admission costs.

The venue, Shalford Village Hall, Kings Road, Shalford, Guildford GU4 8JE, has good parking on site and full disabled access and facilities. Contact Brian Isom on 01252 266270, or email pambry@talktalk.net.

Tweseldown Artisan Market, Bourley Road, Church Crookham GU52 8DY, is back on 30th May bringing you more fantastic new discoveries, alongside regular top quality favourites; all carefully selected to bring you the ‘best of local’. East Ashling Nursery bring their quality, locally grown plants and Ted’s Garden bring quirky handcrafted ornaments and furniture to decorate springtime gardens with their beautiful range of quality locally grown plants. The Jewelled Nest makes a welcome return with stunning handmade jewellery alongside Jake’s Artisan Pies; literally the best pork pies I have ever tasted!

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If you are determined to have a go, you will need to prepare the bed well by digging in lots of well-rotted farmyard manure and removing all weeds. Once the soil is prepared, dig a straight trench approximately 30 cm wide by 20cm deep, then pour soil into the trench to form a mound the length of it that is around 10cm high. Position the asparagus crowns so that they are perched on top of the mound with the roots spread out either side. Set the crowns roughly 30cm apart and then cover with about 5cm of riddled soil.

Growing Asparagus from the team at Secretts Farm Shop, Milford According to Queen Nefertiti it is the “food of the Gods”…. and to the peasants in ancient England it was known as ‘Sparrow Grass’. Regardless of whether you rank as royalty or pauper, there is little disputing that asparagus is an utterly delicious and highly sought-after vegetable.

The short harvesting season typically runs from 1st May until Father’s Day in June and this only goes to heighten the excitement and desire to enjoy it while it lasts. In fact, amongst the more passionate foodies, there’s a definite tendency to gorge on it! And why not?

Perhaps the earliest reference to the crop can be found on an ancient Egyptian frieze dating back to 3000BC. There are also records of Roman Emperors commissioning Asparagus Fleets to gather the finest spears and deliver them back to the royal kitchens.

As the young plants begin to grow, you will need to keep covering the shoots with more riddled soil until the autumn, by which time the entire trench should be full. Keep the plants well watered and resist the temptation to harvest any succulent young spears that might peep through the soil.

Now the hard bit - you must continue to resist the urge to harvest for a further two years.

Instead allow the plants to form lots of ferny foliage. Each autumn cut this foliage back to around 5cm above the ground.

As you nurture your precious crop you must also keep an eye out for the pesky asparagus beetle. These little critters are 6-8mm long with red and yellow bodies. Left unchecked they can cause a great deal of damage to the plants by stripping the outer skin from the spears which in turn causes the plant to turn yellow and brown.

In the third year you can finally harvest your long awaited bounty. Cut the spears when they are about 12cm long, with a sharp

In modern times most of the world’s asparagus is produced in Peru, Mexico or the United States and in many ways it is rather a shame that it can now be found on the supermarket shelves for all 12 months of the year.

Having said that if you really want to enjoy the very best flavour and the excitement of the finest asparagus straight out of the ground and on your plate within minutes then why not have a go at growing it yourself? A word of warning though. You will need a fair bit of space in your vegetable plot or at the allotment and a good deal of patience before you see the fruit of your labours.

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Montgomery Cheese & Asparagus Tart

If this all sounds like it requires far too much effort and the patience of a saint, then visit Secretts Pick Your Own Farm in Milford and you can experience the same wonderfully fresh asparagus without all of that hard work.

The Secrett family have been growing asparagus on the farm in Milford for 27 years. Greg Secrett, the Farm Manager says: “Asparagus is one of our favourite crops as it creates such a buzz in the Farm Shop and at the PYO where it heralds the start of the season. Despite having an area of 9 acres set aside for the crop and producing a whopping 4,000 kilograms of the crop every year, the demand always outweighs supply”.

He goes on to say: “We supply many of the top London restaurants with our other produce and they are always desperate to get their hands on our asparagus, but we never have enough for them. Surrey’s discerning food lovers and local chefs take every spear we grow”.

The varieties grown at Secretts Farm are Franklim, Boomlim and Jersey Giant, all known for excellent flavour and consistently good yields.

When asked how he enjoys his asparagus, Greg Secrett recommends boiling it for five minutes, adding lashings of butter and a good grind of black pepper. Serve on a thick slice of granary toast with parma ham and a lightly poached egg. Greg’s father, Charles Secrett, has a simpler approach, preferring to sauté in a hot pan with a generous knob of butter, a splash of water and lots of seasoning. This method allows you to stop cooking at just the point when the spears are perfectly tender with just the right amount of crunch.

