April 2016 - St Michael`s School, Mickleham, Surrey

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ickleham
April
2016
Mickleham
Parish
Magazine
A community magazine for
Mickleham and Westhumble,
published under the auspices
of Mickleham PCC, with an
independent editorial panel.
The magazine is published at
the beginning of each month,
except January and August.
Dear friends
Parish
Mickleham Rectory
EASTER DAY is an important day in the Christian calendar – without it there would
be no Christian Church – but the Easter season continues for a further seven weeks
until we celebrate Pentecost on 15th May.
It is a time of celebration as we recall the resurrection of Jesus and the offer of
new and eternal life to those who follow him in their lives. Easter stands at the
very heart of our faith. We learn about Jesus and what happened to him all those
years ago, but we also learn about ourselves and what it means to be Christians.
If we believe that Jesus rose from the dead this is not simply a concept which we
can agree or disagree with – it is a belief that affects the whole of our lives as we
seek to serve him and one another. We are people who seek to carry resurrection
with us wherever we go.
That is why I think it is important that Christians meet together Sunday by Sunday
to offer our worship and praise, and to encourage and support one another. More
than ever we need Christians to 'stand up and be counted'.
Copy Deadline
for the
May 2016
Magazine
Sunday
10th April
send to:
Sue Tatham
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Westhumble
Dorking RH5 6AW
01306 882547
sue@thetathams.co.uk
Contributions in any form
are welcome, as are good
quality photographs. There
is no charge for advertising
local charity and community
events. However, the editors
reserve the right to shorten,
omit or reformat articles
submitted for publication,
depending on space.
Printed by Summit Print Ltd, Redhill
You will have read in our March magazine some of our plans to celebrate the Queen’s
90th birthday over the weekend 10-12 June. Just to give a little more detail about
two of those events which require advance booking:
‘All things royal’ Quiz Night (10th June at 7.30 p.m.) We are hoping that as many
teams as possible will join us in an evening of 'serious fun'. If you belong to a group
or organisation, why not put a team together? Or why not join in with your friends
or neighbours?
We are looking for teams of 6-8 people and can probably fit in 15 teams. The cost
will be £8 per person and this will include 'nibbles and cakes'. Please bring your own
drink. There will be a great prize for the winning team! You can get your booking in
(first come, first served basis) by sending an email to: rm.raby007@btinternet.com
Tea Party at Box Hill School (12th June from 2-4 p.m.). Box Hill School are hosting
this event which will include entertainment (details still to be finalised). Advance
tickets are required and you are asked to make a donation of at least £3 per ticket. All
proceeds will go to a brain tumour charity which is supported by the school. Tickets
can be obtained after the service in church on a Sunday or by sending an email to:
rm.raby007@btinternet.com Numbers are limited so don’t miss out. Get your
booking in now!
Details of our other events can be found on page 3 of this magazine.
With best wishes
Malcolm, our Parish Priest, is more than happy to visit people in the parish
(with or without church links) to discuss pastoral and/or spiritual matters. He
is also happy to offer home communion to those not able to attend church
on a regular basis. Just give him a call.
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Mickleham and Westhumble
Village Fête
Saturday 9th July – 2 to 5 p.m.
Keep the date free!
Come and support your local village fete.
If you are interested in getting involved by:
• running a stall – (local produce, gifts, plants, bric-a-brac, crafts & games)
• contributing prizes or gift items for the raffle & tombola
• providing home-made cakes & home-grown plants
• volunteering your time to help on the day
we would love to hear from you!
Please contact: Alison Wood 01372 376443 alison.wood29@btinternet.com
Jars for Village Fete
Can you help by putting an object / objects into a lidded jar (sweets,
toys, cars, hair ties, bangles, plastic bugs!)?
Every child will get a jar with their ticket, so we need lots of interesting jars.
You have plenty of time to create!
Please leave jars at back of church/or contact us if you need to arrange
collection Jenny Hudlass 01306 886044 / Mary Flint 01372 363115
Men’s Breakfasts
3rd Saturdays
Saturday 16th April
Book with: Andy Diamond
diamo1@hotmail.co.uk
Women’s Breakfasts
4th Saturdays
A series of recitals in St Michael’s by talented local musicians and their friends
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Sunday 24th April
undays A debut recital presented by the
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Piano and Flute Duo
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Fourth Mondays
Please book by the Tuesday before
Janina Byrne Flute
Tracy Kennington Piano
Annual
Parochial Church Meeting
Sunday 17th April
Monday April 25th
at 3 p.m.
Kindly hosted by Jenny Hudlass at
Woodlands, Burney Road
Newcomers welcome. Transport can be arranged if needed
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The Running Horses
9 – 10 a.m.
Bravura
Come along at seven o’clock on a Sunday evening and enjoy lovely music in the tranquil
surroundings of our ancient parish church. No ticket needed – retiring collection.
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Saturday 23rd April
Book with: Carole Brough Fuller
01737 842918
cbroughfuller@btinternet.com
11.30 a.m.
Fairtrade Stall
Sunday 3rd April
In St Michael’s Church after
10 o’clock service
Friday 10th June
7.30 p.m.‘All things Royal’ QUIZ NIGHT at the village hall. Teams of 6-8 please.
The cost will be £8 per person and this will include ‘nibbles and cakes’.
Please bring your own drink.
Book with Malcolm Raby: rm.raby007@btinternet.com
Saturday 11th June
5 p.m. A stupendous STREET TEA PARTY! to which all residents of Mickleham and Westhumble are warmly invited by Mickleham Parish Council and Mickleham Choral Society. There is no charge for this event as it is intended as a celebration for the whole community. It will be held in the car park of the village hall with marquee provided in case of unkind weather.
There will be fun for all – young and old alike. A treasure hunt, bouncy castle, full English tea with cakes, buns, tarts and bunting galore! The children from both St Michael’s school and the nursery will entertain us.
There will also be a SURPRISE!
A display of photographs and memorabilia from the past 90 years is being organised by the Mickleham & Westhumble Local History Group.
6.30 p.m. The bar will open for Pimms, wine and soft drinks.
7.30 p.m. A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT by our own prize-winning choir, Mickleham Choral Society in the village hall. The programme will include music from the Coronation, songs about kings and queens, (maybe songs by ‘Queen’), songs from the last 90 years and all with plenty of audience
participation. Early booking is advisable! Tickets £10 – available from Anne Weaver at: weaver_anne@hotmail.com
Sunday 12th June
10 a.m. Thanksgiving Service for the Queen’s 90th Birthday in St Michael’s Church
2 - 4 p.m. Tea Party at Box Hill School (with entertainment) hosted by the school. Advance
tickets are required and you are asked to make a donation of at least £3 per ticket. All
proceeds will go to a brain tumour charity which is supported by the school. Tickets
can be obtained after the service in church on a Sunday or by sending an email to:
rm.raby007@btinternet.com
A weekend full of celebrations! Book your tickets now!
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St Michael's Church
Selected for
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s you may be aware, the Church
of England has its own robust
Environmental Policy, and is set to
take some major initiatives in respect
of energy use. One thing common to
most churches, which are generally
aligned east-west, are large areas
of south-facing roofs. The Church’s
environmental committee has decided
that this is not something which can be
ignored. Government has thus revised
its Planning Policy Guidance (PPG7, on
Listed Buildings) to allow solar panels
a higher priority than the appearance
of the building, as long as the building
structure is not materially modified.
St Michael's has been selected as one of
12 churches to have a trial installation.
Covering the entire south roof – some
1600 sq ft – would generate about
O
1500KW, enough to supply a
small laundry, although this
is not planned, and certainly
sufficient for church and
rectory needs, with some surplus.
Apart from the energy saving, there
are Government grants for installation,
a subsidy just for the use of solar, and a
payment to sell any surplus to the Grid.
There are a few obstacles, as the
reflected sunlight glare, during certain
months, would require complete reorganisation of aircraft flight paths
into Heathrow. However, only a few
houses would be uninhabitable and for
only about 70 days per year. There are
ecological issues too: elsewhere, birds
have been frequently blinded in one eye
and fly around in decreasing circles until
exhausted, they end up on the church
roof, where they burn their feet. The
church clock would be powered, with
a digital neon display on all four sides
of the tower.
The Church energy proposals go further.
There are plans to discontinue use of
gravestones and substitute solar panels,
which can be engraved as currently
done. These would be set at a 30
degree angle, face south and would
be 12ft high. The deceased can thus
bequeath an ongoing supply of energy
to descendants, and be remembered
every time the kettle boils.
