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It feels like Christmas already, given we are already publicising local pantomimes and all manner of festive events, such as school fairs, Christmas markets and the lighting of town lights. Please support them if you can. We will feature all that we get sent in our Jottings and if you know of any more, please let us know. In fact, with so many boutiques, butchers, farm shops, food producers, tree growers, vineyards and many other independent producers and retailers in our area, why not see how much you can buy locally this Christmas? From gin to sparkling wine, cheese and condiments to beef and turkey, you can purchase many things made within 20 miles of your home. Keep it local! Contact the editor: stefan@vantagepublishing.co.uk
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JOTTINGS YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD To spare us all, I’m not mentioning England’s World Cup result. Instead, I’ll mention the glut of apples this autumn. There are enough on the trees and in boxes outside houses to see us all through the winter months with crumbles, sauces etc and there’s no excuse now for not knocking up the delicious tarte tatin recipe featured in this month’s edition. Enjoy Guy Fawkes night if you’re venturing out and if you’re having your own bonfire night – stay safe. The Modern History Group talks are held in the Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford on Tuesdays at 2.30pm. Each talk costs £3 for non-members and £1 for members. Coming up: on 3rd November, ‘Surrey Roads - from Turnpike to Motorway’: Gordon Knowles. On 10th November, Some examples of ‘Civic Architecture in the early 20th Century’: Eileen Perryer. On 17th November, ‘London’s Water’: David Triggs. On 24th November, ‘What happened to the American Loyalists after Independence and other historical curiosities’: Barry Lenz. Healthy People, Place & Planet - The Triple Bottom Line is the title of a talk to be given by John Thompson, Chairman of John Thompson and Partners on Tuesday 3rd November at the 9th Annual Architecture Lecture which is promoted jointly by The Guildford Society and The University of Surrey. The venue is the Lecture Theatre, Rik Medlik Building, University of Surrey. This is an open meeting, free to the general public. Doors open at 6.45pm for 7pm start. Further information can be found on The Guildford Society’s website: www.guildfordsociety. org.uk/social_events_and_calendar.html including a pdf flyer which can be downloaded and shows all details and a map of the University Campus. An optional supper is available subject to prior booking. The Guildford Society welcomes new members. Wonersh and District Garden Club’s next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd November and will feature a talk by Peter Herring on ‘Winkworth Arboretum – history and its trees’. It will take place at the Wonersh Memorial Hall and should be most
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interesting. Doors open at 7pm for the meeting at 7.30pm. At the meeting on Tuesday 1st December, the guest speaker will be Mr R Thornton who will talk on ‘Gardens of China’ Visitors and guests are welcome. For more information call 01483 893808. Farnham Humanists have teamed up with Guildford & Woking Humanists to bring you a riveting evening with TV’s Dr Philip Hammond, on Tuesday 3rd November. Phil Hammond is an NHS doctor, campaigner, health writer, investigative journalist, broadcaster, speaker and comedian. He has been an NHS doctor for over 20 years and presented five series of ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ on BBC2. As a comedian, Phil was half of the award winning double-act Struck Off and Die. He has done three solo UK tours and has appeared many times on Have I Got News for You and Countdown. Phil is a patron of the British Humanist Association and in his talk, titled ‘How to get the Most From Your One Wild and Precious Life’ Dr Phil argues that most lives need living not medicalising. And for 90% of symptoms, you’re better off with a dog than a doctor! The talk will begin at 7.30pm at Trinity Hall, Trinity Churchyard, High Street, Guildford GU1 3RR. Tickets are £8 (£4 for students) and can be bought online at www.farnham.humanist.org.uk or ring Sue on 01252 726684. Guildford Travel Club welcomes you whether you’re a ‘seasoned’ or an ‘armchair’ traveller. The Club meets on alternate Tuesdays at Onslow Village Hall at 8pm for illustrated talks on travel by a range of photographers, travellers, explorers, mountaineers and writers. On Tuesday 3rd November, Felicity Ashton MBE talks about her lone expedition of 1,084 miles across Antarctica on skis. The other November meeting on Tuesday 17th, November is the annual social evening for members only. Membership for the season (October to April) costs £32 and £16 for student card holders. Visitors are welcome and will be charged £7 on the door with students £3.50. To celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of Bradt Guides, the company is kindly offering members a 30% discount
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As day and night synchronise, the equinox heralds the beginning of the autumn. The summer has come to a close and the shadows begin to lengthen. However, the show is far from over and the change of the seasons can be enjoyed to its fullest at RHS Garden Wisley. Autumn is a fantastic time of year to be outside, wherever you are, the garden is full of sights, sounds and smells. It is a time when our trees and woodland collections can really be appreciated. Many of us at home may curse our trees for raining down their spent leaves into our gutters and onto our lawns but this is an essential process for a deciduous tree in its preparation for winter as the drop in temperatures would eventually damage their leaves’ fragile photosynthetic cells. The trees are withdrawing energy from the leaves in the form of amino acids and in turn, certain pigments remain in the leaf before it falls. It’s these pigments that give us the autumn colours. Such delight can be found for us in this because as the temperature drops, the trees respond with vibrant and colourful hues from the warm spectrum to ease us into winter. At RHS Garden Wisley, the deciduous tree collection is made up of an array of native, exotic, European and American species with many cultivars of each bringing their own colourful autumnal display. On Battleston Hill, a woodland garden, the North American maples such as Acer rubrum and aptly named scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea), start to burn a bright red from midSeptember. As you walk through the warren of pathways among the under planting of hydrangeas you can’t escape the Japanese katsura trees’ (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) fallen leaf 8
odour. This burnt sugar smell is like candyfloss at the fair, which is given off as the leaves decompose and is particularly strong in the damp misty morning air. Out on the lawns of Seven Acres, a huge American sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) turns a deep plum colour, not dissimilar to the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) which turns out in a multi coloured display of purple, yellow and tints of orange sometimes all on one leaf. Here also is the Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ whose colours are so vibrant they are reminiscent of the firework displays we enjoy in early November. All around Wisley and in the greater landscape our important native species; oak, birch, hornbeam and beech turn a bright sunny yellow, with the beech most favourably turning again to a beautiful russet brown during leaf fall. If too much looking up in the canopies of trees strains the neck, then autumn colour can be appreciated up-close and at eye level on the Bonsai Walk. Here the miniature trees are no less striking than their larger counterparts. It’s not just the deciduous trees that should draw you into the garden. Walking through Wisley’s Pinetum, the evergreen conifers and vantagepointmag.co.uk
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Some autumn events at Wisley 6th November - Free day Friday Enjoy free entrance to the garden and take a walk to see the autumn colour throughout the garden. Visit the Late Fruit and Vegetable Competition in the Glasshouse, including apple identification – bring your mystery apples! 6th - 8th November - RHS Late Fruit and Vegetable Competition See fabulous produce in more than 60 classes of fruit and vegetables, and get your mystery apples identified by our experts. To enter the competition, please email: georginabarter@rhs.org.uk. Normal garden admission, runs from 10am – 4pm. 25th - 29th November - Craft and Design Fair Browse and buy from more than 150 of the finest craftspeople in the country for original and unusual Christmas gifts. The Craft and Design Fair is held outside the garden. See rhs.org.uk/wisleywhatson for more details and ticket prices.
Images from top:Seven Acres Lake with trees in autumn colour at RHS Garden Wisley. (RHS / Clive Nichols). Children play with leaves in autumn at RHS Garden Wisley (RHS / Adam Duckworth). Family look at a Liquidambar tree by the play area in autumn at RHS Garden Wisley (RHS / Adam Duckworth)
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2nd December at 5pm - Christmas Glow light switch-on Watch RHS Ambassador and author Mary Berry switch on the Wisley Christmas lights, and then enjoy a late-night Christmas shopping evening until 8.30pm. There will be sparkling seasonal decorations, and unrivalled RHS gifts, plants and books for sale to make Christmas shopping a pleasure. The Wisley Christmas Shop will be open until 24th December. Normal garden admission. For more details and to buy garden tickets online, visit www.rhs.org.uk/wisley
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Petrol or diesel, electric or hybrid? Andy Goundry takes a look at the options Selecting a new car used to mean simply deciding on budget, make and model. Today, however, we face an additional, much less clear-cut choice: whether to opt for petrol, diesel or one of the supposedly greener alternatives of electric or hybrid power.
manufacturers fuel consumption, or expect the present Government incentives of low taxation to continue, though.
Diesel cars have increased in popularity hugely over the last few years, thanks to good fuel economy and the perception of being cleaner than petrol power. However, there has been a growing realisation that exhaust emissions of most diesels are hazardous to health, with several cities around the UK, including London, proposing to ban pre-Euro 6 diesels.
Modern petrol engines are fighting back, with real-world fuel economy now an impressive 20-30% better than for engines launched only a few years ago.
In recent weeks this anti-diesel sentiment has been fuelled by the news of VW Group having apparently cheated on emissions tests for their new models, resulting in sales of diesel cars falling dramatically. If diesel power is off the menu for most of us, what is the alternative? There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution, but to help you make the right choice when faced with an array of often over-enthusiastic advertising claims, we offer some observations drawn from experience of testing a range of cars of all sizes and prices, from superminis to luxury 4x4s.
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Petrol – a rising star
One way in which manufacturers have achieved this is to reduce engine capacity, with family car engines now shrunk from 1.6-2 litres down to 1.2-1.4 litres or even less. Traditionally, this would have been expected to shorten the life of the engine dramatically, but these fears have been resolved by improved technology. For example, the Nissan Qashqai is offered with a 1.2 litre turbocharged engine with which we achieved around 45mpg overall – not too far from the figures expected from a diesel. As with diesels though, don’t expect to achieve the manufacturers claimed fuel consumption – around 75% of the manufacturers combined figure is more typical.
