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Happy New Year! First of all, we wish all our VantagePoint readers a very Happy New Year. You will notice that this month we have made a change to the layout of Jottings with each one starting with a heading and a date where appropriate. Hopefully this will make it easier for our readers to refer to events, but do let us know what you think. This is definitely a month for awards; I think we have mentioned no less than four award winners, in all the editions, who have each excelled in their particular field. Well done to you all. Finally, another big thank you for sending in your Jottings and for sending, where possible, attachments in Word format, it does help us a lot. Full Circle Vocal Group Wednesday 6th January 7.30pm The group is looking for new members to join the existing choir with the aim of progressing and performing. They need people from all vocal ranges to join a fun programme in January 2016 and are more than just a choir. Full Circle offers free 1 to1 singing help, guest musician workshops, live recording sessions and above all, laughter in a fun environment! Members enjoy a community spirit, great singing, social evenings, fun projects, performances and harmony. If this brief description sounds good to you, why not give them a try. They meet on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm during term time at Farnham Maltings. The cost is £40 per term to cover room hire only. For more information, email polly@fcvg.co.uk. You can also visit www.fcvg.co.uk.
Surrey County Walkers They have a long list of organised walks taking place from January to the 28th March. They take place all over this area and are between 5 and 8 miles. For full details, please visit www.surreycommunity.info/surreycountywalkers. Elstead Afternoon WI Thursday 7th January 2.15pm The next meeting’s speaker will be Mrs Alison Hoyland who will expand on ‘We are what we Wear – The Characteristics of Clothes’. A delicious tea is always provided and all visitors and new members will be made very welcome. Please note that women do not need to live in Elstead to join their WI. Contact Helen White on 01252 710039. Meetings take place at Elstead Village Hall. Farnham & District Museum Society Thursday 7th January 7.30pm With Christmas and New Year celebrations on your mind you may need a brief reminder of last month’s entry - Mary Russell Mitford is the subject of the Farnham & District Museum Society’s talk on 7th January. On Thursday 21st January, Dr John Nichols will give a brief outline of the History of Medicine starting with the Stone Age. A major landmark is the ancient Egyptian Ebers papyrus, just part of the evidence for a high point in medical science that has passed into history and not equalled or superseded until the 17th century. He will also be looking at ancient remedies revived for the modern day. The healthy and bracing tone continues on Thursday 4th February with a
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Chichester, Reading, Crondall, Farnham, Farnborough, Lightwater, Haslemere, Guildford and on one occasion from Northampton; why not join them in learning how to help the community. Contact Michael Haxeltine on 01252 541639 for further information. Farnham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild Tuesday 12th January 2pm The ladies of Farnham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild send their best wishes for 2016 to all VantagePoint readers. 2015 was a good year for F.A.T.G. as ten new members joined and appreciated the friendship and fun. The speakers were interesting and varied, money was raised for various charities, and there were splendid outings. The next meeting is on Tuesday 12th January when Geoff Lunn, well known for his wonderful wildlife photography, will give a presentation entitled ‘My Neck of the Woods’. For more information, phone 01252 722690 or 01252 712503, email zelbob@aol.com or just go along to a meeting. They meet each month on the second Tuesday at 2pm in the Methodist Church Hall, South Street. Grayshott Gardeners Wednesday 13th January 7.30pm Tim Butler will be bringing a welcome foretaste of summer to Grayshott on Wednesday 13th with his talk on the history and growing of Lavender. Tim is the owner of the Lavender
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A little inspiration... Now that Christmas is just a distant memory, we can now think about preparing for 2016. Updating our homes is surprisingly therapeutic mainly because we live day to day with everything that surrounds and a change can be invigorating, not to mention getting the creative juices flowing. An easy way to transform a room is to decorate using new colour ways. There are wonderful exotic and tropical prints on offer with everything from flamingos to palm leaves, both available as fabrics and wallpapers, teamed with the latest paint colours of teal blues, gentle greys and dusky pinks the choice of expression is vast. Try some of the new generation of paints such as Little Greene matt emulsion not only environmentally friendly but also washable and great for high traffic areas like hallways. We are lucky to have so many local companies that specialize in fabrics, curtain making, soft furnishings, inspirational wallpapers and second generation paints. Being local means that great service and advice is included. Look out for local upholsterers to breathe new life into tired chairs and sofas. Samples of paints, wallpaper and fabrics are readily available and can be used to create a mood board to capture inspiration and feeling.
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The West Surrey Wine Society Monday 18th January 7.30pm Rob Woodhead of Red Squirrel Wines will give a presentation entitled ‘Forgotten Regions of Spain’. Rob will be showing that, if you step outside some of the more famous regions of Spain, there are other fantastic regions, with some wonderful grape varieties, which offer brilliant value. There is a whole new world of Spanish wine just waiting to be discovered! The West Surrey Wine Society is a wine appreciation society that meets on the third Monday of the month at The Conservative Club, Ivy Lane, Farnham, GU9 7PQ. Many, if not most, of the 60 or so members joined with little or no knowledge of wines, just a liking for the product! The meetings start at 7.30pm with a glass of ‘Welcome Wine’ and the meeting proper starts at 8pm, generally taking the form of a tutored tasting, often led by an expert from a major supplier or a Wine Educator and who is frequently a Master of Wine. For further information on the Society contact the Membership Secretary Frances Hackemer on 01252 793684. Farnham DFAS Friday 19th January Farnham Decorative and Fine Arts Society lecture entitled Velasquez: ‘The Great Magician of Art’ by Douglas Skeggs takes place at 10.30am on Tuesday 19th January 2016 at the Maltings, Farnham GU9 7QR. This underrated
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17th century Spanish artist is one of the most influential painters in the history of art. He made his name in Seville producing penetratingly observed scenes of everyday life. His portraiture was so successful in Madrid that at 24 he was the only artist permitted to paint the King of Spain. Non-members are warmly invited to attend. Phone the membership secretary on 07918 883515 to book your ticket for £5 or, for more information, consult our new website, www.farnhamdfas.org.uk. Heartstart Farnham Lions Wednesday 20th January 7pm The local Emergency Life Support Skills teaching team, completed their autumn schedule of free classes in December, having raised their output of trained members of the community to around 575 since commencing classes in July 2012.They are now pleased to announce class dates for the first quarter in 2016, they are on Wednesdays 20th and 27th January, Wednesdays 17th and 24th February and Wednesdays 16th and 23rd March. Second quarter dates, at a similar frequency, will be announced in the future. All classes take about two hours, are essentially free, although voluntary donations are welcome, commence at 7pm and are held at the St John Ambulance Hall, near Waitrose in Farnham. Much interest is now being shown by the public in Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs / Defibs) and publically accessible ones (PADs) are now appearing
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opened!”. Among the guests at the foundation ceremony were Loelia, Duchess of Westminster; Lord and Lady Hamilton of Dalzell and Sir Richard and Lady Nugent.