Avril Duper
Mothering Sunday Workshop
n a rather damp morning on
Saturday 5 th March, some 50
children and a generous supply of Dads
arrived for a morning of activities. There
were tubes of glitter, brightly coloured
tissue paper, origami card kits and
chocolate hearts for the children to use
for their creations.
Many headed for the ‘decorate a cake’
table and enjoyed using icing, jellied
sweets and decals with ‘I love Mummy’.
I think the idea was to decorate a cake
to take home to Mum, but handing
out the beautiful goody bags as the
children went home, I did not spot
too many cakes in the bags. Several
children explained to me that their icing
had gone ‘wonky’ so they reasoned
it was best to eat the cake there and
then – which they did, through a rueful,
crumb-filled smile.
There was also a chance for budding
flower arrangers to try their hand at
making a posy to give to their Mums
at the Mothering Sunday Service at
St Michael’s Church. Before going home
the children gathered to practise their
song to sing the next day.
Many thanks to all the adult helpers
and students from Box Hill School,
Jeremy Smith, Malcolm and Sue Raby
and especially Meredith Shiers who
organised the event.
I did explain to many of the children
(especially within earshot of the Dads)
that Mothering Sunday means Mummy
gets breakfast in bed, does not cook
Sunday lunch and certainly does no
washing up. So, Mums, do let us know
how that went …? Stephanie Randall
Photographs: Meridith Shiers
Workshoppers getting ready to
practise their song.
More pictures on page 7. >>>
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Mickleham & Westhumble Local History Group
Schools in19th Century Mickleham
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Part 3: The Dame School
t almost exactly the same time
that the first National School was
being proposed, Rebecca Reynolds was
starting her own Dame School in the
north lodge of Juniper Hill. Called Dame
Schools because they were usually run
by a woman, quite often a widow, they
catered for small numbers of pupils and
were held for the most part in their own
homes. The education they offered
varied widely. A survey of 1838 found
that only half the pupils in such schools
were taught spelling and a negligible
number mathematics and grammar. (A
building in the churchyard at Thursley
is a rare survival of a Dame School and
has recently been restored.)
Mickleham’s ‘Dame’ was Rebecca
Reynolds, known affectionately in the
village as Auntie Reynolds. She was
born in 1788 and died in 1887, aged
98 years. Her father, Richard Arthur,
was gardener to Sir Charles Talbot of
Mickleham Hall and she married John
Reynolds, who may well have been
the lodge-keeper at Juniper and she
certainly lived there until two years
before her death when she moved to
Dorking. The parish magazine obituary
of 1887 tells us that she opened her
school in 1832. The censuses of 1841,
’51, '61 and ‘71 all record her as the
school mistress of a Dame School at
Juniper Hill Lodge and as ‘formerly
schoolmistress’ in 1881. For most of
this time she seems to have lived alone,
although two nieces aged 9 and 11 were
staying with her in 1851 and she had
a ‘scholar servant’, Elizabeth Mercer
aged 11, with her in 1871 when she
was 82. Somewhere in the churchyard
is a stone marking the couple’s joint
resting place, erected in their memory
in December 1887.
We have some reminiscences. Without
them she would remain a distant figure,
but George Laxton Rose brings her to
life. He was born in 1862 but his father,
T.E. Rose, who took over the business of
what we know as Rose’s Stores in 1854
from Henry Haynes, was born in 1831
had also attended the school as a tiny
boy George tells us. He also mentions
other well-known village names before
George’s time, such as Wm. J. l’Anson,
racehorse trainer, at Rose Cottage
and the Child family, carpenters and
builders, at Laurel Cottages. George
reports that in his day she taught the
3 ‘R’s with good results but had an
utter disregard for grammar; a little
history and paragraphs and weekly
repeating of the Catechism completed
the programme. For this she charged
6d. per week.
Rebecca Reynolds taught in the ‘little
end room’ of the lodge, where she also
cooked, ate and fed her cats. She was
a great lover of flowers ‘with no mean
knowledge of botany’ and she brought
her flowers in at the onset of winter
on a wooden stand. George wonders
‘where we sat’! He also recollects her
telling the tiny flock ‘the most grim
tales of murder, highway robbery and
of ghosts and claimed to have heard the
shot by which the Revd. Filewood killed
himself. She held the Revd. Burmester
Mickleham & Westhumble Local History Group
Have you any items suitable for our display of
photographs and memorabilia for the Queen's
90th Birthday Celebrations
on Saturday 11th June?
Please contact Judy Kinloch 01372 375358
mail@jkinloch.plus.com
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Believed to be Rebecca Reynolds
(as identified in the early 20th century).
in the greatest contempt and having
quarrelled with him never entered the
church again: a lady with a mind of her
own. Of her upbringing by an old lady
of 100 she said ‘the world went very
well then’. Would that we could say
the same today!
Her last resting place was marked by a
stone which said, 'There rests beneath
this stone John Reynolds who died in
1831, aged 53 years; also Rebecca
Reynolds, his wife, who died 18th
February 1887, aged 98 years. The
adjacent lodge of Juniper Hill was her
home for 63 years, during 45 of which
she taught the village children'. RIP
Judy Kinloch
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A Group Photograph … Continued
any of you will have read the
excellent articles by Chris Budleigh
and Stephanie Randall in the November
2015 magazine about Andrew Tatham’s
Group Photograph Exhibition at the
Flanders Field Museum in Belgium. In
February, almost 80 people attended
Andrew’s presentation in Mickleham
Village Hall on his Group Photograph
project, after the AGM of the M&WLHG.
The photograph in question is of the
46 officers of the 8th Battalion Royal
Berkshire Regiment, taken in May 1915
at their training ground on Salisbury
Plain shortly before they were due
to leave for France. Andrew’s greatgrandfather, Colonel William Walton,
was the battalion’s commanding officer
and, at 50, the oldest man in the group.
The battalion first saw action at the
Battle of Loos (where the British first
used chlorine gas) which began on 25
September 1915. Only 21 of the men in
the photograph would survive the war.
Andrew’s presentation began with his
animated film which shows the men’s
family trees growing over 136 years,
from 1864 when William Walton was
born to the start of the new Millennium.
Music from each year is included and
photographs of the families appear
next to those of significant historical
events – including the sinking of
the Titanic, coronations of British
monarchs and the appearance of the
first crossword.
Andrew then gave us a 'History of
WW1 in Five Objects', based on some
of the items belonging to the men
in the photograph. These included a
seating plan for a dinner in Bombay in
1910 during the visit of Crown Prince
Wilhelm of Germany which, together
with letters sent home to England
after the visit, was an interesting way
of showing the dramatic change in
the relationship between Britain and
Germany which was to occur soon
afterwards.
Letters played a significant part in
Andrew’s talk. A set of letters from one
of the soldiers showed how the horrific
soon became commonplace. Another
described the struggle to come to
terms with the loss of a son. I could not
help thinking that future generations
of historians will be deprived of an
immensely valuable resource now that
letter-writing has been replaced with
communication by email, texts and
social media.
The talk ended on a rather more positive
note as the last of Andrew’s objects
was the helmet which saved the life
of Mervyn Pugh, the only man in the
photograph still fighting on the Western
Andrew's great grandfather, Colonel
Walton takes the salute as his men
parade through Reading
Front at the end of the war.
Many congratulations are due to
Andrew for such a remarkable piece of
research. Could any of the men in the
original photograph have imagined that,
one hundred years later, 135 of their
descendants would come together for
their own group photograph?
Judith Long
Copies of Andrew's book (cost £20) are available from Ben Tatham 01306 882547 / ben@thetathams.co.uk
More pix from the Mothering Sunday Workshop
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‘Chaos and Commerce’
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orking Museum’s new early summer
exhibition celebrates the town’s
historic High Street. It shows buildings,
life and activity in the High Street across
the years, displaying oil and watercolour
paintings from the Museum’s collection
that are not normally on show, together
with a fine range of archive photographs
displayed on a digital screen.
Some of the buildings shown in the
paintings and photographs will still
be familiar, although the clothes and
transport are from a time gone past.
Others show buildings that have long
since disappeared, like the old Market
House, demolished in 1813, and the
Dutch House.