The VW saga may turn out to be just a small part of the debate over diesel. Even more significant, although less widely publicised as yet, is that the mandatory European emissions test, with which every new model needs to comply, is so unrepresentative of real-world driving that even current diesel vehicles pump out levels of the most damaging emissions of up to ten or more times greater than when tested. This means that even the very latest Euro 6 diesels could be affected by low emission zone bans. Is there still a place for diesel cars? Probably only if your motoring involves almost constant motorway running, where the diesel engine is at its most effective in terms of both emissions and fuel consumption. Just don’t anticipate anything like the claimed
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Full electric – horses for courses Electric cars can be very cost-effective to run, if you discount the usually fairly steep initial purchase price which is only partly offset by the present £5,000 Government subsidy. Indeed, since many public charging points are effectively free to use, your miles can often be covered at zero cost. Even if you charge your electric car exclusively from your domestic supply, this still gives cheap motoring, with electricity costing typically 3-4p
per mile for say a Nissan Leaf, against 10p upwards for the fuel to power a similar conventional car such as a 1.2 petrol Nissan Note. ‘Range anxiety’ is a well-aired comment about electric cars, and trust me – it exists. Most electric cars can travel only a limited distance before needing recharging: whilst most manufacturers claim well over 100 miles is possible on a fully charged battery, a more realistic range is probably around 80 miles. Manufacturers will improve on this range over time, but this will not happen overnight, so don’t hold your breath waiting. Nevertheless, if your daily driving covers no more than say 50 miles with lots of stop/start traffic, then a purely electric car such as a Nissan Leaf could be entirely practical. Longer journeys are an issue, though, for even if you are fortunate in having conveniently located charging stations on your route, charging is not quick, taking at least 30 minutes and possibly a lot longer. Longer journeys therefore, whilst not impossible, are certainly slow! Nissan recognise this, and purchasers of a new Leaf can borrow, currently free of charge, a conventional car from Nissan for a couple of weeks a year for added flexibility. The current exception to this is the Tesla range, with some models able to travel up to almost 300 miles between charges. Tesla claim to have developed radically different battery and charging technology to other manufacturers, making their products significantly more effective for everyday transportation. Teslas are however not cheap, with the Model S range starting at around £51,000, although this buys you a sophisticated luxury saloon on a par with, say, a Jaguar. The ability to charge a Tesla completely free – and reasonably quickly – at one of their ‘supercharger’ charging stations being rolled out around the country, must also be offset against that high purchase price. The maximum range of an electric car is massively affected by the type of driving. Motorway cruising will give little opportunity for brake energy regeneration, unlike stop/start town driving where much more regeneration is likely. Heavy use of electrical loads such as air-conditioning will also significantly reduce the available range.
From top: Nissan Leaf, one of the first full electric cars to be sold in the UK, and ideal for town motoring. Nissan have recently increased the maximum range by some 25%, a step in the right direction; Tesla Model S, a handsome executive saloon, shown here at one of the latest Tesla Supercharger points at Edinburgh Airport; The Toyota Prius, the hybrid that started it all in the UK. Now at last also available in plug-in form.
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Other than range anxiety and the need for frequent recharging, electric cars are easy to live with, being fully automatic and with nimble performance, particularly in town traffic. And let’s not forget the huge tax benefits to company car users. Is an electric car for you? Quite possibly, but only if you are happy that you can live with the limited range and frequent charging.
Hybrid – good for some people Since the introduction of the Toyota Prius into the UK some 15 years ago, the world’s motor manufacturers have been jumping
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aboard the hybrid bandwagon with increasing alacrity, and a wide range of models are now available. Are hybrids worthwhile? Well, as with conventional petrol or diesel cars, the difference between manufacturers claims and real-world running costs can be substantial. The type of driving is critical. Like full electric cars, hybrids get their increased efficiency from regenerative braking. So, if you do a lot of stop-start driving, a hybrid could probably give you 20-30% better fuel consumption than a conventionally-powered car. However, if your days are spent cruising the motorways, fuel consumption will be little if any better than an equivalent conventional car. The Toyota Auris hybrid we tested returned around 50mpg: not bad for a mid-sized estate car, but far from the 71mpg claimed by Toyota. Most hybrids claim the ability to cover 20-30 miles on battery power alone, although once again these claims need to be taken with a big pinch of salt: around half that distance is probably more realistic. Once the battery charge has been exhausted by that stint of zero-emissions motoring, it can only be replenished by recharging using the car’s engine, which of course takes fuel, so whilst this recharging is taking place the fuel consumption is no better than for an equivalent petrol-powered car. So for most people, a hybrid’s fuel economy benefits are unlikely to be realised to anything like the extent of manufacturer’s claims. Indeed, a full electric car may make more sense – although of course the hybrid is free from range anxiety as it can achieve a decent range driven on the petrol or diesel engine alone, albeit not particularly economically.
Plug-in Hybrids – a win/win for almost everyone So full electric cars suffer from severely limited range for many people, whilst normal hybrids can be of minimal benefit in the real-world economy stakes. Should we all play safe and stick with a conventional petrol car? Maybe not: increasingly, manufacturers are introducing ‘plug-in’ and ‘range-extender’ hybrids, which offer the best of all worlds. As with normal hybrids, realistic electric-only range is generally limited to a true 15-20 miles, however, these electric-only miles
can then be repeated whenever there is an opportunity for an external recharge. So for many people whose daily commute is less than this, overnight charging at home would provide electric-only commuting for the whole working week, just like a full electric car. Unlike the electric car however, the plug-in hybrid is also available for longer-distance travel at the weekend free from range anxiety worries. A plug-in hybrid, then, offers the electric car’s potential for low or no cost electric-only driving, but with freedom from range anxiety. Of course, as with a normal hybrid, once the batteries have been discharged, until external recharging is available the car reverts to being powered solely by the petrol engine, so fuel economy will suffer. Some manufacturers now also offer performance plug-in models where the conventional engine and electric motor work together to deliver sparkling performance when desired, without the fuel consumption penalties of an equivalent conventional performance car. For example, Volkswagen’s Golf GTE plug-in hybrid delivers performance levels not far short of their flagship Golf GTI. An incredible 166mpg is claimed for the Golf GTE, although real-world economy is likely to be closer to 45-50mpg – still impressive and far better than the 35-40mpg of the petrol GTI. Plug-in hybrids are now also becoming available as 4x4s, notably the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, offering attractive green credentials at a staggering claimed 148mpg – although we recorded a more typical 45mpg. Plug-in hybrids may not be perfect, but the absence of range anxiety coupled with the benefits of being able to use free or cheap electric power for local driving means that for most of us, a plug-in hybrid could make a great deal of sense. © Andy Goundry 28th September 2015
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Why you should make a Will this month The reasons for making a Will are compelling, yet over half of the UK population die without having made one. A Will records your wishes regarding what happens to your assets when you die and any specific funeral arrangements. You nominate the most suitable people (executors) to deal with your affairs and to carry out instructions according to your wishes. In a Will you can state which of your family, friends and favourite charities you would like to benefit after your death, and how much each of them receives. If you do not have a Will then you die ‘intestate’ and the Intestacy Rules determine what happens to your property and possessions. These rules are designed to be ‘one size fits all’, but the chances are that they won’t reflect your wishes or your personal circumstances. For example: • Your assets may end up going to family members who do not need them. • If you are not married or in a Civil Partnership, your partner will not automatically inherit anything (there are no such things as ‘common law’ marital rights) - they may have to go to court to make a claim against your estate.
