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|| YOUR LOCAL TEAM When you read this, the clocks will have changed and the warm weather will have arrived. That said, I remember one year watching the first Grand Prix of the season alongside a barbecue in February and then having snow in April, so I could well be wrong. Our thoughts will no doubt be turning to holidays and I am very pleased that we are working with a local travel company, Inghams, who are based in Godalming and are wellknown for ski, lake and mountain holidays. They are promoting their summer lakes and mountain breaks in this issue, so do take a look. Coincidentally, I have booked my own walking holiday this spring to Madeira, a new destination to me which has been well recommended. I will report back!

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We are back from our travels and yes, we had a fantastic time in Cape Town. Everything Stefan said in last month’s intro is true; the climate, food and wines are unbeatable and the South Africans are extremely friendly and hospitable. I must relate one rather amusing story. At the delightful guest house where we stayed we were asked if we would like an after dinner drink. I ordered a brandy and Angie asked for Baileys. There was a slight look of puzzlement on the waiter’s face but off he went. He returned with my brandy and a couple of bay leaves on a silver tray for Angie! We all fell about laughing including the waiter after we explained the joke. Oh and yes, Angie did get her Baileys. We hope you all have a lovely Easter. Grayshott Folk Club Saturday 1st April The club will be featuring top folk band ‘Faustus’ who have previously been nominated for the Best Group Award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They have a plethora of experience and represent the best in the current vibrant English folk scene. Their new album ‘Death & Other Animals’ is already receiving critical acclaim. The gig takes place at Grayshott Village Hall, Nr Hindhead GU26 6TZ. Tickets are Adults £14/ Under 16’s £7, call Des O'Byrne on 01428 607096. www.grayshottfolkclub.co.uk. Jazz Evening Saturday 1st April 8pm All Saints Church is becoming known for jazz in and around

Haslemere. Their next gig features the FB Pocket Orchestra who will be performing hot jazz, blues, ragtime and popular dances of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Tickets are £15 or £25 with a two course dinner at the Wheatsheaf pub in Grayswood from 6.30pm. For tickets, email Pauline Lamb at lamb@haslemere.com. Godalming Lawn Tennis Tennis anyone? Spring has sprung and it's a great time to get outdoors! Godalming Lawn Tennis Club is pleased to announce the start of its new club year on 1st April. They are a friendly, local club with impressive team results as well as opportunities for players at all levels. Good value memberships are available for adults, juniors and families. Members of all Broadwater Park club (including Godalming Leisure Centre and Guildford Rugby Club) get £10 off annual adult membership. Coaching also available for adults and junior members. If you would like to attend a free trial club session, do get in touch. Four week trial memberships are also available. All enquiries to membership@ godalmingtennis.co.uk. Ewhurst Horticultural Society Saturday 1st April They will be holding their Spring Show in Ewhurst Village Hall. Open to the public at 2.30pm. All details can be found on their website www.ewhursthortsoc.org.uk or you can call Lesley, the show secretary, on 01483 272488. Looking ahead, their plant sale is on 6th May. Orders can be placed in advance with 10% discount to members, and they would Regain the use of your conservatory

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Bramley Music Saturday 1st April There’s a piano recital with a difference in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley; the theme is bells! Bramley Church has six bells which are to be refurbished, and this concert is in support of their bells appeal. The bells will be pealing as the audience arrives! Entitled ‘Bells Across the Meadows’ the programme includes music by Rachmaninov, Debussy, Chopin, Ketelbey and Billy Mayerl. Tickets at £10 (£5 under 18 and students) are available in advance from Robertsons in Bramley High Street, and at the door, and a free glass of wine or soft drink will be served in the interval. Call or email Stuart White on 01483 892645 and stuartwhite@waitrose.com. The Cranleigh Art and Crafts Society Demonstration Saturday 1st April This takes place from 2.30pm-4.30pm in the Band Room, Village Way GU6 8AF. After the successful exhibition they are delighted to welcome Josie Tipler who will be demonstrating painting horses using oil paints. They are pleased for visitors to join them (£3) and if you have queries please 01483 278698 or 276294. www.cranleighartandcraftssociety.com Folk Music Sessions There is a folk music session every Monday at the Star in Church Street, Godalming at 9pm. Also, there is a session at The Leathern Bottle, Farncombe every second and fourth Wednesday at 8.30pm. All musicians, singers and audience welcome. It’s free; just turn up. For more information phone Kevin Gorton on 01483 415962 or 07990 727802.

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price of £31,170, almost identical to the base model Range Rover Evoque, which lacks most of those features and is only 2-wheel-drive. Despite the SEL’s already comprehensive specification, Volkswagen had equipped the test car with just about every option in the book, resulting in an on-the-road price of around £40,000. Not cheap, however kitting an Evoque to a similar level would set you back closer to £55,000. To us, the Tiguan seemed more spacious and smooth-riding than the Evoque, and quality levels of interior trim felt similar. One feature

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likely to appeal to caravanners and others is an impressive 2,500kg towing capacity, only 200kg less than the much bigger and more expensive Volvo XC90 and much greater than the 1,800kg of the Evoque. When the optional trailer reversing system is specified, the Tiguan should make a superb tow car. On the safety front the Tiguan scores highly, having recently been nominated as ‘Best Small SUV’ by Euro NCAP, the organisation responsible for assessing European car safety standards. Currently available with 5 seats, a 7-seat version of the Tiguan is also expected soon. In the meantime, seven seats are already offered by the newlylaunched and slightly larger Skoda Kodiaq. Sharing most of the Tiguan’s engine and transmission options, the Kodiaq range is a little cheaper and even more extensive. For example, for a driver who needs to venture off-road regularly, the Kodiaq Scout version offers rugged bodywork, with plastic panels protecting the lower sections of bodywork together, with a raised ride height and 4-wheel-drive in all models. Prices for the Kodiaq range start from a very reasonable £21,495 for the 1.4 petrol S model. Even a top-of-the range 2 litre 180PS petrol ‘Edition’ model at £33,545 comfortably undercuts an equivalent Land Rover Discovery Sport, one of the few other 7-seat SUVs in this size, and which is presently unavailable with a petrol engine. Last but certainly not least within the Volkswagen Group SUV line-up is the smaller Seat Ateca, starting at £17,990. This Spanish-built SUV has only been on sale for a few months, yet has deservedly already garnered many awards, including What Car’s ‘Best Small SUV of 2017’.

The Ateca is again available with a wide range of engine and gearbox options, ranging from an economical 1.0 litre petrol engine with 6-speed manual transmission and 2-wheeldrive, up to a 190hp 7-speed auto with 4-wheel drive. Our test car was a 1.4 litre Eco TSI 150PS petrol, 2-wheel-drive manual gearbox version, a specification likely to be the choice for many families. Emissions and fuel consumption are impressive, with only 123g/km of CO2 and a claimed combined fuel consumption of 52.3mpg. The top of the range ‘Excellence’ model with this engine retails at £24,440, although equipment levels of some of the lower specification models are almost as good and usefully cheaper. The days of Seats being of humdrum quality are long gone. Closing the doors gives a reassuring

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Ride, on the optional 19” wheels fitted, was perhaps a little on the firm side, although still soft enough to cushion the passengers from the worst of our dreadful road surfaces very effectively. Roll, often the bugbear of similar tall SUVs was well-controlled, and overall the ride and handling package was well-judged.

‘thunk’ of solidity. Indeed, anyone used to the premium feel of a Golf will be instantly at home inside the Ateca, for trim materials and finishes are of excellent quality, tactile soft-feel materials being used almost everywhere. The interior offers plenty of room for passengers, and not at the expense of luggage space either, for the Ateca’s boot offers 510 litres of space, usefully more than most family hatchbacks. All four doors open wide, making for very easy entry and exit to all the seats. Once aboard, legroom is generous as well. All this within compact external dimensions – at 4363mm _Jan17:Layout 05/01/2017 Page 1 long it’s 1only just over10:07 100mm longer than a Golf, and only 40mm wider. One of the highlights of driving the Ateca was its smoothness and extremely low noise levels. Performance from the 1.4 litre engine was entirely adequate, thanks to the diesel-rivalling 250Nm of torque on tap from only 1500 RPM.

