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Haslemere, Midhurst & Petworth • September 2016

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You will be aware that we are big fans of Surrey Hills Enterprises and are, as a local company based in the Surrey Hills, members of the organisation. Next month is their big annual event, the Surrey Hills Wood Fair which takes place on the 1st and 2nd October in the grounds of Birtley House near Bramley, Surrey. If you have never been,

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it is well worth a visit, as there is plenty for everyone to do. It is of course mainly about wood but also about local artists, companies, manufacturers and producers. It is also very good value. Early bird tickets are just £7.50 per adult (£10 on the door) and children go free. See you there!

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CONTENTS The local magazine produced by local people for the local community

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8 Craftsman in Iron Phil Kemp talks to one of our local blacksmiths 13 All the Fun of the Wood Fair A great day out in the Surrey Hills 20 Education Focus

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24 Autumn Countryside Show 8th and 9th October 28 Sounding Off

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30 Charity Profile Oakleaf 32 Gardening

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35 Health Repetitive Injuries and Joint Pain 36 Recipes

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Thank you for sending in all your jottings, it seems that we are back to full flow after the summer break.

Whether you’re into gardening, walking, singing, cinema, car boot sales, music, quizzes, exercise or even belly dancing among other things, you are sure to find something in the following Jottings to take your fancy. September is usually a pretty good month weather-wise, so whatever you get up to, enjoy yourselves.

Dirty Dancing at Haslemere Museum Friday 2nd September Here is a great idea for an evening out with a difference.

Sunset Cinema is screening the Iconic film, Dirty Dancing, on a giant screen in the lovely garden at Haslemere Museum.

Take a blanket and maybe a picnic, although there will be plenty of food and drink stalls and even a cocktail bar! The garden opens at 7pm and the film starts at 8pm. Book your tickets at www.sunsetcinema.events. Sunset Cinema will also be showing Jurassic World on 9th September and Grease on 10th September, both in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral, see the website for details.

Haslemere Recorded Music Society Friday 2nd September Lovers of Classical Music are invited to attend Haslemere Recorded Music Society’s meetings at Shottermill Hall in the grounds of Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere for classical music presentations by members of the society and guest presenters. They meet on alternate Friday evenings at 7.30pm, beginning on 2nd September, through to May, 2017.

Their president, Ann Murray, DBE, will again be giving an insight into her life as an internationally renowned mezzosoprano during the season and other presentations range over a wide variety of recorded music. You are welcome to

join them. Subscription for the season is £25, but your trial evening is free. For more information, contact the Chairman on 01428 605002 or by email rogernsaunders@lineone. net.

Chiddingfold Cinema Fridays 2nd and 16th September 8pm Two excellent films this month. The first is, Eye in the Sky, starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman in his last film before his untimely death. It’s an engrossing and thoughtprovoking thriller about a proposed remote-control drone strike against Islamist terrorists in a residential area. The second film is, Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. It’s a good-natured account of the notorious New York heiress, regarded as one of the worst singers in the world! Tickets for each standard screening cost £5 (£3 for children under 15) on the door, or in advance via www.chiddingfoldcinema.com, or from Chiddingfold Post Office. Season Tickets are also available from both locations. For all the latest information and screening dates sign up to their mailing list, either online at or in person at the box office of each screening. For further details, especially anyone interested in volunteering to join them, contact Matthew Lacey on 01428 683120, or email boxoffice@chiddingfoldcinema.com.

Singfest 2016 Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th September Here’s something for anyone who likes a good sing song.

Harmony workshops, from five renowned tutors, to include ukulele, ceilidh, samba and reggae. There will also be family craft, face painting, open mic, BBQ, local beer and cider, and the best camp fire sing- alongs you’ve ever heard! It takes place at Mellow Farm, Dockenfield GU10 4HH and camping

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Craftsman in Iron Phil Kemp talks to one of our local blacksmiths at his forge in Forest Green The ancient art of transforming hard metal into practical, tactile and beautiful objects has its origins through the far distant mists of time. And indeed this almost mysterious art has remained largely unchanged over many hundreds of years – almost as though in blatant rebellion against the tireless march of technological advancement that has enveloped the modern world.

Tucked away in the picturesque Surrey Hills countryside is a forge that has for over thirty years crafted iron into all manner of amazing things, and all by hand proving that the blacksmith’s hammer will never rest regardless.

James Davies describes himself as an artist in iron, and there is no doubt that it is a perfect description. Working from his Forest Green Forge, adjacent to the village green and with The Parrot Inn close by, James wields his hammer with measured skill and boundless energy. All around him scattered across workbenches are the tools of his trade – with of course the forge at its heart, its flames

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roaring to the tune of the bellows pumping air to ensure the metal to be beaten glows almost white hot.

James’ story of how he came to be a blacksmith is fascinating, as much by its novelty as it is for his love of iron.

“Although I initially started working with iron when I left school, I actually spent my early years in the aircraft industry making precision panels for instruments in Harrier jump jets,” said James, with a smile on his face as he saw my surprised reaction.

“Seems strange I know, but my experience there of having to work with materials accurate to thousandths of an inch taught me how to craft with amazing accuracy.”

His lucky break was being recruited by one of the country’s most celebrated blacksmiths who helped forge James’ future.

“I joined the Richard Quinnell Forge in Leatherhead at a time when blacksmithing for art was really taking off. I was working alongside top-class artists doing ironwork, and was part of the industry at its peak when Richard launched the British Artist Blacksmith Association. The Association quickly raised the profile of ironwork art to the public.”

Forest Green Forge has a gallery where visitors can see examples of the enormous range of metal items they have created over the years. “I used to do a lot of interior design

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25 tonnes of pressure to do the initial work, and then do the final shaping using a handheld hammer. The real skill is getting the metal to exactly the right temperature. Too hot and it will fizzle, spark and burn so that the piece is ruined. Too cold and it won’t be workable.”

The story of the forge buildings is as fascinating as that of what is hidden within its walls. “In 1996 there were only sheds here, all falling apart. I heard about an old 16th century brick-built barn that was threatened with demolition. I had it dismantled and shipped here literally in kit form to be erected as the forge buildings you see now. In 1996 it won the South of England Best Development Award.”

A range of forge produced items, representative of his work

work like tables and chairs made from iron, the tables with glass tops,” said James as he showed me around the gallery, where he also has a bench covered in black albums each containing photos of work past and present. “However, the market has changed with people wanting minimalist things, empty rooms not being really artistic. I have got my own niche market now making special commissions, things that you just can’t buy off the shelf. Customers can pop-in and ask me to sketch the ideas they have so we can visualise what they want, or they bring their own sketches. And that’s where the albums also come into their own, stimulating ideas.”

Surreally dominating the centre of the forge gallery is a large free-standing sculpture of an alien flying saucer, seemingly completely out of place until you take time to feel the smoothness of the intricate panel beating, admire the sculpting, and wonder at the subtle variations in colour of the copper patination.

This work of art is perhaps the perfect advertisement for James Davies, Craftsman in Iron.

The longer I was in the forge the more I appreciated just how skilled blacksmiths are with their ability not just at heating and shaping metal, but also in understanding how different metals will react in terms of colour and finish. “The craft of metal is so involved and is something you learn over many years. In my office I have got endless files with notes I have made of technology and technique. Metal is always trying to fight.

Imagine shaping a piece of plasticine, how easy it is to shape.

Take a piece of metal and it will always try to do the opposite of what you want. You have to learn how to beat it into shape; it’s like a battle really.”

James pointed out different objects in the gallery, and you could sense the pride he holds for his work. There are particular items he enjoys making. “I have made so many dragons over the years. They work so well in iron. But I also love making flowers out of metal,” he said pointing out some remarkably life-like metal blooms. “Those lilies look so delicate. And of course they are.”

I asked for a layman’s explanation on the process of taking a rod of iron through all of the stages needed before it ends up as a fragile-looking flower petal. “I can take a six metre long half-an-inch thick strip of metal and forge that into a three millimetre thin strip and shape it into a flower petal,” James explained. “I can get the forge fire up to temperatures around 800 degrees, obviously very hot and hot enough to make iron soft so it behaves a bit like cheese. I have a power hammer with

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Phil Kemp is a freelance writer and photographer based in Godalming, Surrey. www.weyriver.co.uk FIND OUT MORE James Davies is at Forest Green Forge, Ewhurst Road, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5SF Tel: 01306 621 222 www.forgeanddragon.com

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Bubble Rush Fun Run Saturday 3rd September 11am St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Chichester is inviting you to become a ‘Bubbler’ and help raise money in the frothiest fun of the summer! The Bubble Rush Fun Run will be held at Chichester High School. Participants will face four different coloured ‘bubble stations’ along the course (approx. 4km) where they will be sprayed with frothy foam, and run, walk, skip, dance their way through a wall of coloured bubbles!

Entry costs £20 for adults and £7.50 for children and it is hoped that each participant will raise as much as they can through additional sponsorship. Contact Gemma Tupper in the Fundraising Office on 01243 755827. www.stwh.co.uk.