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Whether you’re 6 or 60, an ex-Olympian or never tried hockey before, Guildford Hockey Club would love you to join them. The club is one of the oldest in Surrey, with a great combination of players, coaches and volunteers who share a love of hockey. Catering for all abilities, they welcome new members to join their performance and social squads with coaching that is second to none. So if you’re looking to take your performance to the next level, return to social hockey or try a new sport, they have the right training and team for you to enjoy. The club is based in Summers Road, Godalming GU7 3BW.For more information visit their website www.guildfordhc.com. Guildford Jazz welcome Art Themen, on Tuesday 10th November, to The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford GU1 4SZ. He is a busy and sought after musician who is known for his originality and individual style. He regularly plays in large and small venues throughout the UK and worldwide, and is a regular feature at many jazz festivals. Music at 7.30pm Tickets £12 on 01483 444789. Then on Wednesday 25th November, The Andrew Cleyndert Quartet will be playing stunning new vantagepointmag.co.uk
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Guildford Rambling Club is meeting at 10am on Wednesday 11th November by the café at Newlands Corner for a 5.5 mile morning walk (details from Mick on 07765 205353) and also at 10am on Sunday 29th November in Bramley for a 9 mile circular walk via Farncombe (details from Alan on 01483 480168). More details are available on www. guildfordramblingclub.org.uk. Visitors are welcome on both of these walks. It was 121 years in the making but according to the 88 golfers who took part in Puttenham’s first-ever Pro Am it was well worth the wait. With the Course in pristine condition, the weather set fair and the sun breaking through it was all systems go for a great day’s golf. A brand new MG3 glinted temptingly in the sunlight alongside the 18th green but sadly, despite a few close calls, a Hole in One proved too elusive on the day! Ultimately, the Pro Am was Captain Doug Fleming’s idea to raise funds for his chosen charity – the Guildford based Prostate Project. Doug said “Thanks to the generosity of our main sponsor Normandy Garage, the hole sponsors, those that donated auction items and raffle prizes, individual donors and our volunteers and supporters the event raised over £8,000. It was a hugely successful first for Puttenham that has definitely set a trend for future Pro Am events!” Horsley Decorative & Fine Arts Society meets at East Horsley Village Hall for lectures at 10.30am (coffee from 9.45am) on the second Wednesday of each month except August and September. The lecture on 11th November will be Three Artists of the First World War by Juliet Heselwood. Visitors (£5) and new members welcome. For more information and the full programme phone Alma on 01372 451015 or visit their website: www.horsleydfas.org.uk Guildford Natural History Society has just one talk coming up in November. On Thursday 12th November, Brian Nobbs will tell us about Birdwatching in the Mediterranean. He will show some of the resident and migrant birds to be seen in this popular region, using Lesbos, Crete, Corsica, Majorca, Menorca and the Rhone Delta as examples. There are no talks in December. The talks take place at the Guildford Institute in Ward Street, starting at 2.45pm and are free to GNHS members. They welcome visitors, but do ask for a small donation to help cover their costs. Further information from Bridget Hopkins on 01483 275826. On Friday 13th November (lucky for some!), Guildford Rugby Club will be hosting a Quiz Night for GUTS - a great local charity which helps fight bowel cancer. Tickets are £20 each, and include a lovely Curry Supper from Surrey Spice. To book teams of 8 to 10 people, please go to the website www.gutsfbc.co.uk. If you can’t get a team together but would still like to participate, get in touch with the GUTS office and they may be able to match you November 2015
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Oh yes it is! Panto time is shortly upon us. We list what is on in the local area this Christmas
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk on Ice
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3UX. Tel: 01483 440000. 4th December 2015 to 3rd January 2016 Fascinating Aida star, the brilliantly funny cabaret artist, Dillie Keane leads a fabulous cast including Kit Hesketh Harvey, Eagle Radio’s Peter Gordon and Jamie Brook in this year’s traditional magical family panto. www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
Guildford Spectrum Parkway, Guildford GU1 1UP. Tel: 01483 443322. 11th December to 13th December Spectrum will be home to a big, bad giant, a golden goose and a magical beanstalk this Christmas as the popular pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ takes to the ice. This classic fairy story adaptation combines all the ingredients for a great show, including ice. www.guildfordspectrum.co.uk
Aladdin Camberley Theatre Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3SY. Tel: 01276 707600. 7th December 2015 to 3rd January 2016 Camberley Theatre is producing a brand new interpretation of Aladdin. Come and join us on an action packed adventure full of pantomime pandemonium! Mark Slowey returns as the wonderfully wacky Widow Twankey. Tickets on sale now. www.camberleytheatre.biz
Aladdin The Harlequin Warwick Quadrant, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN. Tel: 01737 276500. 11th December 2015 to 3rd January 2016 It’s a jewel encrusted family pantomime set to dazzle and delight so fasten your seat belts for a magical ride of mystery, sparkling romance and dazzling adventure with this year’s lavish production of Aladdin. www.harlequintheatre.co.uk
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Cinderella Prince’s Hall Princes Way, Aldershot, GU11 1NX. Tel: 01252 329155. 10th December 2015 to Sunday 3rd January 2016 Accept your royal invitation for this brand new, actionpacked panto that is fun for all the family! Will Cinderella make it to the ball? Do the ugly sisters use polyfilla in their make-up routine? Does any local shoe store stock glass slippers? All will be revealed so book your tickets now. www.princeshall.com
Little Red Riding Hood Haslemere Hall Bridge Road, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 2AS Tel: 01428 642161 8th January 2016 to 16th January 2016 Whose afraid of the big bad wolf? The Haslemere Thespians, famed for their high quality traditional pantomimes, will be bringing the best gags and plenty of audience participation. Oh yes they will! www.haslemerehall.co.uk
The Leatherhead Theatre 7 Church Street, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8DN. Tel: 01372 365141 16th December 2015 to 24th December 2015 London needs a hero but is young Dick Whittington the right man for the job? Follow his story as he is joined by his feline friend Tommy the cat to battle the evil King Rat. www.theleatherheadtheatre.org
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Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Dorking Halls Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1SG. Tel: 01306 881717 19th December to 28th December 2015 Dorking Halls is showing the most magical pantomime of them all. The cast includes Bucks Fizz Legend Jay Aston as Fairy Godmother and CBBC’S Gabrielle Green as Cinderella. www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
New Victoria Theatre The Peacocks Centre, Woking GU21 6GQ. Tel: 0870 060 6645 11th December 2015 to 10th January 2016 Woking are delighted to announce that Katie Price and Anita Dobson will be sharing the role of the Wicked Fairy in this year’s spectacular panto adventure, Sleeping Beauty. Featuring traditional pantomime ingredients to delight audiences of all ages with glittering costumes, sensational songs, dazzling dance routines, and bags of audience participation guaranteed to keep you awake this Christmas! www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre
A Christmas Carol
Chichester Festival Theatre Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP. Tel: 01243 781312 18th December 2015 to 2nd January 2016 Miser Ebenezer Scrooge lives for money; the cold hard currency of gold, and cares not for how it is obtained or how it has crushed his own human spirit. People are worthless; family is a nuisance, employees ungrateful and all no more so than at Christmas when the insanity of love and forgiveness is allowed to run amok. Except, this Christmas Eve is going to be different. Dickens’s tale of one man’s search for redemption is brought to life by the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre. www.cft.org.uk
Treasure Island
Ben Travers Theatre, Charterhouse School Hurtmore Road, Godalming GU7 2DX Tel: 01483 425556 13th December 2015 to 20th December 2015 Ahoy there, me hearties! Godalming Theatre Group brings you a swashbuckling tale of skulduggery upon the high seas, treasure on a desert island, a Guatemalan crimson parakeet going by the name of Cap’n Haddock, Dame Ladd’s fisherman’s pies and death by chocolate! Godalming Theatre Group’s Christmas production is an absolute must for anyone addicted to either pirates or pantomimes! www.gtguk.com Directed by
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This amateur production of “Treasure Island: The Panto” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
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Chichester Hall Petworth Road, Witley GU8 5PL Tel: 07583 048084 27th to 30th January 2016 The kingdom is in trouble! Giant Blunderbore and his partner in crime, the evil witch, Poison Ivy, are blackmailing the royal family. All that stands between the royals and the giants dinner plate is a collection of misfits. Can this motley crew beat the Giant and the wicked Witch? What can Fairy Beansprout do to help them.And there is a bean in there somewhere!!! www.witleypanto.co.uk
Cinderella King’s Theatre, Portsmouth Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ Tel: 023 9282 8282 8th December to 3rd January 2016 Throw on your glad rags and dust off your glass slippers as your pumpkin awaits to whisk you away to the world of our fairytale princess, Cinderella. With lavish sets, wonderful costumes, a surprise or two and all the cheers, jeers and jokes you would expect from a classic pantomime – you will not be disappointed! www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk
Santa Claus and the Night Before Christmas
Eddie & Polly King
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GLIve London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AA Tel: 01483 739040 9th December to 24th December It’s Christmas Eve and whilst most children are hanging up their stockings, there are a few boys and girls in Guildford who are not. They don’t believe in Santa, and with Christmas morning fast approaching, cheeky elves Charlie and Kara must help Santa prove that he is indeed real! With magic tricks, songs and stories this interactive show is a must see. www. GLive.co.uk
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LOCAL The Samson Centre for MS The recently opened physiotherapy suites will for the first time enable people using the Samson Centre to have one-to-one physiotherapy sessions within the privacy of individual treatment rooms. Until now such treatments have only been available within an open plan setting which has not been ideal. With these rooms come greater dignity and more sensitivity to meet the needs of people living with such a chronic and debilitating condition.
The Samson Centre is located on the outskirts of Guildford and provides free practical and emotional support for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Surrey and surrounding areas. MS is a debilitating disease which attacks the central nervous system. It is both permanent and progressive and is the most common neurological condition among young adults today. They are a totally self-funded charity with operational costs in excess of £200,000 per annum. With no funding from the NHS, National or Local Government these running costs are met from numerous fundraising activities and generous donations. With these funds they are able to offer physiotherapy, exercise, neuro health classes and gym sessions including adapted rowing. These are all fully supervised by three neuro-physiotherapists, two physiotherapists, one physio assistant, three fitness instructors and a volunteer coach for the adaptive rowing. In addition to this they also provide Baric Oxygen Therapy sessions as endorsed by emeritus professor of hyperbaric medicine at the University of Dundee and run by a wonderful team of fully trained volunteers Exercise and fitness are essential to people living with multiple sclerosis as they help to keep muscles moving and maintain a level of mobility. However, along with the oxygen therapy sessions, these facilities are not available from other sources, including the NHS, to those affected by multiple sclerosis. With approximately 150 people currently using the facilities they are often at full capacity. Knowing that demand will continue to grow by 10-15% annually they have a keen eye to the future to ensure that we can meet the needs of that growth. 2015 has already witnessed the opening of our new physiotherapy suites. They also have plans for the not too distant future which include providing counselling quarters together with the ability to significantly increase the number of oxygen therapy sessions the centre is able to offer. 24
They are also proud to say that we have a very strong social element at the Centre. Social interaction is important, perhaps even more so when people are living with a disability or caring for someone who has one. Lifelong conditions can bring about feelings of isolation and problems that can only be fully recognised by fellow sufferers. The centre offers an ideal opportunity to share experiences, knowledge and information all over a cup of coffee in a welcoming and friendly environment which gives true meaning to the word self-help. Once again they are fortunate to have a lovely team of willing volunteers to make the refreshments. The centre is a self-help group annually providing over 3,500 physiotherapy sessions, almost 4,000 exercise classes, over 2,500 gym sessions and approximately 2,500 oxygen therapy treatments to people who are living with multiple sclerosis. This support and facilities offer practical solutions that assist in managing this most debilitating of conditions. In a number of cases these same solutions also facilitate increased personal independence and greater self-sufficiency leading to higher self-esteem and both physical and mental wellbeing. They are certainly doing what they can to enable people of all ages who are living with this lifelong autoimmune disease to enjoy the best quality of life possible, for as long as possible. Image: HRH The Countess of Wessex talking to members when she opened the new physiotherapy suites in July 2015
FIND OUT MORE The Samson Centre for MS, Waterside Centre, Riverside, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1LW. Phone 01483 459120 or Email info@samsoncentre.org.uk. More information is available online at www.samsoncentre.org.uk. vantagepointmag.co.uk
Christmas Craft Fair at RHS Garden Wisley Craft In Focus is returning to RHS Garden Wisley from 25-29 November to stage the UK’s leading popular Christmas craft and design fair. The craft fair will be held in floored and heated marquees in front of the main entrance and features around 160 of the UK’s finest professional contemporary craftworkers and artists working in wood, glass, metal, textiles, ceramics and more. The UK has a wealth of individual and talented designer makers and artists who produce wonderful original items that simply cannot be found amongst the mass-produced and imported goods on the high street. Craft In Focus has selected the best of these to show at the Christmas event.
will enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and breathtaking creativity from an exciting range from both emerging British talent as well as more established designer makers. This event really is a refreshing alternative to Christmas shopping on the predictable high street. This year the event incorporates a new Food Pavilion for a “Taste of Christmas”. Delicious food on offer includes olive oils, handmade chocolate, Christmas cakes, sausages, truckle cheeses and a selection of English preserves and chutneys. Throughout the event there will be live music from the smooth and captivating sounds of the saxophone by Pink Champagne, the classical guitar sounds of The Corcovado Project and Aquillo, an instrumental guitar duo.