On September 18, 1963, Vanessa Redgrave ‘laid the foundation stone’, imprinting her footprint in the concrete floor of what would later become the Theatre foyer. She said: “From the first moment that I heard plans for the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre I was very, very interested. I can’t wait for the Theatre to be
The theatre had to hold three ‘opening nights’ to allow all the local Founder Members to attend and the production transferred directly to London where it also enjoyed a successful run. This was the fore-runner of many plays that would follow suit and transfer to London: during the first 10 years, the Theatre presented over 230 productions, of which 36 transferred to the West End.
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The Under the Theatre’s first Artistic Director, theatre Laurier Lister (in post 1964-1974), plays were usually produced on a fortnightly was made basis, with the annual Christmas possible pantomimes enjoying a longer thanks to the run. In 1974, Lister was succeeded generosity of as Artistic Director by Val May who strove to counter financial hundreds of pressures by increasing the enthusiastic number of works received from Guildford and touring companies or produced Surrey playin partnership with West End management. goers who donated nearly James Barber, the Theatre’s General 70% of the Manager since 1984 (pictured below), original succeeded Val May in 1992 and the number of touring and pre-West End cost
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transfer productions received by the Yvonne Arnaud increased and the theatre continued to produce its own shows.
For James, this theatre has been a part of life since it was built: he has fond memories of being brought to the theatre in the 1960s to see Flanders and Swann, Joyce Grenfell and, of course, the Pantomime. Of the theatre’s 50th anniversary, James says: “It’s incredible that despite all the regional theatres that have closed around the country, including in Surrey, the Yvonne Arnaud is celebrating its 50th birthday. I am very blessed to have worked in this beautiful Theatre, in this beautiful place, for 35 of those 50 years”.
Yvonne Arnaud
The 1990s saw the Yvonne Arnaud expand, when part of the 18th century Town Mill beside the theatre became the Mill Studio, providing a venue for small-scale drama and to encourage a repertoire of productions that would not otherwise be seen in Guildford. It also created a home for the Youth Theatre’s activities. The theatre today Under the Directorship of James Barber, Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is a busy producing and receiving house, creating shows in Guildford and touring nationally, with many productions transferring to the West End. The Yvonne Arnaud’s exciting programme of events features a range of new work, established classics and award-winning productions, as well as a diverse selection of music and opera, ballet, film seasons, an art exhibition, family shows and an annual pantomime.
Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre opened its doors as a proud memorial to the much-loved French actress Yvonne Arnaud who had made her home first in Effingham Common and then London Road in Guildford. Her warmth, humour and talent gave Yvonne an unrivalled position on the English stage for nearly fifty years.
Equipped with two performance spaces (the Main Stage and the Mill Studio) and home to the Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre, the venue offers a brilliant mix of activities for young people and adults all year round.
A long-time Guildford resident, Yvonne had been a supporter of the local arts scene and was a Director of the Guildford Theatre Club from its incorporation in 1946 until her sudden death in 1958.
Extensive catering facilities are available to suit all pockets, with multiple theatre bars, the Riverview Restaurant and the Riverbank Café. Whether you’re looking for coffee, lunch, afternoon tea or a complete night out, the Theatre’s picturesque riverside setting offers something for everyone – not just theatregoers.
In 1964, Dame Sybil Thorndike said: “Those of us who loved Yvonne as an actress feel her spirit behind this theatre for Guildford – a town which has been eager for good, live plays – and a theatre of its own, coupled with the name of a great actress, will be a further mark of the town’s energy and enterprise”.
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50 Years of Legendary Actors The last half-century has seen an astonishing array of actors appear on the Yvonne Arnaud stage. The early years saw performances from Max Adrian in The Cardinal of Spain; Sybil Thorndike’s penultimate role in The Viaduct; Wendy Hillier and Gladys Cooper in Somerset Maugham’s The Sacred Flame; Alec Guinness’s riveting scientist in Time Out of Mind; Joan Plowright in The Cherry Orchard; Edward Woodward in The Dark Horse; Susan Hampshire and Gerald Harper in House Guest; Janet Suzman in The Three Sisters and Dorothy Tutin in Macbeth. The 1980s saw the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre take its first show to Broadway: Shaw’s Pygmalion starring Peter O’Toole, Lionel Jefferies, John Mills, Dora Bryan and Amanda Plummer. The decade also welcomed appearances from Rex Harrison and Edward Fox in The Admiral Crichton, Leonard Rossiter in The Rules of the Game; Leslie Caron, Kate O’Mara and Dinsdale Landon in The Rehearsal; Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code; Penelope Keith in Dear Charles; Beryl Reid in A Little Bit on the Side; Alan Bates and Felicity Kendal in Ivanov; Judi Dench and Michael Williams in Mr and Mrs Nobody; Vanessa Redgrave and Christopher Reeve in The Aspern Papers. Actors to take to the Guildford stage in more recent years include: Felicity Kendal, Josie Lawrence, Nicky Henson and Robert Bathurst in Alarms and Excursions; Barry Humphries and Emily Perry in Edna: The Spectacle; Gene Wilder in Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Rick Mayall and Stephen Fry in Cell Mates; Helen Mirren and John Hurt in A Month in the Country; Michael Gambon in The Caretaker; Penelope Keith and Una Stubbs in Star Quality; Joan Collins, Frank Llangella and Moira Lister in Moon Over Buffalo; Richard Briers and June Whitfield in Bedroom Farce; Edward Fox in The Winslow Boy; John Barrowman in Beautiful and Damned; David Suchet in Man and Boy; Patricia Routledge and Roy Hudd in Solid Gold Cadillac; Timothy West in The Old Country; Anthony Sher in Kean; Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Baron, Susie Blake, Michele Dotrice, David Horovitch, Roy Hudd, Sam Kelly, Maureen Lipman and Simon Rouse in When We Are Married; Charles Edwards, Jonathan Hyde, Emma Fielding, Ian McNeice and Joss Ackland in The King’s Speech and Ben Miller in The Duck House. Some of the fabulous actors who have appeared at the Yvonne Arnaud. From top: Ingrid Bergman and Michael Redgrave in A Month in the Country, performed on the opening night in 1965; Alan Bennet and Patricia Routledge in Talking Heads (1992); Judi Dench in Mr & Mrs Nobody (1986); Helen Mirren and John Hurt in A Month in the Country (1994); and Ben Miller in The Duck House (2013).