As with the Tiguan and Kodiaq, safety is given a high priority. Front Assist and City Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Protection are standard on all models, constantly scanning the road ahead for collision risks, sounding warnings and triggering emergency braking if need be. Additional safety features can be specified including Adaptive Cruise Control, Traffic Sign Recognition and Lane Departure Warning. The awards and praise are well-deserved for this excellent family-friendly motor, especially at a price point which undercuts most of the opposition by some margin, together with a class-leading residual value after 3 years of up to 50% according to CAP experts. As alternatives, then, to the likes of Range Rover, BMW and Mercedes, the SUV models from Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen make a lot of sense. Try them before you buy that Evoque, X3 or Q5 – you might be pleasantly surprised. Image from top left: Tiguan's Head Up Display – an incredibly useful option; Kodiaq’s upmarket cabin.

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Wasfi was bestowed with an OBE in 2001 for her inspiring work in prisons. She founded Pimlico Opera in 1989, a touring company that works with HM prisoners to produce annual co-productions with inmates. Pimlico Opera has performed to over 55,000 members of the public in prison productions working with over 1,000 prisoners since the company’s inception. During my visit to West Horsley Place, with personal guided tour of the new opera house in-waiting with Wasfi, I was keen to find out what drives her to take on seemingly impossible projects. My quest didn’t take long. “I started the opera festival from nothing in Hampshire in 1998. The lease was nearing its end and out of the blue one of our landlords decided to terminate the lease. This was in March 2015. So, there I am thinking I’m going to have to start from square one again, when I heard that Bamber has inherited this house. He is 82 and doesn’t know what to do with it,” she explained as we stood on the lawn in front of the impressive façade of the imposing 50-room country house.

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“Bamber is what I describe as a liberal intellectual. He was saying he didn’t want it to fall down, and he wanted many people to enjoy it. So when I told him that Grange Park Opera didn’t have a home and we want to move it closer to London, he got it straight away and immediately said this would be the perfect place for an opera festival.” The house and 300-acre estate has been made over to the Mary Roxburghe Trust, in the name of Bamber’s great-aunt from whom he inherited West Horsley Place, and which will provide a performance centre and a place for the study of arts and crafts.

shape of La Scala in Milan, is being built from the ground up on the other side of an enormous orchard with its snaking crinkle crankle 18th century walls, and within sight of the grand old house. The Duchess of Roxburghe’s ashes were fittingly buried beneath the foundations of the new opera house by Bamber Gascoigne’s wife, Christina, in September. “We started the build in June last year and it’s taken us about eight months to get this far,” she said, embracing with her gesticulating hands the huge skeleton of steel and concrete towering above us. “There’s about six miles of steel and 146 piles reaching a height of 19 metres. It’s all being fabricated off-site of course and is like a big Meccano set. We have one team working on cherry pickers fed by a crane who are fixing pieces of steel together.

Standing within the steel skeleton of what Wasfi describes as ‘our theatre in the woods’ you can see the enormity of the task that has been taken on. The opera house, modelled on the four-tiered horseshoe

"The site foreman Stuart talks to the factory each day ordering what pieces he needs for tomorrow, and is working to an incredibly tight schedule. The floors are on four different levels and are all precast concrete – all designed for a quick build. We’re going to be using that stage at the beginning of May when sets will start arriving! There’s a complicated technical fit-out that has to happen, but that’s all lined up.”

Bamber is what I describe as a liberal intellectual... he got it straight away and immediately said this would be the perfect place for an opera festival

I looked at Wasfi incredulously, and then back at the enormous building site which, although a hive of activity with the build teams working in earnest (including twelve carpenters dedicated just to laying the wooden floors), is still very much a stark shell open to the elements on all sides. She responded to my jaw-dropped expression with her usual breathtaking enthusiasm.

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From left: Bamber Gascoigne and the interior of the new theatre

This was quickly dispelled by Wasfi’s inspiring description of the finished theatre. “The big question was of course how we could build it to be ready in 2017. The tight deadline because of the operas and the contracts we had already committed to, projects that started over four years ago. You’re either going to do something temporary, or we say okay we’re going to do the real thing. So we designed for a quick-build to achieve just this". Commencing in June, West Horsley Place will start their first opera season which includes Jenufa by Czech composer Leoš Janáček; Wagner’s Die Walküre; and Puccini’s Tosca. The Theatre in The Woods is also hosting an evening with the Royal Ballet’s Principal Artist Zenaidi Yanowski, who dances whilst Grange Park Opera’s patron Sir Bryn Terfel sings. Visitors will enjoy a full Grange Park Opera experience. The extensive gardens, with its ancient box hedges, will welcome audiences to enjoy champagne picnics during extended half-time intervals, under canvas if the weather dictates. Dining will also be provided in the house, with its beautiful 17th century red-brick façade hiding the 15th century expansive oak-beamed residence behind, and within in its long history has entertained within its walls the good and the great, including Henry VIII. “The Grange Park Opera House, with its orchestra pit and all those tiers seating 650 people, will not just be used as a traditional opera house. I’ve always said this is a building for many people from many walks of life. I’m not just building it for rich people,” explained Wasfi earnestly. “The thing that I’m slightly fixated on is that I think it’s very difficult for young artists, and by artists I mean singers and actors, to show their work. I’ve seen for example some wacky opera going on in a London pub, young people putting enormous effort into their show. I want to give them a real stage. So if they want to come to Surrey and put on their opera, we can ticket it for them and we can market it for them, and I don’t want to make any money in the process.” I was still subconsciously unsettled by the sight of the unfinished steel and bare concrete structure in the woods, and so close to the opening of the new opera house 16

“For the interior I was thinking of going for a standard white and creamy gold décor, until someone said to me: ‘You know, it’s in the woods, so the woods need to come into the theatre’. So, we’re going for pale green and blues with a lovely painted ceiling. There will be bunches of metal oak leaves scattered across the front of the balconies, all linked by sweeping staircases.” And the exterior, not just concrete blockwork surely? Predictably for this inspired project, far from it. “The planners wanted us to do something in keeping with the house, so the outer skin is going to be an elegant and decorative brick façade to match the ancient walls of the house and gardens.” Just before my tour ended, Wasfi was keen to re-emphasise the fact that she wants to make opera accessible to all-comers. “Britain has got this thing about opera being elitist. It’s not. You don’t need to know anything about opera. All you have to do is walk into that theatre, sit down in a seat and have a load of feelings. Whatever feelings you have are the right feelings. That is not elitist. We have also been offering tickets under our Meteor Scheme to under 35-year-olds for £35 for good seats.” And my slight confusion over exactly what the new theatre is called was also quickly put to rest. “I don’t want people to get bogged down on the idea that it’s called the Grange Park Opera House, or just Grange Park. That’s why we have this other name, with it affectionately known as The Theatre in The Woods.” Phil Kemp is a freelance writer and photographer based in Godalming. www. weyriver.co.uk. FIND OUT MORE For more information about the Theatre in the Woods and Grange Park Opera's 2017 programme, please visit www. grangeparkopera.co.uk.