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will take place on Tuesday 17th November at 7.30pm at St Nicolas’ Hall, Bury Street, Guildford GU2 4AW. Non members £3 at the door, Students free. Further information from Rollo Crookshank on 01252 319881 or email crookshank@starkmann.co.uk. The Guildford-Freiburg Association’s Annual Public Lecture will, this year, be on ‘The New Germany: Between Past and Present’. It will be given by Uli Hesse, an award-winning German film-maker, originally from Munich, now resident in London. She has produced documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and several German TV stations. It will take place on Wednesday 18th November in the Guildhall, Guildford High Street, at 7.30pm. Free admission. The Ewhurst Players present ‘The Hollow’ by Agatha Christie. 2015 marks the 125th Anniversary of the birth of Agatha Christie, so it is fitting that they have chosen one of her classic ‘whodunits’ as their next production. The play is set in 1951 at The Hollow, home to Sir Henry and Lady Angkatell and a murder is committed. Enter Inspector Colquhoun and Sergeant Penny to solve the crime! I remember watching this play as a youngster; I think my uncle was playing the Inspector, and I was totally enthralled. The production runs from Wednesday 18th to Saturday 21st November at Ewhurst Village Hall. The curtain goes up at 7.45pm and the doors open at 7pm when the bar will be open! Free parking available. Tickets are £8 and can be obtained online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/ewhurstplayers or by calling 01483 272378. You can find out more about The Ewhurst Players at www.ewhurstplayers.com or find them on Facebook.
The Pilgrim Morris Men of Guildford have now started their winter practice season and they welcome beginners or lapsed dancers to their ranks. They will be learning new dances for the repertoire, perhaps bringing back some old ones as well as teaching newcomers the art of this traditional English dance. Once the spring comes they are ready to perform around the district during the warm summer evenings. If you wish to have a try at dancing the Morris, they meet at Pewley Down Infant School in Semaphore Road, Guildford, from 8pm on Wednesday evenings during the school terms. Because of school security, it is necessary to lock the outside doors so, if you would like to come along, contact the bagman via www.pilgrimmorrismen. org.uk or speak to Phil on 01483 420763. Onslow Village Garden Club’s last meeting of 2015 is on Wednesday 18th November at Onslow Village Hall GU2 7QR, and is the AGM. The meeting starts at 7.30pm, and is followed by a social evening. Anyone interested in the working of the club and its future plans will be very welcome. If you were amongst the many people left wondering who said what to who in last year’s television production of ‘Jamaica Inn’ you could catch up with the story this month at the Electric Theatre in Guildford where Guildburys Theatre Company will be staging an adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s famous tale of smuggling, intrigue and threat. Evocative and chilling, this new adaptation of ‘Jamaica Inn’ has all the hallmarks of an adventure classic - murder, mystery and
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enjoy it! Apart from a host of stalls, The Abinger Cookery School and The Portable Pottery Co will be there. Also, The Milford Music Works will let you try out the musician in you! Refreshments will be provided by Caper & Berry, so should be delicious. Opening times are; Thursday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday, 9am to 4pm. Entrance, adults £5 (seniors £4.50) or in advance £4 (£3.50). Call the hotline for tickets 01428 684494.
Guildford Wey Valley (formerly The Wey Valley) Decorative and Fine Art Society‘s next lecture, by Mrs Caroline Knight, is entitled ‘Robert Adam’s Practice in London.’ Why not join them at Shalford Village Hall on Thursday 19th November for a fascinating look at the grand houses and their interiors designed by this highly successful and fashionable 18th Century architect? Refreshments are available from 9.45am and the lecture starts at 10.45am. The Society offers a monthly programme of varied and fascinating talks by first class speakers. There are also special interest days, visits and an annual tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Annual membership is £42 and visitors pay £6 per talk. If you are interested, contact the membership secretary on 01932 355113 or visit their website at www.gwvdfas.org.uk.
Saturday 21st November at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley is the date for the next concert in the Bramley Music Series. They welcome The Meryon Trio, namely Angus Meryon – clarinet, Andrew Fuller - ‘cello and Richard Saxel – piano. They will be playing Beethoven’s Trio in B flat, Op.11, Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie (clarinet and piano), Debussy’s Sonata (‘cello and piano) and Brahms’ Trio in A minor op.111. Who needs to go to the Wigmore Hall when there are such superb musicians willing to come to play on our doorstep! Tickets are available as usual at the door or in advance from Robertsons in Bramley High Street, at £10 for adults and £5 for students and under 18s, and include a free glass of wine or soft drink in the interval. Tickets may also be reserved via stuartwhite@ waitrose.com or 01483 892645. Proceeds will go to the charity ‘Medicins Sans Frontieres’ who are particularly stretched given the refugee crisis. Do encourage your friends and relations to go along.
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Catwalk returns In the second of a series profiling local independent clothing businesses, Kirstie Smillie takes a look at Catwalk in Godalming. I love a good refurbishment. Fresh and newly painted makes me feel all excited and optimistic for the current season. Fashion boutique Catwalk is celebrating its 15th year in Godalming having recently reopened in October following their refit. A bright and shiny layout, filled with contemporary brands including modern prints by Save the Queen, easy daywear layers by InWear and Sandwich and practical but stylish rain coats by Ilse Jacobsen.
cashmere maybe, or a detail I know I will love for more than one season.
Liz’s top picks for this winter follow the trends of the season but they are pieces that will last. Gorgeous cashmere by Cocoa (washable thankfully) over the knee boots by Cara Eastwood (with a back stretch panel for ultimate fit), and a fur trimmed pom-pom hat for cosy chic, priced at £39. Liz has increased her accessories including this timeless, perfectly proportioned leather bag by Owner Liz Trendle, who also owns Rino & Pelle for under £70. The Gate in Guildford, has a strong Now with four grown up children, Liz connection with Godalming’s High Liz Trendle right wearing one of her puts in the hours to run her business Street. In her early 20s after studying popular Moray cashmere ponchos, but has great back up with her ‘girls’ in £189, with staff member, Annie. beauty therapy, Liz came to the area store - they know the fit and drape of and opened The Curiosity Shoppe, each piece, so always ask for top tips only later to find her passion in fashion, opening to help you choose. Catwalk at the top of town, and then relocating to its present address, 29 High Street, proudly Successfully running a fashion business is not a opening its doors to customers aged 17-70 (and simple task and, as Liz remembers, she learnt the above). hard way, but after 15 years, with two thriving businesses under her (stylish) belt she has lots of exciting future plans ahead. “I wanted to offer something unique
to Godalming - special but not out of reach.” Godalming offers a thriving melange of fashion which needs the balance of unique boutiques like Catwalk. Most labels are sized from 8-16 and if you are in need of jeans, you will probably drop a dress size with the popular NYDJ’s. Priced from £129, they will be an investment but all wardrobes ideally need a healthy mix of quality items to work with every day pieces. If you are going to invest in one thing, make it an item you will wear on multiple occasions. I always look for an emotional attachment to a garment. The feel of the fabric, 28
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For wider legged jeans - you need to keep the top half slim fitting to show off your waist - even with a longer line cardigan over the top, keep your under-layer tucked in. Heels are best to elongate the leg, although sneakers work for casual. Decide on height and alter hem to suit. If you are sticking with your slim jeans this winter, invest in the over the knee boot. Keep the heel low and the tops oversized ponchos and man-sized cardigans, best layered over crisp white shirts for day or simply over a cami for evening, to show a little shoulder. Centre top: Cocoa Cashmere sweater, £169; centre middle: NYDJ jeans, sizes 8-16, £149; above left and middle: pom pom hat, £39, and leather bag, both by Rino&Pelle, £69.95; above right: Cara Eastwood boots, £189. All available at Catwalk, 29 High St, Godalming GU7 1AW Tel: 01483 527634. Style images, top left and top right, courtesy of www.pinterest.com. November 2015
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Trust Centre will be holding their annual coffee morning. Due to the tragic events at Clandon Park the event this year will be held at Ripley Village Hall but all the usual stalls will be there including ladies fashion, jewellery, Christmas cards, books and homemade cakes as well as a grand raffle. Entrance is £3 which includes coffee and biscuits. Do go along and take your friends. All proceeds from this event will be for Clandon Park. Enquiries to Sara Graham on 01252 810708. Wonersh History Society has a meeting on Saturday 21st November at 2.30pm. Catherine Ferguson will be speaking about ‘Sex, Starvation and Plague in Tudor and Stuart Wonersh’. They meet in Lawnsmead Hall Wonersh. Tea and biscuits will be available and everyone is welcome.