VantagePoint Reader Offer For those that want the true field-to-fork experience, there is nothing that comes close to visiting Secretts PYO and harvesting the spears yourself. Secretts are offering a special offer to VantagePoint readers of £1 off per kilo of PYO asparagus. Simply bring along your copy of this article to get the deal.

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Ingredients: • 140g plain flour • 85g cubed butter • 185g Montgomery cheese (finely grated) • 5 eggs • 175ml milk • 300g asparagus, trimmed and cut in half Method: Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4. Put the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter until it resembles bread crumbs. Add 85g of the cheese and 3 tablespoons of water and mix until the pastry forms a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for five minutes.

Grease a 20cm loose-based tart tin and line with the rolled out pastry. Chill in the freezer for a further 20 minutes then line with parchment and baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes. Remove parchment and beans and pop back in the oven for a further 10 minutes.

In a jug whisk the eggs and milk together. Sprinkle half the remaining cheese and the asparagus into the pastry case and then pour over the egg mixture and the remaining cheese.

Bake in the lower half of the oven for around 35 minutes until the egg is set and golden brown.

Serve with a green salad and boiled new potatoes.

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Secretts PYO is open for asparagus picking on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9am until 1.30pm and the Farm Shop is open seven days a week. The start of the asparagus season does depend on the weather so it is always worth checking the Secretts website for updates before making a special trip www.secretts.co.uk.

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Enjoy live music from 3-5pm in Gostrey Meadow every Sunday during the summer. Bring a deckchair, a picnic or enjoy the refreshments from the tea tent. Proceeds go to a different charity each week. Find out more about the 2015 line up below: 31st May, The Revivals Band The entertainment band for all occasions playing music from 60’s to the 2000’s Charity, Farnham Explorers 7th June, Jazz @ Farnham Music and Drama Farnham Music and Drama is a place for everybody to learn about, enjoy and be inspired by music and drama at all levels Charity, Bells Piece 14th June, Farnham Brass Band A traditional non-competition town band of 4th section standard Charity, 3rd Farnham Scout Group 21st June, The Salts The Salts are a co-operative of seasoned musicians, creating exciting and energetic folk music Playing alongside the Summer Solstice Celebration event organised by My Mojo Rocks Picnic in the Park: 28th June 12-5pm. With music from: Brass Monkeys Brass Monkeys is a just for fun, mature 6-piece covers band from Surrey, England Danny Lee Band The Danny Lee Band plays a variety of covers and original songs to suit any occasion Vic Cracknell Band The Vic Cracknell Band are highly experienced musicians playing a mix of songs from 1950’s to present day to keep you dancing 34

5th July Young Artist Showcase An opportunity for local young artists to showcase their talents Charity, Farnham Hedgehogs Sponsor, Tony Fresko Plus pop up craft organised by the Farnham Maltings 12th July, Farnham Big Band Farnham’s very own 17-piece jazz orchestra playing jazz, swing, Latin American and big band sounds of the thirties right up to today Charity, 1st Rowledge Rainbows & Guides 19th July, Panama Café The Panama Café Orchestra comprises a group of like-minded musicians who emulate a sophistication and ‘classical’ Jazz style Charity, Brightwells Community Centre 26th July, Out of the Shadows A Surrey based band who love playing the music of the Sixties. Recreating the classic instrumental and vocal sounds of this wonderful era and the repertoire including many of the classics Charity, Farnham Assist 2nd August, Grandpa’s Spells Jazz Band A local Jazz band often featured at the Farnham Food Festival in September Charity, Arthritis UK

9th August, Pete Leigh & the Union An exciting four-piece based around Hampshire that play blues, R ‘n’ B, swing, plus some rock music Charity, Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society 16th August, Alder Valley Brass Alder Valley Brass is one of the South East’s finest brass bands, and provides music to enhance any occasion Charity, Friends of Farnham Hospital 23rd August, Famous in Farnham A variety of local young performers from in and around Farnham Charity, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice 30th August, Claire Phoenix Band The Claire Phoenix Band is a 5 piece chic and professional music group playing jazz, soul, swing, Latin and retro pop Charity, Farnham Lions 6th September, Guildford Friary Brass Band One of the finest brass bands in London & the Southern Counties Charity, St Peter’s Church

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The end of the Great War brought a sudden and dramatic change to the fortunes of the Dennis company. From working almost flat-out producing trucks for the War Department, the order book vanished almost overnight as the vast fleet of vehicles which Dennis had toiled so hard to produce began to find their way back to Britain, to be sold off for civilian use, thereby reducing dramatically the opportunities for new vehicle sales.

This left Dennis with an almost insurmountable problem: they had one of the biggest truckmaking factories in Europe, capable of building around 2,500 trucks per year, and a very limited market. Lesser companies might have thrown in the towel there and then, however the Dennis brothers picked themselves up and set out to develop both new markets and new models.