The High Street was once very much
Dorking’s main marketplace. The area
around Pump Corner was the centre of
the famous Dorking poultry trade, and
all manner of other livestock was sold
in the High Street from the Middle Ages
until the market was moved to the old
Three Tuns yard in 1926 - above right.
We are delighted to have on loan for the
exhibition (from the Dorking Chamber
of Commerce), taking pride of place,
a well known painting of the cattle
market in the High
Street, by noted local
artist Charles Collins
(1851-1921). The famous Shrove
Tu e s d a y s t r e e t
football matches
in the 19th century
created chaos.
They began with a
procession through
the town fronted by a
man carrying a cross-shaped
framework on which were
suspended three brightly
painted footballs. The game
was banned by the County
Council in 1897, and finally
disappeared by 1907. The
original football standard
shown in an 1885 archive
photograph – probably the
only remaining standard in
Surrey – will be displayed for
the first time as part of the
exhibition and will remain on
permanent display.
'Dorking High Street: Chaos and Commerce' runs until the end of July (Thursday to
Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) at The Old Foundry, 62 West Street, Dorking. See www.
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Leith Hill Place
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any of you may
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Hill Place. Frances Rhodes, the niece
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second wife, was given the Broadwood
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some of his most famous pieces,
including The Lark Ascending.
Hearing that the National Trust has
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donated the piano to the Trust. It has
been restored and is now on display
in the Study, along with a fascinating
timeline, which sets key dates of Ralph
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what was happening both in the music
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Thanks to this publicity, we had a busy
first few days of opening, with people
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relatively modest piano upon which such
wonderful music was composed.
Staying with the musical theme, our first
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Orchestra. They will perform works by
Haydn, Dvořák and Martinů. All tickets
are £22 and include an interval drink.
Booking is essential. Please ring 0844
249 1895. Tickets are selling fast.
On Saturday 21st May at 2.30 p.m.,
‘Jingle Ring’ provides an opportunity
for younger visitors to make music.
Jane Newberry uses toys, percussion
and dance to engage children and help
them find the fun in music. The session
is free. No need to book.
On 22nd May at 1.45 p.m. and 3.15 p.m.,
local historian Patrick Newberry gives
an engaging insight into the origins of
Leith Hill Place and its Tower. The talk
lasts approximately one hour. Booking
is advisable but tickets can be bought
on the door if there are still seats
available. Tickets cost £2. Please ring
0844 249 1895.
Epsom Male Voice Choir in Concert
Saturday 21st May 7.30 p.m. Epsom Play House www.epsommalevoicechoir.org.uk
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Charity cycle ride to Amsterdam
in aid of the Big Issue
T
he photo shows the last time I did a
charity cycle ride. That was the Ride
100, the event which annually annoys
your readers as it closes the roads for
a lot longer than it needs to – but we
T
m u st h ave s e e n t h e B i g I s s u e
vendors around cities. Maybe you
have bought the magazine. It’s well
written and produced, and the vendors
work really hard at what they do. I have paid my own way on the trip, so
pretty much everything you donate goes
to the Big Issue Foundation. Support
me and you support a bunch of diligent,
deserving individuals who are striving
to pull themselves out of homelessness
and poverty. I have started training around the
Surrey Hills, so wave if you see me
puffing and panting past you on a
Sunday morning. I’ll be the one with
the tasteful scarlet shorts.
Thanks in anticipation for your kind
donations. The link is here: http://
uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Will.Dennis
Will Dennis
Mickleham Parish Council News
he planning application for a
detached four-bedroom dwelling
and two detached double garages on
land adjacent to Ilex Trees on London
Road produced a lively discussion at
the last Parish Council meeting. It was
led by Andrew McNaughton, who has a
responsibility for planning items on the
PC. He explained that any objection or
support from the Parish Council had to
be based on planning policy terms and
this application ‘ticked several boxes’
including Mole Valley District Council’s
requirement for developing on infill
sites.
It was agreed that the Parish Council
would not formally support or oppose
the application but would write
to MVDC setting out a number of
requirements should the proposal win
planning approval, including that the
development be carried out exactly in
accordance with the submitted plans.
In particular, care should be taken with
ridge heights, which should remain
subservient to Ilex Trees to provide
a transition between that and the
neighbouring Abbotts Cottage.
The Parish Council added that further
conditions in relation to materials should
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are told that they are trying to address
this problem for 2016. Anyway that
was three years ago and since then I
have fallen off the bike and broken my
elbow, which rather put the dampener
on road biking.
However I have been tempted out
of retirement by the lure of a trip to
Amsterdam (for the museums you
understand, not the other industries
for which that city is famous); and
the opportunity to raise funds for a
really worthwhile charity, the Big Issue
Foundation. The trip goes from London
to Harwich, then by ferry to Hook of
Holland, then from Hook to Amsterdam,
a total of 150 miles of cycling. Which
is a lot longer than the Ride 100 – but
Holland, unlike Surrey, is flat.
The Big Issue does great work to
assist homeless across the UK. You
be applied, including handcrafted clay
tiles and bricks. In addition all other
aspects relating to the Conservation
Area should be applied, in order to
maintain the character of the village.
The Parish Council have agreed a joint
venture with Westhumble Residents
Association to mark the Queen’s
90th Birthday: presenting those
schoolchildren who under the age of
13 and resident in the community with
a commemorative mug and those under
the age of 13 who are not resident with
a commemorative thimble. The cost to
the PC would be around £200.
The Parish Council were interested to
hear from The Running Horses public
house that the brewery Brakspear had
agreed a deal with BT to have superfast
broadband in all their establishments.
It seems they had been told by BT
that the junction box outside the
church was suitable for broadband
– which appeared to be contrary to
information BT had previously given
the PC. Councillor Will Dennis told the
Parish Council meeting that there had
been problems with connecting the
supply and it was agreed the PC would
continue to monitor the situation.
T h e Pa r i s h C o u n c i l re c e i ve d a
presentation from Roger Roberts
of Surrey Hills Enterprises about
CowParade, the world’s largest public
art event, which is coming to the Surrey
Hills over the summer months.
The idea of CowParade is that
individuals, companies and schools
sponsor a life-size cow and either
decorate it themselves, or bring in an
artist to do it. The cows will then be
displayed around Surrey from May
to August before being herded to the
inaugural Surrey Hills Food, Drink and
Music Festival on 3rd September at
Coverwood Farm in Ewhurst, where
they will be auctioned off for charity.
For more informationgo to: www.
surreyhills.org/2016-is-the-year-ofcowparade-surrey-hills/
Trevor Haylett, Parish Clerk
Example of one of the cow designs
Westhumble Talks: The Children's Trust Tadworth
O
n 17th February local resident
Jim Poole spoke of the work of
The Childrens’ Trust Tadworth and his
voluntary activities as a fund-raiser for
the charity. In 1926 the Great Ormond
Street Hospital purchased Tadworth
Court, a house dating from 1694, for
use as a country branch of the hospital.
When in 1982 the hospital threatened
to close the site, a campaign to save the
facility raised enough funds with the aid
of an ITV appeal, The Sun newspaper and
several charities, to launch The Childrens’
Trust. In 1985 a Brain Injury facility was
established and since then the Trust has
been THE hospital for children with brain
injury. In 1994 Tadworth was added to
the formal title of the Trust.
The Queen visited the Trust in 2004,
and in 2009 Adrian White as chairman
helped raise £7.2 million for additional
facilities. In 2010 satellite operations
were opened in Nottingham and
Sheffield. On the 30 th anniversary
Tadworth was visited by Top Gear
presenter Richard Hammond, who had
himself suffered serious head injury.
Elaine Paige and Phil Tufnell are other
active patrons of the Trust.
The Trust treats children with physical
and mental needs, providing care,
education, rehabilitation, research and
family support. They have profound
disabilities and complex needs often
from the effects of road traffic accidents,
Tadworth Court – photograph from The Children's Trust Website. Lying in the parish of
Banstead, Surrey, the mansion was described as a 'splendid house' and
'one of the most elegant in the whole country' by Pevsner.
congenital brain injury, cystic fibrosis or
muscular dystrophy. Three residential
houses have been provided for families
of patients to occupy and a communal
residence which is as busy as a
Travelodge. The aim is to achieve and
maintain maximum mobility, and offer
family support through a Brain Injury
Hub, a website and book which gives
parents guidance on assisting their child.
Educational activities develop sensory,
cognitive and motor skills, and music
has been found to benefit the children.