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Chiddingfold Village Hall Cinema Fridays 7th and 20th April 8pm doors open 7.30pm They screen films at Chiddingfold Village Hall on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. The first is ‘Sully’ starring Tom Hanks as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and is based on the true story of the incredible emergency plane landing in the Hudson river in 2009. The second screening is ‘A United Kingdom’ starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike. It’s a biographical romance, based on the true-life story of how, in 1948, a prince of the impoverished southern African protectorate of Bechuanaland married a London typist. Tickets: £6 Adults, £3 under 15’s. Go to www. chiddingfoldcinema.com or call 01428 683251.There’s high definition digital format and a surround sound, 4.5 m screen. Bar and refreshments available. Guildford Music Society Friday 7th April 7.30pm There is a delightful piano recital at Guildford URC Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, GU2 4BS. Paul Turner will be playing and the programme will include Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, Chopin’s ‘Berceuse’ and Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. Tickets £12 at door or email from tic@ guildford.gov.uk. Hambledon Cricket Club This summer, the club has arranged even more games for their friendly sides against more local teams as well as their Sunday league matches in the village league. Their

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AppArt’s Easter Exhibition - showcasing work from local artists

AppArt’s annual Easter Art Exhibition & Sculpture Trail will take place again at Priorsfield School, Godalming. AppArt is a community-wide art event which attracts visitors from all over the Home Counties to see one of the most varied collections of paintings, sculpture and other art media in the South East of England. Internationally renowned sculptor Philip Jackson is opening AppArt’s Easter Exhibition and Sculpture Trail and he is also taking part. We are delighted that we will be able to show his Venetian inspired work The Godalming area is blessed with many local artists that paint using a variety of mediums. Rick Holmes is a prolific painter in acrylic, pastels and mixed media. His impressionistic view of 'Hankley Common' is one of this year’s exhibits. John Daniels' oil paintings of birds and animals are bound to appeal and his 'Puffin Quintet' is particularly eye catching. Maureen Farr’s still life studies in acrylics are colourful compositions such as 'Guitar and Sunflowers'. Jan Citroen’s work tends to feature coastal landscapes with diminutive figures in the foreground. This year her oil painting 'Boys at Break' is a close up study of boys at play. David Crick’s work often features boats and their moorings. 'Late Home Porthleven' is a watercolour of the Cornish harbour. John Wright has had an exciting life as a photographer and artist and his portraits of South American Indians reflect past adventures whilst his abstract paintings reveal his love of colour and exploration of form. Christine Charlesworth's figurative work is wellknown. She works in bronze and more recently in steel. A commission of stainless steel silhouettes features the everyday life of Guildford people. Louise Grundy specialises in textiles but this year has produced papier mâché portraits of the great and good. You need to look closely at her bust of Margaret Thatcher to see that ‘the lady is not for turning.’ Katie Netley produces tall stoneware totem poles with a variety of themes that indicate Mexican and Aztec influences. Julie Noles creates landscapes using textile materials as well as glass art and 'Birch in Winter' is a good example of this. The Exhibition & Sculpture Trail will be open every day from Saturday 1st April to Easter Sunday 16th between 10am to 4pm. Admission is free and visitors will be able to view about 500 indoor exhibits and also explore the Gertrude Jekyll inspired gardens and see over 100 large sculptures in a tranquil and picturesque setting. For further information go to www.appartonline.co.uk or www.facebook.com/AppArtSurrey. Images from top: Margaret Thatcher by Louise Grundy, Puffin Quintet by John Daniels Late Home Porthleven by David Crick 20

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fundraising swim is back for 2017 and swimmers across the UK are being encouraged to jump in one of over 600 participating pools and raise vital funds for Marie Curie, the UK’s leading charity for people living with a terminal illness and their families. The 15 pools in West Surrey signed up for Swimathon this year include Haslemere Leisure Centre, Guildford Lido, Guildford Spectrum, Woking Pool in the Park, Arena Leisure Centre (Camberley), Farnham Leisure Centre, Cranleigh Leisure Centre, Godalming Leisure Centre, Dorking Sports Centre and Leatherhead Leisure Centre. For further information about Swimathon including how to sign up visit: www.Swimathon.org. Cats Protection Guildford and Godalming Branch Friday 7th April and Saturday 29th April They will be fundraising on Friday 7th April outside Sainsbury’s in Godalming from 9am to 5pm and on Saturday 29th April at St. John’s Spring Fair, The Burys Field, Godalming from 12noon to 5pm. They are in urgent need of Volunteer Fundraising Team Members. Please contact them if you can help. Call 01483 422529 or email guildfordandGodalmingcatsprotection@ hotmail.com or message them via Facebook, Cats Protection Guildford and Godalming branch. ‘The Enid’ at St John’s Church in Farncombe Friday 7th April Another coup for Julian Lewry Music; Progressive rock band The Enid are giving an exclusive sneak preview of their new material before the official launch show in London in late June.

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Farncombe Morning Townswomen's Guild Wednesday 12th April 10am-12 noon Meetings take place in the Church Room of St. John's Church, St. Johns Street, Farncombe on the second Wednesday of each month. Visitors are always welcome for just £1. Besides a speaker or activity, there are refreshments and a raffle. The talk this month is given by Isabel Girvan of the Surrey Wildlife Trust on 'Woodland Plants'. At the next meeting on 10th May, a guild member will speak about her 'Flog It' experience, so one not to miss! For more information, contact Wendy Morton on 01483 429409. Jazz at The Pavilion Wednesday 12th April 7.30pm for 8pm They welcome The Dave O'Higgins/Judith O'Higgins Quintet. Dave O’Higgins is a hugely popular and well-known figure on the international jazz scene, having recorded 13 albums as leader with various line-ups. This Quintet pits Mr and Mrs O’Higgins against each other in the good humoured tradition of the great Johnny Griffin – Eddie Lockjaw Davis group, with some of the best arrangements borrowed from that repertoire, too! Tickets are £14 in advance from www. guildfordjazz.org.uk. Jazz @ The Pavilion takes place at Guildford Rugby Club Guildford Road, Godalming GU7 3DH. Godalming and Haslemere Ramblers Wednesday 12th April They have scheduled a full programme of 18 walks in April. The walks range from 5 miles (mornings) to 10 miles (a full

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No Ordinary Audrey Kirstie Smillie meets Audrey Filtness, owner of Farnham’s fashion boutique Ordri. Originally brought up in the midlands of Ireland, Audrey’s grandmother and mother had fashion boutiques while Audrey studied pattern cutting before landing a job with fashion designer John Rocha in Dublin. Moving to Farnham after meeting her husband, she opened her first shop because she "just couldn't find any creative clothing". Now relocated to the idyllic Upper Church Lane, a stone's throw from where she was on Downing Street, Ordri is an exciting boutique brimming with designer goodies, sneakers, candles and unique handmade jewellery.

"I am so passionate about what I do, whether it’s on the shop floor meeting customers, or out sourcing exciting brands.” The store appeals to mothers and daughters alike and is filled with affordable basics alongside hero pieces selected with customers who want something different from the high street in mind. There are 100% cashmere knits by Wyse, silks by Rixo, Custom-Made and Samsoe Samsoe and great jeans by Ida, Oui, MosMosh and Maison Scotch. Each season Audrey likes to change the brand mix around, keeping her core looks and then adding new companies for an injection of fresh ideas for her regulars.

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FASHION || “Women's shopping habits have changed as so many work from home or when at work, it’s smart casual. Some find that difficult and that’s where we come in to help combine what they have with pieces they need.” Audrey offers an appointment only service on Mondays and her next venture is to set up a small website of key pieces, as they have being selling a lot to visitors from London and Europe using their Instagram page which can be found @ordriboutique. Over the years, as the seasons have shifted, Audrey has adjusted her buying so that during the colder months, January to March, she sells cashmere and knitwear and then with in the warmer autumn months she still stocks lighter resort pieces. Clothes are displayed with just a few sizes on view, in outfit suggestions instead of blocks of all the same piece, encouraging a mix of labels to suit a modern wardrobe of all budgets. Unique gifts on offer come from Parkminster Candles, a family-run business based near Brighton, producing amazing oils and candles, the most popular named, ‘Tomato Leaf’, and SandyBay Candles from Essex who will personalise with your name and special dates. “I love supporting and buying into small cottage industries which are usually family-run. Cabbage White Jewellery is run by a local Guildford mum, hand-making gold and silver initial necklaces as well as amazing star and thunderbolt pieces.” Audrey’s aim is to create a relaxed, welcoming store full of inspiring pieces and with a beer fridge for husbands. It’s these unique touches that will keep boutiques like Ordri high on your shopping list.