Looking ahead...
Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre continues to celebrate its anniversary year, welcoming the New Year in theatrical style with a New Season programme of events that includes: Alan Ayckbourn’s first revival of his classic comedy Confusions (Wednesday 13th – Saturday 23rd January) and the world première of his latest work Hero’s Welcome (Friday 15th – Saturday 23rd January); Featuring a large live orchestra with over 30 musicians, the Russian State Opera presents Madam Butterfly (Monday 1st – Tuesday 2nd February); Guildford School of Acting present Our House: The Madness Musical (Saturday 12th – Saturday 19th
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March); William Nicholson’s stunning West End hit Shadowlands (Thursday 18th – Saturday 27th February) stars Stephen Boxer; Richard Bean’s brilliantly observed drama Toast (Monday 21st – Saturday 26th March) stars the Olivier Award-winning actor Matthew Kelly; Winner of the 2014 Molière Award for Best Play, The Father (Tuesday 29th March – Saturday 2nd April) sees Kenneth Cranham reprises his indelible West End performance. Ballet and Opera screenings from the Royal Opera House and a Film Season (Monday 29th February – Saturday 5th March) also feature. For a complete guide to what’s on at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, please visit the website at www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01483 440000.
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Britain’s oldest vehicle manufacturer was established in Guildford. In the fourth article in his series, Andy Goundry continues the story. When Hestair took over Dennis in 1972, production was at an all-time low and losses approached £1 million. Hestair’s solution was to embark on a dramatic rationalisation programme. One of their first steps was to sell the sprawling Woodbridge Works site, renting back less than half the buildings. Out too went promising new, but high-cost projects, such as a proposed high-performance front-wheel drive, low-floor ambulance. Lawn mower production was moved from Guildford to Hestair’s farm machinery division in Kent. Axle production was also ended, leaving Woodbridge Works to concentrate on vehicle assembly rather than component manufacture. Initially, Hestair continued to target the traditional Dennis customer base of local authorities with their regular demand for fire appliances and specialist trucks. Production for all other markets, including haulage, was all but abandoned. However, this left the company with a very small marketplace of only around 300 vehicles a year, which was clearly too small to financially sustain the business. The need to increase production to profitable levels caused the company to focus on the Middle Eastern market, which had grown rich on the dramatic oil price rises of the early 1970s. Dennis were soon selling a range of vehicle types to Iraq, the Gulf States and Libya, including fire appliances and refuse collectors as well as hundreds of Delta 16ton trucks. Ironically, many of these very
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successful products were in fact designed prior to the Hestair takeover. With better marketing of these new models, perhaps Dennis could have avoided being taken over. All this income and profit from the Middle East allowed the revitalised company to develop new modern products with reduced manufacturing costs. One of the most successful of these was the RS/SS series of fire appliances, which went on to a 16-year production run of over 1,750 vehicles. The RS/ SS shared a common cab design with a new refuse collection vehicle, the Phoenix, which was equally successful. Not content with reaping the rewards of this success, Dennis management then felt the time was right to re-enter the bus business. British Leyland, whilst dominant in the market, were intent on forcing their standard products onto customers, which did not sit well with the traditionally conservative bus operators. Dennis launched their rear-engined Dominator double-decker in 1977, and were quickly successful in gaining good orders from around the UK. In parallel, Dennis also developed the front-engined Jubilant double-decker specifically for Hong Kong, then a new market for them but one which was to play a major role in the company’s future, for the Jubilant was to prove a great success in this notoriously arduous location. Indeed, ten years after introduction, all 364 Jubilants sold to Hong Kong’s major operator, KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus), were still in operation, a level of reliability almost unknown previously. Capitalising on this success in Hong Kong, Dennis then developed the Dragon, a big 3-axle decker capable of carrying 172 passengers. Again, sales were substantial, with over 1,000 in operation with KMB by 1992. Indeed, the level of Hong Kong business helped Dennis to survive a major downturn in the UK bus market in the early 1980s. A model of the Dennis Jubilant, one of 364 models sold to Kowloon Motor Bus, all of which were still in operation 10 years after their introduction.