Jim’s remit is to assist fundraising
through addressing clubs such as
Rotary and Probus and arranging golf
events. The Trust’s Charity Shops bring
in substantial funds each year, and
there is sponsorship from marathon
race teams and Children In Need.
We are grateful to Cat and Patrick
Armitage for allowing us to meet in
Chapel Barn.
Frank Warren
Note: An account of our last talk of
the season, held at Juniper Hall on 9th
March will appear in the next magazine.
Westhumble Talks will resume in October.
Investec International Music Festival
5th to 7th May 2016
Bringing world-class music to beautiful venues in the Surrey Hills
The Festival opens with the sultry sounds of one of the UK’s most loved jazz singers and BBC Radio Two host,
CLARE TEAL who will perform with her fabulous Trio on Thursday, 5th May, 8 p.m. at Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking. International violinist and conductor DMITRY SITKOVETSKY will perform his famed and exquisite arrangement of
Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio in the candle-lit glory of Holy Trinity, Guildford, on Friday, 6th May at 7.30 p.m.
Saturday, 7th May is saved for superstar violinist, NICOLA BENEDETTI, performing with the London Mozart Players
at 7.30 p.m. in the Mairlot Hall at St Teresa’s, Effingham.
A pre-concert supper can be reserved in advance. For more information about
the restaurants please visit the Festival website below.
Tickets are going quickly. Purchase on line via www.iimf.co.uk or call the Box Office,
Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334.
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T
Cliff Michelmore 1919 – 2016
he announcement of Cliff
Michelmore's death on 16th March
reminded me of his visit to Box Hill
in 1988 when the pioneer television
presenter and producer was invited to
the unveilling of a plaque in memory
of the inventor of television John Logie
Baird outside Swiss Cottage on the top
of Box Hill.
Until 1929 John had been living
in boarding houses but a friend
persuaded him to take a three-year
lease of Swiss Cottage. He said of
this period, ‘While I was at home
we spent happy hours tramping
over Box Hill’. He also conducted
various experiments while living at
Swiss Cottage. He installed electrical
apparatus there invited scientists
and journalists to see another of his
inventions, ‘Noctorvision’ which was
a device for detecting objects in fog.
In 1931 he was introduced to Margaret
Albu, a concert pianist from South
Africa, at Swiss Cottage on a Saturday
and within a week they had decided
to get married – even though she was
19 years younger than him. Margaret
was lonely at Swiss Cottage and in
January 1932 they moved to a house
in Hampstead. John died in February
1946 leaving Margaret with two
children.
John Logie Baird’s development of his
version of television and his pioneering
transmissions were amazing technical
achievements and world firsts. They
were followed by the first video
recording (on wax discs), the first
colour television and the first 3D
television. In 1936 he provided the
apparatus for one of the two systems
used by the BBC for the first public
broadcasts of television in the world.
But all his developments came to an
end on 13 February 1937, when the
The picture shows Cliff Michelmore with
Logie Baird's widow, Margaret, unveiling
the plaque near Swiss Cottage to mark the
centenary of his birth.
BBC decided that the Marconi/EMI
technology was better. John was the
pioneer but others gained the rewards.
Ben Tatham
Community
News
St Michael’s Infant School, Mickleham is looking to appoint a
PART-TIME SCHOOL BURSAR
Surrey Pay Scale S8 (£26,798 - £31,856, pro-rata, dependent on experience)
12-15 hours per week, term time only. Flexible working hours.
Closing date 14th April
Further information: www.stmichaels-dorking.surrey.sch.uk/bursar-vacancy
or contact the school 01372 373717
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Thursday 14th – Saturday 16th April
Festival competitions & concerts
Mickleham’s Day – Friday 15th April
www.lhmf.org.uk
Tickets from LHMF Box Office: 01403 240093 / boxoffice@lhmf.org.uk
or from Dorking Halls Box Office: 01306 881717
W
elcome to Les and Sue Grimshaw
who have moved to Chapel Lane
from Cobham.
Dorothy ‘Sue’ Potter
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1932 – 2016
t is with regret that we record the
death of Dorothy ‘Sue’ Potter aged
84 on 22nd February. Sue had lived
in Burney Road since 1983 with her
husband Ken who pre-deceased her in
May 2013. In their retirement Sue and
Ken spent many happy hours exploring
the lanes of Surrey and West Sussex
with favourite places as far apart as
The Stepping Stones and the beaches
at Bosham. In Burney Road they were
fortunate, indeed, to have wonderful,
kind supportive neighbours. Christine Forshaw
Sue's niece
The Queen's 90th Birthday Commemorative Mugs
T
he community of Mickleham and Westhumble* is intending to present commemorative mugs to all
children aged 13 and under who live in our community. To assist us in ensuring all these children receive
a mug, could you please let Trevor Haylett (Parish Clerk at Mickleham) have the names, ages and addresses
of any children who fall into this category and do NOT attend either St Michael's Nursery or Infants' School.
Trevor's email address is trevor.haylett9@gmail.com. *Sponsored by both the Mickleham Parish Council and the Westhumble Residents Association.
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Mickleham and Westhumble Horticultural Society
Spring Show, 9th April 2016 Schedule
A Cut Flowers
1 Narcissus, including daffodils single head, 3 stems
2 Narcissus, including daffodils multi-head, 3 stems
3 Miniature narcissus - 3 stems,
same variety
4 Miniature narcissus - 5 stems,
mixed varieties
5 Tulips - 3 stems, same variety
6 Tulips - 5 stems, mixed varieties
7 Any other bulb - 3 stems, same
variety
8 Small vase of primulas
9 Wallflowers - 3 stems
10 Pansies - 5 blooms floating on water
11 1 camellia bloom shown in a glass
12 Flowering shrub - 3 stems, same
variety
13 Vase of decorative foliage
14 Vase of mixed garden flowers
*16 A Seasonal Bonus
B Pot plants
15 Foliage plant in a pot
17 Pot or pan of bulbs
18 Flowering plant in a pot (other
than bulbs)
19 An auricula in a pot
C Produce
20 Three seedlings for planting out vegetables or flowers, in one tray
21 Tomato seedling - named variety
22 Three sticks rhubarb
23 A spring vegetable - please display on a dinner plate or similar
24 Three leeks
D Cookery
25 A Cake for Spring
E Flower Arranging
26 ‘Something Simple´ Small
arrangement in a cream jug
27 ‘Spring Bonnet’
F Photography
28 ‘Light and Shade’
29 ‘Spring 2016’
G Children’s Classes – please
state age. (Under 16)
30 Photography ‘Light and Shade’
31 Photography ‘Spring 2016’
32 ‘Something Simple’ Small
arrangement in a cream jug.
33 ‘Spring Bonnet’
34 A miniature spring border in a tray max size A4.
Entry forms to the Show Secretary, Mrs
Angela Gilchrist, Ashleigh Grange, off
Chapel Lane, Westhumble by Thursday
7th April. Can be left in mail box at the
end of the lane opposite Chapel Farm
or e-mail to ar.gilchrist@btinternet.com
ENTRY FORM
Section
Class Numbers
A
____________
B
____________
C
____________
D
____________ E
____________
F
____________
G
____________
Name ______________________
___________________________
Address____________________
___________________________
___________________________
Phone ______________________
All entries to be brought to the
hall between 9 and 9.45 a.m.
Plant Sale starts at 10.30 a.m.
and the AGM at 11.30 a.m.
New Departures
* Please note a new item, no. 16 on the schedule, ‘A Seasonal Bonus’ which we have included to catch any plants that are
flowering at the time of the show but strictly speaking SHOULD NOT BE! We are desperately hoping that narcissi and tulips
will not be totally over.
If you have not yet looked at www.surreycommunity.info/mwhs try to find a minute or two to do so and remind yourself of the
joys of summer at last year’s show and much else!
Joint Horticultural Society / Cultured Pearls Annual Visit 2016
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Arundel Castle – Wednesday 29th June
e know that many of you will
have been before but maybe
not for some time. I don’t imagine the
castle will have altered a great deal,
but the gardens have undergone some
major replanting and are now superb,
with different areas offering a variety
of planting, from herbaceous borders
to old-fashioned roses to the organic
kitchen garden, to mention but a few.
This is advance notice for the Cultured
Pearls but you will be receiving a letter
from Rose shortly. Meanwhile, for
those of you who are not, the cost
will be in the region of £25 depending
on numbers and we shall leave
Westhumble at 9.30 a.m., Mickleham
at 9.40 a.m. Please contact me on
mail@jkinloch.plus.
com or 01372 375358.