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and 3.15pm) and Easter Saturday 15th April on Guildford High Street (12 noon and 2.30pm). Closing prayers will be offered by Cardinal Vincent Nicholls for the first performance and Reverend Lucy Winkett for the second performance. They will need lots of volunteers to make this a success, email admin@wintershall-estate.com if you can join them, they are running a free coach from Wintershall or you can make your own way to the Square. Themed Easter Cruises Good Friday, Easter Day and Easter Monday Special Cruises on The Wey and Arun Canal, Loxwood will be running from 14th to 16th April. Plenty of Easter characters will be on the canal to entertain you – do go along and join in the fun! The trips take 40 minutes and depart at 11am, 12noon and 2pm. Children will receive a chocolate gift from the Easter Bunny while adults can enjoy the chance to unwind and enjoy the scenery. Tickets cost £10 per person and include refreshments. Booking in advance is advisable. Call The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Office on 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. More information at www.weyandarun.co.uk. Godalming Evening Townswomen’s Guild Tuesday April 14th The Guild’s year runs from April until March and this evening Mrs Sheila Willis is our first guest speaker of the year and will take us back in time via a talk and video presentation on the history of ‘Seaside Postcards. The sales table will

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Vann is a family home between Chiddingfold and Godalming, owned by the Caröe family, whose gardens are open under the National Garden Scheme. Mary Caröe tells us its history. Vann was leased by my late husband's grandfather WD Caröe, the Arts & Crafts architect from the Godman Estate at Hascombe, in 1907 for the princely sum of £42 per annum. He did not purchase it until 1930. He was also architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from about 1886 so much of his work concerned cathedrals and churches all over England and Wales. He was allowed to make whatever alterations he wanted to the house and was quite ruthless in his adaptation of the existing building in spite of his membership of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. But the works were done to a very high standard and incorporated some very special arts and crafts features for which he was renowned. The name Vann is a corruption of ‘Fen’, a wet place, and that indeed is what Vann is. Our research has shown that there was a house on this site in 1198 listed as belonging to Elizabeth atte Fanne. The oldest existing central part of the house,

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a typical Surrey half-timbered building of wattle and daub with later brick in-filling, was built by the descendants of Sir Bernard Jennings (1415-85), MP for Guildford in 1446-7 and Mayor of Guildford in 1465,1474 and 1476. He may have never lived here but his great grandson Thomas is described ‘as of Fanne’. The central part has been core-dated to 1540. It was a grand ‘hall house’ of the period and would have had a fire on the central floor and sleeping bays reached by ladders as one sees at the Weald and Downland Museum's Bay Tree House. However even a wealthy family like the Jennings could not have afforded window glass and the windows carried vertical oak slats of which one set remain. They would have had waxed linen blinds to help keep out the draughts. Bernard was the great grandfather of Sarah Jennings, later Duchess of Marlborough thereby adding a grain of truth to the legend or false family tradition that

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she was associated with Vann. The house remained in his family until 1590 when it was sold by Thomas, who also owned Braboef Manor in Guildford (now the College of Law) and other local properties. In 1608, Vann passed to the Vintners Company. I am told that the city livery companies bought properties as an investment at this time. It was held in trust for a Sarah Clarke from Battle in Sussex. She most certainly never lived here but her son Anthony did and bought and sold a nearby cottage from the More family of Loseley. In those deeds, he is described as ‘gentleman of the Manor of Vann’, the first record we have of Vann as a ‘manor’. It was at this time in 1619 that the great central chimney was inserted and the house was then floored. In 1689 Clarke sold Vann to another Mayor of Guildford, John Childe (who built Guildford House). He was responsible for the addition of the William and Mary wing to the south. This threestorey building (and basement) comprises two handsome pine panelled rooms on ground and GU7 September 13/08/2013 first floor 13_Layout still with 1their original16:21 Delft Page tiles 45 in the fireplaces, and a fine oak staircase. The rooms are tall and well-proportioned with shuttered windows and window seats, wooden mullions and transoms and much of the original glass which is supported unusually by wooden saddle bars. There are two particularly charming bedrooms at the top under the eaves.

Childe's eldest son, also John (born 1656), sold the house in 1722 and it was entailed in 1734 to Peter Myers. In 1735 another pine panelled room was added to the north of the original timber-framed house comprising a kitchen with a well below. There were several owners or tenants in the C18 including members of the Ford family who are buried in Hambledon churchyard. In the mid C19, Vann was part of the large Sadler estate and was known as Lower Vann Farm with fields stretching to the south-east over what is now woodland. An architect called Pocock from Chiddingfold owned it in 1840 and added the lean-to at the front and bay windows at the back. Tom Sadler of Pockford sold to Joseph Godman of Park Hatch and Burgate and it was he who leased the house to WD Caroe, who set about major alterations to create a typical Edwardian country retreat, doubling the house in size with new kitchen quarters and offices. He amalgamated the five C16 rooms and three staircase to create ‘the parlour’ with the original open fireplace and Jacobean crane and spit rack. He installed a C16 plaster ceiling from Vicar Pritchard's house near Llandeilo, which he was given as a gesture of thanks for his campaign to prevent its demolishment for road widening. There were other additions made to the house including a dressing room with a domed ceiling to accommodate a rail so that he could do

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somersaults for exercise, and a magnificent mahogany-clad bath with eight taps. He joined the barn, dated by dendrochronology to 1575 on to the house, with the cart sheds and pig-sty as the link. The house had electricity with a ‘battery room’, a very early example. WD Caröe held the post of Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers for many years from 1904. The pipe work was all in lead and each plumber had to label his length with a brass plate with his registration number. Woe betide that man if there was a leak. From the new 1907 wing a very attractive pergola of Bargate stone led out eastwards to the field pond. There was five acres of garden with a crinkle crackle wall for fruit trees and a Yew Walk planted in 1909 and enclosing a dry stone walled rhyll fed by the stream from the hills above. The original plantings were roses but the depredations of the local deer population led us to remove these in 1970 and replant with foliage plants, less attractive to the wild life. In 1911 the Caröe’s friend and neighbour Gertrude Jekyll designed a water garden, damming the field pond to create a waterfall that descended into the valley with four ponds crossed by bridges and stone flagged paths to a second waterfall with the stream disappearing into the woodland beyond ‘grandmother's White Garden’, a mass of snow drops in winter, and later fritillaries, martagon lilies and white flowered shrubs supplied by Miss Jekyll.

She herself provided 1,500 plants from her nursery at Munstead to clothe the banks. These are listed in her note book number 24 that is now in Godalming Museum. Much of this original planting remains. The house was only used for weekends until we inherited it in 1969 - no one had spent the winter here. Over the years, we have managed to restore much of the original planting and in addition have made changes, with island beds where there was a run-down market garden, double borders, and later in 2008, a ‘Centenary Garden’ to reduce the area for vegetables. We have planted up other areas to give added interest the year-round. There is a herb garden enclosed by a yew hedge where I have had some topiary fun - two cats and a mouse. At the front is the original ‘Old Garden’, a cottage garden with its original brick paths approached from the road through a yew arch. Sentinel yew trees and hardy fuchsias give structure here. The house and garden now provide a wonderful family home for a third and fourth generation of Caröes and the gardens are open for the National Gardens Scheme for three weeks a year. FIND OUT MORE Open: Sunday 26th March to Friday 31st March (10am-6pm), Bank Holiday Monday 1st May (2pm-6pm (with homemade teas), Tuesday 2nd May to Sunday 7th May (10am-6pm and Sunday 4th June to Saturday 10th June (10am-6pm). See www.vanngarden.co.uk for more information.