The latter was an inspired move, for if WWI had done nothing else, it had firmly established the superiority of trucks rather than horses to move goods. Whilst the market was saturated with large numbers of ex-military trucks, they were limited to a 3 tonne payload. Dennis realised that higher capacity models would generate sales, and so introduced both 4 and 5 tonne versions of the original army truck. These were successful in recovering some of the lost sales; then, as now, the concept of one man, or truck, being able to do more than his competitors, was attractive to customers.

Raymond Dennis also set out on a marathon 60,000 mile world tour to promote Dennis products, highlighting the reliability of the military vehicles, to say nothing of the fire engines whose performance was becoming legendary. Indeed, in 1917 a Dennis fire engine had pumped water continuously for 17 days to help combat a huge fire in Salonika (now Thessaloniki) in Greece.

In seeking new markets, Dennis astutely investigated opportunities to offer innovative products into markets where the Dennis brand was already well understood and respected.

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This lovely old Dennis Dart belongs to the company, and can often be seen around Guildford.

Shown here on wedding transport duty with the author in the front seat.

He also targeted markets which could make use of some of their existing technology, thus avoiding too much of a leap into the dark.

Two interesting new ventures sought to strengthen the Dennis relationship with local authorities, quickly becoming successful businesses in their own right. Firstly, drawing on their experience with fire pumps, they launched an innovative vacuum cesspool emptier which was quickly taken up by their target local authority market. This laid the foundations for the municipal vehicle market for which Dennis subsequently became a by-word.

The other new venture was into the manufacture of motor mowers, and specifically large machines which enabled the local authorities to keep their many hectares of parkland in trim.

Again, Dennis were quick to promote the efficiency benefits of their product, proudly proclaiming that one man with a Dennis mower could cut in a day as much as two men and a horse could cut in two days. Dennis mowers went on to carve out a successful business for over 50 years, indeed they are still manufactured, although no longer part of the original Dennis empire, having been sold off in 1976.

Despite these brave efforts to regenerate the business, orders for Dennis trucks remained in the doldrums until the mid-1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, when the company launched a successful new 30cwt (1.5 tonne) payload truck, set apart from its competitors by the use of robust truck components compared to the lighter and shorter-lived car components used by others. This approach was, interestingly, mirrored by the company almost sixty years later when the Dennis Dart midibus took the bus market by storm. vantagepointmag.co.uk

Images from left: A 1933 Dennis Mower. These are still widely used today (photo: Dennis Mowers); Development of a lowered chassis frame meant that double-deckers could at last have a solid upper deck roof to protect the passengers from the elements (photo: Showbus); This superbly restored Dennis Ace fuel tanker is locally owned by Joe Devanny, and can regularly be seen at the Goodwood Revival. Photo: J Devanny

The latter half of the 1920’s saw the Dennis market for buses and coaches grow significantly, with new models appearing regularly, championing the latest technology. The first bus to be equipped with pneumatic tyres, for example, was a Dennis, as was the first bus fitted with four-wheel brakes. Development of specific models aimed at carrying passengers rather than goods also meant that floor levels were lowered, meaning fewer steps for the passengers to climb.

1927 saw the introduction of another first for Dennis – their purpose designed double-decker. Although double deckers had been around for some time before this, in both horse-drawn and later motorised form, they were invariably based on a goods vehicle chassis. This meant they were comparatively tall, making a solid roof impractical. The Dennis H Type of 1927, in contrast, had a low frame, enabling a solid roof to be fitted, setting the scene for the widespread adoption of double deckers in years to come.

As the 1930’s dawned, a relentless introduction of new and enhanced models continued apace, all promoting the traditional Dennis virtues of quality, performance, and reliability. These benefits came at a price, making Dennis products amongst the more expensive in the market. By this time, however, the world was sliding headlong into the Great Depression, and in those times of austerity, the expensive Dennis products, however good, were finding fewer customers.

Once again, Dennis were forced to rethink their product strategy, and rapidly introduced the Lancet, a low-cost single deck bus, which sold for £595 against their previous single decker, which was massively more, at £1,095. Unsurprisingly, the Lancet became a great success, doing much to see the Dennis business through the gloomy days of the Depression, particularly with the truck-making arm of the business struggling due to the economy.

Indeed, throughout the history of Dennis, the bus business proved to be surprisingly resistant to economic depression, and this was not the only occasion where it kept the company afloat.

Other noteworthy Dennis models of the 1930s included the Dart bus, of which one survives today in the hands of the company, and which can often be seen at rallies.