On Thursday 14th July we have arranged
visits to two very different but stunning
gardens – Ringmer Park and Follers
Manor, both set in the landscape of the
South Downs. More details next month,
but mark the date now. Judy Kinloch
Box Hill Bugs Box Hill NT’s toddler group
Suitable for walking/18 months up to 4/5 year olds. New and returning members welcome!
Having a break until after Easter – returning on Monday 11th April (11am & 1:30 pm sessions
available) and Tuesday 12th April (10 a.m. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. sessions).
The term will again run for six weeks and the price remains at £22.
Contact learningboxhill@nationaltrust.org.uk for details and to book or ring Catherine McCusker on 01306 878554
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Supporting learners and new
projects at Juniper Hall
W
ith a growing number of learners
wanting to come to Juniper Hall
to undertake fieldwork as part of their
studies we also try to support various
groups through a number of funds.
One such way we are doing this at
Juniper Hall is through a new project
starting this April called ‘ Vision
England’. This is a five-year project run
in partnership between Action for Blind
People and the Field Studies Council.
The project consists of a programme
that will run each year for a group of
young people aged 14-17 years with a
visual impairment. Sixteen individuals
will take part and visit Juniper Hall for
three residential breaks throughout
the year.
The project will aim to help those
involved to increase their self-confidence
and independence, to gain new friends
and to develop their skills of working
with others. There will also be an
opportunity to gain the John Muir Award
through discovering, exploring and
looking after the natural surroundings.
Those taking part in the project will have
the chance to agree the activities that
are undertaken which may include; team
games, orienteering, climbing, wildlife
walks, bushcraft, an overnight camp out
and a conservation activity.
Another way in which we are supporting
learners at Juniper Hall is through
the FSC Kid’s Fund. The FSC believes
that the only way you can learn about
and appreciate the environment is
by getting outside, experiencing it
and having some fun. Sadly many
young people do not get the chance to
experience the outdoors or to take part
in activities to increase appreciation and
understanding of the environment. FSC
Kids Fund provides financial support for
groups of disadvantaged young people
who would like to visit one of our
centres for an FSC experience.
FSC Kids Fund courses are funded by
donations from individuals, Trust Funds
and from FSC Membership subscription. FSC staff also organise fundraising
events. It is through funds such as this
that in 2016 we are welcoming several
groups to Juniper Hall. Some of these
groups are local and we are hoping to
work with a group of young people
through the Leatherhead Youth Project
later this year. We are also going to be
welcoming a group from WacArts in
London this spring. This will be a group
of disabled young adults who get to
have an outdoor residential experience
thanks to the Kid’s Fund. We are very
excited to be welcoming these groups
later this year and will let you know how
they get on.
If you would like any other information
on the projects taking place at Juniper
Hall then please do get in touch.
Simon Ward
Head of Centre
The Cultured Pearls – Rose Calls Time
Cultured
Pearls
P
erhaps some of you when reading
the parish magazine wonder who
the Cultured Pearls are.
In 2000 many of London’s hidden
architectural gems were opened up
for the millennium and to pubicise this
the Government brought out a booklet
called 'A String of Pearls along the
Thames.' One that caught our attention
initially was The Foreign Office and so
we organised a coach to go and see
this and many other places in London
during the year.
As we enjoyed the outings so much it
was agreed to continue and someone
suggested calling us The Cultured Pearls.
We have since been to Highgrove, the
Harry Potter castle at Alnwick, The Eden
Project in Cornwall and many other
grand houses and gardens. We have
also visited The Floriade in Holland,
drunk champagne in Rheims, wine in
Beaune, a Christmas market in Lille and
many trips to Cité Europe in Calais to
name a few.
I moved to Dorset from Mickleham six
years ago and The Cultured Pearls have
now joined up with The Horticultural
Society for our trips and in June go to
Arundel. As I have moved perhaps it is
now time that someone took over from
me to organise these with Judy Kinloch,
though I still intend to come and enjoy
the visits.
If you would be prepared to take this on
please do get in touch with me.
Rose Spence
rosespence@virginmedia.com
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King William IV
Firstly thanks to Sue and Malcolm for a great last quiz of the season. - a full house
so Anne and I were on different tables...I won't say who was more successful but
Anne's already swotting up for November. And we're looking forward to fielding
a King William IV team for the Queens 90th Birthday in the village hall.
April marks the start of our busy season so we've added to our team. A big welcome
to our new staff members. Our fantastic kitchen team represents the United Nations, our charming front-of-house
staff all live within a two-mile radius, and I still haven't worked out how Tony managed to infiltrate! But I wouldn't
be without him! Happy Easter, and let's hope for sunny days ahead. See you soon, Eamonn
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Westhumble Defibrillator News*
esthumble’s Public Access
Defibrillator (PAD) is now in
place and available for use, though it
is to be hoped that, like all insurance
policies, it proves to be unnecessary.
It is on Platform 2 at the station, just
around the corner from Pilgrim Cycles.
The unit is housed in a plastic cabinet,
opened by pulling on the finger grips
towards the top on each side. (No code
is needed) When the cover opens, a
three minute alarm sounds, silenced
by closing the cover again. At night,
the cabinet has a flashing strobe light
to locate it in the dark - not that it gets
very dark at the station.
The defibrillator is a device which
allows shock treatment to be delivered,
when appropriate, to individuals who
have become unconscious and are not
breathing. In such circumstances, time
is of the essence and the emergency
services average arrival time following
a 999 call may well be too late to avoid
the risk of permanent brain damage
or worse.
The defibrillator (sometimes referred to
as an automated external defibrillator
(AED ) is relatively simple to use and once
switched on it issues verbal instruction
as to what to do in sequence. It has
body pads, which attach to the patient’s
torso, with clear instructions about
placement. With the pads in place,
the unit will establish the status of the
patient’s heart rhythm and will advise
when to use heart massage, CPR, and
for how long. It
will also determine
if shock therapy
will be beneficial
and gives clear
instruction to
stop massage
and deliver the
shock, followed
by further periods
of massage. At
present, only
adult pads are
in place and we
are consulting as
to whether child
pads should be
purchased, but
the advice in the meantime is that for
a child, using the adult pads is better
than not proceeding if defibrillation is
required.
The most important thing to remember
is that the emergency services should
always be called on 999, as the Public
Access Defibrillator is only a precursor
to professional treatment, not a
substitute for it, but it has the benefit
of immediacy and there have been
many PADs installed in community
locations, at sports centres, railway
stations and other public buildings the guiding principle being that they
are freely accessible at all times. Even
though it is policy in this country that
untrained persons may use a Public
Access Defibrillator, there is still a
A free two-hour course
teaching basic Emergency Life
Support skills
Tuesday 10th May 7.30 p.m.
Westhumble Chapel
Numbers limited. Please book your place with:
Sue Tatham 01306 882547 sue@thetathams.co.uk
Dementia Carers Coffee Afternoon Wednesday 13th April 2-4 p.m.
Surrey Library Service is organising a dementia coffee afternoon for people with
dementia and their carers. The Alzheimer’s Society will be attending and there
will be dementia navigators to help with questions, plus information on library
services we offer relating to dementia and other areas.
The Fairfield Centre, 34 Swan Court, Off Leret Way, Leatherhead KT22 8AH
For any queries, please call: 0300 200 1001
great deal to be said for attending the
excellent Heart Start course, which will
give very much enhanced confidence,
in the event that you encounter a case
which warrants use of a PAD, whether
at Westhumble or elsewhere. Contact
Sue Tatham, details below, to add
your name to the waiting list for a
course. It’s only a couple of hours on
a weekday evening and is not without
humour!
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* Please note that a similar device will
soon be available in Mickleham – sited
near the main doors of the village hall.
Mickleham residents are welcome to
attend the Heart Start courses at the
Westhumble Chapel.
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T
he IB Visual Art students at Box
Hill School have produced some
spectacular work this year across a
range of disciplines and materials. The
introduction of a new syllabus which
now requires students to produce a
comparative study, a process portfolio
and a curatorial rationale to accompany
their final exhibition is a rigorous
and demanding package. The sheer
ambition and diversity of imagery is a
credit both to the individual students
and to the Art department which
continues to successfully place students
on Art college courses including
St Martins, Chelsea,
Wimbledon, UCA
and Goldsmiths
among others in
recent years.