Aut-Haslemere Monday 5th September 6.30pm-8.30pm This is a peer-support group run by and for autistic adults aged 18+, meeting on the first Monday of the month, to discuss various topics relevant to autistic people. It is an opportunity to share tips and strategies, make new friends, and become involved in running the group if you wish. At their September meeting the discussion topic will be alcohol, drugs and medication, when is it healthy and when is it not, challenges and strategies. If you are interested in joining Aut-Haslemere, please contact Laura

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Fernhurst Choral Society Monday 5th September 7.30pm This is the date for their first rehearsal of the season in Fernhurst Village Hall. They are a thriving non audition mixed-voice choral choir who perform three concerts per season. Following a highly successful season singing in Petworth and Petersfield, they invite new members for their 2016/2017 season. The Musical Director is Tim Ravalde, who is the Assistant Organist of Chichester Cathedral.

Their forthcoming season is taking shape with a repertoire including Rutter: The Sprig of Thyme - a cycle of folk song settings and Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes at St Mary’s Church, Petworth on Saturday 19th November. They will perform in Chichester Cathedral on Saturday 20th May 2017 with Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Further details can be found at www.fernhurstchoralsociety.org.uk . They are also on Facebook and Twitter @FernhurstChoral.

Haslemere U3A Enrolment Day Monday 5th 5 September 1.30-3.30pm Taking place at Haslemere Hall. The annual fee of only £10 opens the door to a huge range of enlightening and enjoyable groups: see www.haslemere-u3a.org.uk.

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RHS Wisley Flower Show Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th September This is the last major event in the UK flower show year and returns with 75 nurseries and garden tradestands offering their wares, including 17 for the first time. If you fancy ditching the car, you could choose to travel by train to Horsley station. They are running a free shuttle service to and from the station every 20 minutes during opening hours and what’s more, if you do travel by train you get a 25% reduction on your entrance fee! Full details at www.rhs.org. uk/wisley.

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The Unattached Group (T-U-G) The group is enjoying late summer activities including walks, canal trips, visits to theatres and musical events, meals at interesting venues and are currently planning similar events for the autumn, including a seasonal meal at Hever Castle and a short break holiday. T-U-G is a Guildford based group of 70-80 single people between 49-69 years who enjoy times together including a weekly evening pub meeting and one lunchtime pub meeting a month, regular meals, theatre trips, walks, quizzes, together with a bridge club and book club. New members would be most welcome and information can be obtained at www.theunattachedgroup. co.uk or Maggie on 07855 008897.

From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary Tuesday 6th September to Saturday 1st October Haslemere Museum is hosting a fantastic exhibition featuring a mixed mosaic of contemporary craftwork from the Museum’s exciting community project taking inspiration from the diverse European Peasant Arts Collection. For further information, visit www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk.

The Liphook & District Ramblers They walk every weekend and once during the week.

Weekend walks are usually longer than Tuesday walks which average at 5 miles. They walk locally or a little further afield. For instance, on Sunday 10th, 11 miles take you from Liphook to Milland & Wardley Moor whilst on Sunday 18th, 10 miles take you round Chichester Harbour Villages. For information on start times, meeting places and car sharing, visit www.liphookramblers.wordpress.com.

Midhurst DFAS Tuesday 6th September 10.45am NADFAS opens its new programme for 2016-17 with their first lecture entitled ‘Coffee with the Wittgensteins’. Given

by Sarah Lenton, it promises to be an extraordinary insight into this family and its artistic links. Lectures are held at the Methodist Church Hall, North Street, Midhurst. They are pleased to be able to welcome new members to the Society so if you are interested in joining, visit their website www.midhurstdfas.org.uk to see their new programme of lectures, visits and study days and also to contact them.

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All the fun of the

Wood Fair

The Surrey Hills Wood Fair is now in its 7th year and has become a popular annual fixture. Taking place within the Birtley Estate in Bramley on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October from 10am-5pm. Each year the fair gets bigger and better yet retains the traditional charm of a rural day out in the Surrey Hills for all the family. sustainability and preservation. It is very exciting to be part of such a dynamic and environmentally progressive industry. I especially look forward to when my husband turns up so I can go and have a wander round the beautiful grounds and see what wonderful woody things people are up to.”

The Wood Fair has increased in popularity and size each year and attracts a wide range of exhibitors all keen to showcase their unique products many inspired by the versatility and importance of this vital natural resource – wood.

Carrie White, Events Manager for Surrey Hills Enterprises, a Community Interest Company (CIC) who organise the Wood Fair comments: “The Surrey Hills Wood Fair offers something for everyone and we encourage families to come and enjoy a different day out in the Surrey Hills. Discover rural crafts, see working vintage machinery, sample delicious Surrey produce, enjoy horse and cart rides and even climb a tree – there really is something for everyone!”

One exhibitor, Susanna Carter is a woodworker specialising in reclaimed and found materials and has supported the Surrey Hills Wood Fair since the beginning, she comments; “The SHWF is one of my favourite fairs, there are so many really interesting people there. Having been an exhibitor since the beginning is very special.

The fair is not just about local crafts and people selling, it encompasses wood fuel,

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Here’s our top 10 reasons to come along; 1. Traditional Wood Skills and Techniques You’ll discover some truly talented and interesting people who work with wood. We have a team of coppice workers who will be showcasing their skills from basket weaving and willow demonstrations to sculpting and charcoal making. You’ll have the opportunity to have a go yourself as well as buy a whole host of wood products.

Susanna Carter and Jon Sinclair, big supporters of the Wood Fair

John Sinclair, coppice worker from the Surrey and Sussex Coppice group comments; “The coppice world is full of diversity; there is always something useful and productive to do whatever the season, whatever the weather and it all contributes to the long-term future of our native flora and fauna for generations to come. It’s hard graft but in a worthwhile cause. The Wood Fair offers something for

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everyone young and old there is a really interesting mix of exhibitors and visitors so it isn’t just another work day, it’s fun as well.”

2. Chainsaw Carving Demonstrations The ever popular Tree Pirates return to the Surrey Hills Wood Fair with their amazing skills and engaging personalities. Watch this dynamic team of chainsaw artists captivate their audience and create wooden sculptures of any size – not to be missed!

3. The Man in the Moon Theatre Tent The Man In The Moon Theatre Tent returns. You’ll be entertained by various artists who will be performing a series of themed shows and workshops throughout both days. As well as watching, children will have the opportunity to get up on stage and take part in the performances.

4. Live Music Entertainment is big on the agenda and we have a host of local bands performing throughout the two day event, co-ordinated by the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford.

We’ve got acoustic busking areas throughout the site as well as a main stage where you can see top quality performances from local musicians. Also returning will be the Surrey Hills Ukulele Big Band who will again perform on the main stage and whilst moving around the fair on a Horse and Wagon!

5. Steam Powered Saw Mill The Wood Fair wouldn’t be the same without the awe inspiring large scale machinery used within the wood industry. This year we have something really special for steam enthusiasts – a 1926 steam powered saw mill! Come and watch it in action slicing up large logs. To bring us up to date, Jas P Wilson will be showcasing today’s modern machinery and demonstrating how it is used to manage our woodlands. The Rural Life Centre will be on hand with historical facts and their fine collection of tools used throughout the ages by foresters.

6. Animal Attractions The ever popular Horse and Wagon rides make a welcome return and will take you on a gentle circuit of the site. You’ll also be able to see horses at work and the traditional art of horse logging. The heavy horses will amaze you with their strength

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Surrey Hills Trust Fund Profits made from the Wood Fair will help to support the Surrey Hills Trust Fund which has been established in partnership with the Community Foundation for Surrey to help conserve and enhance the Surrey Hills landscape.

The fund provides grants to support projects, programmes and activities that benefit the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and ensure our countryside is enjoyed by generations to come. One project the Surrey Hills Trust Fund has recently supported is the Leatherhead Youth Project (LYP) who help local young people to make safe, happy, resilient, and positive changes in their lives and in their community.

The LYP took a group of young people out into the Surrey Hills to do Forest School Survival Skills training, which involved building shelters, camp fires and learning how to forage for food, as well as outdoor team building. They also did a mountain bike course on Leith Hill, learning how to navigate the trails, understand the environment and work together.

The aim was to offer a unique outdoor learning experience to young people who may not always get the opportunity, helping them engage with the Surrey Hills countryside and boosting confidence and learning.

Joe Crome, General Manager, LYP comments: “We were delighted to receive this grant from the Surrey Hills Trust Fund and work with the group of students. The programme we provided has not only been great fun but provided the students with new skills vital for learning and helped to boost confidence.”

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Ancient woodland has particular significance in terms of historic and nature conservation importance and the Surrey Hills boasts over 4500 hectares of ancient woodland covering 12% of the AONB. The Woodland Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust, Merrist Wood, Plumpton College and the Surrey Hills Society will all be on hand to give advice on woodland management, conservation and wildlife as well as providing great ideas for how you can get out and enjoy woodland. Kids can take part in activities by Willows Forest School as well as ‘Down in the Woods’ bush craft who will be doing open fire cookery demonstrations.

8. Children’s Activities There’s a big focus on families this year with lots on offer for children ranging from tree climbing and a zip wire to storytelling, face painting, craft making, archery and much much more... In the centre of the Birtley Estate is a lake, why not take a gentle ride around the Birtley lake in a wooden canoe or take part in some pond dipping!