On the truck side, Dennis produced a rather unusual-looking, but very successful range called the Ace. Key to the Ace was that

Above: The 3 tonne model which played a major part in the Great War but later returned to the UK in large numbers to flood the market. The fine example shown here was restored over a 10-year period by Tim & Steve Gosling. Photo: M Sutcliffe

the front axle was set well back, giving excellent manoeuvrability, but meaning that the engine and radiator were positioned well forward like a snout. Small wonder that the Ace soon became unofficially named the ‘Flying Pig’.

In 1934, Dennis acquired land around the Woodbridge factory on which to build homes for their increasing number of workers. The resulting estate, Dennisville, has most of the roads named after senior Dennis people, notably Raymond Crescent & St John’s Road.

Overall, Dennis had coped well since WWI, rising well to the challenges of the lack of new vehicle orders, the years of recession and fending off the growing number of competitors such as Leyland and Bedford. Sadly, however, in May 1938 Sir Raymond Dennis passed away at the early age of 59, followed only three months later by his brother John, precipitating the company into major changes at the top. At the same time the gathering storm clouds of WWII were about to force Dennis into yet more major upheaval.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR About the author: Andy Goundry spent his working career in vehicle design and development, with almost 20 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 December 2014

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Go along and peruse the beautiful stalls, refuel at the hot food stands, stock up on local treats and most importantly, discover something new. Adults £1, children under 16 free. Dogs welcome on a lead.

9am - 3pm On Tuesday 2nd June there is a walk around Farnham Park and Keep with park ranger, Robin Crowther in aid of Animals Asia – dogs most welcome. Registration: 6pm for 6.30pm start. £10 per family. This promises to be a fun, easy-going circuit full of information on this medieval deer parkland and landscape, its wildlife and the castle.

Start from entrance by Golf Car Park. Be prepared to walk at least 1-2 miles. Not buggy friendly.

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Guildford Choral Society celebrates its 175th anniversary this year and their programme culminates in a performance of Berlioz’s ‘Te Deum’ at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 3rd June at 7.30 pm. Founded in 1839, at the start of Queen Victoria’s reign, under the Patronage of Lady Noel Byron and the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey,

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the Earl of Lovelace, Guildford Choral Society is one of England’s oldest established amateur choral societies with an unbroken history and is proud to be sponsoring this magnificent work with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathan Willcocks. Written originally to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte, the ‘Te Deum’ was ultimately dedicated to Prince Albert, the Queen’s Consort. For their performance in June, Guildford Choral Society (numbering over 150 singers) has invited The Chichester Singers, Portsmouth Choral Union and the City of London Choir to join its celebration. The children’s choir will be composed of young people from Francis Holland School, from The Royal Grammar School, Guildford and the children of the Guildford High School Junior Choir, numbering some 200 young people in all. The choir performed the St Matthew Passion at Guildford Cathedral in March and it was a truly memorable evening, which Angie and I enjoyed enormously. I expect that this concert will be equally as thrilling.

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With Beth Otway

Straw Bale Gardening by Joel Karsten

deners all the information and guidance they need to create a successful SBG, whatever their circumstances.

This is Joel’s second book on Straw Bale Gardening; an updated version of his 2013 edition containing additional information for potential straw bale gardeners. Straw bale gardening (SBG) is a revolutionary gardening method which Joel has enthusiastically perfected and trialled over the last 15 years; his passion for the subject, as well as the benefits of gardening using this technique are truly inspiring and exciting to read. Joel promises that straw bale gardeners will not need to weed their straw bale gardens – this in itself will be quite an incentive for many gardeners to give this method a try! Other benefits of SBG include greater harvests, extending the growing season, saving money; it’s an easier non-dig technique for gardeners to try.

Joel’s passion and enthusiasm for straw bale gardening is evident throughout the book, and you can’t help but feel inspired to find a local farmer, order some straw bales, and give it a try!

(Cool Springs Press, £15.99, paperback)

I love making gardening accessible to everyone and this is certainly true of SBG. The bales create immediate raised beds that can be easily arranged to suit the gardener. The height of the bales allows room for those gardening in wheelchairs, making gardening easier for disabled or elderly gardeners. A SBG can easily be created on top of concrete or hard standing, giving gardeners without direct access to the soil a new way to garden.

Straw Bale Gardens Complete is a comprehensive book, which details everything you need to know about how to create, maintain and design your own SBG. Every aspect is covered – from sourcing the bales, how to set them up in your SBG, conditioning the bales, and even making your own bales if you can’t find a straw bale source locally! There are clear instructions on planting, outlining which plants will thrive using the SBG technique, and which crops aren’t as well suited to it. There are plans and designs as well as photographs of successful gardens. This book gives potential straw bale gar-

Epic Tomatoes by Craig LeHoullier (Storey Publishing, £14.99, paperback)

The author of this book, Craig LeHoullier, is a tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange.