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Management changes at Hestair in 1982 prompted a muchneeded review of the vehicle building activities of the group, for there were similar products from various plants being marketed in competition with each other. Hestair management wisely decided to focus each of the Hestair plants on their most successful products, and so the Guildford factory became responsible for two key markets, bus and fire chassis. The Guildford fire engine body-building business, no longer particularly profitable due to the costly unique requirements of each fire brigade, was sold off, and the body-building business went on to be re-formed as JDC, John Dennis Coachworks. This was run by the grandson of one of the original founders of the company, and continues at Slyfield in Guildford to this day. Similarly, refuse collection vehicle operations were centralised at the Hestair Eagle plant at Warwick, and production of cabs moved to Hestair’s Duple Coachbuilders factory in Blackpool. With the new-found focus on bus and coach manufacture, Dennis at Guildford identified an opportunity in the early 1980s for a light and economical yet durable coach. In an inspired and brave approach, Dennis’s designers took a new, compact Cummins engine and placed it midships in their new chassis, unlike the competition which had big, heavy rear-mounted engines. The new coach, the Javelin, was launched in 1986, and as operators became familiar with the new-to-them Cummins engine, it gained substantial orders, selling 1,300 by 1994. This operator acceptance of Cummins engines was key to developing one of Dennis’s next, and most successful models of all time. The UK bus market was undergoing massive
change in the early 1980s as the industry was effectively de-nationalised and opened up to free competition. As a result, numerous small operators sprang up, intent on providing local services using comparatively cheap van-based buses. Experience soon showed that these van conversions struggled with the rigours of everyday bus operation, and Dennis reasoned that a small, economical purpose-built bus would be more durable. Enter the Dennis Dart, a little bigger and heavier than the van conversions but much smaller, lighter and more economical than a conventional ‘big’ bus, thanks to its lightweight economical Cummins engine and unusually small wheels. Expectations for the success of Dart were modest, with sales predictions being in the hundreds. In the event the Dart went on to become Britain’s most successful bus, selling over 10,000 in its production life. A development of Dart, the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 is indeed still in production, so total sales are now approaching 20,000. Compare that build record with the much better known Routemaster, which only managed around 3,000 sales! However, whilst Dennis was enjoying success with the Dart and other models, by the late 1980’s their owners, Hestair, were losing interest in vehicle building, having diversified into other areas of business. In 1988, senior directors from the various Dennis businesses in Guildford, Warwick and Blackpool formed a new company,
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Trinity Holdings, to buy the vehicle-building businesses from Hestair for £27 million. Under Trinity Holdings management, the Guildford business again flourished. Now renamed Dennis Specialist Vehicles, they moved from the now-outdated Woodbridge Works to a new purpose-built factory at Slyfield in 1990, which was muchneeded to cope with the volume of orders for Dart in particular. The success of Dart was followed up in the latter half of the 1990’s by the development of an innovative range of low-floor buses, ranging from the Dart SLF (for Super Low Floor) to the Trident double deckers, which included a 3-axle version for the key Hong Kong market. One of the hundreds of Dennis Dragons bought by KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) in Hong Kong. Interestingly, this bus gained a second life when it eventually returned to the UK for use as an open-topper in London operated by Big Bus Tours. Photo: Danny Chan
The very well-regarded Dennis RS fire appliance. That rather utilitarian squared-off appearance belied an incredibly strong and spacious, at the time almost the only purpose-built fire engine cab designed to be easy to use by a full crew equipped with breathing apparatus etc. Photo: Dennis Society
Fire engine sales were equally buoyant in this period, thanks to the Sabre chassis which was also highly successful. Whilst the smaller Rapier, a very agile and impressive appliance, achieved fewer sales due to its limited payload, it formed an impressive ‘halo product’ for the company, and won several plaudits for its technical excellence, not least a Design Council award. By any standards, whether volume of sales, turnover, or profitability, Dennis was on a roll at that time, and the business was ready to embark on the next stage of its growth. For Dennis’s management team, the next logical step was to once again become a builder of complete vehicles by merging the Dennis chassis-building business with Plaxtons, a bodybuilder with which Dennis had traditionally enjoyed very close links. Plans for this amicable merger were however dealt a blow when Alexanders, a rival bodybuilder, grew concerned at the potential impact on their business. The parent company of Alexanders, Mayflower Corporation, had also eyed the 1990s growth of Dennis and therefore began a hostile bidding war for Dennis, eventually taking over the company in 2001 and renaming the bus-building business Transbus International. Mayflower believed that they could continue to grow and profit from the Guildford chassis business, which they combined with their Alexanders body-building operation, and unwittingly over-extended themselves in buying Dennis Specialist Vehicles. Cost-cutting soon became the order of the day, resulting in several unwelcome measures such as the sale and leaseback of the Guildford site. Other businesses within the Mayflower empire were similarly over-extended, and eventually Mayflower collapsed into Administration in 2004, taking with it a large percentage of the pension fund of the loyal workforce. This was probably the lowest point in the history of the business, and, for a time, it looked as if closure was on the cards, however in the nick of time a late saviour was found, as we shall see in the next chapter of this series. © Andy Goundry ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Almost the last chapter in Dennis fire engines – the superb Rapier. As well as selling in the UK, several were sold into mainland Europe, much to the chagrin of their local manufacturers. Indeed, a number served in Erfurt, Germany, right in the heart of Mercedes and MAN territory! This one, however, served much closer to home, with West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service. Photo: David Rowell January 2016
Andy Goundry spent his working career in vehicle design and development, with almost twenty years in senior engineering and management roles at Dennis. Since retirement he has continued a close involvement with vehicles, writing for specialist magazines and websites, as well as producing his own motoring website www.autonews.uk.com. 23
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LOCAL The Royal Surrey County Hospital’s Charitable Fund A history of the Royal Surrey County and St Luke’s Hospitals The Royal Surrey County Hospital has always been at the heart of the community and has grown substantially since it began in 1866 when it was the first voluntary hospital in Guildford, funded only by public donations.
‘slices’ of tissue which can be viewed separately. This helps to eliminate the problems of cancerous cells and other abnormalities being hidden from view. It means breast cancer can be detected sooner and more accurately. The earlier cancer is detected, the greater the chance of successful treatment.
The Royal Surrey County and St Luke’s hospitals, having worked closely together for some time, formed a clinical union in 1952. In 1980, the Royal Surrey moved from Farnham Road to Egerton Road. Patient services then gradually started moving from St Luke’s to the Royal Surrey with the last patient at St Luke’s leaving on 6th November 1996. The Royal Surrey now provides district general hospital services to a population of 330,000 people.