9. Local Produce Discover a whole host of interesting stalls to browse and buy from including some great local produce. Take the opportunity to stock up on cakes, pies, local meat, chutneys, jams, honey, local sweets, fudge and much more. If you’re interested in sampling or buying a local tipple we’ve got the The Crafty Brewing Company and something really different this year is the Tiger Lily Bus Company who will be bringing their Sparkling Wine Bus! As ever we’ve got great refreshment stands situated around the site to keep you going all day including the Fillet and Bean a state of the art mobile kitchen modelled on the iconic American Airtsream, the Cookie Bar Bus, Cara Gorda Cantina, a vibrant street food truck and much more…

10. Surrey Hills Enterprises & Cows!

Surrey Hills Enterprises, a Community Interest Company are responsible for bringing you the Surrey Hills Wood Fair and a new element to the show this year is a marquee where our member businesses can showcase their talents and expertise.

Cows will also be making an appearance at this year’s Wood Fair – the decorated variety rather than live ones! CowParade the world’s largest public art event, saw over 60 decorated cows displayed throughout Surrey this summer. There will be a near final opportunity to see lots of the cows before they head off to auction and pastures new! Find out more about www. cowparadesurreyhills.com for further information.

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<12 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD West Sussex Decorative and Fine Arts Society Tuesday 6th September The talk will be ‘Chinese Imperial Costumes and Textiles - The Art of Power Dressing’, given by David Rosier. On Tuesday 4th October, Fenella Billington will give a lecture on ‘The Great Twelve Livery Companies of London’. This will be followed by a visit to Goldsmiths’ Hall on 18th October.

Meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall at 2pm and coffee is available from 1.20pm. For membership details contact Jackie Buckler on 01903411086.Visitors are welcome for a fee of £8.

Fernhurst Films Saturday 10th September 7.30pm They have, by popular request, chosen ‘Lady in the Van’ for the first film of the new season to be screened in the Village hall. Maggie Smith brilliantly re-creates her stage role in Alan Bennett’s autobiographical play about Miss Shepherd, a dotty and stubborn homeless woman who says the Virgin Mary advised her to park her overstuffed van in the playwright’s unused driveway in 1974. Doors open at 7pm with the film starting at 7.30pm. If you haven’t seen it, I can thoroughly recommend it. Tickets are on sale at the Fernhurst Post Office. or a synopsis of the season’s films, click onto www.fernhurst.net/films/index. htm.

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Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Saturday 10th September The Society will hold their Autumn Show in the Village Hall in Coxcombe Lane. Exhibitors register on Friday from 7.30 to 8.30pm and set up the displays from 8 to 10.15am on Saturday morning. Opening to the public will be at 2pm.

You are invited to go and admire the different classes including vegetables, flowers, flower arranging, cookery and photography. There will also be an exhibition of Art and Craft next door in the Charles Watts room. The first talk of the season will be at 8pm on Wednesday 21st September on ‘Beth Chatto Gardens’ and will be given by Steve Austen who will guide you through these well-known gardens giving a taster to a visit there. You are welcome to go along and join them.

RHS Wisley - My Best Garden Dahlia Competition Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September Do you have green fingers and a competitive streak? Why not enter the My Best Garden Dahlia competition. On either day, just bring a single stem (with single or multiple flowers) of any type of dahlia that you have grown. Blooms to be registered in the NDS tent by 11am on either day. Judging will take place at noon, with prize giving at 3pm. Normal Garden admission applies. Actually, if Dahlias are your thing, there is a Dahlia Study on Friday 23rd September, from 10am-4pm. Talks, demonstrations and displays linked to the RHS Plant Trial of Dahlia. Features flower and photographic displays, plant sales, educational displays and the chance to ask the experts your questions. Normal garden admission applies. More information at www.rhs.org.uk/wisley.

‘Hidden’ Heritage at Haslemere Museum Saturday 10th September 10.30am-12.30pm To celebrate Heritage Open Days 2016 come along to the Museum and see some of our objects that are not usually on display. There will also be a chance to explore objects from the handling collection. Free - no need to book.

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Liphook in Bloom Sunday 11th September Members will be meeting in Midhurst Road car park at 9.30am ready to give the flowerbeds and containers a general tidy. If you can spare some time to help they would love to meet you. A small trowel or fork is useful.

Haslemere U3A Monday 12th September 2pm There will be a presentation entitled ‘Lethal Lovelies’ by John Robertson at Haslemere Hall. John will explain the three ways to avoid being harmed by a poisonous plant: don’t touch, don’t eat, don’t sniff. This is followed by a look at the most notorious of the plants and a brief overview of the issues surrounding the misuse of the substances the psychoactive plants contain. Admission £2. Non-members welcome. Membership enquiries to Margaret Mowatt on

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Art Workshops at Cowdray From 12th September There are 3 interesting workshops this month. From Monday 12th - Friday 16th September, there’s a five day Traditional Egg Tempera Art Workshop run by Cowdray’s Artist in Residence, David Cranswick. Then Monday 19th - Friday 23rd September, there’s a five day Nepalese Paubha Painting Workshop by Dr Renuka Guring. Finally, from Monday 26th - Friday 30th September, there’s a five day Flemish Painting Techniques of the late 15th and 16th Centuries Art Workshop run by David Cranswick. All the workshops are to be held at the Renaissance Art Studio, The Tower Room, Cowdray Heritage, Cowdray Park, Midhurst GU29 9AL. For enquiries and bookings contact David at cranswickart@gmail.com.

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Squire’s Garden Centres Friday 16th September 10am and 2pm They hold Gardening Workshops for adults on the third Friday of the month at 10am and 2pm. The workshops give you the chance to get creative in a fun and relaxed environment, and they are suitable for everyone, from gardening novices to the more experienced gardener. Each monthly workshop has a different theme. You could fill a large barrel with colourful autumn plants, create your very own spooky Halloween cauldron, or get ready for Christmas by creating a luxury festive pot, a candle centrepiece or a frosted wreath for your front door. The workshops last around 1 hour and they are great value, as the cost of the container, compost and plants alone would come to more than this - plus you’ll get tuition, and a complimentary tea or coffee in their Café Bar afterwards! They also make great birthday and anniversary gifts. Advanced booking is required - visit the Squire’s Information Desk or call your local centre (excludes Chertsey). www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk.

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Why choose a prep school?

Sean Skehan, headmaster, Barrow Hills School, looks at some of the reasons.

As a parent, choosing a school has to be one of the most significant decisions that you will make for your child. For some parents an independent prep school will be one of the choices they are considering; for others, it may never have crossed their mind that this could be the right school for their child.

An all-round education The independent nature of a prep school could give your child access to opportunities - academic, extracurricular and pastoral- that are not always available in the state system.

A good prep school will help your children to enjoy their childhood for longer because of the security and care it offers until thirteen. It can protect them from some of the less pleasant pressures of growing up while developing qualities of character which will be the foundation of happy and successful teenage years.

An obsession with academic achievement above all else is something of which both state and prep schools can be guilty, focusing on league tables and SATS results at the expense of a great all-round education. The pressure associated with this type of environment is rarely helpful. A good school will strike a balance between academic achievement, creativity, and sport, and the development of the attitudes and qualities essential to happiness and fulfillment.

Smaller class size For many parents, class size is a key factor in considering a prep school. Typically averaging a maximum of twenty, smaller class sizes help teachers to really get to know each child’s academic abilities, allowing them more time to focus on each individual. We know that spending quality time with children reaps rewards, in fact, research from Durham University claims that children who attend private school benefit from the equivalent of two years’ extra education by the time they are sixteen. The opportunity for a teacher to invest more time in understanding how a child ticks and establishing her or his pastoral and academic needs is the great strength of a prep school.

More sport Sport encourages a healthy, fitter lifestyle, helps children to be team players and leaders, and to deal with victory and defeat.

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child has the opportunity to play in a match every week. Not all schools follow this approach, so while the children may benefit from playing a lot of sport, unless they are particularly talented, they won’t always get the chance to play as part of a school team.

Impressive facilities Many parents will identify with an idyllic school setting where their children can be children, spending their early academic years in an environment that allows them to climb trees, kick up leaves, explore the natural world and generally enjoy plenty of fresh air and run around outside to let off steam.

Some prep schools are able to provide impressive sports halls, astro-turf, swimming pools and tennis courts, as well as climbing walls, extensive games fields and even access to stunning natural woodland. They may also have science laboratories, drama and dance studios, design technology workshops, art studios and music rooms.

Specialist teaching Often prep schools have subject specialist teachers rather than generalist class teachers. At Barrow Hills our French teachers work with children from Nursery (age 2-3) to Year 8 and games teachers work with children from Kindy (age 3-4) to Year 8.

This means that the children experience a variety of learning techniques and forge strong relationships with a range of teachers. A prep school usually includes a wider range of subjects, such as languages, drama and music, with a broader range of musical instrument lessons to try.

Works for working parents In today’s world it is the norm for both parents to be working. Generally, traditional school hours simply don’t match those of the average working day. Prep schools are more likely to accommodate the child care needs of working parents, allowing a stress-free and seamless transition from home to school, without having to make complicated arrangements involving other child care providers.

At Barrow Hills for example, the day starts at 8am with a breakfast club. Any child can go home as late as 6pm; the older children can do their homework and the younger ones relax by playing a quiet game. And there is a healthy snack to keep hungry tummies happy until dinner time!

Communication At prep school parents are invited to parent consultations two or three times per year and can expect three written reports, keeping them informed about their child’s progress and achievements. We are able to spend more time talking with you regularly about how your child is progressing and about her or his academic and pastoral needs.