This is an American non profit organisation, established to save and share the seeds of heritage varieties of seed with the aim of conserving and promoting America’s culturally diverse, garden and food crop heritage through future generations.

Don’t let this put you off. Although you couldn’t purchase every tomato variety suggested at your local garden centre, you might be surprised to find that a quick internet search will help you find many of your favourites online with UK suppliers.

The ‘problem solving’ section of this book would have been greatly improved by the addition of photographs or illustrations to clearly depict every tomato problem the author identifies. Additional images would have made this section far more informative, interesting and useful for the reader, I felt.

Both seasoned tomato growers and beginners can learn a great deal from this book. With a lot of the information centred around heritage, and American varieties that aren’t as well known here, it gives a real and welcome opportunity to expand the tomato varieties we grow and the flavours we enjoy.

This book has certainly inspired me to grow some of the tomatoes the author recommends. I can’t wait to try them!

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Society will also be running coaches to London.

Inclusive coach packages (including transport from Guildford, ticket and programme) will be from £45 and coach only fares will be £20. More details are available on the choir’s website: www. guildfordchoral.org.

A comedy duo called Eastend Cabaret will be entertaining audiences at Churt Club, Old Kiln lane, Churt, Farnham GU10 GHX on Saturday 6th June. I gather that their material which includes songs, music and stories, is somewhat risqué but hilarious. So probably best not to take your maiden aunt! They are supported by another unique act called Sweet Crumb Cabaret. Sounds like it could be a fun evening! Doors and bar open at 8pm and the show starts at 8.30pm. Tickets at £12 from www.wegottickets.com/event305657 and more information at www.eastendcabaret. com.

There’s a Classic Car Event on Saturday 13th June from 2.30pm onwards, near Farnham. Go along and join Farnham ASSIST for a unique afternoon’s viewing of one of the country’s largest exclusive private motor museums with cream teas and a local brass band all included in the ticket price £20. For more details call

A schools presentation has been launched to educate youngsters about life-saving charity Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance. Primary and secondary pupils can learn about how the helicopter is called out, types of missions, landing sites and major developments of the service such as night flying and blood transfusions. They can also hear about where the charity’s income comes from and obtain fund-raising packs. These provide a fascinating study subject for pupils, learning about the infrastructure of the charity from the operational side and the way in which fund-raising can have a huge impact on saving lives. If you would like to register your school to receive a schools support pack please contact the air ambulance’s Community Team on 01622 833833 or email veronicaw@kssairambulance.org.uk. For more information about the school presentation please visit www.kssairambulance.org.uk/involved/ atschool.

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Seasonal spring salads With hints of warm weather appearing, what better time for a lovely salad made with the best seasonal ingredients that May has to offer.

Asparagus and Feta Salad Ingredients 1 tsp sesame seeds, 150g asparagus, 50g cooked peas (cold), 200g sliced courgettes, 1 tsp sesame oil, couple of handfuls of Secretts rocket leaves, 30g feta cheese and grated zest of half a lemon.

May is the time for the best English asparagus and this recipe comes from Secretts in Milford. Look for the offer on Pick Your Own asparagus on page 30.

1. Lightly toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan and set aside.

2. Steam the asparagus for 3-4 minutes then drop into a bowl of iced water to cool. Drain and then dry using kitchen paper. Cut spears to 5cm lengths.

3. Heat a griddle pan until very hot and brush with the oil, cook the sliced courgettes until striped with dark brown.

4. Combine all the above ingredients along with the rocket leaves, feta and lemon zest. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with oil just before serving.

Jersey Royals with Hot Smoked Salmon and Watercress Salad Ingredients 500g Jersey Royal new potatoes, 100g crème fraîche, 1 tsp creamed horseradish, juice of 1 lemon, 2 spring onions, finely sliced, 2 hot smoked salmon fillets, skinned and flaked, 1 bunch watercress, rinsed

If you can’t find hot smoked salmon use local smoked trout from Tillingbourne Trout Farm, or you could also use smoked mackerel, smoked salmon and even roast beef.

This recipe is from www.jerseyroyals.co.uk and serves 2.

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil. Add the potatoes and reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender 2. Mix together the crème fraiche and creamed horseradish. Add enough lemon juice and black pepper to taste.

3. Drain the potatoes and leave to cool slightly. Add the spring onions and salmon. Stir in the crème fraîche mix until all the ingredients have a light coating. Toss in the watercress and serve, either slightly warm or cold.

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FOOD Broad Bean and Bacon Salad Ingredients 250g shelled broad beans, 1 tbsp olive oil, 175g pancetta or bacon, 1 tbsp chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

This dish is simple and easily prepared and makes for an excellent supper dish. You can however turn it into an excellent salad side dish by adding a simple sherry vinegar dressing and serving it warm. The original recipe comes from Elizabeth Luardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tapas: Classic Small Dishes from Spain and serves 2 or perhaps 4-6 as a salad side dish.