The recent exhibition
at the school of ten
of our student ’s
work included
themes such as fear,
rebellion, identity,
make up, modes of representation,
freedom, abstract patterns, water and
portraiture, and there were examples
of painting, sculpture, photograph and
M
You are welcome to join this
open group where bereaved
people can come on their own or
with a friend to meet others who
are in a similar situation.
It’s a great opportunity to chat,
share experiences and discuss
ways of coping.
A partnership between
The Brigitte Trust and
St Catherine’s Hospice
We meet on the first, third and
fifth Tuesdays of the month
at The Living Room
Dorking United Reformed
Church, West Street
Drop in between 1 and 3 p.m.
Contact: Annette Phillips
01293 447343
Please save any spare
robust plastic bags for
use in delivering parish
magazines.
Deliver to Sue Tatham
at St Anthony,
Pilgrim’s Way
Cecelia Haack and some of her work
mixed media. Their work evolved over
a period of two years and had been
well researched and documented in the
form of sketchbooks and work journals.
Norbury Park Update
arch may have been cold, but
spring is definitely on the way. The
woodland flowers are just beginning to
come up with a few very early bluebells
and primroses showing their colour.
The main track through Norbury Park
has held up well through the winter.
After the vast amount of work that
was done last summer it has only
needed a little adjustment to set it in
the right direction again – mainly just
redirecting the water flow so that it
goes into the ‘lagoons’ either side of
the track. The same conscientious
contractor has repaired the access track
(public footpath too) to Lilac Cottage
this winter, which was badly in need
of work.
Woodland contractors in Blackberry
Wood have finished the thinning
operations, so with the volunteers
adding the final touches to the hazel
and then putting up the Tenax deer
fencing, the area will be closed off and
left to recover and potentially thrive
over the summer. Hopefully this area
of coppicing will prove just what a great
biodiverse habitat carefully managed
woodland can be.
Some of the ‘more random’ trees
gradually being taken down across the
Park are Turkey Oak. These are, as the
name suggests, non-native and not only
regenerate well, therefore invading the
territory of the English Oak, but they
also hybridise with the latter. Hence
our aim to actually reduce their number
significantly on Norbury.
Norbury Park Volunteer Group is
progressing well with some excellent
foundation members. It is just lovely to
have local people working on the Park
who already know it well and therefore
care about it too. Tasks have included
coppicing, buddleia management, and
last month a great project, successfully
carried out, in clearing one of the
viewpoints so that it actually is what it
says rather than a mass of vegetation!
The beginning of March was officially
the end of ‘winter work’ as we move
into the bird nesting season. So no
more woodland work but on with tasks
such as fence repair, step building,
signage replacement and also various
monitoring projects which will hopefully
show the benefit of some of our
management to the wildlife of the Park.
Work parties are advertised on the
notice boards, events on the Trust’s
website: Surreywildlifetrust.org or
contact the Ranger Andrea.neal@
surreywt.org.uk 07990 582291
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Guided walks around Leith Hill
On the first and third Mondays of every month,
starting from Rhododendron Wood car park (RH5
6LU), meeting at 9.45am, lasting about 1 1/2
hours and finishing at Leith Hill Place. For more
information ring 01306 711685.
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T
his half term we gave up waiting
for snow and decided to embrace
Spring and Spring festivals. We
celebrated Chinese New Year of the
Monkey by sampling some Chinese
flavours, dancing like a Chinese dragon,
and we learnt a new song about a
monkey.
We have also been searching for signs
of Spring. Tufty Top one of our chickens
obliged by going broody, which led
to lots of discussion as to why I put
her in a separate cage (she wasn’t
Photographs: Hilary Budd
allowing other chicken in
the house to lay!) Some
children questioned why
she wasn’t being kind,
and there was a lot of
worry about whether
she would be safe from
foxes in the workshop.
We have learnt how frost
resilient daffodils are,
and enjoyed decorating
hazel twigs with our
marbled eggs.
We h a d g r e a t f u n
playing on the Mickleham
playground and talked to the children
about new play equipment. The children
had an opportunity to decide what their
favourite thing to play on; swings came
out top, closely followed by a climbing
frame and seesaw.
We are still awaiting news about a
sponsor for our mini moo http://www.
cowparadesurreyhills.com/ but are
delighted that Box Hill School with be
displaying a Mummy Moo!
Hilary Budd
Hello, hen.
We like the swings best
Plants and customers
wanted for playground
plant sale!
W
ith the first Spring sunshine
currently spilling through my
window, thoughts are inevitably
turning to the garden. Quite how I
turn the current, woeful, water logged
wasteland into the bountiful display
I feel sure I recall from last August
will very soon need to be addressed.
Alison Wood’s very kind offer to
hold a Spring plant sale supporting
the replacement of the Mickleham
Children’s Playground’s equipment
is therefore highly anticipated by me
for personal as well as playground
Association reasons!
It’s been some time since Alison last
organised a village plant sale and I am
told that they are legendary. We hope
you will be able to join us at the event
Saturday 14th May
to be held in the village hall on Saturday
14th May between 10 a.m. and 12
noon. Tea, coffee and a selection of
delicious cakes will also be on sale with
all proceeds supporting the playground
charity’s ambitious 2016 plans.
Inevitably Alison is eager to receive all
offers of plants so please keep this in
mind over the coming weeks. If you are
making cuttings or clearing a surplus of
anything that others may love to grace
a corner of their garden then please
think of us. Plant donations can either
be brought to the hall from 9 a.m. on
the morning of the sale or collected in
the run up to the day. To arrange the
latter please get in touch with Alison
Wood directly on 01372 376 443 or
email Alison.wood29@btinternet.com
We hope to provide a full report on plans
for the new playground next month.
Fundraising and grant applications are
going well and we are now just waiting
to hear back if we have been successful
in securing a grant from organisers
of the Ride London event. In next
month’s article we intend to publish
an illustration of the new playground
design, currently being finalised. All
being well, work on removing the
old playground and installing the
new should begin in the early part of
the Summer holidays
allowing us to deliver a
great new play facility in
time for the new school
term.
Heather Bourne
Helpers wanted for the Village Fête – See page 2
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I
Spring Fête fun at St Michael’s School
t was a great day for all at St Michael’s
Spring Fête on Saturday 12th March.
It really did feel like Spring was in the
air as the sun shone down on the action
packed school playground.
Wet sponges were also in the air as
Headteacher, Jeremy Smith, bravely
took his place in the stocks raising
an impressive £50! There was lots to
keep adults and children entertained
including the Rampant Rooster morris
dancers of Dorking, Chelsea Football,
a gourmet BBQ, vintage cafe, Norbury
Park cheeses, Olive’s vintage sweet
shop, Upsickles up-cycled furniture and
a range of outdoor games. The minions
bouncy castle was a big hit with the
children as was the egg hunt in the
woods arranged by St Michael’s Nursery.
Local Estate Agent Gascoigne-Pees also
ran a ‘guess the sold prices’ game and the
closest to the total won an Easter Hamper.
M o re t h a n £ 2 , 5 0 0 wa s ra i s e d ,
including the sponsorship gained
via the Gascoigne-Pees advertising
board campaign. The money will go
towards furnishing the new school
library to create a woodland theme.
A big thank you to all the parents,
staff, companies and local people who
supported the fête and to the many
visitors who called in on the day to join
in the fun.
Meredith Shiers
Friends of St Michael’s School
Photographs: Meridith Shiers
Scenes from the very
successful 2016 Spring Fair
including an extremely wet
headteacher (above).
Mickleham Village Hall, Dell Close
Weekdays 9.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. (term time)
WITH OPTIONAL LUNCH CLUB
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On Mondays and Thursdays there is the option
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We offer an excellent range of pre-school activities for 2½ to 5-year-olds
where they can learn through play in an informal, friendly atmosphere.
For more information about admissions telephone 01372 361021
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Spring Term Update
W
e involve our children when
choosing topics that they would
like to investigate and find out about.
As you can imagine topics chosen are
quite broad and tend to have a wide
appeal. For example, children in Year
R have been able to find out about an
animal of their choice, ranging from
alligators to an Arctic hare. Following
the children’s own interests has been a
real motivator.
Otters Class (Year R) are investigating
Amazing Animals and have had a visit
from Gilbert, a local owl keeper and his
We are collecting
Sainsbury’s Active Kids
Vouchers
We can exchange these for
sporting equipment.