Exam Preparation Prep schools put preparation for examinations in the context of a broad and balanced education. They will often prepare children for exams by offering guidance on the correct exam technique rather than teaching to the test, often the approach with SATS. There are of course always exceptions to this rule so be sure to find out more about a prep school’s policy on this when you visit.

Education for girls – looking at it from a new angle…

St Ives girls are going places – into the forest with Forest School, rock climbing, into the photography lab and swimming all year round… you name it, they do it. It may sound like playtime but at St Ives our girls benefit from a truly 360 degree, practical, creative, sporting and of course academic education. It is our aim to make the most of every child, teaching her to love learning, to love challenging herself and to love being the best she can be.

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<19 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Milford Probus Friday 16th September The club holds monthly luncheons and various other activities for retired and semi-retired professional and business people over 50. It has members from Waverley and beyond, and they meet in Godalming on the third Friday of each month for lunch followed by a talk on a wide variety of subjects. At the September meeting, Sgt. A Brown will be talking on the Army Presentation Team at Sandhurst and in October the talk will be on the subject of Human Trafficking.

Prospective members are invited to attend a meeting without obligation. The Secretary will be pleased to arrange for you to meet a member in advance if you wish. For more details, see their website www.milfordprobus.com or contact Mike Thompson on 01483 428181, email thmmic@btinternet. com.

Haslemere Food Festival Saturday 17th September 10am-4pm This Festival has been going for 10 years and is a terrific family day out. Celebrating everything that is good about local food and drink there is something to tempt every taste. In addition to loads of delicious food and drink stalls, there is children’s entertainment, a family fun fair and live music throughout the day. Lots more information at www. haslemere.com/foodfestival .

Home & Vintage Artisan & Vintage Fair Saturday 17th September 10am-3pm Celebrate the end of summer in glorious Grayswood, in The Village Hall GU27 2DJ. There will be lots of lovely traders and artisans selling lots of beautiful things for you and your home including furniture, textiles, jewellery, clothing, bric a brac, soft furnishings, art, ceramics, pots, plants and beautiful flowers. There’s also a jumble section selling hidden treasure and to finish off your day enjoy a lovely cup of tea and cake in the cosy tea room overlooking the cricket green.

There’s a playground for the children to let off steam whilst you shop and the village green for your four legged friend to run around on. Dogs on leads very welcome to the Fair. £1 entry - under 14’s free Alzheimer’s Society The Society has a Day Support Centre in Haslemere which provides social stimulation and support to those living with dementia in the Waverley area. If your life is affected by dementia and you are looking for support with Day Care in the area, they are there to help. Their friendly, experienced Day Support Manager will be able to provide information about help and support available. For further information call Elaine on 01483 642055 or email elaine.clement@alzheimers.org. uk. Starting in August, you will also be able to book a half hour slot with their friendly experienced Dementia Navigator who will be available on the first Wednesday of the month from 10am to 12pm at The Marjorie Gray Hall in Grayswood Road.

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Autumn Countryside Show 8th & 9th October, Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton

Visitors to the Autumn Countryside Show on 8th and 9th October will experience the wonderful autumnal sights and sounds of a traditional harvest. This popular seasonal show features traditional working demonstrations, including heavy horses and vintage tractors ploughing, steam-powered threshing, plus a Horticultural Show, woodland and rural craft demonstrations, displays and competitions.

The Weald & Downland Museum’s 40-acre downland site is the perfect location for this annual festival, which celebrates and showcases many traditional countryside activities. Working plough horses are a favourite with visitors of all ages, with our own Shires among the teams of draught horses at work. Vintage tractors will be busy preparing the ground for sowing after the harvest and there will be a display of tractors and farm implements for visitors to enjoy.

New this year: The Dog & Duck Show!

The entertaining and educational 30-minute Dog & Duck Show demonstration includes: - fascinating insights into how to understand dogs - demonstrations of dogs’ natural instincts - an amusing display of sheep dogs working with ducks Stuart Barnes’ passion for the canine species has enabled him to gain an incredible understanding of everything about dogs. Stuart and his team use both trained and untrained sheep dogs to herd ducks, amusing and educating audiences about common dog behaviour issues and how these can be resolved.

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from the straw – is one of the main attractions during the weekend. In the days before combine harvesters, the ‘threshing train’ was a common sight – working the farms and travelling the lanes during the autumn and winter months. It usually comprised a steam traction engine, threshing drum, elevator, and living van used by the engine driver and his mate.

Annual Horticultural Show The 7th annual Horticultural Show will take place as part of the show, with classes to suit all ages, ranging from vegetables to woodwork, marmalade to miniature gardens. Alongside the class entries will be displays from local clubs, societies and the Museum’s gardening team, plus traditional craft demonstrations.

Crafts, demonstrations, food & drink Enjoy a range of delicious produce from vendors in the Events Field and quench your thirst with a drink from the bar. Try tasty homemade light lunches and snacks from the Museum café marquee in the Events Field or its kiosk behind the Market Square.

Also enjoy craft and trade stands, plus demonstrations with a countryside theme. Food stands at the event will include hot and cold foods, sweets and much more!

Visitors can also enjoy a pint at the bar on site. Dogs on short leads are welcome and there is ample free parking.

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<23 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Celebration Concert Saturday 17th September 7.30pm Would you appreciate some entertaining singing? If so, this forthcoming special event will be irresistible! Haslemere Methodist Church at Lion Green Weyhill GU27 1LD presents a Celebration Concert by the ‘Sounds Arresting’ Choir.

This talented mixed choir was formerly the Surrey Police Choir. Tickets are £10 from the Church’s Open Door Coffee Lounge from 10am to 12noon on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. (or subject to availability, at the door).

Excellent coffee / tea is also available at the same times. The Celebration Concert will support church development and also 10% of its net proceeds will be donated to a police charity.

Whose Wine is it Anyway Saturday 17th September 7.30pm for 8pm This sounds like a fun evening- a light hearted evening of wine tasting! You taste the wines, and then you decide which member of the wine panel is telling the truth about them. It takes place at Lurgashall Village Hall GU28 9ES. Tickets are £7.50 each from Lurgashall Village Shop or by calling the Village Hall ticket hotline on 07843 161053.

The Weald & Downland Museum This wonderful museum in Singleton, near Chichester, has been shortlisted for the Family Friendly Museum Award – the biggest museum award in Britain and the only one where children and families pick the winners. They are up

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against nine other shortlisted museums so will be facing stiff opposition. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony at the Wallace Collection, London on Monday 17th October; fingers crossed for them.

Guided Haslemere Town Walk Sunday 18th September 2.30pm Learn more about Haslemere High Street and the fascinating history of the town on this guided walk with local historian Tim Winter. Meet outside the Museum. No need to book; just turn up. Cost: By Donation to Haslemere Museum.

Tea & Talk at the Museum - Boundary Stones of Haslemere Tuesday 20th September 2.30pm Go along and enjoy talks for adults with tea and biscuits!

Join Library volunteer Shirley Richmond to find out about the early 19th century stones that delineated the Borough. No need to book. Cost: members free / non members £1.

Midhurst U3A Tuesday 20th September 2.15pm The next meeting at the Methodist Church Hall, North Street, Midhurst, has Angela Ward giving an account of ‘A Day in the life of a South Downs National Park Ranger. Refreshments available from 2.15pm followed by talk at 2.30pm. For more information on events, groups and meetings contact the membership secretary on 01730 813374.

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<25 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Haslemere Decorative And Fine Arts Society Tuesday 20th September 2.15pm ‘Turbulence And Stillness: The Paintings of Rogier Van Der Weyden’ is the title of HDFAS’s first lecture of the autumn at Haslemere Hall. NADFAS lecturer The Rt. Reverend Dr. Christopher Herbert will explore many of the artist’s outstanding paintings from his haunting and enigmatic portraits to his great altarpiece at Beaune, and will explain why the Italian admiration for him was so well deserved.

HDFAS Lectures over the coming months will include Photography as Fine Art, Painter of Sunlight: Joaquin Sorolla and Unwrapping the Christmas Story: Painting, Prose and Poetry. Booking will continue on 20th September for two events in October, a visit to Apsley House and Wellington Arch and a Study Day highlighting The Edo Period. Visitors and new members are very welcome to attend their lectures.

For more details, contact HDFAS Membership Secretary Sue Wright on 01428 683578 or email membership@ haslemedfas.co.uk. Further information about all the Society’s present and future activities can be found on www. haslemeredfas.org.uk.

Midhurst Camera Club Wednesday 21st September 7.30pm Fragments of an American Dream is the topic of a talk to be delivered by world famous photographer Tony Worobiec at the September meeting of the Midhurst Camera Club. The meeting which will take place in

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Belly Good Fun At Haslewey!

Thursday 22nd September 10am-12pm Haslewey Community Centre, opposite Lion Green, is launching an exotic Belly Dancing taster session - led by a professional instructor for just £5 per person, which includes use of a traditional coin belt! Belly Dancing is a gentle type of non-impact, weight bearing dance exercise, suitable for all ages and stages in life. As well as being a unique exercise that is beneficial to the spine, Belly Dancing also improves flexibility of the torso and strengthens the tummy muscles.

Dress code is baggy trousers or long skirts and you can go barefoot or wear soft, comfortable shoes. Book your place on this fun activity session pronto, as places are limited. Drop into Haslewey reception or call 01428 648716. I suspect that it will be a fun not to mention amusing evening.