1. Blanch the beans in boiling, salted water for 2-3 minutes, unless they are old ones in which case they will need 6-10 minutes to become tender.

2. Warm the oil in a small pan. Add the chopped pancetta or bacon and fry for a few minutes until golden.

3. Stir in the parsley and the beans. Put a lid on the pan and cook gently for 5 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as required.

Chilli and Lime Crab Salad with Ciabatta Toasts Ingredients 4-6 ciabatta slices, cut diagonally from a small loaf, 75ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing, juice of 1 lime, plus lime wedges to serve, 3 spring onions, finely chopped, 2 tbsp good quality mayonnaise, handful each fresh chives, deseeded and finely chopped , 1 red chilli, finely chopped, 300g fresh white crab meat, any shell discarded (from your local fishmonger or supermarket), mixed baby salad leaves, to serve.

To make this light crab recipe into a more substantial meal, toss through 400g cooked and drained pasta. This recipe is taken from www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk and serves 6.

1. Preheat the grill to medium. Put the ciabatta slices on a large baking tray, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and brush all over with the extra olive oil. Grill for about 1 minute each side, until golden. Set aside on a wire rack to cool.

2. In a bowl, mix together the remaining 75ml oil, lime juice, spring onions, mayonnaise, fresh herbs and chopped red chilli. Season to taste and set aside to infuse for 5 minutes.

3. Put the crab meat into a large bowl and gradually mix in the herb and chilli mixture to combine. Season to taste.

4. Place a handful of the salad leaves onto 4-6 serving plates and spoon the crab mixture alongside. Serve with the ciabatta toasts and extra lime wedges.

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Brooklands Aircraft Factory and Race Track Revival Project. Coming on top of the recent grant of £4,681million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, this latest contribution means that the project is 95% funded, leaving the museum with around £370,000 still to raise. Good news indeed.

Tilford Bach Festival runs from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June and everyone is welcome to go along and enjoy some wonderful music. These are the details: Friday at 8pm in Tilford Church, GU10 2DD, London Handel Orchestra will play JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 4; Orchestral Suites No 1 and No 4 and Bonporti Violin Concerto Op.11. Tickets £25 or £20.

Saturday at 7.30pm in Tilford Church, Steven Devine on harpsichord will play JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Kate Semmens will sing Bach arias. Tickets £20 or £15. Then on Sunday, in Tilford Church, there’s a performance of J S Bach’s St Matthew Passion with soloists Joanne Lunn, Elizabeth Cragg, Daniel Taylor, Robin Blaze, Charles Daniels, Mark Wilde, Benjamin Appl, Edward Grint and The London Handel Orchestra under director Adrian Butterfield. Tickets £35, £30 or £25. Best to buy tickets in advance as this concert is likely to sell out. Full information on all concerts at www.tilbach.org.uk or call Sue on 0845 519 8184.

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In the week-long run up to Red Nose Day 2015, Vale Furnishers, who have furniture showrooms in Farnham and Ash Vale, got into the spirit of Comic Relief by baking cakes and cookies, selling raffle tickets and wearing red. Throughout the week, the teams at each showroom baked cakes and cookies and sold them to staff and customers.

For the raffle, the staff brought in multiple red items, including Maltesers, red wine, scratch cards and even a Spiderman toothbrush. The raffle was drawn at the end of Red Nose Day and one lucky customer won the lot. Sporting red noses and red attire, staff rounded out the day with a selfie! By the end of the day, both showrooms had managed to raise £180 for Comic Relief. Mark Chandler, managing director, decided to double the money raised, which meant the company contributed £360 to the biennial fundraiser, which resolves to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people throughout the world. Well done to all at Vale Furnishers!

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Bepton, Chilgrove and the South Downs A Norman church, a secret orchid hillside and a Bronze-Age burial site are among the surprises of this lovely walk, along with two excellent country pubs. Although this walk can be done with good walking shoes in the drier months, you will be glad to be wearing boots on two or three of the tracks. Since the few stiles on this route have left a gap, your dog can come too and can run free for much of the way. I did this walk in late February and it was muddy in places but the views from Linch Down were spectacular and well worth the trip you might make to do this walk. Both pubs also heartily recommended. Ed. This walk is supplied with thanks from www.fancyfreewalks.org, from where you can download this walk with larger and more detailed maps.