Please leave at the school, give to a
current parent, leave at the back of
the church (in an envelope marked
'vouchers for St Michael's School')
or give to Sue or Ben Tatham
at St Anthony, Pilgrims Way
owls. The children were very surprised
that the smallest owl was fully grown
and not an owlet! They will be visiting
Ladyland Farm this term and will have
an opportunity to handle the baby
lambs and piglets and learn about
life cycles, all followed by an exciting
but bumpy tractor ride. The topic has
appealed to the children and they have
written their own animal books, of
which they are very proud.
Owls Class (Year 1) are following their
topic, To the Toyshop and Beyond. They
have enjoyed sharing their favourite
toys and comparing them to toys
from the past. They will be visiting the
Victorian toy collection at the Chertsey
Museum where they will find out how
the toys worked, what they were made
of and how toys have changed over
time. They will have the opportunity
to make their own toys and play with
a variety of indoor and outdoor ones.
Woodpeckers Class (Year 2) have been
finding out all about Dragons and
Dinosaurs. The children took part in
Fossil Day where they learnt about Mary
Anning and met a Professor of Geology
who spoke to the children and shared
his fascinating fossil collection. This has
www.stmichaels-dorking.surrey.sch.uk
raised some interesting questions about
how the dinosaurs came to be! The
children have been writing their own
Harry and His Bucketful of Dinosaurs
stories and our budding authors will
soon get a chance to read their own
books to the younger children in Year R.
As a church school we have been busy
preparing for those special days in the
calendar in the lead up to Easter. The
Friends of St Michael’s organised a
Pancake Café for the children where
they had a chance to make and toss
their pancake. In March, mothers
and grandmothers were invited to the
school for a special tea and assembly.
Our Mothering Sunday workshop was
a great success with around 50 pupils
and former pupils attending and many
positive comments from parents about
the event.
Malcolm leads our weekly assembly
on Mondays, either in school or at the
church. In a recent pupil conference
about collective worship, the children
showed a real sense of being part of a
Christian school, talked with enjoyment
and had a sense of being part of
a community. We have adopted a
value of the month which is currently
‘Forgiveness’. The value is discussed in
collective worship and displayed in all
classrooms and the hall. The staff has
been reviewing resources and strategies
for weaving the monthly value into class
learning activities.
As the Summer Term approaches we
look forward to our new topics and
some very exciting events.
Jeremy Smith, Headteacher
Top: Children from Woodpeckers Class (Y2)
investigate fossils.
Bottom: Children from Otters Class (YR) get
acquainted with owls who visited the school recently.
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Cryptic
Crossword
Across
1 Business with a loud blonde? (6)
5 Distant object of little value (8)
9 Clichés like “freedom in a footnote”? (10)
10 Content to hide a notion (4)
11 Said to reveal bad review to composer (6)
12 Transfer the officer commanding in marriage counselling service (8)
14 Sadly had no time for maps (4)
15 Criticize soldier for being untidy (10)
19 Narrow escape from “last orders” at Alec’s local? (1,5,4)
23 Ridicule reported on the golf course (4)
24 Too fussy Ted? Panic over! (8)
26 A country house within commuting range (6)
27 Scrap seen first in old Thracian alphabet (4)
28 Surrey for example received a bung in Ireland (6,4)
29 If clue supplied (8)
30 Are sisters able to carry on with the fight? (6)
Down
2 Conditions icy, fell hurt, got dishonest money (6,5)
3 Stir tapas into different appetizer (9)
4 Adjusted pitch of denture (7)
5 US Government men, as required, wear hats (7)
6 Run about street with right thief (7)
7 Help Ulster climbing country (5)
8 Happy English clearing in forest (5)
13 Helmswomen dancing? (6,5)
16 Small corporation in the provinces (3)
Photograph: Ben Tatham
Sign seen over a door near Covent Garden
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17 Fuel that works hard endlessly (3)
18 Lobbies and bewitches (9)
20 Nice Edward was strangely allured (7)
21 Money was earned in what sounds like a sleazy setting (7)
22 Fireboat? (7)
24 Edge in very quietly to titivate (5)
25 Easy way to add it to a list once again (5)
Solution to March crossword
Across
1 Backfired 6 Mimic 9 Nostrum
10 Citadel 11 Hullabaloo 12 Mien
14 He Did 15 Downplays
16 Manifesto 18 Stars 20 Clue
21 Membership 25 Martini 26 Reprint
27 Roles 28 Fisherman
Down
1 Bunch 2 Castled 3 Fore And Aft
4 Rumba 5 Doctor Who 6 Myth
7 Madeira 8 Colonists 13 Apostrophe
14 Homecomer 15 Disbelief
17 Neutral 19 Atheism 22 Boris
23 Putin 24 Digs
RR-M
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
APRIL
3 2nd Sunday of Easter
8 a.m. 10 a.m.
9 Saturday
10.30 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1)
Worship Together - Fairtrade stall
Horticultural Society’s Spring Show &
Plant Sale. Village hall
Horticultural Society’s AGM. Village hall
10 3rd Sunday of Easter
8 a.m.
10 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1)
Holy Communion
Morning Prayer. Westhumble Chapel
Copy deadline for May parish magazine
11 Monday
Summer Term starts
14 Thursday
Bible Study Group meets
16 Saturday
9 a.m.
Men’s Breakfast. The Running Horses
17 4th Sunday of Easter
8 a.m.
10 a.m. 11.30 a.m.
21 Thursday
22 Friday
6.30 p.m.
23 Saturday
9 a.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1)
Holy Communion
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Bible Study Group meets
Westhumble Skittles Evening
Women’s Breakfast. The Running Horses
24 5th Sunday of Easter
8 a.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) Westhumble
10 a.m.
Holy Communion
7 p.m.
Sunday at Seven recital
25 Monday
3 p.m.
Tea @ 3. Woodlands, Burney Road
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ThursdayBible Study Group meets
Dates for your Diary
Tuesday 10th May
Next Heart Start Course
Saturday 14th May Plant Sale in aid of playground
Wednesday 8th June Barnardo’s 150th Anniversary tea
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th June Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations
Wednesday 29th June Hort Soc & Cultured Pearls visit to Arundel
Saturday 9th July Village Fête
Thursday 14th July
Hort Soc visit to two gardens in the South Downs
Sunday July 31st Prudential RideLondon Cycle Race
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Community Directory
Mickleham
Village Hall
available
for hire
Hall bookings
Table & chair hire
Deanna Darnell
01372 388474
07790 941 601
d_darnell_MVH@hotmail.co.uk
www.surreycommunity.info/
micklehamvillagehall
Planning
a party?
Equipment
available for hire
China ~ Cutlery
Electric urn
Equipment hire
Mary Banfield
01372 373912
mgbbmw@aol.com
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Box Hill (National Trust)
Head Ranger – Mark Dawson
01306 885502
mark.dawson@nationaltrust.org.uk
Friends of Box Hill – Chair Mrs Lyn Richards
01737 842889
lyn@mra.uk.net
Box Hill School
Headmaster – Cory Lowde
01372 374814
hmsec@boxhillschool.com
Dorking Cricket Club
Chairman – David Spackman 07831 859232
david@theimagecompany.co.uk
Dorking Concertgoers Society
Ian Codd
01306 882544
Dorking Group of Artists
Roger Clark
01306 880257
Dorking Lawn Tennis & Squash Club
Jim Cattermole
01306 883629
jim.cattermole@uwclub.net
Juniper Hall Field Centre
01306 734501
enquiries.jh@field-studies-council.org
Head of Centre – Simon Ward
Simon.lr@field-studies-council.org
Friends of Juniper Hall – Mrs Suzy Hughes
01372 275393
suzyhughes@businessetiquetteint.com
Mickleham Children’s Playground Association
Secretary – Mrs Sarah Parfitt
07767 891772
sarah@sarahparfitt.com
Mickleham Choral Society
Thursdays 8 - 10 p.m. – Mickleham Village Hall
Conductor – Miss Juliet Hornby
01372 373106
Contact – Mrs Elizabeth Weller
01306 882097
www.micklehamchoral.org.uk
elizabeth.weller@btinternet.com
Mickleham Old Box Hillians Football Club
Secretary – John Atewell
01372 374745
Mickleham Parish Council
See website for meeting dates www.micklehampc.org.uk
Chairman – Rev’d David Ireland
01372 379381
rev.ireland43@btinternet.com
Parish Clerk - Trevor Haylett
trevor.haylett@gmail.com
Mickleham Parish Magazine
Editor – Mrs Sue Tatham
Mickleham Village Hall
Chairman – Mrs Mary Banfield
Bookings Manager – Mrs Deanna Darnell
Mickleham & Westhumble Book Club
Mrs Bernice Bailey 01306 882547
sue@thetathams.co.uk
01372 373912
mgbbmw@aol.com
01372 388474
07790 941601
d_darnell_MVH@hotmail.co.uk
01306 741310
Continued on page IV.