Each year in the UK over 50,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. A supporter of the hospital, Sheila Newey, was one of these women. Speaking about her personal experience she said: “I was told that the type of breast cancer I had was difficult to detect on a mammogram in its early stages. I therefore wonder whether a tomosynthesis machine with it 25% higher detection rate might have spotted something suspicious and spared me such invasive treatment and all the side effects associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, not to forget the effect of my diagnosis on my family, plus coping with reconstruction going forward.”
The Royal Surrey County Hospital’s Charitable Fund – their vision It is thanks to the kindness of individuals, community groups, businesses and charitable trusts that they have been able to invest in innovative new equipment, major redevelopment projects and other initiatives over the years – always with the focus firmly on the needs of the patient, improving care and remaining at the forefront of treatment provision.
The Trust is appealing to people in the community to help them buy this life-saving piece of equipment as well as additional equipment to assist the © Property of The Royal Surrey County Hospital diagnosis of breast and other women’s Their vision is to ensure that the Royal Surrey can offer cancers. Having it in their Radiology Department at the best possible patient care and medical treatment. the Royal Surrey County Hospital means they can help They are committed to providing the best possible increase the detection of cancer in women and give facilities and environment for all patients, visitors and women in the community, like Sheila, better odds of staff. The money raised is used to provide additional beating it. facilities for patients and staff over and above those that can be paid for with traditional NHS funding. Money raised is spent on: • Improving patient treatment, care and experience • Investing in innovative treatment technology and equipment • Offering specialist care closer to home Detecting Women’s Cancer As such, their current appeal is Detecting Women’s Cancer. They are raising money to purchase several pieces of equipment all used to increase cancer detection rates. One of these is a tomosynthesis machine. Unlike a standard mammogram which takes a two-dimensional image, the tomosynthesis machine takes three-dimensional images which are reconstructed using computer software. These show 30
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Great wine and canapés I visited a fantastic wine-tasting event at SI Capital in Godalming recently, and was blown away by the quality of the wine which was supplied by Farnham vintner Paul Young of Imbibros. Well worth checking out for fantastic wine that you can’t get in the supermarket, yet still doesn’t cost the earth. The canapés at the event were also simply sensational, probably the best I’ve ever had, including sirloin of beef roasted pink and served with mini Yorkshire puddings and a crème fraiche/hot horseradish, and pork belly braised in spices and soy, with apple sauce and topped with a shard of crackling. To try them for yourself, contact Maggie Harold of Maggie’s Kitchen, she tells me that she’s cooked for Lords, Ladies and Cabinet Ministers! MA Paul Young, Imbibros 01483 861164 / 01252 723738 imbibros.co.uk Maggie Harold, Maggie’s Kitchen 01252 705934 maggieskitchen.co.uk
Counting those calories In January, Bel & The Dragon are launching their low calorie ‘Sub 1000 Menu’ for all those wishing to shed those Christmas pounds. In Churt and Godalming, you can still enjoy the luxury of eating out without having to worry about the weight. This 3 course menu costs only £35 and includes a glass of Laurent Perrier Ultra Brut, all for less the 1000 calories. Start with Seared Sword Fish dressed with miso, lime zest, pickled celery & pomegranate. For main, enjoy Steamed Lemon Sole & Poached Lobster with golden beetroot, leek puree & crispy quinoa. For a sweet finish they are serving Josper Spiced Pineapple with coconut water sorbet & candied chilli! www.belandthedragon.co.uk
Inspiring sugarcrafters for over 30 years Baking is a popular pastime and food fans are increasingly taking the next step to sugarcraft, discovering how to decorate their cakes like works of art. From basic cake decorating skills to the latest trends, tricks and techniques, creative cake makers will find it all at the SK 2016 Exhibition in Farnham, Surrey, on 11th–13th March 2016. 2016 marks the Squires Kitchen Exhibition’s 30th year and there’s a spectacular show planned to celebrate. As well as top industry names, new cake-decorating talent and innovative products there will be plenty of surprises in store, so watch this space! With over 30 years of expertise, Squires Kitchen is the leading authority on sugarcraft and the SK Exhibition is the longest-running of its kind in Europe. Show features: • Demonstrations from world-renowned sugarcrafters • Innovative products from exhibitors • Amazing cake displays • Book signings from leading cake decorating authors • Cookie and cupcake inspiration • Wedding Cake Showroom • Prestigious Cake Decorating Competition • Mini classes with top tutors • LIVE chocolate art with Mark Tilling • Clandestine Cake Club area and fun competition Find out more at www.squires-exhibition.com or call 0845 61 71 810. Squires Kitchen is also offering three lucky cake fans the chance to win a pair of entry tickets to the day of their choice! (Standard adult ticket price - £15.00). See our competition page. Friday 11th–Sunday 13th March 2016 Farnham Maltings
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members and visitors are very welcome. Details of their programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2016 can be found on their website or, for more information, call 01483 811671. Farnham U3A visit Broadcasting House Have you ever wondered what it’s like to present BBC Television News? Or take part in a radio drama? Or even provide sound effects for a radio play? In November members of Farnham U3A were able to experience all this and a great deal more when they visited New Broadcasting House in Portland Place, opened by Her Majesty the Queen in June 2013. By all accounts they had a brilliant time performing a radio play, visiting the vast news room and One Show set and even presenting part of the television news. Farnham U3A offers a huge range of activities, courses and events and they always welcome newcomers. To find out more go to their very comprehensive website www. farnhamu3a.org.uk. Farnham Amateur Operatic Society Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th January FAOS present Whistle Down The Wind. Based on the much loved sixties film starring Hayley Mills, Whistle Down The Wind is an extraordinary and uplifting tale about the transforming power of love. Set in America’s deep South, 15 year old Swallow discovers a mysterious man hiding in