The walk 1. From the side of the car park, follow a wooden rail and a little tarmac path to go through a wooden swing-gate past a bench with views, reaching the side entrance to the church. This little church is usually open and is definitely worth visiting. Continue down a path from the side entrance to exit through a wooden swing-gate onto the approach lane. Turn right, going past a small pond, and turn left at a T-junction onto Bugshill Lane. You pass the Old Rectory and a farm and reach a junction in 400m with Bepton village on your left. Instead turn right on a signed byway.

Follow this stone-lined path for 500m. If you encounter some mud here it should soon be gone and should not return until just before the end.

As the path curves left into trees you come to a marker post on your left.

2. Turn right at the marker post, as indicated by the blue arrow, steeply uphill, in 30m going under a tall beech and a yew tree. After the yew tree you need to measure exactly 100m (150 paces). The path rises for 60m, then flattens out under ash trees. After 25m, it rises a little, zigzagging slightly left-right over roots. Immediately look for a faint path very sharp left. (In fact it is a crossing path.) The path runs straight up a long gently rising contour. Take this path, almost reversing your direction. The path becomes clearer as you proceed, although you will need to step over the debris of small fallen branches.

After 170m, your path comes into a lighter area of shrubs and curves right up to a small metal gate. Go through the gate onto Bepton Down.

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In 150m, go straight over a wide forestry track  on what may be a rather muddy patch. In just 20m, leave your straight downward path by forking right on another wide forestry track through Bepton Wood. You shortly pass a 2-way fingerpost,   confirming that this is an official bridleway. Your path descends gently, then more steeply and afterwards suddenly up again between plantations. You reach a junction of several paths by a 3way fingerpost.

4. Turn left on a signed bridleway and follow this stony path for 450m where the bridleway goes over a crossing path near a wooden gate on your left. You shortly pass notices for Sussex Wildlife Trust’s West Dean Woods and a rather worn picnic corner. On your left is a long wattle fence. After an inspirational walk, you emerge by open fields with views ahead. Tall oaks and ash trees are your escort along a narrower grassy path. Finally our path ends at a

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wooden gate beside a large metal gate. Turn right here on a tarmac lane.

5. At a road junction, veer right, signposted Chilgrove, passing Staple Ash Farm and its thatched farm house. At a sharp left bend by a drive and wooden gate, keep left, staying on the lane. Just before Yew Tree Cottage, ignore a footpath on your right. Your undulating lane goes under grid lines and curves right: avoid a footpath on the left here. At a 3-way fingerposted junction ignore a drive on the right for Brooks Farm and keep left passing several picturesque houses and cottages with their gardens. Soon the lane zigzags leftright and reaches the White Horse in Chilgrove, which is a lovely, if slightly upmarket pub.

6. After a refreshment break, continue to the main road and turn right, using the grass verge where possible. In a short distance, go over a stile on your right and turn immediately left on the grass parallel to the road. As the meadow opens out, veer slightly right to go over a stile and straight across a crop field. An avoidable stile, a drive and another stile lead you along the right-hand side of a pasture. After a line of trees, you are walking beside another pasture similarly. At the other side, go over a stile by a fingerpost and veer right onto a bridleway. At a fork with two large wooden gates, take the left fork as indicated. After a pleasant 500m, keep ahead at a diagonal crossing path by a 4-way fingerpost. Eventually, 1km after the fork, you reach the hamlet of Hooksway opposite the Royal Oak. The Royal Oak is one of the celebrated pubs of the area, more rustic than the White Horse. As well as food and drink, it has quite a history.

7. After your break, facing the pub, turn right and keep straight on avoiding a bridleway through the car park on your left. There are now three possible routes ahead. Avoid the footpath by the wooden gate on your right and the track curving off to the left and take the middle option, passing a sign for a restricted byway uphill.

DISTANCE: 10 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 120 (Chichester) STARTING POINT: The walk begins at Church Farm, Bepton, West Sussex, postcode GU29 0HX. This is approached from the village of Cocking just south of Midhurst and the day’s adventure really begins here as you follow a narrow country lane under an old railway bridge and through the best Sussex farmland to an ancient village hidden beneath the

Your path continues on a straight course, gradually uphill. After more than 1km, you reach a 4-way fingerpost: keep straight ahead, thus joining the South Downs Way (SDW). You will be following the SDW for most of the rest of the way.

Soon there are meadows visible on either side as you go under large beeches. Soon, on your left is a sign for the Devil’s Jumps, a Bronze Age monument and a short diversion not to be missed.

8. Continue along the SDW and shortly ignore a stile and footpath on your left. You are now on a beautiful wide path through a luxurious woodland of tall ash trees. The path curves right imperceptibly. Suddenly you are out of the woods with terrific views on both sides. At the end of the long meadow on your left, ignore a bridleway sharp left. The path rises with a view of Linch Down ahead. At the end of a fence, just after a 3-way fingerpost, turn left on a path that curves right down into trees. The path makes a shallow descent down the side of the hill with Didling Hanger on your left. The path becomes sunken under all beeches and ash. At a junction of paths near a meadow on your left, keep straight on downhill. The path continues between banks and you finally arrive at a drive in front of Linch Farm, through a large metal gate. Turn right and veer right on a tarmac lane, Bugshill Lane again.