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There is a Charity Christmas Fair, organised by St Mary’s Shalford, on Saturday 21st November in Shalford Village Hall from 10am-2pm. Between 11am and 12 noon, there will be workshop/readings by children’s author Ciaran Murtagh. He will also sign copies of his books, available on the day, including his latest in the Incredible Diary of Fin Spencer series, and the Dino series. All proceeds from books sold on the day, and indeed all other proceeds, will go to charity. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity. There will also be refreshments, deli, cakes, gifts, greetings cards, DVD’s, jewellery, Santa’s sack, children’s activities, children’s books, hampers, etc. The Guildford Symphony Orchestra is the borough’s oldest orchestra and it plays to a high standard under the exacting
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On Saturday 21st November from 9am-1pm, Hatchlands Park, in Merrow near Guildford, is running a Bookbinding Craft workshop. Learn the techniques of this specialist craft and make your very own beautiful hand bound book, a perfect Christmas gift for a loved one. Booking is essential through Guildford TIC. www.visitguildford.com or call 01483 444334. The cost is £60 per person. Tea and cake included. This autumn welcomes some new and exciting artistic talent to the walls of The Electric Theatre in Guildford. With a new hanging system in place, art exhibitions will be a regular feature at the theatre from now on and as well as making the place look pretty, they are also for sale so you could easily nab yourself an original piece of artwork at an affordable price. Exhibitions will change in line with the launch of each new main brochure and the first is a selection of works by the participants of The Artventure Trust, which runs creative day sessions for adults with learning disabilities in Guildford. For further information contact the box office on 01483 444789 or email electrictheatre@ guildford.gov.uk.
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Bees and Honey It was National Honey Week in October, which culminated in the National Honey Show which started on 29th October. To celebrate, we’re taking a look at how honey is made and how you can help these vital pollinators. A honey bee will make on average about a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime; plus about a million flowers will have been visited to make just one pound of honey. Honey bees are the only type of bee where the workers stay alive through winter. They cluster together in the hive to feed the queen and keep her warm, and so need a store of honey to consume through the winter, which they have collected over the summer months. A good beekeeper will always make sure that there is ample honey for the colony to feed on over winter, usually at least 40lbs left in the hive, taking only as much as can be spared for humans to eat. Bees make honey from nectar. They gather this sweet sticky substance from flowers and mix it with enzymes in their stomachs, storing it in the wax, hexagonal honeycomb. In a good year, honey bees will make far more honey than they need for themselves. Beekeepers take any spare honey from the hive collected in frames, and cut off the wax so that the honey can be extracted. Runny honey is honey just as it comes out from the comb, while set honey has been stirred so that it crystallises slightly. Honey will taste differently according to the flowers the bees have been feeding from, such as heather honey, and it can have different colours too. If the bees have been collecting honey from horse chestnut or conker trees, for example, this can produce a very dark coloured honey. Honey bees can only fly out to gather nectar when it is warm enough, and not raining or too windy. Because this has been the UK’s windiest year for two decades, beekeepers are not expecting a very good honey crop this year. The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) conducts an annual survey of its members and last year this recorded an average crop of honey of 32lbs per hive. Stuart and Lorraine Hobbs, members of Reigate Beekeepers Association, live in Horley and have been pleasantly surprised with the honey crop this year.
lucky with the warm spell in September and the bees have been very active collecting stores for the winter. Extracting the honey is always a family affair and all hands are willingly on deck to help; our three children all like to take turns at uncapping the comb and turning the spinning handle.” For people who want to learn more about beekeeping, or to help the honey bee in other ways, the BBKA has its “Adopt a Beehive” scheme where members of the public can adopt a beehive from one of ten different regions in the UK, including the Hobbs’ bees in the South East. It costs £30 plus p+p to adopt a beehive for one year, and in exchange you receive a welcome box of bee related goodies, as well as two updates throughout the year from your beehive and beekeeper. All the profits from the scheme are ploughed into research and education programmes to help save the honey bee, so it is a very positive scheme to be involved with. For more information, visit www.adoptabeehive.co.uk.
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Supported children, families and friends who visit Shooting Star Chase’s Guildford-based hospice, Christopher’s, will now be able to enjoy a special place to sit called ‘The Archers’, thanks to a donation of £300 from Guildford Borough Council. The new wooden seats, which are located in the garden at Christopher’s, form an arch where flowers will grow in future years, providing a peaceful spot for quiet reflection. The idea for The Archers came from local resident Betty Durbridge. Betty chose The Archers and their place in the garden so that everyone who visits Christopher’s will have the opportunity to sit and look out onto their beautiful grounds. Get into the festive spirit with The Lightbox’s Annual Arts and Craft Fair, the perfect way to begin your Christmas shopping. Due to its popularity, this year’s fair will, for the first time, take place over both days of the weekend. From Saturday 21st (10.30am-5pm) to Sunday 22nd November (11am-5pm), The Lightbox will be filled with stalls selling all manner of unique and original gifts and decorations direct from local artists. Enjoy mulled wine, mince pies and listen to live music as you browse. The Lightbox is situated in Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA. More information at www.thelightbox.org.uk. Blackheath Christmas Vintage and Craft Fair takes place on Saturday 21st and 22nd November at Blackheath Village Hall. It runs from 10am to 3pm and tea, coffee, bacon rolls, cakes and Beritaz 1115_Layout 1 08/10/2015 mulled wine will be available. There might13:57 still be Page time to1book a table, call Kathy on 07825 769409 or klawsonccc@gmail.com.
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There’s a combined Charities Christmas Fair on Sunday 22nd November in the Guildhall, High Street, Guildford from 11am to 4 pm. There will be a huge selection of Christmas cards, an amazing array of interesting gifts, games and refreshments and an opportunity to talk to the participating charities. This annual event, now in its 16th year, is an ideal opportunity to support local charities, have a cup of tea or coffee, purchase your Christmas cards and take part in some fun and games. There is a Free Prize Draw for a Cut and Blow Dry or Gel Manicure Polish from Charley Brown’s for all who attend. The Mayor will be presenting prizes to the winners of the ‘Surrey in the Snow’ Christmas card competition run by the National Eczema Society. This is also a rare chance to see inside this historic building, which can be described as the true heart of Guildford. Ewhurst Horticultural Society will be holding its AGM on Tuesday 24th November at 7.30pm in The Glebe Centre. The AGM will be followed by a talk with slides by Jean Griffin entitled ‘Tales from the Potting Shed’- Intriguing! There will be refreshments and raffle and visitors will be most welcome. You might be interested in an event on the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine. The speaker is David Sheen, an Israeli-Canadian journalist and filmmaker, who has given presentations at numerous North American universities as well as European parliaments, including our own. He will be speaking on the subject ‘Israel and Palestine: The Bullet, the Ballot and the Boycott’ on Tuesday 24th November at 7.30pm
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It’s that time of year when mornings can be gloomy and even make you feel miserable. One excellent remedy is a brisk walk with friends! Guildford Walking for Health organise many super walks around the area which will not only cheer you up but will help keep you fit. For a complete list of Guildford health walks, see: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk/walkfinder/southeast/guildford-walking-for-health or www.facebook.com/ GuildfordWalkGroups. ‘Jennie Churchill: Winston’s American Mother - Style Icon or Ambitious Seductress?’ is the title of the November lecture of The West Surrey Decorative and Fine Arts Society on Tuesday 24th November. In this lecture Anne Sebba, historian and biographer, re-evaluates Jennie’s legacy. When her marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill ended in disaster, she threw all her energies into bringing up her son Winston. In one of her projects she became an interior designer before the term was invented. The Society meets in Shalford Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday in the month at 9.45am for coffee. Lectures start at 10.30am. New members and visitors are very welcome. Details of their programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2015 can be found on their website or, for more information, ring 01483 811671. Guildford Opera are performing Capulets and Montagues, Bellini’s version of Romeo and Juliet at the Electric Theatre,
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JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Guildford from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th November (no performance Thursday 26th). Also featuring the Guildford Opera Chorus and Orchestra led by their new musical director Lewis Gaston. Stage Director Stephen Oliver, will give a preshow talk before the Wednesday performance at 6.30pm. The Electric Theatre Box Office is open Monday- Saturday 10.30am-5pm (and until the start of the performance on show nights).Tel 01483 444789 or go to www.electrictheatre.co.uk . Tickets: £18 Tuesday, £20 Wednesday, £22 Friday and Saturday. (A theatre booking fee of 50p will be added to the price of each ticket). On 24th and 25th November, there is a 10% discount for groups of 10 or more and for U18s and students, a 50% discount. RHS Wisley is holding a Christmas Craft Fair from Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th. It’s a chance to find that unique Christmas gift as you browse and buy from some of the finest craftspeople in the country. It is open from 10am-5pm. Please note the Craft Fair is held outside the garden. Free entry for RHS Members; RHS Member’s family guest entry £6. Accompanied under 16s free. Watts Gallery hold a Walking Tour: ‘The Architecture of the Artists’ Village’ on the last Wednesday of the month. The next one is on 25th November starts at 2pm and lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes. Cost is £6. Meet in the visitor centre. Learn more about the Artists’ Village Arts & Crafts architecture by visiting the Pottery Building, a space created for Mary Watts’ Compton Pottery, the historic Gallery, the intricate and detailed Chapel and the artists’ house on the hill, Limnerslease