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subjects, ranging from paintings, sculpture, ceramics and silver to music, gardens, theatre and architecture. Lectures take place at Farnham College, Morley Road GU9 8LU, on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Free parking on site. Drinks are served from 7.15pm for an 8pm start. Browse their website for details of upcoming lectures: www.cobbettsweydfas.org.uk or contact them for more information at farnhameveningdfas@gmail.com Young Portrait Artist Award – 2016 Friday 29th January Are you aged 18 years or under and consider yourself an up and coming artist? Farnham Maltings is offering a fantastic chance for budding young artists to have their work displayed in the building’s Riverside Café Gallery. Judges will select 15 finalists whose work will be displayed throughout the gallery. They shall be contacting local schools and clubs to find possible entrants but will also accept work from individuals. Not only will the winners get their work exhibited, one finalist from each age group (7-11 years, 12-15 years and 16-18 years) will also receive a prize sponsored by Pullingers and a place at an arts workshop with artist Jonathan Thompson. The award winners will be announced at the Spark Festival on the 5th March. The deadline for the competition is the 29th January. Please deliver your work and £3 entry fee to the Box Office, Farnham Maltings, labelled with your name, age, phone number and email address. Artists can use any medium, but no photography, and the artwork can be sized up to the maximum of A4. If you have any questions about the competition contact Anna Garrett at anna.garrett@ farnhammaltings.com. Recrafting Farnham Saturday 30th January The new year will give us all the opportunity to take a fresh look at where we live. Early in 2016, a group of local architects will take us a step further. By presenting their revisualisations of Farnham, they will urge us all to imagine the ideal future for the town. On Saturday 30th January, around a dozen local architects will together run Recrafting Farnham - a community brainstorm sparked by the display of their ideas for transforming Farnham, in Farnham Maltings. Everyone is invited to come to see the architects’ ideas and write or draw their own visualisations for the future of the town. The results of Recrafting Farnham will be presented to senior staff and Councillors in the local councils at a further community event in the Spring, which is likely to feature a public debate on housing planning and design. Recrafting Farnham is the initiative of Laith Anayi, a long-time resident in the town. Laith is a Director of Stedman Blower Architects, based in West Street; and is Chair of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South East Region. He was a judge of the Waverley Design Awards, which were presented last month.
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Seasonal flowers a number of Open Afternoons through the year where you can purchase freshly picked flowers, and there’s always the option to purchase the flowers from local florists who stock their flowers. If you wish to purchase flowers on a regular basis, money saving subscriptions are available. I recently caught up with Claire, from Plantpassion, who told me she hopes to have lots of scented Narcissus, Anemones, Tulips and Alstroemerias, plus lots of local foliage, available for Valentine’s Day.
We’re fortunate in Great Britain to have four seasons to delight in, each one distinct. They offer us special moments, opportunities and sensations that we look forward to each year, making each season particularly special. Seasonal flowers are equally significant. Just like seasonal food, we rejoice in their arrival, celebrating their colours, fragrance and beauty. Flowers always make such a wonderful gift. If you’re thinking of buying flowers, don’t forget to think seasonally. There are so many charming and beautifully scented flowers you could buy that would make a truly special and heartfelt gift, especially for Valentine’s Day next month. Many people associate roses with Valentine’s Day, but it’s worth remembering that imported roses will have been picked quite a long time ago by the time the recipient receives them and won’t last very long. British cut flowers will naturally be fresher. I personally think seasonal cut flowers are more charming and sincere. Plantpassion is a flower farm in East Clandon in Surrey, set up by Claire Brown, to provide locally grown seasonal, scented and sustainable cut flowers to florists, companies and private customers. If you live very locally, delivery is available if you order flowers via Plantpassion’s website (www.plantpassion. co.uk). If you’re not that local, Plantpassion has 36
In the 1890s, the ‘Violet Train’ used to carry violets from the South West to London to sell at the flower markets. These days many of the flowers sold at the London markets are imported from abroad and consequently many of us miss out on the joy of receiving a posy of violets. Groves Nurseries sell posies of violets during February when their violets are in flower. The posies are sent out by post - there are 20 highly scented violets in each posy and they come in a lovely range of colours. The posies are £5 each, postage is £5.99 per parcel. Due to the unpredictable nature of the British weather and violet flowering times, the nursery takes orders over the phone for their violet posies. Telephone 01308 422654 for more information and to place an order. At Easton Walled Gardens in Lincolnshire, when they started renovating and restoring the gardens, thousands of snowdrops were discovered growing, hidden from view in the undergrowth. The snowdrops were probably planted in Tudor times and have since multiplied and spread, forming colonies of pretty nodding white flowers that flower each February. Easton Walled Gardens send out bunches of ten flowering snowdrop bulbs, freshly lifted from the gardens. The variety they send out is Galanthus nivalis, the common snowdrop, which is easy to grow and thrives on many different soil types; it will grow happily in clay, chalk and sandy soils. The honey scented flowers are a delight at this time of year. The flowering snowdrop bulbs are posted out in a protective tube surrounded by tissue, the snowdrops are wrapped in cellophane and tied with a ribbon - they make a lovely gift, that if planted in the garden, can be enjoyed every Valentine’s Day, as the snowdrops will flower each February and will over time multiply in your garden.
Top left: snowdrops. Left: Anemone coronaria ‘Lord Lieutenant’. Both by Beth Otway
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Hold that diet.... Here we have three reasonably easy courses for you to enjoy in the New Year. They are not especially decadent and yet neither are we counting the calories. January can be such a dispiriting month that there is little point in making it worse by not eating enjoyable food. The Thai broth comes from Four Gables Food Academy (www.fourgablesfoodacademy. com) and is simple yet comforting. The other two courses come from Red Mist Leisure (www.redmistleisure.co.uk) who own a number of local pubs including the Stag at Eashing, the Royal Exchange at Lindford and the Wheatsheaf in Farnham. Pork belly is a very flavourful cut and excellent value for money while the cheesecake may look fiddly but is in fact very easy to make and a great favourite of most people.