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Home & Vintage Spring Fair Saturday 15th April 10am-3pm Grayswood Village Hall, GU27 2DJ is the venue for this lovely spring fair where you will find everything from vintage clothing and textiles to fresh flowers and plants. Hot Cross buns and tasty teas will be available and there’s a great playground for the kids to play in. Dogs on leads are very welcome and also get a treat on the door! £1 entry, under 10's free. Easter Egg Trail Saturday 15th April 10am-3pm Mane Chance Sanctuary, Monkshatch Garden Farm, off Down Lane, Compton GU3 1DL are organising an Easter

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JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Egg Trail and at the same time you will be able to meet the horses and Shetland ponies including their 3 new arrivals. See the farm, enjoy the walk and solve the clues along the way. There will be refreshments, hot cross buns, fun and games in the barn. Dogs on leads very welcome! Entry £3. Book now at tickets@manechancesanctuary.org. Mane Chance is a Charity rescuing and caring for abused, abandoned and elderly horses and ponies, promoting mutually beneficial relationships with local terminally ill children and young adults with learning, social or emotional difficulties. For more details visit their website www. manechancesanctuary.org. Easter Bunny Event Sunday 16th to Monday 17th April Hollycombe is Britain’s largest working traditional steam fairground and railway. Rides include the unique Razzle Dazzle, the world’s first ‘White Knuckle’ ride. On Easter Sunday and Monday, expect to see a large Easter Bunny on the loose at Hollycombe! Great photo opportunities and lots of surprises in store! Hollycombe will also be holding its popular Easter Trails all weekend where children (and adults!) can hunt for clues around the site. Those returning a completed trail sheet will receive a small prize! Hollycombe is situated in Midhurst Road, Liphook GU30 7LP. Board Games Afternoons Friday 17th April 2pm-4pm Godalming Baptist Church in Queen Street organise monthly

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Easter Church Services 3 Days That Changed The World Easter. It’s a story of love, betrayal, sacriﬁce and the promise of new hope The events of Holy Week and Easter are 3 Days that changed the world. There are moments when life doesn’t seem worth living anymore, when there is a sense of helplessness around us, when injus�ce piles on injus�ce and dreams are trampled underfoot. That was how the followers of Jesus felt on Good Friday. But three days later God had raised him from the dead and the power of death had been broken! The good news of Easter is that God’s kingdom of love, jus�ce and peace is possible and that lives of individuals and peoples can be transformed. Why don’t you come and celebrate that Good News with us this year? You will be made most welcome at any of the churches in the Godalming area. No ma�er what you are going through in life, the Easter message is one of comfort, hope, peace, love and joy oﬀered to all through the Risen Lord Jesus. Michael Stubbs Chairman of Churches Together in Godalming and District

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JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Godalming Flower Club Tuesday 18th April Do you love flowers, enjoy meeting people, watching expert demonstrations and would like to learn more about flower arranging? If you do, go along and join this friendly club which meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the Baptist Church in Queen Street. Godalming. Arrive at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. For more information contact Linda on 01483 495727 or email lindatompkins42@gmail.com. Western Front Association Surrey Branch Wednesday 19th April The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge is on April 9th 2017 and to commemorate the event the Surrey Branch of the Western Front Association present: 'William Franklin: Remembering ‘Bungo’ - an appreciation of Field Marshal Lord Byng of Vimy. Byng led the Canadian Divisions who captured Hill 145, the high point on Vimy Ridge that was thought to be impregnable by the German army. Vimy Ridge Day is one of the most important events in the Canadian year. Meetings are held at the Day Centre, Lushington Drive, Cobham KT11 2LY and start at 7.45pm. They ask for a £3 donation to cover costs including refreshments. Full details from Andy Thompson on 01306 880960 email info@ eyewitnesstours.com. Cranleigh Arts Centre Wednesday 19th April 7.30pm Wonderful things are happening at your local Cranleigh

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Easter Events There is lots going on as usual this Easter period. Here are some ideas for a good day out for all ages in the wider local area. Discover Ramster Garden, an enchanted historical woodland garden renowned for its captivating beauty and tranquility. If you are visiting this spring, you can expect to see drifts of daffodils and primroses beneath towering bushes of camellias and ancient magnolia trees. In May the breathtaking collection of Azaleas and Rhododendrons burst into colour, a sight not to be missed. Ramster Garden has been in the same family for over 90 years and was one of the original gardens open for the National Garden Scheme (who celebrates its 90th anniversary this year). The garden is open daily 10 am to 5 pm from 10th March-11th June 2017 and has a tea room on site. Pre-booked group visits welcome. www.ramsterevents.com. Taking place at Birtley Estate is the annual Surrey Hills Sculpture Garden, running from Sunday 30th April to Sunday 4th June from 10am-5pm daily. The stunning 48 acre Birtley Estate provides the perfect venue for the eighth annual Surrey Hills Sculpture

Garden. Featuring sculptures from across the UK, this is the largest temporary sculpture exhibition in Surrey. www.birtleyestate.co.uk The Loseley Spring Garden Show is on Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd April. It is open Friday and Saturday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from 10am-4pm. New for this year are shepherd’s huts and summer houses and these will create an interesting spectacle at the entrance to the Show. At the far corner of the Walled Garden, the various food stands are essential to visit, as are the nearby Loseley home-grown plants. www.loseleypark.co.uk or call 01483 405119. The friendly and thriving Alfold Tennis Club are again offering a fun Easter coaching course for

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Rose (11) and Percy (10) went to the new Godalming Côte Restaurant. In this review, we will tell you all the things you need to know about Cote and how it is for children. What kind of food is there? There is a large variety of child friendly foods ranging such as chicken, fish, pork belly lovely thin crispy french fries, green beans and creamed spinach. Côte offers Brunch, lunch and dinner. There are also the monthly specials. What the interior and exterior is like? Côte is set back from the road and is a warm cosy restaurant that is fairly dark because of the dim lights. There is a lovely textured covering on the walls. The food is great and our waitress was lovely too and really looked after us. In the summer, you will be able to eat outside. What we had I had the steak frites a thin piece of chargrilled steak chargrilled for one minute served with fries it was delicious. For pudding, I had the Pan Perdu which is brioche bread and butter pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Percy had a fish dish with succulent, flaky salmon, haddock and cod delicious prawns, juicy leeks and all topped off with a lovely thick white wine sauce and mashed potato. Yummy!! Percy had the tarte aux pomme for pudding which is a puff pastry tart filled with finely layer apple slices. It is a fantastic place to have meal for all ages. Côte, 7-11 High Street, Godalming. Tel 01483 910309 www.cote-restaurants.co.uk Review by Rose 11 & Percy 10 42

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Arts Centre. Give it a try and enjoy entertainment on your doorstep and help it to survive for the future – it’s simple; just buy a ticket for one of their shows or go along and volunteer. One event, not to be missed is a Classical Music Recital by Ana Gogava who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1992 and is now a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She has won all sorts of awards and acclaim and is certainly a name to watch out for. Tickets: £16, £15 Friends, £10 students and under 16yrs. Call 01483 278000 (Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4.30pm) or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org. Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Wednesday 19th April 8pm At their next meeting, the Society welcomes Paul Templeton who will give a talk on 'How to Grow More Fruit from a Small Garden'. Then, on Saturday 22nd April, they hold the Spring Show. The entry time is from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on Friday, the staging from 8am to 10am in the morning with entry for the public from 11.30am. The prizes will be awarded at 1.15pm by Beverly Draper. They would be delighted to see you there. Guildford Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society Thursday 20th April 10.45am Enjoy a mystery but looking for a different twist? Then join them, in Shalford Village Hall, for their next lecture, by Leslie Primo, entitled ‘The Wilton Diptych’ and explore the hidden meaning of this painting and what it says about England

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at the turn of the 15th Century. Refreshments are available from 9.30am. The Society offers a monthly programme of varied and fascinating talks by first class speakers. The programme also includes special study days and an annual tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Annual membership is £42 and visitors pay £6 per talk. If you are interested, contact the Membership Secretary on 01483 423090 or visit their website at www. gwvdfas.org.uk Milford Probus Club Friday 21st April The club holds monthly luncheons and various other activities for retired and semi-retired professional and business people over 50. 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 next meeting Daphne Jefferies will talk about William Hogarth and his work. For more details, see their website, www.milfordprobus.com or contact Mike Thompson on 01483 428181 email thmmic@ btinternet.com. Murder in the Mud Bath – Gala Dinner Fundraiser Friday 21st April LynchPin Productions Theatre Company is raising funds for a production of Rotten Perfect at Watts Gallery in late September with a Gala Dinner Fundraiser at the Wilfrid Noyce Centre. It’s a murder mystery evening where you can follow the clues while enjoying a delicious three-course