Haslemere Walking Festival 2016 Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th September Building on the success of last year’s first ever Walking Festival, Haslemere will once again play host to a weekend of enjoyable and varied walks. Inspired by becoming a Walkers are Welcome town – a nationwide initiative to encourage more walkers and visitors into communities across the country, the festival, which is supported by

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Nearly time to get growing again for OctoBeardFest Fancy growing a beard for charity this year? Here’s your ideal opportunity to have some fun with a new look and raise some much needed funds for a highly successful local charity. The Prostate Project is a volunteer led, Guildford based prostate cancer charity with no offices or paid staff (www.prostate-project. org.uk). Administration costs are below 4% resulting in at least 96 pence of every pound going directly to the point of need. We support the Royal Surrey County Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital as well as jointly funding a highly acclaimed cancer research team at the University of Surrey.

OctoBeardFest is a big success story for the charity.

Now in its fourth year, the beard-growing appeal has raised over £200,000, largely through hundreds of small donations. The money has enabled the charity’s 24 strong cancer research team at the University of Surrey to take on projects that would otherwise have been impossible. Their work includes the invention of targeted therapies for cancer such as the HXR9 molecule that kills only cancer cells, leaving normal cells untouched, pioneering research into cancer vaccines and the use of viruses to kill cancer cells.

The team has also developed a diagnostic biomarker which can detect a protein called EN2, in urine. This

raises the prospect of a cheap, accurate, easy-toadminister test for prostate cancer that will be far more reliable than the current 30-year-old PSA test. It is undergoing a multi-centre clinical trial programme at local hospitals, largely funded by OctoBeardFest donations. Early detection can save most of the 11,000 lives lost in the UK every year to prostate cancer.

We hope many VantagePoint readers will grow beards for OBF this year and help save men’s lives. Getting involved is easy. Just register at the OctoBeardFest website: www.octobeardfest.co.uk, email us at: info@ octobeardfest.co.uk or call 07724 465883. www.prostate-project.org.uk

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Soundingoff WE ARE NOT AMUZED

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...

It’s time, folks, that GOG, your friendly neighbourhood whinger, complained about a universal pestilence. It’s been with us for more than half a century, everybody loathes it, and it’s easily cured. Yet it never goes away.

already had a moan about – automated telephone answering – the ear-ache you have to endure about a company’s products and services at least has a rationale: they’re trying to flog you something.

I’m talking about so-called backBut muzak seems to Do you know a single soul who has ground music – the acoustic irribenefit no one. It’s gone into a restaurant or hotel or tant we are forced to put up with mere noise, auditory wherever and complained about the all day long in restaurants, pubs, pollution, no better lack of muzak? shopping malls, hotel lobbies, fitthan a road drill, inness clubs and the like. The commercial term for this noise is deed worse, since road drills usually lead to ‘muzak’ – a good word, since it sounds like what it is: a hor- improved roads. rible case of music gone wrong. Probably someone had the idea of mixing up in a computer every kind of music that ex- OK, so let’s suppose we got rid of the muzak ists in the hope of creating the perfect compromise – some- and introduced real music – classical music, thing that everyone would enjoy. But the result is too insipid jazz, folk or rock? Again, I say no! When we to please anyone, yet noticeable enough to annoy. Muzak is listen to real music, we pay it the respect of an enemy of thought and an enemy of conversation. choosing to do so. Nobody should have the right to debase it by thrusting it on us.

Nobody wants it and nobody likes it. How many muzak CDs have you got in your collection? Do you know a single soul So – here’s a brilliantly original thought – who has gone into a restaurant or hotel or wherever and what’s wrong with no music at all? Let’s have complained about the lack of muzak? On the other hand, a silence – the quality that enables us to do how often have you felt moved to protest at the insulting some quiet thinking without distraction or to intrusion it represents? Even more to the point, how often make our own, voluntary noise in the form of have you had a helpful response from the staff? a conversation in which speakers don’t have to shout in order to be heard.

On the occasions I’ve asked a barman or waitress to turn it off or down, they either cheerfully agree yet do nothing, or tell me they have no control over it. Perhaps muzak is for the secret benefit of those who work in such places, though many have told me that they’re driven almost mad by it – that it’s the sonic equivalent of Chinese water torture.

Muzak is not only annoying but inexplicable. It would be understandable, even if infuriating, if the object was to make money for someone, but it doesn’t seem to do even this. In that other infuriating form of auditory effluent that Gog has 28

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CHARITY PROFILE Oakleaf activities available to those in Waverley. Currently, the majority of these take place in Godalming and Farnham as central points for people to access support. In addition, they have and will continue building links in the community, using feedback to ensure the activities and support people really need and want are provided.

Activities run Monday to Friday and are organised by Paul Osbiston, the Outreach Engagement Coordinator at Oakleaf. Paul also meets with each individual looking to start an activity to help agree on the best plan moving forward for the individual’s needs. Using close links to similar organisations, Oakeaf regularly signposts clients to those that can help them most, ensuring people get well rounded support.

Oakleaf reaches out for mental health with wellbeing in the community Oakleaf Enterprise is the only mental health charity in Surrey working as a social enterprise offering support to people who suffer from severe and enduring mental health issues in regaining the skills and confidence required to get back into work and be active members of society.

This is done by providing a mix of vocational training in IT, upholstery and horticulture and a range of social activities. The activities range from focused confidence courses and mindfulness sessions through to fitness and yoga classes, guitar lessons, art-related sessions and photography classes. Each of the vocational training clients (service-users) receives a personalised action plan that is reviewed every four months to help ensure the best support is provided based on the client’s needs.

From the success of the range of activities run at Oakleaf in Guildford, they have also recently been awarded a grant from the Big Lottery Fund for the development of their ‘Reach Out for Wellbeing’ project – set up to deliver a structured programme of wellbeing and engagement activities for local, vulnerable adults suffering mental ill-health and will work closely with local partners to offer activities. These not only welcome existing clients, but also engage new ones, particularly hardest-to-reach adults at greatest risk of isolation and disadvantage.

Outreach work is made easier by the generosity of people in the community; public donations have helped to maintain the Yoga and Pilates groups, and instrument donations have helped to start a new music group. It is also with the support of local businesses, such as Café Mila in Godalming, that Oakleaf are able to provide a safe and peaceful environment for clients to take part in activities.

Activities are open to anyone who needs the support.

To join, people simply need to fill out a referral form, available on their website (www.oakleaf-enterprise. org). If people are unable to access the internet Oakleaf are more than happy to post out a copy of the form, so please do give them a call on 01483 303649.

In addition, they also welcome local businesses and individuals that are able to support the expansion of activities through donations (additional funding and/or items) and also welcome volunteers or any ideas for new activities that will fit well with the existing social inclusion support in Waverley.

The project has already been seen to be vital in helping to make a huge difference to people living in places where transport links and the costs involved do not permit easy and regular travel to the centre in Guildford.

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Haslemere Town Council, is once more giving walkers the chance to don their boots and take advantage of a full programme of walks. The festival offers a collection of varied and rewarding walks during the weekend for all tastes, ages and abilities and includes short rambles around the town discovering more about historic Haslemere and its notable trees to long distance walks taking in Hindhead Common and Beacon Hill. All walks are free to attend and are led by knowledgeable walks leaders to guide people along the route with some designed for families. Booking for all walks is essential and numbers are limited so early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment. More information, including the details of all the walks, is available from www.haslemere.com/vic.

Grayshott Folk Club Friday 23rd September 7.30pm They launch their new season with a new young band on tour for the first time from Northern Ireland. They are called Connla (www.connlamusic.com) and play traditional Irish/Celtic Folk music. They are already beginning to command a lot of attention for their musicianship and live performances as well as winning awards. They will be supported by Pepper & Shepherd, a gentleman Folk duo from London Town. The gig takes place at Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott GU26 6TZ. Tickets are, Adults £12.50, Under 16’s £7 Call Des O’Byrne on 01428 607096.

A Grand Evening Saturday 24th September 7pm Peter, Paul & Mary’s Brother are running a charity concert in the Liphook Village Hall, Headley Road, Liphook GU30 7NP. They have called the evening ‘A Grand Evening’ as they are setting out to raise £1000 for the Liphook Day Care Centre.

They will be supported by Steve Donnelly who appeared at the Folk Club at the Liphook Social Club earlier this year. There will also be a raffle and a licensed bar stocked with a range of real ales, wines and soft drinks. This is a rare opportunity to see a full ‘in concert’ performance from the band who usually appear at Beer Festivals, Folk Clubs and private parties. If you have not experienced them before take a look at their website www.peterpaulandmarysbrother.co.uk Tickets are only £7.50 with all of the proceeds going to the Day Care Centre which provides a meeting place for older people aged between 60 and 103! It’s a very worthy cause so do give all the support you can. To purchase tickets please email Peter Windibank at peterjwindibank@btinternet.com or phone on 01428 723903.

Hay from Lynchmere Society Meadows Despite the changeable weather the Society’s luck held for haymaking on their meadows which are managed for wildlife, with no chemicals or fertiliser. A quantity of good meadow hay is available for sale at £3 per bale. Details on info@thelynchmeresociety.org. Or telephone Judy Rous on 01428 723251.