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Soundingoff THE MYSTERY OF SOCKS Andrew Crisell, our grumpy old git (GOG), recently made a list of potential gripes and was horrified to discover that virtually everything irritated him, the classic symptom of a dreadful old fogey. Here is his latest salvo... A few months ago GOG was complaining that even However, my complaint this month is though we’re supposed to be living in an age of highly how bafflingly perverse not just gadgetry, sophisticated technology the simplest gadgets and but life is. Here, one naturally thinks of devices, most of which have been around for centuries, socks. Why do they never come back still don’t seem to work properly. from the laundry in This week I want to moan about pairs? Why, even I have enough self-respect never to something slightly different, but more mysteriously, before I do I can’t resist deriding one half of have bought sky blue socks in my life does one more malfunctioning piece the pair never come of kit. back at all? Now let me tell you about an Have you noticed how many hotels, offering wieven deeper mystery. fi, swipe-card access to your room and a digitally operated safe when you get there, cannot find an One day, in my pile of clean laundry, effective way of plugging the wash-basin in your a pair of SKY BLUE socks appeared en suite bathroom? I don’t exaggerate when I – socks triumphant in their say that I’ve stayed in hotels everywhere from hideousness. I have enough selfDublin to St Petersburg which are unable to respect never to have bought sky solve this problem. They attempt to do so with blue socks in my life. No other male a lever behind the taps, which when pulled, lives in my house, and my wife and lowers a metal cover over the sink-hole. This I do not share a washing machine contraption, whose ingenuity is worthy of the or clothes-line with anyone else. age we live in, suffers from only one trifling Yet here they were. We’ve all drawback: it doesn’t work. heard of weird people, whether paupers or perverts, who steal But what is really entertaining laundry from other people’s is that as the hot water gurgles clothes-lines. Now I can report that down the sink-hole, and you a phantom laundry donor is about – a struggle to complete your donor of sky blue socks. ablutions by refilling the basin umpteen times over, you can pass t h e I am an old man, and with age should time by reading a little homily that is stuck come wisdom. But the older I get, the to the bathroom wall. This exhorts you to save less I understand. The only thing that the planet and avoid wasting gallons of hot water by comforts me is that you can be pighanging on to your dirty towels for as long as possible. ignorant and still write a column for a magazine. Here is my message to all hotels which are afflicted with the intractable problem of the sink-hole. It doesn’t look Have a nice month! very cool in the hi-tech environment you’re struggling to create, but just get hold of a piece of rubber. Stick it on Do you agree with Andrew? What irritates you the end of a chain, cut it to size, and it will save you – and these days? Please write in or let us know by emailing editor@vantagepublishing.co.uk. the planet – a fortune. 36
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required, a puppy parent will need to be home most of the day, have a secure dog-friendly garden, enjoy the fun of classes and outings and have the stamina to manage an active young puppy. Canine Partners will provide food and equipment for the puppy and cover all veterinary costs for the duration of the puppy parent relationship. If you would like to play a vital role in training an assistance dog, please call their office on 01730 716017 or email puppyoffice@caninepartners.org.uk. For many, a day out to a National Trust house and garden is already a Christmas must do. Over the festive season, National Trust properties will be decked out with Christmas sparkle, Father Christmas will visit special grottos, there’ll be wreath making and Christmas crafts, and atmospheric estates will be packed full of festive traditions to bring Christmas to life through the ages. Have a look at their website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events and find out what’s going on. It really is a nice day out and gets you in the Christmas spirit. There’s a Charity Pub Quiz in aid of the Guildford and District Branch of the RSPCA on Thursday 26th November from 8pm to 10.30pm. It will be held at The Stoke Pub and Pizzeria, 103 Stoke Road Guildford GU1 4JN. Take your friends along (and your dog!) and enter a team in this Charity Quiz Night to raise funds for local animal welfare. If you haven’t got a team then join a team on the night. Make a night of it with the freshly cooked stone baked pizzas. The pub is actually dog-friendly! Contact info@rspca-guildfordanddistrict.org.uk.
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St Catherine’s Flower Arrangement Club is holding their Emerald and Christmas Celebration Buffet Lunch on Thursday 26th November at 12 noon. Then at 1.45pm Lucia Dean Taylor will demonstrate ‘Livelier Emerald Twinkle in the Grass.’ The Club Competition will be ‘A Time to Celebrate’. (Shades of Green). They meet at Shalford Village Hall when all visitors and new members are welcome.
Vespers, at St Nicolas Church, Bury St, Guildford GU2 4AW on Saturday 28th November at 7.30pm. Tickets priced £12 (or 16 and under £2) can be bought by contacting 01483 852493 or email chantrysingers@gmail.com. Chantry Singers is a well established and welcoming chamber choir based in Guildford and always keen to hear from potential new members. Visit their website www.chantrysingers-guildford.org.uk.
The West Surrey Natural History Society (WSNHS) holds monthly talks by well-known naturalists from September to April on a wide variety of natural history subjects. The next event is on Thursday 26th November, when the AGM will be held (a chance to have your say!), followed by a Natural History Quiz. The talks are held at Ripley Village Hall at 8pm on the fourth Thursday in the month. All meetings are free to members or £3 for nonmembers (unless otherwise stated). Annual membership single £7, family membership £12. Members receive a regular newsletter. All enquiries to the society secretary, Anna Stribley, on 01372 457623 or you can find further information at www.wsnhs.wordpress.com.
Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas – and a sleighful of favourite music for Christmas! A chance to discover the real story of Santa Claus! On Sunday 29th November, Cranleigh Choral Society joins with Cranleigh School choirs and the Merriman Concert Orchestra, under the baton of Marcus Pashley to sing Britten’s musical account of the life of one of our best-loved saints. It is a story both dramatic and amusing, ranging through the diverse life of this patron saint of children (and mariners) and encompassing a terrifying storm at sea and the miraculous return to life of ‘the pickled boys’. In the role of Saint Nicolas will be the internationally renowned tenor, Philip Sheffield. The concert, in the Speech Hall of Cranleigh School, will also include some seasonal favourites and there will be a chance for audience participation. Tickets are £15 (£12 concessions) and available from 01483 273666 or email: tickets@cranleigh.org.
Wonersh Memorial Hall Christmas Fair will take place at 2pm on Saturday 28th November. All the traditional stalls will be there including bottle tombola, cakes, gifts, books and more. After making your seasonal purchases you can have a flutter on the raffle and then enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of Martin’s excellent sponge in the company of friends and neighbours. The Chantry Singers Chamber Choir will be performing the well loved works, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Mozart
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The Betjeman Society Guildford is holding a talk on Monday 30th November at St Nicolas Church, Bury Street, Guildford GU2 4AW. Starts at 2pm for 2.30pm. The subject is ‘Churches and Churchgoing in Guildford’ and will be given by Dr. Mary Alexander, an acknowledged authority on Guildford who spent
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many years at Guildford Museum. She has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. There’s no formal charge and a cup of tea will be provided.
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September saw local charity Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care open a new Furniture and Home Shop in Guildford, specialising in the sale of quality second-hand furniture. The shop, situated at 231 High Street, will fill the gap left when the charity’s very successful shop in Guildford’s Tunsgate Square was closed in May, due to redevelopment of the Tunsgate shopping centre. So, if you are looking for modern, antique or vintage items to transform your house, why not pop in and take a look? The shop will be open Monday to Saturday, from 9.30am to 5.30pm. Their aim is to offer exceptional quality items including sofas, wardrobes and dining tables, as well as mirrors, pictures and accessories. Anyone who would like to donate furniture can call them on 01252 719917 or text STOCK to 70500 to arrange a free inspection and collection.
Guildford United Reform Church is holding its first Festival of Christmas Trees from Thursday 5th to Monday 16th December. This is the first time such an event has been held in Guildford and is an open/community event with trees from around 30 local groups including many of those who meet in our hospitable modern premises. The building will be open every day and there will be special events such as a choir from Guildford County School and a Carol Concert. There won’t be an admission charge but they are supporting Cherry Trees (the children’s respite home in Clandon) and Guildford Street Angels, so visitors will have the opportunity to put a donation in their collecting tins.
On Friday 4th December, students from eleven school and community dance groups in Guildford, Farnham and Cranleigh will perform Winter Move, which is an interpretation of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. The celebration of community dance is being led by The Dance Movement, which is a resident company at the Farnham Maltings. Professional dancers have been working with students since September to devise a number of dances. The show will be an opportunity for all the students to come together and perform their individual dances as part of one production. The skills of The Dance Movement’s choreographers
Spike Edney’s All Star Band is touring the UK this autumn and will be playing at G Live on Saturday 5th December. With an incredible 30 years as the musical director, keyboard player and honorary fifth member of one of the UK’s most successful bands, Queen, Spike has also toured/recorded or performed with acts including Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, The Manic Street Preachers, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Simple Minds and Def Leppard, to name a few. He usually has some surprise guests so should be exciting. It will be a great night of rock so don’t delay; book tickets from www.GLive.co.uk or call 01483 369350.