Brined and Slow Roasted Belly of Pork with celeriac purée, sautéed greens and cider jus Ingredients For the pork: Half a pork belly, boned and rolled, skin removed, 3 litres of water, 300g table salt, 300g soft dark brown sugar, 1 bay leaf, 1 star anise, 5 peppercorns, 5 juniper berries, 2 cloves, 1 large carrot roughly chopped, 1 onion roughly chopped, a sprig of thyme For the celeriac: 1 small head of celeriac, peeled and chopped in 1cm dice, 1 onion, finely sliced, 3 sticks of celery, finely sliced, 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves, 100g butter, 150ml vegetable stock, 100ml double cream, salt and white pepper to taste For the cider jus: 2 litres homemade beef or pork stock, 250ml dry cider, 1 sprig of sage For the greens: 100g pancetta lardons, 2x 500g bag of washed baby leaf spinach Serves 6 Method: 1. Three days before you wish to serve your dish you will need to make the brine. Fill a pan with the water, sugar, salt and spices. Gently heat to dissolve the salt and sugar, and boil for three minutes. Empty into a bowl large enough for the pork belly and chill. Place the pork into the brine ensuring it is completely submerged and refrigerate for three days. 2. Four hours before serving, preheat oven to 150 C. Remove pork from brine and rinse under cold running water for 20 minutes. Place on a roasting tray on a bed of 1cm chopped onion, carrot and thyme, and roast for 3 hours. 3. Meanwhile, place the stock in a pan and reduce by three quarters. 4. An hour before serving, make the celeriac purée. Sweat the onion, celery and celeriac with the thyme in butter on a low heat for about 10 minutes, ensuring it doesn’t colour. Add the veg stock and cream and simmer until soft. Puree well and season. It should be 38
the consistency of a loose mashed potato. Keep warm until serving. 5. When the pork is done, remove from the oven tray and wrap in foil. To make the jus, drain all of the fat off the tray, pouring a small amount into a jug to use later and discarding the rest. Place the tray on the heat and deglaze the tray with the cider. Reduce by half and pour into the pan of reduced stock, ensuring you scrape all the caramelised bits into the sauce. Add a sprig of sage and leave to cook out for 20 minutes. If you wish, thicken with a little cornflour. Before serving pass through a sieve into a jug. 6. While the jus is cooking out and the pork is resting, heat a teaspoon of the pork fat in a sauté pan and render down the pancetta on a low heat. Once crispy, pour off half the fat and add the spinach, a little at a time, until it all wilts down. 7. To serve, warm up the purée and spread on the middle of the plate. Top with the wilted spinach and a slice of the pork belly. Serve with your jus. vantagepointmag.co.uk
RECIPES Thai Coconut and Vegetable Broth This can be easily adjusted in spice and by the types of vegetables you put in so it is wonderfully versatile... Ingredients 1½ tbsp Thai curry paste, 1tsp vegetable oil, 1 litre vegetable stock, 400ml can half-fat coconut milk, 2tsp brown sugar, 175g medium egg noodles, 2 carrots cut into matchsticks, half a 300g bag beansprouts, juice of 1 lime, 3 spring onions halved and finely sliced lengthways, a handful of roughly chopped coriander, red chilli cut into thin strips for garnish Serves at least 6 as a starter Method: 1. Place the curry paste in a large saucepan or wok with the oil. Fry for 1 min until fragrant. 2. Tip in the vegetable stock, coconut milk and brown sugar. Simmer for 3 minutes. 3. Add the noodles, carrots and simmer for 4-6 minutes,
until all are tender. Mix in beansprouts. Add lime juice to taste and some extra seasoning, if you like. 4. Spoon into bowls and sprinkle with spring onions, coriander and chilli.
Bakewell Cheesecake Ingredients For the cheesecake: 530g full fat soft cheese, 1 tsp almond essence, 400ml double cream, 75g ground almonds, 1 vanilla pod, 130g white chocolate For the base: 165g digestive biscuits, 85g melted butter, 1 tsp almond essence, 75g ground almonds For the raspberry coulis: 2 punnets fresh raspberries, 100g caster sugar, water to cover For the jelly: 300ml water, 70g caster sugar, 100g raspberry coulis (above), 3 gelatine leaves Serves 6 Method: 1. Make the biscuit base by blitzing all ingredients until fully mixed together. Line a cake tin with cling film and press mixture into the bottom making sure you have an even base. Place in the fridge and allow base to set. 2. Make the raspberry coulis by placing caster sugar and fresh raspberries into a saucepan and cover with water just above the level of your ingredients. Bring this to the boil on a high heat and then allow to simmer gently for approximately one hour. Pour your mixture into a food processor and blitz until completely smooth then allow to cool and refrigerate. 3. To make the cheesecake mixture, whip double cream until firm peaks appear being careful not to over whip, put to one side. Mix together soft cheese, January 2016
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Clothes Sale Thursday 4th February Have you headed to the Christmas sales and are now wondering how to squeeze the new clothes into your wardrobe? Why not have a clear out, help raise money for a worthy cause and at the same time replenish your purse? Rowledge and Wrecclesham Phyllis Tuckwell Support Group are holding a clothes sale on 4th February from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Dove Centre, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care, Waverley Lane, Farnham GU9 8BL. How will it work? You set the price you would like to sell your high quality items and 50% of the sale will go to the Hospice and 50% to you. What do you need to do? Have a clear out. Decide your price. Request a form from rowledgesg@yahoo.co.uk. Drop your items off at the given address from the 20th January - 3rd February. Come along on the night and grab a bargain. For further details, contact Mandy on 01252 793266 or email rowledgesg@yahoo.co.uk. Call Mandy Main, Main Training on 07904 531337 or visit www.maintraining.co.uk. The Fintry Trust Monday 8th February 10am-3.30pm The Fintry Trust in Church Lane, Brook is holding a ‘Quiet Day on Mary’ on Monday 8th from 10am - 3.30pm. The Revd Camilla White, Assistant Priest at Holy Trinity Church, Bramley will be leading a day of quiet reflection to prepare for Lent. The day costs £10 per person, please bring a
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Rudgwick to Walliswood This is a largely flat walk through fields and woods, passing an interesting old chapel. The walk description is provided by Guildford Rambling Club (guildfordramblingclub.org.uk). Whilst this walk is a little out of the area, the club will embark on this walk on 24th January and all visitors are welcome to join them.