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Race Night at Haslewey Saturday 24th September 7.30pm Haslewey Community Centre, opposite Lion Green in Haslemere is holding a fun filled Horse Race Night on Saturday 24th September from 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 per person and include a delicious hot snack made by The Natural Cook Company and you are welcome to bring your own bottle of choice – no corkage charged! All monies raised will go towards funding future Community events at Haslewey.The paddock opens at 7.30pm and the first race is scheduled for 8pm. You can sponsor and name a race for £25 and name a horse (or more than one horse!) for just £5. Party goers will be literally racing their own steeds and jockeying for position, so no more horsing around - book your tickets in advance and join Haslewey for a unique evening of energised horse racing and fund raising frolics!

Petworth Park Inspired: The Art of Landscape 24th September to 13th October A small group of paintings by JMW Turner and others, including loans and previously unexhibited views, are shown alongside a newly commissioned film charting the development of the Petworth landscape. Normal admission, no need to book. T: 01798 342207, www.nationaltrust.org. uk/petworth.

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GARDENING An Inca Garden at Hampton Court

With Beth Otway

so they were really keen to have a public entrance – during the show, people will be able to go in and out, which I really like.

BO: Yes, it’s wonderful to see a Show Garden that visitors to the show can access, and really experience themselves.

JJ: The thing I like about the garden is that it’s colourful. It’s a fun garden, and I hope it’ll inspire people.

Journey Latin America’s Inca Garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show has been designed to convey a sense of adventure and travel to its visitors. The Inca Garden reflects the experiences of American explorer Hiram Bingham, who discovered the ‘lost’ Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, high in the Peruvian Andes, in 1911.

BO: I am sure your garden will inspire many people. I like your vegetables and your courgettes too.

JJ: They’re all traditional Inca crops.

BO: I have grown all of these vegetables - they are fun to grow. Who built the garden?

I caught up with Jennifer Jones, the designer of Journey Latin America’s Inca Garden, to find out more about this interesting garden, which was designed for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

BO: Hi Jennifer, are you pleased with the garden?

JJ: I am, I’m really pleased with it. Yes! I didn’t know that much about tropical plants before, so it’s been really interesting – I’ve learnt so much. I’ve learnt about whole new sections of plants that I just had no idea about.

BO: How long were you researching the plants for the garden?

JJ: We started researching last October. You have to submit the first designs in December. We’ve got quite a lot of plants that are from South America in the garden. I was really lucky, I found a good nursery, Desert & Jungle in Somerset where I got a lot of my plants.

BO: What will happen to the plants, when the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show finishes?

JJ: I think some of them are going to go back to Desert & Jungle; I’ve also been in touch with The Living Rainforest in Berkshire.

I sent them a list with the plants I have - they’ll have anything we can give them. I’ve designed the garden so that we won’t throw very much away. All the stone is going back to the stone supplier - it can be re-used again, and all the plants are going to go to a good home.

BO: What’s the experience of designing the garden been like?

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Top left: Jennifer Jones in the Journey Latin America’s Inca Garden Above: Another view of the garden

JJ: Surrey Hills Landscaping - Mark Leverton, built the garden, they did all the stone. Mark was really good - we had a little blip this morning, he was straight here, helping us out – he was unflappable.

BO: And is there anyone else you’d like to thank?

JJ: I’ve mentioned JLA, who have been great, Rob from Desert & Jungle who has been great with the plants, and my family who have been great as well! My mum has helped out too.

Surrey Hills Landscaping have been brilliant.

It’s been a great experience all round!

FIND OUT MORE You can read a longer version of this interview at www.pumpkinbeth.com where you’ll also find more information about the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, gardening advice for the month ahead, and much more besides. All images by Beth Otway. www. deserttojungle.com - 01823 443701 www.surreyhillslandscaping.co.uk

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<31 34> JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Community apple pressing day at Swan Barn Farm, Haslemere Saturday 24th September 10.30am-4pm Join in a free, family-friendly apple day at Swan Barn Farm.

Bring along your own apples and join in using our fantastic heritage press and scratter to make your own apple juice and cider. The team at Swan Barn produce artisan cider every year from all sorts of rare apple varieties from their Orchards, with romantic names such as Greensleeves, Cornish Gillyflower and Knobby Russet. Come and discover our brand new orchard house, made from coppiced sweet chestnut grown in the woods on our doorstep by the Rangers. This has been supported by the Black Down & Hindhead Supporters and the Three Counties Association. Please park in Haslemere car park. Following the sign post from the high street along the foot path to Swan Barn Farm. More at www.nationaltrust. org.uk/swan-barn-farm or call 01428 652359.

Lynchmere Heath Across The Ages Sunday 25th September 10am-5pm The South Downs National Park Authority in collaboration with the Lynchmere Society, are running a free event for the local community at the end of September. You can discover how our ancestors used heathlands and what we can do to preserve them. You will be able to try traditional heathland crafts and have a go at archery. There will also be a traditional pole lathe, real life re-enactments and lots of food and drink. More information at www.southdowns.gov.uk.

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Surrey Hills Challenge Sunday 25th September The Surrey Hills Challenge encompasses both walkers and runners with the choice of a 60km, 21km, 10km and 5km route. The event is being organised to establish a successful outdoor event in the beautiful Surrey Hills and to assist with the fundraising of The Community Foundation for Surrey and The Surrey Hills Trust Fund. The family events of ‘The Five’ and ‘The Ten’ will take place at Hurtwood, a wellknown area for walkers and runners and start at 10am.

The competitive routes for the fittest walkers and runners are The Ultra, 60km starting at 6am, and The Half, 21km starting at 9am. The Ultra route starts in the picturesque town of Haslemere and follows the Greensand Way which originates in the heart of Haslemere and weaves out of town towards the infamous Devil’s Punch Bowl. As well as support from our dedicated Events Team before and during the event, participants will also receive a medal, chip timing, aid stations, professional first aid cover, car parking, WC facilities and sports massage. For more information or to register visit www.surreyhillschallenge.com or call 01483 720459 / 542221.

Visual Arts at Haslemere Museum Tuesday 27th September to Saturday 22nd October Nationally acclaimed landscape and war artist, Gordon Rushmer, will formally open the third Visual Arts exhibition at Haslemere Museum. Formed 25 years ago, the Group

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represents a wide cross section of the visual arts and crafts. Other successful exhibitions have included the Watts Gallery, Petworth House and the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester. The Haslemere event features ceramicists, paintings of contrasting styles, wood turning, woven rugs and a range of affordable jewellery. This will be a diverse and dynamic exhibition of high quality but affordable work an exhibition not to miss.

The Haslemere Flower Club Wednesday 28th September 1.30pm The next meeting at Haslemere Hall will welcome back Graham King as the demonstrator and his title will be ‘Mists of mellow fruitfulness’. Graham’s arrangements will be raffled and the afternoon will end with tea and biscuits. They look forward to seeing you .Visitors are always welcome at a charge of £5.

The Liphook WEA The branch is offering a Literature course discussing 3 novellas starting on Wednesday 28th September. There is a course on Thursdays, starting 29th September, on Shakespeare and music and on Fridays there is a Local History Course about Parish Churches. These courses are held at the Millennium Centre Liphook from 10am - 12noon and the fee is £86.10 for 10 weekly sessions for each course. The branch has a study day ‘Petworth House and its Art Collections’ with tutor Janet Sinclair on Saturday 26th

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November at Liphook Village Hall from 10am - 4pm. The fee is £25 which includes a light lunch and refreshments. All enquiries to Judith Harris on 01428 609996 or Sheila Martin on 01428 641907.

Les Amitiés Françaises Thursday 29th September They meet for a fascinating programme of lectures at the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming and their first presentation this season is on L’Affaire Dreyfus. The scandal scarred the French national conscience. Indeed, only last June, there was a question on this subject on the Baccalauréat. For more information on the French circle, visit the website, www.amitiesfrancaises.com. Pick up a brochure in any library or contact John Petty (john.petty@ which.net). New members are welcome and are sure to meet people who have lived in France and are interested in its history, culture and lifestyle. Some members join the Reading Circle which meets six times a year to discuss French books. Furthermore, a couple of times a year, members and their guests enjoy convivial dining occasions.

So, if you like the sound of their programme, and would like to meet people who are interested in France and the French, look them up and make yourself free one Thursday a month to join the group.

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Repetitive Injuries and Joint Pain in Children and Adolescents Nikki Browning BSc (hons) MCSP MAACP Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist sport and over use their quadriceps muscles. It often happens at the beginning of a rapid growth spurt.

Sports participation promotes the physical and emotional well-being of children and also encourages the lifelong habit of exercise. Although the benefits of athletic activity are significant, it is extremely important that children do lots of regular stretching to prevent injury and pain.

Overuse injuries occur gradually over time when an athletic activity is repeated so often, areas of the body do not have enough time to heal between playing. For example, overhead bowling in cricket can be associated with injuries to the shoulder and spine and football is often associated with injuries to the knee.

Severs - is a common overuse injury in children; with pain in the heel where the Achilles tendon inserts.

Again this especially occurs in physically active children who play lots of sport. It usually occurs during adolescent growth spurts and is only temporary; but if persistent then physiotherapy can help.

Many overuse injuries in children can be prevented.

The key to prevention is to avoid overdoing any single sport, doing regular stretching and giving growing bodies adequate rest between practices or games.

FIND OUT MORE If your child or teenager experiences any pain or you would like any advice to prevent overuse injuries please call Physio1to1 01483 424470 to book an appointment with me.