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GREAT GODALMING DUCK RACE AND FETE If you go down to the River today you are sure of a Quacking Surprise!! Saturday 20th May is the day to be down at the river bank to witness the first ever Great Godalming Duck Race. Daffy fun for all the family and your chance to sponsor a duck and watch it paddle to victory along our very own River Wey. Records will be broken, fun will be had and we hope lots of money raised. Visit the tea and cake tent, dress up as a duck, wear something yellow – now is your chance to join in this eggstraordinary spring time fun. The Fete will start at 11am and run until 4pm and the first Race will start at 12 noon with heats every 20 minutes from then until the Grand Final for the heat winners. Heat winners will win £20 with prizes of £250, £100 and £50 for the first three places in the Grand Final. Music will be provided on the bandstand by The Accidentals and Rodborough School Jazz Band. Many of the local schools and youth groups are involved promoting the Race by selling tickets and will have stalls at the Fete. They will also receive April 2017

a donation of 25% of the value of the tickets that they sell. We are very grateful for the support of Roy and Andrew Axtell, directors of Axtell, which is a major employer in the area with a Godalming head office. It is a product and service supplier to the construction industry. This includes ready mix concrete, concrete pumping and waste disposal services together with a contracting division undertaking groundworks and surfacing. Shooting Star Chase is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. More information can be found at www.shootingstarchase.org.uk. It costs £10 million a year just to maintain their current level of care only 10% of which comes from government. So, it is vital that we help them as much as possible. Rotary support many local and international charities including Kids Out, Cranleigh Riding for the Disabled, Skillway, the Prostate Project, Seeds for Change and End Polio Now. Tickets cost £1 and can be purchased from Godalming schools and youth organisations, Record Corner, The Cellar Café, events in Godalming and on the day.

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My favourite cut flowers... I'd like to introduce you to some of my favourite cut flowers; these beautiful, easy-to-grow flowers don't require any cosseting. You can sow these flowers from seed this month directly where they are to flower, so there's no messing about with potting seedlings on, and no need for a greenhouse or any special kit or equipment.

Chiltern Seeds stock Nigella damascena 'Albion Green Pod', which as its name suggests, produces white, ruﬄed flowers followed by green seed heads, and Nigella damascena 'Albion Black Pod', which produces white flowers followed by dark maroon-coloured seed heads. Consider growing both varieties to complement each other, although you may decide to opt for Chiltern Seeds' pack of Nigella species and forms mixed, or Nigella damascena 'Persian Jewels' mixed.

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There are so many fabulous varieties of Nigella available. I am particularly fond of Nigella damascena 'Double White', which I purchased from Sarah Raven. I have been growing this Nigella cultivar for quite a number of years now; I simply can't be without it. I enjoy the fernylooking foliage produced by Nigella damascena 'Double White', and I adore its white ruﬄed flowers. The flowers are followed by attractive green seed heads, which increase in size as they develop towards maturity. The seed heads look wonderful in a vase and dry well too, but don't cut them all - leave some to self-seed for next year.

Lagurus ovatus 'Bunny Tails' is a super-hardy annual to grow; happiest when sown directly onto sandy soil, this lovely grass produces soft, silky panicles, which are green at first and fade to cream as they age. These pretty panicles, which resemble cute bunny tails, are easily dried and last indefinitely.

Chiltern Seeds stock every colour of Centaurea cyanus, also known as cornflowers, from white to darkest maroon, pink, purple, and of course every shade of blue. Ideal for poorer soils, cornflowers will flower from June to September if you pick the flowers regularly. Also favouring slightly poorer soils, Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden' is a delightful, single flowered Gypsophila that can be sown directly during April and May. Sunflowers are real bringers of joy! Available in a range of colours and sizes, including dwarf varieties for containers, the tallest strains for world record attempts, and multiheaded varieties for cut flowers, you can sow every type of sunflower this month. Scabiosa atropurpurea produces large flower heads in colours from almost black, purple, pink, red, blue, and white. Sow directly from the end of April and throughout May. Dahlias produce fantastic cut flowers. Whatever your favourite dahlia, you can plant their tubers outside from the middle of April onwards. Since I first saw Dahlia 'Café-auLait', I was smitten with its sumptuous, creamy peach-coloured blooms. However this lovely Dahlia is rather shy at flowering, only producing flowers sparsely and on occasion, so if you're short on space and want to grow an abundance of blooms, opt for another more floriferous dahlia. I am head over heels in love with Dahlia 'Classic Rosamunde' which produces utterly charming, semi-double pink flowers all through the summer until the first frosts. My Dahlia 'Classic Rosamunde' plants are always much admired for their dark bronze coloured foliage and beautiful rose pink blooms, which are so popular with butterflies and bees. Another of my firm favourites is Dahlia 'April Heather', a fabulous collarette type dahlia, which features soft yellow petals bathed in blush pink - it's a real delight. Images from top: Cornflowers; Dahlia 'Classic Rosamunde'; Nigella damascena 'Double White'; and a sunflower.

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Life Issue Session Saturday 22nd April 10am-12 noon There is another Life Issue session at Godalming Baptist Church (Coffee from 9.30am) entitled 'End of Life Care- A Practical and Medical Perspective' led by Doctor Martin Brunet and Doctor Karen Jones from Binscombe Medical Centre. They will cover some of the questions that occur in coming alongside those who are terminally ill. The session is free of charge. To book a place, contact pollard3@ hotmail.co.uk or call the Church Office on 01483 422105 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

dinner cooked up by Jane Heritage of Café Mila. Chocolate will be the theme of the meal. You will be entertained by LynchPin actors, who will present this staged reading and be your service staff. There’s a prize draw with prizes from Greenhouse Florists, CH Wakeling butchers, GLive, Watts Gallery and others. Tickets: £35 (3 course meal plus prizes. Cash bar.) www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2794456 and www.lyncpinptoductionsptc.co.uk. Memory Meadow Saturday 22nd April Local charity Phyllis Tuckwell will be holding a special remembrance event at Memory Meadow - a special area situated in Guildford’s Stoke Park. The remembrance event will start at 10:30am and end at 12pm, and will feature inspiring readings and songs. As part of the event, Phyllis Tuckwell is inviting supporters to make a dedication in memory of a loved one who has died. This can be done via leaflets which are available at the Hospice in Farnham and in each of the charity’s shops, or on their virtual meadow at www.pth.org.uk/ memorymeadow. All who attend the event will be given a Book of Remembrance, which will include the names of all those being remembered. If you would like to make a dedication, please ensure that it is received by Phyllis Tuckwell by 7th April, so that it can be included in the Book of Remembrance. To find out more, call 01252 729446, email fundraising@pth.org.uk or visit www.pth. org.uk/events/memorymeadow.

The Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret Saturday 22nd April 8pm Join Hundred Watt Club and Guildford Fringe Theatre Company for an evening of vintage inspired glamour, laughs and wild abandon! Glamorous, red carpet and vintage attire for both men and women encouraged but not enforced! Over 18’s only. Takes place at The Electric theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford. Tickets £15 (£13 concessions). Roots for the Future Saturday 22nd April This is a small local social enterprise that brings people together to plant trees in their communities to tackle local environmental problems such as poor air quality and flooding. They invite all ages to participate, and envisage that the involvement of children and youth will help to inspire the next generation to address climate change with environmental

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Conservatoire Concerts Series Saturday 22nd April This is another free concert organised by the Tilford Bach Society and will take place at Busbridge Church, Godalming. The aim of these concerts is to give music students from conservatoires and universities the opportunity to perform outside their music departments. The concerts are all being held in Godalming and are free of charge with a retiring collection at the end, in aid of the musicians’ expenses. The evening features the young Khorasan Quartet from Trinity Laban, Greenwich, who will be performing Shostakovich Quartet No. 6 and Mendelssohn’s op.44. For reservations and more details, contact Suzanne Cacciottolo on 07940 013314.