The walk 1. From the parking area walk north along the road to reach the Kings Head. Take the footpath right that goes through the churchyard behind the pub and out of the back onto a lane. Turn right and walk past Highcroft Cottage. The lane becomes a path. Continue forward. At a cross track go straight on. At a 4-way signpost go straight on, through a gap in the hedge. Head straight out across the field then jink right and left to enter a wood. Go through the wood to reach and pass a house and continue forward along its drive to reach a 3-way signpost at a road. 2. Turn left. Immediately after a house is a 3-way signpost. Turn right and follow the Sussex Border Path along the right-hand edge of a field. Reach a concrete track and turn left along it. Follow this all the way to a road by Bury St Austen’s Farmhouse. Go straight across and through farm buildings and the concrete track continues all the way to Ridge Farm. Walk through the buildings and on to reach
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a road. Cross, jinking left and then turning right, along a footpath. Pass the side of Honeywood House and continue through trees and along its access track for ½ mile to reach a road. Turn left and walk for 100 yards to take a footpath right, into a field. Cross ½ left to a stile into another field. Walk up the right-hand side until forced left a little way and then turn right to continue forward. 3. At the bottom of the field, go over a stile and turn right to walk anticlockwise around the next field. Take the second stile right and follow the lefthand edge across and along in the edge of trees. At a 3-way signpost at a field corner go straight on and continue along field edges to pass through Rose Hill Farm to reach a road. Turn right and walk about 250 yards to find a footpath left, at the righthand side of the entrance to Chapel House Farm. Follow the path along the left-hand field edge and then reach the pretty little Oak Hill Chapel (built in 1899) in the middle of a wood. At the porch turn left and walk along the ‘stepping stones’ path to go down steps and over a footbridge into a wood. 4. Turn right and immediately take the left-most of two more footbridges. Follow the track through the wood for ½ mile, ignoring all lefts and rights, until emerging on a road in Wallis Wood with the Scarlett Arms pub and green immediately to your right. 5. From the pub, go along the road to the right for 300 yards to reach a left turn to Oakwood Hill etc. Here, look for a footpath right, on the other side of the road. In the field head out half-left (crops or no crops) to reach a gate onto a road, about 100 yards to the left of a ‘tudor’ cottage. Turn left and walk along the road, following it as it swings right and passes Ewhurst Brick Works. After about 500 yards, find a footpath right and along a wide track. Reach some buildings and take a stile left, into a field. The path swings right and exits into trees and then is much overgrown for over ½ mile. At a big gate you are forced right, in a corridor alongside a fence. The path swings right, still in a corridor but now with a fence on the other side. You are forced left. At a yellow arrow go right and quickly cross a plank footbridge into a field. vantagepointmag.co.uk
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6. Head out to the far left corner to exit. Go over another footbridge and reach a T junction with the drive of Hoopwick Farm. Cross and take a footpath right, into a field. Walk along the right-hand edge, ignoring a footbridge on the left. At the far side go through a gate into trees and continue forward. Emerge to walk along the right-hand side of a field. Go through a gate, right, onto a concrete track. This takes you across a field and continues in the next, after you have crossed two stiles. Follow the second section of concrete track straight out until almost reaching a high, green metal stake fence. Here, turn left and walk parallel to the fence. When it ends trend right to find a stile, right, at the edge of a garden of a house (Pollingfold Manor). Follow the path as it emerges on a drive and continue to a road.
field. Follow the path left and into the next field. Here, head half-left to a stile out onto a road. 8. Turn right and walk 100 yards to find a footpath left. Go over a rise and follow a fenced corridor to the left. Go over a stile and along the right-hand side of a field. Take a stile right, onto a path which you follow left, between gardens. Emerge on a road with a ‘Rudgwick’ sign immediately to your right. Turn right and walk to the start.
7. Turn left and walk for 100 yards to take a footpath right, along the track to Tillhouse Farm. Follow the track as it swings sharp left to pass the house and continue on into a field. Walk down the right-handside for about 300 yards to turn right, through a gap, into a large field. Head out across it half-left, aiming towards a large house, Maybanks Manor. Reach its drive and turn right to walk round towards another house, Ruet. The drive bends left close to the house and, on this corner, look for a kissing gate, on the left. Take this into a field and walk along its left-hand side. At the first corner, go forward through a clip chained gate into another
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STARTING POINT: Turn off the A281 north into Rudgwick and use a lay-by on the right, before you reach the Kings Head.
The Scarlett Arms, Walliswood T: 01306 627243 Image: Drive to Maybanks Manor and Ruet. Most of the drive is a public footpath. © Copyright Robin Webster
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PROFILE Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society Providing real Home from Home Care The Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society has been providing high quality residential, nursing and sheltered care in Farnham and Haslemere for nearly 30 years and now runs four homes in the area looking after over ninety Residents. The Society’s vision is to enable an increasing number of older people to live their chosen lifestyle in a second to none environment and strives to ensure that all homes are warm and friendly with a ‘Home from Home’ feel. All Residents are invited to regular meetings where they have an active role in deciding what happens within the home in which they live. Every resident enjoys a spacious, pleasantly decorated ensuite bedroom together with several lounges in each home to allow for quiet seating, conversation or watching television. On-site chefs ensure nutritious and well-balanced meals are tailored to all tastes with a variety of choice for all. Beautiful, well-maintained gardens are a feature of all the homes while a programme of activities on and off the premises encourages participation and companionship. There are activities held daily in each home, these range from word games such as scrabble and crosswords to the more active skittles and table tennis. The homes also run larger events over the year to involve friends, family and the local community. These events include a hog roast, firework display, family Christmas lunches, local entertainers and many more. On-going training programmes allow our carers to develop their skills to maintain a level of care that is sensitive to the residents’ ever-changing needs which may include medical/therapeutic (for physical and mental welfare), cultural, psychological, spiritual, emotional and social.
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