Overuse injuries can affect muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones and growth plates. In children, these structures are still growing and the growth is generally uneven. Bones grow first which pulls at tight muscles and tendons. This uneven growth pattern makes younger athletes more susceptible to muscle, tendon, and growth plate injuries.

Muscles and tendons adapt to stressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how they become stronger. But they also need to rest and rebuild between the episodes of stress. With an overuse injury the muscle or tendon receives the stress but never gets a chance to rest.

Growth plates are the areas of developing cartilage where bone growth occurs in children. The growth plates are weaker than the nearby ligaments and tendons. Repetitive stress can lead to injury of the growth plate and disrupt the normal growth of the bone.

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Osgood Schlatters - a painful condition that affects the knee and often causes swelling just below the knee. It most commonly occurs in teenagers who play lots of

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Cowdray Farm Shop & Café The Farm Shop & Café are the hub of the Cowdray Estate and represent so much of the Estate’s holistic ethos. The sourcing policy is of the highest standard and starts with their own home grown produce. They support local suppliers whenever they are able and source only the very best produce for the store.

The beef comes from the Home Farms and the lambs are grazed on Cowdray land. The Head Butcher is in the enviable position of being able to talk with the farmer about how the animals are reared and the impact that this has on the quality of the meat. Their award winning venison is available from the butcher’s counter, and this meat is perhaps one of their most sustainable food sources. They buy their pork from Scott’s of Storrington who farm their free range pigs a few miles from Cowdray. The team cure cuts of bacon to the Cowdray specific recipe, smoke some in the traditional way and leave the rest green. The team also make the famous Cowdray sausages to several different recipes, none involving any preservatives. Fresh fish from Andrew Johnson and his team is available every Friday between 11.30am-4.00pm.

The Café serves food from 9am to 5pm, from breakfast to sandwiches and snacks, to substantial meals made from scratch using traditional artisan techniques, as well as the best Cowdray and local produce. Cowdray Sweet Greens Juice and Cold Porridges are available to buy from Cowdray’s Juice Bar. The Juice Bar is open seven days a week 8.30am-4.00pm serving takeaway juices, hot drinks, paninis and healthy snacks. Here are some recipes from Ben Jupp, Head Chef at the Cowdray Farm Shop & Café. These dishes are currently available at the Café.

Grilled Halloumi with Courgetti Noodles

Crayfish Linguine with Chilli, Shallots and Garlic

This is for one portion, so scale up accordingly.

This is for one portion, so scale up accordingly.

Ingredients

Ingredients

1 halloumi cheese cut into thin slices; 1 courgette spiralized; handful of marinated olives; handful of mixed fresh tomatoes; fresh rocket; handful of pinenuts; sprig of basil

100g linguini; 1 shallot, chopped; 1 chilli, chopped; 1 garlic clove, chopped; handful of cooked crayfish tails; chopped parsley; salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon butter; ¼ lemon

Lemon dressing

Serves 1

3 parts olive oil; 1 part lemon juice; pinch of salt Method: • Grill halloumi • Spiralize courgette and chop tomatoes and olives • Mix together and add the rocket and pinenuts • Sprinkle dressing over the top • Place grilled halloumi on top with the basil 36

Method: • Cook pasta • Sweat chillies, shallots and garlic in butter • Add crayfish • Cook for 2 minutes • Add pasta to the crayfish mix and add parsley, salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon

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RECIPES Cowdray Sweet Greens Juice

Raspberry Tart

This makes one jug.

Ingredients

Ingredients

1 bag of spinach; ½ pineapple (flesh only); 1 lemon rind removed; 6 large apples, cored; fresh mint

Handful of raspberries in each tart 1 teaspoon of raspberry jam in each tart

Method: • Blitz in your juicer • Add about 6 leaves of mint to the juice.

• Serve chilled.

Sweet Pastry 200g plain flour; 50g icing sugar; pinch of salt; 250g unsalted butter; 1 egg

Cold Porridge

Frangipane 150g unsalted butter; 150g ground almonds; 3 medium eggs; 150g caster sugar Serves 4 Method: • Mix flour, salt, butter and icing sugar together to make a fine breadcrumb. Add the egg and roll the pastry out • Cream together the unsalted butter, eggs and caster sugar, then fold in ground almonds • Roll pastry and line a small tart case (hardcase 8cm diameter) and prick bottom with a fork • Cover the bottom of the case with raspberry jam then scatter raspberries in the middle (to your taste, more will make them wetter) • Fill the rest of the cast half way up with the frangipane and bake at 160ºc for 8 minutes or until golden • Top with some good quality vanilla ice cream and serve

Ingredients 100g rolled porridge oats; 150ml semi skimmed milk; 1 tablespoon natural Greek yoghurt; 1 teaspoon maple syrup.

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Bridge - New Courses for Beginners Thursday 29th September New Bridge courses for beginners are now available starting in September with Bridge taster sessions in Guildford for beginners and Cafe Bridge for existing players. Contact Douglas Wright on douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com or call him on 07801 989630 for more details.

The Prostate Project For the past couple of years, this Guildford based charity has run a sponsored beard-growing event, OctoBeardFest, during the month of October. They ask all men to ditch their razor during October and grow a beard to raise awareness and money for their cancer research team based at the University of Surrey. These are exciting times in the battle against prostate cancer as they are developing a urine test to detect prostate cancer accurately and quickly, the first breakthrough test since the 30 year old PSA test. 11,000

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Foxbridge Golf Day Friday 30th September Get a team of four together and play at this popular venue in Kirdford all in aid of Haslemere Museum. Bacon rolls on arrival, 18 holes of golf with halfway refreshments and buffet after play. Or sponsor a hole at £50. To register your team, or if you are interested in sponsoring a hole, contact Karen at Haslemere Museum on karen@haslemeremuseum.co.uk.

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The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Friday 30th September 10am- 12 noon This year Liphook’s biggest Macmillan Coffee Morning will take place on Friday 30th of September at the Millennium Centre between 10am and 12 noon. Coffee and homemade cake will be available to sit and enjoy. In addition there will be: a chance to win amazing raffle and exciting tombola prizes, a chance to purchase items from craft and jewellry stalls, a chance to purchase our very popular homemade cakes and produce. Clare, Penny, Rita and Veronica offer an invitation to everyone for this special event and hope to provide a relaxing and enjoyable morning. Free entry. All the money raised goes to Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service in Midhurst which covers the local area.

Friends of Haslemere Parish - Saturday Morning Autumn Coffee Concerts Saturday 1st October David Thomas, Organist at Llandaff Cathedral makes a welcome return to open their fourth Season on 1st October with a programme emphasising the Welsh influence on the organ. Joanna Tomlinson, a widely admired Soprano, accompanied by Clive Osgood, will sing a varied programme on 5th November followed by their own organist, Clive Osgood, on 3rd December with a Bach programme to include some of the organ music played before the Queen’s 90th Birthday Service in St Paul’s Cathedral. Coffee and biscuits served from 10.30am, concert at 11am and a retiring collection in St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere.

And Then There Were None Friday 7th October 7.30pm and Saturday 8th October 7.30pm and 2.30pm The Haslemere Thespians present this Agatha Christie favourite at The Haslemere Hall. Selling over 100 million copies worldwide, it is the bestselling murder mystery to date! It was also adapted into a hugely respected TV mini-series by the BBC, starring Aidan Turner and Charles Dance. Tickets at £10, are available from the Box Office on 01428 642161 or go

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WALK - Chawton to Bentworth This walk starts and ends in Chawton, well worth a visit in its own right and the home of Jane Austen. Her house is opposite the village car park. The walk description is provided by Guildford Rambling Club, see guildfordramblingclub.org.uk. They also provided the Peaslake walk in July which we accidentally failed to acknowledge – apologies!

The walk 1. Walk back to the A31 roundabout and cross into the road opposite. Go under a bridge (the Watercress Line) and, a little way beyond it, turn left along a lane, Chawton Park Road/National Cycle Route 23. You will now walk more or less straight ahead for almost 2 miles before you turn off. Along the way, you will initially pass a few houses and then the lane becomes a track.

You pass a Chawton Farm information plaque and go through various gates and along a wide grassy avenue through Chawton Park Wood. You ignore various lefts and rights including one very wide track sweeping away left. Shortly after the latter you encounter a fork and take the right-hand branch. Soon after that you turn off, taking the second clear but unsigned path heading away to the right and up through trees.

2. At the top, you reach a fence and walk left looking for a turning off to the right (which may or may not now have a signpost). Here, take this turn right to continue forward, passing a barrier and proceeding along a path which soon merges into a wide vehicle track. Follow this for over half a mile, passing metal gates and barriers, until reaching a small house (on the left-hand side).

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Here, take a bridleway right and follow the track until you reach houses and a road. Turn right along the road but immediately take an unsigned path off right, over grass near a house and along a fenced corridor to reach a field. Walk along the left-hand side of this field and the right-hand side of the next to reach a tarmac drive. Go straight across and along the left-hand side of the next field. Keep going forward until reaching a hedge and dropping down through a gap in it onto a wide stony track (Turners Lane). Turn left and walk up into Bentworth, emerging on a road with the Star Inn to your right. At April 2016 the pub was ‘closed until further notice’. This may or may not be still the case when you do the walk. Fear not though. If it is closed you could use the benches opposite for your picnic. And there is another picnic option and another pub a little way further on.