Guildford Rambling Club’s Walks Programme for April From 23rd and 30th April 10am Visitors are welcome on all of these walks unless otherwise stated. For details of the 10 mile circular walk from Stubbington Down on 23rd April, call Dick on 07516 407936. For the 10 plus mile circular walk from Ewhurst on 30th April, call Steve on 07957 803912. For full details visit www.guildfordramblingclub.org.uk

St. George’s Day Mummers Play Sunday 23rd April The Leathern Bottle in Meadrow, Godalming GU7 3JG is hosting the Godalming Tipteerers who will be performing the traditional Mummers Play. Here is their publicity leaflet; “Ladies and Gentlemen. For your entertainment, Godalming Tipteerers will perform the traditional Mummers Play 'St George and The Dragon' featuring the age old tale of good v evil and man v man dressed as a dragon! Held at your convenience and ours (we like a pub!) at 12.30pm at The Leathern Bottle”. Following that, the Fleur de Lys Morris Bourne Buildings May 14_Layout 1 11/05/2015 14:51 Page 1

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<52 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD player, Crispian Steele-Perkins, will talk about the history of the trumpet and its development through various stages of mechanisation. Instruments from Crispian's collection will be shown and played. The Society meets in Shalford Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday in the month. New members and visitors are very welcome. Details of their programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2017 can be found on their website www. nadfas-westsurrey.co.uk or by calling 01483 272332. Milford Cricket Club Tuesday 25th April It is lovely to announce that the cricket season is upon us. Colts training takes place every Tuesday evening ; Ages 8-11, 6pm to 7.20pm and ages 12-16, 7.20pm to 8.30pm. They would love to see you there, just show up at the club which is situated at The Burton Pavilion, Milford Heath Road, Milford GU8 5BP. The adult Saturday team is in the Ianson Division 3 this season and there are also friendly games on both Saturdays and Sundays. More information and a fixture list at www.milfordccsurrey.wordpress.com. You can also call 07712 658245 or email milfordcc@hotmail.co.uk.

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Society, its talks, visits and shows, check the website www. milfordhortsociety.org.uk or contact Hilary Potter on 01483 415710 or email her on potters38@hotmail.com. Cranleigh Decorative and Fine Arts Society Wednesday 26th April 2pm and 7.30pm Mary Rose-Carnac will give a talk entitled ‘Discover the paintings you own- the Public Catalogue’. In 2003 a catalogue recording all oil paintings in British public ownership was established, and this will be an insider's view of this unique project. The talk will be held at Cranleigh Arts Centre. They meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except August and December, and all are welcome. Information regarding membership can be found on www. cranleighdfas.org . The Watts Drawing Course Thursdays starting 27th April 6.30pm-8.30pm This is a five week course where you can experiment with a variety of drawing media including charcoal, pastels and water colour. Learn to render perspective form and light in portraiture and landscape studies. The cost is £160. There is also a pottery course running at exactly the same time. Call 01483 810235 or go to www.wattsgallery.org.uk for more information and to book a place.

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For me, spring roast lamb is probably my favourite Sunday lunch. Simon Hopkinson is also my favourite food writer. His book Roast Chicken and Other Stories was voted the most useful cookery book of all time by fellow chefs, restaurateurs and writers. Simon Hopkinson pairs his lamb with Gratin de Jabron by Shaun Hill, who runs the Michelin starred Walnut Tree Inn in Abergavenny. The perfect accompaniment is French peas, so easy and much better than plainly boiled ones! SR

Roast Leg of Lamb Ingredients: 1.8kg leg of lamb 2 x 50g tins anchovies A small bunch of rosemary 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and sliced lengthways into three 75g butter, softened black pepper 1/2 bottle white wine Juice of 1 lemon and a bunch of watercress, to garnish Serves 4-6

Method: Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7. With a small sharp knife, make about 12 incisions 5cm deep in the fleshy side of the joint. Insert a piece of garlic, half an anchovy and a small sprig of rosemary into each incision. Push all of them right in with your little finger. Cream the butter with any remaining anchovies and smear it all over the surface of the meat. Grind over plenty of black pepper. Place the lamb in a roasting tin and pour the wine around. Tuck in any leftover sprigs of rosemary and pour over the lemon juice. Put in the oven and roast for 15 minutes. Turn the oven temperature down to 180C/Gas 4 and roast the lamb for a further hour, or slightly April 2017

more, depending on how you like your meat. Baste from time to time with the winey juices. Take the meat out of the oven and leave to rest in a warm place for at least 15 minutes before carving. Taste the juices and see if any salt is necessary it shouldn't be, because of the anchovies. During roasting, the wine should have reduced and mingled with the meat juices and anchovy butter to make a delicious gravy. If it's too thin, a quick bubble on the hob should improve the consistency.

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Gratin de Jabron A version of gratin dauphinoise. It has two advantages over the standard method. First, preboiling the potatoes in their jackets means that there will be a potato flavour to the finished dish as well as a creamy texture.

Ingredients: 1kg maris piper potatoes 150g unsalted butter 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed salt and freshly ground white pepper 200ml milk 300ml whipping cream Serves 4-6

Method: Pre-heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Wash and sort the potatoes. They need to be steamed in their skins, so it helps if they are about the same size. Steam until they are only just cooked, so they are still slightly firm in the middle. Melt, but do not brown, the butter with the crushed garlic in a saucepan. Mix together the cream and the milk. When the butter has melted, scoop out the garlic pieces and spread them around the bottom

of your baking dish so they form a buttery garlicky base layer. Peel then slice the potatoes and lay them into the baking dish. Generously season with salt and pepper and spoon over the remaining melted butter, then pour over the milk and cream. Bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.

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100g butter 1 large cos lettuce 6 spring onions, white part only, thickly sliced 500g frozen peas Salt and freshly ground white pepper Several mint leaves, chopped

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Season and then add just a small cup of water so the peas just braise with the lettuce and onions. Cook for just 5-10 minutes until cooked to your liking, add the fresh mint leaves and then serve.

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Craft in Focus There is lots going on as usual this Easter period. Here are some ideas for a good day out for all ages in the wider local area. Craft In Focus is delighted to be returning to RHS Garden Wisley this Spring to be staging its annual contemporary craft and design fair within the Garden. This has become one of the most popular contemporary craft events in the UK and is an event not to be missed! Craft In Focus has always been at the forefront of promoting the best of the UK’s designer makers and their events have been placed above all other shows of their kind by The Independent. The event at Wisley showcases some of the finest contemporary craftmakers in various disciplines all of whom have been selected to exhibit at this event. Visitors will be able to see and purchase fine art, furniture, interior accessories, textiles, fashion, jewellery, ceramics, glassware, sculpture and garden furniture. Craft In Focus events offer the public a calibre of exhibitor not always seen at other craft fairs and, once again at Wisley, visitors will be able