After some houses, the church comes into view on your left. The lane bends left under maple and beech. Turn left on a cul-de-sac lane leading back to Church Farm where the walk began.

South Downs. Bepton’s 12th-century church is at the end of a short branch lane. There is a large space provided by the farm for visitors to the church and they welcome walkers.

REFRESHMENTS: Both these pubs are on the route.

The White Horse, Chilgrove (01243 519444) and The Royal Oak, Hooksway (01243 535257).

Image: Linch Down © Copyright Dave Spicer

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Hinton Ampner is near Alresford SO24 0LA, tel: 01962 771305. For more information on all our attractions and events in the south east visit www. nationaltrust.org.uk/southeast.

Frensham Royal British Legion Bowls Club celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2015 with a match against a West Surrey Bowling Association representative side on Sunday 21st June. The club was started in 1935 and has been based at Hollowdene Recreation Ground (GU10 3BJ) ever since where it competes in friendly matches every Saturday and Sunday between mid-April and mid-September. In the week they take part in the 3 Counties League, the Farnham and District League and the West Surrey Men’s League. See full details of all these on their website: www. frenshambowls.co.uk. There are also social events throughout the year and in the winter months carpet bowls takes place in the Royal British Legion Club on a Wednesday evening where legion and bowls club members compete for an annual trophy. Club membership is open to experienced and non-players for a modest annual fee! Novices are given two months grace to see how they get on before they have to decide if they want to join officially and then they are offered a reduced fee in their first year of membership. See the website for contact details or come along and watch. There is also cricket and tennis on offer as well as a children’s playground – make it an afternoon out and see what is on offer.

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by Waverley Borough Council will enable more than a mile of the Wey & Arun Canal to be reopened for use by small boats. The bridge is to be built at one of the entrances to Dunsfold Aerodrome, at the end of Three Compasses Lane in Alfold, replacing a wartime concrete causeway which currently blocks the waterway. It is part of Wey & Arun Canal Trust’s plan to revive the 19th century canal between Tickner’s Heath in Dunsfold and Fast Bridge on the A281 at Alfold, its first navigation restoration project in Surrey. It is hoped to officially re-open the restored section next year in time for the 200th anniversary of the northern part of the 23-mile long canal being declared open at the Compasses site in September 1816. Although much of the work to be carried out by contractors is fully funded, around £280,000 is still needed to complete the £700,000 restoration project. To make a donation, or volunteer to help with the finishing work, visit www.weyandarun.co.uk.

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West Surrey Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers

The West Surrey Guild was started in 1979 and since then hundreds of members and visitors have enjoyed learning and practising the ancient arts of spinning, weaving and dyeing.

Members of the Guild participate in many local and national events throughout the year, demonstrating their spinning and weaving skills with a variety of wheels, spindles and looms - and inviting visitors of all ages to join in and ‘have a go’.

The picture above shows the Guild’s Millennium Tapestry, created with yarns which were spun, dyed and woven by about 75 Guild Members and can be viewed in Waverley Borough Council Offices.

Left is their 35th birthday cake, including candles, which was created using a Japanese Circle Loom and an Inkle Loom - just two of the wide variety of methods of weaving.

Visitors are welcome to join us at our monthly meetings which are held at the United Reformed Church Hall, 21 South Street, Farnham GU9 7QU on alternate Monday evenings at 7.30pm and Tuesday mornings at 10.30am.

Craft Days are held throughout the month at various local venues anbd visitors are invited to join these too.

May 2015

Programme of Meetings for 2015: Monday Evenings May 11th - Lillian Spibey - Photography - Making the Most of Your Camera.

July 13th - Meike Laurenson - Inspirational Afghan Embroidery Oct 12th - Janet Crowther, Textile Artist - Tingle Factor Notebooks are my Buckets Dec 14th - Hilary Underwood - Spinning and Textile Crafts in Art and Representation of Tools in Use. Tuesday Mornings June 9th - Guild Members Show and Tell - Please come along and see our projects - some finished, some still in progress.

September 8th - Jane Cameron - Silk and Silk Painting.

November 10th - Jane Freear-Wyld – International Tapestry Weaver.

There is a photography workshop - Making the Most of Your Camera with Lillian Spibey on Sunday July 12th at Victoria Hall, Ash Hill Road, Ash GU10 5DN - and spinning and weaving workshops are arranged in the spring and autumn months.

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