Mickleham Parish Magazine April 2016
Community Directory Continued
Babysitting
by local
teenagers
Mickleham & Westhumble Cricket Club
Team Secretary – Will Dennis
01372 372684 will@micklehamhallfarm.co.uk
Mickleham & Westhumble Horticultural Society
Chairman – Mrs Judy Kinloch
01372 375358
www.surreycommunity.info/mwhs
mail@jkinloch.plus.com
Mickleham and Westhumble Local History Group
Chairman – Ben Tatham
01306 882547
ben@thetathams.co.uk
Mole Valley District Council
01306 885001
Councillor – Duncan Irvine
07738 384287
duncan.irvine@molevalley.gov.uk
NADFAS Societies
Betchworth – Miss Mary Venning
01306 883301
Dorking – Mrs Sue Tatham
01306 882547
Norbury Park (Surrey Wildlife Trust)
Ranger – Graham Manning
07968 832508
St Michael’s Church of England (A) Infant School
Headteacher – Jeremy Smith
01372 373717
info@stmichaels-dorking.surrey.sch.uk
Friends of St Michael’s School – Mrs Jane Jenkins
07950 306 088
janemonument@hotmail.com
St Michael’s Community Nursery
Weekday mornings – Mickleham Village Hall
Supervisor – Mrs Hilary Budd 01372 361021
Surrey County Council
Councillor – Mrs Hazel Watson
Westhumble Residents Association
Chairman – Mike Giles
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Mickleham Parish Magazine April 2016
Olivia Parkin
07887 367850
Issy Nash
01306 742762
Ailsa McNaughton
01306 887408
Patrick Moran 01306 640043
Emma Morley
07835 742946
Ellie Kim Ailsa Graham
07773 395575
01306 889855
Mia Forti
07557 371175
Anna Forti
Alexa Dewar
07557 964530
01306 884744
Polly Cox
01306 741260
Emily Brewer 
01306 883793
Philomena Ala
01306 885767
If you would like to add your
name to this list, please get in
touch with the Editor.
No charge.
01306 884598
mike.giles@mac.com
ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Citizens Advice
Dorking – Lyons Court 0844 4111 444
Leatherhead – Swan Mews, High Street 0844 4111 444
Power cut Helpline 0800 783 8866
Crimestoppers 0800 555 111
Police
Non-emergency number 101
Dorking Police (non-urgent) 01483 630370
Neighbourhood Specialist Team – Dorking Rural North
PC 40541 Lee Munday
leemunday@surrey.pnn.police.uk
PCSO David Sadler
Sadler8761@surrey.pnn.police.uk
01372 376712
01306 884724
01306 884724
Isabella Pererira 07515 489067
03456 009 009
01306 880120
hva.watson@btinternet.com
Westhumble Neighbourhood Watch
Lead Co-ordinator – David Allbeury
07860 227451
westhumble.neighbourhood.watch@gmail.com
Westhumble Talks
Secretary – Stephen Lloyd
01306 883482
shlloyd@btinternet.com
Chris Rowland
Freya Pearce
Holly Pearce Advertising in the
Parish Magazine
Please contact the Editor.
Small ads: a nominal fee is
charged for ads where items or
services are bought or sold.
We have been advised to print
the following reminder:
We cannot guarantee the
quality of the goods and
services offered by our
advertisers.
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St Michael’s Church
within the United Benefice
of Leatherhead and Mickleham
Incumbent – The Rev’d Graham Osborne
01372 372313
Parish Priest
The Rev’d Malcolm Raby
01372 378335
07810 088594
rm.raby007@btinternet.com
Churchwardens Mrs Anne Weaver
01306 883932
weaver_anne@hotmail.com
Simon Ward 01372 383350
simoncward@btinternet.com
Parish Administrator
Mrs Sarah Ward
sarwar_63@hotmail.com
PCC Secretary
Mrs Elizabeth Moughton
01306 883040
Treasurer
Richard Siberry
Organist & Choir Master
Christopher Connett
Baptisms Co-ordinator
Mrs Vickie Leney
Weddings Co-ordinator
Mrs Jane Denny
Funerals Organiser
Brian Wilcox
eliz.moughton@btinternet.com
01372 375303
01306 743061
c.connett@btinternet.com
01306 884054
01306 883107
carsondenny@aol.com
01372 374730
Church Website
For information about services for other
denominations see website pages.
Search on ‘Churches Together Mole Valley’
Registers
Interment of Ashes in the Garden of
Remembrance
Nikola Maria Willis
Memorial Service
3rd March
John Edward Hicks Pendower
Food Bank
Donations for the food bank may be left
at the back of the church
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II
James Aarvold Carole Brough Fuller
Mark Day Jenny Hudlass Elizabeth Moughton
Val Selwood Richard Siberry
Amanda Wadsworth Simon Ward
Frank Warren Anne Weaver
Tools with a Mission (TWAM)
www.twam.co.uk
TWAM is a Christian charity committed to the recycling
and refurbishment of tools which then can provide a
means for poorer people in developing countries to
learn a trade and be able to support themselves and
their families. With this practical help, thousands of
young men and women have benefited from the skills
they have learned. They need:
• garden forks & spades, saws, hammers, drills pickaxes etc
• sewing or knitting related tools, thread, zips, scissors
• embroidery items, fabric and sewing machines
• wool and knitting needles, patterns
• portable typewriters, printers and laptops
If you have any of the above which could be used to
help someone to have a better quality of life and hope
for the future, please contact Carole Brough Fuller:
01737 842918 cbroughfuller@btinternet.com
dbrianwilcox@sky.com
www.micklehamchurch.org.uk
20th February
Members of the
Parochial Church Council
Mickleham Parish Magazine April 2016
Helping Hands
Including Food for Friends
A service for all residents of Mickleham and Westhumble
Examples of services we offer:
• Transport for visits to doctor’s surgery or hospital
• Essential shopping / collection of prescriptions
• Changing library books
• Small tasks: eg changing fuses, altering clocks etc
• Dog walking / care of pets
• Visiting / befriending
• Home-cooked meals for local families going through difficult times
Requests to Mary Banfield 01372 373912
or leave a message on answerphone.
Callers will be contacted within 24 hours
More helpers needed – please contact
Mary if you can spare some time.
Neil A Mason
Established 1976
ECA
Representing the best in electrical
engineering and building services
All electrical &
plumbing work
undertaken
Inspections and Testing
Extra Points, Rewiring etc
Security and Emergency Lighting
Temporary Power and Lighting Hire
Public Address and Sound Systems
Installed or For Hire
Complete Bathroom and
Fitted Kitchen Installation
WESTHUMBLE
Telephone: 01306 889073
David Tobitt
Carpets
Fine carpets supplied
and fitted
We have over 30 years’ experience
working in Dorking and the
local area
A comprehensive range
of carpets available
We can bring samples
to your home
Advice given on all
types of carpet work
We take a pride in
what we do
01306 885032
www.davidtobittcarpets.co.uk
Martin Burgess
Landscape and Garden Design
Consultation service for
garden planning, planting
and maintenance
01737 842289 / 07966 183395
We have been serving the Dorking community since 1782 and are proud to support our local parishes
Our services include:
• Buying and selling your home • Extending your lease • Commercial
property • Inheritance Tax planning • Care fees and Asset protection planning
• Setting up a trust • Wills and Probate • Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Divorce Separation and Children • Employment for employer and employee
• Litigation and dispute resolution • Business advice
Please call us on 01306 884432 for a FREE initial consultation to discuss your requirements
www.hartscales.co.uk
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J S Wilson
Carpentry & Building
Services
Mickleham
Extensions ~ Conversions
Refurbishments ~ Property Maintenance
Fully guaranteed ~ Fully insured
One call WILL solve it all
Contact Jason on: 07761 926684 or 01372 379359
jswilsonconstruction@gmail.com
London Road, Mickleham, Surrey RH5 6EH
Tel: 01372 373950 Fax: 01372 362176
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