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<54 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD bring a table, cloth and cards. A delicious tea will be served during the afternoon and there will also be a raffle and a home-baked cake stall. The cost of a table (4 people) is £40. To reserve places, send a cheque payable to Bramley Infant School PTFA along with your name, address, phone number and email address to: Catherine Dunstan, 2 Rowan Drive, Godalming GU7 1UB. If you don’t have a group of 4 don’t worry - single players can often be matched with others to make up a table. Profits will go to the school. For more information, call 01483 239375 or email catherinedunstan@hotmail.co.uk. Spring Craft Fair at RHS Wisley Thursday 27th April to Monday 1st May Over 170 exhibitors will offer the chance to buy direct from the best artists and makers in the UK and enjoy the beautiful and inspiring setting of the garden in spring. See all that shines at the Festival of Silver, a collection of some of the finest contemporary British silversmithing created by established and up-and-coming UK silversmiths in the Glasshouse Gallery. Normal garden admission applies. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/wisley for full details and for much more going on there. Gag House Comedy Club Friday 28th April 8pm Godalming now boasts its own comedy club. It is on at Cafe Mila on the last Friday of every month. Charlie Baker is the headliner on Friday 28th April. His instant likeability and charming delivery style has earned him a reputation as ‘a superior take on the modern showman’ (The Guardian). The comedy club starts at 8pm but Café Mila, known for its wonderful food, is serving up a chilli, rice and a naan from 6.30pm-7.30pm if you want to make an evening of it. Café Mila can be found in Angel Court, High Street, Godalming GU7 1DT. Tickets are £12.50, or £23 including dinner and can be purchased from www.GagHouseComedy.com or by calling 0333 666 3366. Alfold Plant & Cake Sale Saturday 29th April 10am-12 noon Outside St Nicholas Church, Alfold. Vegetables, bedding, perennials, roses, shrubs and more. Plus cakes and preserves. Refreshments available all morning and a raffle too. Go along and join them, all are welcome! Picnic on the Pitch Saturday 29th April 11am-4pm This is a fun event for the whole family in aid of Shooting Star Chase. It takes place at Godalming Town Football Club, Wey Court, Godalming GU7 3JE. Take your own picnic but alcohol can only be bought onsite. There will be music, a tombola, face painting, stalls and activities. Tickets are £20 on the door, or £15 online at www.eventbrite.co.uk. Children under 14 are free. Dogs welcome but only on leads. St John’s Church Spring Fair Saturday 29th April 12 noon-4pm St John’s Church, Farncombe will be holding its 37th Annual Spring Fair on the Bury Fields in Godalming. The participation of other local organisations and charities would April 2017

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with start times between 8.15am and 11.30am. Coffee and biscuits will be served on arrival and a rolling 3 course lunch follows the golf. This year the proceeds of the event will go primarily to the Cranleigh Riding for the Disabled charity. The entry fee for a team of four is £260 and entry forms are available from the Rotary Club, by calling Ian on 01483 417269 or by sending a request to gwgolf2017@btinternet. com. Godalming Art Space Saturday 6th May 9am to 12.30pm Held at Godalming Baptist Church in Queen Street GU7 1BA, this is not a teaching morning but purely a great opportunity to lose yourself in creativity for a few hours. It is a very relaxed morning, go along any time after 9am and enjoy a range of different forms of art. Bring your own materials if possible. Takes place on Saturdays on a monthly basis although there isn’t one in April. Please contact the Church Office on 01483 422105 or email Sally Pollard at pollard3@ hotmail.co.uk for more details. A warm welcome awaits! Godalming Woolsack Rotary Club Saturday 6th May 2.30pm to 5pm They are delighted to present the 9th year of Musical Allsorts. This free concert is open to the over 60's in and around Godalming and is taking place at The United Church, Bridge Road, Godalming. There will be music for all tastes with a top quality, varied programme from Music Kids, The Surrey Fringe, Nick Wyschna and The Godalming Jazz Choir.

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Chanctonbury and Steyning: A Ring with a View This walk takes you along a stretch of the South Downs with fine views all round and, after a visit to a lovely small country town, along a lower route full of interest and back over the Downs again. The going is easy over the chalk downs but you may encounter mud on the lower paths in the wetter seasons, when ankle boots are an advantage. The walk has two parts: a high road, with fine views, and a contrasting low road with many beautiful points of interest. Both towns offer good opportunities for refreshment. For full instructions, and bigger maps, please visit www.fancyfreewalks.org.

The walk 1. Go past the metal barrier at the end of the car right at the tree line. Follow this flinty path, walking park, signposted South Downs Way, on a flinty path beside a wood on your left. After 400m, you reach a uphill. At the top, at a fingerpost ignore a footpath fork by a post with blue arrows. left and, 20m later, ignore a cinder farm track right. 4. Take the right-hand fork, slightly uphill. The path Just after a gas relay station on your left, ignore a goes between concrete posts by a field on the right marked bridleway by a gate on the left and continue and enters woodland. Just 15m into the woodland, on the track. After 50m, leave the track by forking fork left on a long path downhill through the wood, left on a signed path and going through a wooden avoiding bike paths on your left. After 250m, the gate, soon passing chalk earthworks on your right. path comes to a junction where you can see over to Close by in the valley is Washington village. Rock your right a waymarker post and a wooden swing Mill (now sailless) can be seen just to the right gate. Turn right to the gate and go pointleft yourthrough feet a newThe path path of a sand quarry. Built in 1823, it appears on the it (or through the wide gap on itsonleft). village’s shield and was lived in by the composer leads down and emerges from the woods by a new John Ireland. Keep straight ahead on a steep chalky wooden swing gate,&with firstDowns view of Steyning Chanctonbury, Steyning theyour South path uphill and go through a wooden gate atAthe below. After 250m of open hillside, your path goes Ring with a View top. Keep in the same general direction up the through a wooden swing gate into woods. Keep Distance: 12½ km=8 miles easy-to-moderate walking grassy slope. You have a fine view to the left Region: over West right on a narrow but straight path. It takes you Sussex Date written: 5-aug-2010 the Weald to the North Downs. As you ascend,Author: the Hautboy through a small wooden gate on a12-oct-2016 straight route Last update: sea comes into view, near the big town of Worthing. between hedges and later an unneeded wooden Refreshments: Steyning, Washington At the other side, at the highest point on the grass, gate a trackhopefully by some allotments. On Maps: Explorer 121leading (Arundel) &onto 122 (Steyning) not needed Problems, We depend on your feedback: go over a low bank to the Dew Pond in its ring of changes? reaching a road, keep feedback@fancyfreewalks.org straight ahead and, just Public rights are restricted to printing, copying or distributing this document exactly as hawthorn. after it bends right, turn left through a barrier seen here, complete and without any cutting or editing. See Principles on main webpage. 2. Turn right away from the pond and go through down to the main street of Steyning, opposite the High hills, views, village, country town, woodland a wooden gate by an information tablet. Turn Dolls House Shop. At the time of writing this shop Brief also does “psychic readings on Fridays”. The walk left on the track, beside a cattle grid, headingIn for the Chanctonbury Ring. It is better to shiftThis left willyou continue leftoffrom here, but cannot come walk takes along a stretch the South Downs withyou fine views all round and, without after a visit to a lovely small country alongtown. a lower route up the grassy bank and walk on a parallel grassy first seeing sometown, of the of interest and back over the Downs again. The going is easy over the ridge which has views on both sides, headingfull for 5. After your visit, return westwards along the High chalk downs but you may encounter mud on the lower paths in the wetter the left-hand side of the Ring. On reachingseasons, the when Street, pastarethe Dolls House on your right. ankle boots an advantage. The walk Shop has two parts: a high road, Where with fine views, a contrasting lowright, road with many beautiful Chanctonbury Ring, you can walk on a clockwise the and street bends leave it by keeping Both towns offer good opportunities for refreshment. To circular course to obtain an overall view ofpoints theof interest. straight ahead on Mouse Lane, a name that seems enquire at the Frankland Arms, ring 01903-892220. In Steyning the choice ancient earthworks. Continue from the Ring onis the so appropriate for the small cottages that occupy wide. wide track, part of the South Downs Way (SDW), thepreviously lane. the In eastern only 100m, just 20 past the mile lastwalk thatched This walk was part of a longer km=12½ Thisgo longer walk is now available big zipper by in 10m, heading past a cylindrical tank, then through a taking gatein Sullington. cottage, diagonally left onasaa track and, combining itfork with the walkon Sullington, Chantry & the South Downs. Zip by a cattle grid. In ½ km, at a 4-way junction, keep right a hidden narrow footpath, going over a points are indicated in the guides. straight ahead. stile and into a meadow of wild grass. (If overgrown, The walk begins at the Washington car park. The nearest postcode is 3. In another ½ km or so, a track joins from the right. on120. the turn rightthe after RH20 4AZ, continue grid ref TQ 119 Buttrack careful and ! 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