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A great local garden designer We are fortunate to have skilled and talented garden design and construction specialists with a wealth of experience, working in our local area, project managing, designing and building beautiful private gardens. NealeRichards Ltd are garden design, construction and plant specialists based in Guildford, and working in London and throughout the South East, both on residential and commercial garden and landscape commissions. Company directors David Neale and Leigh Richards have over 18 years’ experience between them, including a Gold Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society Judges at the RHS Hampton Court flower show – quite an amazing achievement. I was thrilled to meet David and find out more about his work and his company’s plans for the future. David has always had a creative talent. He studied art at Godalming College and went on to achieve an art degree at Farnham, specialising in sculpture. Having always been interested in gardens, David took over the development of his parents’ 10 acre garden. Finding he enjoyed working outside, being hands-on, David spent the following eight
years working for a professional landscape designer, where he met his now business partner, Leigh Richards. David studied garden design at Merrist Wood. His initial foray into working on show gardens was showcasing his own garden, which he both designed and built at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in 2010. The ‘Urban Serenity’ garden was awarded a gold medal by the RHS judges. David and Leigh then went on to team up with other garden designers, focusing on garden construction. NealeRichards returned to Hampton Court in 2011, working with KLC student Anoushka Feiler, building her silver-gilt medal winning garden ‘Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky’. The following year NealeRichards built Anoushka’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ garden, which swept the board with a gold medal, best-in-show, and the People’s Choice award. In 2013 NealeRichards built Mathew Childs and the main show sponsor, Ecover’s Show Garden, which also achieved a gold medal and best-in-show. Since then NealeRichards Ltd has worked with many other high-profile designers, including Fiona Lawrenson, Sarah Price, Tom Harfleet, and this year Catherine Chenery & Barbara Harfleet. Away from the public spotlight of building show gardens, David enjoys the process of designing and building client gardens, from the first meeting with clients, finding out about their needs and requirements, the first design, a blank canvas, right through to the final touches of planting and landscaping. A lot of the private gardens NealeRichards Ltd work on, are designed in an older style, with plenty of York stone and dry walling, which is one of the specialty skills that they offer. Client gardens can bring their own challenges – such as a new swimming pool built in an awkward kidney shape. David paved the pool area and surrounded it with box and lavender to soften the edges. He also brought in three parasol trees each around 2.8m high and weighing around a ton - with a wide canopy growing on a bamboo frame, using trees instead of conventional sun parasols. These intuitive and inspiring ideas really set David apart as a designer. Asked about his plans for the future, David would love to secure sponsorship to design and build a Show Garden, on Main Avenue, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - it would be a dream come true for NealeRichards Ltd to produce an inspiring and award winning garden, with the sponsorship and backing of a local company. David Neale pictured in one of his recent gardens, shown being built below.
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There is a folk music session every Monday at the Star in Church Street Godalming at 9pm and at the Squirrel at Hurtmore every Wednesday at 8.30pm, also every first and third Sunday at the Royal Oak in Sydenham Road Guildford starting at 8.30pm. All musicians, singers and audience welcome. Free just turn up. For more information phone Kevin Gorton on 01483 415962. Christmas isn’t Christmas without a good old fashioned panto so I was delighted to see that Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is putting on one of my favourites, Jack and The Beanstalk. Leading the cast is the very talented Dillie Keane who has starred in the hugely successful Fascinating Aida. Dillie plays Fairy Fairway and playing opposite her is Kit Hesketh-Harvey who plays Dastardly Dick. They are joined on stage by Surrey and Hampshire’s favourite breakfast show host, Eagle Radio’s Peter Gordon, bedecked in a brand new array of astonishing frocks and ready to present the delightfully ditsy Dame Dolly Trott. It promises to be huge fun and the great thing is, as far as I’m concerned, is that it starts before Christmas so we can all really get into the Christmas spirit! It runs from Friday 4th December to Sunday 3rd January. Tickets for Jack and the Beanstalk are on sale now. You can book yours by calling the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Box Office on 01483 440000 or by visiting the website at www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk . Join in the fun of a festive Santa Cruise on board a beautifully decorated boat and travel along the Wey & Arun Canal and through a restored lock. Children under 12 years will receive a
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gift from Santa who will board the boat at the lock whilst adults enjoy mulled wine and mince pies. The boat departs from The Wharf next to the Onslow Arms on the B2133 in Loxwood (free car parking). The trips take 45 minutes and depart at 11am, 12noon and 2pm on Sunday 6th, Sunday 13th, Sunday 20th, Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd December. Tickets cost £9 per person (under 12 months are free). Booking in advance is essential. 50 minute festive boat trips, with light refreshments on board, will run on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day at 11am, 12noon and 2pm. Tickets cost £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. Booking in advance is advisable. Call 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. More information at www.weyandarun.co.uk/tripboats The new Bishop of Guildford, The Rt Revd Andrew Watson, will be joined by the choir of Guildford Cathedral in a celebratory service to mark the 150th anniversary of St Mary’s, Shackleford on Sunday 6th December at 6pm. The Festal Evensong will take place 150 years less a day when Bishop Sumner of Winchester consecrated the new church in 1865. It was designed by the noted Gothic revival architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott, who designed a number of famous buildings including the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras station (now the Renaissance St Pancras Hotel), the Albert Memorial and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The service will be followed by a drinks reception, to which all guests are invited. There is no cost to attend the service, although a collection will be taken during the service. To reserve seats send your name and the number required to csph@gmail.com. For further information,
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Windfall apples One of the problems with apple trees is that they are prone to produce so many apples that you start wondering what to do with your wonderful harvest. I often pass homes with boxes of apples outside their gate and a sign imploring you to help yourself. We have previously featured a company that will take your windfall apples and turn them into cider, which strikes me an admirable solution, but if you would rather find a culinary use for them, our recipes this month should help. Our thanks to Secretts of Milford, to David Gillott from Four Gables Cookery School in Ashstead and to Bel & the Dragon of Godalming and Churt for their recipes. The Tarte Tatin is something I have, as a non-pudding lover, eaten in thier restaurants quite a few times now, so it really must be delicious! The soup is taken from BBC Good Food magazine (Nov 2014).SR
David Gillott’s Cameralised Apple Chutney Ingredients 700g cooking apples, handful of raisins, 2 red onions, 50ml white wine vinegar, 60g sugar, 1tsp cinnamon Serves 12 Method: 1. Peel and cut the cooking apples to a 1cm dice. 2. Dice the onion and place in a pan with the vinegar over a low heat until softened. 2. Add the apples once the onions are soft and add the sugar, raisins and cinnamon. 3. Cook over a low heat, stirring regularly until a chutney consistency is reached. 4. Place in jars and store in the fridge.
Curried Lentil, Parsnip and Apple Soup Ingredients 2 tbsp sunflower oil, 3 tbsp medium curry paste, 2 medium onions, roughly chopped, 500g parsnips (around 5 medium parsnips), peeled and cut into chunks, 140g dried red lentils, 2 Bramley apples (about 400g), peeled, cored and cut into chunks, 1½ litres vegetable or chicken stock, made with 1 stock cube. Serves 6-8 Method: 1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Fry the curry paste and onions together over a medium heat for three minutes, stirring. Add the parsnips, lentils and apple pieces. Pour over the stock and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat slightly and cook for 30 mins, stirring occasionally, until the parsnips are very soft and the lentils mushy. 2. Remove from the heat and blitz with a stick blender until smooth. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Heat through gently, then ladle into deep bowls. 44
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RECIPES Secrett’s Pork Burgers with Apple and Chilli Relish Ingredients For the burgers: 200g pork mince, inch of dry oregano, sea salt and black pepper, 1 tbps olive oil, two ciabatta rolls. For the relish: 1 apple peeled, cored and chopped, pinch smoked paprika, pinch chilli flakes, pinch ground cinnamon, 2 tbsp golden caster sugar, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar. Serves 2 Method: 1. For the relish place all the ingredients in a pan and cook over a low heat gently for approximately 10 minutes. Once the apples have softened and the relish has thickened set aside to cool. 2. To make the burgers simply combine all of the ingredients and then shape with your hands into two patties. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the patties for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden and completely cooked through. 3. To serve cut open the rolls and insert burger patties topped with a generous dollop of the apple relish. Add fried onions, lettuce and tomato if you like.
Bel & the Dragon’s Tarte Tatin Ingredients 3 apples (B&D use Pink Lady), peeled quartered and turned, 50g of butter, 100g caster sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 star anise , 1 puff pastry disc. Serves 2 Method: 1. Spread the butter into the bottom of a heavy based 15cm sauce pan. Evenly spread the sugar over the butter. Place the cinnamon stick and star anise across the middle of the pan. Tightly pack the apple pieces in the pan, placing the cored end of the apple in the centre. 2. Put the pan onto a stove and at high heat let the sugar caramelize until it’s a light golden brown colour. Take off the heat and let cool slightly before placing a 4mm puff pastry disc on top, pushing it in round the apples at the edge of the pan and spiking the pastry a few times to let steam out. 3. Place in the oven and bake at 200 degrees C, for about 25 minutes, when the pasty will be a nice golden colour and crispy. The caramel in and around the apples will be a nice dark caramel colour. 4. Let it rest for a while then turn out onto a plate and serve with vanilla ice cream. November 2015
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Guildford Christmas Farmers’ Markets Guildford Christmas Farmers’ Markets will take place on Tuesday 1st December and Tuesday 15th December in the High Street from 9.30am to 4pm. Over 60 producers are expected, so make sure you pay them a visit.
A Raymond Blanc mystery... What was the world’s most famous chef Raymond Blanc up to on his visit to the Silent Pool Distillery in the Surrey Hills? Secrecy surrounds the project, but he is understood to be co-creating a special spirit with Silent Pool’s master distiller Cory Mason inside his wizard’s kitchen for a launch sometime in November. More anon!
Cheese and Port Tasing Surrey WIne School is offering an evening of indulgence with a cheese and port tasting. You will have heard of port and stilton as a common combination so now it’s your chance to find out why this works. You will also taste your way through six luscious cheeses chosen by Louisa of Flavour Tastings, while trying different ports. It takes place on Tuesday 24th November at the Guildford Institute from 7pm-9pm and costs £35. For more information or to look at their other courses, please visit www.surreywineschool.com.