3. Follow the sign to the school and church and then turn right to walk past the school and straight through the churchyard (a possible picnic spot). The path exits the back of the churchyard and continues to meet a road. Go straight across and into a side road signed to Shalden and Alton. Follow this road round to reach the other pub, the Sun. Continue down a hill. Just after some ‘No Limit’ signs and before a side road right, turn right and go through a wide gap in the hedge into a field. Walk around this clockwise, ignoring the obvious path which heads out half-right. At the far left corner of the field go through into the next field and continue along its left-hand edge to enter a third field. Here, walk straight out to the far side to reach Turners Lane again.

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4. Turn left. Walk for about 1.5 miles along this wide track which undulates up and down. Reach a road. Turn left and walk along, passing a couple of houses, until you find, next to a large oak tree, a footpath sign pointing right. This path takes you out half-left across a field and through into another, very large, field. Continue forward across it to reach a gate on the other side. Emerge on a track, turn right and walk a few yards to reach the dead end of a road. Turn right and quickly left down a track to reach a busy road. Cross to a track labelled ‘Bushy Leaze Wood’. You will walk about almost three quarters of a mile through this wood. You do it by immediately, at the entry barrier, following a yellow arrow off the very wide main track and branching left, up into the trees. At another yellow arrow you are taken left. Now continue along the path following yellow arrows. Reach and cross a wide gravelled track and continue on, ignoring a quick right turn.

5. The path reaches a 5 way junction with a 2 way signpost. You continue straight ahead along a very wide grassy track. Reach a fork with two yellow arrows.

Branch right. Eventually you will see, on the right-hand side, a yellow arrow on a post but, beware, it is on the back of the post! Turn right and follow the path as it swings left and along the line of a fence. Opposite the start of a track on the left, look for a yellow arrow on a gap in the fence. Follow the path through here and down a slope. This brings you to a road. Turn right and immediately swing sharp left to walk under the Watercress Line, down to the roundabout on the A31 and across into Chawton.

DISTANCE: 10 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 133 (Haslemere and Petersfield) and uses 132 and 144 STARTING POINT: Park in Chawton village car park.

REFRESHMENTS: The Sun Inn, Bentworth. Tel: 01420 562338 www.suninnbentworth.co.uk

Jane Austen’s House Museum

Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire is the only house where Jane lived and wrote which is open to the public as a museum. The Museum is open daily throughout the year. From 1st September to 1st January, it is open from 10.30am-4.30pm. Closed 24th26th December. For more information, visit the website at www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk.

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French Conversation Every Monday from 10th October 7pm Beginners and Intermediate conversation classes will be running at the Fernhurst Centre. The lessons are informal and include a variety of topics. For more details call Veronique on 01428 658599.

Skittles Evening Monday 10th October 7.30pm All Saints Church is holding another competitive skittles evening in the Grayswood Village Hall [on the A286] with teams of six vying for the championship. There will be a delicious supper including home-made puddings, a licensed bar and a raffle. Make up your own team or just go and meet new friends. Entry is £10 to include the meal. For more information or to book tickets contact Judy on 01428 644125 / culhane@grayswood. co.uk or Shirley on 01428 653285 / shirley1941@ btinternet.com.

Concert and Curry Series Saturday October 22nd 7.30pm This is the first concert of the season given by The Waverley Ensemble directed by Ishani Bhoola, at St Christopher’s Church Haslemere at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 and £8 for children. If you would like the curry option at Shahanaz, just add an extra £10, available at 5.30pm or 9.30pm. To book go to www.ishanibhoola.com or call 07834 275879. They are performing a lovely programme of music. Telemann Oboe and Violin Concerto, Vivaldi Violin and Cello Concerto, Corelli Concerto Grosso and Boccherini Cello Concerto.

Singin’ in the Rain Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th October The Haslemere Players October production will be Singin’ in the Rain, one of the most-loved and celebrated musicals

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Due to popular demand, Debbie Bowyer (ITEC, M.A.R.), a professional complementary therapist with 18 years experience, is now offering Reflexology treatments in the comfort and privacy of your own home on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays - as well as every Friday afternoon at her clinic in Haslewey Community Centre, just off Lion Green in Haslemere. Each gentle, relaxing and rejuvenating session costs £25 per 35 minute treatment. Gift vouchers are also available - a unique present for friends or family!

Reflexology can help achieve active relief from muscular pain, backache, stiff neck, digestive disorders, sinus problems, headaches, depression, stress and tension, low energy and much more. To book your appointment, please call Debbie on 07863 115984 and give your feet a well deserved treat!

Guildford Rambling Club October Walks Their walks programme can be found at www. guildfordramblingclub.org.uk. Unless otherwise stated visitors are welcome on all of their walks and walks start at 10am. They will be meeting on Sunday 2nd October for a 9 mile circular walk from Long Sutton. Details from Olive on 07872 613505. There will be a 5 mile circular walk on Horsell Common on the morning of Thursday 6th October, starting at Heather Farm. Call David R, on 07935 887499, for details of that one. The following Sunday, the 9th, starting in Selborne, there will be a 9.5 mile figure of 8 walk.

Details from David A on 07512 147456. On the 16th there will be a 10 mile circular walk from Thames Ditton. Details from Alan B on 07709 604702. Sunday 23rd sees an 8 mile circular walk starting from Blackheath, near Chilworth.

Details from Sally W on 01483 533790. And, finally, on Sunday 30th October, Dick will lead a 10 mile circular walk on Thorney Island. Details from him on 07516 407936.

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Now after celebrating ten years, the Haslemere Food Festival will once again be highlighting all that is great about local produce. A ONE DAY celebration to showcase the high quality food and drink available on our doorstep from award winning suppliers in the town and surrounding areas, this years’ festival will once again display a feast of culinary delights.

Building on last year’s success, the day will feature a packed programme to include gin tastings, cheese tastings, talks and baking demonstrations. Children’s entertainment and attractions include a family fun fair with live music all day from local artists.

Featuring top quality regional food and drink producers, you will not fail to be tempted by the free samples of food and delicious products for you to

buy and enjoy later. Expect to find a great mixture of homemade and local offerings including bakery delights, cheeses, olives, chutneys and preserves, pies, oils, organic meat, English sparkling wine, locally brewed beer, ales, sweets, crepes and ice creams! By supporting these local producers, not only are you getting the best offerings around, you are also helping to support local businesses in the community.

At the Haslemere Food Festival 2016, there will be something for visitors of all ages, with entertainment that will have everyone’s taste buds tingling and feet tapping.

So make sure you keep up to date with all the latest news and information at: www.haslemere.com/foodfestival.

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PROFILE Haslemere Musical Society to a point now where they are confident of playing a wide range of the classical repertoire.

The society’s other professionals, who ensure that high standards are maintained, are Tom Horn, a gifted violinist who leads the orchestra; Clive Osgood, the well-known Haslemere organist and composer, who works as the accompanist to the choir in their weekly rehearsals; and Tom Lydon, who joined the society early in 2015 and is providing a new impetus to the choir as their chorus master. He is also a composer, who has recently had his concerto for xylophone and orchestra performed to public acclaim in the north of England. He moved to settle in Haslemere with wife and young family over 2 years ago and is a fixture of the local music scene.

The 100 or so members of the locally renowned Haslemere Musical Society (HMS) are now well into their 93rd consecutive season providing excellent choral and orchestral music for the area’s music lovers.

Under the baton of their widely acclaimed Musical Director, James Ross, and chorus master, Tom Lydon, they begin rehearsals in Haslemere Hall on Monday evening 5th September for a year’s concerts.

First is a wholly orchestral concert on 15th October at St. Christopher’s Church in Haslemere, featuring music

by Mozart, Elgar and Haydn and also Canteloube’s haunting Songs of the Auvergne, sung by Clare Loosley.

Then on the first Saturday in December at Haslemere Hall the chorus accompanied by the HMS symphony orchestra will sing Gounod’s beautiful St. Cecilia Mass and the orchestra will play excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s evocative Swan Lake and Winter from Glazunov’s The Seasons, very appropriate for the time of year.

The society, whose membership is wholly amateur, has players and singers from Haslemere and beyond.

It is represented by a wide range of professions and retirees, and ages range from the mid-20s to the mid80s. HMS maintains its high standards by having four permanent professionals.

Longest serving is Dr James Ross who, in addition to his work with HMS, directs other musical societies in the London area. He has developed a very large repertoire over 20 years, and is in high demand internationally for his work, notably for charity where he has raised over £1 million in the last 3 years. James Ross has worked with HMS for 10 years now and has developed the performance skills of both the choir and the orchestra 44

The other major performances this season by HMS will continue on 4th February 2017, with the much-loved annual Come and Sing, and two choral and orchestral concerts on the first Saturdays in March and May 2017.

For the Come and Sing, which will feature excerpts from Haydn’s wonderful Creation, members of HMS chorus and orchestra are joined by singers from the whole area to enjoy an afternoon of impromptu music making. Following that, the concert on 4th March will include one of the most famous of all choral and orchestral works, Beethoven’s monumental Choral Symphony.

Finally, to end the season, the society will entertain its invariably large and enthusiastic audience on 6th May with a potpourri of choral and orchestral numbers reflecting the well-known radio programme Friday Night is Music Night (except that, as with all the society’s concerts, it’s on a Saturday!).

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