Gin Festival is a hit It was very quietly marketed but last month saw the first Guildford Gin Festival at the Cathedral and I managed to get a ticket along with Auntie Gin and we had a great time. Around 100 gins were availabe for tasting and it was quite amazing how different they were. I hope it will be repeated and if it is, we will let you know! SR
Festival of the Pig The Restaurant at Tante Marie in Woking is staffed by graduates of Tante Marie’s acclaimed Cordon Bleu Diploma. During a one year apprenticeship in The Restaurant, they are studying for a Hospitality Management Diploma. Sourcing fabulous produce and building relationships with suppliers is a cornerstone of great hospitality and their apprentices must demonstrate mastery of this, so they thought they’d set them a little challenge: source a pig from a reputable farm, butcher it and use every part of the animal to build a series of menus, right down to using the bones for stock. Then run a week-long ‘Festival of Pig’ during which customers can book a table at The Restaurant at Tante Marie to enjoy a Piggy Feast. The team have sourced a Gloucester Old Spot pig from Richard Brooks of Brooks Pork, based in Steyning, West Sussex - in keeping with their philosophy of supporting local producers. They will be collecting the carcass on 10th November and that evening Master Butcher Ian Wood will run a two hour demonstration during which he will share his wealth of knowledge on breeds, welfare, farming and traditions, whilst also breaking the entire carcas down into its component parts and giving a short curing demonstration! Tickets for this event cost just £10 and as a bonus, you will get £10 off the a la carte menu in The Restaurant at Tante Marie that evening. Spaces on Ian’s demonstration are limited. There follows a fabulous festival of pig, during which every cut of pork will be transformed into a mouthwatering menu, ranging from Scotch eggs and bar snacks to whole roast joints and banquet sized spreads for larger groups! Their first ever ‘Festival of Pig’ runs from 16th November until the pig is completely gone! Visit www.tantemarierestaurant.co.uk to book or to find out more.
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contact the parish office by email on csph@gmail.com or Guildford Cathedral on curator@guildford-cathedral.org. Get Rocking is hosting an 80’s night with a difference at the Boileroom, Guildford on December 6th with 80’s legend Owen Paul and full band. Owen (who had a number 3 hit in 1986 with My Favourite Waste of Time and later sang with Mike and the Mechanics) will take you back to the 80’s as he performs hits from U2, Simple Minds, Deacon Blue, Crowded House and more. Crazy 80’s fashion optional - 80’s cocktails at the bar! For tickets visit www.getrocking.co.uk. Due to the tragic fire at Clandon Park, the West Surrey National Trust Centre will be holding their Christmas Music at St Nicolas Church, Bury Street, Guildford this year on Monday 7th December at 8pm with all proceeds going to Clandon Park. As before, The Epsom Chamber Choir will be singing and giving a wonderful start to the Christmas season. Tickets are £12 each and will include a glass of mulled wine or fruit juice and a mince pie. Tickets are available from the Guildford Tourist Information Centre, 155 High Street, Guildford GU1 3AJ www.visitguildford.com or Mrs. G. Duckworth on 01252 836857, or email giselawsntc@outlook.com. Come and enjoy a ‘Christmas journey around the world’. Shalford Choral Society’s annual Christmas concert will be joined this year by Tillingbourne Junior School. It’s on Tuesday 8th December at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Shalford at 7.30pm
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(doors open 7pm). Adults £10, children under 12 – free. Tickets can be purchased in advance from choir members or by calling 01483 301229. www.shalfordchoralsociety.org.uk. Guildford Choral with Guildford High School Junior Choir and Southern Pro Musica Brass present an afternoon of Family Carols and Christmas Music. It takes place on Sunday 13th December at 3pm at G Live in Guildford. A seasonal celebration, which will feature a festive cocktail of familiar and much-loved traditional carols with other choral and instrumental music to enjoy as Christmas approaches. There will also be lots of participation for the audience. Tickets: phone the Ticket Master, Mrs Robin Pass on 01483 272191 or email boxoffice@guildfordchoral.org. Also from Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444333. The Nativity at Wintershall is fast approaching; it runs from 16th to 20th December. Tickets are now on sale through the website www.wintershall-estate.com or by calling 01793 418299. All children between the ages of 5 and 16 are invited to enter their Children’s Nativity competition. Just send in a drawing of a Nativity scene or a Nativity prayer and the winning prayer and drawing will be printed in the Nativity Programme. The winners will also receive a free Family Ticket to the Nativity play and will be able to invite a member of the cast to visit their school (if they wish).The closing date for this competition is 13th November. If you would like to enter, please email admin@wintershall-estate. com for an application form.
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Autumn colour with the National Trust Autumn colour starts from mid-October – red, gold and orange colours will start to cover the breathtaking landscapes at this time of year, and can go on late into November. Autumn colour is produced as deciduous trees and shrubs move from active summer growth to winter hibernation. The green pigment is where a plant produces its energy. As autumn approaches, this green pigment is recycled into the plant, and as it breaks down it reveals other coloured pigments such as orange, yellow, red and purple, which form the vivid autumn colours. Whether you want to admire the myriad varieties of trees and plants you’ll find in picturesque local gardens and countryside, set out on an exhilarating walk followed by a seasonal treat in a café or a pub, or simply celebrate autumn with a stroll as you hunt for conkers and chestnuts, there are plenty of reasons to explore National Trust landscapes this autumn. To help you decide where to visit, we’ve come up with our top autumn colour hotspots in Surrey and West Sussex: Winkworth Arboretum, near Godalming The National Trust‘s only arboretum, near Godalming, is one of the best places in the country to see the fiery hues of autumn. Witness a magical transformation as the lush greens blaze into glorious autumn colour. Viewpoints dotted around higher points of the Arboretum offer some of the best places to experience the full beauty of the orange, gold and red and yellow leaves. The Japanese maple leaves provide a red carpet walkway and the plant life turns golden. Walk downhill to the boathouse and see the colours reflected in the lake from a picturesque wooden veranda. Open daily from 10am to 5pm.
Surrey Hills At Box Hill and Leith Hill you can see whole hillsides turning golden as the oak, beech and chestnut trees go from flame red to yellow. The Rhododendron Wood at Leith Hill is lovely in autumn. The azaleas and acers turn beautiful copper, bronze and reds. The heart shaped leaves of Cercidifolius in burnt purple and crimson are a delight and the dawn redwood in the car park turns a lovely foxy russet.
Polesden Lacey, near Dorking The views from the South Lawn at Polesden Lacey, across to Ranmore Common on the opposite hillside, are stunning in autumn, with flashes of autumn colour. The garden team this year have also planted hundreds of pumpkins in the apple orchard for the first time. Whilst the changing colour of the trees on the drive make for a special welcome. There is an exhibition of amateur photographs this autumn, taken by visitors to Polesden Lacey. Ten finalists have had their images printed as large scale photographic installations in the grounds and one winner will be crowned Polesden Lacey’s ‘Photographer of the Year’. Garden open daily from 10am to 4pm. House open daily from 11am to 3.30pm until 29th November.
Hindhead Commons and the Devil’s Punch Bowl have sweeping purple heather and golden grasses at the start of autumn and dramatic conifers remaining at the end. Countryside open daily from dawn to dusk. Free entry. Leith Hill Tower open 10am to 3pm, 9am to 5pm weekends.
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Walking across the parkland to Leith Hill Place, you will pass the spectacular liquidambar tree shot through with fiery reds, purple and oranges. Flocks of fieldfares and redwings will be arriving from Scandinavia for the winter to feast on the bountiful fruits of our hedgerows and woods. Explore the bird hide on the edge of the Rhododendron Wood meadow for blackbirds, bramblings and thrushes feeding on apples.
Hatchlands Park, near Guildford This is a special place to come in autumn for peaceful walks around the estate and garden. There is a huge range of tree species because of the three soil types at Hatchlands Park. On the chalk there are beech woodlands with leaves that turn vibrant yellows and oranges. Out in the parkland around the house where the soil is sandy there is an interesting collection of ornamental trees and on the long walk there are a number of Wild service trees, which really stand out when they change colour as they go a lovely red/orange colour. Wild service trees are relatively rare in Britain and are an indicator of ancient woodland. Park walks daily from 10.30am to 4pm.
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Images from top: Polesden lacey (Eddie Hyde, NT); The boat house at Winkworth (NT Images); Rutting deer in Petworth Park (NT Images); Slindon Estate (NT Images). Neither the publisher nor the author can accept any responsibility for any changes, errors or omissions in this route. Diversion orders can be made and permissions withdrawn at any time.
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Following another sell-out season last year, Clive Francis returns to the Mill Studio at The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, with A Christmas Carol. His highly acclaimed and hugely popular RSC performance as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge brings to life a whole host of Dickensian characters. This is the perfect way to enter into the Christmas Spirit! It runs from Monday 21st to Saturday 26th December with performances at 6pm and 8pm. Tickets at £13 can be booked at 01483 440000 or by going to www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk. Actually, do browse the website as there are lots of other excellent offerings both seasonal and otherwise. Looking for the perfect treat for your loved ones this Christmas? Then look no further than G Live where the Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet will be performing two great Christmas classics, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, both with exquisite music by Tchaikovsky, from Boxing Day. Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet has won plaudits across Russia, Scandinavia and the United States, and now audiences in Guildford have the opportunity to experience the superb artistry of this acclaimed company on its first UK tour. Performances on Boxing Day, Saturday 26th December at 7.30pm. Sunday 27th December at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Monday 28th December at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets: £29.50, £34.50, £39. Children and Groups 8+: Save 10%. Concessions and Friends of G Live: Save £3. I think the usual booking fee of £2 applies to most purchases. Book at www. GLive.co.uk or call 01483 369350 (10am-6pm, MondaySaturday) Home-Start Guildford is a family support charity covering the whole of the Guildford Borough plus Bookham and Fetcham in Mole Valley. They provide home-visiting volunteers with parenting experience to support families who are struggling to cope, with at least one child under five. Examples of difficulties might be: post-natal depression, illness/disability (of parent or child), multiple births, family breakdown, and financial worries. They believe that parents are key in creating a secure and happy environment for their children. They may need emotional or practical support to give their children the best possible start in life. That’s where Home-Start comes in – and you could too! Can you spare a few hours each week to help a family with young children? Are you interested in learning new skills on their friendly, free, volunteer training course? Their next Volunteer Preparation Course starts in February 2016 and they are recruiting now! If you are interested please call Harriet on 01483 511181, or email office@hsguildford.org.uk for more info.
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